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LIEUTENANT GAREV’S LUCK.

A Companion Story to “Cadet Carey.”

BY LIEUT. LIONEL LOUNSBERRY.

 

 

  
  
 
  
  
  
  
 
   
   
 

 

CHAPTER I. settlements were turned into armed camps
for self protection.
DANGER AHEAD. There was a dread that no. other stage
HR could go through to Fort Forward, a distant
RE was trouble in Borderland. frontier post, and the driver, Hank

th he Sioux and Cheyennes were on | Hutchins, had been offered a large reward
Nae tie, Warpath all along the far fron- | if he would make the attempt with such
trails emia the overland stage and wagon | odds against him.

“re infested with road agents, and ‘‘If Ribbon Rob brings any one ter go

  
  
 

 

 

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Ply ther old r Brent, Ill take ther trail; ‘‘I wishes ter make the play with a full; Ribbon Rob drew rein at the station with | guesses, if we makes it, and I was in hopes
{oy ish og rse and your layout; but I | hand.”’ the air of a man whose work had been well| Rob would bring in more, But do you say
t pysald ad your goods safe in the| So far he had the sutler, a sergeant re-|done, and by his side was a. young man| go?’?

“J AM GLAD TO KNOW YOU, LIKRUTENANT CAREY, AND IF YOU SAYS GO THROUGH, I GO,”’

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tag, Wap, 4nk Hutchins to the sutler of | turning from leave, and three miners, besides | wearing the fatigue uniform of a second| ‘‘Certainly. Why not??? ‘
bro? to Misk },, 20 Was a determined man, | a person whose black clothes and high hat | lieutenant of cavalry. **Has you heerd 0’ the Injuns being on the
No h, nuch to get his last purchases certainly looked out of place there on the| He leaped lightly to the ground, returned | war trail?
oy the tte» dy; frontier. the salute of the sergeant, and asked politely “Oh, yes; all along the road there are the
* h Vera ger > nore daring man was} ‘‘If I can get three more for inside, and|of Hank Hutchins: wildest stories told.’?
h  dadex trail than Hank Hutchins, | one on the box, to make eleven of UB, ik ‘*When do you start, sir?’’ ‘‘They is true, loot’nent and more, the
ing exp Pressed 4 willingness to go if | guess we kin stand off a leetle game 0’ bluff; ‘I’m ready now. Do you go through?’’ ‘|| road agents is makin’ it lively, too, for the
Supy PtOug pected to arrive at his starting/| from Injuns or road agents,’’ said Hank ‘* Yes, I was the only passenger, as you coaches,
8, as he ters who would make the Hutchins, and,as he spoke the horn of the|see.?? : __ ‘So I have heard; but I shall go through
Said in his quaint way: incoming stage was heard. ‘Well, sir, this is about the last run, I|if I go on horseback; but having a lot of

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valuable traps along I prefer to take the| to the salutes of the rangers as he passed

ecoach.”?

‘‘I’m with yer, loot’nent, and you just|
makes eight of us, so give your orders and}

I obeys.”’

‘Then get out your best team and start
as soon as my traps are transferred to your |

‘*Your decision pleases me, sir, as a ae

coach’’ was the answer of the young officer.

important mission calls me to Fort Forward.

| on toward where he beheld their chief.

‘*Well, Dandy Dan, you have raised the
mischief with your Sioux war, driving all
trains and coaches from the trails and
causing all settlements and mining camps to
become like forts,’’ said Captain Dick, as
the stranger rode up to where he stood and
dismounted.

‘*My redskins would have a war, Captain

My name is Lockwood, and I am an at-| Dick, and I had to yield or be no longer

torney-at-law from the East, going to Fort |

Forward to right a wrong,’’ said the pas-|

senger in black.

their chief, so I set them afoot for scalps,’’
was the response.
‘*Well, I cannot understand how you, a

‘‘T am glad to meet you, Mr. Lockwood, | white man, can war aaginst your own peo-

and will intreduce myself as Kit Carey, sec- |
ond lieutenant of cavalry, on my way to}
report to Colonel Crandall as aide-de-camp.”’ |

“Do you be Kit Carey, the boy scout, |
now out o’ West P’int as an army officer, |
be you, sir2”’ said Hank Hutchins, eagerly,
and with admiration in the glance he be-
stowed upon the young officer. |

And his admiring look was not to be won-
dered at, for Kit Carey stood six feet tall,
was perfectly erect, and possessed a phys
sique that was superb, from his small feet, |
clad in cavalry boots, to the top of his
well-poised head.

His face was a study of manliness, resof |
lution and courage, while its perfection of |
feature made him a remarkably haudsome
man,

‘Yes, Iam Kit Carey, a border boy,’’ he |
said, with a smile in answer to Hank |
Hutchins’ question.

‘*Waal, loot’nent, I be proud to know yer, |
for I has heerd 0’ you ever since yer lived |
in ther Black Hills with yer pa, the her- |}
mit, and saved Colonel Crandall and _ his}
outfit from being led into a trap by Dia-
mond Dan, the renegade guide, and which
got yer a app’intment ter West P’int. I is
glad ter know yer, sir, and ef you says go
through I goes, if ther whole Sioux nation
were on ther trail,’? and Hank Hutchins
offered his hand, which Lieutenant Kit
Carey grasped warmly, while he responded
in his pleasant way:

‘*You are too complimentary to me, Mr.
Hutchins, but I do say go, no matter what
the odds.’’

This determination settled it that the
coach was to. start and face all dangers
ahead, and half an hour after Hank Hutchins
called out:

‘* All aboard, pards!’’

Lawyer Lockwood and Sutler Brent took
the back seat, the sergeant and the miners
climbed in, Lieutenant Carey took a seat
on the box with Hank Hutchins, and away
rolled the overland coach on its perilous
run to Fort Forward.

CHAPTER II.
THE BIVOUAC OF OUTLAWS,

a ; :

T was a picturesque scene, a bivouac
‘| of horsemen in a wlid canyon of the
( | mountains, and the wild costumes of

=> the men; added to their reckless faces,

gave them a look of lawlessness—a look their
actions did not belie, for they were well
known along the frontier trails as the
Rangers of the Overland.

Splendidly mounted, thoroughly armed
and outlawed, they were a desperate lot of
‘‘Toll Takers,’’ as they were also called,
sparing no one who fell in their way from
robbery, while life was held cheap by them
if gold could be gained by its sacrifice.

Their chief was a man of almost giant
form, and yet was as quick in bis actions as
a panther.

He had been in thearmy, but had deserted
to turn road agent, and with a reward upon
his head had seemed to feel pridein being a
hunted man.

He still clung to his uniform, though he
wore the fatigue suit and slouch hat of a
cavalry officer, and his trappings for the
splendid black horse he rode had belonged
to the colonel of his regiment, and which
he had appropriated at the time of his de-
sertion.

To the army he was known as Deyil Dick,
the Deserter, while his men called him Cap-
tain Dick.

He was sleeping on a grassy: mound, his
hat covering his face and his horse feeding
near when one of his men called out:

‘*A strange horseman is coming up the
eanyon, Captain Dick.”

In an instant the outlaw chief was upon
his feat, his tall, splendid form ready for
action, and his dark, stern and evil face
turned toward the stranger, who had dared
enter his bivouac of outlaws.

Raising a field glass to his face he said
after a quick glance down the canyon;

‘*Tt is Dandy Dan, the renegade,”’

He sat down upon a fallen tree to await
his coming.

The horseman bestrode a blooded bay,
equipped with Texas saddle and bridle, and
with a lariat hanging to the broad horn. He
sat on his horse well, possessed a slender,
wiry form, and was dressed in buckskin
leggings and hunting jacket, both embroid-
ered with beads. ;

He wore top boots, a broad sombrero | en-

 

 

 

circled by a band of five-dollar gold pieces
in lieu of a cord, and was armed with re-
peating carbine, revolver and knife.

His face was stern, sinister and deter-
mined, and he nodded in an indifferent way

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ple with cruel redskins, Dan.”’

‘‘T am not here to be lectured by you,
Captain Dick, for I am what I am, a’ rene-
gade, while you are not a whit better, as
you kill your kind for gold; but I came not
here to quarrel with you, but to give youa
chance to make gold if you will help me.’’

‘Gold is what [ want, so I am your ally
if it is to be made,’’ was the reckless re-
sponse,

‘‘1t can be made, and easily, if you will}

obey my instructions.’’

‘*T hate instructions, I hate obedience, and
that is why I left the army; but let me know
what you are up to now, Dan, and if there
is money to be made I am your man,”’

‘You have heard of Kit Carey?’’

‘*] knew a boy of that nanie who was the
son of an old hermit of the Black Hills. But
what of him???

‘*His father, the hermit, died and left a
map of a gold mine he had discovered in the
Black Hills, and other papers, to the boy,
who went East to West Point. Now that
youth, Kit Carey, has graduated at the
head of his,class, and, as a second lieuten-

'ant, ison his way to Fort Forward to be

aide-de-camp to Colonel Crandall. He knows

| this whole country perfectly. and can give

both you end I trouble,’’
‘*T don’t doubt it.’?
‘*But that is not all, Captain Dick.’’
Well?

‘“‘The boy has that box containing the]

map and directions about the gold mine of
the hermit, aud he must be captured.’

‘*Where is he?’?

‘‘He is on his way West now by coach,
and will go by Hank Hutchius’ stage.’

“*T see,’?

‘*He hasa lot of valuable traps, too,
and, besides, there is the sutler, Brent, also
going with some rich stock, besides some
wealthy man from the East, who will pay a
big ransom if taken,’’

**T understand,”’
‘*Now, my plan is for you to hold up the

; coach and capture the whole outfit, only do

not kill Lieutenant Carey or the secret of
the gold mine dies with him. If you do this
send for me and [’ll go shares with you.”’

‘*In the gold mine as well?”’

‘*Ah, yes, for we must force the secret
from him.’

‘¢Certainly.’’

‘‘And if you fail to catch the coach on the
trail near here I will have my braves near
the fort to ambush it so we will be bound
to win.’?

‘*And I share with you,. whether I catch
him or you do?”?

$*Ves,??

‘‘It is a bargain, Dandy Dan, but Hank
Hutchins starts on his run to-morrow.”’

‘*He does, and if he passes you, for that
young soldier may guide him by another
trail, I will ambush him farther on,.”’

‘*He cannot escape us,’’ was the deter-
mined response of Captain Dick.

CHAPTER III.
FOR LIFE.

THE RIDE

~ARD, loot’nent, yer don’t belie yer
record, fer yer come through them
road agents in a style that was pleas-
ing, though it were uncommon hot
fer a minute or more.’’

So said Hank Hutchins, the brave driver

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of the overland, and he addressed Lieuten- |.

ant Kit Carey, who sat upon the box with
him, his repeating rifle in his hand and _ his
eyes glancing back over the trail.

The four horses were at top speed, chasing
down a long slope, and Hank Hutchins held
the reins in a manner that demonstrated
his skill as an expert driver.

There was no need to lay the lash on, for
the horses were fairly running away,
steadied by the reins, but not checked by
them or the brake, for the gauntlet had just
been run of Captain Dick and his outlaws,
the sheer pluck and deadly aim of Lieuten-
ant Carey making the daring venture a suc-
cess.

For a while the outlaws had pursued on
horseback, but demoralized by the wounding
of their leader, and the repeating rifle
emptying its contents so rapidly, they had
soon given up the chase, though Hank
Hutchins had not drawn rein.

‘*Yes, Hutchins, we got through, though
we have to count the costs, tor those inside
suffered if we escaped,’’ said the officer,
sadly. ’

‘*Yes, loot’nent, one dead and one
wounded by the voljey they fired into the
rear of the coach after we passed through
’em. And it’s the tenderfoot' that got it,
too, as he said he feared he would.”’

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to gain my pledge to act for him. Now
draw rein to a slow pace, for you are driv-
ing your team too hard for the long pull
ahead of us.’’

“You is right, sir, an’ Tl] haul ’em
down,’’ and Hank immedately put his foot
upon the brake, throwing his weight also
upon the reins, and slowed down to a trot.
Suddenly he said:

‘*Does you believe
loot’nent??’

‘*T can hardly say that I do,’’ was the
auswer.

‘‘Waal, thet tenderfoot said he felt as how
he’d pass in his chips on this run, and there
he lies inside, while I, have the same feeling
about myself.’’ .

‘*Nonsense, Hutchins! Never think of
giving up until you get your death wound.’’

**f doesn’t, sir, only I feels that lam goin’
ter get it this time. I has had bad dreams
0’ late, and the feelin’ that my time is at
hand grips me hard right here,’’? and the
driver placed his hand over his heart.

‘Perhaps you are not feeling just well,

in presentiments,

; and it makes you blue; but cast off your fore-

boding, old fellow, and make up your mind
that you will be on this box, holding the
ribbons, when we reach Fort Forward.’?

‘* Does you know how to drive, loot’neut?”’
came the sudden question.

*“Ob, yes, I have driven army wagons,
ambulances and a stage coach once in Texas,

| when the driver was wounded.’’

‘Then you stand ready to take the ‘rib-
bons when I get my call.’

‘*Why, my friend, you really seem to feel
that you are going to be wounded.’’

‘¢ More than that, sir, it will be a call for
my chips to be handed in.”’

‘*But there are no more road agents on |

the trail to run the gauntlet of.”’

‘*No, but. the Sioux are thick
here and the fort.’

‘Well, we must take our chances, that is
all,’’? was the cool rejoinder.

Soon after a halt was made, and the body
of the dead lawyer was placed on top of
the coach, while it and the luggage were so
arranged by the young officer as to serve
asa shield against bullets and arrows to
the driver and himself.

All, too, were lashed firmly for a hard
and rough run of it; the weapons were re-
loaded, and every preparation made to meet
a foe and stand them off as could best be done
under the circumstances.

Arriving at the relay station in the hills
the man in charge was found dead and his
cabin burned, but by a lucky chance half a
dozen of the best coach horses on the line
were discovered near by in a canyon.

‘* Hitch up the six, Hutchins, in case we
need extras,’’ said the officer, and .Haak
Hutchins obeyed in silence, for he yielded
everything now to the lieutenant whose
courage he had seen tested.

And on rolled the coach once more throw-
ing the miles behind it until the fort was
not far distant.

‘*Only ten miles from that grave, sir, to
Fert Forward. A good friend 0’ mine lays
there killéd by my side on this very box,
by a road agent—my God! Take ther rib-
bons Loot’nent Carey and drive fer life, fer
I has got it ter kill!’ cried the driver, as
a volley rang out from ambush, and he fell
backward, while Kit Carey seized the reins
from his pulseless hands.

The whip lash circled around and fell
upon the backs of the horses, and away sped
the team, while with one hand Lieutenant
Carey held the reins, with the other he
threw his revolver to a level and _ fired
upon the redskins, now dashing out of their
ambush upon the coach.

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CHAPTER IV.

A TRUE FRIEND.
LL was suppressed excitement at

Fort Forward.
= The long-dreaded blow to be
“> struck by the Indians had fallen at
last, and the coming of the stage coach had
precipitated it.

The Indians, in much larger force than
had been believed by the scouts, had struck
the overland coaéh and ambushed it, and
with fatal results, though it had escaped the
trap of the red savages, owing to the des-
perate pluck of Lieutenant Carey, who after
the killing of poor Hank Hutchins, whose
forebodings of death had been quickly re-
alized, had dashed on with the teayn, though
twice slightly wounded himself.

As he drove he also fought them off with
his rifle and revolvers, and the sergeant,
sutler and miners in the coach fired hotly
from the windows at the pursuing savages.

The firing had been heard at the fort, and
rescue parties had been sent out, until,
when the coach came into full view miles
away, flying like the wind, and still pur-
sued, it told that the Sioux were in heavy
force, and artillery and infantry were sent
out to support the cavalry.

The coach had dashed on to the fort,
scarred with bullets, with arrows, sticking
in its sides, its 1 ag wounded and the dead

 

on| its top, while Sergeant Ross held the |
reins, reporting that Lieutenant Kit Carey, ' being.’’

the new aide-de-camp, had driven through

 

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‘for him to live to right a wrong, though he] the death gauntlet until the rescuers came, Subhjec
gave me his papers and he told me enough] when he had mounted a soldier’s hersé BS ftom,

gone on With Major Dick Duluth 10 fight th é
back the redskins. ' ‘iM q
Seated in the social quarters of the fort) May be
that evening talking over the affair wet? ii and he
number of officers, their wives and daug4 ) Mond,
ters. joe ‘NO sign
A note from Major Duluth stating that 2°]
had whipped the Sioux, who were in pears ;
force, and that he would pursue with ae
light guns under Lieutenant Clareee es
Tarpley and four companies of cavally,
while he had taken as his aide Lieuten@?
Kit Carey. the
At last an officer, a new comer #0
fort, asked with seeming deep interest: nate
‘‘T say, who is this new aide, Lieutena ke
Kit Carey, who seems to be so lionlZe
you all???’ ‘ =
: It was Captain Fred Nevil who responded: | I
‘“*T don’t wonder that you ask, ¥ ay Bad
for I am tired of the fuss they make 0M %
the fellow.’’ Wate fA
‘*But who is he?’’ persisted Captam Fa
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‘‘Ob! Ina nutshell, he is a bor
the son of an old scout, I believe, whe a :
saved Colonel Crandall, Miss Osmonl Giaha,.
a party of soldiers from trouble wit
Indians. He got a cadetship at the Pom

it, and as second lieutenant now col
as aide to the colonel, and fortune
him by giving a chance to still pi
hero.’’ ips

‘* Ah! I see how it is,’? Captain Wad
said, while a rich, musical voice bre
with : olla

‘Pardon me, Captain Watkins, but oy Pha
do not see how it is, for you nav Cap: : ob
heard the prejudiced explanation ® 5 bsp ‘or
tain Nevil, a gentleman who describe You y
foe, not his friend.”’ ¢ wbilep &

All eyes turned upon the speake? Fred} ang sty
the hot blood rushed into the face je 02°) Ronee
Nevil, as he cast an angry glance at t ; ie
who had so cut him. colonel hag d

It was Kate Osmond, the ward of 9 avi aly
Crandall, and whose beauty of ee itle Ubon
form had gained for her the desetrY™ the |
of the ‘‘belle of the border.’’ Fred] Post ® One

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With scores of lovers, she yet 4 20 . ne:
Captain Nevil to be her most devo $ cee b
panion, though many alleged bh de Ck the
really hated the dark-faced, ster), how,
some officer. While

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And he, notwithstanding her bite to)
casm toward him, his hanghty beat
others, was still her devoted slav@ |
The silence that followed her wOlrath
an unpleasant one, which Cuptala
broke by saying: ’
‘As T asked the question, Miss
permit me to bear both sides, please
‘‘Oh! in a nutshell, then,’’ or
mimicking Captain Nevil. I
Carey is a boy, the son of a scout, ;
who served in the Confederate ee
took the lad with him through ;
war. He was known as the boy ger
saved Colonel Crandall, several 0
myself from being led into a tran ad?
guide. He again saved us from yi
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fort, and once more rendered yn Ww Fr
serivee by leading Major Duluth tne yu
cue when I was the prisoner of ie Sh
guide. He had some trouble wr tas \
Nevil, because that officer would nd 6 hd
to the rescue of a brother officer, 4 evil it » he;
in began the hatred of Captain | yea, \ Pla
the lad, which has lasted all thes’) Gadgets ng Tay

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regret to see. Sent to West Poin aval ’h
Carey, a border boy, mind you; tp male F
with the first honors, and my one i) t
special request to have him apy as ‘dm
aide on his staff. In coming H@™ 4 _ ut it,
heard from Sergeaunt Ross * :
Brent, he broke through the bal wie
agents when halted, and whe! 8, 9 a Ww}

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wounded, and is now in the ff0R" of Tad leq |
Now you have beard both a piel i bu
story, Captain Watkins, as to ¥ zless. Foy ad tc
ant Kit Carey is, and it is ne 9. abel Ate th: by
that mine is an unprejudiced OY" oly A oj ode wh, Sa
And she looked Fred Nevil $44 all pre os » for I 3
eyes with a certain defiance tha {4 ty ther ky
could not fail to see. vil, £O° bah! puing’);"¢
‘The case is against YOU, Nev no™ Pan, ° Not }
ways side with the ladies. ree on Jt ify by 8t
I heard of Carey while was ~ ug! jel pd in th le
New Mexico, and that he bad® , nol” | . Caby,, °
to hoe while at West Point. p45 aPPy 420 ino
tenant Tarpley his rival her Ff grad i ‘athe, eet
‘Yes, for a while, but TarP ye fic? Xdega’

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the class ahead of him,’’ a YoU 8

plied. He able pet str

‘‘Was there not some 0 iMfajo® Cong
them??? ‘wo pazZé walldgy® Dy dts
“Yes, ‘TLarpley attempted a afte” i You tbore’h,
and got the worst of 1%, , of ie you to reant
Carey saved his life at the 15", one a at wil tur,
Ah, Carey’s record was a grat all ann Peeler bre,

Point, and Duluth can tell ro 1 eit fF 9 °8, as
when he returns. For my PA ii, or@ Gyn Ugg fk
is the hero; all here giv? Mag SGt9 OP
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ons subject being changed he soon after left the
ie ne ) om, when Captain Watkins remarked:
. fig Phas au Sorry, but it seems as though Nevil
ort E Ma eclared war against young Carey.
oe ahand he he dreads him as a rival in love,’’
ver b- Ray Cast a sly glance over at Kate Os-
dave ‘No eee she heard the remark, showed
0 pistes ;
hat be | aving done so.
peavy RR
‘bh i CHAPTER V.
ence}
all Pim THE HERMIT’S SECRET.
itenan : AEE redskins had been pressed so hard
to the} ) by Major Duluth and his gallant
i AA. aecend that they were scattered in
Ay, : Oken bands nd the troopers
nt} ¢ anc 8 oopers
ae a upon the field, a few only going
20 ton wt to keep the Sioux on the retreat
ded} In thy ote.
pe ek ade ito desperate rush made by the rene-
a ove fenant lef to capture the two guns of Lieu-
ce hand 4 Tarpley some desperate hand-to-
_ Wat- | chief pehting had occurred, and the white
iD as he ‘at uttered his wild cry of triumph
Pp commen’ upon the gallant young officer
+ poy} ay
a Bias as the ery rang from his lips a tall
q aud Ishiata Cee forward in an endeavor to
‘th the} drives 5 4l’ence Tarpley, and his sword was
oink fol} Sunk 1° the breast of the renegade, who
i pere} But hi length upon the ground.
favor] | larouice ‘Tear had been done fatally, and
arpley lay dvi Bd teat eee hi
slay meyer had falas. say dying near where his
watkid®} falling op were in full flight, from the
“ke to the ‘. their chief, and the soldiers, led
oF F oe of the guns by Kit Carey,
put yoUta call fy 4m chase under another officer, for

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Y to his i the young cavalryman to spring

you. 17 Poor Tarpley, I was too late to save

aeutenant Carey.

add a gre risked your life to do so, Carey,

Hong, 8°! My death,’? was the low re-
pega

d been wouce fell between those two who

ay ai together at West Point yet
€s, met thus on the field of battle

ar frontier.

a Passing from life, dying at his
pomp rt a

Snor, the other upon the threshold

t Bk
| teste Poldien, that was to win him fame as a
¢ tUv. : f
' aulowelfftiongsS bad they been at the Point,
tod °° i? ho had nt foes ever, and yet the one
‘nat oi een a ce the originator of enmity be-
vet have ” acknow WoO was now ready and willing
9 88s, whil €dge his wrony and ask forgive-
ter St foros. .° the other was more than anxious
suet g th Ay fer’ and forget.
yea? A 8 Tay + let the curtain fall, with Clar-
* rds the he, 8 last grasp of the hand given
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[nite baaee,” murmured Lieutenant
6ye 1,2 an instant he had mounted

* horse, for his own had been killed,

utero ih :
bik oie s spurring on after the flying red-
i hy Ver
Sia vot ‘ cay fours after Kit Carey was seated
ide, ood “Adder of 'e talking to the gallant com-
eee’ ote Not ee Victorious soldiers.
ap y % et lay the form of Lieutenant
88 sens et With a blanket, and over
egy r re stood guard.
me a @ 80n Pray? amid a blaze of campfires,
to WY pal u mee Powell and an assistant
f the 7 h the wounded soldiers, and
+b 0 dows, with a seutinel pacing
i not and a’ resting the slain.
af 4 Stan ere, moving about as silent as
* Nov} i Pla Vere gathering up the Indian
cor iMlin 8° Stay, US them ready for burial near
. % Which other soldiers were

   
   
  

°s were picketed out in the back-

Wo ; 49

OUtslj uns stood ready, if needed

i dut hata the camp, and the men

ty "6 resting from their labors

pd u 8 8¢ g S,

ey ftbout heed formed a chain of human-
poo Paatin, Was a wievouac.

‘ans 1 oat Daeg? ang “ Picturesque, sad camping

wnt et MPdicg? the men Orders were given in low

n Bea Spoké only in suppressed

 
    
    
    
   
 
 

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Sa ;
Hey Hey dig 1d Major Duluth, ‘‘ Lieutenant

ies of ute yeh ang rene post of duty most gal-
gho iy 3 Veg ode ts ae the killing of your horse,
edles*: wee im; but 1S rescue, you would have
ner” pet one the gq it was just like you, Carey,
are!) ‘clin, Who 2° Old Kit, to thus try and
qu ese fo. 2. Was : :
at all P [oy 4? for 7 how our worst foe at West
8r¢, ia. of all his treatment to
evil . after you saved him from
1 le
Cs Nt laut Speak of that now, Major
‘at the rake tell you that I have se-
fre, — whi a wash, near the old her-
a tat Tron bow. 11s but a few miles from
a ud @r») ~°UNd chest which belonged to
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y of bie b Jou tan? me, and I must ask leave
nd OF? pout wR sip ill brea, Bight to the old cabin,
ou all inl ih Xe, : Camp early in the morn-
ty + edit “f Stra’ 28 80
him ot? your fg ty ai? the dead are buried and
av ug, whee is to © removal of the wounded,
eply: Ne win e Small to beat off the red-

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as soon as they discover our weakness. ‘‘ But
certainly, take what meu you wish, Carey,
and return to the cabin if you desire.’’

‘*Y will need no men, thank you, sir, for
1. shall go alone.”’

‘* Alone?’’

‘¢ Yes; sir.”?

‘*The risk is too great.’’

‘*Not for me, sir, as I know this country
so well, and I will overtake you on the
march, and perhaps can get some informa-
tion as to what the Sioux are about.’’

‘‘Tf it were any other man who wished to
do this, Kit, I would not only say no, but
set him down as a fool, but, somehow, I
think differently in your case, and so say
you can go, but for Heaven’s sake be cau-
tious.”?

‘*T always am, sir.’’

‘*And, more, ride my horse, Matchless,
for any animal will do for me on the
march— Come, don’t say no, or I will not
let you go on this mission, at the bottom of
which J am sure there is some mystery.”’

‘‘J will take Matchless, sir, and thank
you,’’ was the response.

Ten minutes after Kit Carey rode out of
the camp upon his mysterious and perilous
mission to the cabin of the hermit of the
Black Hills.

(TO BE CONTINUED.)
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Peg-Leg Aerial Company, Limited

—

A STORY OF THE CALIFORNIA DESERT.

BY JOHN H. WHITSON,
Author of “Heroes of the Hills,” and ‘Among
the Gypsies.”
(“THe Pre-LEG ABRIAL COMPANY, LIMITED,” was
commenced in No. 353. Back numbers can be
obtained of all News Agents.)

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CHAPTER XIX.
A THRILLING REVELATION.

 

6% OBY MAYHEW was much bewildered
by the singular action and attitude of
oh) the convict who stood eying him;
7 but the convict recovered almost in-
stantly, and walked forward, with the
question : :

cw
4 a

  

Vsti

‘¢A sunstroke? Your friend seems in a
bad way !”’ Sees is :
‘(A club stroke,’’ replied Toby. ‘‘He is

in a very bad way, indeed! I was afraid
he was dead when I came on him a while
ago. Won’t you take a look at him, sir,
and see if you can’t do something for him???

The man opened his lips as if to make
further ‘inquiries, but he controlled the
impulse and strode to the point where the
miner was lying.

‘Tf you have more of that brandy,’’ he
said, noting the odor.

Toby gave him the small bottle, and hov-
ered anxiously near, while the convict
poured some more of the liquid down the
miner’s throat and began to work for his
restoration. 2 ;

Toby aided with suggestions, and rapidly
ran over the story of how he had found
Berdan lying there, and of what he had
beheld in the mirage.

‘(And this Callahan isa member of the
same party, you say?’’ was the stranger’s
surprised ejaculation. 5

Whereupon Toby plunged into the story
of the Peg-Leg mine, and of the Peg-Leg
Aerial Company that had set out to find it.
However, the story was given by bits, and
not very clearly, owing to the narrator’s
excitement and the exigencies of the situa-
tion, y
In spite of these confidences, the stranger
in the convict garb maintained a close
silence as to how he came to be there at
that opportune moment.

