THE DALLES WEEKLY CHRONICLE, FRIDAY, MARCH 25, 1893.
PERCHING TOO HIGH.
Salisbury Old EnongJi to Kmi Some
Tilings lie Dont
CONGRESS TO ACT WITH FIRMNESS.
Uncle Sam's' Hand Appears Over the
Autograph ef Benjamin.
NO DIVISION OF SENTIMENT.
Great Britain' Talk of Resenting
American Interference Pooh.
... Pooh. Pish. i
Washington, March 23. The Behr
ing sea correspondence was laid before
the senate executive session at noon.
The reading of Salisbury's note refusing
to consent to a renewal of the modus
Vivendi and making a counter proposi
tion was received with ill-suppressed ir
ritation by the- senate. The note is
evasive and equivocating. The presi
dent's rejoinder broadly hints that Salis
bury has not met the overtures in a
straightforward manner. He insists on
a renewal of the modus vivendi, without
reference to insignificant or irrelevant
conditions. He closes with the stirring
assertion that if Great Britain declines
to assist in protecting the seals during
the arbitration he will proceed to enforce
the laws and exclude poachers from
Behring sea, if the military force of the
United States is required to accomplish
it. The note created a sensation in the
senate. After half an hour's discussion,
the correspondence was referred to the
committee on foreign relations. The
gravity of the case led to a renewal of
the strongest efforts of the senators to
prevent the public from being made ac
quainted with the facts until the corres
pondence progressed further. There
was no expression of opinion by the
president in his letter of transmittal,
but this is not needed in view of the
clearly defined position assumed by him
in his rejoinder to Sal'sbury, which ap
peared to meet with the unanimous ap
proval of the senators. The debate it
self was too short to disclose the official
standing of the senators, although there
has been nothing in the nature of a di
rect vote upon the treaty arbitration,
and there is a well-defined opposition to
it as a surrender by the United States of
her rights as acquired by treaty from
Russia. It'can be stated the treaty was
soon to be ratified by the senate, but a
resolution ' will accompany it reciting
that there does not appear ' to be any
sufficient reason for abatements by the
United States of its claims to jurisdic
tion pending arbitration, and authoriz
ing the president to use all the military
arms of the government to insure pro
tection of the rights of the United States.
A prominent senator who has taken a
leading part in the Behring sea discus
sion in the executive sessions of the sen
ate said today : "You can tell your peo
ple on the Pacific coast that there is no
division of sentiment on the seal ques
tion among the senators. Irrespective
of party they are unanimous in support
of the administration; They think as if
with one mind. The correspondence
consists, it is understood, of two notes ;
the first being Lord Salisbury's cabled
note of the 18th, and the reply from the
president, dated yesterday. It is broadly
intimated with the implied disposition
Ion the part of Great Britain to resent
lauy interference by this government-
jwith vessels flying the English flag en
gaged in pelagic sealing in Behring sea
Kould undoubtedly result in the rejec
tion of a treaty in the present form.
San Antonio, Tex., March 22. John
P. Clum, United States poatoffice in-
pector ffr the lower Rio Grande border,
ivhere he went about two weeks ago to
nvestigate the charges that had been
fcerferred by A. J. Evans, United States
listrict attorney, against Postmaster
J'ena, of Rio Grande City, who had been
censed of being a sympathizer with the
ttarza revolutionary movement, has re
sumed. Inspector Clum states that the
bets, as developed by his investigations,
b not indicate that Postmaster Pena
id in any .manner aid, abet or sym-
lathize with the Garza revolution. ' Mr.
lum states that the "situation in that
ction is very serious, and that matters
Ye now in a much worse condition on
hcount of the unwarranted and illegal
tion of Capt. John G. Bourke, of the
Jiird United States cavalry, than at any
fee .''during "the campaign against
Lrza't men. He states that there has
eu an attempt made by . military
Seers at oppression in certain civil pro-
t dings,- and that as a sequel oneor two
rtling developments - may - be looked
in a few days. "The people are
.... . -. ... .i j
raid, said ue, -oecause mey aon t
ow .what is going to happen next. In
judgment, considerable investiga-
n is needed in all of the Federal de-
Jrtments along the border."
Seattle's new regime is to turn every
mblican out of municipal office.
fhe Canadian Pacific railway strike is
put to terminate.
