EUGENE CITY GUARD.
! I VAMTMltLh. PraprUUr,
EUGENE CITY. OREGON.
Em Vtroai Cowl.
A fair miles from the city of London
rwlde. a gentleman and his good wife,
numlnir and tilllnor fifty acres of land.
The gentleman hot always bad great
faith In bit cow. paying well, but
thought the hens a bill of expense. Tin
lady, on the other bund, contended that
the hena paid better than the cowa, Ac
cordingly one ipring the determined to
keep books for one season and ascertain
the respectl ve menu 01 uow. p"
lt1 tha hem with all eggs laid, and In
tercetlng Indeed waa the content aa the
time drew nigh for receiving me cneca
from the cheese factory. But it came at
but. aad behold, the bona were ahead,
and ao it continued throughout the aea
son. .
One hundred hena to three cowa, and
aa they bad decided In the ipiing that it
would cost about the aame to keep each,
the gentleman waa forced to yield the
point and admit Hint the hena were moat
prolltabln; and u oincrs womu
exact account they would be aurpriaed
at the result, but moat farmers do not
vlv their hena credit for anything ex
cept what eggs are taken to market. It
la not at all difficult to make bens pay
It nnr head ocr annum If properly cared
for. The writer on one occasion made
13 per head on five dark Brahma hena
' .. , .1
after paying all expenses, iius, wn
be understood, waa per eggs and moat
alone, not for broeding itock, aa half a
dollar waa the highest price realized for
young birds. Farmers Advocate.
Cannonading for llala.
A rather pec"!""" petition waa pre
sented to the Kansas bouse by Mr. Shor-
man, of Hooks county. It was from 133
citixen. of that county. They want Uie
legUhiture to make an appropriation for
the purpose of experimenting in tue mai
ler of securing artificial rainfall by
means of cannonading. The etitlon waa
as follows! "We, your petitioners, many
of us veterans of tho lute war, knowing
from experience thut heavy rainfalls fol
lowed each battle or heavy cannonading,
and believing that this fact Indicates that
man uioy produce ralnrull ly nrtuiciai
perturbation of the atmosphere when
otherwise It would not be experienced,
and believing it would be wise for the
state of Kansas to make a reasonable ex
perliuent in the matter of attempting to
produce artllieiol rumiuii, woum niosi
respectfully ak you to mako an appro
priation out of tho treasury for the pur
pose of such exierlments cither by can
nonading or otherwise as may be deemed
Unt'-Kansas City Btur.
A QuMr Statue of Quran Victoria.
Everybody knows that tho Princess
Louise Is not a mero amateur dabbler,
but a real artist In sculpture, and the
statuo of the queen on which she is en
gaged, and which la to be erected in
Kensington Gardens, between tho palace
and the round pond, will certainly bo as
during in design as it will be novel 1 It
Is intended to represent her majesty aa
she appeared on tho memorable morning
lit June, ttt37, when it was announced to
her that she was queen of England. It
will be remeiiiliered Sir George lluytcr's
picture bus commemorated it that upon
tho occasion tho I'rlueess Victoria ap
peared in the scnatii st of attire mure
robe do nuit, with a shawl hastily flung
over it. Rumor has It thut the Il-lncess
Loulso is succeeding in giving to this
decidedly unconveutioiiul attire the op
pcurunco of quite classical drapery.
London Life,
That Settles It.
I met tho Hon. Fernando Jones yester
day and, among other tilings, he asked
me if I had read the recent discussion
about the headwaters of the Mississippi
"It revived an old story In my mlud," he
said. "Henry 11. Bchoolcruft, a cele
brated traveler and writer, in his aocouut
of it aald th lake was called Itasca, oftor
two Latin words signifying true hood I
puxzled myself over this a good deal and
asked liim ono day how he mado It lie
replied: 'Quito easily , Veritas means
true and caput head. Striking off the
first syllable of tho first word and the
lust syllublo of tho other one you have
Itasca ver-Iias ca-put.' It is equal,"
said Mr. Jones, "to Lorenzo Dow s cele
brated text against tho fashion of high
head dresses: 'Let him who is on the
house top not como down.'" Chicago
Times.
Princeton. College liouor. '
One day Dr. MeCosh came Into the
mental philosophy class and said: !
"Ah, young gentlemen, I have an im
pression," I
"Now, young gentlemen," continued
the doctor, as ho touched hi. head with
Ids forefinger, "can you tell me what an
impression is?"
No answer.
"What? No ono knows? No one can
tell tne what an impression Is!" ex
claimed tho doctor, looking up and down
the class.
"I know," euld Mn. Arthur. "An im
pression Is a dint In a soft place."
"Young gentleman," said the doctor,
removing his hand from his forehead
and growing red in tho face, "you are ex
cused for tho day." I'liiludelphU North
American.
Granr at SO Per Pound.
Tho steward of Mr. Vanderhilt'a yacht
Alva entered a large fruit and confoc
tionery store on Baltimore strict just be
fore the yacht sailed and purchased
nearly $73 worth of confectionery and
fruits. Before leaving he asked for sums
hothouse grapes, and was told by the
proprietor thut the price would be (8 per
pound. The steward gave an order for
ten pounds and asked that they be sent
to Mr. Vanderhilt'a yacht. The store
keeper declined to fill the order, because
he did not know of Mr. Vaaderbiii, Phil
adelphia Times.
MtaUoaary Work.
The societies of Christian Endeavor la
St. Louis have organised a "hotel com
mittee," whose duty it is to see that
every arrival at the hotels after noon on
each Saturday is furnished with a ennliul
Invitation to attend divine stirvloe at one
or another church, full lint of the
enure tie accompanying the invitation.