Toby was not disposed
for Berdan was showing
of returning animation. The one great de-
sire to save Berdan’s life made him less
observant than he might otherwise have

to criticise this,
many indications

been. He had no time then to puzzle over
the stranger’s secretiveness, or to think of

the agitation the latter had manifested.

By slow degrees Berdan came out of the
stupor that had’ so long held him, and re-
vived sufficiently to sit up, with his back
against a mound of sand and Toby’s coat
to serve as a pillow. :

The miner looked curiously at the con-

vict. 5
Toby felt impelled to introduce the

stranger, but hesitated, not knowing the

name, The convict observed the look.

‘¢Gall me Johnson,’’ he said. ‘‘One name
will serve as well as another !”’

This was not very satisfactory, but Toby
made the most of it, and Berdan languidly,
took the stranger’s hand, while his eyes
rested on the striped clothing.

The ‘convict turned away as if embar-
rassed, leaving Toby to rattle on about his
goodness and kindness and the numerous
other remarkable qualities the boy had
already discovered in him.

“The Limited is bursted up!’’ Berdan
avowed, gloomily. ‘‘That club done it,
Toby! Tarbox and me part company here-

after !’’

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Toby had already communicated to Ber-;in the stripes of a convict. But lam no
dan his knowledge of how the injury was/criminal! It is true that a crime was
received. | proven against me, but the evidence that

‘“‘Yes, that club bursted the Peg-Leg | made the conviction possible was as false as
Company, as well as my head. We’ll never | the heart of the man that made the charge!
find the Peg-Leg mine, now! What’s worry- ‘That man was Josiah Scales. You must
ing me is how we are to ever get out of this)be somewhat acquainted with him, for
desert !?? | Toby has told me Seales helped to organize

He did not seem to be taking the stranger | the Peg-Leg Company.’’
into his calculations. | Toby, recalling the mysterious talks he

‘“There’ll be plenty of plans suggest | had heard, was thrilled by this; and Ber-
themselves when your head gets clearer,’’ | dan’s interest was perceptibly quickened.
the convict .prophesied, coming forward in} ‘‘Scales was at one time the president of
time to catch Berdan’s final observation. | the Cyclone Mining Company, of which I
‘“‘Our young friend here has been telling | was the secretary. We had mining property
me how thoroughly you are at home in this| near Salt River. To make a long story
sort of a country. You’re feeling blue now, | short, a lot of money became strangely
which 1s little wonder, but you’ll come |missing; Scales accused me of stealing it;
around all right after a time. For myself,|and I was convicted, chiefly on the testi-
I’d be willing to trust to your guidance. | mony of a scoundrel named Jack Callahan
The Colorado River lies off here, does it|—the same scamp, | judge, who gave you

 

not??? |\that blow with a club! Callahan testified
Berdan. nodded. He did not relish the ) that he saw me take the money—which was

as black a lie as ever came from the mouth

forced company of an escaped convict.
As it was plain tbat Berdan would not | of man.
be able to walk for several hours, andas} ‘‘Scales corroborated Callahan’s story as
the day was well advanced, it was decided} well as he could, and I was sent to the
that a camp must be made there. penitentiary at Yuma. That was nearly
There was little to do except to stretch | ten years ago, and at Yuma. I remained
themselves on the sand. The convict had | until a few days since.
evidently determined to become,a member| ‘‘Toby’s mother was dead, and I had
of the party, and now took a part in their | placed him in charge of: an old woman at
conversation and plans for the immediate | San Diego, who conducted a lodging-house.
future. ~ | Her name was Mrs. Seals. As she liked the
‘*7?l] try to make a move in some way in | boy and was always kind to him, 1 arranged
the morning,’’ said Berdan, finally, turn-|to have him remain with her, and wrote
ing wearily from the absorbing subject. | her a letter, charging her to keep him in
‘‘Just what’s to be done, though, I can’t | ignorance of the disgrace that had fallen

say.’?

Night came at last, cloudless and with a
bright moon. The day had been hot, and
the cooling atmosphere was most refresh-
ing. Berdan seemed to grow stronger every
minute.

Toby fell asleep at Berdan’s side, with his
face upturned in the moonlight. The
stranger, however, did not sleep, though
he sat in a recumbent position and seemed
to be sleeping. His eyes were fixed on
Toby’s face.

Finally he took a picture from an inner
pocket, and, by the light of the moon, com-
pared it with the upturned face of the boy.

“Tt is the same!’’ he muttered, an unac-
countable agitation shaking his voice.

Then he arose softly, and on tip-toe ad-
vanced and stooped over Toby. Lower and
lower hesstooped, until his lips touched the
boyish face. Hot tears came into his eyes,
and a choking sob into his throat.

The touch aroused Toby, who stared up
into the tear-stained face.

The man could not stand that look.
fortitude that had upheld him so long gave
way. Lifting Toby bodily from the ground,
he strained him to his breast and cried, in
pitiful accents:

‘Oh, my son! My son!”’

CHAPTER XX.

THE CONVICT’S STORY.

 
    

HE convict’s cry, as he strained Toby
Mayhew to his breast, aroused Ber-
rh) dan, who had been slumbering with
\“> uncommon soundness. As for Toby
himself, he knew not what to think or do.
Having been led to believe, that he was
fatherless, it was not instantly possible for
him to recognize this remarkable claim.

‘‘What’s that?’’? questioned Berdan, lift-
ing his head, and staring hard at the man.

The convict held Toby from him and
looked smilingly into the face, which the
moonlight so clearly revealed.

‘“‘You will think it strange when I tell
you this boy is my son!’’ he declared, turn-
ing to Berdan. ‘‘Yet it isso. I recognized
bim when I first saw him, though he is
changed so much and grown so large. I
knew I could not be mistaken when | heard
his name. I told you to call me Johnson
this afternoon. You may now call me John
Mayhew !’?

‘“Toby’s father is dead,’’ said Berdan,
somewhat coldly. ‘‘The boy told me that
himself !??

The idea that the convict hoped to gain
some advantage by setting up a false claim
had flashed on him.

Toby was in a state of tearful uncer-
tainty. The convict garb acted asa repel-
ling force. He could not believe that his
father, if alive, would beso clad. Yet the
man’s apparent sincerity, and the memory
of how kind and helpful he had been to
Berdan, irresistibly drew Toby toward him.
_ The convict seemed to comprehend the
nature of these conflicting emotions.

‘I’m your father, Toby!’’ he asserted,
again drawing the boy toward him and
kissing him. ‘*I know it seems strange, but
it is true! Mr. Berdan’s doubts are natural,
and so are yours. But I hope [ may be able
to convince you both of my identity and
make everything clear.”’

Still holding Toby close by his side, he
sat down on the sand. Berdan had hitched
nearer and his questioning look had deep-
ened.

‘‘¥ou will listen to my story?’ the con-
vict asked. * .

Berdan nodded an assent.

: ‘To begin then, I am John Mayhew, the

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{on me. This she did, by telling him that I
was dead !’?

| Toby had twined his arms about the man

whom he was now convinced had so large a

| Claim on his affections, and hung with rapt
attention on every word his father uttered.

Berdan had likewise dropped much of. his
scepticism, and listened with an ever-
increasing interest.

‘*l was dead to the world,’’ the convict
went on. ‘‘Kvery effort to bring about my
release failed and a few weeks ago, when [
had given up »all hope of regaining my
liberty, I forwarded to Toby a letter. He
was then in Professor Tarbox’s school, and
| Mrs. Seals was dead !”’

‘*T never got ‘any such letter
avowed.
| ‘*No; for it was sent in Tarbox’s care,
|and he was instructed by me not to deliver
it to you until eke had arrived at a more
mature age. ‘That letter contained a note
against Scales for a thousand dollars, which
| I hoped Toby might some day be able to
collect, It also contained the story of my
unfortunate life, and a map showing a route
to the noted Peg-Leg mine!’’ me

‘“*What?’’.

Berdan was on his feet, in spite of the
weakness that still troubled him,

‘‘It astonishes you, does it? Not more
than I was astonished, I assure you, when
Toby told me the particulars of the organi-
zation of the Peg-Leg Company !”’

‘« And there’s where that map came from???
said the miner; his wonder open-mouthed
| and confounding.
| ‘‘It was my map, or a copy of it, that
| Tarbox and Scales. used in planning your
| trip, you may be sure! And theinformation
written on the map was of equal value,
| That information, and the sketch of sthe
| route, was given me by a fellow convict on
his death-bed. I had beenas kind'to him as
| the rigid prison rules would. permit, and he
wanted to pay mé, and that was how he
did it!’

Berdan drew a deep breath of bewilder-
iment. His brain was muddled by what he
|heard, and by the startling suggestions

that assailed him.

‘*Phen Tarbox opened your letter to Toby,
} and took it straight to Scales! They agreed
|to benefit by the discovery, and organized
ithe company; and they sent Toby into the
| desert to lose him there, afraid that if he
| lived he might be able some day to make
them trouble for what they’d done!”’

‘That is the conclusion I had reacked!’?
Mayhew declared. ‘‘But my boy is still
safe!?’

He gave Toby another rapturous hug.

‘‘T haven’f told you how I got out of
prison! I am, as you may see, a fugitive
from justice! A number of convicts formed
a plot, breached the walls, stole. a lot of
food, and fled into the desert.

‘‘Despairing of ever obtaining justice
while I remained there, I escaped with
them when the breach had been made and
the opportunity was offered to me. Perhaps
I did wrong, but I thought it best at the
time, and am not yet prepared to say that I
did a foolish thing.

‘‘And now I propose to return to the
Needles, face Josiah Scales, and, by over-
whelming him with the information | have
obtained, force him to do me justice !”’

Mayhew’s breath was coming thick and
fast, evincing the great excitement under
which he was laboring. Tears were in Ber-
dan’s eyes, and Toby was sobbing convul-
sively.

‘“There is another thing! Scales holds by
fraud and force a mining claim that 1 know
is valuable and which rightfully belongs
to me. A description of that claim and its
location was in the sealed package I sent
to Toby under Tarbox’s care, for 1 wanted

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the boy to have the benefit of it, even if I |saw on the top of a distant cliff were

could not!’’

‘*T never dreamed that Scales was such a
grand old scoundrel,’’ Berdan averred,
‘‘though I knew he was always as close as
the bark on a tree, and that he cared little
enough for anybody but himself. It will be
a big thing when you’re in, shape to tear
the mask off the face of the old hypocrite!’’

‘‘T kept with the convicts for a time,”’
Mayhew went on, not heeding this ebulli-
tion. ‘*Then the Yuma trackers began to
press us so hard that I separated from
them, and have been muking my way alone
since morning. A mere chance—was
chance?—brought nie to where you were
lying, with Toby trying to bring you round.

‘*T recognized Toby’s face as soon as I
saw it. Itisso like the picture of him I
have, taken when he was many years
younger. But the face is much the same,
still; and I knew it, even though seen out
here !??

He drew the picture from his pocket, and
held if so Berdan could see it clearly/in the
moonlight.

‘*Tt’s the same!’’ said Berdan, ‘‘though a
good deal younger.’’

‘*Yes, Toby has his mother’s features! He
never looked much like me.’’

Toby examined the cld photograph with
strange curiosity, and beheld the face of a
little boy, with clear eyes and ringleted
hair, so like himself, and yet so’ different
that he could almost fancy he was viewing
his own countenance in a distorting pool.

Of course the ringlets were gone, and
there was a firmness in the face, and a
glance of higher intelligence in the real
eyes than in the eyes of this shadow of his
former self. Nevertheless, the resemblance
was markedly striking.

‘“‘Another spike in the coffin of the
‘Limited,’ ’’ said Berdan, referring to the
account he had just heard. ‘‘I’m glad I’m
out of it; and I’d never have gone into it,
if I’d dreamed there was so much crooked-
ness hid away there. I hope you may get
out of this, if only to get even with Scales!’’

‘*We’ll get out!’? was Mayhew’s confident
assertion, ‘‘The kind Providence that led
me to my boy here will not desert us now,
I feel sure!’

‘*You’re right!’’ said Berdan. ‘The good
God that watches always over his children
will not let such meanness go unpunished !’?

CHAPTER XXI.
AN ESCAPE BAFFLED.

AVING listened to John Mayhew’s
de] singular story, let us now return to
Professor ‘Tarbox and Jack Calla-
han whom we left threatened by

the advance of the Yuma trailers.

As stated, they were in a serious quan-
dary. The Yumas were creeping from sand
dune to sand dune, stealthily drawing nearer
and nearer. To fight them was out of the
question, and the balloon was not ready for
an ascent.

Not wishing the Yumas to approach
nearer, Tarbox mounted to the top of a
tall rock and dramatically drew his revol-
ver. Clad in the striped clothing, his figure
silhouetted against the clear sky; holding
the revolver threateningly, he looked singu-
larly out of place in those surroundings.

The skulking Yumas came to a halt, and
those nearest slipped behind convenient
boulders, with marvelous celerity.

‘«They’re a cowardly lot, anyway,’’ Tar-
box muttered, an amused smile crossing his

‘face.

He knew, however, that in many respects
they were as tenacious as bulldogs. They
might disappear, when threatened ; but/they
could not be driven away, nor were they
easily cajoled.

Meanwhile, Jack Callahan was not idle.
He had found and brought into the gorge
one of the strongest of the burros, and he
wag now proceeding to pile on its back a
goolly quantity of provisions and water
bottles.

‘‘A burro is powerful slow,’’ was his
thought, ‘‘but we'can’t leave these things if
we try_to beat a retreat! If I was Tarbox,
I’dsee if I couldn’t send up the balloon,
yit. I believe I could work the thing while
he holds back them black secamps!’?

Convinced that the Yumas were in no
hurry to approach, Tarbox was climbin
down from the rock, the same reflection in
his mind.

He smiled when he saw that Jack Calla-
han had got the burro in readiness for
flight.

‘**Tf you can fill that balloon, Callahan,
while I stand those Yumas off, we may be
able to get out of this!”’

‘‘Jist what I was thinkin’,’’ said Calla-
han, leaving the burro and beginning to
pull, at one of the ropes. ‘'You couldn’t
help me a bit, I reckon??’

**I’m afraid to! I think you can make
it, with the aid of the burro, and without
unpacking, too!’

ith this, Tarbox gave Callahan some in-
structions and advice as to how the envel-
ope might be most easily hoisted and filled
and then hastened back to the rock.

The Yumas evidently believed they held
the convicts in a trap, for no apparent ad-
vance had been made. Tarbox was prettv
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watching every movement in the gorge.

‘‘T don’t doubt we’re puzzling them a
good deal,’’ he said, uttering his thoughts
aloud, and immediately his face brightened.

As has been said, he was well acquainted
with the Indian character. The chief main-
spring of an Indian’s action is superstition.
The power of good and bad ‘‘medicine’’
probably influnces their lives more than
anything else.

Therefore, Tarbox knew that if these
Yumas once got it into their heads that
the white men in the gorge were educocting
some powerful ‘‘imedicine,’’ the chance that
he and Callahan would be able to escape
would be materially increased. An Indian
is mortally afraid of a ‘‘medicine’’ he does
not understand.

To more thoroughly convinee the Yumas
that the whites were ‘‘making big medi-
cine,’’ Tarbox stretched himself up on top
of the rock and made mysterious gestures
with his hands and with the revolver. He
drew imaginary lines at his feet and in the
air. He made obeisances to the sun, and
then held up a pebble and danced before it
as if it were a fetich.

“If that don’t floor them, I don’t know
what will,’’?’ was his thought. ‘‘I hope it
will scare them so that they’ll want to turn
heel and make a straight, break for Yuma!’’

He was so pleased with his performance
that he felt almost confident and quite jubi-
lant.

What effect it had on the Yumas could
not be determined, as only two or three of
them were to be seen. ‘Tarbox was sure,
however, that many pairs of eyes were
watching him.

Glancing back over his shoulder, be saw
that Callahan was working with might and
main, but without much apparent success.

Believing that the Yumas would hesitate
some time before making another advance,
Tarbox was about to descend to assist his
sorely tried comrade, when he saw one of
the Yumas come from behind a sand dune.
The Indian caried a bunch of sage, which
he held up before him as a flag of truce.

‘‘T reckon I’ve scared them!’’ Tarbox
chuckled. ‘‘That looks as if they want to
parley, I’ll see what the old rascal’s after.”’

He slipped the revolver into a pocket,
where he held his hand on it; and then,
with the other uplifted, palm outward, in
token of amity, he climbed down from the
rocks and walked toward the Yuma.

The bearer of this queer flag of truce
halted when he had approached the mid-
way point, and waited for Tarbox to draw
near.

The latter took a good look around him
before he ventured farther, for he feared
treachery, and did not know but that some
of the Indians might be concealed near,
ready to spring out on him.

However, he could discover nothing of
the kind; and so he walked on, his hopes
growing. He began to feel that his ‘‘strong

Jmedicine’’ had taken effect.

But when he came up to the Yuma, who
could speak English very well, he found
that the Indians did not intend to be fright-
ened by the performance on top of the rock.

The old Yuma said as much, and de-
manded the surrender of the convicts who
had sought refuge in the gorge.

‘*We are not convicts,’’ Tarbox hastened
to explain. ‘‘The convicts came on us and
took away our clothing and made us wear
these. stripes, but the convicts themselves
have gone in that direction !’’

He pointed to the route which the escaped
prisoners had really taken; but the Yuma
disbelieved him, and shook his head. - The
trail had been blotted out by the sand, and
the Yuma saw, as he fancied, one: of the
convicts before him,

Tarbox might have here gained a point if
he had not been afraid to confess the insig-
nificance of his force. However, he was
almost certain that, if he admitted he had
but one companion with him, the Indians
would make a rush and compel a surrender.

Again and again he tried to convince the
flag-bearer that the Yumas were making a
mistake, but all his arguments were fruit-
less. The old Indian resolutely shook his
head and continued to demand the convicts.

‘*You’ll have to come and take us, then!’’
Tarbox angrily cried, gripping the revolver
hidden in the pocket. ‘‘We are members of
the Peg-Leg ie Company, and if you
lay hands on us, the men who sent you out
here will be made to pay big for it!’’

‘‘Jail. man talk large words,’’ was the
Yuma’s scornful reply. |

Then he faced about in a very dignified
manner and marched slowly back to make
his report.

Tarbox could have cried from sheer vexa-
tion. He was at the end of his tether in
that direction. He hoped the balloon was
almost ready, and that be and Callahan
could get out of the gorge with it before the
Yumas took it into their heads to bring
matters to a crisis.

He was much cast down when he re-
entered the gorge and saw that Callahan

ad made very little progress—and then a
shot rang out from the top of a high cliff,
and the bullet flattened itself against a rock
near the balloon envelope.

This alarmed Tarbox' more than anything
else. If the Yumas proceeded to cut the
envelope to pieces with rifle balls he and

Callahan would truly be in a sad condition,
for they could hardly hope to baffle the
Yumas bya retreat on foot, even if they
could get out of the gorge.

And it seemed that this was what the
Yumas meant to do, for almost instantly
another spiteful report sounded.

(TO BE CONTINUED.)

BANKS’ BABIES.

eetpios

 

BY MAX ADELER.

 

+ WAS detained over Sunday in Barns-
if bury, and on Sunday morning I re-

solved to go to church. The first
=> church I came to, a small frame struc-
ture with a wooden steeple, had the doors
and windows tightly shut, but there was a
man sitting on the front steps whittling a
stick, and I said to him:

‘‘Are you connected with this church?’’

‘*Yes,’? he said, ‘‘I’m the sexton.”’

‘‘What is it closed for?”’

‘‘Well, mostly on account of Banks’
babies,’

‘* Babies???

‘*Sit down, and I’ll tell you about it.
You know Banks, he came to this town to
live a few weeks agoa perfect stranger, and
he rented a pew in this church. It seems
that Banks had three little bits of babies,
triplets, not more’n two months old, and
then, besides these, he had twins, about a
year old. Sonobody knew about the babies,
but Banks wanted to have the little dar-
lin’s baptized, and he allowed to Mrs.
Banks that to rush the whole five babies into
church on one Sunday might excite re-
mark, you understand. So he settled it that
he’d have ’em christened gradually, so to
speak. Accordin’ly the next Sunday he

 

 

fetched little Jimmy, one of the triplets,
and all went off well enough. On the follow-
in’ Sunday he came a-promenadin’ up the
aisle with George Washington, another trip-
let, and Dr. Binns, our preacher, he fixed
him up all right. People thought it was
queer, but when, on the next Sunday
mornin’, Banks and his wife came into
church with another baby, William Henry,
cryin’ like a Pawnee war whoop, some of
the folks couldn’t help snickerin’.

‘* Howsomedever, nobody complained, and
all might have been well if Banks hadn’t
come along on the Sunday after with Elijah
Hunsicker Banks, one of the twins. Every-
body laughed, and Mr. and Mrs. Banks,
they were furious—mad as anything, you
know, and when Elijah Hunsicker Banks
accidentally hit Dr. Binns, who was holding
him during the ceremony, and the doctor
dropped him in the water, the congregation
just fairly roared with laughter. Mrs.
Banks turned red as fire and looked as if
she would like to murder somebody.

‘*Well, you know, we all thought this
was the last, and public feeling kinder sim-
mered down on toward the end of the week,
when who should come boomin’ up the
aisle on Sunday mornin’ but Mr. and Mrs.
»Banks with Tecumseh Aristotle Banks, the
remainin’ twin! Well, you ought to have
heard thaat congregation laugh! I never
seen nothin’ like it in all my experience.
Even Dr. Binns had to smile. And the
Bankses, they were perfeckly wild withrage.
Anyhow, they baptized Tecumseh, and
after meetin’ some of the elders got to
jokin’ about it. One said they’d have to
apply to the town supervisors for an exten-
sion of the water works; another allowed
that arrangements ought to be made to di-
vert Huckleberry Creek and run it down
the middle aisle of the church; another
made some kind of a joke about business
bein’ good because so many banks were
in town; another said that Banks would
need about twelve pews when his family
grew up.

‘‘Somebody must have told Banks about
it, for what does he do to revenge himself?
Hesends down to Clarion County to his two
sisters ‘to come and bring their children.
They had a couple of babies apiece, and as
soon as they arrived Banks he begins to
bring them to church, gradually, like the
others. You never seen such meetin’s as
them! The church was jammed full and
people just roarin’. And when Banks come
in on Sunday with the fourth and last of
his sisters’ babies the trustees thought’ it
was time to interfere, Gettin’ to be a
farce, you know! So Deacon Smith he
sw on up and said something or other to
Banks, and Banks, quicker’n a wink, laid
down the baby and banged the deacon with
his fist. Andso, I dunno how it was, but
in a minute there was Banks, and Deacon
Smith, ard Deacon Hubbard, and Banks’
sister’s baby and meal] a-rollin’ and a-bump-
in’ over the floor, hittin’, and kickin’, and
whoopin’ ina manner that was ridiculous
to behold.

‘‘And when we all. came to and got
straightened out Banks picked up the bat-
tered baby of his sister and quit, and the.
trustees held an informal meetin’ and
agreed to close the church for a month so’s
to kinder freeze Banks out, and vow we’ve
shut up; but I reckon itis no use, for I
hear Banks has got his back up and gone
over and joined the Baptists.’’

So I said good-day to the sexton and
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of Venice. His makeup is
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_ BY WINFRED J. RANDOLPH.
‘ ha} : : “ ME r ¥
a pelt i No. iy FLYING Trip Norru” was commenced in
lor Pe iri Back numbers can be obtained of all News
eyela® k ts.)
mode 1 Sph ag eR
ited, a CH Ph 7
g i a as APTER XXXVII.
if sat GLORY AND THE UNION JACK SIDE BY
soaker SIDE.
ould a k
'S, ru AA HEN Ned discovered that the im-
m @ pioh 5 periled lads were none other than
ei et the traitorous youths, he was
, eh - Alreag quite near them. The dogs had
ible bill and di, Set in to worry the infuriated bear
tbe Beasia €rted his attention from Bert and

the ey - Sto y.
mann yd Title Pring his dog team, Ned grasped his

f firmly j ne i

md Pet Uo, ty in his hand and jumped out

eS, as tl f vent’ Show to do battle with the animal.

Ton f Session ed bullet, followed in quick suc-

lian - beast ey. two or three others, laid the

rd FEF ang Ppteless upon the snow as Von Essen
‘Sledge coset Bendér drew up beside the
bi Bort, ceeining Agnes.

ing ‘lable OWles and Beasley presented a

; Sight. Their fur clothing was more

attered and torn, the evident diffi-
‘ which they moved told that
1O8 had been almost frozen from

Phe aly terror.n¢ 2, 224 the emaciated look on their
must Rong é icken faces showed that they had
darken pik sae days without food.

i will! tlaimeg ress you, Ned ;Maxwell!’?  ex-

ner 8 Ectly at Ney Cowles, throwing himself ab-

olor, ae ; 8d’s feet. ‘‘You have saved our
red tin »},'00 aac We least deserevd it. I have had

} 23St toy dae the horrible suspense of the
iG ir My Only a to reflect upon the past, and
al 3 Shoy Spe was that I might be spared
et y pam hey future conduct that I have
gb 1M sie TOF ace esson that I needed. And

9 be a W ee Bender, he cried, crawling over
paste # Cur a. the professor stood, ‘‘forgive us

e pe i} Shoq igh. preachery. We have been pun-

eS; ‘than we can teall.’’

 

gO), S48ne,
up ar? | fiserabien Ned looked with pity upon the
g ap 5880}: OYs, so near starvation, and Pro-

yer OF seF Wtete se also was moved to compassion

a) ithe. -°Vident suffering and contriti
oun out ident: s ng and contrition.
one. | Howey Mdicating what his feelings were,
pe pa! > A€ motioned to them to arise.

, er vi
rhe 108 ‘Askeg are the sledge and provisions?’’

pe me : me
Maries { t® Nor sledges are several miles further to
youns al Tee aoe we have been without food
Fire FAME vey, “AYS,’’ replied Bert. ‘‘We got
qd 1 Ys, 42, Vell with the sledge for several
P Pen stil the motor suddenly got out of
ws Sra finaly We could not make it go. We
5 all yoo Sht j,, 2 compelled to camp out for the
y be it shine Cur sleeping bags, and iu tile
eu vn OO tn We fake we awakened, we found
y the igh Mk op “ been visited by bears and our
he sl} i+ henry j, Provisions had been rifled by the
jue Ge Sin yy 8tes. No doubt our being motion-
ing Mal Hy) Daa. bags saved us from attack.
thet oo Piac’ss bot) tried to fix the motor on the
we iy a) OD 4d to abandon it, and started
ect Hl y ching 9° in the forlorn hope of again
ove it? nfl 4 Ari) ‘8 igloo. .We ‘were tramping
1 soaPs “olf g Sten potlong this evening, not having
in wi ld oe for three days, when we sud-
p val” fF a, vel ‘e bear appproaching. We were
tine” oof F ob Stenseless, and in our fright
suena Uy ‘i Provia bags and took to our heels.
te Panceath and appearance has spared
nce ion. can now save us from
ES a ‘gi? Me . .
gpd 10 of tg Ons, ana me, was unpacking some pro-
a ue gh tn ried a ert pene his mournful
aged tans 0 and offered hi d Beas
wieeeaq ating, 6 frozen seal ment, Ths two
face Pe Mates ee S ate as only two starving un-
woos I 8 By, on ys
mad bag Ro erat exclaimed Professor Ben-
350" en dro i and secure the sleeping
ae ae ey We all Neat _these unhappy young
or von the earn est and must camp out
hy aN . 8 ; ‘i
paneer ih ed of Jumped into his sledge and
be elve™ (fig, on the. Where the bags could be seen
ouney, aed With Ground, and in a short time
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The party set to work cutting up the bear
and feeding some to the dogs, who were
as ravenous as wolves.

‘‘We’ll have to cover up this bear meat
before we retire into the seclusion of our
bags,’’ said Ned after it was all cut up,
“or these dogs will eat it all up in the
night.”?’

‘A capital suggestion!’’? exclaimed the
professor, and they prepared a place for it
in the snow, covering it carefully with
stones that they gathered from far and
near, and putting over these blocks of
frozen snow. ;

‘“‘This terrible experience will make a
man of Bert Cowles,’’ said Ned to Von
Essen later, as the two were preparing to
follow the example of the others and crawl
into their sleeping bags.

‘‘Yah,’’ replied Von Essen. ‘‘Vhen ein
mans vas shtarving mit himself, id don’d
vas mudch droubles dot he ged down py his
knees und beg for somedings to eat. Ve vas
petter vait ein few days till he vas feel
more like himselfs und den ve know vhether
he vas some goot alretty.’’