It la BUM O'Sfcea Now
' London, March 24.'-The engagement
will soon be made public of Mrs. Par-
nell's daughter, Miss O'Shea, with Henry
Harrison, M. P., who was one of Par-
nell's most faithful suDDorters. He
will be remembered in America as one
of the committee visiting the states last
year to secure funds for1 Parnell. Har
rison took charge of Parnell's affairs
after his death.
Republican County Conrention.
(Delegates.)
East Dalles precinct. Frank Creigh
ton, J. W. Koontz, W. J. Roberts, Frank
Connelly, H. L. Kuck, Emory Campbell
and Fred Grummond.
"Ricrlow Drecinct. Frank Menefee, M.
T. Nolan, Hugh Chrisman, C. J. Cran-
dall, Robert Mays, and Thomas Joles.
Trwtt nrecinct. J. M. Patterson,
Judd Fish, William Mitchell, C. L. Phil
lips. P. DeHuff, J. G. Koontz, A. M.
McLeod and W. H. Jones.
West Dalles precinct. 1 J. W. Marquis,
George Rnnyan, G. B. Halvor, A. N.
Varney, and A. A. Urquhart.
Mosier precinct. L. Devenport, Frank
Phillips.
Hood River nrecinct. M. P. Isenbere,
J. W. Baker ,-T. R. Cook, E. S. Olinger,
C. L. Gilbert.
Falls nrecinct. - Robert Black, E. P.
Ash, Dr. Candiani, A. Watt, P. Moran.
Baldwin precinct. W. R. Winans,
Ross. 1
Eight-Mile precinct. V. E. Campbell,
J. E. McCoimick.
Columbia precinct. H. Gilpin, W. D.
Richards. "
DesChutes precinct. H. Rice, A. S.
Roberts.
Nansene precinct. Henry Hudson, J.
Easton.
Dnfur Drecinct. H. H. Dufur. Willard
Vanderpool, M. J. Anderson, K. bigman,
Geo. W. Johnston.
Kingsley precinct. F. C. Sexton, E.
Williams, H. Mahew.
Tygh precinct. W. M. McCorkle, J.
H. Sherar.
Wamic precinct. A. E. Lake, T. J.
Driver, P. W. Knowlee.
Oak Grove precinct. S. G. Blackerby,
Frank Gabel, W. H. Davis.
Bake Oven precinct. H. C. Rooper,
H. Jordan, Lem Burgess.
AnteloDe Drecinct. W. Kelsay ir., J.
C. Murphy, D. S. Kimsey, C. V. Lane,
Grant Mays.
CALL FOR A REPUBLICAN COUNTY
CONVENTION.
Kntir Is hprphv eiven that at a meeting of the
Roniihllpan County Central Committee of Wasco
countv, Or., called by authority vested in me as
Chairman of said committee, and held at the
County court Koom in Dalies uity, uregon, on
the 18th day of February, vatt, it was oraerea
that a rnll he issued for a Rennblican County
Convention, to be held at the Court House in
Dalles City, Oregon, at 10 a. m., on the
26th day of March, 1892,
for the purpose of nominating candidates for the
office of County Judge, Clerk, Sheriff, one County
Commissioner, Treasurer, Assessor, Superintend
ent of Schools, County Surveyor and Coroner,
and the election of six delegates to represent
Wasco countv in the Republican State Conven
tion, to be held in the city of Portland, Or., on
the Sth dav of Anril. 1892. and to transact such
other and further business as may properly come
before said convention.
The Countv Convention will consist of sev
enty-three delegates from the various precincts,
apportioned as follows, to-wit:
Falls Precinct
Hood River Precinct
5 Delegates
4 "
S "
Baldwin "
Mosier " 2
West Dalles " 5 "
Trivett " -.8 "
Bigelow ' 7 "
East Dalles " .'.7 "
Eight Mile " '- "
Columbia " 2
Deschutes " 2 "
Nansene " 2 "
Dnfur " .-..5 "
Kintrslcv " 3 "
Tygh Valley " 2 "
Waumaclt " 3 "
Oak Grove " 3 " .
