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, TILLMAN GRANT had
come to the end of Ills
tether mid he knew It. He
made no fuss about the
matter, and any of his
' frolnds who met him that
evening 'could not have
.told from his manner that
anything was wrong.
Grant had taken big
chances to Increase his
fortune and now he real
ized that the Jig was up,
exposure might come In
h Week, or It might be de
layed for a month, but It wns sure to
come, unless lie had 1,000 In hard cash,
and that amount he knew ho could not
get. Of course If exposure could have
been staved off for some years every
thing might come out., all right; old
Mouektou might die and young Monck
ton come Into the business.
Old Mouckton, Grant's employer, wns
a hard-hearted skinflint who would
have no . mercy when Investigation
showed that his assistant was a de
faulter, lie was hard, even to his own
on, and It wasn't likely that he would
show mercy to oue who was no relative
of his. .
On the other hand Stlllman 'Grant,
ho was a calculating young fellow,
and many times helped young Monck
ton when In trouble of a monetary na
ture, lie did this not because he liked
the young man -'particularly, but be
cause lie was his employer's sou and
would some time come Into the busi
ness. ' '
Young Monckton owed Grant money,
but even If he paid It all that night It
was not enough to cover the defalca
tion, and so was useless.
Grant had taken the money, not In
any momentary weakness, but because
he calculated he could make himself a
rich man by the use of it. These cal
culations turned out to be erroneous,
and for months Grant had been exercis
ing his Ingenuity to stave off exposure.
He had not deluded himself with nny
false views as to what would happen
when exposure came. He had made
up his mind. There should be no trial
with imprisonment at the end of It. He
knew nu easier way out of the ditilcnlty
thun that. He had bought a quantity
of morphine which he knew, when the
time came to take It, would Insure him
a swift and tolerably easy death. He
knew that six. or seven, or perhaps ten
years' Imprisonment was the penalty
for his offense nnd ho had no desire or
Intention of faring such a punishment.
He walked that night to his rooms
everlooklng the Thames embankment.
In I II
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in
BE .WATCHED IT AS IT 8:. ,W . T SETTLED.
He went to a enpbourd rind spent so'mo
time In choosing with particular cure a
bottle of wine be Intended to drink. Ho
.poured out a small draught of the bev
erage and taklug the paper of morphine
fce opened It carefully and sprinkled
the white eonreuts qn the surface of
. the wlite.: He watched It as It slowly
. settled aud Dually disappeared In the
liquid; then be poured another class of
wine and drank It ofT. There was no
hurry about drlnklug the poisoned cup;
-he had all the night before him, so he
drew his comfortable. arm-chair up to
the fire and sat down wondering who
would Ond his dead body In the morn
tnjj. At Inst taking up the nolsonpil
glass he paused for a moment with It
lo his hand, thinking he heard a sten
on the stair. The next mluute his sur
prise was a certaluty as someone
rapped at his door. Hastily putting
down the glass, he shouted, "Come In,"
forgetting the door was locked; then
he rose hurriedly, drew the bolt back
nnd opened the door.
"Hullo, Charley," Grant, said when
he saw who It wns. The son of his em
ployer entered with a radiant look on
his face.
"Well, Stlllman, I have come to se
cure my debt to you. I have made up
my mind that you shall not suffer by
my having borrowed money from you."
"Oh, that's all right," said Grant
carelessly, "I don't need the money."
"No, I know you don't need It," said
Monckton, "but it struck me that If
anything-happened to me my father
would never acknowledge the debt and
you would be out of Just that much."
"It doesn't renlly matter, you know,"
said Stlllman Grant In the same uncon
cerned voice. "I shall always be happy
to lend you money when you need it
aud I have It."
"Thanks, old fellow, I know-that,"
said Young Monckton. "You are as
generous as the old man Is stingy. Nev
ertheless, I got a windfall the other day
aud the minute I received the money I
thought of you."
"Ah," said Grant, with his eyes
brightening somewhat. "How much
was It?"