Whether or not Professor Bender shared
Von Essen’s distrust, he was not any more
demonstrative to the lads in the morning
than he had been the previous night. He
was rejoiced that Ned had arrived on the
spot in time to save their lives, for the
perils of their venture into that inhospitable
region had been brought home to him by
the events of the previous days.

When he retired into hissleeping bag after
Bert and Beasley had been fed and com-
fortably housed for the, night, disturbing
thoughts of what might have happened kept
him awake for a long time.

‘“‘What if those foolhardy boys had
starved or been killed before we reached
them??? he soliloquized. ‘‘How could I have
faced their parents with the message that

these two young men, intrusted to my
care, had met their deaths through my
rashness in bringing them up here? And

Agnes! How can I ever justify myself for
exposing the child to all these perils and
discomforts? I must have been bereft of all
reason !”’

Professor Bender, in the wretchedness of
his spirits, reproached himself for his
thoughtlessness and groaned mournfully.

‘And the dangers are not past !’” he mut-
tered, ‘‘but, thank Heaven, it is now mid-
summer and conditions for travel are most
favorable. I will leave this accursed region
as. quickly as possible, and perhaps a kind
Providence will save us from further mis-
hap.’

He was the first one up in the morning,
and with feverish anxiety discussed their
return with Ned and Agnes.

‘‘Why not push forward and recover the
motor sledge?’’ said Ned. ‘‘It is but a few
miles away, and perhaps the injury to the
motors may be remedied and the sledge used.
The two dog sledges are not sufficient to
convey usall, including Blubber and Mike.”’

‘Very well,’? said Professor Bender,
‘‘but we must be quick about it.’’

After a hasty breakfast, the party set out
toward the abandoned sledge, the professor,
Agnes, and_ Beasley in one sledge, Von
Essen and Cowles in the other, and Ned
traveling beside with his skis and motor .

In the afternoon they reached the aban-
doned sledge. Ned was the first on the spot,
and by the time the others drew up beside
him, bad discovered thé cause of the diffi-
culty.

‘‘There is nothing the matter with the
motors,’? he exclaimed. ‘‘The steering
aparatus is broken, and the motors are set
against each other and are throwing the
current in opposite directions. As both are
of equal power, of course, the sledge has
come to a standstill. It won’t take long to
fix that.’’

In a short time he had straightened them
out and repaired the brokeu rods of the
tiller, and then, jumping into the sledge,
started it across the snow at a brisk rate
amid the applause of the others.

The cheers had barely subsided when Ned
caught sight of a jointed pole, like a fishing
rod, set up into a pile of stones a short dis-
tance ahead, near the top of which a small
English flag fluttered in the breeze.

‘Well, Bert,’’? said Ned, returning to the
others, ‘‘I admire your ingenuity in carry-
ing a flagpole into this desolate regiop
and your skill in setting it up, but Lam
just as determined as ever that Old Glory
shall mark the highest point reached by
any member of this expedition. You and I
are on equal terms now. The balance of
the party does not intend to go any further.
So I challenge you to race toward the north
pole—the Stars and Stripes against the
Union Jack !”’ ;

Profgsor Bender was about to interfere,
when the English lad shook his head and
spoke up. aa

‘No, Ned,’’ be said. ‘‘From this time on
I desire. to be your friend and not your
opponent. You have shown great forbear-
ance toward ime, and have several times
put me under lasting obligations to you by
your bravery in saving my life. The Stars
and Stripes symbolize to you that American
spirit of courage and love of fair play
which I now confess you have shown, and I
am willing that you should replace my
little flag with your own.”’ ;

It was evident that Bert’s reformation

 

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was genuine and sincere, and it touched
them all.

‘‘Bert Cowles,’’ said Ned, pulling his silk
flag out of his pocket, ‘‘Il appreciate your
generous motive, but refuse to take advan-
tage of your offer to replace your flag with
my own. I will meet you in the same
generous spirit. Let the flag of your
country remain where it is, and Old Glory
will fly beside it!’’

And so it happened that when the party
embarked in the sledges to leave those
scenes forever, one pole held aloft in the
arctic breeze the Union Jack and the glori-
ous Stars and Stripes side by side.

CHAPTER XXXVIII.

‘“HOME AGAIN !??

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7 T’S just my luck!’ exclaimed Bert
} Cowles as he and Ned drew up their
dog sledges beside the igloo at Force
Bay in time to share the welcome
given by Mike and Blubber to the professor
and his party, who had preceeded the dog

teams in the motor sledge.

After the fiags had been raised near the
spot where Bert and Beasely had abandoned
the sledge, the party set out on the return
journey. The professor took the lead with
the motor, and nervously urged them to
make all possible speed toward the south.

He chafed at every delay, and when they
reached the buried carcass of the bear he
fidgeted and fumed around until it was
loaded upon the sledges and they were
ready to resunie their journey.

‘‘Mike and Blubber are alone at the
igloo,’’? he exclaimed. ‘‘Who knows what
peril may overtake them while we are
away?”’

‘*Herr Brofessor,’’ said Von Essen, ‘‘dey
vas nod alone mit demselves. Dey vas god
dot plamed oldt barrot vot Mike garies mit
bocket inside.”’

‘‘Yes,’’ replied the professor, ‘‘and who
knows what foolhardy thing Mike may do
to contribute to that bird’s comfort? He
may at this moment be risking his life in
some ridiculous venture, and we must hurry
on to prevent any disastrous consequences. ’’

The professor’s anxiety to get his party
out of that land of desolation led him to
urge the motor to such an extent that Ned
and Bert, following in the dog sledges, had
difficulty in keeping near him, and reached
the igloo after the professor’s party. It
was after the welcoming words from Mike
and Blubber that Bert made the remark
which opens our chapter. ~

‘‘Luck again!’’’ exclaimed Ned in sur-
prise. ‘‘Why, Bert, I thought you. were
done for all time with railing at your
luck.’’

“Still I repeat it,’? replied Bert with a
smile. ‘‘It’s just my luck that Iam here
alive to-day instead of my bones being left
to whiten in that desolate place where you
found us. Good luck, Ned,’’ he continued,
‘Cand the greatest piece of good fortune was
when you forgave all the mean things I had
done to you and allowed me to count my-
self as one of your friends.”’ :

‘‘Now, old fellow,’’ replied Ned, feeling-
ly, ‘‘let bygones be bygones anj make the
most of the future. That’s what Professor
Bender seems bent upon doing, you will
notice,?’ he’ added with a laugh as he
pointed to the professor.

‘Yes?’ laughed Bert. ‘‘He seems even
more anxious to get away from here than
he was to come. I guess he’s forogttten all
about that north pole theory of his.”

The professor was bustling around, giving
Mike and Blubber directions for packing in
the sledges the walrus and seal meat that
they had secured during his absence, and it
was with difficulty that he was persuaded
to allow the party to remain at the igloo
for the night. ,

In the morning ‘they began their slow
journey to the south in their overladen
sledges, Blubber and Beasley in one dog
sledge, Von Essen and Bert in the other,
and the professor, Agnes, and Mike—not to
mention the parrot—in the motor sledge.
Ned, mounted on his skis and propelled by
his motor, accompanied the professor’s

arty. ;

Of their further adventures in Greenlard,
how they opportunely recovered the pro-
visions which they had placed in the sev-
eral caches, of their eventual arrival at the
settlement of Disco Bay after a long and
perilous journey, of kindly treatment by
the superintendent, and their final embark-
ment on a whaler bound for St. John, we
have not space to speak at length. :

Béfore leaving Disco Bay, Professor Ben-
der presented Blubber with the motor
sledge in recognition of his faihfulness, and
the Eskimo was profuse in his thanks.

As they were about to embark upon the
ship, he embraced Von Essen and pleaded
with him to stay and share his fortunes.

‘‘Nalegak-soak !’? he exclaimed. ‘You
make fine Eskimo’’

‘‘Nod vhen I knows mineself,’’ cried Von
Essen, breaking away and rusbing on board.
“Dot plamed oldt Eskymos musdt dink I
vas ein lunyticks,’? he added to Ned when
he was safe beyond the reach of Blubber.
‘“‘Dot reminds me——”’

Just then.the ship began to slowly move
away from the landing, and, as it steamed
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farewell to the assembled inhabitants and
took their last look at the settlement.

After an uneventful passage, they arrived
at St. John, and there embarked on a
steamer bound for New York.

It was a happy band of tourists who
landed at New York, safe and sound, after
all the hardships of their arctic experience.

‘*Th’. saints be praised, me darlint!??
muttered Mike to his parrot as he followed
close behind Professor Bender along the
gangway to the pier, ‘‘We’re in Ameriky
wanst more!”?

Before Poll could answer a stout, florid
old gentleman seized Professor Bender by
the hand, and despite the latter’s efforts to
brush past him, held him there.

‘*Professor Bender, as I live!’’? exclaimed
the old gentleman, who was no less a per-
sonage than Professor Acetyline Carbide
Jones. ‘‘Well! well! well! 1 came here to
meet my daughter, who is a passenger on
the steamer, and did not dream that I
should be the first to welcome the returned
arctic explorer to American soil. How
many of, those defenseless children did you
leave in solitary graves in that frozen
country?’? .

‘*None, thank Heaven!’’ exclaimed Pro-
fessor Bender, ferevntly. ‘‘They are all
here safely.’’

“¢And I suppose you discovered the north
pole and have brought that with you, too,’
continued Professor Jones, with a sarcastic
grin. ‘‘By the way, Bender, how about
your theory of ocean tides.and an open
voleano at the poles? Did you——”’

**T will report my discoveries and conclu-
sions to the Scientific Society, sir!?? ex-
claimed Professor Bender, forcibly pulling
his hand out of the other’s grasp and
pushing past him. .‘‘To the Scientific
Society, sir!—when I get ready.’

‘‘Ha! ha! ba!’? laughed Professor Jones
as the indignant Professor Bender strode
away, followed by his party.

They lost no time in having themselves
and baggage transferred to the railroad
train, and that afternoon arrived in great
glee at Halcyon Hall.

‘‘Home again!’’ cried Agnes as she gayly
alighted from the carryall that had brought
them over from the village.

‘“‘Hurrah!’’ cried the lads in unison, and
even Mike and the professor joined in the
chorus.

In the early evening the lads were assem-
bled in front of the ball, guying Mike and
Von Essen about some of their arctic ex-
periences, when they caught sight of Ned
and Agnes strolling about in the moonicht
in a very lover-like way: =

“‘Vot I vas alvays toldt you, ain’d id?’
exclaimed Von Essen, pointing to the ap-
proaching figures of the young couple
dimly outlined under the trees. ‘*Don’d I
vas alvays toldt you dot Ned Maxvell vas
eut us all oud py Mish Ackenss? Look py
dot, I ped you!”? :

The lads loooked in the direction indi-
cated. In the moonlight it would have been
difficult to detect any change in the expres-
sion of Beit’s countenance as he followed
the example of the others, but, at any
rate, he made no ill-natured comment upon
his rival’s apparent good fortune,

**T ped you, I know vot I vas dalking
aboud, ain’d id??? continued Von Essen,
‘‘When mine Katrina oud by der vadder-
land vouldt daJk mit me like dot, I vas feel
oud py der sighdt. Dot remizds me aboud
der dimes mine vadder’s unckle’s cousin
Firtz——’”?’ ;

‘“Gentlemen,’’ broke in the voice of Pro-
fessor Bender, who appeared in the deor-
way, ‘‘it is time that you retired for the
night.’’

‘*Professor,’’ exclaimed Bert’ Cowles,
laughing, ‘‘Von Essen has just thought of
something excruciatingly funny that hap-
pened to a distant relative of his, and he is
anxious to relate it.”’

Professor Bender looked on in
silence.

‘‘For goodness’ sake let the Dutchman
spring his chestnut on us, and then perhaps
he’ll give usa rest,’’? muttered Beasley in
tones barely audible to the professor, but
distinctly heard by Von Essen.

‘You ped your. live, I vas dell you dot
choke now, some more alretty, or dere vas
ein vorser dimes aboud here dan ein sefen-
day valking madtch around der nord bole
mit noddings to eat,’’? cried Von Essen.

‘* Vis, bejabbers, guv Dootchy a chanst,’’
said Mike as he placed the parrot on his
shoulder and drew close to Von Essen.
‘‘Dootchy ain’t sich a bad lot, if he do be
afther havin’ fits.’’

‘‘Now, everybody listen to Von Essen,’’
exclaimed Ned, who, with Agnes, had
joined the party in time to hear the Get-
man’s vehement remark. ,

‘Yes, Mr. Von Essen,’’ cried Agnes, ‘‘do
tell us all about it. We are waiting to hear
jt 7?

‘‘Vell,’’ said Von Essen, slowly, ‘‘dot
reminds me aboud der dimes. mine vadder’s
unckle’s cousin, Fritz Schnickleheimer, py.
der vadderland, vas make ein good choke.”
Ha! ha! ba! you vas laugh like you vas
shplit mit mine sides oud vhen you vas
hear id.’

‘*Yys,’? they all eried eagerly as they
crowded around him while he roared with
laughter. ‘‘What was it’’?

“Tq yas der bulliest choke vot you vas

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efer heert,’’ replied Von Essen as soon as
he recovered from his fit of laughter. ‘‘ You
see, mine vadder’s unckle’s cousin— Ha!
ha! ha!’?

‘Oh, yes, we know that part of it,’’ they
cried in unison, ‘‘Go on.”’

‘‘Wyitz Schniclkeheimer, be make ein
choke aboud somedings vot vas happen py
der vadderlands. Id vas ein bully choke,
und vouldt make you laugh mit yourselfs
to det, bud, py chimminy grismas, I vas
forgod me vot id was all aboud!”’

The only sound that broke the stillness of
the night after the German had finished
was a wild, hilarious screech from Poll,
who, from her perch on Mike’s shoulder,
winked her left eye at Von Essen, and
slowly placing her claw against her beak,
yelled in tones that made them all jump:

‘‘Arrah, go long! Ye’re only fooling !’’

(TO BE CONTINUED.)
OR,

The Adventures of the X. T. C. Qnartette,

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“IN THE SUNK LANDS” wascommenced in No. 351.
Back numbers can be obtained of all News Agents.

CHAPTER XVIII.
WE BUILD A TRAP AND CATCH A BEAR.

TEVE Dane, you’re gone this time,
sure!’? I thought, as pursued and
pursuer made the bark fly in clouds
from the hickory. ‘‘ You’ve taken too

big a tree, and the bear can climb faster

than you can.’’

I gave one hasty glance down and noted
the bloodshot eyes, the blood trickling
down his nose from Joe’s shot, and the
great, horny claws within two inches of
my boot-heel.

The boys were running toward the tree,
under which the hounds were baying like
all possessed.

‘*Slide out on a limb!’’ shouted Sammy.
‘*Git out as fur as you kin.’’

Without a second’s hesitation 1 swung out

. on the nearest, and went out backwards,

The bear seemed surprised, but immedi-
ately turned around and adyanced cau-
tiously.

I went out farther. The limb tapered
down to two inches, and bent under our
weight. I glanced fearfully at the ground
twenty-five feet below, and tried to calcu-
late how many bones would be broken if I
fell. The bear paused; unable to come
farther, and Sammy ‘fired.

Isaw the hairs drop where the bullet
went in—too far back of the shoulder to be
vital. The bear bit savagely at the wound,
tottered, and then, quickly rolling himself
into the semblance of a_ ball, he dropped
straight on the dogs standing open-mouthed
below.

By this means he tried to crush or strike
them with his paws, and be up the tree
again before they could retaliate, but our
dogs were too wary, and scattered.

Thump! he landed. It was a ludicrous
sight. He seemed astonished that he had
killed none of them, and as Bob and Treve
fired hastily and harmlessly over him, he
shambled. off into the canebreak with the
dogs hanging to his hams.

Sammy and Joe were furiously trying to
ram a bullet into their muzzle loaders.
From my lofty position I could see the
bear’s. movements by the swaying canes.
He was going in the direction we.had come.

I shouted this intelligence to the others,
and then, after working my way in on the
limb, I-slid down the tree and secured my
rifle.

‘*We ought to mortgage ourselves,’’ was
Treve’s disgusted exclamation as we started
in pursuit. ‘‘Every one had a shot, and
only two bullets touched.’’

Then we tore through the smaller canes,
and struggled and wiggled through the
larger ones, perspiring in spite of the chilly
temperature, : ;

‘There he is!’?’ shouted Joe, as we came
out very near the place we bad gone in.
‘*The dogs are holding him!’

The moment the bear saw us he dropped
on all fours and started off, the dogs fasten-
ing to his flanks and hanis, and trying to
stop him. He would strike viciously at
them, but the moment he turned to retreat
- they were’ with him. j

I could ,have laughed when he stopped
with his forefeet on a large log and allowed
the dogs to fasten firmly, but Sammy was
frightened.

‘* Boose!
yere!”’

It was too late. The next moment the
bear went over, with the dogs stringing out
like tails and then, before they could get
out of the way, he struck out. with both

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Growler!’’ he shouted. ‘‘ Kim

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out of him, and Boose limped off whining,
with four big cuts in his back,

‘‘T knowed it,’’ cried Sammy ‘‘but that’s
the last time——’’

His voice was drowned by the crack of
five rifles.

Four bullets went
fifth behind his fore
would have been fatal.

Sammy bewailed the loss of Growler,
while the rest of us tried to bind up Boose’s
wounds with our handkerchiefs.

‘I guess now we have a chance for Loafer
to earn his board,’’ said Treve.

‘*Yes,’’? replied Sammy. ‘‘You-uns kin
stay yere an’ seo that nothin’ pesters the
game, an’ I[’l] take Boose an’ go fur him.’’

To this we agreed, so Sammy with Boose
limping after him, departed.

Not a long time afterward he came back
with Loafer, his bridle and collar, a few
straps, andanax. Then he cut down acouple
of saplings fourteen feet high, and tied the
butt ends to Loafer’s collar, thr small end
resting on the ground. We caught the idea,
and soon a strong litter was formed, and
the carcass of the bear rolled upon it. ©

With Sammy at the bridle to guide him
over the most accessible route, Loafer soon
drew his load to the cabin. Bear steaks and
bear-paw soup formed many a meal after-
ward.

The weather moderated slightly, but not
enough to melt the snow.

“It woun’t be long at this rate,’’ said
Sammy, ‘‘afore the b’ars that is left out
an’ the wolves’ll be prowlin’ round yere
fur something to yeat.’’

‘*Then all we’ll have to do will be to sit
in the door and shoot them,’’ said Bob.

into Bruin’s head, the
leg, atty of which

‘‘Hum! I don’t reckon we kin stay up
all night jess to- shoot a b’ar. We'll
build a trap!’?

The quartette glanced at each other
dubiously.

“Oh, | know how,’’ went on Sammy,
watching us. ‘‘O’ course it’s work; but
you-uns don’t mind that. Well take the

axes in the mornin’, an’ I betcher afore
night we’ll bave a trap that no b’ar in
these yere parts kin git out of arter he gets
inside.’?

‘*Make it of wood?’’ interrogated Treve.

“‘Yes, an’ kotch ’em alive!’’ .

This we thought would be great fun; but
next day, when. we were ordered to cut
down ten trees eighteen inches in diameter
as a beginning, the fun: waned until you
couldn’t have found it with a microscope.

But we were not the kind too back out,
and with Sammy worked like beavers. The
site selected was but a short distance from
the cabin.

To prevent burrowing, a floor of logs was
laid, flush with the surface of the ground.
Then the sides and one end were miade, the
ends of the logs being notched and locked
firmly together. Sammy was very particular
about this. At the open end, and at the
corners, huge posts were driven in both

inside and out to strengthen it.

The roof of logs was held down by heavy
cross bars, which, in turn, were held by
chains at each endy running under the trap.
The door was of roughly hewn eight-inch
plank, placed horizontally and spiked firmly
together. It was of the sliding pattern, and
dropped between the ends of the sides and
great posts, and was prevented from being
moved sideways by additional posts.

The door was raised and held in position
by a hardwood peg, to which was attached
a buckskin line and the bait, deer meat
soaked in honey, discovered by Sammy. A
pull on the bait would withdraw the peg,
down would come the door, and—presto!
he was caught!

‘Don’t it look fine?’? asked Bob, as we

the day, and wiped the perspiration from
our brows.

Like a silk dress fewed with a_ log
chain,’’ was the comparison of the irrepresi-
ble Treve.

‘*Ef we hain’t too tired after supper,”
observed Sammy, ‘‘what do you-uns say to
takin’ a duck hunt on Injun Lake? It’s
about three miles north 0’ yere; but we'll
go in the dugout, so it won’t tire you-uns
out any.’

‘*} believe [T would like some fun of some
kind, after working all day,’’ said Joe.
‘*We haven’t had any excitement to speak
of since the bear hunt.’’

**T don’t know’s it’ll be excitin’,’’ re-
turned Sammy, cautiously; ‘‘but we kin
git a heap o’ ducks and geese.”’
‘Shooting from behind
light?”’ questioned Joe.

‘‘We kin, though I wasn’t reckonin’ on
that kind. We kin jess hold a torch up, an’
they’ll fly fer the light, so we kin knock
’em over with a stick. Ef you-uns want to
shoot from behind a light we’ll have to rig
upyone on the dugout.’’

‘*We can do that easy,’’ said Joe. ‘‘We’ll
make the floor and back of these green
planks. They won’t burn through in the
short time the fire is lit, and a few dashes
of water will prevent spreading.”’

“Tt will be a poor reflector,’’ said Bob,
‘“but it’s a go.’’

After seeing that the trap was properly
baited, we selected plank enough and re-
turned to the cabin, where Bob and Sammy

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been fed, and the dogs locked in—as we
always did to prevent pilfering on the part |
of Jim Lacy—we followed Samniy into the
dugout with our breech-loaders.

It was well loaded, and moved but slowly |
up. stream in spite of the two paddles used. |
Fully an hour afterward, after passing }
through several bayous, we came upon a/'
lake a couple of miles long by a half mile
wide,

It was pitchy dark, with the heavens
studded with twinkling stars. On all sides
could be heard the fluctering of wings and
the cries of ducks and geese.

‘‘Light the fire,’’ whispered Sammy.

I did so. The improvised reflector lighted
;up the water for a hundred feet on three
|sides, while on the fourth was inky black-
ness. A multitude of ducks and geese pad-
dled into the light and stared curiously at
it.

Then the breech-loaders threw a_ hail of
shot among them, causing them to pay
dearly for their curiosity. Sammy sent the
dugout silently through the water, the
quartette alternately picking up the slain
and firing into fresh flocks. Sammy occa-
sionally changed places and had a share in
the fun.

‘‘Not another duck or we’ll sink the
| boat,’? said Bob, after three-quarters of an
hour of the best shooting we had ever had.

Compelled at last to desist, we reluctant-
ly turned about and paddled back,

Tke dogs were barking furiously when
we arrived. Sammy ran in and got his
/ rifle, and then followed: the dogs toward |
the bear trap.

‘*What is it?’’ I asked, following him up.

‘‘The door’s down!’ he shouted, glee-
fully. ‘‘We’ve got him! We've got him!
There’s a b’ar in the trap!”’

 

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CHAPTER XIX.
A TROUBLESOME PET—WOLVES!

Sf HURRIED forward and saw that the
I} door was indeed down. An angry
| growl and furious scratching inside
‘=> told that something was in there.
Then Bob, Joe and Treve came running

 

on one side of the trap, and peering |
through the cracks on the other, we could |
see the huge, black form. |

‘*There’s two 0’ ’em!?? shouted Sammy, |
ecstatically, ‘‘A big one and a leetle one.’? |

‘‘Nothing less than a battering ram can |
break that trap,’’ said Bob. |

‘*No, sir-ee! They’re fast enough. We|
kain’t do nothin’ in the dark; so we’ll let
’em stay there till mornin’. Bump yourself |
all you wanter,’” he continued, as the bear |
threw itself heavily against the side of the |
trap. ‘‘In the mornin’ we’ll let you chuck |
yourself agin a bullet.”’

‘What! Killit after all the trouble of |
catching it?’’ demanded Bob,

‘©? course! We kain’t do nothin’ with
the big one; it’s the leetle one we want to |
keep alive. 1 reckon we’ll have our hands |
full with jess him alone.’’

‘“How about the other big one?’’ asked |
Joe. ‘Don’t they usually go in pairs?’’

‘*T low he kain’t get in any more’n the
one in there kin git out,’’ returned Sammy.

“Well, let’s go to bed,’’ I broke in.
‘We'll probably have plenty of work to do
to-morrow, and the more sleep we get the
better.’?’

So we filed back to the cabin and turned
in, leaving the occupants of the trap to
make the best of it.

Sammy had us up early next morning.
While breakfast was being prepared, he
made a strong collar of! buckskin, and at
the same time superintended Joe’s and my
movements in plaiting two twenty-foot
lariats.

‘“‘We’ll put on our worst clothes,’’ ob-
served Sammy, ‘‘fer ef the young feller’s
very big be’ll fight like blazes! We’d better
lock the dogs up, or they’ll make him all
the worse.’’

Both of which suggestions, were acted
upon.

With our rifles, an ax and the lariats we
repaired to the bear trap. The inmates
were growling and the large one made an-
other attack on the sides of the trap, but of
course without avail.

‘‘The first thing,’’ said Sammy, ‘‘is to
stick a rifle through a crack an’ bore a hole
in the big one. Who’ll-do it?’’

‘*I’'d rather you’d give it a chance,’’ mur-
mured Bob.

‘*Yes,’* said Treve, sarcastically. ‘‘We’d
rather let; it out so it could chase us una
tree and probably kill one of us as the
other did a dog.

“Shoot it ri
hastily.

No one seemed anxious to perform the
task, so Treve finally proposed that Joe
should do it. Every one but Joe was satis-
| fied.

After a great deal of poking around and
tapping on the trap to get the bear to look |
the right way, the report of the rifle rang
out, followed by a heavy thump.

The smoke drifted out between the logs,
and when it cleared away we saw the bear
lying stretched out on the floor.
**Loosen up on the chains sol kin slip a
g out o’ the roof,’’ said Sammy, ‘‘an’

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lthen I’ll tie a knot in these nooses so thé et
won’t choke him to death. I hain’t gobMh ha
hankerin’ to fool with his neck.”’ Se
We all peered down through the openiey begt
The little fellow raised on his haunches am mile
growled at us, f h » pelts
It was a long time before Sammy got “f Of
noose over his head, as every time he WOW, oe a
knock it away or drop on all fours and be veg
around the trap. At last it settled over a | Bob
was instantly drawn taut, and the el ain}
fastened to a tiniber outside, so the WONT n tl
fellow, could plunge and rear and seratch 4 timb
much as he pleased. ae 6
Then the door was raised and the carcey Thi
of the large one drawn out, the little of outli;
dong his best to get at us. a and t
‘Now I’ll loosen up on the lariat til Q ' Crany
kin git his dead out the door, then someay gloon
you-uns git the other noose over his hal A
I reckon we’ll have him then.’’ thd Same
I kneeled on top of the trap, and ie oe ty,
little black head came out in pursul | askeq
Treve’s feet, slung the noose over bis er PS The
and Bob and Joe at the other end pullee™ Mean
taut. + fa}. The
Sammy allowed the little fellow to 88 gl — betwe
enough away for me to reach the re ti  Sional
leather rope which was drawn throug — ably
trap, and then the animated black I FE TD,
bet ween five struggling boys. Ly sal — Bob
He refused to be led, and prompt) i Pelts |
down and braced his fore feet we | Wont
tried to lead him. Finally Treve f thd . We
teered to let himself be chased, a st olde
bear went readily. Indeed, he We? nad they
readily that before we knew it ne big 8Very
nabbed Treve’s heel and took half 0 “FF Wa.
trousers off with one sweep of his par of Bob
We drove stakes down in one 2 sit | the }
the cabin to prevent the dogs ‘«pesterl peld We rg
him, and when we muffled him and col But t!
him down, Sammy sewed the bucksk! g- almogy
lar on with the end of a chain re tha “Te
through. This was tied around on@ % — 7" ang p.
logs of the cabin. a the ye
“We don’t tie him outside an’ et of | Wet
one kim along an’ turn him loose #9) — — Therg.
trouble,’’ Sammy explained. yn tom
We took the dogs with us every ar ¢ th . the Cal
when we examined the traps, 4? oor P, The
cub with plenty of yellow-bottomed au | Ver |
of which he was very fond. . pot} the do,
He grew quite docile. Occasionally; wit “Ho
ever, he would hit us a stinging. a nap Pen,»
his paw—just for fun, I suppose—if d igh} “S ope,
pened to be within reach. The seco” mall ie ae
of his captureshe began to whine dsr let Fe later?
The dog bristled their backs and ne pit} Whieh

but we thought they were growling 4 a
and paid no attention.