SL Louis Republic,
Fmith, the government leader In the
Iiritish House of Commons has an
nounced that the government had eome
to the decuion Uiat no woman represent
ative oi labor or other oiysniutions
coma ne piacea upon tbeUborCon
mission.
TIE DUMP BUTTON
rBOM TH1 DU1T OP A La W TIB AXD TBI
aon aooK op a wobtm.
By B1SCLAY IOBTE
fOopTrtrbtad, less, by a M. Danhatn. PuoIUmI
byspwlaisrran(Dsa through The aJDertoea
km Aaodatloa.)
Uolbrook, whose high hopes bad fallen
on falling to distinguish any resem
blance, brightened on bearing the chiefs
words.
The chief pointed out further that all
the probabilities were In favor of the
authenticity of the note; that It was
quit unlikely,- however able the con
spirators were, that they would have
written a not so brief, so hurried, and
which bore such evident traces of agita
tion. On the contrary, had it been th
intention to throw any one off the scent,
the latter would have tried to do more
than this hurried scrawl had done, and.
further, that It must not be forgotten
that these hounds would scarcely seek
to Inform the friend who could give the
most efficient help of her abduction be
fore he was likely to And It out, as would
be the case if they took that view of it.
since the boy had evidently been waiting
at the office from a time very close to
that of their departure to Mrs. Temple
ton's bouse, where they first learned the
news. On the other side they had only
the expression of Tom's shrewd fears
that it might be so to lead them to sup
pone that it was a ruso.
The argument or the cnier couia not
be answered, and so they fell to arrange
ins the details.
The Shadow submitted that the danger
of an open attack upon the attic in ques
tion was, that the inmates with their
prize could take to the roof and make
their escape turougn aa joining ounuings.
He had penetrated far enough into the
fourth house without detection, to una
that the stairs leading to the attic floor
wero inclosed and the door locked.
He suggested, therefore, that some of
the party ought to force their way into
the attic of an adjoining house whether
the inmates liked it or not, and thus take
possession of the roof, while the rest
should storm the apartment in the other
house.
The chief strongly favored this plan
as the only one which Insured success.
There were eight in the party, and, so
as not to attract attention, it was deter
mined that they should rendezvous at a
neighboring saloon, known to the chief,
proceeding thither in couples. All were
to be well armed, for resistance was to
be expected.
On arriving, three, with Tom leading.
were to enter the adjoining bouse near
est tho comer and, rushing up, take pos
session of the attic, and after a signal
had been received from Tom's party, the
llher. led by tho chief, well supplied
with "jimmies," were to make an as
sault on the house where Annie was con
fined. Uolbrook was to be with the lat
ter party.
Uolbrook and Tom went up together,
ind tuklug a cab across town were on the
ground earlier than the rest.
They left the cab, after having given
Instructions to the cabman to station
himself In Bayard street half way down
lie block, and there await orders,
Guarding themselves as much as pos
sible from observation, they strolled into
tho stre and located the bouse in ques
tion. Tiiey were slightly disguised, ami
thought they risked nothing.
1 hey had passed tlie house but a few
paces whon Uolbrook felt a tug on the
ikirts of bis coat. He looked down and
w a ragged little boy whom he took for
t beggar, and was about to drive liim
iwav when the lad said:
"lie you goln' to trash him now? He
lin't up dere."
Uolbrook would have spoken harshly
to him, so as to rid himself of the an
noyance, whon Tom whispered:
"It is tho boy wJio brought the note to
von.
Then, speaking to the boy, he saldi
"Come her with me," and led the
way Into a neighboring passage, where
they could partially conceal themselves
by the door,
What do you mean by 'trashing
dim?" asked Tom, kindly and encour-
"lio woman sed as how wen you come
you'd black his eyes and wallop 'Ira."
"Miut woman? asked Uolbrook.
"De wan I brung de paper from to
you. blie promised, she did.
"Where Usher
"In de ncx' house. She's upstairs on
ie top (lure. De man ain't dero. Ho went
iway just afore you come. Yer a-goin'
to lick 'lin, ain't yer?"
" 1 oil just bet we are, said Torn. "You
want us to, don't your
"Oh, my eye, don't I?'
"Why?"
"Cos he's kicked nieoffen and offeu.'
"What is he to you?'
"Nothin', Ho cuffs me over de head
tvenever he gits de chance."
"Why does he do that!1"
"I dunno. Cos he's ugly. Cos I won't
keep out'en his hallway."
"Ah," said Tom. "How did you see
he ludyr
"I got on de roof and talked to her
ln du skylight."
"Can you take us up there?"
"Or course I kin. We live up in de
Utic, right here. Me niither is gone
iway and me fader Is drunk over dere
in the say loon. Here's nobody up dere
now."
"Stay here a moment with the bor.
Uolbrook," said Tom. He sought the
jhief and found him. Hurriedly tolling
him what he had learned from the boy,
lie told him to send the Shadow and two
luen to follow Uolbrook and himself.
tad asked him to guard the passage to
Uie house In which Annie was confined
Hurrying back, the five were con
voyed by the boy to the attlo. The
youngster showed them bow he mounted
to th roof, and in a moment they were
on II
The passage over the roof was perilous
for It was an old fashioned high roof
sloping at a precipitous angle from a
peak In tlie middle, both ways.
The boy, who ran over the roof like a
cat, and with tii agiiity and confident-
of one familiar with th feat, allowed
them Uie skylight
Tom put his mouth to the broken pan
and mad a sound.
