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THE OREGON ' SUNDAY JOURNAI PORTLAND," SUNDAY MORNINO, JUNE 28, 1008.
i mmbiMM oi two.- Tmmm
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By Henfr A, Thompson. ', r ;
HAT India used to be b4 In
'-T
dianvery bad--but he tu
reformtd; and, - eurlously
enough, the same incident re
sulted In his moral .reforma-
loa and hia phyalcai deformation."1
We were seated on the' spacious yer
bnda of Henry Carr" residence, and
' soma called attention to the exceedingly
grotesque gait of an Indian, who was
leaving the trading store, of which our
boat was proprietor. The aborigine In
question had halted a moment not far
- from the entrance to. the store, and.
while he stood still, he was as ereot'and
steady as any man. -When -he walked,
i however, his body and legs executed
it he drofiest kind of contortions. -i His
.-.feet moved directly forwards, and his
: bead and shoulders were carried nor--:
xnally, but between these two extremes
" the trunk and- limbs convolved spirally
- with every step. The 'effect produced
was so irresistibly ludicrous that for a
'' moment it quite obscured our pity for
the misshapen condition' of the unfor
tunate redskin. ' As though replying to
the general laugh which rippled over
the party, the trader made the remark
aw Men, opens this story.
"So you want the history of the
. fconverslon of the Two Trails," contin
ued Mr. Carr, In response to an inquiry.
It ooourred a number of years ago.
when I had a store on the Old Tellotr
(Medicine Reserve. 1 The Ojibway and
tioux nations were nominally at peace
at that time, not from any superabund
ance of affection possessed by either
for the other, but because the united
States troops had made It unpleasant for
' fcnaraudlng parties to be found off their
reservations without permits. Friendly
atsitatlot.s. were, however, allowed! and
one day twelve or fifteen Ojibway
liraves appeared at the oamp of the Red
Feather contingent of the 8itos
ploux, which was pitched Hear the
Jtlack Coulee, a deep gash In the Coteaux
du Prairie. This was about six miles
from my store, which stood at the Juno-
fion of the stage road and a number of
ndlan trails; but I was near enough to
e fully informed of what was going
on. ( Th visiting OJibways were s
a'.gued a comfortable location near a
t mall spring stream, and whore wood
nd grass were abundant On ths first
sjvenlng, after the horses were tethered
end tents set up In the customary semi
' trircte, the solemn council, without which
io Indian celebration would be eom
gilete, was observed with all due cere
tnony. The BiBseton warriors and their
sruesta, , seated In a circle, and main
' fainlng a dignified silence, passed the,
fr.tpe of friendship from one to another,
Then the great ones of both sides vied
iith each other In recounting the won-.
, tSrous deads of their forefathers and
themselves. Pledges of undying frlend
. hip were exchanged: and finally the
fcouncll adjourned to the Ojibway
, tepees. In front of which the Sioux war.
tlors performed the stately "Welcome
)ance." After that the days and nights
.. mere spent lit gambling and In such car
. friivals of howling, dancing and gorging
; as only Indians can appreciate or en
. 3ure.
"In all this Two Trails took a most
active and prominent part As I have
caid befofe, he was a bad Indian. His
iwords afforded1 no foundation Upon
?wh1clv to base a forecast of What he
was likely to do. If he expressed an
Intention of following a certain line
tof conduct it was perfectly reasonable
o expect a different action from the
ene suggested In advance. If he pro
, Ceased a deep admiration It was the
tart of wisdom to keep a sharp look
out for some act of trickery or vandal
ism. This habit of saying ens thing and
doing another gained for the rascal the
name of Two Trails; and be seldom
"disappointed the expectation aroused by
the Sobriquet Naturally, then. . Two ,
fl'rallB showed his character, In his re
A POLICY
m 7 ALTER MERITON put the ques
; 1 1 lion boldly to Pavld Cart
, yy wright, even as be had prom
. T lsed the letter's daughter that
- j be would, and now he waited,
Rooking straight at the atern, business.
l!ke face of the assistant superintendent
if the line for big reply, but already
.reading a decided negative therein.
"See here, Mr. Merlton," be said
jiresently, "some men In my position
Vfould have been highly offended at
tliia. But I don't want to treat you lu
that way. Understand that I am not
lan-the least angry with you for asking
the hand of my daughter, though.!
tonust confess you have taken me by
feurprlse. But my answer must be
io!'r . .