"Five hundred pounds in one Jump,"
answered the other.
"Oh," suld UrniiMn a disappointed
tone. .
"You don't congratulate me," cried
young Mouekton.ii "Five hundred
pounds are not to be scoffed at." '.'
"No," replied Grant; "still 500 1s'u't
a fortuue, you know." . ..
"It Isn't, but it might be turned Into
a tidy sum of money. Now let me tell
you what I have done, Grant. I know
I will never be able to pay you that sum
of money; If I became a partner In the
business it might be different, so I took
part of the 1)00 nnd insured my life
for 2,000, making It payable to you at
my death. If I live 1 will evenutally
come Into the business nnd then you
will get back the money you have lent
me with handsome interest; but If I
j.nni cut off In one of my sprees, which
I is more than likely, then yon -will get
back all your money with Interest at
several thousand per cent."
As' the young jnaa said this he drew
from an Inner pocket what Grant saw
was evidently an Insurnnce policy.
"There you are, my boy, with the first
year's premium paid," said Mouckton,
as ho threw the policy on the table.
"I'll leave It with you, because you are
a steady, sober fellow. If I can't pay
the next premium when It falls duo
you'll pay It for me and charge it up to
the account I already owe you. You
see, my friend, you are quite safe ns
far as your money is concerned, whethr
er I become a st.iid, respectable aud
rich man of business, or whether I am
cut off' In the Uower of my youth."
Grant lay back !ri Tils chair with his
eyes partially closed, as he picked up
and examined the document, lie saw
It was all right and perfectly legal. At
last he said, In a low tone and with de
liberation: "I think you might have
spent your money much more profit
ably, Monckton, than In paying a year's
premium on your life. Bless me f you
will live till you are tM)." ; .
"I hope so," said the young, man.
"but meanwhile you take care of. that 4
document, and If the time ever coiuee
that there Is money collectable on It
you are the man who Is to- have; It. As
you see, I have made the policy solely
to you." '-
"Thanks, old man," said Grant, as he
placed the policy on the table.
"wen,'- sakt Monckton, "I must be
off. Won't you come out aud take a
drink?"
"I think not," said Grant; "I'm busy
to-night, but If yoa wish a drink, have
a glass of wine with me."
."I don't mind If I do," said young'
aioncKiou.
Grnnt pushed towards his the glass
of wine lu which he had sprinkled thn
morpmne, then he poured out wine for
himself In another glass. "Here's to
you,- ne said, drinking.
Young Monckton drank off the wine
nl ..mucked" his ll'ns after. "ThaLbfls
a curious taste, Grunt," he saidj'wtiat;
is it?"- .... ' ':".
".0.ii.it Is a special brand I -drink J
when I am not sleeping well, .louwin
"Ami It very' soothing." ' ,
t'Well, good night, Stlllman, old fel
low' ::vr-: . '
"Good nigliTt'o you, Monckton, and
pleasant dreams."
"Oh, I'm not going to dreams 'yet
awhile," said. Monckton. "A few of us
are to have some games at the Kaquct
Club." "' ' '
"Ah," said Grant,1 "that's a long dis
tance from here. Better have a han
som. Come, I'll see you out."' j
They walked down the stnlr together
and at the door young Monckton snld:
"Yes, I think I will' have a hansom. I
feel rather drowsy." " . -
"Oh, you'll be all right when you get
Into the fresh air;1 rejoined Grant. The.
young man staggered slightly, as if he
were Intoxicated. The other watched
him go down the street and hall a cab.-:
'Toor devil," said Grant to himself,
ns he turned away. "He was an un
lucky chap to. come In at that moment
on that particular errand. There is a
time for everything, and that was not
the time for Insurance policies. I sup
pose tjiat, notliavlng premeditated the
murder, I have left some loose clew
that will enable the police to trace the
thing to me. Still I shall be no worse
off than I was an hour ago, and after
all, nothing matters very much. Bet a
fiver I'll be caught."