"Histl hist!"
He heard a movement beneath,
"Hist, MissTemplvtooT
'Who's thatT tit the answer In a fe
male voice.
"Be quiet; help la near," he said.
A cry of joy was beard.
"Are yon aloneT asked Tom.
"Yea, quite alone."
"Stand fast, then; youTl be quickly
freed."
Tie pulled at the toast) f the skylight
It waa fast.
Two of the men drew "jimmies" from
their pockets, fitted them together, and
inserted them under onejiiile, "Crick,
crackr in a twinkling It was pried off.
"Eh, f h, oh, golly!" laughed the boy.
The moment the skylight flew off,
light flashed up from below.
Annie had lit a cundla
Uolbrook attempted to descend.
"Walt," she cried. "The distance is
too great to jump."
They beard a noise of somethlngMng
dragged.
"Now you can jump," she said.
Holbrook let himself drop, and be fell
on the bed Annie had dragged under the
skylight.
He caught the girl, who was trembling
with excitement, in bis arms and cov
ered her face with kisses. Ue mur
mured and moaned over her; be laughed
and cried and embraced ber again and
again.
In the meantime the others were tum
bling down one after the other.
It was not until long after, whon Tom
waa in his bed the next morning, that
be realized that no one, not even Annie
herself, seemed to think it strange that
Uolbrook should have hugged and kissed
her in the frantio manner he did.
At the time he was too busy. His
mind was working with abnormal ac
tivity. "We must get the girl out at once,
be said. "Here, Uolbrook, stop that
nonsense and take the girl away."
"Uowr asked Holbrook, ready for
action, now that the first excitement wot
over.
"Up through the skylight Quick,
now
"But how can we got her up therer
asked the Shadow.
"I know." broke In Annie. "Take
that bed away."
The bed was tossed on one side, while
Annie ran into the next room and began
to drag the table toward the room.
One of the men took it from her and
carried ft In, and as she directed placed
it under the skylight.
"There's a chair in there," she aald;
"bring that."
They comprehended her purpose, and
it waa placed on the table.
"Up you go, Uolbrook," cried Tom.
"Qulckl"
Uolbrook climbed like a cat and was
on the roof In a twinkling.
Tom lifted Annie by main force to the
top of the table and then on to the chair,
springing up on the table after bor.
He lifted the girl up by the waist so
that Uolbrook could get a firm grasp of
her arms.
She waa then drawn up on the roof.
"Now, Holbrook," cried Tom, "away
with you. Qulckl Oet the girl out of
harm' way as soon as you can. One of
you," he continued, turning to the chiefs
men, "go with them to protect them.
Shadow, run down to the chlof and tell
him to come up here the way we came
with the rest of his men. I have an
Idea."
The Shadow disappeared.
Tom waa the general commanding the
forces, and he did have an idea a great
Idea.
Ue seized the candle and made a rapid
examination of the rooms. He satisfiod
himself as to how those who came would
enter, and he quickly determined how to
dispose of his forces. Finding the doors
bolted and barred from the inside, he un
barred and unbolted them.
By this time the others had arrived.
"Have you found her?" asked the chief.
"Yes, and Uolbrook has carried her
off."
"Then the Job is overt"
"Not by a long shot."
"What now?"
"I've set a trap here, and we'll catch a
bird."
"Tlie man who abducted the glrlT
"Yes. Have you bull's eyes with your
"Yea, and shooters and handcuffs."
"Good. Then we can put out this
light. Uold on."
They were startled by a noise above
their beads .
CIIAPTER XXXIIL
TDK BETTING OF TUB TRIP.
HE noise which had
startled the party wow
made by the return of
the detective who had
accompanied Hoi
brook and Annie.
"They are safely off
In a carriage," be said.
"Heavens!" cried Tom, "he didn't take
her on the street?"
"Yea, that's whaTht did," replied tho
chief a assistant,
"What iinprudencel I didn't wank
him to do that. Ue might have been
seen by th parties who abducted her."
"I don t think they were. Ue ran ber
up to the next corner and caught the cab
there, and was off in a jiffy. They at
tracted attention from nobody; I was be
hind them all the way."
"All right; if the alarm has been given
It can't be helped now. I say, chief,
station two men at each door opening
from Uie outside. Let eauh man take
his shooter, and one have a bull's eye
ready for use. You and I will take our
piacea at the middle door, one In each
room. Shadow, you run down into the
street and slip up into Uie hall outside
there, so as to give us plenty of warning.
If any one come upstairs."
1
"1 cant; the stairs are enclosed and
Uie door locked," replied the Shadow.
"I had forgotten that. said Tom.
"rick it, cant youT said the chief.
"Here's a set of "skeleton. "
The Shadow took then and disap
peared "Now," said Tom, "to place the table
and chairs where they were."
When this was done, he added:
"Now, to your placet, and out with
Uie light
They were in total darkness; what
tight Uiere was came Crotn the dormer
windows and the broken skylight
They waited some time in silence, re
lieved only by the breiithing of th men.
Presently they heard a light tread on
Uie outside of Uie door; tbeo A scratch
ing sound.
"Is U you, Shadowr asked Tom.
"Yea."
-All right Conceal yourself and dou't
let th man see you whenbe cemes.
"I ll make sure of that
Then there waa a longer wait and a
longer silence.
This was broken by the quick pat'
of bare feet on the roof, and a "
"lie s a-coniln' up de street now. uiv
"uwMthttop. who had constituted
himself a skirmisher on th outside, at
the skylight ...
Tom could not restrain a lauglL AU
public service is informed through self
Uh consideration, h thought.