, - -May I ask your reasons, elrf
"You may. In the first place yotl are
itwth very young-ny aaugnter espe-
frially. In the second place, I Intend
nhat 'tny daughter snail marry a man
who is able to support her in the
hmanner to which she has been accus
tomed, whlcn you are certainly unable
to do at nreent And In the third
plaoe, you will pardon me for saying
iso, I do not see any special Indications
fthat you will rise to such a position.
rThe C. M. it St F. Railroad company.
es you very well know, makes no pro
motion by favoritism. Every man must
wtn his way up the ladder, as I have
itiad to do myself."
"Ai least you win permit me to say, :
js-eplled the young men, "that your aa-
wwer ooes not appear 10 me to pi i
zuai one."
A grim smile broke upon the 11 ds of
fthe other. . f r;
"It Is absolutely final so far as the
(present is concerned," - be saldj "and
-vniesa ycu progress up ine isaaer it
!will be final In the future. The
fact of your being what is called a
srentleman makes no difference. The
(question Is, how do you stand, with us
arom a ouBinete point or vlewT tout
hlef merit lu your knowledge of Ger?:
lan. There you are useful to us la
our correspondence. But do something
mart on the line, my lad," he went on
kindly, "do something smart! That's
xne way to get on.
"Ill try, sir for Erie Mini Cart
wripht's sake."
"Very likely. But understand me that
from this moment you must not aav
another word to her on the subject
I'ghe must bs left free. Can I trust
Vj-ouT"
"Certainly"
"i ao, men. can i also trust jrou to
ttell-her yourself 7 Of course, I shall
tupealc to her, but ss you have already
1 some understanding between you, it
I devolves upon your honor to break It
eff." -
- "Very well, sir-
"And how to work. I want you to
; run down to St Paul tomorrow and
make , thorough investigations as to the
.working f . the staff there. I'm not
t quite satisfied about things, snd I want
fa -full report before I go down my.
irelf- There's a slack tone about the
station, - and complaints - have reached
ine We'll go over them, now.''
. He went throuah a bundle of docu
1rrents with the young man and finally'
!lftr.Uise4 him with the Injunction to
jtake the 9;30 express the next mors-
Then he lay back in his chair a mln-
tote or two end pondered.
i or two anu jwnnerwi,
1 like the follow." he admitted.' "an
X-know Evle's fond of him. But I
iavin't seen real grit In hint yet Well,
time will prove. ; ..-.'.'V' .:
- Walter Merlton somehow found an
opportunity of seeing the assistant su-
jierlutefldent's daughter before the day
was over. Possibly the meeting had
leen arranged beforehand.
. "Well," she asked, "fltd you see blmr
" Vei.' - t - , ' '
"tVhet did he sayr , '
Merlton to'd her. v,
;ood old dad.'' she replied. T knew
e liked you. Then It's all right Wal
ler." I don't see thst It's aU right at ell,
V-r," said .the young man gloomily.
-r've pot to break off .the engage
gnent, and " - , - H
"ettti a illy boy," she Interrupted,
lations with the visitors. .None were "
so assiduous In attendance upon, or so
boisterously assertive of affection few '
the Ollbway braves as he; and-It may .
be added, none profited by ths exchange ,
of to-called 'gifts to such an extent
and none, fairly or unfairly, won ov
many stakes at the gambling games and
dances. The , visitors T:'ound, at their
cost, that the road traveled by Two
Trails, was sinuous, and some of them
expressed their disapprobation by .d-, ;
cllnlng to engage in gambling or sports
In which the wily Bioux had part. In
all other ; respects the sojourn of the
OJibways was ...entirely : harmonious;
until, one night, a week after their ar
rival, while hosts and guests were en
Joying themselves in a big and final
feast at -the Sisseton camp, some mis- .
creant shaved the'talls and reached the j
manes of all the Ojibway ponies. The i
horse of a Plains Indian ,1 more sacred '
to htm -than any oth'er possession and,
although the eurry comb doe not con
tribute much to this result, a proper
priue is laasit in me, weirare ana ap
pearance of the atted which bears the
dusky master in the chase or on the
war path. - When -the warriors of the
MUle Lacs OJibways reserve, sated with
fog soup and good feeling, reached their
epees and discovered the deed done In
their absence, tbeifi wrath was great
Hastily - seeking; the spot where the
sleepy Bloux were-reposing after the
festivities of the ntc-ht, they jabbered
gutternl Imprecations with such vo
clferousnesa that the single Interpre
ter became hopelessly entangled In the
mase of angry charges and execrations.