Bake Oven " "" 8 "
Antelope 5 ' "
It is further recommended, by order of the
Central Committee, that primary elections be
held in the various precincts, at the usual place
of voting, on the 19th day of March, 1892, and
that the polls be opened at such primaries
throughout the county at 2 o'clock p. m., of said
day, except within the limits of Dalles City, in
which the primaries will be conducted under
provisions of Primary Election Law and the
subjoined notice.
The attention of electors in the various pre
cincts desiring to elect Justices of the Peace and
Constables, is called to the provisions of the new
election law as to the manner of nominating
their candidates at the primaries.
M. T. NOLAN,
Attest Chairman Rep. Co. Central Com.
A. G. Johnson. Secv.
Call for a Republican State Conrention.
A republican convention for the state
of Oregon, is called to meet in the city
of Portland on Wednesday, the 6th day
of April, 1892, at 11 o'clock a. m., for
the purpose of nominating candidates
for the office of Supreme Judge, two
congressmen, presidential electors,
members of the state board of equaliza
tion, and other district officers, and to
transact such other business as may
properly come before the convention.
The convention will consist of 233 dele
gates among the several counties as
follows :
Baker
Benton
Clackamas .
Clatsop.
Columbia. . .
. 6
. 7
.10
..10
-.6
Lane 11
I4nn 10
Malheur 3
Marion 14
Mutnomoh 40
Morrow 4
Polk 6
Sherman 3
Tillamock 4
Umatilla 9
Union 10
Wallowa. 4
Wasco. 6
Washington 8
Yamhill 8
Coos .
..6
Crook 8
Curry 3
Douglas 9
Gilliam 4
Grant... .'. 5
Harney 4
Jackson . ..7
Josephine 5
Klamath 3
Lake .- 3
The same being one delegate at large
from each county, and one delegate for
every 200 votes, and one for every frac
tion over one-half thereof, cast for Con
gressman at the June election in 1890.
The committee recommended that the
Primaries be held on Saturday, March
19, "and the County Convention on Sat
urday, March 26," unless otherwise' or
dered by the proper County Committees.
All voters who favor the republican
policy of internal improvements, protec
tion of American productions and labor,
and guarding sacredly the rights of every
American citizen at 'home and abroad,
are cordially invited to unite with ns. ..
- ' Jambs Lotan.
Chairman Republican State Central
Committee..
F. A. Moobb, Secretary.
GOT IT IN THE EAR.
Kins I lam Roasting For a Fight
fitn His Ministry. "
GERMANY VERY MUCH DISTURBED.
Fears that the Kaiser May Vent Him
self Outside the Kingdom.
HIS VIOLENCE IS INSULTING.
Sensible People Favor a Begency
Want to Set Sown Hard on the
. Craxy Monarch.
New York, March 23. I am able to
give you today, news which is absolutely
reliable, regarding the political crisis at
Berlin. The emperor has been in such
a state of abnormal excitement for the
past fortnight that he has shut himself
up in his private apartment, and has re
fused to grant an audience to any one.
The attacks of the press on the Loi Eco-
laire, and on the troubles in Berlin, still
arouse him to anger. But what has ex
cited him more than anything else, is a
letter from a schoolfellow of the Cassel
lyceum, now a professor at Tubingen,
who has always kept on the best possi
ble terms with the emperor. In his let
ter he sharply criticized the Loi Ecolaire,
and said that the speech at Brandenburg
would antagonize the emperor's friends,
who had placed all their hopes on him.
The letter reached the emperor on the
16th. A cabinet council was held on the
17th. During the session the emperor
did not say a word, and when he saw
that his ministers were opposed to his
plan he made a sign that he was willing
to give it up. When, however, Caprivi
said: "Your majesty, the order of the
day has been passed," he arose and burst
into a violent harrangue, in which he in
sulted the minister, and used such bitter
language toward Caprivi that in a visit
to the latter Prince Henry, the emperor's
brother, found it necessary to apologize
for the sovereign's conduct. Capriyi
still holds office, but he is very anxious
to resign. The entire court insists that
he shall remain at the head of affairs at
least until the emperor's health is re-established,
and the emperor himself is
really urgent, on the ground that a
change would cause confusion in the for
eign office. A Berlin dispatch says that
the foreign situation has never been
more disturbed. Here is the plain truth
in regard to the emperor's health : The
official dispatches are right in saying
that the emperor has a cold, but they do
not say that the suppurating wound in
his ear, which has been closed since Oc
tober, suddenly reopened recently, and a
discharge began to flow, causing intense
pain, and rendering the emperor so ner
vous that his physicians found it neces
sary to prescribe for him an entire change
of surroundings and solitude. He does
not see any one at the chateauHubertus.