In a moment mor a scratching wo
heard on th door.
"Some one's coming." whispered Tom.
Watch both doors."
Then they heard a hasty stumbling on
the stairs, a heavy step In the hall; the
door opening Into the rear room was
tried, and then further steps and the
front room door was tried.
"1 must have left that stair door open
myself," was heard In a rough voice,
with an oath.
A key was Inserted, the bolts drawn
aud the door opened
The owner of the voice advanced Into
the room, closing the door behind him.
and shutting a bolt from the Inside.
"So, my ladybird, yer didn't light the
lamp 1 pervlded yer with, hcyr
A light flashed in his face from the
chiefs bull's eye, and the barrel of a re
volver was presented full In his face.
"Down on your knees!" cried the chief.
"Death and d ." cried the man,
starting back.
lie turned with the eviuent purpose oi
seizing something, for his arm was out
stretched In a wild reaching out
Another bull's eye was flashed In his
face, and another revolver presented at
his head
,.Ti...... -i,n it u If rou don t drop.
said the man who presented the second
bull's eye.
it .u-,nt flm revolver of this man
away with a quick motion of his arm.
and made a wild rush at the chief.
Tm ajlin had entered from the od-
lolnlnir room, felled him to the floor by
a quick blow on me ueau wim ui uun
end of his revolver.
Before the man. who was stunned by
the blow, could recover himself, one of
the assistants, at a word rrom tne cniei.
clupped a pair of handcuffs upon him.
"Search him," said the chief.
a nnlr of deft hands went through his
clothes. Nothing of consequence was
rni,nn fmm him except a slip of paper.
on which was written in a plainly dis
guised hand the words:
At imlf nast 10. Beready. Glvethe
drug at 10. If not taken quietly, make
sure. Want no chance for screaming
Be sure the right amount; not too uiucn.
Must be no Injury done. Want no acci
dents."
Tom puzzled over it The man sitting
on the floor looked at him sullenly, but
did not speak.
Tlie meaning or tue worus nasneu upon
Tom. Some one was coming at null
past ten, and she was to be drugged so
that she could not make a disturbance.
Ue looked at his watch. It was nearly
ten.
"Where is the drugr he asked.
The man was taken off his guard, und
his eyes turned to a shelf In the comer
of the room.
Tom crossed to the place thus indi
cated. Behind a pile of papers he found
a bottle. It was filled with a colorless
liquid.
"Ah. ha!" he cried. "Well, my fine
fellow, you won't make sure to-night
will you? She's not here. She lias left
Nevertheless, we'll be ready."
'i.n) iiinn turned iipou him a look ot
bitter malignity, and opened his mouth
as if to soeuk. when he was prevented
by a cry of surprise from the chief.
Uunford.
-Hello! Hello! Why. bors. this Is a
capture indeed! And who do you think
this is?" bending down and peering into
the handcuffed man's face.
"Who?" asked Tom.
"Scar Top Johnny, of all men In the
world This is a good night's haul.
Twenty-five hundred dollars reward for
this bird. He's been wanted these eight-
months for the stealing of the child
it that rich man near Uunford.
With this he took the man's head in
,ils bunds and parting the hair showed a
Jeep scar on it
"An old acquaintance, Tom. I gave
liim this scar myself six years ai;o, when
lie und a gang were robbing express cart
in l he west."
The man had evidently determined
th&tTwhatever else might occur, speech
from him would not. and he contented
himself with bending a look of deep
hatred on the jubilant chicr.
Tom, who had been looking on this
scene with great interest, said to the
man:
"You didn't abduct this girl on your
own accord Yon were hired to do it?"
An expression on Uie scoundrel's face
showed him that he had hit tlie truth
closely. This time he spoke.
"I didn't abduct her."
"Oh, you dldnt You simply took
care of her after abduction."
This time Tom bad hit the truth
siiuarely, and Uie man's face Bhowed it
"Who was Uie man who hired you?"
Scar Top Johnny regarded Tom with
a contemptuous sneer.
"Well," said Tom, "you can answer oi
not aa you pleas. We can wait for the
half-past ten man, He'll telL"
The face of Scar Top Johnny lit up
with a passing thought, and an expres
sion of resolve passed over it
Tom interpreted it accurately, but lie
fore he could act upon it the Shadow
gave warning of another comer, and a
root was beard stumbling in the dark
nesA.
The chief, however, had also penetrat
ed tne purpose oi bis prisoner, ana press
ing the muzzle of his revolver against
Scar Top Johnny's head be said:
"If vou utter a err. or make an alarm.
I'll blow your brains out The reward it
dead or alive."
The next moment there was a knock
at the door.
Tom. who waa clneelv watehin? llif
face of Uie villain on Uie floor, saw an
expression of surprise flit over it and
saw him turn his head toward Uie door
with a look of curiosity.
The chief called out In a loud voice:
"Enter!" ,
Tlie door swung open and In walked
Harrr Fountain!
He was dressed in the same kind of a
suit as that Uie U. a T.'s bad made
Uieir uniform.
TO II COKTUfl'II4
The British Common has voted Ral
four a credit of :4,8il for the relief of
litreo in Ireland. Also 08,000 for
railways In Ireland has been voted.
-TRiNQTH FOrTfOOAVf
atreoith for tMr Is sU that we need,
toeTilots story.
bv th Indian
Jot at on. of th. grand steamer, that
r" . o. i -...nw and ar
ply the Hirer ns- i .,l
known to tourist rrom
Quebec to Blmouskl:
Bo you would like to know why I scare
atVhit beulland? You notlet thst cape?
