He Escaped With
out Breaking His
Parole
By ALAN HINSDALE
Jim Truesdall had a passlsn for
risking hit life. Whfci he lfl school
ha waa poorly etlucatad, having bu
absorbed during the poritx of stud; la
trying to find out how fast he could
run a motorcar, climb a water spottt,
div from a groat height or perform
some other feat Involving danger. Had
It not lwi for the risk Involved he
would not have done any of these
things.
When aviation first came In Toguo
Jim found something especially Inter
esting to liim.
When the last revolution in Mexico
broke out Jim wont down there with
his aeroplane with a view to joining
ono of the contestants for the presi
dency. Aviation wuj then in lta lu
fancy, and the Mexican!) knew nothing
bout it. However, Jim did some
aviation scout inx for t'.ie revolutionists,
but he Dew too low aud was Prolixin
down by a shot from the e.ietuy.
Of course the capture of a nmn bird
excited a great deal of interest among
the Mexicans, and the general com
manding visited Jim's machine, which
waa very little damaged on touching
the earth, Jim having managed its de
scent very skillfully. General Sauches
ordered his captive to tell him all about
his machine, and Jim explained the
mechanism. The general waa seuted
with a desire to utilise it for the pur
pose of observing the revolutionists,
Just aa aeroplanes have since beem
used In the European war, but no one
la Mexico knew anything about avia
tion, and if he utilised Jim there was
nothing to prevent the captive from
flying away. Jim didn't care on which
aide he served and offered to join the
government aide, but the general de
clined to trust hlta.
Concha Sane hex, the general's daugh
ter, was for a woman something of
what Jim was for a man. She was
fascinated with the aeroplane and
seized with a desire to ride In It This
desire she manifested to her father lu
Jim's presence, and Jim said that If
be would permit her to go up with
him he would pledge his word of hon
or not to Hike her to the rebel camp,
but bring her back after the airing. To
this the general gave an emphatic re
fusal. But Concha interviewed her father
privately nml told him that she would
arm herself, and he tould make sure
that the prisoner had no weapon. She
could therefore control the aviator.
She might ssilly lenrn to run tba
machine and could then rend r It use
ful to the government. After a long
struggle Concha overruled her father
and obtiilncd the desired permission.
Jim was pledged to bring her back
after a rid-.
Another thing was concealed. Con
cha Sanchez was of that tropical kind
of women who are apt to love stidtlen-
and deril . Mir filler did nt
know her chief Mb.hU for oottig Up
wit It J in, lur ili.l Jim kirn It Midi
they got tip in the cloud JltU WHS
prone to court danger lu love as well
ss lu other ways. He 1pi.hu to make
love to tils passenger ami waa sur
prised at a favorable response. It la
quite probable that the danger in
volved In an uffalr with the daughter
of a mnu who held ids life In his hands
added to Jim's attraction for the girl
Concha urged Jim to take her to a
lolnt where they would draw the ftre
of the enemy, and Jim did so, but took
care to fly so high as not to 1 lu dan
ger. She was delighted. Wbeu she
had had her full of this amusement
Jim took her hack to the general, who
had Iwn watchlns them with pareurnl
anxiety. Concha was in raptures aud
Insisted on being taught how to run
ihe machine. She was a hit careless
In concealing her penchant for the
aviator. Hut fortunately the general
did not seem to notice It. At any rate,
he yielded to her request, and Jim was
permitted to give her lessons, but not
!ofore the general had Impressed upou
his daughter that the slightest suspi
cion that there was any attachment
between her and her teacher would re
sult lu his Immediate execution.
Love affairs, esiieolally when attend
ed with danger, usually grow hotter.
These two were of a kind to be drawn
together by the risk they ran. Obser
vation of any show of what was be
tween them would result In Jim's
death, for Coucha knew that her fa
ther had set spies upou them. One
day an evil looking Mexican woman
saw them sitting, locked in each oth
ers' arms, and they knew that as soou
as she could reach General Sanchei
Jim's life would not be worth a penny.
But how could it te saved? Jim had
given his parole not to escape and to
always bring Concha back after their
flights.
Coucha had by this time learned to
run ths machine. When she and Jim
saw the spy obsertiug them Concha,
without a word, made for the aero
plane. Jim followed her. She got
into the driver's seat, and Jim took the
seat beside her. She ordered the at
tendants to gtve them a start, and they
rose In the nlr.