The Grand Duke Sergius, of Russia, was
in Berlin yesterday, and asked to see the
emperor. He was told that the emperor
in accordance with his' physician's in
structions, could not receive him. In
well-informed circles people are talking
about the necessity for a regency, and
among diplomatists it is said that Prince
Henry is becoming every day more pop
ular. It is possible that the emperor
may return to Berlin, bnt he is certainly
very ill now. The official world is be
ginning to be very uneasy. Fears are en
tertained that William may seek vent
for his excitement outside of Germany,
and the same fears are entertained in
London.
In His Lungs Today.
Berlin, March 24. The Tageblatte re
ports Emperor William is suffering from
emphysema of the lungs. No other pa
per mentions emphysema, and nothing
is known in well informed circles con
firmatory of the report. According to
the official statement, the emperor is
suffering from at attack of a kind of in
fluenza. In Washington.
Washington, March 24. J. F. Hal
loran, president of the Astoria Chamber
of Commerce and editor of the Astorian,
is in Washington. - It is believed the
gentleman is here for the purpose of op
posing the deep-water channel on the
Columbia from the sea, for the benefit
of Portland. There is no appropriation
provided in the bill for this work, but
it is expected that when it cornea to the
senate Mr. Dolph will tack on an
amendment for Portland.
Should Hare Taken 8. B. Medicine.
New York, March 23. George Shep-
ard Page, one of the most conspicuous
;ures on Wall street, and famous as a
millionaire chemist, has been committed
to an asylum for the insane. His mind
was broken down by worry superinduced
by a severe attack of grip.
The three Cass county judges,
serving a term of imprisonment in Kan
sas City for contempt of court, on the
old bond suit, mysteriously 'disappeared
from -jail, but they were out on parole ofi
honor.
1 wUl toast thee, fair maid, in a bowl ot tha
finest -
Canary we won from the rebels in Spain. '
Let the winds bear me witness, thoa art the
divinest
-. Of creatures a knight ever battled to gain.
The winds will repeat, then forget it again. '
Though I flaunted thy sleeve at the gates of
wan an a.
And held thee the fairest, the truest, the
best
Are, proved It to many a southern brarada.
Who lay on the ground with my lanoe at his
breast
I find that another now doth thy behest.
And today in the tourney I meet my sne-
He claims among maids thoa art truest of
all
I ride at the sleeve of which he is possessor.
To catch it and hold it aloft ere he falL
Then place both thy sleeves on bis bier in the
hall.
So, at rest in his armor, thy poor blinded lover
May dream that both arms thou about him
dost throw;
Bat the world which will stand at his side
shall discover
How false was his challenge, how empty the
show
What he who will die for thee never will
know.
Blavel Scott Mines in Harper's Weekly.
QUIXARVYN'S RIVAL.
The battle of Sedgemoor had been
fought and lost. Night had come again,
and in the old gray church of Weston
Zoyland 500 of the beaten rebels lay im
prisoned. The scene inside the church was awful
in. its weird impressiveness. . It might
have been a gorge of the lost souls in the
Inferno. The lurid glare (a few
torches which were stuck at lutervaLs
against the pillars revealed the forms of
men sitting and lying on the seats and
floor in every attitude of dejection and
despair. Up. and down the aisles the
iron shod heels of the sentries rang upon
the pavement.
The greater part of the prisoners were
silent, or only moaning with the pain
of recent wounds; some vere praying;
one was raving, mad with terror. And,
in truth, he and his companions had
good cause for fear, for their conqueror
was Feversham, the general of the
Royalists, whose only mode of dealing
with a rebel was to hang or shoot him
without more ado, and who was only
waiting for the daybreak to begin the
work of slaughter. A few only kept
their resolution among them two who
were sitting together in the shadow of
the pulpit steps. Both these men had
been conspicuous in the fight, and both
knew well that they must die at day
break. '
The elder of the two was a man of
about thirty-five, with a powerful,
thickset frame and strong and rugged
features; a bad man to have against one,
one might say. He was by trade a horse
breaker, and a great part of his business
was to break in the wild colts of the
marsh. His companion was some six or
eight years younger. His figure was
tall and slight, but finely made, and his
face was singularly handsome. He was
the swiftest runner in the west of Eng
land, perhaps in the whole kingdom.