Yea. Corlett s rape, we cau n. - "
pUce It used to be. ! "" Well
touss thst stsnd. there V Wall . I
lived by that beadlanu wug .v.
Inl wu built, a matter of nearly
CftV vears aira I bate that same cor
SteDUba Z ff. well nlgborty years since , but
I remember t ss tr were uui
. , ii, u h t nf a settle-
mere was vueu a - .
ment down near the mouth of the creek
which you may have noiicea e-"F
the river Just above the cape. There
wernt many people lived there, and the
bleircst and most Important man In tho
pK was Charlie W lie was a
f. - l?..l.....1 man I VII tlfl&JU tell.
and anyhow he owned every acre of land
and every stick of timber for m les
around BeBldes. at that time. Corlett
.v.. nnivm-ut and lumber mill within
a hundred miles In any direction Then
he owned a last lime cuoou
7, . .1.... tm.loM In tha settle-
ment, making trips up and down the
river, botween yueuec ana win
. i.i i. rlrh man for those
davs. he was fond of sailing and had a
notion to run the schooner mmsou.
Charlie Corlett would have passed for a
handsome man anywhere, and he was, by
lomr odds, the finest built man In the set
tlement. But Charlie had a ternuie tem
per. He was so used to nuviug ui ou
LV .1... .Un .nvthlnir or anybody
thwarted him he was a regular devil In
bis fierce, unreasonable anger.
When the lighthouse was duih jumig
BVenchman from Three Rivers was put In
charge as keener. He was a fine young
fallow, end li ue was uoi. Kim. .
at rich as Charlie Corlett he was liked a
opod deal better by the boys.
Corlett wan some ten or twelve years
older than young Hector Baptlste, but, as
' . . . . . . l. .. . V. ..II I. Inv,
luck wouia usve u. im-y
ith the same woman. Indeed, that was
hardly to be wondered at, seeing mai
Lizzie Lenox was the only pretty, mar
riageable white woman In the settlement.
Both men loved the girl well snd sincerely
and both made her an honorable odor of
marrtuge. Of course uzzie couiuuv
h.tl. j,f them, and stranire as
everybody thought It. she chose Hector.
The captuln, as we an caiieu uini,
furious witn rage, aim ne inou m cc.
h could think of to induce the girl
to change her mind. He argued with her
In vain, ana men inreaxeneu io uu mo
Influence with the government to have
Hector turned out of the lighthouse.
Then he brought costly presents from
Quebec and St. Johns, which Lizzie re-
ir. ai-i-nnt 1'llfl Rlllllllo fact WSS
that Lizzie never liked tho captain, and
the more ho tried to win her love, the
closer she stuck to Baptiste.
I was at that time sailing with Capt.
Corlett and knew him pretty well One
day be came down to tho settlement, after
a three weeks' trip to Hulifax, snd found
that Hector Baptiste and Lizzie Lenox
were married. Although the captain
didn't say very much, 1 could tell that he
took It badly to heart, and I saw a look In
his eyes that I didn't fancy very welL
Two days later, towarus eveuiug, wo
slipped out of tho creek, bound for Mon
treal. We hadn't got more than a mile
past the point when the captain ordered
the mate to down suns auu my io. no
said he bad forgotten something aud told
me to get out the yawl and run him
ashore. When wo were in tho boat be
says to mo: Piorro," he says. "I saved
your life once, didn't If"
"Yes. cap," says I and ho did; he
Jumped overboard "for mo when I fell from
aloft two years before.
"Well,' says he, "ono good turn de
serves another, doesn't Itt Now you lust
aeep io younwu wuaioiw ;v wui muji-
pen to see to-night. I'm goiu' up to the
lighthouse to settle an old score."
"For God's sake, cap." says I, "don't
do anything you'll bo sorry for."
"That's all right." he Bays; "you
needn't be afcar'd I'm goiu' to give that
French puppy a piece of mlud, and per
haps a licking, that's all."
And I think be meant no more man
what he said, so I . mado no answer. 1
was only a lad, and an Indian at that he
waa a .-MtA man ami niv i-nntnin. Be-
aides, as lie had reminded uie, i owed him
my life.
It was about 8 o'clock of a September
evening. I could see the lantern lights
oeing lib in uie iigmuuuse. aim www mm
Hector was thore and probably alone for
although there wss a small cottage at
tached to the lighthouse, it was never
used as a dwelling. Corlett Jumped ashore
and bad me wait for him. In the still
ness I could hear words that were said
Corlett spoke first;
"You Vrenrh sneak, I want a bit of
reckoning with youl"
'-Those are hard names, captain," said
Baptiste, "and I don't liko them!"
"Oh, you don't, eh? Well, vou shouldn't
deserve them then. I don't like having a
crawling Frenchman coming up hero and
Btealinsr awav the woman 1 had Intended
to marry. That's what you did!"
"l apt loriett. you lie.
"For calling mo a liar, take that! And
for playing dirt on me take that and
thatl"
In a moment there was a scuffle up In
that little room under tho lantern and
the next thing I heard was a eplash lu
the water.
I thought It time to Interfere, but as I
ran the bout acround Corlett lumped in
and shoved off. As I opened my lips to
speak, he shouted lu a terribly excited
manner:
"Don't you ask any questions, and don't
you say a word on ship board, or I'll Bhoot
you without warning!