Suddenly a’ heavy body threw
against the door with tremendous
but the thick bars held. Then ®
growl canie from without. as

‘‘Tt?s the old one,’’ cried Sammy ing
dogs flew to the door and began bar aftine r:

We grabbed our rifles and stoo a
not daring to open the door. ; 1

The little one in the corner, wwhied Trt
had named ‘Brute,’ redoubled bis | untry
to break bis chain and whined sht and aly 9 tong:

Another growl from the outside drow own Sai
other blow onthe door. Then Sam? p fe
the dogs into one corner and said: eady fof oduo,

‘“‘WhileI sling the duor open be ® ae toting
him!’ pea} ry a

All was silent outside. I know my spre ; Pectin,

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was hammering my palate whe? 7 ead
open the door. here was F mown
A great form towered up; t ‘es, , hom R
hoarse growl; the flash of fou" hi wad 8re eh
the form fell inside with a force oR amy,
the ground shake, , kee? th r the Srey
‘‘Dead!’’ said Bob, trying bp B te Ver
dogs from biting the carcass. sf Orig
FAs my great grandfather !”’ added at aud ch
‘It looks as large asa cow, —! gil Ghida ,
‘‘We’ve got more bear meat than q ae cr;
what to do with.’’ , n
‘‘The pelt is good,’’ observed sammy ot! ite wily
For several days we did nothiP&,., pele Ampin
and makethe rounds of the traps: tent sl nd t]
began to accumulate to such an oa out q hic Mig}
Sammy was obliged to erect 4 she off teas and
to hold them. punt, ag 0 . dep
Then we had a grand deel but id ; nly at
brought in five of the noble en og leer al mal tl
started soearly in the day that ¥ ily ‘ Wem
to visit the traps. It snowed bea we Yo, th s
the night, and next morning “py. m@") 4 Uhg «
out on more snow than had fallen ; gy bder ¢
years in that country. fur i? th ot a pMate
‘‘We oughtn’t fo leave the at nor of ather
traps any longer,’’ said Sammy nis gt witenge
‘*1t’s been in two days, an’ with © veh tart Am
somethin’ ’ll yeat it.’’ make ss | Dale Up
‘‘Bob and T ought to be able aa the othe Req. 800)
rounds,’? said I. ‘*You can aT ae por rt, th.
in the dugout, or leave them t? Q nave inn 8
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hot supper ready for us when ;

“T am willing,’’ affirmed BoD. oa

“LT ain’t,’? replied Joe. ‘If an hey
along without me. Take Treve will
out with you, Sammy, 4?
house,’? hale

‘*Joe’s a_ prett pod cove
Treve, ‘I, for phe: evil let es
promise to have that supper not

‘<T will,’’ responded Joe, * !
pens.

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ver have found had we not been well ac- |
ted with their location.
t was, impeded by the snow, before
hed the last trap the darkness had
to settle. And three quarters of a
to the cabin, and thirty pounds of |
S apiece to carry !
1 to the right came the mournful howl

may, let’s step a little faster,’’ said
» glancing about apprehensively. ‘‘I
t afraid, of course; but it’s much nicer
® cabin than it isout here in the

Here, too Bob,’? I replied.
+H tall timber looked cold and cheerless
ined against the rapidly darkening sky, |
he white snow made every nook and |
Y in the dark trunks more black and
my as we hurried along.
Wolf howled off to the left, aud at the
ime one gave voice behind us.
» ain’t they getting closer?’’

 

I

_'8 Was no need of naming what I
mt. We both had heard them,
Nafew lank forms began to skulk
Pen the trees on both sides of us, occa-
4y Sitting down and howling miser-

afraid we'll have to run for it,’”’
, desperately. ‘‘Let’s pile the
in the fork of this small tree, so we
burdened, and can save them.’’
did so. The wolves were getting
aud it was astonishing how fast

—8ccumulated. A dozen seemed to come

'Y time one howled.

®re not far from the cabin now, and

posed that werun. In an instant

le pack were at our heels. Oh, how

they slinging our rifles as we went!

1€y were so close behind we could
ony €el their breaths.

Bote? door ain’t open, we’re gone!’’
i 8 Voice sounded like a shriek above
tome pack. ;

€ around the corner of the cabin.
48 no light within; no smoke issuing
hin chimndy; the door was closed!

“Hh was deserted !

Yelling. wolves almost knocked us

ey Were so close, as we fell against
of the cabin, panting.

them off till I can get the door
Shouted, as the wolves came for
‘Mouthed.
bbed two or three times for the
Ming before I caught it, during
16 Bob’s repeater spoke five times.

(TO BE CONTINUED. ) i
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ale, the Forest Hercules.

AIBORNE, photographing — the
Snuine frontier man, said:
‘Modest, truthful, patient, frugal,

1 of religious faith, proud of his

» Temorseless in battle, yet prompt
®, and ever ready to jeopard his
Y for the helpless and oppressed—a
6N such as no other country has

oe wholly American—a feature as

‘in our social and political his-

© grand physical characteristics
this continent.’’

8 portrait of that strange race
mR. story as wood rangers—among
why ote, Kenton, Brady, Dale, etc.,

‘efs and leaders.

Dale was a frontiersman’s child,

up from infancy to manhood in

Midst of Indian barbarities.

« Murdered settlers, scalped women
“ren, desolated homes, were his

, and the war whoop, the deadly

ck were familiar sounds to his

- Astockade was his home and

of southwestern Virginia his first

ee Sround., a
cit) Were wilds indeed. Everywhere
ty Blue Ridge hills towered around
© great forests stretched in limit-
» to the north, west and south.
line of block houses then con-
linch River country with the

0 the east (1775-83).

surroundings, no wonder that.
+ became a wood ranger. No
any: his skill with the rifle was con-
anal his courage dauntless. With

40 was ever ready for any service
for his instructor and guide—

er who, more than once, was
N to defend her young—little Sam
iy, to be daring Sam Dale, the

Settler’s friend, the red man’s foe.

Sam 8 father: removed from, Vir-

orgia, hoping for greater tran-
it of western Virginia was so
er by the terrible Shawnees
tan cttlers despaired of peace, and
‘for the Georgia border. _
the war whoop followed. The
inoles, ete., were on the war
ed by the British in Savannah,
1@y were supplied with guns.
S a succession of massacres,
‘he chills the blood to read. The
at Dales was but a daily suc-
, l-breadth éscapes or struggles
living. There was no flinch-

0
.

killed four stalwart Creeks,

 

's nO retreating to the more
®ns below; that was not the

course pursued by the true frontiersman.

| lu Greene County they remained.

Though the close of the Revolutionary
War was not followed by peace on the bor-

| ders, the settlements yet so advanced that in

1791, when Sam was nineteen years old, the
father moved toa farm, three miles from
the stockade at Carmichaels. There the
cabin was built, the little ‘‘clearing’’
started, and the long-sought-for home es-
tablished—alas!. only soon to be made deso-
late!

In a few weeks the mother, so dear to
them all, died, and that dear, dead face
taken away, the father drooped and died,
literally of a broken heart, one week there-
after. Bereaved indeed was that little family
of eight children, boys and girls, of which
Sam was the eldest.

The oldest brother! That meant a great
deal to that orphaned flock; to beconie to it
father, mother, all—the chief support, the
adviser, the only refuge. How did the
brave boy discharge his trust? Hear what
he said:

‘‘On the night after we had laid father
by our poor mother’s side, when my little
brothers and*sisters had sobbed themselves
to sleep, I went to their graves and
prayed. . I went to the grave a broken-
hearted, almost-despairing boy. I came
back tearful and sad, but a hopeful and
resolute man... . Weall went resolutely
to work, according to our strength, and
God blessed our labors.”’

In ’93 young Dale, leaving his little home
in charge of a good old man, entered the
United States service against the Creeks,
who were again at their bloody work. He
then commenced the career of scout and
Indian fighter, in which he years afterward
became so celebrated. His adventures in ’93
and °94 were so numerous that a volume
could be filled with their narration. At one
time asavage in a cane brake got hold of his
hair and raised the scalping knife to plunge
it into Dale’s bosom, when a comrade shot
the Creek dead. At another time he was
treed by wolves, one of hiswmoccasins being
torn by the fierce brutes from his foot as
he sprung up the tree.

The Creeks being punished into peace,
Sam applied all his earnings and the tobacco
crops of his farm toward paying for their
home. Little by little this faithful brother
garnered up the money which at last placed
him in full possession of the estate for
which his poor father had run in debt. He
‘‘teamed’’ in winter when there was noth-
ing else to do, Then he invested his earnings
ina trader’s stock, and went among the
Creeks, exchanging his goods for furs,
cattle, hogs, hides and tallow, which he
wagoned and drove down to Savannah and
sold. He added to his teams and carried
emigrants through the Creek and Choctaw
country to the Mississippi territory beyond.
These teams returned to Savannah loaded
with Indian produce, In this business he
thrived, as he richly deserved.

After various experiences he settled in the |

Cherokee country ,as a trader, and there
remained for several years, having the en-
tire confidence of the savages. He became a

landholder as settlements advanced, and |

was a prospel a's, respected citizen.
In October, 1811, the Shawnee chief
Tecumseh, with twenty-four of his braves,
appeared at the Creek Annual Council, and
there sowed the seeds of dissension by which
the great conspirator hoped to induce all the
tribes. from Florida to the northern lakes
to rise and war upon the whites. Dale sur-
reptitiously heard the Shawnee’s celebrated
harangue and used all his influence to main-
tain peage; but the poison lurked in those
red hearts, always easily aroused at the war
call, and in the fall of 1812 many warriors
of the southern tribes were on the war
path. Dale’s life was preserved only by the
utmost caution in his movements and the
intercession of numerous friendly Indians
and half breeds, by whom war was greatly
deprecated.
ut. the smoldering fires fairly burst forth
in the summer of 1813. August 30th the
dreadful massacre of Fort Mimms occurred,
This frightened the major general com-
manding that military district. - He
ordered the abandonment of outlying forts
and stockades. Fort Madison, in the forks
of the Tombigbes and Alabama ‘rivers, was
abandoned.

Dale’s stout heart scorned this retreat.

the spot, and

He called for volunteers on
og vonded, With

fifty resolute bordermen res

these he remanved the fort, their wives and

children being placed within the fortifica-
tion. Thus left in the very heart of the In-
dian country, cut off from direct communi-

cation with the main forts below, Dale as-.

sumed the offensive and defensive. It was

war to the knife—fighting in the swamps, on |

the river and in the woods—trailing by day
and scouting by nigbt. In one conflict, cele-

‘brated for its ferocity and heroism, Dale,

ina canoe on the river, encountered an

chosen braves of the noted Créek chief,
Weatherford, lay not forty rods away. It
was only one of numerous acts of ‘‘Big
Sam’? and his daring followers, whose
deeds long were the theme of praise in the
homes their prowess gave to civilization.
‘In General Claiborne’s memorable march
dgainst the Creek rendezvous called ‘‘Holy
Ground,’? Dale piloted the way, and

\

while the]

was

the very incarnation of vengeance in «the
bloody struggle that ensued. Weatherford,
the Creek leader, fought ferociously, but
was overpowered and escaped in a wonder-
ful manner by leaping bis magnificent
horse over a ravine, twenty feet wide, then
dashing down into the Alabama River and
swimniing it amid a shower of balls, shout-
ing back his defiance.

General Jackson found in Dale one of his
most trusty agents. Wasa dangerous mis-
sion to some, fort to be executed, Dale was
called—was information wanted of Indian
designs or movements, ‘‘Big Sam’’ was
put on the trail. When Jackson went to
New Orleans to keep the British from the
Mississippi River, Dale remained to watch
the Creeks. Urgent dispatches coming at
the Creek agency from the War Depart-
ment for Jackson, Dale was chosen mes-
senger. ‘No other man, indeed, would dare
such a service. Hight days’ and nights’ ride,
through a country infested with, savages
eager for blood, brought the heroic man to
New Orleans at the very moment when
the great battle was going on. Proceeding
to the trenches and cotton-bale fortifications;
on the plains of Chalnette, he witnessed the
conflict—the first where large bodies of men
were maneuvred that he ever beheld.

Jackson’s reception of the scout was char-
acteristic. Dale was asked tu ride another
express back to Milledgeville, Georgia—to
start within four hours. Again mounting
his own ‘‘Paddy,’’ he safely carried the
first news of the important victory to the
east, on its way to Washington. Dale served
in the convention called to set off Missis-
sippi from Alabama (1816). He established
himself in the trader’s business at Dale’s
Ferry, and was ruined by giving away his
entire stock of flour and provisions to suffer-
ing immigrants. In 1817 he was a delegate
to the first General Assembly of the Ala-
bama Territory, and was commissioned
colonel to repress Indian disorders, which
he did in a peremptory manner.

From this date to the close of his life
(1841) Sam Dale served in various public
capacities--as member of Legislature, gov-
ernment agent for the removal of the In-
dians, etc.. He madea trip to Washington
city during Jackson’s Presidency, and bas
left a unique record of his impressions of
men and affairs, He was, in fact, quite a
‘lion,’? made much of by the President and
other men of eminence. Like Crockett, he
was famed not less for his deeds than for
his blunt, outspoken views, which, to say
the least, were original and sprung from a
clear head and a sound heart.

Dale was of striking appearance. Boone,
Kenton, Brady, the Wetzels, McClelland,
Logan—all were men of herculean mold;
but ‘‘Big Sam,’’ standing six feet two inches
in his moccasins, was their peer in stature
and quite their equal in strength. The
American savage found in him their mas-
ter in physical power, and more than a mas-
ter in that craft which renders the Indian a
dreaded foe.

‘Tn many respects,’’ wrote his biographer
and personal friend, Claiborne, ‘*physical
and moral, he resembled his antagonists of
the woods. He had the square forehead, the
high cheek bones, the compressed lips—in
fact, the physiognomy of the Indian, re-
lieved, however, by a fine, benevolent,
Saxon eye. Like the red man, too, his foot
-fell lightly on the ground, and turned
neither to the right nor left; he was habitu-
ally taciturn; his face and manners grave;
he spoke slowly and in low tones, and sel-
dom laughed.’’

He was exceedingly patient; frue as steel
as a friend or servitor; tender in his regard
for women and children; honest and natur-
ally religious.

dy bags often seen,’’ said his biographer, |
“<q wretcbed remnant of the Choctaws,
homeless and oppressed, encamped around
his plantation and subsisting on his bounty.
In peace even the Creeks entertained the
highest veneration for him; he bad been the
friend of Weatherford; be fed many when |
gaunt famine pursued them.’’ eee

May the race of such heroes never die out!

A SENSIBLE BOY.
This world is a difficult world indeed,
_ And the people are hard t@ suit;
For the man who plays the violin

Is a bore to the man with the flute.

And I myself have often thought
- How much better ’twould be,
If every one of the boys I know

Would only agree with me.

To make this world look bright,
Is never to mind what others say,
But to do what you feel is right.

ae :
ODD TELEGRAMS. —

But since they will not, the very best way |

+

The following are a few specimens of odd

telegrams: oA
‘‘We are a

yesterday.’’

come home.’’

it walk but San and be died | else.

“Your mother is dead and wants you to] f

TICKLERS.

Is there a boy with brain so dead

Who never to himself hath said

This Goop News weekly is so bright,

It beats all others out of sight?
CHANGED HIS MIND.

Customer (returning)—‘‘Didn’t I give
you a‘half dollar just now by mistake for
a quarter?’’

Shopkeeper (positively)—‘‘No, sir.’’

Customer (turning to go)—‘‘lt isn’t of
any particular consequence. I had a coun-
terfeit half dollar that I carried simply as
a curiosity. I must have lost it some——’’

Shopkeeper (hastily)—‘‘Wait a moment—
perhaps I’m mistaken. I’ll louk again.”’

A COMMON PERSON.

Child—‘‘Mamma, what is a comon per-
son?’?’

Mother—‘‘Why, my child, a common per-
son is—is—well, it’s a person we do not
associate with. Why do you ask?’’

‘‘*Cause Mr. Nextdoor said you was a
common person.’’

THE MEAN THING!

‘“‘Why,’’ said the sweet young girl, ‘‘why
do they say that love is of the heart?’?

‘“To show,’’? said the old bachelor, ‘‘to
show that the brains have nothing to do
with it.’’

PREPARATORY.

As the cable car approached the post-
office, a young man sprung directly in
front of it, and waving his arms, cried:
‘Now, come on, will you.”’

The car struck bim squarely in the chest
and threw him ten feet ahead. Rising
quickly, he rusbed back at the car and was
thrown ahead again. He was about to make
another rush, when a policeman pulled him
from the track. ;

‘*‘Whot’s the matter with yer?’’ growled
the officer. ‘‘Off yer bead, —— yer?’’

‘‘Not at ali,’’ replied the youhg man. ‘‘I
was just getting myself in condition for the
football game this afternoon,’’

WANTED TO BE AN ELEPHANT.
Mamma—‘‘ Freddie, Freddie, how often

-have I told you not to mock the peculiari-

ties of others? If you do, you’ll grow just
like them.’

Freddie (after a long pause)—‘‘Ma, if I
mocked the elephant very hard, do you sup-
pose I’d ever grow so’s | could pick apples
over a wall with my nose?’’?’ And he
awaited the reply with tremulous antici-
pation on every feature.

AS GOOD AS MARRIED.
First Sailor—‘‘No, Bill, yer don’t really —
know what life is till yer get spliced.’’
Second Sailor—‘‘Why, shiver me timbers,
messmate! I’ve never been married, true,
but I’ve had yeller fever and cholera, I’ve

been frostbit, drowned, burnt alive, eat by —

a shark, blowed up at sea, and operated on
for cancer. Wot more does a reasonable ©
chap want?”’

A SMART WAITER. ae

_A prominent business man, who is noted
alike for his fastidiousness and his irasci- _
bility, is in the habit ot dropping into a _
certain restaurant every forenoon tor a

cup of coffee. The waiter, who has attended

to his wants for about a week, being a new —
hand, is a little clumsy at the business, and
in bringing the gentleman his cup of coffee

the saucer. One day, in giving his order,
the gentleman exclaimed:

‘Look here, my friend, if you manage Gone

bring me a cup of coffee without spilling
some of it in the saucer, I will give you a
quarter.”’

The waiter retired without a word, and —
in a few seconds re-entered, carrying the —

cup in one hand and the saucer\in the |

other; and, putting down first one and then _

the other before the fastidious customer, —
gravely picked up the quarter and retired.

_ QUITE ANOTHER THING. ie
 Tommy—‘‘Father, if I take five dollars |

|out of somebody’s pocket, that’s stealing, —

ain’t it?” ao
Mr. Figg—‘‘Certainly.”’ ry
‘‘And if I wager five dollars
five more that’s gambling?”’.
‘*Of course.’” eure ae ae
‘¢And if I’ve something worth five dollars
and sell it for six dollars, what is that??? —
“That? Oh, swhy, that’s busiuess, of

and win

course, Tommy ~-simply business !’”

_ QUITE POSSIBLE, _ ae
. “Only those who have been aroused fron
midnight slumber on board~ ship by the_
terrible cry, ‘Man overboard,’ ’’ said —

ga

v
\traveler, ‘‘ean comprehend to the full its—
| terrible meaning, the fear and horror 0. its.

sudden alarm,.’’
“Oh, yes, they ce
who wasn’t much of a traveler. ‘‘I bear
it once when I wasn’t near the ship, and
realized the horror.of if more than any one
ae . ‘ ee ey apt Po ri

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You couldn’t,”’ said the traveler, scor
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“Lieut. Carey’s Luck,” by Lieut. Lionel
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FRANK G. H.; Ranking, Pa., writes: ‘My ob-

 

ject in writing is to get your advice relating to
the trade of a barber. Ihave had a common- |
school education, have worked in. various |
stores, but have tired of the work imposed —
upon me. Iam now working in a barber shop
established by a relative, and intend to learn
the trade thoroughly with a view of getting a
position on a naval vessel as barber.”

As you intend to enter the United States
service as a barber, we take pleasure in in-
forming you that you could scarcely do
better. A barber ships in the navy as a
landsman at $17 a month. He is rated,
after being shipped, as ‘‘ship’s barber.’’
He is permitted to charge each member of
the crew desiring his services*$2 a quarter.
He also receives liberal pay from the offi-
cers. His ship duties are nominal. I have
thus briefly told you what you desired to
know, and will avail myself of the oppor-
tunity to add that barbers are of great
antiquity, if not for the shaving of the
beard, at least for shaving a portion of the
head. The prophet Ezekiel says: ‘‘And
then, son of man, take thee a_barber’s
razor, and cause it to pass upon thine bead
and upon thy beard.’’ In China, as well as
elsewhere, barbers continue to shave the
whole or part of the head. In former times
barbers acted as surgeons, and a pole was
kept by them for the patient to grasp in
blood. letting, a bandage being used for
tying hisarm. When the pole was not in
use, the tape was tied to and twisted around |
it, and thus both were hung up asa sign.
At length, instead of hanging out the
actual pole used in the operation, a pole
was painted with stripes around it, in imita-
tion of the real pole and its bandages, and
hence the barber’s pole. In London, Kdin-
burgh, and other cities the barbers formed
corporations with certain privileges.’ In
proof of this Lord Thurlow, in his speech
for postponing the future readings of the
Surgeon Incorporation bill, July 17, 1797,
stated that, by a statute still in force, the
barbers aud surgeons were each to usea
pole. Whenever you feel competent to fill
the barber’s chair on shipboard, make ap-
plication by letter or in person at the
Brooklyn Navy Yard.

H, H. Cape) Denton, Md., writes: “I am
thinking of becoming a circular distributer.
What do you think of the business? Different
firms have offered to employ me.”’

I should think well of the business if you
could assure me that you will have constant
employment. The pay\ismot large, proba-
bly at the most $2 a day or $10 a week,
but it would afford a single young mana
fair living and might lead to other posi-
tions. At any rate, it would give you a
start in the sphere of industry, and make
you acquainted with tirms more or less
prominent in every branch of trade. I like
to see young men ambitious to do some-
thing, not at the suggestion of others, but
of their own accord. Suggestions are all
very good, and are generally, no doubt,
made for the good of the person requesting
them, but if a beginner in business thinks
out a career for himself, he is more apt, as
a rule, to do better than if prompted by
others to enter upon a particular pursuit.
You have my best wisbes for your success.
Give the business thorough attention. You
may meet active competition in the. field,
but if possessed of the proper spirit you
will not be surpassed.

A. E. M., St. Louis, Mo., writes: “I am now
attending the high school.. When I graduate
I should like to become a doctor.”

You do not state what school of medicine
you would prefer, but you can decide re-
specting which to study after you graduate.
There are excellent medical colleges in
every section of the country. The question
is, have you a love for the profession you
desire to enter? That is, do you think you
would devote your whole time and attention
to it? If you would succeed you cannot
play at doctoring. It is a profession worthy
of any man’s energy to excel in, and when
the practice of medicine is combined with
surgery it affords opportunities for advance-
ment and distinction seldom occurring in
other pursuits in life. To be a cultivated
physician or surgeon in successful practice
is much to be proud of. A great deal de-
pends upon one’s aptitude for a chosen pro-
fession if ambitious for a prosperous career.
I will cite a case in point. Astley Cooper,
the son of an English curate, when only
twelve years old, saved the life of a foster
brother, who had met with an accident
which tore open his thigh and wounded an
artery, by binding a handkerchief tightly
above the wound, which stopped the flow of
blood until the arrival of a professional
surgeon. He was sent to London to study
under the direction of his uncle, William

   
 

 

       
   
     
 
  
    
  
  
 

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Seven years afterward he delivered lectures 7
on anatomy and surgery to the latter, to |
which he devoted himself exclusively. 3°
was consulted by George IV. in 1820, a2
in the following year removed a tumor EA:
from the king’s head, for which he was T@ —
warded with a baronetcy. Like Sir Astley
Cooper, if you have at any time displaye® 7
some aptitude for the profession in conten A
plation I advise you to adopt it.
O. BE. F., Lapel, Md., writes: “I am working 2 7 ws
a bottle factory for $4.50 a week, which is avery | {
poor living; but I have been doing so {0 learn
the trade of glass blowing, which in this fac Be
tory would bring me in from $3.50 to $6.50 day; Fg
But recently I have been offered a 1o0an oe T
money to buy forty acres of timber jand in | D 1
Arkansas and get the timber out. What w? " with
you advise me to do?”’ fi have
You do not state in what part of Arkaos ; Bed
the timber land referred to is. In % a ae
eastern portion of the State, borderitg ae up :
the Mississippi, there are dense fa . Meet
which are annually overflowed by 58 ee amp)
rivers, but toward the west the county an Andy
comes hilly, and the forests are interspel™ | aan
with rolling prairies. In the northwestet ; oe
part of the State there is a continue f told’
swamp with cypress, gum, and sya’ 5} Nth
the cypress growing in the water and ber bE Sis:
other trees in the marshes. In the panier ne 8
land the surface is covered with a grows ae (
of white oak and hickory. The lumber sh E this!
Arkansas finds,a market in New Orleans : Eri,
You do not ask about the climate te | Ure.
Arkansas, but I will volunteer the oa - Peng
ment that the low valleys are unheal i | 8nd t;
particularly to the unacclimated. The ye anita
elevated portions of the State are yt ig Z
nounced ‘‘salubrious.’’? In giving UP veil - for E
situation in the bottle factory, whit 50a hig’
in the time named be worth to you $6.00 F Well,
day, you run a risk which should BO” o¢f South
overlooked. You are only twenty years oo bs e W
Ave tient in getting | Court
age and utterly inexperienced 10 eats | kart) I
out timber. Why not wait until five ¥ at skeq’
or more have been added to your eee / him, h
Still, it is well to give the other side 0, yor | inteng,
question some thought, as it might le4 . fucle
to a very handsome livelihood in iy you Thy t]
future. Whatever your decision, 1 WiS®2 "7 fing’
success. ey des
> : 5 «pleas? tire, 8)
EUGENE N., Sandusky, Ohio., writes: | ying 7 anech
give me a little information about mo’ fort ; sky
Dirds. Are they easily trained and care Pat th
On what should they be fed, ete.?”’ the 5
; : «+ caught | Tisen
I reply tbat mocking birds, if ante lng.)
very young, are tamed without much tiod: | Shoty
and do not require a greatdeal of a enor Listang,
I am told that they should be take "nd Ee im
the nest when eight or ten days old, aw yore
fed for two or three days on a little milb F che?
meat chopped very fine and soaked 12 they | tite iK®
If they appear to thrive after this yor | fa in
thay be given thickened meal and W@* iy out .
meal and milk, mixed now and the? ound |. hey ne
minced raw meat;. but they all need, occa | aneush
or old, some kind of berries, and bw: in: | log cou
sionally grasshoppers, beetles, or other ird | off oe
sects. As is well known, the mocking sing Ming 2
gets its name from the habit of M .ve “Ser, 195
the songs of other birds. Sports® the ‘itmoy,
been deceived by hearing it im! The th dett t
partridge, the quail, and other bir “most “ayy, flend
imitation of the scream of a hawk 1S nove Boe” no
perfect, so much so that small bir pee! With pea
ing round a certain locality paviLe be | feng 5.
frightened away. The mocking bird, HP at | ting +!
* x * , p / | 8ge pr
nightingale, frequently sings at m8 the eh to py
ticularly about the time of the rising ds | Mies,
moon. It is long-lived and CO light
high price. The eggs are usually five, Two)
green with brown spots and blotches: | jo}
or three broods are raised each Y& ‘they |
the warm parts of the United St# rarely fy
are quite numerous, but they 87 ~ WARR
seen in the Northern States. to
aixtet | A) th,
E. W., Omaha, Neb., writes: ‘I aD oun to, by K
years of age. Do you think Iam ton. to ve? yore u :
adopt some trade. I think I shoul li oe bey ph
machinist.’ tar you brie at
As regards your age, it need not < © gone hein tad
from beginning an apprenticesbiP, ? 4 fo! tected
establishment at three dollars 4 © d fron F om ble;

the first year, five for the second, "oa
seven to eight for the third. A journey alv® , fh, *

  

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is. paid, according to his ability, 1° Ea Ickey

to eighteen dollars a week. ut a do, These
AMBITIOUS FRED, New xork, writ earl el

fifteen years of age and would like lawyels

trade of a plumber or become oer wh th

have a liking forthe business of el)"
would you suggest to me to adopt? r
It seems tome, my dear youvs co} pave
ent, that you cannot possid. ¢
proper conception of the eer wae he
plumber or the profession of @ i. 1 bf 5 )Rery
recent numbers of GooD NEwe jen 8 1oltepe
given advice to other correspe roy Jongh iT
reference to both pursuits. soar only Ra
Nos. 278, 841, and 352. I have COP yimit? oily
part of your letter, for my ene will rele las 4
As appropriate to your inquiry © | pep!
one anecdote, An old iady ha i f
who, it appeared to her, ha
wrong profession. ‘‘Why di
James?’’ she sald. ‘‘ Because,
«J was called.’? ‘‘James,’’
aunt as she looked up fro
spectacles, ‘‘are you sure 1
other noise you heard?’’