His name was David Dare; that of the
elder man was John Quixarvyn. Both
were natives of the town of Axbridge,
bnt until the day before they had been
trangers to each other. Chance had
made them comrades in the contest,
where they had fought side by side and
where the same troop of Royalists had
seized them both.
The two were silent. Quixarvyn had
pulled out a short black pipe, had filled
and lighted it, and was now smoking
tranquilly. His companion had also
pulled out something from his breast
but it was not a pipe; it was the portrait
of a beautiful young girl. He took a
long look at the lovely face a look
which said farewell.
Quixarvyn watched him. In the dim
light in which they sat he could not see
the features of the portrait, but he
guessed how the case stood.
"Poor fellow! he said, with more
tenderness than would have been ex
pected from his looks. Then, after a
minute's silence, he went on, as much to
himself as to the other: "And yet my
case is harder. I was in love I am in
love, God help met and I also have her
portrait in my breast. What would 1
give if I could look on it as you can look
on yours f"
Dare looked at him with interest.
"What!" he said; "have you also the
same trouble a poor girl who . will go
distracted when she hears of what has
happened to you?"
"No, said the other bitterly, "she
will not go distracted; she. has had
enough of me. And I shall have the
pain of dying unrevenged upon the
knave who robbed me of her!"
It was strange to see how in a mo
ment bis eyes had 'grown ablaze with
passion. The young man looked at him
in astonishment.
"Who was it?" he inquired.
"Who was it?" echoed the other. Do
yon think, if I knew that, that I should
now have cause to writhe at dying with
out crying quits with him? No, I do
not know him I only know she loved
me that she cooled toward me that,
when I asked her plainly whether she
had found a younger and better looking
man, she confessed -that it was true, and
threw herself upon my generosity to set
her free from our engagement I did so
in a frenzy of mad passion. But when
I asked her for his name, she would not
tell me, fearing, I daresay, that I might
twist his neck. 1 should soon - have
found him; but then this war broke
out, and in my rage J could not keep
myself from rushing to the fight to cool
my blood with blows. And so here I
am going to be shot at daybreak. But
I swear to heaven, if 1 only bad tnat rei
lowin my power for one brief minute, 1
could die contented."
"You are right," said the other; "1
should feel the same."
Quixarvyn drew a portrait from his
breast, and held it out to his companion.
"Look." he said, "is this a face to jut
a man? though it is one to drive him
crazy. Let me look at yours it is not
more innocent than this one, 1 dare
wear."
- The young man took the portrait, and
at the same time handed him his own.
Each looked In Bilence at the portrait in
bis hand in a silence of amazement, of
stupefaction. . The two portraits repre
sented the same person!
Quixarvyn was the first to break the
silence.
?"What!" he said, drawing a deep
breath, and bursting into a low laugh,
which was both fierce and glad, "you,
was it? To think that that I have found
you after all! Fate is kinder to me than
I fancied."
The other returned his gaze.
"Well," he said, "it was I, it appears;
though I never knew it, nor suspected
it. And," he added simply, "it has
been no one's fault"
"No one's fault?"
"No, no one's. Mary Seldon liked
you, but she did not love you, and when
we met she found out her mistake. You
frightened her with your bad humors.
Without mentioning your name she told
me the whole story. You could not
make her happy, and 1 could; that's the
whole case. Do you blame her7"
"No," said Quixarvin, thrusting the
portrait back into his breast "I don't
But I have sworn to be equal with the
man who turned her mind against me
will never believe he acted by fair means
and I am going to do it Defend your
self. I give you warning.
Both men sprang to their feet at the
same instant and stood glaring at each
other. At that moment there was
heard outside the church the rattle of a
drum.
Only the rattle of a drum. But the
sound struck them motionless as figures
turned to stone. Nor was the effect on
their companions less remarkable. There
was a moment s silence in the church,
deep as the silence of the dead; then a
movement a long thrill of horror. That
summons meant that day was breaking
and that their hour was come.
The guard set instantly to work to
prepare the first batch of prisoners to be
led out of the church. Dare and Quix
arvyn were among the first seized.