The hosts were stout and noisy In their
denials; and noon was more conspicu
ous than Two Trails In the gesticulated
and shouted refutation. Suddenly one
of the' visitors, recalling? the ,f act that
Two Trails had been absent for a. cou
ple of hours during the sports of ths
night advanced upon this crafty gen
tleman and Dulled several strands of
horsehair 'from, the beads of his gor
geous vest; at the same time pointing
. ... : -t-
iiwiiiuc, vi pinuvn wiiRre vn paint
on the body of the flloux had been
int
scraped off or smeared with soil. These
were at once accepted by the OJibways
as conclusive proof that Two Trails had
been guilty of a most unpardonable
breach of hospitality In Offering deep
and gratuitous Insult to Inoffending
fuat. .
"But the Ulssetons, while generally
disliking their accused fellow - tribes-t-sn,
whose eharaoter was well known
to them, were in no mood to look at
the trick from the same point of view
as their guests. They were not averse
to dancing and feasting with their
hereditary foes especially go long as
the overawing power of the Or eat
Father, manifested ' In his blue-coated
soldier, prevented war but deliver
ing over a number of their tribe to
their quondam enemies was quite 1 dif
ferent thing, and they did not pan nose
to allow the OJibways to punish. Two
Trails for what they regarded As a
very cute prank. However, untenable
In equity, this, position possessed a cer
tain strength, due to the fact of which
both oarties were cnnaclnue. the ti.rf
the moccasin been on the other foot
mm fi.nuri woura nave iBKen ine
same prejudleed View. Still, the most
approved: forma of justice were ob
served. A council was called Immedi
ately and the remainder of the night
was given up to aeiiDeratlon. Red
Feather, ths ranking 8ioux chieU pres-
ent, arose and called upon the bjlb-
ways to sxaie tneir grievance; which
thev did In a unrloa nt harrain vuaa
dwelling tipon the enormity of the of-
tense and asserting the identity of the
culprit Two TrsTls. in turn nnlnt-rt
out with great clearness and a mighty
itlX-icrlSSlSitU
wl, tVln7remkabur'for r.ir'i
to be found entansled in hla rint,ir,
an that m far as" the Seram? 1 9
??? ini- -l"-.!1?.8"1144. '
nritlnn . L.
r-T""-- ----- vco-
ent waa more or less In the same con-
OF
"Just as If It really matters. It's only
for a time. I'll wait for you If If you
don't make me wait too long," she add
ed roguishly.
"Of course I shall try and win you."
Try? You must succeed, you know.
Father's perfectly right He thinks I'm
worth the winning, and I am. Don't
you agree with himf
His answer was wordless,
There was a resolute look In Walter
Meriton's face when he rose next morn
ing. He noticed It himself in the glass,
Hs meant business, did thig young man.
He had sat up half the night going
deeply Into the question of the 8t. Paul
station staff, for he Intended thla re
PJi toJ'S his first little rung up the
ladder before hlrn. .
railway men rrom guards to super
intendent are generally the last to get
Into a starting train. So, as Walter
Merlton walked on to the platform
alongside which stood the Bt Paul ex
press, the a-uard wss Just jpreparlng to
wave hie green flag. Eve then, Mer
Hon did not hurry, but exchanged a
word or two with one of the officials.
Then, Just, as - the train began to
move, he made a dash at a first-class
compartment It was locked, but the
ether hastily produced hia key and
epened it end Merlton swung himself
In. As he looked out of the window
to say a last word to the official, he
heard a deep voice beh)nd toim In Ger
man; i'-.v:. :', .
- "Ach Oottl Curse him, 1 thought we
had the compartment to ourselvee! I
gave the guard five dollars to lock us
He wag on the. point of turning to
apologise when be heard another voice
say in the aame language:
v.3 iuclJl -B,,V.W must settle with
him if he la troublesome."
Now Walter Merlton wag a thorough
German scholar. He had spent three
years In a school In Germany, and
eould speak the language fluently. 'With
great presence of mind he turned nat
urally from the window and seated him
self, never betraying by the slightest
movement that he had understood a
word. Instinct told him that some
thing Was amiss. ' .