I confess that during that evening 1
was a coward and was afraid of the cap
tain In his mad rago. We proceeded on
our trip to Montreal, whither we carried a
eariro. and started back liirht. Ia a week
we were sgain nearing tho settlement It
was a squally nignt, tuougn uot very
rough, but dark as pitch. The tide was
runuiug out and the wind was from tho
west
Tim nintfitn llftil hnAn ilrtnlrlni vrnttibv
- - -- - -. . . ..j
pretty freely all through the trip, and ho
waa ui no buape io u.e me sciiooner into
tli creek even In the best of weather.
The mate tried to persuade him to keep
outside until the morning. "No!" savs ho.
"I'm running this vessel I'm captain
here, and von fellows will do as I tell von.
or I'll know the reason why." With
whisky in his head and pistols hi his pock
ets, Corlett was a dangerous customer,
and we nrenared to niaka th hmt of a bad
Job. We all knew that we were pretty
near the headland, but what puzzled the
boys was that no lltit was to be seen 1
hail my own suspicions, but dared not
mention tnem.
"Boys," said the captain, at last a lit
tle sobered In his effort to make the
creek "ness we won't try to make It to
night Keep her off a bit, and go easy
down th. river."
At that Instant I saw a light flashing
right ahead of na It didn't look exactly
familiar, but we all took It for th light-heoaa,
aft
ill. at twelve 6r V " ""
MdeoftheUghU-
. .hock that in ten .a -- -
vu breaking u ? i ,ii i lu the
bfereCwUchmS
tVelrewTthowed npbut the captain was
tilling- .n trtthe Vll-
The mate ioiu b" " -r ,t..
,Z i,.ln while be and the others
itsved by the vessel. In oilnute.
iiayeu u; .u , . , . deceived
camo up to in. -h-"-,. ,, WBJ1 4
Urge, bright lantern. In the hands
. . n... lata', mrlfol
of
Lizzie." 1 cried, "for heaven s sake,
what is this? Do you know what you
hftSheddifnot look her old self at all
She was pale and haggard and , was
drenched with the spray from the surf.
"No," says she. In a strange tone, not
one bit like her old voice. "No; what
have I douel" . .. .
"Why, girl," I savs, "yon holding out
that lantern down the shore put Capt.
Corlett out of his reckoniug and he ran
the schooner aground What. more. I
guess the captain's drowned. .
"Ah!" she says, with a sort of sigh of
nllof and satisfaction. "Listen to mo.
Ilerre. I Intended to wreck Charlie Cor
lott s vessel I know it was wicked, but
b was wicked and mado me so. uo
killed my poor Hector why shouldnt 1
kill him? I expected the schooner would
bi here to night I hoped It would. So
did not light up at tho lighthouse. In
.lead I held this lantern up as high as I
could roach, where I knew it would fool
Corlett. Vou say ho is drowned: Well,
lam glad that Is what I wished Good
nisjht. Pierre!"
As she spoke before I could Interfere
she Jumped, lantern In hand, from the
ledge of rock on which she stood Into the
deep waters. I rushed In after her ns far
as I dared In the swirling tide, and peered
Into tho darkness but could see nothing
The' next morning, except the wrecked
schooner, there was little trace of the
storm; and. in the bright autumn sun
light, there came floating along the creek
Into tho quiet settlement, carried by the
tide, two drowned bodies. Ono was Char
lie Corlett and the other was poor Lizzie.
I'm 70 years old. sir, and I've followed
the river all my life, passing Corlett "a
cape a thousand times but 1 can't forgot
It, I can't forget It. Detroit Free Press.
Advantages of Imperfect Health,
Perfect health, whilo conducive to
mental serenity and soundness, has not
.m l. nrnmntu or IlltxluCO do-
cided activity of intellect The abso
lutely licnltny man is more iiacijr w c
i in i,n i,!isrluili Ki-lil. more ant to de
velop into a being whoso extreme type
of anim;d perfection ia found in a Sulli
van, thnn to become a Humboldt or a
UerschcL Perfect brawn has not been
shown to lead to gifted brains. The man
whoso body is a periect niacnino. uu
cu..,rinir til nil ilmn.'i'iiU uixin it. con
f,.r, ;i,,r l lu, LMnnst iilc'isiilfa in life upon
. I. ..,, . , .
ita niLuwunp i.i Mm nmn to win fnmo in
litlils where mere bruin work is not tlie
desideratum. He will be foremost to
launch new enterprises and in opera
.;.. .!..,. .omllnrr ri iL- Iwlilv p-tprtions.
111.110 Ul IIIUIIU.. , ... I
,.1.1-ainnl ttl-ilin Till'SO llO Will UO UO-
cause therein he finds a safety valve for
I,:.. .i,n.liii riinlitv. Ill) could not en-
duro tho sedentary Ufo which the close
student or tho successful mercluiiit tinda
absolutely necessary for tho conduct of
I, la truGuinnnl nr lilluinrea. duties.
i.u. J......... . . -
nut, on me ouier nuuu, uw uiuu t, iium
erratic liver or complauiing 6touiuch re
:.;i.iu liim it thn Klmriiu'H and miccr-
triintv nf tliitmu iiiiinduiie. will be the
prudent, thoughtful, calculating and
generally succcssiui uusuu-ss num. mo
man whoso imperfection of bodily health
:.... I.I... nt I . . . . .s. tt an inrl'nt. 1 1 fi AA ltd
11CB I111U UW 1HVIW v i"J-V "M
otherwise would, will, accordiug to the
divine law ot comienstiuon, mm, iu u
exercise of his mental faculties, what his
l.nnlll, limtlit-..n lirwl iii nli'iuiiimo of tlie
senses. If his tastes lio in the lino of
money getting, his admonishing liver or
stomach help to mako him slirowd, closo,
onli-iiliifiiiir mul nriulnnt: make him look
ahead nnd prepare for reverses and tho
111 tortuno mat no cannot oaiiisu iroiu
his mind as tho almost inevitable end of
the battle of life. Obeying bis inward
monitors, he will assume no risks
where the healthy man would court such
In tlia fnllnnva nf bin Bplf cnn(iilon(-
and bo the chronic vfetiru of a disordered
body will achieve success in business,
and, though at no time a brilliant man,
will not end his days In poverty. So,
hu, t-lll tl.a Intnllof tnntttt nptira mnil.