With about a dozen others they were
marched into the open air.- The gray
dawn was scarcely giving way to the
first streaks .of sunrise as they passed
out of the churchyard gates, bnt the
whole village was wide awake and in a
tumult of excitement; indeed, there had
been little sleep that night. Every win
dow was alive with terror stricken
gazers as the partyof doomed men, sur
rounded by a band of soldiers, were hur
ried through the narrow streets and out
upon the open moor.
At the border of the moor sat an offi
cer on horseback, surrounded by a troop
of soldiers. Here the party halted, and
the guards saluted. The officer was a
man of about forty, whose dandified ap
pearance, which was as trim as that of
a toy soldier newly painted, snowed
oddly in the midst of soldiers stained
with battle. This was Lord Feversham
man in whose nature vanity, callous
ness and love of pleasure were about
equally combined. His face was gay with
pleasant expectation as the rebels were
drawn up before him. "
"Good!" he remarked. "These were
all ringleaders, were they? Sergeant
John, draw up your- firing party and
shoot down every man of them."
The order was instantly obeyed. The
firing party was drawn up; the prisoners
were ranged in line at a few paces' dis
tance. At one extremity of the line
David Dare and John Quixarvyn found
themselves once more side by side.
An officer who sat on horseback at
Fevershom's right hand observed them.
"I know those two, he said, pointing
to them with his finger. "Pity two such
fellows should be done for. One of them
is the best runner in the country side
and the other the best rider."
Eh? What?" said Feversham, stand
ing up in his stirrups. "Hold there a
moment, sergeant; I spy a chance of
gallant sport. What say you, major a
race between these two across the moor,
the one on foot, the other mounted.
Will you back the runnerr
The major was a man of some unman
ity. He reflected for a moment.
Agreed I" he said.. "And to insure
that both shall do their best, let the win
ner have the promise of his life."
Feversham received this proposal with
by no means a good grace, for to spare a
rebel hurt him to the souL But the de
lightful prospect of seeing two men
racing for their lives-and of being able,
after all to shoot the loser, at length
reconciled him to the scheme. He gave
his orders and the two prisoners were led
out of the line.
Out upon the moor, about a quarter of
a mile away, stood a solitary tree. This
was selected as the starting point A
double line of troopers was drawn up,
stretching from the tree to the spot
. . . , -
where tne general was Bianonea, leaving
a space between them like a race course,
some yards wide. At the end of the
course Feversham and the major sat op
posite each other. Whichever of the
two competitors should pass between
them first would be rewarded with his
life and liberty.
And what were the sensations of the
pair while these preparations were in
progress?
David Dare, standing before the mus
kets of the firing party, had heard the
strange proposal with a sudden thrill of
hone so keen that it was almost like a
pain. Then for a moment his heart fell
again. He knew his own speed of foot,
but he knew also tnat against a nees
horse, urged by a skillful rider spurring
for dear life, his chance was likely to De
small. Still there was hope again, and
he could do his best More he could not
do, though success meant life and life
with Mary Seldon. At the last thought
his eyes glistened, and he moved up the
course between . his guards with the
keenness of a hound in leash.
In the meantime a trooper had dis
mounted, and Quixarvyii, armed with
whip and spurs, having taken his plat e
in the saddle, the horse was led by a
couple of soldiers to the starting point.
Unlike his rival. Quixarvyn 8 face
showed no elation. For one moment,
on hearing the proposal, a gleam had
come into his eyes, but now he rode with
downbent head, as if lost in thought. A
sentence seemed to be running constant
ly in his head the sentence vised by
Dare in their quarrel in the church,
"You could not make her happy and I
could." He muttered the words over
twenty times. It was. not until the tree
was reached and the horse was halted
with his head toward the spot where
Feversham, discernible far off between
the lines, sat waiting, that he started,
roused himself and looked about him. .
David Dare was standing on his right,
(tripped to the waist and without his
shoes, ready for the starter's signal.
Quixarvyn's guards dropped the horse's
bridle; and Sergeant John, who stood
between the two competitors, drew a.
pistol from his belt to give the signal.
The excitement at that moment was
intense. Not a sound was heard in the
still morning air; but all down the)
double line were faces fixed intently on
the two competitors. Feversham and
the major, with glasses to their eyes, sat
motionless as statues. Even the con
demned men, forgetful of their own ap
proaching doom, stretched their necks
to catch a glimpse of tho strange con
test on which depended life and death
for two of their companions.