Meanwhile the spy ran to Genera)
Sane lid and reported what she had
seen. The general, realizing that no
time was to be lost, hastened to the
grounds where the aeroplane waa kept
Just iu time to see the runaway couple
rise beyond his reach. Had Jim been
alone be could have been brought down
by rifle shots, but the E.-neral dare not
risk his daughter's life as well
. Jim did not break his parole, for he
was run away with by the general's
daughter. She carried him Into Texas,
wbe.w they were married.
BOILED THEM TO DEATH.
Hew Poisan.r Ware Puniihsd In the
Good Old Days,
Our forefathers deemed hanging too
food for people who went about delib
erately poisoning other people, Thev
substituted for that punishment boll
tug to death, the first to suffer this
peualty being Richard Kosso, cook to
the bishop of Rochester In the reign of
Henry Mil.
In medieval times In Europe poison.
in when detected were usually broken
live upon the wheel after havlug first
beeu given a taste of the rack while In
prison awaiting execution as a sort of
gentle reminder of what they had pres
ently got to go through.
For wholesale poisoners, however,
wrtn this dreadful death was not
deemed sufficiently painful, and new
and special modes of punishment were
lnveuted. Thus Louise Matins, a Tart
sian baby fanner, who In 17u3 was
proved to have done to death no fewer
than sixty-two Infants by administer
ing to them carefully graduated doses
of white arsenic mingled with pow
dered glass, waa sentenced to be shut
up In an Iron cage with sixteen wild
cats and suspended over a slow fire.
This was done, with the result that
when the cats became Infuriated with
heat and pain they turned their rage
upon her "and after thirty-five min
utes of the most horrible sufferings put
an end to her existence, the whole of
the cats dying at the same time or
within a few minutes after." London
Mall.
SHIPPING DAY OLD CHICKS.
An Unlucky Showman.
Punch and Judy originated In China
about 1,000 years before Christ. The
Emperor Mir of the Chow dynasty was
one day making a tour through Ihe
empire when an entertainer named
Vlen Sul was brought Into his pres
ence to amuse the ladles of bis court
During the performance the puppets
cast sin h si'-:nifit mil glances toward
the ladles that the angered emperor
ordered the crtln: tor of Ihe "puppet"
play to l .-:( l.miloii Answers.
As Th.y Nssd No Watsr Nor Food For
Sixty Hours It Is Easy.
When little chicks come from the
shell they need neither water nor food
for sixty hours. That fact has given
rise to a new business, Day old chicks
are sold and shtpied by people who
operate Incubators. Those who buy are
relieved of the trouble, of the Incon
venience, and to some extent of tlTe
uncertainty of hatching. Only a small
percentage of day old chicks perish
while on the way from shipper to cus
tomer. People are thus enabled to get
the little chicks and begin the poultry
business without the necessity of pur
chasing an Incubator.
Special boxes of pasteboard are made
for shipping purposes. Some have a
capacity of twenty-five chicks, some of
orty and some or 1(H). It is doubtless
best that no more than twenty -five
shall In any case occupy a single com
partment The walls of the boxes are
moderately thick, and some soft ma
terial as grass Is put In the bottom.
Otherwise there are no especial provt
sious against cold weather. However,
the chicks themselves may be deluded
upon to cluster together and In this
way keep one another warm.
The boxes are not to lie oiencd en
route nor are the chicks to he given
food or water. Successful shipments
have been made for 2,000 miles. Popu
lar Science Monthly.
The one time a man's credit Is al
ways &hx is when he sets out to bor
row ifo-thle. -fhirnso News
A COMEDY IN THREE ACTS
ALL-OF-A-SUDOEN
ID)
GGY
Presented by the
Senior Class Hillsboro High School
AT THE
CRESCENT THEATRE
Wednesday, May 16, 1917
At 8 o'Clock P. M.
DIRECTED BY A. P. PATTEN
Cast of Characters
Anthony, Lord Crackeuthorpe Herbert Scheldt
The Hon. Jas. Keppel, his brother Harry Schoen
Maj. Archie Phipps, retired, Lady Crackenthorpe's brother A. P. Patten
Jack Menzies ' Arthur Reiling
Parker ... John Kamna
Lucas Clifford Payton
Lady Crackeuthorpe Velnia Tipton
Hon. Millicient Keppel, her daughter , Kitty Mae Stockton
Mrs. Colquhoun Florence Garrett
Mrs. O'Mat a, widow ot Prof. O'Mara, F. R. S Laura Payton
PEGGY, her daughter Eva Carstens
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