abandoning hopo of perfect physical
1 111, aKI-m f"r.Mn anil A i of I 111
fields of thought. There ia much to bo
said in favor of tho advantages of Imper-
. . , n!.. .1 1 . . 1 1 . :
IOC I ucuiiu. i iiuiourg uuueuu.
fiellgloui 81irlnet In Japan.
The Japanese ore not generally consid
ered by Europeans a religious people, but
there is scarcely a house m which a shelf
is not sot apart as a kind of nltar, bearing
on it a little shrino or a small round mir
ror, emblem of the sun goddess from
whom the rulers of Japan are supposed
to 1 descended. The Bhrino represents
a temple of Shinto, the ancient, and now
once more the national, religion of Japan;
but in Buddhist houses it is accompanied,
or even replaced, by a Buddhist shrine,
with perhaps a figure of the Buddha
himself-. Cassell's Magazine.
Bright riece of Architecture.
The Albert memorial, tho monument
erected in Hvde park by Queen Victoria
and the English people to the memory of
tho good prince, is one of the brightest
pieces of architecture in London. In
fact, it looks as if it might have been
picked up in Paris and transplanted to
its present site, so bright and beautiful is
it and so diiferent to anything else in the
dark metropolis. Yet the Albert memo
rial finds no favor with the press and
people of London. Home Journal.
Destroyer of the Fruit Peat.
The parasites recently imported from
Australia by the California state bor d
of horticulture to destroy the fruit pv6t
known as tlie white cottony cushion
scale, survived the long voyage and are
now thriving In their new home in Sen
Mateo county. These parasites, which
propagate with great rapidity, dig into
the back of the scalu bug and finally kill
it. Chicago Herald
method of Copying Print.
It is stated that printed matter can be
copied on any paper of an absorbent na
ture by dampening the surface with a
weak solution of acetate of iron and
pressing in an ordinary copying press.
Old writing nuiy ah be copied on un
sized paper, if wet with a week solution
of sulpha to of iron mixed with a simple
solution of sugar syrup. Caswell's Mugar
Aa Infanloo Inventloa,
An ingenious inventor has devised a
new screw half nail and half screw; two
blows of tho hammer, two turn, of the
screwdriver, and it is in. Its holding
power in white pine is said to be
pounds, against 2 Ji pounds, the holding
power cX the present screw. Saw York
AH MOY'S STREET MARKET.
Queer VefetaMea, with tdld Kaaj.
Chinamen Delight la,
Lee Fong la the pioneer Chine, k,
gardener and fanner in America 11
brother, Lee Foo. is his purtner Z,a ,
gethiT they cultivate a thriving,
limitation of two acres in tlie far o i
!mitiful region of Astoria, L. L
Three mornings every week Lee p
or le loo drives down to aiinatT
from the Ninety-second street u
i.i.riw.M il.u,, .'. 'Mr?
pi-iin- .!,' " n wi nn old a'to-i
Wliunu iil'0 hum nj i,r null Dear lin
liur truces of former benutv. mi
on reins connected with a bay liornJi
is not given to shying, curveting or
col ins to any gn-nt extent. They guT
Chinese vegetables to tho Chinese u, ?
ketniers in Mott, I'ell and Buyardstrh7
and to Mr. i uet Mug. who uiaintuimth.
big grocery uuder tho Joss house at Nn
10 Chatham square. These Chinese vrZ
tables all como from seeds tlmt Vonei
Foo imported from China lust -i,VTl
when they made up their minds ttai
farming was the liroicr thing for thenito
luiuimti who mi- iiuk-i iiungior them to
trv. Thcv aro culled "onirnua :
and "bak tol." The princiiiul custonl.j
lieu onirou
i princiiul
Vgricultur
cut youns
tho Lee Brothers Agricultural company
(limited), la n modcrt young gentlem4u
named All Moy, who does busiues, on
, - " j - " -juaiuena on
.1.- ...lu.,.... . ... HT..f I .. .
iiiu cuiumvuuiu iuwii. Diicut, ui tne heart
of the Chinese quarter. He is a cot
youth and an honest, ne is afraid to
answer many questions about himself or
his vegetables, but he deals honest?
-.1.1. I.t.i I,n .wl ! .1
niiiiiiioiiiDii'uii iouim fci-ia iiiem tuir
weight. No kind of food is sold amone
tho Chinese by measure or by count
Everything is bought by weight.
An artist did somo quiet marketing In
order to establish confidential relations
with the proprietor, whose chief cliarao
teristio was u penietuul tendency to say
i.uilr' rrr ivuiiul' In (.vprv nimuiir... i. .