The sergeant raised his pistol. The)
report rang out
At the same instant horse and man
shot out together from the mark. At
first the runner, practiced in flying from
the start and having loss momentum
than the horse, drew out in front In a
few seconds he was some twenty yards
ahead. Then the gap between them
ceased to widen, then it was seen to be
decreasing; the horse was gaining
slowly at first, but gaining surely stride
by stride. When half the course was
covered the horse had drawn np level,
and then came such a race as had never
yet been seen. For a hundred yards and
more the two ran locked together, side
by side, the. runner almost flying over,
the crisp turf, the horse stretched out in
a fierce gallop, with the rider standing
in the stirrups. And now the goal was
only fifty yards away, but the gazers
drew a deep breath as they saw that
now the horse was gaining was draw
ing out in front
For an instant it seemed that all was
over; the next, to their amazement, they
were conscious that the horse was fail
ing. Then they saw a gallant sight;
they saw the runner nerve himself to the
last effort and, close upon the goal, dash
past the horse and pass the judges and
fall headlong on the turf. '
At that scene, in spite of discipline,
frantic cheer broke forth along the line.
Even Feversham himself smiled grimly
as one who, though he had just lost a
bet, had gained its full equivalent in
pleasurable excitement.
The winner, who had fallen panting
and exhausted, was raised into a sitting
posture bylwo troopers, one of whom
poured a draft of brandy down hi
throat The spirits almost instantly re
vived him, and in a few seconds he was
able, though still weak and dizzy, to
stand upon his feet and look about him.
A few paces off his beaten rival stood
beside his horse. Dare looked at him
and their eyes met Quixarvyn's face
bore an almost imperceptible smile; but
it was not this, but something in his
look which the other could not have
defined, which struck him backward
like a shock. He staggered back a pace
or two, bewildered by the light which
broke upon his mind. Then he stepped
up to bis rival's side, and the guards,
who saw no cause to interfere, falling
back a little, he put his mouth close to
Quixarvyn's ear:
"You pulled that horsel" he said.
Quixarvyn looked at him, but an
swered not a word.
"You let me win," the other went on,
his voice breaking. "For her sake you
did." '
Quixarvyn drove his nails into his
palms; he had acted, he was acting, not
without a bitter cost
"Make her happy," he said briefly.
As he spoke he turned away and strode
swiftly to his old position at the head of
the line of prisoners, before which the
firing party was again drawn up.
Dare turned his back upon the scene
and thrust his fingers in his ears. Nev
ertheless he could still hear with hor
rible distinctness the sergeant's loud,
clear voice, with an interval between
the words:
"Ready!"
"Present!"
"Fire!"
Almost as the word was given came
the crash of the report Moved by an
impulse which he could not conquer, he
turned around with a shudder. The
soldiers were lowering their smoking
muskets, and a thick white cloud hung
above the line of prisoners stretched
upon the ground. At the extremity of
the line Quixarvyn lay upon his face,
with his right hand clenched upon a
portrait which he had taken from his
breast, and with a bullet through his
heart H. Greenhough Smith in Strand
Magazine.
The man who buys shoestrings ana
other small articles from street fakirs
doesnt always do so because he gets
them, or thinks he gets them, cheaper. -It
is chiefly because men engaged in
business are usually so absentminded
that trifles of everyday use are never
thought of unless they are pushed right
under the business nose. As a rule the
staff bought of street venders costs two
to five times as much as it would in a
legitimate store. But it is on this single
weakness of mankind that the street
fakir lives and thrives. A man will fool
with a broken shoestring a dozen morn- .
ings before he will remember to get a
new pair. Then suddenly during a busy
day he runs against a shoestring peddler
and buys a pair on the spot, paying
double price for what his dealer would
give him for nothing.
The fakirs thrive best in the closest
and most busy centers. Down in Wall
and Bread and New and Nassau streets,
among the bankers and brokers and law
yers, who are too bnsy to think of sus
penders and shoestrings and lead pencils,
etc., the street fakirs fare well, for amid
the roar of clashing millions the absent
minded man clutches hastily on what
comes uppermost, knowing that other
wise bell forget all about it-