H looked for a moment carelessly
at his companions. ' They , were two
evll-looklns; men one short and aandy
haired, with little grey eyes that never
kept still; the other big and sinewy, a
very powerful-looking fellow. They,
in return, looked at him closely. Evi
dently their suspicions were aroused.
Bo were bis, but be never showed It
Then the short man leaned over and
spoke to him in German, asking wheth
er he objeoted to smoking. By no hint
did he betray himself. .
He simply shook his hemf and re
marked in English that he did not un
derstand. j
"We want to sohmoke," said the Ger
man In JDnR-llnh. -
"Ob, certainly!" - .
He smiled-and nodded. But the ether
man was not satisfied. Turning; to
Merlton he let fly a volley of the foul
est abuse In German, ,
Merlton did not turn a hair, though
he understood perfectly. He only
shrugged bis shoulders and looked be
wildered. Then the short man explained, after
a pause; "Mine friend shpeaks not
English. He ask you for matches!"
Merlton arave him a box with a laugh.
and then took out his pocketbook and
busied himself with his papers, pretend
ing to take no notice. - But he kept his
ears open. The others began to talk in
German. - t - - , . .
. "We may speak," said the ehort man;
:he does not understand." ; ,
"No. but he will be in the way."
"What Mho 1 1 tara AnT' , . '
."What shall we dor
"ijon't worry,. my :
f rtAniY - -' TOm m v a m
tnatoh for htm, and we can easily tie
iui aim unaer tne seat."
This cheerful bit of Information was
duly digested by Walter Merlton," but
he appeared quite i engrossed in hia pa
pers. They glanced at him sideways..
It was evident he knew no German. ;
"And now to business," said the big-,
T-J"0- "You-have brought themr
. Two of them in the bag," and he
Jerked htsthumb toward the rackC:;
"Good! Here Is the plan." . , w '
He called it Eiaenbahn Fahrclan In
German, and he pulled a printed paper ,
from his pocket Merlton gave one llt-
SIHEN0E
" i ffisst.-- r
JRANT.
altlon, as result of the preuecling fe-
' '"i' iro nil n-
til was received with grunts of ap
proval, and When Red Feather, rising,
declared his conviction of Two Trails'
Innocence and added the Insinuation
,nBl "Jioways nso snavetr tne
tails of their own ponies "for I casus
that . the OJibways had shaved" the
belli, the enthusiasm of
lasm of the eissetons
In ejaculations ht de-
, . . "
h-. ...
light.
't'ooylncea that ho satisfaction
woulI oe given them, the visitors left
the council circle In bad spirits,' and
lll'VL '"YX .VTi.nTV.?!
0? the BIVeTon" SatloniTbut m
1" .." Uughlng .Vock of
'"" "iri "I1 .BP'"'urn was , out pt ine
SttWtJd ?hey 'Thed my store,
bound for home, about 1 ofclOck Of
i""?. Pr ,' .ftoppea to purcnase
rowaer ana snot,
falo or deer left
There were no buf -
in the country, and
By Victor
tie glance toward It, snd set himself
With a mlghty,effort to keep his coun
tenance. For. he had Instantly recog
nised it as ths paper of special working
Instructions for a train that was to
run that morning from Bt Paul to Chi
cago and which was to carry- no les a
fiersonage than the governor of Mon
ana, who after a visit to the governor
of Mlrnesota was on hli way to Chicago
upon another visit
He might well recognlxe it. for lie
had helped to draw It up himself and
had dispatched copies of It to all the
principal officials elong the line some
(lays before. Somehow or other these
men had managed to get hold of a
copy, and he guessed It' meant mischief.
! - Just a word or two as to these "spe
cial working' instructions" which arc
always Issued when any excursion or
special trains are run. -'The train in
?uestlon. is carefully timed from start
o finish all along the route, not only
the times of running through the sta
tions being put down for the guidance
of the driver and station-masters, but
also the principal signal-cabins
and
other tiolnts on the road.
Provision Is also made for shunting
ordinary trains into "refuge" sidings,
to allow of the passing of the 'spe
cial." while Instructions are carefully
issued as to the number of coaches of
which the "special" is to be composed,
and in the' case of governors, mayors,
etc., traveling the exact position of his
saloon in the train is laid down.