A'oa nut-inl liim. F.VP1-V linn nf Itia
t'.hlna iiifliiilinfr a IiIt Invninn
(inn from L)ui.siun:i:ind sorim Kmr v.,.i.
stato apples, was held at that figure. Ha
11.. f ...fl.i.w. l. ,...1.1 - .
weigucu j miiiik iiu cum uu a quauiL
old fashioned scale, whose rod was ma
hogany, very old nnd much polished by
long friction. The chances are thut with
it Moy s ancestors weighed out food to
Soo Chow citizens long before tlie United
States were heard of. The weight is .
clumsy hunk of rusty Iron, und the di-
visions in l-iih mo iiiiucuieu uiong tin
rod by hundrediiof line brass nails, which
are driven so skillfull v thut tlie rod knot
ntfif-L-prl nnvwhoro. Tho vei-ptiililia cnM
..- O DV.I,
by All Moy attract largo crowds of China
men every morning uncr uec rong lias
driven sway. Tiio greatest of all the
is ong qua, which is a smash with odd
convolutions aim oi weiru, grayisli grc-ea
coloring. There is a bloom on it like tho
bloom on n pcacn, nnu us rmu is very
tender. "liim good to cook," explained
Ah Moy. "Cooli. boil, belly nice to eat
an good for incKie.
La qua una clia qua are distant rela
tives of ong (uo. Clia qua b a cucumlier
covered with lurry spines and about four
thnosas big as our ordinary gherkins, it
Is boilea ana eaten iu;o suasii or picKieu
with spices. La qua is a small squask
nmnli iittul fnrlluin.'i!;in?of RvcetiiiiAtiL
It is candied and put away dry in boxes,
im. i:...i ii,. t, .i. i
UlitS cillluli.'U iiii;i. u.iiv wi is iuiuuu
sort of vegetable. To an American it is
a ontnhlii-itinn nf cabiuiire. cplerv and
caulillowcr. Ah Moy says, "You cook
e II..1 K..1I ...l.t,.K K
mm, ny a unit- ur uuh, im.u uiu uu
ably ns good as any other ways of serving
bak toL Tho heart of tiio vegetable is like
the heart of tho caulillowcr. Itsstalksars
whito and resemble celery stulus, ana at
tho top thcv broaden out into a very fair
imitation oi u t uuuuku n.-m.
Tlmm in nnnther vnrietvof tol knoTH
as gui toi. This is liko tho other, with
the exception that its stalls are groen.
It is used for boiling, cabbage fashion,
and is also put in soup liko okra. Tlie
sugar cane, called gam cliiuli, is a fins
tiling for ix mun to cut w no wants to nave
luck. Fan tau plavcrs are very fond of
it Tho cane may uo eaton raw, but it is
best pickled and friod in bird All of
tho distinctly Chinese vegetables have
tho peculiar taste tlmt all Chinese foods
clmu' u-lifill lirilllirllt into contact with
tho American paluto. They are usually
. . , - , i i .r .1 1
bougnt up anu cookcu uoiore uiej u
time to decay. New York World
Tlie Pretty Girls of Richmond.
People who have gone to tho cxposl-
tinn nl T?i,.imnilll ClU'lllf nf lll8 lmUlf
handsome women ewn In the crowds
there. This observat ion is no doubt wu
founded. Richmond is a very provincial
city in many respects, but sho is metro
politan if not cosmopolitan in tho beauty
of her women, if this meant that the
ks hni nrnninn in unSlirmSSfd.
There nro no pro-eminent belles in Kicn-
.i 1. U Anva
monu now cs inero were iu uw
cloacly following the war, when Mattie
Ould transfixed with both her wit and
beauty everybody she met, but what has
been lost in individual celebrities has
been more than made up in a great multi
tnde of wonderfully uttractive women.
Many of thorn ore blondes. There is
Larger proportion of blonde women in
Richmond than in cny otlicr city in tho
country. Thio comes naturally ana
lawfully from their English ancestry.
There la ci7 Ultlo of tiio Epanish or
French Intermuturo found in Virginia,
and hence tho creole tvpo of beauty b
rarely eeen in tho stato. The wor U
rues after blondes nowadays, especially
after blondo or golden hair; and suck
hair as tho Richmond women liave!
b a special connection of tho genial
southern sun, and is a3 distinct ui iu
beauty ns the golden leaf tobacco tor
wmch Virginia 19 so ceieurau-u. -mn
ctnrtin nut generally la
search of a bride, if ho were wiUing to
allow himself to UrUt wncre me
tlm nink and apex
of physical perfection and attract! venous.
ne ougr.t 10 arm uwuus iutiiiuv-
Wcshinston Pest.
Why Clock Faces Have Four I's.
Do yon know why four 'Ts" are used
to mark the hour of four on docks
nnd watches instead of the usual
Roman numeral "lT The trsaiuou
among clock and watchmakers is that
in the year 1370 the first clock similar
to those now in use was made
France for Charles V, eurnamed the
Wise. The king could not deny that
the clock was an excellent timekeeper,
but as he wished to find fault witn
something, nnd so live np to his nam,
he insisted that four was incorrecUy
marked, and that four 'Ts" should W
substituted for "IV." The makers couw
not convince him of his error, which
been perpetuated as the king's mistoM
through nil the succeeding yes.-eW
York Ledger.
Bunla Twelve Days Behind.
England made the change from tW
old or Julian calendar to the Gregorian
in 1732. At that period the original thir
teen states were British colonies, and -the
new system went into operation
that time throughout England's Ameri
can deiwndencies it has been in eS
from the beginning of the United Statts
government Russia still clings tot M
Julian calendar. That is to say. Dec.
in this country is Nov. 23 in Ro81'"
St. Lonia Glolie-Democrat.
A Terrible Poaalblllty.
Aunt Juiia Well, Flossie, what
yon think of your little brother? .
Flossie (who ia the happy P088
s phonographic doll-I haven't nean
heard him say word yet, and I bouI,
be surprised if he'd lost his cylinder out.
JudiTB.
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