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tion with the man. From time to time he
uttered exclamations of anger or horror.

and if was evident that he was greatly dis- |

turbed by some of the things he learned,
Now and then he glanced toward Eric with
ill-concealed hatred and fear in his dark
eyes.

to be of a very pleasant nature,
from his morose countenance.
‘‘Yes, it’s been a night none of us will

| forget,’ said Phil, when he had heard the

conclusion of his friend’s story. ‘‘It’s won-
derful how we escaped so many dangers and
how we found each other again. I’ve always
believed in a watchful Providence, old man,

and now I’m ten times more convinced.”’
‘*Tt’s the only way to account for our
miraculous escapes,’? assented Eric. ‘‘By |

Jove, what strange things do happen! Think
of my running across Fergus Haygarth in

| that cavern by the river!’
‘It must have been a big surprise,’ said |

Phil, ‘‘but it was natural enough.
in London that Haygarth
back to Africa.
interests out here——
‘‘Yes, and an important letter
them hastened his departure.’’

I knew
intended going

2?

about

The Boer sat stolidly and silently in |
the saddle, and his thoughts did not appear |
to judge

You know he has business |

9

!
wayo. Then weswung round and took a sort
1of bee line back toward the station. That
was my doing—the scout swore you were
| dead, but I wouldn’t believe him.’’
‘“Bless you, old fellow,’’ whispered Hric.
| ‘‘And did you get near the station?’’
‘*Within three miles,’’ Phil replied, ‘‘and
then we were potted by a lot of Kaffirs. We
shook them off, headed north for theriver—
| it’s the'same river, the Lomena, I believe—
and got across by a drift. There the mule
flung us and bolted, and after wandering
|about for a while in the bush we had the
luck to run upon five mounted settlers. We
were jolly glad, I can tell you. They had
two extra horses and turned them over to
us at once.’’

‘¢ And what next?’’

Phil hesitated a moment, and his face he-
|came grave. There was a look.of deep pity
|in his eyes and he avoided meeting his
friend’s glance.
| Erié repeated the question.
| ‘*T want to hear the rest of the story,’ he
added.

‘*There’s not much

to tell,’’ said Phil,

| looking up carelessly, ‘‘and what there is
you won’t enjuy.
ter.

You know the man Car-
yonder in front, is the scout’s friend
who lived beyond the

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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nf FHE FORTUNES OF: ERIC
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and cp oey me ; ere
re A Romantic Story of Adventure in South Africa |
stley |
layed BY WILLIAM MURRAY GRAYDON,
fer Author of “In Barracks and Wigwam,” “The White King of Africa,’ “Campaigning With |
Braddock,” “The Butcher of Cawnpore,” etc.
ing 18 i s
ee (THE ForTUNES oF ERIC” was commenced in No. 355. Back numbers can be obtained of all News
leat Agents.)
g face :
day ae é 7 ;
an of SYNOPSIS OF PREVIOUS CHAPTERS. {and congratulation uttered. Tears were in
ynd 12 This story opens in the Algerian desert. Eric | Phil’s eyes as he greeted Eric, and the
woul with rich young American, in company | scout’s usually gruff voice melted into sus-
tave ene ences) = ee journalist, | picious softness. With several of the beens
scued from an attack of a party of] Hayearth and the Bo * appeared to have
sas ed 7 2 Cer tan : aygarth and the er ap}
aa Rene is Sir John and Lady Copleston and a been previously acquainted, for they called
D Dart.© ady named Doris Churton. Before they ‘ thar by name
ng o in oemPany a mutual affection has sprung | OM SHOCRY. DY Magne. ; he hand- |
-orests a between Doris and Eric, and they agree to Brief explanations followed on the hand- |
averal Ainon later. Eric’s father dies, leaving him an | Shaking. Eric described the perilous escape
-¢ be A ae fortune in the hands of his banker, | across the river, and it was learned that.|
Fa Man AGG Haygarth, of London, but the young | the rescuers were in possession of a farm- |
P tert died tr oe cieniay that pope § wel ol house not far away, and that it was the fir- |
* sn Eric has ¢ orview with | ; shic E roug t to recon-
jnuoul tole Haygarth, theson of the banker, he is he m hic e h A Oe et haat: fides sat |
motes on the ee his father’s name does not appear |noitre. Fiurther details on b« ste
nd t MS agg ots? but as Fer-
‘ her 8serts this there
row 5 infec eo _
ber of double @éali anee oO
} 4 this j €aling, though
rears Erin 8, 20t noticed by
0 Tic, Af y
te a Bae ga the depart-
sta 0 ric, Fergus
palthys ee Sliding pauel
@ mo Containin out atin box
9 pro | and bank” diamonds
“ou i8 the 1 notes, which
ip ¥ | for Brio oy, intended
ch'¥ hig °° After bidding
36.500 Wel] Bee theart fare-
noe of | ag’ Attica in compe,
d etting Courtney ans friend
eam | Sarth, yy. rsus Hay-
oY a? | a8keq’ Who has twice
iv io him, he; Oris to marry
, of a | Btends aring that she
ead y° hele Visiting her
ne wi ‘ for . aitloa, starts
a 0 hre ame place.
vish fing Dagonths later we
Besenen hat Cer
€ salu p-
Pie Daten cuddeniy they sea
moe for! dusky Of flame in the
are a then? and arrive
the y,BClusion that
caught Vise atabeles have
prouble | 28 of 4, Ney are talk-
p tioD: Shots 7,2 tLree rifle
tten “ distan nS OUt a short
en fr nd ed immed; 7)? follow-
ttle jk ‘h y are attacked ee
jn mi ie’ Katty weed” DY
‘g they | Mleiggaycy and Eric’s
nis pore ol a ta. €d by the help
wal’. Seo mous “Americ:
with , nan, rican
her ou? angy Next faiy rio.
: ; Ush ito an
“Eo OCce ang co of the nz ,
ike O ree an Conrtnes © vetives,
1 Sania y and Shur-
other pird | of cape by galloping
ins ying Tule, the back of a
moc ave Sven, i oe 8 horse, how
med spe jot ire and will
ng The thastt a the his rider
“ds: @ wae Mercy oO ’ :
4g almost aay. around him, Eric manages to get(to be left for a. more fitting
novel’ | Boop” “Alling into a river, he is rescued by a Mita
jg ho Wine, Jaco} : ; opportunity.
i it ey us Mynhart, who is in company cow ust return at once
ave @) Tieng S848 Haygarth. Fergus plots with his Rinoe S e :
“16 tb id J Yyearth. F I 9 Shurlock an-
a, 1ike at’ Boj 4cobus tocompass the death of Eric. partners, Dan Re ss
ight, Pye ®e to Pursned by the Kaffirs, the three man- nounced. ‘‘It’s no use| going
ing of a “Nemieg t the river between them and their| forward. If the Kaffirs are
nmands pb : still on the other bank of the
five, Wo eerie river they won’t er th ;
shes: chance at them, and if the
ye eel CHAPTER XIII. have crossed to cate they
ze i * us in
tates A THRILLING MEETING. can make it bot for us
ie yareld HE . the thick scrub. And it’s not
c. first impulse of the fugitives was| safe to leave the house long
xtee th Make off quietly to one ‘side, for| with a crowd of Matabeles
aw * wa ®y believed the speakers to be|in the neighborhood.” |.
10 SND bes thre tings: But an instant later they| ‘‘That’s true, Dan, — as:
el Rey ec ceived, and with a thrill of joy | sented the scout’s friend Car-
tor yo thee and (ea English words. At léast | ter. ‘‘We’re in danger of Oe fl
ot deve ome gt face.) Boer showed their relief on | cut off ourselves, and all the  {j.
ID” {0 | Meas» but a close observer might have| more so because we can’t rée- Seite
eek frt Cted tl & ‘ “ame MADDEN §
Ae yoH! | “Om Dleaccaes Fergus Haygarth was far|}turn as fast as we came.
p eer, y r an Aged. These poor chaps must ride—
jourmy wel}, Cll,” Bet the native police talk English | they look cleandone up. — es at
from thick gy Whispered. ‘*We had better hunt| ‘There was a hearty assent to taking tive
al} q ‘These Part of the bush and lie low.”? a trice three empty seer f the Panel
ites! 3 pe Tesedl y rae hot Kaffirs,’? Mynhart replied, scout’s, were at the disposa z the Mie
to 1eatt TY BY are’ y.- Vill stake anything on that.|men. They accepted the tt ees as
¥ Laws pic? ust thy tite men, like ourselves.’ and without hesitation, for t we ie. ne
ther: Ards, fi & horse neighed within twenty | fit condition to tramp throug ‘ the aa ati
q”° “19p Come ,* Voice called out, distinctly: Haygarth’s wound was ry ae a
corte 8 yo t eactners, we may as well push] three were rie lia wet to the s
OTs. CO 9 ‘eak from hunger.
bly Play Ver ou lead, Carter. wea ;
siness - iy "once ty other Voices heartily assented, and A moment later the ingot Ola eet ah
lawy? ‘pa? : Ounte Muffed patter of hoofs was heard. | ward, the unmounted rae se ing ee!
pws i ip ie . «ed men!?? Eric exclaimed, ea-| and keeping on the ee or a sic
ponder’ | (PS Phi) 2° Scout is with them, and per- | advanced rapidly, first through bea y iat
yefer only Ra hop AS wel].?? and then across a strip of open es ‘ a
opied Need Vearte YOU are right, old fellow,” said| brought them to a ravine bordered oy
ce is Li le hyd. “Pp MN tones “that sounded sincerely | wooded hills and rocks. The sun was now |
at will pe" | hous), Ove, we are fortunate! It looks| up, and in the still and fragrant oe
a. 8 ne thee hes ®ur troubles. were over.’? air it was difficult to realize t é black
i chose or ibhty ang poke he shouted, and two or three | blight of death that overhung the ee
you oF ver Inst fo rs were returned. The fugitives | But its presence could be read in the grim,
he aera Oy ia Pat “Ward and entered one side of an| worried, vengeance-thirsty faces of the men.
xclae’ poll erg, ch in the bush just as the rescuers} Shurlock was on ahead, having given pie
‘ wiDiDE opi be Dari, 4 trot from the other. horse to Jacobus Mynbart; Phil and Eric
asi : hiv? of the, Consisted of five horsemen and | were riding side by side, and the ies nae
ool atrned Fo Were strangers to Eric—big, | giving his friend a graphic account o : :
nications, Ne Dan Shearded men—and the other two | fight at the station and the subsequent ad-
nmr te t we a tyuirock and Phil Courtney. ventuures. A ues eel
a | Ped ang vlling meeting. Hands were| Haygarth was next to Carter, and he kep

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WARD.

CRIES OF HORROR AROSE FROM THOSE IN

‘‘Well. there’s one thing,’’ Phil went on;
‘this anxiety on that score puts him above
on as to that mysterious legacy
I dare say Haygarth is not a bad
thongh I never fancied

any suspici
of yours.

sort of a fellow,
him,”’ 3 ga

‘‘He’s a splendid fellow,’’ declared Eric.
‘*T liked him from the first.’’ :

‘<T don’t think much of his comrade,’’ re-
plied Phil. ‘‘Mynhart—is that the Boers
name?—has a-cut-throat look about him.”’

‘‘Hardly that,’’? said Eric “though [ll
admit he is ill featured. But he saved my
life, and I owe him a big debt.”’

“Of course you do,’? Phil answered. ‘‘I
didn’t mean to burt your feelings, old man.”’

“Oh, they’re not hurt,’’ laughed Eric.
“But, come, it’s your turn now. Tell
what bappened sinc

‘¢7?]] spin the yarn,
must be very short.
house, where I thin

” agreed Phil, ‘‘butit
We’ll soon be at the
k these men can provide

DDENLY FLUNG UP HIS ARMS, KEELED AND FELL OVER BACK-

station? Well, he was
with one of the five,
and it seems that the
other four had been
chased into his place
by Kaffirs. They had
a fight and beat the
enemy off for a time.
Then they slipped
away in the darkness,
and when Shurlock
and I met them they
were hurrying to warn
a friend of Carter’s.

‘“‘We rode on with
them and found that
the Kaffirs had been
there before us. The
house was all right,
strange to say, but the
outbuildings were
burned and a native
servant was lying dead
and mutilated on the
ground. But there
was no trace of Car-
ter’s friend, and it
looks as though he
had been absent at the
timeof the attack. It’s
a queer thing altogeth-
er:”’

‘‘Is that the house
we are going tonow?’’
Eric asked.

“tVas,??

‘* And has the owner
not turned up yet?’’

Phil shook his head,

‘*We decided to put
up in the house until
morning,’’ he wenton,
hurriedly, ‘‘and at
daylight Carter ven-
tured out and climbed
a bare hill to the north.
He came back and
reported thathe had
seen a whole company
of Matabeles two
miles across the bush.
Just about that time
we heard the firing in
this direction, and off
we came in hot haste
to see what it meant,
leaving two men in
charge of the house.’?

‘Then we are all cut
off from Buluwayo?”’

*¢Ves, and before the
day is over we'll
likely be attacked bya
swarm of Kaffirs. It’s
not a_ pleasant, pros-
pect, for I don’t see
THE PORCH. how we could possibly
| hold out— Ah, here we are!’’

Carter and his companions had reached
the top of the valley, and the mounted men
quickly followed them. The house—a long,
low structure on high and open ground—
was only several hundred yards distant.
The party hurried on, passing the still
smoldering ruins of the outbuildings, and
when they reached the door they were
gladly greeted by the two who had remained
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CHAPTER XIV.
ERIC’S DISCOVERY.

 

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e l saw thelast of you.’ | chy

#KS) and limping across a vine-covered
porch, he found himself in a sitting
<> room that showed refinement, taste
and nieans on the part of the missing owner.

=) RIC swung stiffly out of the saddle,
a

|It contained easy chairs, rugs, a couch,

you with boots, dry clothes and a break-|several musical instruments, a shelf of books

fast.’? ; :
“JT need all three badly. Go on.’
‘¢Well,’’ Phil commenced, ‘‘of , cousre
you'll understand that Shurlock and I were
simply run away with by the mule, and be-
fore we could stop the confounded brute we
were half a dozen miles on the road to Bulu-

|} and two tables.

 

good breakkfast was served to them, the pro-

On the walls were a few
prints and some paintings in oils and water
colors.

Here Eric was joined by Haygarth and
the Boer, and no time was lost in attending
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prietor of the house having left it well
stocked with provisions. Eric ate heartily,
but he was too tired to talk much or to ask

any questions. Nor did he have a chance to |

do so, owing to Phil’s constant atten-
tions.

Meanwhile preparations were made, so
far as were possible, for averting the threat-
ened peril. Carter was the acknowledged
leader, and he relied to some extent on the
American scout’s advice and experience.
Two of the men—the party now numbered
nine in all—were sent out on foot to learn
the whereabout and movements of the
Matabeles. The horses were stabledin a
roofless sort of an inclosure, protected by
stone walls, but not quite completed, that
was annexed to one end of the house.

The house proper was one storied—not
counting a loft overhead—and had a built-
out porch in front. The rooms were four
in number, consisting of a spacious latchen,
the sitting room and two bedrooms adjoin-
ing. The clearing in which the house stood
was partly piowed land, and the rest was
covered with flower beds and groves of
young orange and other fruit trees. It
was evident from the number and size of
the burned outbuildings that the settler had
kept much stock and many helpers, all
. of which and whom had disappeared.

As bas been mentioned, Carter and his
friends, on their arrival the previous night,
had found the house empty and quite un-
disturbed.
the murder of the native servant—who had
since been buried—might be attributed to
treachery on the part of the other Kaftir
servants, or to the revolted Matabeles.. But
why, in either event, the marauders should
have spared the house was an’ unsolvable
mystery.

The present occupants, however, had
ceased fo puzzle their brains over the mat-
ter. Safety and defense were all they now
thought of. They rather counted on an at-
tack in foree during the day, but they
hoped, being well armed, to beat the Mate-
beles off and then push toward Buluwayo
under cover of night. And they realized
only too well the serious nature of the ris-
ing. Already they had seen a lot of fight-
ing, and nearly every man of the party bad
lost some near friend whose death he
thirsted to avenge. ;

All that was possible was done’ for the
comfort of Eric and his two companions. It
was necessary that they should have plenty
of rest, and after finishing breakfast they
took off their wet clothes—which were taken
away to be dried at the kitchen fire—and
turned in. Jacobus Mynhart and Haygarth
were quartered in the two bedrooms, and
the latter’s wound had first been washed
and bandaged by the scout.

Erie took possession of the couch in the
sitting room. He hardly expected to sleep,
since he knew the danger, and had been
warned that he might be roused at any mo-
ment to assist in the defense of the house.
But intense drowsiness stole over him, and
in less than five minutes be was slumber-
ing soundly.

When next he opened his eyes it seemed
to him that but ashort time had elapsed
since he laid down. He sat up, feeling
stronger and much refreshed, then, looking
out of the window, he saw by the position
of the sun that the afternoon was well ad-
vanced. His clothes were hanging over a
chair quite dry, and he quickly put them
on. He also found a pair of boots—no doubt
belonging to the missing owner of the house
—and they proved to be a fair fit.

Hearing voices outside, he stepped toward
the door, but before he could reach if Dan
Shurlock came softly in. l

‘‘Hello, you’re up, are you?’?
claimed, ‘‘Feeling fit?’’

‘*Yes, that long sleep has put me in good
trim,’’ Eric replied. ‘*There has been no
attack, of course?’’

‘‘Not yet, partner, but it may come any
tinre. Two of our fellows are still out on
wateh, and a Kaffir spy was seen lurking
out an hour ago,’’

‘*The rascals will. likely turn up before
night,’’ said Eric. -‘‘By the way, bow is
Haygarth?’’ '

‘Oh, getting along all right,
next room,”’

‘* Asleep???

‘*No,’’ replied the scout; ‘‘he’s awake and
dressed.’’

‘*Then [ll drop in and see Him a min-
utes,’’ said Eric.

As he spoke he turned to the left across
the floor, pushed open hs door leading to the
bedroom and entered. It was a dainty little
apartment, made cheefrul by light matting,
easy chairs, water-color drawings and clean
muslin curtains at the window. Haygarth
was stretchedd on a sinlge bed, his head
and shoulders against.a pillow, and he
greeted his visitor with a smile.

‘Glad to see you, old fellow,’’ he cried.
‘“tHow are you feeling?’’

‘*Splendid,’’ said Eric; ‘‘and how are you?
Is the assegai wound giving you any——’’

He stopped abruptly, for just then some
strange power of magnetism drew his eyes
to a photograph that stood'on a dressing
table near the bed. He walked closer, stared
intently at it witha rising color, and uttered
a gasping ery of amazement.

‘What’s wrong?’’ demanded Huaygarth,
with well-feigned surprise.

he ex-

He’s in the

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‘*This—this picture!?’
taking it in his two trembling hands.

There was good reason
and bewilderment. The photograph was
that of Doris Churton. It was a most per-
fect likeness and of comparatively recent
date. The beautiful, smiling face, with lips
half parted, recalled thé girl just as he had
seen her last.

‘*Good heavens, I can’t be dreaiming!’’

Eric gasped. ‘No, it isa reality—it is Doris |
herself! But how came this picture here, in |

the heart of the African bush?”’

Haygarth had been watching his «om-
panion narrowly. Now he reached for
photograph and glanced at it carelessly.

‘*Oh, Miss Churton!’’ he said. ‘‘What is
there about this to startle you, Dacres? Is it
possible that you know the lady?’?

‘*Yes, I—I know her,’’ Ericreplied, ‘‘and
I remember that you know her as well—she
told me so. But how does her likeness hap-
pen to be here?’’

‘*Tt is very simple,’’ Haygarth answered.
‘*You are acquainted with Miss
you say. Well. are you ignorant of the fact

that she was brought up in South Africa— |

that this is the house of her uncle, Hum-
phrey Churton?’?

‘*Her uncle? I knew nothing of it.
never had a chance to tel] me.’’

“‘Then I don’t wonder at your surprise,’’
said Haygarth. ‘‘Why, this very room we
are in is Miss Churton’s, and it bas lately
been fitted up for her arrival——’’

‘*For her arrival?”’
a. dazed wianner about the apartment.
‘*What do you mean?”’

‘You are not aware, of course, that Miss
Churton is now in South Africa?’’ Day-
garth asked.

‘*Good beavans, no! Doris here in Africa!

She

I thought she was still in London! You are

surely mistaken——’’

‘*My dear fellow, I assure you I am not,’ |

Haygarth interrupted. ‘‘I can make it all

clear to you in a momént. The girl has been |

making a long visit to the Coplestons—
Lady Copleston is an old friend of her

mother’s—and just before I sailed she got a|

letter from her uncle ‘asking her to come
home for a few months.
steamer and parted at Cape Town. Miss
Churton went by ship to Beira, and theft by
river, steamer and rail to Chimoio.’’
‘*And where is she now???’
‘‘Safe, I hope,’’ Haygarth replied. | ‘‘To
tell the truth, she should have been here by
this time. It is more than likely that Hum-
phrey Churton has gone to meet her, which
accounts for his mysterious disappearance. ’’
Eric’s face was haggard and anxious,
‘‘This is terrible,’’ he groaned, ‘‘I
scarcely realize it yet. Dofis here in Africa
—here in Matabeleland at such a time! God
grant that she has found safe shelter!’

‘*] hope and pray that she has,’’ said |
| and left of Donovan and Madden. The fugi-

Haygarth, and under his breath be swore
a merciless oath.

Just then Phil, who had entered unob-
served a moment before and had heard
most of the conversation, put a hand on
Erie’s shoulder. With a_ half-indignant
glance at Haygarth he led his friend into
the adjoining sitting room, and made him
‘The scout, who had
followed, passed outside.

‘‘Cheer up, old fellow,’’ Phil whispered.
‘*] know how you feel, and I’m awfully

sorry for you. But it’s ten to one the girl is
safe.’’

‘*Theu you knew all?’’? Hricasked, huskily.
‘*You knew it before?’’

‘‘Ves, I learned the facts from Carter |
when we reached the house last night,’’ |

Phil admitted. ‘‘I knew that this was Hum-
phrey Churton’s house, that he was the
uncle of Doris, and that be had probably
gone to meet her. Carter told me his niece
was expected on a visit.’

‘And why——”’

‘‘Why did I not tell you?’ Phil inter-
rupted. ‘'Because I wanted you to havea
good sleep first. .I knew you were bound to
find out sooner or later, and that you would
be needlessly distressed——??

‘*Not needlessly, old man,’ Erie broke in.

‘*Yes, needlessly,’’ asserted Phil. ‘‘Be
reasonable. Don’t you see that Humphrey
Churton would at least have gone as far as
Salisbury to meet his niece, and that she
would wait for him. there? It is almost cer-
tain that he started several days ago, and
that both he and Doris are now safe in Sal-
isbury.’’

‘*God grant that you are right, old fel-
low,’’? Eric said, fervently. ‘‘You have
made me feel easier already. But suppose
Churton started a week or a fortnight ago,
and that he and Doris left) Salisbury | before
the Kaffirs broke out? Good heavens, when
I think of it——’’

He paused abruptly.

‘‘Did you hear that?”’ he added.

Both heard it—a distant rifle shot. And
now a second shot rang on tLe air, followed
by hoarse shouting outside the house,

CHAPTER XV.
A MYSTERIOUS VISITOR.

HERE was no need for Phil and Eric
? to ask what the tumult meant. They
rx knew that the men who were out on
watch must have encountered the

   
   
    

Eric stammered, |

for his agitation |

| Haygarth.
| though it was, did not incapacitate him for

the |

Churton, |

eried Eric, looking in |

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Erie asked. |

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enemy, and that an attack on the house

would probably come speedily.

Forgetting what they had-just been talk-
}ing about, they burried with one accord
from the room. Out in the porch they found
and
by the
Fergus
painful

Carter, the scout, and another
the number was quickly completed
arrival of Jacobus Mynhart and
The latter’s wound,

man,

duty.

For a moment or two there was

the . thick bush.
north, a wooded kopje towered several hun-
dred feet in air. It was a late hour
afternoon, and the sun was drooping low,
‘*T can’t account for this dead stillness, ’’

muttered Carter, ‘‘unless the poor fellows

have gone under—and that’s not likely,

for only two shots were fired. They may be

hiidng—-—-’’

As he spoke there was a burst of savage
cries, a shout and three shots in rapid suc-

cession.

‘*Hurrah! our fellows are all right!’’ ex-
‘*They’re coming closer

claimed Shurloek.
and holding the Kaffirs back.’’

‘*They’re not out of danger yet,’’ said
| Cartler,
have to be moving down that way to lend a
hand. But first get the house ready—it looks

‘*Tf there’s any more firing we'll

as though the black devils meant business.’’
In less time than it takes to tell Phil and

Kric, assisted by the Boer, closed all the

heavy shutters. Meanwhile the commotion
in the bush had been growing nearer and

louder, and now, at Carter’s suggestion, it
| was resolved that all should push
jacross the plantation to meet their im-

forward

periled comrades.

But just as they were about to start the

missing men—Donovan and Madden by
name—appeared in sight. They came leap-
ing together out of the scrub, and each

waved a hand at the party in the porch. As
they ran nearer side by side through the
grass and orange trees it could be seen that

they were nearly exhausted.

‘*Faster!’’ shouted Carter. ‘‘'They’l] make
it,’? he added in a lower tone to his com-
panions. ‘‘Have your weapons ready in case
of need, but be careful where you aim.”’

At that instant, when the fugitives had
covered twenty yards of the plantation, a
score of Matabeles appeared almost simul-
taneously on the edge of the bush bebind
them. With shrill yells they began to fire,
and puffs of bluish smoke spurted from the
rifle barrels. E

‘‘Our boys are not out of danger yet,’’
cried the scout. ‘‘Give the black rascals a
little lead to divert their attenton.’’

A straggling fire was opened at once, all
taking part and aiming carefully to right

tives, as yet uninjured, made a desperate
spurt that brought them nearly half way to
the house. Then Madden suddenly flung
up his arms, reeled and fell over backward.
The Kaffirs had at least one good marksman
among them.

Cries of horror and anger rose from those

in the porch. Donovan, who was a few
paces in front, stopped instantly and went
back to-hiis companion. He bent briefly
over Madden and then stood. upright with

| a gesture that was not to be mistaken.

‘*Come along!’’ shouted Carter. ‘Don’t
expose yourself.’’ 3
The plucky man waved a hand in answer.
He put his rifle to his shoulder, and fired
four shots in rapid succession at the Kaffirs.
Then he turned and, made for the house,
staggering like a wounded deer. He reached

it safely, and fell exhausted and panting

across the porch,
The Matabeles,
the number of fifty or sixty,

had now

swarmed daringly out of the bush and were
Most of 1
and bullets

advancing through the plantation,
them were armed with rifles,
began to strike against the house and to
whistle unpleasantly close to the ears of the
white men.
‘*Let them have it hot!’’ shouted Carter.
‘“‘Ay, give it to them, partners,’’ cried

the scout. ‘*We’ll teach them a lesson before,

they drive us indoors.’’

A most successful lesson it was, contrary
to general expectation. The little party,
screened to some extent by the posts of the
porch, opened a hot and steady fire. It was
not easy to miss, as the Matabeles quickly
discovered to their cost.
thirty feet or so, yelling and shooting; then,
having lost close to a dozen of their number,
they fled rapidly and disorderly to the
shelter of the bush. Three Kaffirs, more ven-
turesome than the rest, sought to reach
Madden’s body, but Shurlock and Phil
picked off two and Eric shot the third. The
defenders were uninjured, though several
had received bullets through their clothing.

Attention now centred on Donovan,

brandy flask did much to restore him after
his exhaustive race for life. Briefly and in
a husky voice he told how he and. his com-
rade had been sttrprised by the enemy when

they came down from the hill, and how:

they had kept up a running fight toward
the house.
‘‘Poor Madden is dead,’’ he concluded;

‘‘the bullet must have pierced his heart and the darkness was S89

j

| from behind. I’ll pay the devils off for thats

| replied Carter. ‘‘I hardly think they Wi
| trouble us again in a hurry.’’

intense
and breathless silence. All eyes looked across
the clearing before the house to where the
young orange tiees ended on the verge of
Further beyond, to the

of the

locality of the enemy, no danger W@

arms, and yet he dreaded such an

Shurlock,

seemingly augmented to

| hit Donovan in the arm and gr@
shoulder.