But he wasn't. The medical men
said the young' fellow had died of a dis
ease with a long name, nnd then the
Insurance company claimed It had been
defrauded by the fact of his having the
malady concealed from them. Thus
was the honest man defrauded out of
if fill
'COMB, I'M, SHOW YOU OUT.
nis insurnnce money, and he was
nabbed by the police for his defnlcii'
tluus before he ' could purchase more
poison.' In one of her Majesty's prls
ous he now regrets the fate . of his
friend. Detroit Free Tress. '
The Er of Peace.
Great Britain Is now building eighty,
nine war vessels; France Is a close, sea
ond, with eighty-three; Russia Is now
working on thirty-nine peacemakers,
Italy on thirteen and Germany on nine
teen, but the lute large appropriation
for the German navy will greatly en
large the Kaiser s-operations. Explo
sive millets nave been . long excluded
from civilized warfare as barbarous.
but sensitive Britain Is chuckling over
a new missile designed to convert
henthen Afrldis and Africans from the
error of their ways, which simply
menus murder, expanding from a clean
round hole nt.the-polnt of entrance to
n ragged chasm three or four inches In
diameter.
I'.qnnl to Nerve Tonic.
';Hear about the robbery last night?'
asked the grocer.
o, replied the early customer
"where did It occur?"
t.T) I 1. A 1 It I .
iiiKiu neie, sum tiie grocer
"thieves broke Into my store nnd stole
three barrels of sugar."
"Well," mused the customer. "I sun
pose they will have sand enough to
xacKie a Dank the next time.'1
A New Envelope.
An envelope for carrying merchan
dlse through the malls Is so construct
ed with reversible flaps nnd a stiffening
strip attached to the closing flap that
the inside of the envelope may become
the outside, and the same "envelope
used to return merchandise In the same
manner lu which It was forwarded.
! ! i An In fortunate Offer.
Adoipnus Dudingtou (pleadingly) -
uou oe cruet nntl hard-hearted, col
onel, iiive me your daughter's hand,
nnd I promise she shall never be sep-
urmeu irom nor iamily. -
CoL Bluntly That's nreelselv whv
object to the marriage. Detroit 1 Free
xTess. ...
T Might Be Tme. .
.Doctors-There is, one thins, in, the
scriptures that puzzles me, and that Is
to what the longevity of the anclenU
can be attributed. Have you any the
ory to offer? "; "', "' ' "
-Mlnlster-It may nave beettowing to
the fact that there were no physicians
iii muse uays.
The hotel clerk who puts on a brill
tout front Is not the only Debbie,
great many newspnper men use paste
: , Fi-iniHHl a Dew mi-'
clothes and took liu
to- T. i. """" '
BOtll
The tint of birds' eggs,' especially "the
light colors, are apt to fade, on expos
ure in museums to , too great sunlight.
This Is the case with the greenish blue
gs, ns those of the murre. By ex
periment the darker colored eggs of
olive brown or chocolate hue have been.
found-. to uudergo litlh? change.
A very curious method of making an
underground coudult or pipe is reported
from France. A trench is dug; and ce
ment or concrete placed la the bottom?
On this an Inflated canvas-covered
rubber ttibe Is laid, and more cement
Is added until the tube Is covered.
When the cement has set, the tube Is
allowed to collapse and Is withdrawn.;
leaving a concrete or cement conduit.'
A Russian chemist has discovered a
most powerful anaesthetic. It Is sever
al thousand times more powerful than
chloroform, volatilizes most readily,
nnd nets when freely mixed with air at
great distances. Experiments are being
lhnde at St. Petersburg to see If it can
not be euclosed In bombs, which would
have the extraordinary effect of an
aesthetizing Instead of wounding the
enemy. .. ...
A correspondent of Nature teJls a re
markable story of a dog, which hav
ing, through an accident, lost both legs
on the right-hand side, has learned to
walk and to run on its two remaining
legs. Enough remains of the right
foreleg to serve as an occasional prop,
but when running the dog touches the
ground only with the two left legs.