They came on for

He
was helped to his seat, Wee a pull at Carter’s

 

But where are they now?’’ q
‘‘We’ve beaten them back to the bushy

 

‘‘Don’t you believe it,’ said Donovalg
‘‘There are between one and two hundreay
Kaffirs in the neighborhood, and they Jl be
making an attack in force pretty soon. |

‘‘Pwo hundred are bad enoigh,’? ‘Cartel
auswered, ‘‘If there are so many about As ,
you say, it’s certain they’ll pay us anothel &
visit.’ cn

‘Yes, they will,’’ assented Donovan; “$0
we had better be getting ready to receive p
them when they come.’? :

The situation looked black indeed, 4§ af .
realized. They entered the house and closeey
and barred the door. At an early hour a
that same day—when Carter’s party army
—certain precautions had been taken with af
view to an attack. The thatch over they
porch had been cut away, and loopboles |
were pierced through the wall under every,
window. 4

Now the defenders were posted at these
loopholes—those commanding the front
the house only—eagh armed with a rifle am
a pistol and provided with plenty of Oe ,
tridges; fortunately both weapons and am ,
munition had been found in Humparey p
Churton’s house. Carter and the scou +
though they had loopholes like the ren F
took it upon themselves to keep an OYO ge
the other approaches to the house. However].
owing to the nature of the ground a ap-

 

prehended except from the front.
Half an hour slipped by withou
the men keeping a sharp lookout.
all were thinking of the dreaded eB
the Kaffirs. There was an ugly gleam he}
Fergus Haygarth’s eyes and occasionally | 9
whispered to Jacobus Mynhart, wh?
next him on the right. ing
On Haygarth’s left was Eric, and Ce :
the interval of waiting he pondered fret’
the strange things he had heard that @ 1iae
He had brought himself t0 raat

4 alar™, |.
ut nd ’
attack OF

    

noon, inp
that it was all true—that Doris W@® be}
South Africa, that the dainty bedroom gy
hind had been fitted up for her usé, ©

up
that this was her nticle te house. +] off

For the rest his brain was in a WO" 4
indecision, of doubt and fear and agony: a
thrilled him to think of meeting the, Bis :

He longed to see her, to clasp ber
or ea no
his self control and honorable resolute ef.
When he thought of hev possible P& nedh
clinched his teeth and very nearly 8?
aloud, ’ mub
‘*God help her! God spare her!” he be 8}
tered under his breath. ‘(I should afé|
happy man if I knew that Doris "4 jeff
in Salisbury with her uncle. But J} ° voll
there. within a day or two before Me) gas
broke out! Oh, merciful Heaven, © 7s
been her fate?”’ ey {roe
Just then there was a low, eager cry
‘*Be ready, partners,’’ he said. |, added]
‘“Yes; the devils are coming, poot
Carter. ‘‘Let them get close and iS
kill. They can’t stand much of it spol’
Every eye tnrned to ‘the 00? pth
through which the rifle barrels alve@ a ay
truded. A savage clamor was heal i weley
force of more than a hundred Kaffiz pheyp
seen advancing over the open grou! el
came on with a rush—the fearless 4) gud:
perate old Zulu charge—and then 0. ,
den the house vomited its leaden T!"* 1d sp i
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well delivered that the attack WS 4 o¢ al
duration. But while it lasted it W85 joafell)
exciting. The crackling of rifles ¥4* spill ho
ing as the defenders fired steadily. ad al) ang,
of heavy losses, of men falling yo Matty
wounded shrieking with agony, t jilled # 4
beles swarmed on, and some were df “de
the closest range. pack al") Wit
Then the Kaffirs wavered, fell the pus! | tiny,
doggedly retired to the shelter of OF Sty,

f Me et
leaving about thirty dead bebind a ise re
these two had been shot in the pore it.
and half a dozen were just outs

the other side there was slight se se
spent balls coming through the oe

é n it

After such exertions the victory f on

rest were gratefnl, but every 1 tbe!

that danger still hung darkly ,°- prove
that their chances were but the sack

‘‘Do you suppose they Ww! i <e ny

again?” Bric asked of Hayeatt'),, rep lige

   
  

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“I’m sure they will,’? W8> viah 8° 0) oy
‘but they'll wait till nightfall, 7") Tita
far off,”? ; a joined ay

‘‘Yes, that’s about right, ‘i ‘.
Shurlock. then?” ey as.

‘‘And if we repulse, them a th

  

Phil.

**TIn that event, which
scout coolly answeréd, ‘‘the
abandon the siege and give ur

ush toward Buluwayo.

r Outside, the twilight faded and
came on rapidly, but nothing ©

   

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silence save the occasiona ne me
wounded Matabele, Part of tN, and %
watch, while others fed the he emsel¥?

pared light,refreshments for t
their comrades on duty. light
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that. Ne moon up as yet—that those at the loop-
Fs “ie Could see only a short distance beyond

c nd he porch. And just at this thrilling time,

¥ » When danger seemed to brood in the silence |

pe be the night, a quick, sharp rapping was

"red fe at one of the back windows of the

& 188,

Il bef (TO BE CONTINUED.)

ater |. —— +e ___+__

18h

othe} LAD ELECTRIC IN WALL STREET.

. 66so b Hi mae

covey MS Fun, Flyers and Fortunes Among

s all} the Bulls and Bears,

s]o8e y

ur 0

‘vi BY BARRY TALLYHO,

ie ' Author of “Lad Electric’s Trip Abroad” and

‘poles : “Tad Electric.”

every (“Y, he .

; Sane cr etc IN WALL STREET’ was com-
these ; tained ee | sous numbers can be ob-
nt
je and be *

cates. CHAPTER VII.
: L
rel » “> FINDS HIMSELF IN A ‘‘SAFE’’ PLACE.
| cx
uty | ; : aS
St ~)AD Electric, you are just a nice
a ont little infant, ‘ain’t you? You had |
vevels ose better go into long dresses and annex |
4 thee sera & nursing bottle again. After all the
2 ap y a you’ve been through, to be hooked |
i et ie an ancient, moss-covered fake as
rm | Bi
a th mae himself, of course, was. the speaker,
. k OF in wie Still in the unpleasant situation
ot ip} which we last saw him.
ally pel ee isoned in the big safe in total dark-
‘ wa Vain oa ae of cre escape yt
ten at up and tried to pierce the
aurin8 was vetrable gloom with. his eyes. ‘‘So that
vol ay amner, eh? Lam’s on deck again
} fel 4 th Up to the same dirty old tricks. I
‘oalid® tp a ht he’d never have the cheek to show
ins th Alter that business in Italy, but he’s got
ts a ooee of the old boy himself. He’s scored
; and again oth time, but you bet I’ll be on top
; bet the iri a great while, and then you
pir 9 Yll hear my eagle scream.’?

Wa ne respect Lamner’s scheme already
ny ish th Ee failure, for there was enough air in
& Bhi Halt to keep Lad from suffocation,

6 ple imprisonment was anything but
“tions : forsee, specially as he felt he must look
aril 4 “Ment, Bae ere gours such confine-
groan’ | das they eke Pdecindtael no means as
ne amt to bitngetg! ©? anyway,’’ thought the scamp
4 be bs Witticign, ’ “Ht a grin at the characteristic
a8 BBY : Out for. thi h, maybe I won’t pay Lam
shea ae bet NG RS ve eis
r amMner oe

‘pat pas . Shem was Lad’s old and implacable

af BE Acade n°, been the bully ot Shady
ry fr Nt; haa my before our hero s arrival,

j touch, Met his downfall in the terrible

; r
added 4 Semen the moment of his overthrow he
poot - batys foo have cherished a malignant
: ref forked oe conqueror, and plotted and
op boy ; 2 dea} - moelth against him, attempting
ad y yi al Unity, Ow at every favorable oppor-

aly ah 4: 228
18 ee time’ too, had gone abroad at the same
a wy yor i, ad, and had made attempts to
ud a “ all ees st foreign lands. That they
suey red failures was 2 Raheta
SM soenrect was 8, aut
and i TY atid venomous as ever.
of. 500 - Pigon fasted slowly to Lad in his novel
jot a ; Bother, perned about from one position
aL as ‘ew tired and stiff.
5 deat gt ® Wong. 2? Brew tired an i
In py Ps tome haved what they would think at
ent at “e n he failed to put in an appear-
8 fh j,' OUld
‘killed , F a Beare ney, become alarmed, and set out
andy we that he puta, or would they merely de-
ack Pat a tth oy, ad concluded to stay all night
putt finn MaUNcey? Fyic eo
ha Poh a. tas 5 Y: His movements were oft-
Stra, °° "rratic :
pen seh Re Be ein a ate Bl ig would be nothing
pt ee Ut ey .C a thing.
5 it. O} they Wo 4 if they did expect him home,
done sy lim 4 aud Probably continue to look for
tet ah aity gn * Such a late hour that by the ti
tte ros" doy Bave hi ate hour that by the time
1 Caley e2Ythin mM up it would be impossible to
“% NO tise p, vefore morning.
and ‘thtting s Icking over the traces. There’s
an Sold. ? it but to put in the night in
el ae bieMdden 2” muttered Lad.
ope vi nh “Y another thought occurred to
ta var yg
he op!’ ops than ES I wonder if there’s more in
e ee at} agers oe Ought? Wonder if Lamner’s
ich Po eh tt ® been sticking to anything
iH my.b8s pcre that don’t bel ir i
nod oe Maye Pitched don’t belong to him, anc
join ‘i Teal 6 nk ne in here so that suspicion
1 $8!) Wan? ide et :
one. his’ nothin ys a startling one, but there
yy tl ag Lemy oe Improbable in it. Lad knew
ye wey Ag One too ¥ a and understood that -he
r 00d for such a deed.
ances | ere ve aoe v5
cane? if ae €ll-tons ren dy learned, his suspicions
1 das" Sli ded,
ys? he. ‘Lrg a ’ . ‘
| vA i Me gh ito iy b S no good worrying gray
te 50! | Up 9 al] a ead over it. In the morning
of weF | fy "con What we shall see. I’ll square
Dye) ow wh tts with 7 a 9
od ry “apMith ®n we cere, ono pay him in
g AN OPT “D thy 66 again.
es 8 is pre ae j ;
sel" % They; +cecision Lad resigned himself to
hl a Mf, table 2 g
ania ett enh = tried to extract as much
‘hese P,COnla, 1s uncomfortable situation

 

  

“Sent}y Ril, :
By ©Wsiness overcame him, and

 

   

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4

he exclaimed. ‘‘Thisis the drawer,
Now for the package of five thousand that

down on us in no time!’’? hissed Jimmy,

smother his exclamation of

of my arm.

hard, however, that he did
long, but was awake in a half hour.
Sleep svuon came again, to be followed by

short naps ensued.

Suddenly, in one of his waking intervals,
he started up with the exclamation:

‘*What’s that?’?’

A strange sound fell upon his ears. He
listened intently. The noise continued, but
it was very faint.

‘*Tt must be outside, of course,’ thought
Lad.

He pressed his ear against the door, and
strained his senses to the utmost.

‘‘Something funny going on out there,’’
he soliloquized.

The sound could now be heard more
plainly. Suddenly, with a thrill of excite-
ment, Lad comprehended its significance.

It was a drill at work on the door of the
safe!

Some one was endeavoring to force an
entrance to the vault, and of course with
felonious intent.

‘“‘Safe-breakers, for
claimed Lad to himself.

He was correct in his surmise. This was
the identical night the gentleman elegantly
and expressively designated as Red Mike
Flanagan and Jimnry, the Mug, both
shining lights of the safe-breaking frater
nity, had settled upon for one of those little
business transactions by which they gained
their livelihood and maintained their high
place at the bead of their profession,

‘‘Well, I reckon this just about sweeps
the deck,’? mused Lad to himself, with
much satisfaction. ‘‘lt’s just the kind of

a thousand!’’ ex-

 

an adventure I might expect to happen to |
Here Lamner has shut me in here to} almost in his grasp, he was not disposed to
get me into trouble, and I shall be the | lose it without a struggle. Such a sum was
means of foiling a safe robbery and maybe | worth taking a big risk for.

me,

saving this man a big pile of money. You
bet I wasn’t forgotten when the luck was
handed round.’’

The burglars were of course desperate
characters, prepared to take all chances,
and would not hesitate todo him bodily
harm if interrupted in their work. _

They were well armed, too, and might be
even willing to go so far as to kill him.

But Lad had no fear of the struggle. He
felt that he had an irresistible weapou in
his terrible touch, and eagerly awaited the
opportunity to bring it into play.

The cracksmen would be totally unpre-
pared for his, appearance, and the advan-
tage of surprise would also be his. _

The safe-breakers worked industriously,
and iad knew they must soon be finished.

After a while the drilling was concluded,
and some explosive material inserted in the
hole.

‘‘Now we’re coming to it,’’ thought Lad,
and he waited eagerly.

A moment later there was a dull, muffled
sound, as the door of the safe was blown
open. i ,

“‘Oh, now you’ve got just the sweetest
little surprise party in store for you, my
midnight friends,’’? chuckled Lad as he
held himself in readiness for the operations
he knew would begin at once. “You are
going to have the pleasure of inimedjate
acquaintance with the terrible touch.

CHAPTER VIII.

MIDNIGHT SURPRISE FOR TWO
SAFE BREAKERS.

STSNLASH the glim inside there, and
' “4 let’s see if we’ve struck the swag as

. big as we laid out,’’ said Jimmy,
<< the Mug. . ae

Red Mike Flanagan complied in silence.
He was a cautious fellow, was Michael,
as befitted his occupation, and _ readily
saw the folly of needless conversation. He
was the brains of the twain, to a large
extent, though both were sharp and smart.

The rays of the lantern penetrated the
interior of the vault, but did not at first
reveal Lad, as he had drawn back into the
furthest corner. — - 3

Red Mike’s eyes roved searchingly about,
then a look of satisfaction came into his
face.

“Right enough,

A LITTLE

I guess, as the kid said,”
IT reckon.

was paid him to night.’’
me reached in ag secure his booty. At
the same instant Lad stepped forward and
caught his outstretched hand. 4
‘What the ——’’ began the burglar, with
a startled exclamation, trying to jerk back
and reach for his revolver. :
But Lad promptly put on the terrible
touch, and a wild yell escaped him.
“Oh! ob! Furies aud blazes! Oh! ob!
oh! Let go! Stop! Cuss yer, I’——~ Ob!”
“Shut yer yawp, or yer’ll have the cops

the Mug, ina shrill whisper. ‘‘What the

blazes is the matter?’’ / ;
‘‘Oh!’? groaned Red Mike, trying to
pain, but not
wholly succeeding. ‘‘Something’s got hold
‘‘Jump on him and squeeze his wind off.
Or get out of the road, and let me cave in

recurring wakefulness, and a succesion of

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he dropped off to sleep. His couch was so ‘*Oh, oh, I can’t! The thing’s on fire!
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his nut with my billy,’’? said the Mug,
impatiently. ; ; ’
He held a short, heavy stick in bis hand.

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It’s twisting the life out of me! There’s
ge all through my body. Qh,
oh!

Despite his fortitude, the desperado could
not suppress a cry of pain, as the weird
effect of the terrible touch went tingling
through his veins.

‘Oh, oh!’ he cried again, flinging his
arms and legs wildly about.

There was a crash as, his nerveless fingers
having relaxed their grip, the lantern fell
to the floor, It was extinguished by the ac-
cident, and the plave was in darkness.

‘‘Curse you, what do you mean,
fool!’ cried Jimmy, angrily. ‘‘T
glim’s dark !”’

*‘Oh, oh, oh! Qh, oh! stop, stop! I cave!
Don’t torture me to death! Oh, oh, oh!??
came in low tones of agony from his pal.

He was twisting and writhing about with-
in the vault, offering no more resistance
than a sack of wheat, The terrible touch
had made him like clay in Lad’s hands.

So far things had gone wholly our hero’s
way. He was now anxious to get his grip
on the other safe-breaker. 5

He was not at all afraid of trying issues
with him, but was indeed a little fearful he
might take the alarm and seek flight, thus
escaping altogether.

He knew criminals as a rule are intensely
superstitious, and was apprehensive that
Jimmy might flinch from what he could
not understand. He knew he could not de-
pend on any feeling of loyalty.to his pal to
influence his conduct, for ‘‘honor among
thieves’’ is often a meaningless phrase.

‘““The Mug’’ however, was one of the

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most desperate characters in the city, and
having had the five-thousand-dollar package

‘*Cuss yer, I’ll see who it is!’’ he grated,
fiercely. ‘‘Hold still, Mike, and I’ll stick
a knife into the bloke!’’

He whipped out a shining blade as he
spoke.

As the burglar stood between himself and
the light, Lad could see him with fair dis-
tinctness. He caught the glimmer of the
steel, and knew a deadly peril menaced
him.4,*

Jimmy waited a minute, with his eyes
fixed intently on the interior, endeavoring
to locate Lad. The darkness was so dense
within the vault that this was a somewhat
difficult task.

Presently the burglar felt that he had
satisfactorily outlined the boy’s figure, and
sprung forward.

Red Mike had been crouching passive for
the last minute, but now Lad gave him an
extra thrill of electricity, and he sprung up
with a startled cry.

“Oh, oh! Stop! Curse you, do you want
to twist my insides out? Oh, oh!?’

At that moment Jimmy leaned forward,
threw up his knife and brought it down
sharply. It sunk into something soft and
yielding that he knew to be human flesh.

‘There, now! Take that, cuss yer!’’ he
exclaimed, fiercely.

‘‘Oh, Jim, you’ve knifed me! I’m done
for! It’s me, your pal!’’ gasped the voice
of Red Mike.

As tke words fell upon his horrified ears,
“the Mug’’ drew back with a frightened
cry.

My God, it’s Jim! He was in the way
and the knife went into him. Cuss the
luck! The thing is haunted!’

Thoroughly terrified he recoiled, and was
about to flee. But Lad, satisfied that in his
wounded and electric-shocked state, Red
Mike was unable to escape, sprung forward
and grappled with him.

‘‘Cuss yer, let go, or I'l] throttle yer!”’
grated the desperate ‘‘Mug,’’ struggling
fiercely to throw him off.

But an instant later Lad’s hand clutched
the nape of his neck, and as the terrible
touch ‘shot through him he changed his
tune.

‘“‘Oh, oh, oh! What the blazes is it? Oh,
oh, I’ll cut the heart out of you if you don’t
let go!”’

‘‘All right, we'll have a little fun before

be demanded, as he came running back
the scene of action.

Even as be asked the question he knew
what was up. The open safe and the signs
of desperate struggling told their owh story.

‘‘Two gentlemen made an unexpected
call, and I received them,’’ said Lad,
dryly. ‘‘I hope they won’t complain of the
lack of warmth of their reception. Though
I wasn’t looking for them, I did the best I
could to make things interesting.”

_‘*I should say so,’? chuckled the officer.
‘‘Two of them, did you say???

‘*Yes, this beauty and anothe
the safe there.’?’

‘““Ah, Jimmy, the Mug, eh?
know this man.”’

‘Take him, then, I don’t want
exclaimed Lad.

Releasing his captive, he sent him reeling
toward the officer with a vigorous push.
The latter caught him, and had the hand-
cuffs on the worthy ‘‘ Mug?’ in a twinkling.

‘* Now for his pal.’?

‘‘He’s knocked out for a little while, I
guess. He got a knife in the ribs that was
meant forme. I got onto Jimmy’s curves
a little too quick.’’

‘Ah, and this is the knife, I guess,’? ob-
served the officer, picking up the blood-
stained weapon from where it had fallen
when the ‘‘Mug’’ dropped it in his antics
inspired by the terrible touch.

to

r chap inside
I guess I

him,’’

“We'll keep that,’? he said. ‘‘It may
come in handy as evidence.”?
Lad secured the lantern Red Mike had

dropped, and lighting it, flashed the
upon the wounded safe-breaker.
lying in a huddled heap
though badly hurt.
_ ‘*Hello, Mike, what’s the matter? Got it
in the neck, this time??’ asked the officer.
“‘Oh, I’ve got it bad. I’m done for.
Jimmy knifed me, but hedidn’t mean to
do . . Curse the luck, anyway !’’
*“You’ve run into it bac is ti
‘wat ad this time,
‘*Yes, curse it all! The whole thing was
atrap. I wish I could get my claws on the
throat of that kid Lamner, who gave us

e rays
He was
, and groaning as

away. I bet he’d never squeal on any one
again.?’ 5

‘‘Lamner!?’ exclaimed Lad, in startled
surprise.

It seemed hardly possible that his enemy
could have shut him up in the safe if he
had known anything about the attempt to
rob it on the same night.
Lamner had seen too much of the terrible
touch, and experienced too much of it him-
self not to know that in a contest between
Lad and the burglars the boy’s wonderful
power gave him a good chance of carrying
weeny aa .
‘‘Yes, the kid gave us away,’’ continued
Red Mike. ‘‘He was working co He was
in with us, and got a job on purpose to
make things easy.’
_The officer gave Lad a glance of satisfac-
tion. It seemed likely that in his spite
against the accomplice he believed to have
betrayed him, the wounded man would
make a complete confession.

Lad’s brain was busy. There was a screw
loose somewhere. He knew Lamner was no
such fool as to make so gigantic a blunder
as appeared to have occurred.

‘<The fellow that owns this store was easy
game,’’ went on the injured burglar. ‘He
was careless and often left big piles of
money in his safe over night. He took the
kid on a forged recommendation, and with .
him to keep the run of things we figured it
wouldn’t be long before we’d have the
chance of a good haul.

‘It wasn’t, either. Yesterday the kid
gave us the tip that Bassett—that’s the
bloke’s name—was going to have five thou-
sand dollars paid in in one package to-
morrow. He said he thought he could fix it
so it would be left in the safe, and we laid
out to do the job to-morow night.

‘*But the money came in to-day, and the
kid gave us the tip at supper'time. ‘The
Mug’ was away then. I didn’t know where
he was, and I didn’t know any other pal I
could get on such short notice. So I told
the kid the job couldn’t be done to-night.
‘‘On that he said he'd try and see if he

 

you do it,’’ laughed Lad. ‘<Might as well
have a little enjoyment before I die.’’ —

Jimmy the Mug began to bounce wildly
up and down, wholly unable to restrain |
bimself. .

Recognizing the presence of some mys-/
terious force that he could not understand,
superstitious terror seized upon him, and
his face became livid with fear.

“Oh, oh, oh! Stop, stop! I cave! I
cave! I beg!’’ he shrieked. ‘‘Oh, oh, oh!
don’t kill-me!”’ .

“Oh, Pll just warm you up a little,’? |
laughed Lad. ‘‘What you need is exercise. |
Stir your stumps, you beauty!

You look | the thing to-night and make sure.

couldn’t keep the pile there till to-morrow.

| He said Bassett was the most careless bloke

about money he ever saw. He was very

absent-minded, and often left cash in the

safe he thought he’d banked.
thought he could fix it. ;
**We told him to give us word, and if the

So the kid

stuff stuyed there, we’d do the job to-

morrow night. He said he would.

‘But just after he’d cleared out, the
‘Mug’ showed up, and we decided we
wouldn’t take any chances on waiting.
Five thousand was too big a pile to let
slide out of your hands. So we set in to do
The kid

almost as haudsome as a monkey on a/ had posted us on the easiest way to get in,

stick.’’
‘‘Oh, oh!
howled the discomfitted safe-breaker, con- |;
tinuing his involuntary terpischorean per-_
formance with increased vigor. :
Suddenly there- was a crash of. glass.
Attracted by the uproar the patrolman on
the beat had dashed in the window with his
night stick.
Having hastily broken out a space \ large
enough to enter he got into the store.
‘‘What’s this? What’s the trouble bere?’’

land that part worked all right.
Leggo, leggo! Stop, stop!’’| it came to the safe that devil—or whatever

But when

it is—was inside it. The kid had laid a
trap for us, and we had tumbled right in.’?
A great light of comprehension burst

upon Lad with this concluding explanation.

Lamner had locked him in, in the belief

that his confederates would not engage in
| their safe-breaking enterprise until]
succeeding night.

the

It was true that the discovery of Lad in
the vault might serve to render its pro-

  
 

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prietor more careful, so that he banked the
five thousand dollars promptly, and was
cautious to leave no more large sums in the
safe.

But Lamner’s hatred was so strong that,
for the sake of punishing his enemy, he was
willing to risk defeating his accomplices
plans.

As it was, his plans had foiled each other,
and he himself was the cause of his own
defeat.

Lad was roused from these meditations
by the voice of the wounded cracksman.

‘*What’s the matter?’’ he growled. ‘‘Do
you want to leave me here until I bleed to
death? Why don’t you send for an am-
bulance?’?

The policeman secured his wrists, and
then, hurrying out, sent in an ambulance
call.

It was speedily answered, and then the
first policeman, whose name was Gray, and
three other officers whom he had sum-
moned, bore the wounded burglar out
through the crowd that had gathered in
curiosity, despite the unseasonabléness of
the hour.

Once in the ambulance, Red Mike was
rapidly driven away. One of the policemen

went with him, for though a_ hospital
patient, he was aslo a prisoner of the
law.

A patrolman was then left to guard the
store, while Gray and a companion took
the remaining safe-breaker, Jimmy, the
Mug, to the station.

Lad was compelled to accompany them as
a witness. He related his remarkable story
to the sergeant at the desk, who heard it
with interest, remarking at the close that
the incident in all its phases was the
strangest he had ever known in many years
of varied experience.

Then, as he knew Lad’s family was one
that had resided in the precinct for vears,
he permitted our hero to go home on his
promise that he would be on hand when-

' ever wanted to testify against the pris-

oner.

Lad, being provided with a night key,
found it unnecessary to rouse the house-
hold, but let himself in quietly. None of
the servants had waited up for him, as he
occasionally remained out late, and it was
a general “impression that he was able to
take care of himself.

But in passing the adjutant’s room he
noted that the door was partly ajar.
Glancing inside, he saw the estimable Bird
had not yet retired.

He was reclining in an easy chair, with a
choice Havana between his lips, enjoying
the perusal of a story book.

‘*Hello!’’? exclaimed Lad, who had read
the book, pushing the door further open
and standing on the threshold. Flow do
you like Mulvaney???

‘*Oh, hello, Lad! That you? You refer
to the character in the book I hold, do you
not???

‘‘Hle’s the chap. What do you think of
him?’?’ /

‘*Rair—passible—I should say, Though I
have known some chaarcters in real life I
consider far superior.’’

‘*Yourself, for instance, eh, adj?”’

‘“Really, my boy, you flatter me,’ said
Adjutant Bird, with affected modesty.

‘Not at all, adj! Everybody knows
you’re a champion. But then Mulvaney
was no slouch of a liar, either.’

‘*Young man, do you mean to insinuate
that I do not always confine myself to the
strict and narrow limits of the truth?’’ de-
manded the adjutant, severely.

“*I’m afraid you stray outside sometimes,
adj. You don’t mean to, but you get lost.
Force of habit, you know.”?

The military man answered him witha
withering look.

‘“‘Where havé you been until this hour,
young man? Come, give an account of
yourself,’’ he said.

‘‘Been lodging in a safe for the fin of the
thing, and shaking hands with burglars.’’

Lad thereupon related the story as briefly
as possible, while his companion listened
with spell-bound interest.

At the conclusion he remarked:

‘*Well, you are certainly a wonder, my
boy. You get into enough scrapes to kill a
cat, and you have more luck than I ever
heard of. This will undoubtedly be in the
morning papers,’’

“‘Oh, I suppose so,’’ said Lad, care-
lesly.

‘‘[’m appearing in the papers every day
now, you know. Reckon I’d better make a
regular thing of it.’’

*“Yes, Lad, we are the two famous people
in the house,’’ remarked the adjutant, witly
startling modesty. ‘‘I do not of course
mean to compare you with myself, as far
as reputation goes, but if you keep on as
you have begun, there is a bare possi-
bility that by the time you are my age
a may become almost as great a man
as [.°?

‘*Great Scott! Deliver us! Anything but
that,’’ exclaimed Lad. ‘‘One other such
stupendous liar would be more than the
city could stand.’’

Seeing the adjutant glance around fora
handy missile to throw at him, he hastily
dodged out of the room. He went to bed,
eet Bird went back to Mulvaney for a
while.

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CHAPTER IX.
LAD FINDS HIS NAME ON EVERY TONGUE.

DJUTANT Bird’s remark concern-
ing Lad’s exploits and the morning
press was verified.

When the household rose on the
following day, and too up the morning
paper, their eyes fell upon one striking
headline:

“LAD ELECTRIC’S NEW EXPLOIT.”’

A half column of prominent letters came
under this. in various sub-headings, before
the account of the incident was begun.

‘“My gracious!’’ exclaimed Ella as she
picked up the sheet. ‘‘You have been at it
again, you dreadful boy !’’

‘‘Can’t help these things.
into them,’’ returned Lad.

‘*You’re always falling into something
that you ought not to, snapped the sweet-
tempered Mrs. Sorghum.

‘‘Look out, dear Anastasy, your hair’s
falling into the butter,’’ retorted Lad,
carefully extracting a suspicious-appearing
thread from the golden compound. ‘‘I just
mention it, you know, because I know you
haven’t any to lose. And a new wig would
be a little steep just now.’’