With these it hops rapidly along, aud
having been a trained sheep-dog before
the accident it manages to herd its
flock as It did when It had all its legs.
The Scientific American describes an
electric trolley road wagon which has
been Invented and tested at Reno, Ne
vada. AVIres, like those used in city
streets, nre stretched on poles along the
road, aud the wagon receives its cur
rent from those wires by means of a
connecting cable, automatically, to two
hundred feet, If necessary, thus permit
ting the wagon to' turn around, or to
follow curves In, the road. It Is .sug
gested that water-power may be util
ized to develop the electricity.
The use of aluminum Is gradually
spreading, nnd has now been applied
to the making of violins. Violins made
entirely of aluminum are said to have
n richer tone than those made of wood,
and the Inventor declares that "he has
found a property In the metal which
consists of a tendency of the funda
mental tones to outweigh the upper
tones. Foir this reason means are em
ployed by which the player can regu
late or Introduce, the partial tones to
suit his individual taste. Naturally the
feeling for wooden violins is still very
strong, but the aluminum instruments
nre having a steady sale. '
How often we hear the remark, "We
sliall have rain, the atmosphere Is so
heavy." The reverse Is true. When one
sees smoke hanging from a chimney,-
with a tendency to sink to the ground.
it indicates that the atmosphere is
light In fact, too light to float the
smoke. When the smoke rises from
the chimney it Indicates a heavy at-'
mosphere. A column of smoke Is not a
bad barometer, for a barometer simply
records the pressure of thetmospbere.
When the ntanosphere Is light and the
smoke settles, the pressure of the mer
cury Is light and the .column falls, in
dicating storm. When the atmosphere
Is heavy and the smoke rises, the pres
sure is greater and the column rises. In
dicating fair wenther.
wottase'.. Love In ti,. ......
''7,7 uu aa.y.-anout..'tliii.)r
after the marriage thin vZIl
interesting for him, and ,e dcllC?
Shrew a plate at his
his bucksaw, whistled to-lll8 ," ";
left his wife tog,.tag
she very prompxiyaHd.-C6,mcil iC
Noupnre-ll.i
TAMED HER UNRULY PUPIL.
Thrashed Him nricl HU Slter and E
pelted Them Hothn.
;.There Is one young schQqttiacher ta
Long::Islnnd who need never be out of
ll Job. So completely did she succeed
In quelling a rebellion last week that
offers from other places have firead,
been Received, but the scho'ol Birectoii
.Will, ink hear of her 'departure. Her
name Is' Ella Hart, and here Is how she
Came to establish herself so flrmlr Id
her present position:
John Coleman, who is a boy of tender
'years, 'but tough tendencies, hat for
several any oeen living under the
shadow of the rod. Miss Hurt ha8 an
vmciul whip, ainl I niiay her experi
enced observation told her that John
Coleman wns ripe for castigatlon and
she called him up to receive his due.
The operation proceeded with cod
plete success for a few moments. John,
nle Coleman gave all the evidences of
mortal anguish customary to such ocet
sions. He squirmed aud twisted and
rended the nlr with lamentations, pro.
testations and ejaculations of peni
tence. Stella Coleman, a stout girl of 16
years, sister of Johnnie, heard the
walls of her brother and appeared at
a rescue and punitive force. She dash
ed into the room like it young whirl
wind and attacked the teacher with t
rush. The boy took advantage of the
diversion to rub himself a few tlmei
where he felt that rubbing waa neces
sary and salutary nnd then Joined lo
the attack. Miss Coleman scratrted
vindictively and reached for her teach
er's hair. Miss Hart proceeded Beth.
odlcally and according to the molt ap
proved principles of pedagogics Shi
first captured the girl's hands and then
tripped her up, threw her and sat on
her. Then she reached for iwr whip
and thrashed Miss Colemuii until aO
the fight and most of the family affec
tion were thrashed out of her. After
that she caught Johnnie Coleman and
began on him all over agnln.