‘*You mind your business!’’ exclaimed
his gentle aunt.

‘“‘All right, I’ll keep the hair for a
souvenir,’’ said Lad. ‘‘I’ll give it to
a chap I’m down on to see if it don’t bring
him bad luck,’?’

On the preceding evening he had, of
course, related the incidents of his first day
in Wall Street at the dinner table. These
were contained in the morning paper, in
addition to his midnight exploit,

Ella, Professor Sorghum and the adjutant
eagerly perused the accounts.

‘‘T wonder what those safe-breakers will
get,’’? mused the former. ‘‘They will most
likely be sent to prsion for a long term of
years, won’t they, Lad?’?

‘Something about that,’’ responded her
brother.

In order to dismiss these worthies at once,
it may be as well to anticipate a little.

Red Mike’s injury, though serious, proved
not to be as bad as at first appeared, and in
due time he recovered. Both he and the
brought to
trial, found guilty, and sentenced to long
terms in prison, where they might meditate
on their past, and ask themselves if a law-
less life really paid.

Lamner was also indicted, but having
taken the alarm and made himself scarce,
he was not to be found. But he was com-
pelled to occupy the uncomfortable situa-
tion of a fugitive of the law.

His parents, who were honest, well-mean-
ing people, but had spoiled the boy by over-
indulgence, were heart broken at his down-
fall.

Mr. Bassett had no doubt Lamner was
responsible for the theft of small sums of
money he had been missing for some time
previously.

The narrow escape of his five thousand
dollars had, however, taught him a much-
needed lesson. He declared he would never
be so careless about his money in the
future, and it may be added that he kept
his reselve.

To Lad he was extremely grateful, and
despite his protests, insisted on pressing
upon him the sum of five hundred dollars,
in reward for the signal serivee he had
rendered.

Lad held out against the idea for a long
while, and gave in finally only when he saw
further objection would really offend the
old gentleman, j

But) to return to the present.

Having finished his breakfast, Lad started
downtown. It was not long before he
began to experience some of the penalties
and inconveniences of fame.

He was pointed at from every side as he
walked along, and his ears could eatch
nothing but: ‘

‘‘Say, that’s Lad Electric.”’

‘*Hoe’s the boy that caught those burglars
last night. ’’

‘*He tackled

I fall right

that dynainiter down in

. Wall Street yesterday, too.”’

‘*There goes Lad Electric.’’

‘‘Caught those burglars last night.’?

‘‘Knocked out that crazy anarchist down
in Gage’s office.’’

‘‘See that boy there? That’s Lad Elec-
tric;??

‘*He was in that safe business last night.’’

‘*You know. that dynamiter scare down
in Wall Street, too,”’

‘*Plucky thing to do, wasn’t it???

‘*Look out! Here comes Lad Electric.’

“‘Oh, Great Scott! Will they never let
up??? groaned Lad. ‘‘I’ve often heard the
saying about having your name on every
tongue, and thought I’d like to be there.
But I don’t want any more in mine.’’

He boarded an ‘‘L’\train, thinking to
find relief. But here matters were worse
than ever.’

He was pointed out by some one at once,
and after regarding him curiously for
several moments, a well-dressed gentleman
remarked:

‘(Pardon my curiosity, sir, but are you

Lad Electric?’
‘*T am,’’, said Lad.

 

NEWS.

‘*What were your sensations when strug-
gling with those safe-breakers last night?”’

‘*They defy description,’’ said our hero,
smiling.

At this moment an elderly lady observed,
adjusting ber spectacles for a better look:

‘*Dear me, are you Mr, Lad Electric?”’

‘“*Yes, ma’am,’’

‘What were your feelings as you grappled
with that crazy man with the dynamite in
his hand?”’

‘‘1’m afraid I can’t explain them.’’

At this juncture along came a young fel-
low with the query:

‘‘Say, are you Lad Electric?”’

‘¢Vos,??

‘‘How did it feel, anyhow?”’

‘*Tmmense.”?

A stout, red-faced man now broke in:

‘Hello! Lad Electric???

weg."

‘“How did you feel when——’’

‘Oh, bum.’

An Irish laborer here put in his oar.

‘*Be this th’ b’y they call Misther Lad
Electric?’’

‘*Yes,’’ said Lad wearily.

‘*Well, I jist wanted to ax ye wan ques-
tion.’

**What is it?’’

‘‘Shure, I jist wanted to kuow how did it
fale——”’

This was too much. The train was ap-
proaching a station, aud Lad made a wild
bolt for one of the doors of the car.

Out on the platform he managed to pro-
cure a large sheet of paper and a marking
pot and brush. With these he contrived to
get up the following placard in large black
letters:

‘*T AM LAD ELECTRIC.
I BAFFLED THOSE SAFE-BREAKERS LAST
NIGHT.

I OVERPOWERED THAT MANIAC DOWN IN
MR. GAGE’S OFFICE YESTERDAY AFTER-
NOON.

I DID ALL THE OTHER THINGS THE PAPERS

TELL ABOUT.

I FELT—ANYWAY YOU LIKE.’’

He pinned this on his breast and wore it
during the remainder of his ride down-
town.

But even this did not altogether baffle the
curious.

A tall, thin man stopped in front of him,
read the notice carefully, then taking out
his notebook began to scribble in it.

When he had done he held the following
up betore Lad’s eyes:

‘*You have left one thing off your card.
Tell me with your fingers, in the sign
language, why you have been stricken deaf
and dumb???

(TO BE CONTINUED.)
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Curious Insects.

———+-—_—-

MONG the most curious creatures
known to entomologists are those in-
sects the general appearanve of
which closely imitates that of other

forms of plant and insect life, the object of
this resemblance being to afford them pro-
tection from their natural enemies.

Thus the famous leaf insects of the Hast
Indies are so exactly like leaves as to de-
ceive the eye even when pinned in cabi-
net. Not only do such insects imitate both
green and dry leaves with startling fidelity,
but they carry the resemblance further by
developing spots of their wing covers
which counterfeit the work of certain fungi
upon leaves, and other spots that mimic
the work of minute insects. A further re-
markable fact is that the eggs of leaf in-
sects closely resemble the seeds of plants.

Hardly less remarkable in their way than
the leaf insects are the ‘‘walking sticks,’
one species of which, a native of Brazil, is
no less than eighteen inches long.

All walking sticks, without exception, re-
semble in structure the plants upon’ which
they are found, large spiny ones frequenting
certain spiny plants in the tropics.

There is an enormous group of insects
known as ‘‘leaf hoppers,’? which take on
very odd forms in pursuance of the policy
of special protective resemblance.
vorite scheme of theirs seems to be to mimic
the thorns and thorny growth of plants.

One kind that is more than usually re-
markable has on its back an excrescence re-
sembling a gall. This species is a native of
Central America, and presumably the plant
on which it occurs is. generally covered with
galls,

Many species of butterflies and moths also
imitate leaves with marvelous fidelity,
while their caterpillars imitate twigs, bark,
ete. There is also another variety of mim-
icry in which the resemblance to the sur-
roundings is assumed in order to facilitate
the capture of prey. Thus there is a little
yellow spider which commonly inhabits the
flower head of the ox-eye daisy, the color
of which exactly imitates that of the yellow
centre of the flower head.

Several orders of insects which possess no
means of defense imitate in their appear-
ance bees, wasps, and ants, The common
white-faced hornet, which builds large
paper nests in trees, is imitated by certain
defenseless flies. Other kinds of flies re-

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semble bumblebees and honey  bees,. while
certain beetles and moths assume the like
ness of wasps.

A very remarkable case is that that of 4
‘leaf hopper’? of British Guiana which
imitates the leaf-cutting ant. Ants of this
kind are commonly seen in the act of carry-
ing pieces of leaves. ‘The insect referred 0
has a flat body, which counterfeits the lea
conveyed by the ant. Its head and legs av
brown, suggesting the appearance of that
part of the ant whch is not covered by thé
piece of leaf. The ‘‘leaf hopper’? frequents
trees where the ants referred to are abule
dant. In this instance, which ‘is unique,
not only is the ant, which possesses naturé
means of defense lacking to the ‘‘leaf DOP:
per,’’ imitated, but it is depicted at its usu@
occupation, the material with which }
labors being included in the picture. |,

For a similar reason certain spiders, 1}
tate ants in their appearance. Spiders;
while ferocious creatures themselves, 4°
favorite food for many kinds of wasp?
which sting them and carry them away. aor
the purpose of laying eggs in their bodies.
But these wasps never attack ants. a

Finally a most extraordinary chance like
ness, the reason for which is not obvious,
occurs in the so-called ‘‘monkey chrysalis.
This is a chrysalis of a small butterBY
found on the West Coast of Africa. [tis 07
a third of aninch long, but on being greae?
magnified it bears an astonishing reser
blance to a grotesque face, the eyes being
well marked, with overhanging brows.

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Takes His Sleep Standing. |

 

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\ DAKE ROGERS, of Mendocino County,
' f Cal., says that he is the only ™

r} in the world who sleeps standing uns
and most likely he is right abou’ |?
although there are many men living jon
claim to have done it under compuls
during the last war. Jake also,says that eps
reason he is so healthy 1s bevause. bé pe
the way he does. Most people, bow? and
would prefer to have a little less health
a little more comfort. +. the
It is safe to say that Jake’s house tilt
only one of its kind in the world. If 38".

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to sleep standing up in, and it would Pe
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possible for a person to sleep in it peal
other way unless he curled up like oi ards
Jake built the house himself out of PU its

and logs that he picked up in different Pail,
of the country. It is a queer-looking # jm
having greatly the appearance of * aap
ney with a roof on it, and a very am? a
dated roof at that. But the shanty that

strong one and keeps out the wet, ea one
is all that is required. There is omlY :
door and no windows. Jook

While the outside of the house may on
queer the inside looks queerer. There 18 bat «
one piece of furniture, and that ™  qike f
Jake calls his bed. It really looks MO. of
a coffin standing on end, for it is @ ys the
box tilted back only a few inches rorottom
perpendicular, It is nailed at the ~~ iple.
and also at the top, so that it is im™?” ayed
The inside of it is lined with straw yi cold
with cloth, to give it alittle comfort!
weather, Jake says. es 18,10

When Jake wants to sleep all he doe He
lie back in his box and close his ore pis

says it doesn’t take him long to £0
troubles. : . ht way
‘The way I sleep is the only re q the

for anybody to sleep,’’ said Jake: “4 do.
sooner people come to their senses tarp by
as I do the sooner disease will be ® Hf
out of the world. The noblest ante up: |
is the horse, and he sleeps stand, tbe |
How did I come to find out that i gh t0
right way? Oh, that is easy ©20°7.

answer. sway PAC
‘You see, I was sick as a boy "oe agh |
in Massachusetts, about seventy yey ood.
and nothing I did done me no sor x atte’ 4
There always was something the her
and as soon as I lay down in bed <- tbe
began, to ache. But do you know 45" cops

for half a century before I got Mit roynit

into me? And then I was out 10 i,

digging for gold. pa
“One night my head ached a stan

couldn’t stay in bed, and ha with,

against the wall to get relief wore
knowing it I fell asleep, and ie a eh
up J felt like a new man. I m@ times a E
mind to sleep that way all the it hats, ;
had trouble to find a place to a0 Jace: J d
the reason I moved out to this Pie er o
over fifteen years ago, and I hav® convive 7
a sign of the old trouble, and a™ nt |

sm

all
that sleeping in bed is the cause °ap sta st
pain and disease in the world. i sho

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time.”’ of
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BY SAM FRY.

Upon going one day to the book case,
9 Select a book from the shelf,
asked myself over this question:
Which book’s given me the most help?”’

I Scanned over the volames before me,
\stories, grammar and such,
Ualysis, science, astronomy,
And admit these all helped me much.

wl Are all very good in their own way,
Vhen one’s education’s begun;
Ut as one book is all I am after,
mong these I can’t find the one,
Ah, yes, _l can now see quite plainly
Th. S again on the volumes I look,
a the book which helped me the greatest
8 the little plain-covered check book.

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earin close them in a separate stamped envelope,
tom oy Name and address. The prices quoted are
Trent lists and are subject to change. |

ea

thin interesting question as to the status of
Attion printing of stamps of the South
vanced. Republic has recently vexed ad-
County Collectors and specialists in that
Passed >,” On June 18, 1869, the Volksraal
Age st an act authorizing the issue of post-
Presiden under the direction of the State
of en ent, who was to decide their details
Cided yn ne and date of issue. It was de-
stam ‘at the legal date of issue, when the
A P would be receivable for postage,

gray on white (for foreign use). Letter
ecard: 12-centavo, black and brown on pale
blue.

* * *

For a guide as to the correct shade of the
3-cent pink of 1861, we would advise that
the specimen be compared with the 3-cent
/pink envelope of 1864. This envelope on
white paper in unused mint state is almost
the exact color which is so much desired in
the adhesive stamp.

* es * *

There has been considerable discussion as
to whether the stamps of Korea were really
issued for postal use or merely for specula-
tive purposes. Dr. Allen, Secretary of the
United States Legation at Chemulpo, Korea,
writes as follows concerning them: ‘‘The
Korean postal system was started in 1895 by
the Korean government with the inten-
tion of extending it to include foreign mail
at some future time. The stamps used at
present were printed in America, and are
of four denominations: 5-poon (equivalent
to l-cent) green; 10-poon (2 cents), blue; 25
poon (5' cents), brown; 50-poon (10 cents),
purple. At present there are no printed
covers, postal cards or other stamped
papers. The stamps are all alike except in
color anc denomination. The characters at
the top are ancient Chinese, and mean
‘Chosen (Korean) Postage Stamp.’ Those
at the bottom are Korean, and have the
same meaning as the row at the top. The
characters at the right are Korean and
give the denomination, which is translated
into English just below the centre. Those
on the left are Chinese, and mean the same
as those on the right. The plum ornaments
each corner. This is the royal flower of the
present Ye dynasty, which has been in
existence for 505 years. The four char-
acters at the corners of the central portions
are taken from the original alphabet of all
languages, and represent the four spirits

 

be Jan, 1, 1870. The order for the |
the Was given prior to the passing of
ecklent. Act, and the plates were made in
prin oe urg, and a small supply of stamps |
frica rom them and shipped to the South |
on Sys Republic, where they were received
by thic 25, 1869. The fact of a new issue
IS country being generally known,
Y the ers for these stamps were received |
tors aid qe Oftice department from collec-
these Bracers all over the world, and as
the fe ®rs were filled as soon as received,
hausted yy of stamps was comlpetely ex-
800 m before the date of their legal issue,
arriva °re stamps were to be had until the
Which ys the plates from Mecklenburg,
s amp 48 on Feb. 23, 1870; the issue of the
Was soapPnes until May 1, 1870.
., Printing from the plates is easily
egg euished from the Mecklenburg im-
e ..2 20d really constitutes a different
» 88 the entire first printing was sold to
hich +, 20d dealers before the date at
Claim th ®Y could be used for postage. Many
or at they should be classed as proofs
aod ut we are inclined tosthe opinion
and hey were really intended for postal
1 187 Could he used for postage after May
Should f, they are a legitimate issue and
. Collected as such.
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Note Company of
Nufact, bas secured the contract for
Teportan = the stamps of Canada, and
issued ed that a complete new set will
and a The contract is to run for five
Many, tar ter
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years, and includes also the
of bank notes, postal cards
Stamps. This company took
the British American
Some tj Ompany, who had held it for

®,and the Canadian government

Will ¢
the tranct, 2 Saving of over $100,000 by

Note ©

; The A ; * * a

Just Commncan Bank Note Company has
Stamps felted a very handsome set of
“lébrag: the Republic of Gautemala, in
Om, oD of the Central American Expo-
phe values of the adhesive, as
Stamps on the envelopes, postal
ang "2d letter cards are of siniiigr desig:

uy ohne large, oblong shape, similar to
Cent unblan stamps, with oval in the
rts -Utaining portrait of president and
ACh vessel] and locomotive in the

3 **18977? and ‘*Coueor Naceon-
- de Guatemala’’ above, and
Centro Americano”? below
} Numerals of value in each
nion Postal Universal’? in
bott at top; ‘*Centavos’’ in straight
a The values of the adhesive
e:  l-centavo black on ‘lilac;
on olive-gray; 6-centavo,
ya ; 10-centavo, black on dark
utavo, black on rose: 18-centavo,

; 20-centavo, black on ver-
bla on tavo, black on brown; 50-
enck on p2°k on red-brown; 7%-centavo,
Gents 150 ve; 100-centavo, black on blue-
batavo bientavo, black on rose; 200-
ick oy ack on mauve; 500-centavo,
6 tay, Yellow-green. The envelopes are
p.eatay,’ ack and purple on white:
on tal dea and orange on white.
Whi dite ; 3s: L-centavo, black and» violet
ah ae (fop outavo, black and orange on
ae blue Re Interior use); 3-centavo, black
ds: 3.2" White (for foreign use). Reply

in ero e nt A¥0, black and red:on white
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that stand at the corners of the earth and
support it on their shoulders. The Korean
postal system is being extended gradually,
and letters are promptly delivered, al-
though there are still Japanese post-oftices
at the principal ports of — sc

* *

J. C., Chicago, Il].—We do not recognize
the stamp from your description, but it
probably is of no value.

* * * *

H.K., New York.—The 1897 prices of the
U. 8. revenue stamps you mention is as fol-
lows: 1-cent express, 4 cents; 2-cent express,
blue, 5 cents; 50-cent conveyance, 1 cent;
4-cent inland exchange, 7 cents; 5-cent in-
land exebange, 1 cent; 15-cent inland ex-
change, 4 cents; 10-cent inland exchange,
1 cent; 3-cent foreign exchange, 8 cents;
5-cent foreign exchange, 3 cents. Of the
envelopes we cannot give you the price
without seeing them, as there are many
different dies and varieties of the 1, 2 and
8-cent envelopes.

* * * = hak

H. F. C., Cleveland, O.—We have num-
bered your stamps on the back and their
values and date of issue are as follows: No.
1, 3-cent, 1851, value 2 cents; Nos. 2 and 8,
3-cent, rose, 1861, 1 cent; No. 4, 1868, quill
11x18, 2-cent, 30 cents; No. 5, 1868, quill
11x13, 3-cent, 5 cents; No. 6, 1869, 3-cent, 2
cents; No. 7, 1871, 2-cent, 5 cents; No. 8,
1879, 8-cent, 1 cent; No. 9, 1879, 2-cent, 1
cent; No. 10, 1882, 1-cent, 1 cent; Nos. 11
and 12, 1888, 2-cent, 1 cent; No. 13, 1890,
8-cent, 3 cents; No. 14, 1890, 4-cent, 1 cent;
No. 15, 1890, 5-cent, 1 cent; No. 16, 1890,
10-cent, 1 cent; No. 17, 1894, 5-cent, 1 cent;
No. 18, postage due, 1889, 5-cent, red-brown,
15 cents; No. 19, postage due, 1894, 1-cent,
1 cent; Nos. 20, 21 and 22, revenue, 2-cent,
orange, U. S. Internal Revenue, 1-cent;
No. 24, Columbian Republic, Panama, 1587,
5-cent, 5 cents; Roman States, 1868, 5-cent,
blue, 20 cents.

Sl re
A SCHOOLBOY’S HEARING RESTORED.

The way in which parents and children
will combine against the school teacher is
illustrated by the following incident: In a
Pennsylvania village recently a father
brought his son to the doctor to obtain a
certificate of deafness. The boy, he said,
had lost his hearing completely in conse-
quence of a box on the ear from _ his
teacher. The doctor tried all kinds of noises,
and the boy, a sturdy youngster of twelve,
was unable to hear them. The doctor then
examined the ear with a mirror, and said

his assistant :°
othe whole ear seems to be ruined; but I
can’t see very well inside. Get mea knife
nae eee OP a a
ike a flash of lightn1
from the office peice as if the doctor had
tried all his instruments upon him. The
father, as he paid one dollar for the ‘‘cure,
remarked that doctors and teachers seemed
to be ‘‘in’? with each other.
———++0r+—___——
CYCLISTS’ NOTE.

When your machine is not in use, espe-
cially during the winter months, it should
be stood upside down, resting the weight
on the handle bar and the saddle. This pre-
vents pressure on one spot of the pneu-

the boy rushed

 

 

 

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B HIND TH FOOTLIGHTS: from the jug and still fondled the handle
9 | as though another would have made him
happy.
OR, “Ob, you might, eh, you blamed old

THE ADVENTURES OF FRED LESLIE ON
THE STAGE AND OFF.

BY MANAGER HENRY ABBOT.
Author of ‘A Footlight* Favorite,” ‘Neka, King of
Fire, ete., etc.

(“BEHIND THE FOOTLIG HTs” was commenced in
No. 343. Back numbers can be obtained of all News
Agents.)

( CHAPTER XXXII.

DEMONSTRATES THAT LUKE TOPPING IS
ABOUT AS ARTFUL AS THEY MAKE
THEM.

ST—3 VERYTHING had been going on so
satisfactorily of late—our hero. had
been so happy in Miss Stella’s so-
ciety, for she was an entertaining

little miss, as bright off the stage as on—
that the recollection of his treacherous
guardian, the brutal Mr. Bowers, the traitor-
ous Luke, and the miserable Hank Dawson
had almost faded from his memory. At
least he seemed to be safe from his enemies,
who were, no doubt, quite satisfied of his
death.

Now most unexpectedly he was once more
brought into contact with the persons who
had endeavored to bring about his earthly
extinction. The evil countenance of Mr.
Bowers recalled that terrible scene on the
doomed brig Afsop. Again in imagina-
tion he heard the mournful sough of the
wind through the rigging; again he heard
the sob of the rising water in the ’tween
decks; again he felt the tightening cords
that had confined his body to the shattered
mast. The mental picture was so vivid that
he staggered back into Mr. Palmer’s arms
the picture of anguish.

‘‘Brace up, my dear boy.. You are with
friends who will protect you. Remember,
the rascals believe you dead.”’

‘*‘T am not so changed but they will surely
recognize me. And Billy—they will know
him on the instant. Bowers will realize that
his villainy miscarried, and he will never
rest until he compasses my destruction.
That fellow is perseverance itself.’’

‘It is too bad, my boy. But do cheer up—
you will have to go on in a moment. I will
put Billy on his guard. That fellow has al-
ready saved your life twice. We will all be
on the watch. Besides, we leave Finbury
to-morrow afternoon. Your enemies are
here simply by accident, and they look to
me as if they are bound for the minés.’’

Mr. Palmer called a stage hand and.sent
him out for a small nobbler of brandy, as
Fred was evidently in need of a stimulant.

Our hero’s cue came at length and he
went on. He studiously avoided looking in
the direction of the fateful stage box, so he
was unaware what impression his appear-
ance had created in that part of the house.
Other eyes, however, noted the violent start
that Mr. Bowers gave and the look of dis-
may that came over the features of the
three, They consulted their programmes,
noted that the name of Fred Archer was in
the cast, and that, with the evidence of
their eyes, was sufficient proof that the
grave had given up its dead.

At the end of the curtain raiser the three
rascals left the box, probably to consult over
a round or two of liquor. They did not re-
turn. It was evident they feared recogni-
tion. ‘ More than likely they were hatching
some new plot. Let us see.

In a room at a cheap house of entertain-

ment for man and beast were seated Sandy
Bowers, Luke Topping, and the ex-trainer.
Between them was a table on which stood
several glasses, a Jug, a box of tobacco, and
two pipes.
‘*Well,’? said Luke, ‘‘ what’s to be done???
The question. was evidently directed at
Mr. Bowers, whose mahogany countenance,
so far as it could be discerned above his
whiskers, which were if anything bushier
than ever, was as black as a/thunder gust,
‘‘None!’? thundered the individual, with
an oath, thumping the table with his
brawny fist so that everything thereon
danced. ‘'Done!’’ he repeated. ‘‘Why, the
devil has that young imp in his keepin’ or
he'd not be alive an’ kickin’ to-night.’’
Mr. Sowers was decidedly wrong in this.
It was himself the gentleman with the hoofs
and horns had under surveillance, not Fred.
Our hero was under the protection of a
higher power, in whom he put his trust, for
God never deserts those who ask his aid.
‘<Well,’? said Master Luke, who was not
in a very amiable frame of mind, ‘‘there
must have been some hitch in your work
when you tied him to the mast of the sink-
ing brig, otherwise he never could have es-
caped the fate you planned for him.”’

-**T7]] swear 1 tied him snug enough,’?

said Mr. Bowers, with a sulky growl,

‘That don’t alter the fact that he got

loose and is just as dangerous to my inter-

ests as he ever was.’? ;

“I'd give somethin’ to know how he did

get loose,’’ said Mr. Bowers,

rhinoceros? Then you’d better spit it out
for fear ’twould make you sick,’ said Mr.
Bowers, sarcastically.

‘‘The kid,’? remarked the man with the
battered white hat, laconically.

‘‘What kid, you antiquated kangaroo?’?

‘‘Cabin boy—Billy. Catch on?”

‘“What about him???

‘You floored him on the deck, didn’t
you?’’

“‘T guess I did. I must have knocked the
daylight out of him.”?

‘‘There you are. He came to and cut
Leslie loose before the vessel went down.??

A lightseemed to break in on Mr. Bowers’
intellect.

**S’posin’ he did: there wasn’t no boat for
"em to get away in. We took three out’r the
four, an’ the other was stove in an? couldn’t
float nohow. I s’pose you can answer that,
too??? 2g

But the ex-trainer couldn’t. A bright
thought struck him, however. He would
hunt for inspiration in the jug. It had a
large mouth, which Mr. Dawson believed to
be a sign of intelligence. So he drew it
over and approaching his own mouth to the
rim proceeded to coax out the idea. he was
after. A gurgling sound followed, and the
ex-trainer seemed to be eminently satisfied.

‘‘Hello, there!’? shouted Mr. Bowers,

jerking the jug away from him. ‘‘You’ve
got a nerve, you old soak! If I catch. you
peepin’ into that jug agin 1°11 push your
face in!??
_ Mr. Dawson smiled idiotically, and pick-
ing up his pipe proceeded to charge the
bowl with tobacco from the box, spilling a
surplus all over the table. Striking a match
he tried very hard to ignite the point of his
thumb, which Mr. Bowers observing de-
clared, with an oath, that his para was a
drunken old kangaroo and deserved to be
kicked,

The old sport made a mild protest, where-
at Mr. Bowers pushed his battered hat down
over his eyes, causing the pipe to fall on the
floor. A moment later a loud snore attested
the fact that Mr. Dawson was asleep.

‘*We’ve got to make a move of some kind,
Sandy Bowers,’’ said Luke, who had been
thinking pretty hard, not so hard, however,
but he had been watching the bewhiskered
ruffian closely and had managed to slip a
white powder into his glass while he was
occupied with the intoxicated Dawson,

‘*I’m ready for any scheme you suggest,’
said Mr. Bowers.

**I must sleep on it,’’ said Luke, furtively
eying his companion,

_ ‘Suit yourself,’’ said the rascal, replen-
ishing his glass from the jug and then drain-
ing it slowly. Z

A smile of satisfaction flitted across

Luke’s face as he partially filled his own
glass and sipped the liquor gingerly:
Luke threw himself back in his chair and
seemed lost in the contemplation of the cei]-
ing, which was about as dirty a prospect as
he could have looked at.

Mr. Bowers lighted his pipe and began to
smoke. After atime he seemed to grow
drowsy, but started up as Mr. Dawson gave
an elephantine snort in his dreams.

Mr. Bowers glared at his pard, took
another drink, and became drowsy once
more. He nodded over his pipe, nodded
after it fell to the floor, and finally ceased
to nod. He was sound asleep.

Then a curious thing occurred.

Master Luke took hisieyes from the ceil-
ing and looked keenly at the quiescent
ruffian. He got up, walked around the
table, and then cautiously inserted his fingers
into an inside pocket of Mr. Bowers’ jacket.
He drew out an old faded red pocketbook,
which he opened and carefully examined,
extracting from it a bit of paper, which he
unfolded and read with attention and evi-
dent satisfaction,

He refolded it. Then he produced hisown
pocketbook, took therefrom a bit of paper
which he carefully folded to resemble the
other, compared the two, creased the new
piece and discolored it, and put it into the
red pocketbook, which he returned to its
resting place.

The original he placed in his own pocket-
book.

‘*The governor didn’t send me to Australia
on a fool’s errand, after all,’’ he said, with
a grin. ‘‘I guess I’vedrawn your sting, Mr.
Bowers.’?

Then he quietly left the room.

CHAPTER XXXII.

IN WHICH OUR HERO, STELLA, AND MASTER
BILLY VISIT THE RUSHVILLE FAIR.

HE Finbury success made consider-
able difference in the prospects of the
American company. On the strength

of it Mr. Palmer succeeded in closing

with the manager of the Rushville circuit,

This opened to them a chain-of theatres

that included Sydney and placed the imme-

diate future on a comfortable footing.