Having completed her work conscien
tiously and thoroughly, she expelled
both the offenders nnd appeared before
the trustees, scratched and somewhat
Ijnttered nnd disheveled, but triumph-
fant, and reported her action. She was
sustained and the school will probably
continue Its exercises peacefully,
- VENOMOUS CONFLICT.
Aged M m a Wander r. -
Investigations regarding the report
that an old man named Alonzo Hunt
ley had walked from this ejty to Nlles,
Mich., has resulted in a carious, story..
The old gentleman not only hails from
Council Bluffs, but he has a remarka
ble history. He has relatives in various
portions of the couutry who nre will
ing and able to care for him, but he ab
solutely refuses to take up a perma
nent abiding place.
There Is something pathetic about his
wanderings. Years ago his Wife died,
and from a happy, steady husbaud he.
developed into a veritable wandering
Jew. With the grief occasioned by that
event his mind became unsettled, and
he could not be satisfied nny place. He
has a Bister, Mrs. Tlnnell, .of Monona
County, In this State, and. a niece in'
tills city, Mrs. FJ M. Phillips. He was
staying with the IUiUHps family, but
last, spring became restless, and started
to find his sister, Mrs. Badger, sup
posed to live near Niles, Mich. He in
variably carries his bucksaw: and Is
followed by a devoted little black dog!
His .wanderings have covered a large
area of the Uni ted States. He dependrf
upon hts wood sawing for a living, and
when money Is given hlm by his rela
tives he saves It and .walks rather than
spend It for ear t nrer .Qnce he started
from Michigan and tramped to Cali
fornia In senrch of Mrs. Tlnnell, whom
he found on his return trip at Platts
mouth, Neb.
Eight or nine years ago he had a Job
of wood clearing near this city and de
elded to marry ami settle down ouce
Ficht Between a Tarantula and
Rattlesnake.
The- mention of a tussle between a
spider and a srake does not conjure op
a very exciting scene; but the descrip
tion recently given of a meeting of rat
tlesnakes nnd a tarantula snider shows
that the insect Is by no uieaus a despic
able opponent. '
As I caught sight of them (sa? U
narrator), .the tarantula was bristling,
while the rattlesnake reared his head
and thrust forth his forked tongue with
the rapidity of lightning. Tbustbetw
strange and deadly creatures remain"
for a moment, gazing at each otier.
Suddenly there was heard the tinn
ing whirr of the snake's rattles, sad
with the pliancy of a steel spring r
snake threw himself into a
his head raised in the center and
brating rapidly from side to side, w
tarantula was as Immovable ns If can
ed In stone. -Then 'with a motion al
most too swift for the eye. to follow,
the rattler struck! but he missed M
mark, for the tarautuln, wlthtbespw"
of lightning, bounded Into the air, W
descending on one of the serpen"
colls, sunk bis fangs Into the flesb
' The snake Instantly began thrasnw
and dislodged his fpo. Agnta the aiw
tula became Immovable, nnd m '
serpettt colled and struck, only to w
foiled. Fire seemed to' flash from
eyes of both the contestants, and Wi
appeared to know that It ws a " "
tne aeaui. , mn(in,
; There was now a tremulous m
Visible in every limb of the tanrn"
oooteB'
Wits
and it was evident that he was
plating orrenuive urc "- j
huge leap he bounded upon bis roe, ,
once more sank his fangs Into the .
. .. ... mi.i. !.,,. it was 1"
. .. . .iti and flounoH
ior uie senum w - .
for the tarantula clung to hla
... r.f o lllllldOg.
witn me uami-uj - , . hw,ia
The spider was bruised and W
some of his legs .were broW. W
held on with desiierate courage,
gradually the efforts of the rtfWJ
weaker, until at Inst bis colls re
and,, with only a faint vibJ
tall, he lay stretched upon tie
dead; The venom of the tarantul
Atvna ito wnrk. ...
.The fight lasted onS
ferocity and courage. T
br.'tttftlorWb;it
was BwrvW.-' t"SW'
avoldea ueia -serpent.
.
The druggist would rather
pound or cure iuau a -ventlon.