In the mean time, however, they were

billed at Harkaway for the coming week.

Stella. was kept in ignorance of the fact

 

 

matic tires, and will keep the latter from
eracking, as they often do during the

winter,

‘“‘T might suggest how,’’ said Mr. Daw-
son, «ho had taken a svvrreptitious drink

that, Fred’s persecutors. were at his heels.
She woudered and teased him about the

 
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change which had so suddenly come over
his spirits, but he evaded all her attempts
to extort from him a reason for it.

Fred had acquitted himself wonderfully
well in Finbury, and had been compli-
mented by every member of the company
except Stanley Peanuckle. The heavy man’s

gaze always seemed to be fastened on hin, /

though he studiously avoided any personal
contact,

They opened to a good house Monday
night.

crowded auditoriums,

The stage of the theatre proved too small
for mounting
advantage, so the bill was ‘‘Nan’’
“‘The Red Light,’’ Stella doing a skipping-
ree dance between,

illy Walker, in addition to his other
duties, had constituted himself a private
detective in Fred’s interest. But up to the
time of the company leaving Harkaway for

Bilgewater Town there was no sign of the

conspirators.

This was a blessed relief for our hero, but
he determined not to be thrown off his
guard, His enemies may have suspected that
they had been recognized and that their
quarry would naturally be on hisguard. It
seemed reasonable to believe they were bid-
ing their time, and after a while would try
to accomplish their purpose by a coup de
mam.

performed under many disadvantages. They
played one-night stands in small villages
where the nearest approach to a theatre was
the dining room of the country hotel meta-
morphosed for the occasion by an impro-
vised white curtain aud a row of tallow dips
for footlights. The scenery, which had been
painted at Harkaway for them, consisted of
a small interior and an exterior drop, with
wings and borders to match. ,

An hour before the performance the male
members of the combination turned to and
fixed up the stage. The music was of doubt-
ful quality, the orchestra consisting of the
leader and such local talent as he was able
to secure for the occasiou.

Master Walker took the money at the
door and distributed the programmes at the
same time. As may be imagined, the bill
was not very startling, consisting, of two
farees and an olio sandwiched between.

In this way the company filled in time
between their Harkaway date and their
opening at Rushville. It was an unusual ex-
perience, but it more than paid their way,
and to Fred Leslie, Stella, and Master Billy
if was an enjoyable one.

They traveled from place to place in a
large covered wagon, hired for the round-
about ate to Rushville, the scenery being
‘slung underneath, and a part of their meals
were taken al fresco by the side of the road.

Our hero’s enemies still remained iuvisi-
ble; and Fred was beginnng to take heart.

His spirits, naturally elastic, rose day by
- day, and Stella, to her intense delight, be-
gan to find him like his old self again. Had
our hero known that Mr. Bowers, the old
sport, and his cousin Luke were snugly quar-
tered in Rushville awaiting bis appearance,
for the route of the company had easily
been ascertained, it is certain he would have
entered the town in a less happy frame of
mind. i

~ Rushville was an important place on the
_ border line between Victoria and New South
Wales. The main highway from Melbourne

entered the town from the south, and roads
and byways ran through the mountains into
the mining districts beyond. It was a sort
- of rendezvous for miners going and coming
_—astop-over place where those who had.
made a pile began to spend a portion of it.
_ Asa matter of course the town was a lively
_ place, and the theatre had a large and con-
stant floating. population from which to
_ draw patronage. i
| The resources of the Rushville theatre en-
abled Mr. Palmer to mount ‘‘The Farallone
Light’? in good shape, The company opened
Saturday night to a house jammed to the
doors. Stella made as pronounced a hit as
_ she had done at Finbury, and was called
before the curtain at the end of each act,
being led forward by Fred Leslie.

_ He also came in for a good share of popu-
lar approval, as his part was a sympathetic
one, Mr. Peanuckle was frequently roundly
hissed for his realistic portrayal of the vil-
lain, and the audience went into spasms of
delight when he was eventually euchred
through the efforts of the comedian (Mr,

‘hump) and the leading juvenile (Leslie).

Luke Topping
well in the background,

‘Tt I could only see that cub disposed
of,’’ he muttered at the fall of the curtain,
“1 should kite off to Melbourne and take
passage for home. The governor would be
dead safe then, for I have in my possession
the only bit of evidence criminating him.
If Bower's after doing Fred were to turn

‘he never could prove that he was
h: to carry out such a job, Against a
man of my father’s position in society the
mere suspicion even would be ridiculous.’?
at’s the way Luke looked at the mat-
= He forgot that circumstantial evidence

‘

Stella proved to be as much of a|
magnet as she had been at Finbury, for the |
rest of the engagement saw a succession of |

“The Farallone Light’? to,
and |

For the next two weeksthe company |

went to the show, but kept

etimes more potent than direct evi- |

GrooDpD

| they found everything booming. The main
thoroughfares were crowded, and the shops
appearéd to be doing a rushing business, es-
| pecially those that dealt in mining tools and
like commodities.

There were several wagons surrounded by
armed escorts standing in front of the Rush-
ville Bank. Evidently a good many golden
nuggets had just come into town, and the
owners were exchanigng the ore for Bank of
England notes.

Miners on foot or in wagons were con-
stantly leaving the place en’route for the
mountains. By far the larger part were
(rough, bewhiskered, bronzed fellows to
| whom this peregrination was an old story.
Some probably had made large. fortunes
and spent them over the gaming table and
in riotous living—for Rushville offered every
facility to men to get rid of their hard-
gained wealth in short order. But there
were many new faces in that pilgrimage—
men and even youths who had but lately
come from England and other countries to
try their luck, or in other words to change
it, if possible, for the better.

Not all of these succeeded in realizing
their sanguine expectations. Many returned
only moderately successful; many more
comparatively dead broke; others utter
wrecks, and still others took up a perma-
nent residence in a narrow space at the bot-
tom of six feet of loosely-tumbled earth.

Among the other attractions of Rushville
at this particular time was a fair, the chief
| novelties of which were advertised as fresh
‘from ‘‘Merrie England.’? Our young pro-
| fessionals decided to visit the grounds after
| dinner.

} On arriving at the place where the various
| booths held forth, the view was kaleido-
' scopic in its changeful tints. The first that
| attracted their notice was ‘‘The World of
| Wonders,’’ a wax-work establishment, the
interior of which was completely covered
| with yards on yards of painted canvas sét-
| ting forth in exaggerated fashion what was
presumed to be on exhibition inside.

| Adjoining this was Bumley’s Theatre and
| Menagerie, also hedged in with canvas _pic-
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'and reptiles, as well as colored designs illus-
trative of the astonishing pantomime of
‘* Mother Goose, or Harlequin and the Gold-
en Egg.’”’

‘Get on ter dat t’eatre,’’ said the preco-
‘cious Walker, elevating his nose, ‘‘I’ll bet
|a two-bit piece dat dey’re a lot’r fakirs da
can’t act wort’ nottin.’’ ; eee

‘‘You mustn’t be jealous, Billy. You
don’t see Stella and me turn green with
envy.’’

‘*T should t’ink not. Hully smoke! Look
at dat guy on der platform. Tryin’ ter
stand on his head, An’,dere’s two more of
dem. Dey’re more’n rank !??

‘““They’re the ‘Boneless Phenomenons—the
Brothers Bum,’ ’’ said Fred.

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the rather shaky gyrations and contortions
of the acrobats who were on exhibition in
order tu draw a crowd to the inside of the
establishment. ‘‘Dey don’t look as dough
dey had enough ter eat.’?

When the phenonienons retired several per-
formers in spangles and feathers came out
and invited everybody to walk into the
show, which was just about tobegin. Their
remarks were punctuated by a man with a
bass drum and another with a horn.

‘‘Let’s go in,’ said Fred.

Stella and Billy were willing, so the trio
followed the crowd, obtaining box seats.
In a few minutes the wood and canvasithea-
tre was filled to its capacity, and the cur-
tain rose on the blood-curdling drama of
the ‘‘Haunting Shadow, or the Man of Mys-
tery !??

The Baron Muskrat (the terror of the
castle) was discovered in company with a
table, several chairs and his own thoughts,
which latter, to judge by the contortions of
his countenance, were not in a healthy con-
ditiom

The baron was evidently in a pickle. He
had become enamored of a virtuous maiden
in the neighboring village called Bertha,
but the fact that the noble lord already had
a wife (a pale lady in black) was a serious
obstacle to his plans. He finally started to
his feet, thumped his head, and declared he
had an idea. Then he made his exit, leav-
ing the audience in the dark as to his plans.

Next came a comic servant and a face-
tious chambermaid. They in turn gave way
to the little lady in black, who, after be-
moaning her sad fate, left the stage clear
for the Man of Mystery—a dark-featured,
tall man in a black mantle and a gloomy
smile—who ejaculated ‘‘They come!?’ and
hid himself behind a curtain.

The Baron Muskrat re-entered, followed
by Waldteifle, ‘‘a villain of the deepest
dye,’’ who during the brief interview con-
tinually fingered a huge property dagger
and exclaimed ‘‘Ha!?? and ‘‘Ho!’’ with
great emphasis. The baron employed this
gentleman to ‘‘do’’ the poor baroness.

This amiable programme was subsequently
foiled by the Man of Mystery, who came on
the stage just as Baron Muskrat was drag-
ging the unwilling Bertha to the altar, after
having confined her own true lover Franz
in the ‘‘deepest dungeon of the castle’s
moat.’?

‘The baron was not only foiled, but com-
pletely done up when the Man of Mystery
threw off his disguise and discovered him-
self as the lord’s eldest brother, whom he
(the baron) thought he had carefully mur.
dered at a previous epoch in order to obtain
possession of the property.

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Master Billy as a ‘‘lulu.’’ Pons

The Brothers Bum then gave an exhibi-
tion, after which ‘‘Mother Goose’? wa
order. It consisted of an opening, @
scenes representing a demon’s cave, a pla
cottage and a fairy bower—and the ha
lequinade; three comic scenes, a_ butel
shop, a railroad station and a lodging hou
with a very ‘‘tart’’ transformation sce
for a finale. .

The clown sang ‘‘Hot Codlins’’ and
ried the inevitable hot poker; the Pant
loon was made into sausages; the Hare ae
and Columbine tried to dance and’ 100
pretty, and the Sprite, one of the Broth
Bum, tied himself into one or two
transparent knots.

The audience was then dismissed.

CHAPTER XXXITI.

IN THE HANDS OF THE ENEMY,
&: y
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‘= open air again.
NI cf ‘*Dat’s der fastest show on eart
-~<-* said Walker. ‘'A gory drammer
pantermime wid six scenes done Up
forty-tr’ee minutes, includin’ a look at ~
six-legged cow, der twotheaded chicken
de stuffed mermaid.”’ ee
‘*TIn fifteen minutes it will be repeated,
‘Yer don’t say?’’ exclaimed Billy,
look of astonishment. ‘‘I guess der pert
in dat show earn deir wages.’? pS
“They have a hard life,’’ said Fred,
flectively. aoa
“But dey ain’t artists like us,’”
Billy, pompously. ‘*Dey are rank duffers:
‘*Here is the ‘Monster Museum of M@
Marvels,’ ?’ chirruped Stella, pointin
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the most astonishing pictures.
The proprietor was standing on the ®
of the stage alternately blowing a horn
addressing the crowd. ‘
‘“Walk up, walk up, ladies and g
men, and view the most remarkable a8
gaton of curiosities ever gathered under
canvas,’’ he roared. ‘‘Here is the 9
original learned pig that’ll tell your *
tune. Here is that astonishing freak
nature—a man with a donkey’s head
you will see the simon-pure King 2
Cannibal Islands, who eats lighted tow”
has a ribbon factory in his inside. He
also, is the smallest elephant in the worl
who dances the sailor’s hornpipe.’?
And thus he rattled on ad libitum.
“‘Dat’s annuder fake,’’ remarked
as they passed on to the ‘‘ Panorama 9
Crimean War.’’ is
Here they were stunned by a thumpl2.
drums, blaring of trumpets, and beat!
gongs. Billy, however, was captur
adjacent ‘‘Aunt Sally,’’ and he took
at cracking the dummy face. 1 ite
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by fF. a took a couple of turns in a roundabout
i afterward patronized a swing boat.

ibi- Bil ot’s der matter wid dis chap?’? piped

‘TBs ily, half an hour later, as they stood on

vee ee of a crowd gathered about the

lain tina's of a Cheap Jack. ‘‘Puts me in

1ar- Nea a Cheap John on Kearney Street,

cher ar der Bella Union T’eatre, ’Frisco.”?

se, gpit't be funny??? said Stella.

rene fF pond: referred of course to the itinerant
v4 on the wagon.

car- | Meat sc character, that’s a fact,’’ said

nta- | uy : Watch him sell that saw.’’

win in 4adies and gentlemen, here I am offer-

look | 8 an assortment of household lux-

pers 7 Aci delicacies, and fancy goods absolutely

ory a sae sand for nothing almost. Here’s

: fired ta which was specially manufac-

B amine i ithe Emperor of Morocco. Just ex-

“eee and he twirled the article about

b tor ite 7 y way. ‘How much am I offered

alias shillings—five—four—three—two

F gamut ee, ex pence, running the}

| figure ety aud finally halting at the last
the | Re Thank you, the saw is yours.’’

E ihe ve > _Yemonstrated the purchaser after
hy’ ; Amini: passed up the money aud was ex-
ant | ing U8 his prize, ‘‘there’s two teeth miss-
) 1 oC

der of acl you ’twas made for the Emperor
au &% oa and——”?

By S8id the Emperor of Morocco.”’
0: he same,’’ said the vender, taking
th a ‘“ ta ther article and exhibiting it.
tesb dra w ‘i HO common saw. I was obliged to

the ae teeth because it slipped through
Bie iPr 4 000 fast.”

i ‘Hor ha! ha!”? roared the crowd.

said Markable a crystal pitcher. A most re-
8." Felder “article, ma’am,’’ addressing an
any the B, Woman. ‘This pitcher was found in
, ab r Wales? mids of Egypt by the Prince of
with Weig ra Is warranted to be worth its}

Sixpene MM glass, Half a crown—shilling— |
2dge Tg —four— Thank you, ma’am,?’
and Xettin on t want it,’’ cried the woman after
tle | in it 1tin her hands. ‘‘There’s a crack
the" AS
gre Ff fop {assure you, ma’am, there’s no charge
oue # face: That goes with the pitcher,’’
only tee 2 0ar from the crowd,
for- Articles disposing of a number of minor
é y | Very Ordina, itinerant vender exhibited a
ae ; Blass door, ry wooden clock, with a fancy
and Y save here a very fine eight-day clock,
ere; and iin it carefully with this patent key
rid, Cocke yoo tll it stops. Lt is an American

dened bufactured expressly for the Presi-
Kg Purehs the United States, but I managed to
Billy Sel] i 1t before it was delivered. I will
the ee clock for— What did you say, sir?’’

D kteeePelice}??
ig Fi Purch aeence ! I perceive no one wishes to
ge rocead | this expensive timepiece, so we'll
y a Shilliy So eg What did you say, ma’am? A
pan No? ei]. 2 two and the clock is yours.

d at th 7,Cne and six. I’m giving it away

av fu) With ; hank you, ma’am. Be very caré-
—<— Your ¢: It, 1t’s a handsome ornament for
vn Sitting room .”?

Se! ha) m

} ; denjy ao fre!’’ screamed the woman, sud-
‘Wp! hat’s this? It hain’t any works.’’
r Naam always sell the works separate,
; time 1 4, lhave’em with me the next
Pw Me this way.’?
r ‘ep hat a shi ws : 4 7
: him, ; lame! said Stella to Fred,
: he oe? cheat that poor woman out of
Vitho ey. What good is the clock case
& Ut 18 w “hk 1979
l It?) m k Orks?: :
< iughed rR, © an ornament, as he said,’’
E ack’t, the ed. “‘Come, it’s time we got
Ene Dother Cote.»
} neeatre thro ded house at the Rughville
witers come night. A party of pretty flush
f } Nie ae ‘Upied one of the boxes, and they
; te] nh boisterous in their applause.
fous] Wie to catch their fancy prodi-
bE qd act ¢ 1en she began her dance in the
S log” 88 sho ent wild with enthusiasm.
Os dy pened, one great, bearded fel-
Fhe? Bold ay os his pocket a handful of
Pat Tnst 'd Silver and sbowered it over
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a signal to the house, for
the theatre shillings and
™ r that matter half crowns,
> ing upon the stage as the little

as deafening.
°n for the encore, and the sil-
Stella a, renewed. Flushed and ex-
baton “anced as perhaps she never
drowned nr every minute the ap-
istic re the shuffle and heel taps of
a oerican jig.

hare triumph for Maud Estelle.
hn Bilt retired and before the play
Wept the came out with a broom
Carrig, or into a heap, picked it up,
Of 4 Ud am to her. It made quite a plate-
~yittes,, gOUMted to nearly the equivaleut

Ollars,
doc! an * Charming moonlight night when
a Boner la emerged from the stage
“ § Igy) P the show,
Ita lovely night?’’ she said. ‘“And
0 4 1 U8 80 down to the river be-
as the hotel.”?

ell,” said our hero, who
fhis m
bares.

U6 a short distance to the water,
yr loen Bee reacted the bank the glisten-
Ace of h y the moon’s rays upon the

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They walked slowly along, talking about

| their Australian experience, quite uncon-
scious that three persons were following
them in the shadow of the buildings near by.
At length they turned from the water to
| go up the next street, when rade hands were
| suddenly laid upon them both.
| ‘‘Bring the gal, too,’’ exclaimed the voice
of Mr. Bowers, ‘‘or she’ll give the alarm.”’
| A pitch plaster was clapped upon Fred’s
mouth, a hbandkerchief tied around his
eyes, aud he was dragged away.
(TO BE CONTINUED.)

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flerman, Mattoon, Ill.—1. A United States Senator is
elected for six years. 2, The largest theatre or opera
house isin Paris, The Metropolitan Opera House in this
| city seats 3,300 persons. There is also standing room
| foralarge number. 3. William McKinley, the Presi-
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| Ohio. Home, when elected, Canton, Ohio. 4. The
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largest city in the world is London.
| theauthor named at present,

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7. John Wilkes Booth,
| who assassinated President Lincoln, was shot. He
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was shot by one of a party of pursuers, dying soon
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| _ Thomas Reeves, Springfield, Mass.—The namie of the
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| Joe C., Hartford, Conn.—Yes. Among the Indians
| prairie dogs are coveted as articles of food. It is
| Stated that the Navajos willlie in wait all day to
} secure them. ‘he method of capturing them is thus
| described: A bit of mirror is stuck in the entrance of
a burrow. When the dog ventures from his hole in
| the ground he sees the reflection in the mirror, and
leaps forward to attack the intruder, Instantly an
arrow pins him to the ground, he is seized by the
| neck and his spine broken with one swift snap.
| 2. A. B., Atlantic City, N. J.—1. The Gulf Stream
| extends along the American coast as far as latitude
37, and turns away from it in latitude 37 to 38 toward
the east beyond the banks of Newfoundland. It ap-
| proaches nearest the land at Cape Hatteras. 2. No es-
| timate of the distance. 3. The success of the Cubans
isa matterofopinion. You mustijudge for yourself.
| 4. The exclamatious quoted mean ‘Free. Cuba!’
| “Long Live Cuba!” \

B. W. G., Fremont, Ohio.—It is not possible for us
to answer questions, as often requested, i our ‘‘next
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after going to press cannot possibly be answered ina
shorter period than three weeks. A1] letters contain-
ing questions for this column are answered in the
| order in which they are received.

William W., Palmyra, N. Y.—Yes. The Chinese
make candles from the tallow tree. The tallow comes
from the seeds, which are pounded and boiled in
water, when the fat rises to the top. This is skimmed
off, and when cold is as white as snow and almost as

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soft. Enough wax is mixed with the tallow to harden
it. These candles are said to give a bright, clear
light.

William W., Denver, Co]l.—The President’s salary is
$50,000 a year. Besides this he is provided with secre-
taries, stenographers, messengers, stewards, door-
keepers, day and night ushers, one or two watchmen,
and minor clerks and telegraph operators, making the
cost of the White House about $125,000 a year, or
$500,000 for the term of four years.

Fred G., Indianapolis, Ind.—It was  n October 5,
1892, that the notorious Dalton gang, six in number,
robbed the banksin Coffeyville, Kan., and were at-
tacked by the people. A brisk fight ensued, in which
three of the gang and three ofthe citizens were killed.
No record of the names of those shot.

Prof. Gasse, Rockland, Mass.—Venus is thestar re,
ferred to. Edison has invented some wonderful things
| but he has never dreamed of outshining by any crea-
| tion of hisown so beautiful a planet. The hoax started
by some college students in New Jersey several years

ago seems to be going the rounds again.

’ mM. A. S., Norwalk, Conn.—l. See answer to Mel-
vin H. F. 2. The white mice are Albinos,and do not
differ from the others excepting in color. They may
be fed on grain and nuts. They are particularly fond
of Indian corn. They should be properly sheltered
in cold weather.

Robert S., New Orleans. La.—The Centennial Ex-
hibition of 1876 at Philadelphia closed on November
10. It was'visited by 9,786,151 persons. The largest
attendance on any day was September 28, when 274,-
419 persons passed the gates.

C. D., Portland, Me.—“Seeing the lions” arose from
the habit that strangers visiting London formerly had
of repairing to the menagerie in the Tower where
| lions were kept, the lions constituting at the time one
| ofthe great “sights” of London.

Fred Darrell, Lincoln, Neb.—The new Roman Caih-
olic Cathedral (St. James)in Red Bank, N. J., was
dedicated on August 11, 1895, The edifice isof Romant
| esque design, will seat 800 persons, and cost abou-

,

Sam Beldin. 1. Yes. The French submarine tor-
pedo boat Gustive Zede on her last trial trip, when
wholly submerged, made a speed of over eight miles
an hour. 2. Unable to enlighten you.

J. Johnny J., Denver, Colo.—1, Thereisno doubt
that you will “fill out” in time and be proud of your
physique. 2. Choose the occupation you think you
will be most likely to succeed in.

B. G., Houston, Texas.—It was James Lick, of San
Francisco, Cal., who contributed $150,000 for a monu-
ment to Francis Scott Key, the author of ‘The Star-
Spangled Banner.”

Melvin H. F.. Bethlehem, Pa.—All postmarks of
every description if in good order will be received; but
they must not be sent’ in until the contest is de-
clared closed.

O. H., Philadelphia, Pa.—Alaska was purchased
from Russia by the United States Government in
1867, during the term of President Johnson, for

7,200,000. ,

A. H. M., Philadelphia, Pa.—We suggest that a
book which isan authority on the subject should be
consulted when important points are in dispute.

Alex, Augusta, Maine.—The height of the Prince of
Wales isstated to be barely five feet seveninches. His
normal weight is about 180 pounds,

0. F. P., Baltimore, Md.—To be a railroad engineer
see reply to Charlie Walter in “Short Talks With the
Boys,” in No, 351.

H. Z.—Send the manuscript to some publisher in
your vicinity or take it in person.

Carl H. M., Dunkirk, N. Y. Inclose them to this
office.

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BY WILL WINNER.

CHAPTER III.

BOUNUER AS A FAITH DOCTOR—‘'SPOOK

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LL right, sir. I’71] Murphy bim!’’
replied the fellow.
Bouncer followed him up,

“3 safe distance, to see the fun,

The fellow knocked at the door
Murphy opened it.

‘*Howare you,
shoreman,.

“Ye're , mishtaken,
Murphy.

“You! re a blanked liar! I know you.
‘You’re Patsy Doyle, an’ you owe me ten
dollars!’

‘‘Git out o’ hyar, ye dhrunken blaguard!’’
roared Murphy, and Bouncer had to move
quickly downstairs to make room for the
*longshoreman as he flew by, propelled by
a love tap from the heavy weight.

At the appointed ‘hour Bouncer was on
hand at the lawyer’s office on Fourteenth
Street.

There was no sign of the firm on the out-
side, but Bouncer noticed two other signs.
One of them read:

Mur. HULDA UNDERHOLT,
MESMERIST
AND
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE oe:
And the other:
J. GLIDEEASY SNAGG,
Parra Cure Doctor.

Mr. Snagg oceupied the first-floor front
room, a part of which was partitioned off
into a smaller room, which was the office

at a
and
Patsy !’’ said the ’long-
name’s

sorr. Me

of _the law firm of Toplight & Sindersifter.

The rest of the house was occupied by
- Madam Underholt,

Mr. Sindersifter was in his office when
Bouncer entered; but was engaged in con-

~ yversation with a ‘stout woman with bleached |

hair, whom Bouncer learned was Mrs.
Underholt herself.
After a little Sindersifter turned round,
_ and seeing Bouncer, said:
‘fAh, good-moruing Mr. Brown —
- Brown}? and shook Bouncer’s hand so
hard that it made his teeth rattle. ‘‘This,’’
‘said he, turning to the madame, ‘‘is my
young client, Mr. Brown, of whom I hone
2 Epon. Mr. Brown, Madam Underhol
the great Christian Science Physician.’
The lady smiled a cheap, boarding-house
landlady smile, and took Bouncer’s hand.
‘‘A remarkably fine young gentleman,’’
she said. ‘‘How do you do?’’
**1’m able to sit up and take my meals
regular,’? said Bouncer.
“ Facetious youth, ma’am,
explained Sindersifter. ‘Make you laugh
at your mother’s funeral.’’
“Bad indication,’’ said the madam. ‘The
5 boy is not right. He’s sick. I shall have to
take him under my charge and treat bim.’’
_ “T?m always on haud when there’s treat-
ing & gol ng on,’ said Bouncer.
““What?s this?” asked the lawyer, point-
ing at Bouncer’s photographic outfit.
ie eThat’s my — SERS Peace ers i
Bouncer.
“*Your what???
“*My mu -snatcher—my Beda: see???
“ah! That are you Bothy to do with it
here pres f
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fetch my kodak along, so that if I got a
glimpse of it I’d take its picture to remem-
ber it by.’’

‘‘Do you take pictures?’’ asked
madam, enthusiastically.

‘*People who have seen my work claim
that I don’t,’’ replied Bouncer.

‘*Tf you can really take pictures I should
like to give you some work in connection
with my science,’’ said the madam.

‘‘T’m your oyster, as the clam said when
the chap found him among his oyster
stew,’’ said Bouncer. ‘‘What do you want
me to do???’

‘*Take spirit pictures. ’’

‘*What! Spooks???

‘Sometimes improperly so called;
properly, spirits.’’

‘‘How are you going to get a spook to sit
for its picture? And evenif you did, who
are you going to get anything out of them?
All the ghosts of my acquaintance go glim-
mering about in nighties, without even a
hip-pocket to carry a purse init?

‘*Oh, I will pay you for the pictures; and
when we, don’t want them to sit we'll
catch them as they flit,’’ she said. ‘‘Is this
a snap——’’

‘*Softest snap I ever struck.’’

: Snap- -shutter, I mean?’?’

‘*'Yes’m.”?

‘*Very well, then there’ll be no difficulty
about catching them. But we will talk
about that at another time. I will leave you
now with Mr. Sindersifter, and will call
for you when you are through with him.”’

‘‘Now, regarding your fdrtune, Mr.
Brown, > said the lawyer, when the madam
was gone; ‘*T am sorry tosay that I can give
you no further information than you had
yesterday, as my partner has all the papers

the

but,

'in the case, and he has been called from the

city fora fow days. And now I shall have
to leave you for a few minutes. The madam
will be with you soon,”’

When the lawyer was gone, Bouncer
looked about the place, and ran across a
circular describing the method of the
madam’s treatment.

‘He had scarcely finished reading the cir-
cular when there was a knock on the door,

Bouncer opened the door, and was sur-
prised to find the tombstone man.

He looked very hard at Bouncer, but a ee
parently did not recognize him, and ask

‘*Ts the doctor in??’

‘*Which doctor???

The Christian Scientist.’?

‘Yes, walk right in.’’

The fellow walked in gingerly, and looked
about him curiously.

‘She doesn’t seem to be around,’ said
the man.’’

“*No; I’m running the ranch in her ab-
sence,’ 3 said Bouncer, ‘What : seems to be
loose???

Sir??? ;

‘«What part of your machinery seems to
slip a cog?”’

‘‘Are—are you sure you understand this
business?’’ asked the man, suspiciously.

‘‘Understand the business? W
twitter,’? said Bouncer. ‘Take’ you all
apart, oil up your bearings,and put you to-
gether again, and never spring a gudgeon.”’

‘But you don’t talk like a doctor.”

‘*That depends on what kind of a doctor,
We Christian Scientists spurn the lingo of
your medicine-squirters and pill-pounders.

We hold that a man isa machine, and treat
him accordingly.’? |

(10 BE CONTINUED.) —

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