High officials of the line always travel
On such a train, and In this case Merl
ton knew very well that David Cart
wright, his own- particular "chief," had
gone down to St Paul by an early "spe
cial" that morning in order to accom
pany the governor on bis Journey to
Chicago. ;'
Bo, though apparently engaged In his
fiapera, he was all attention, congratu
atlng himself on bis assumed ignor
ance of German.
"Now, then." said the bigger man,
"we must find out the exact time when
our train Is likely to pass this one,"
indicating the special. "You see, it is
time to run through Evan "ton at 10:15.
Now, we don't stop at Evanston, but
I have found- out from the 'Working)
Time Table' that we are due there at
10:85. So, you see, it will be about 10
minutes or so the other side of Evans
ton. - There's a signal cabin called Pine
Tree , Box that the - special passes St
10:41. That will be about the point
where we shall cross It"
"We must keep ths time carefully."
"Of course, And one of us must be
ooking out of the window down the
ins. The governor travels in the third
saloon from the engine. We must have
ths bombs ready in our hands and
throw them In e near as we can guess.
It will have to b done-Jn a second,
I'll throw from the center window, and
you must throw from the side one at
the same time. WeU have to break It
. "How about this cursed Englishman?"
"i told you, we must tie him up. As
for ourselves, well, we knew the risk
when we drew lot at the meeting. If
eur driver hears the explosion and
ope, we must make a bolt for it If
not we'll pull the communication cord
before we get to Bt Paul In a tunnel
if we can and get clear as best we may."
t-. Walter Merlton had taken In the
whole .' situation, but his face showej
no signs of it These men were about
to make a desperate attempt upon the
governor's life, by endeavoring to hurl
a couple of bombs into his saloon as
the trains passed each other.
- It was a clever scheme. They knew
the "special' would be well guarded
and watched, that plate-layers all along
the line would be stationed at bridges
and all likely points of danger, but that
no ons would suspect an attack from
the Bt Paul express.
Rapidly he .reviewed ' the situation.
There was a three-fold reason for ac
tion. First the governor was in dan--ger;
secondly, his chief's life was at a
like rik; and- thirdly, there -was the
honor of the company at stake. . ,
How could be stop these men?
They were powerful-looking fellows,,
and was .no use attacking them.- If he
attempted to pull the communication
cord.' which was outside the window,
on their side of the compartment they
would stop him at once; he must ln
any case, . act quickly,. for. they were
1 -wi" : "WS
- . -
"TWO TRAILS REAPPEARED RUNNING AT
,tie sport was limited then, as now? to
smau aume. ror wnicn snot wss tno
only suitable ammunition. I noticed
thnt most of them were flrmed with
od-fash oned smoothbore moekeis.
which would throw . shot better
than
nan. They nutig abeut a couple oj
hour's, and one of. their number, who
ball. They hung abeut a
spoke EngMn. related to me theng directly east and v disappearing In
events of the unfortunate Visit. : He dFJ1 VtJlin 1
wn unsparing In his denunciation-; of h.ft,f 8Wy''
.v.. .u 'i. n.. iK-.i- . 'About three hours after the deD&r-
the whole Sioux family, insisting at
great length and proving categorically
to his own satisfaction that none of
md Proving tfategoHcaUy of the OJibways Two Trails sp
atlsfaction that none of P'jred at my store and. with the in
e best who were poor oeflniteness ' characteristlo of the In-
worst who were dogs dlan when dHn with ny.nmtAM
H.imiJp?m .i1"
and "benaltll" oYtemptrieapected "tRS
conrt!, jol f Hd.h,p;5heP rlghts of
noKiinauTr. or,xe .aecencms or vja'
nary, exlelen '. He flnlshod, his tlFada
With a vehement assertion of Two
xraur
. sulU. and aa equally vehement
r. declaration that If: the OJibways ever
caught the culprit where they eould
L. WKiteckurcli
t .
going to render him powerlesB very
soon.
Suddenly an Inspiration struck him.
It was more difficult than ever now to
appear perfectly oblivious of the other
nmn, but by a great- effort be did so.
He had his pocket case on his knees,'
and his bands were, holding the papers
upon which he -was pretending to tako
notes, apparently. Presently, he took
a bit of paper out of his pocket casu,
tnking care, as ne aid so, mat nis irsv-
eling companions could not see the
nrlnted matter thereon
It was a small paper,' nearly square,
of a type very familiar to a certain
class of railway men. being a telegraph
form for the sending of official mes
sages. He noted the number of the car
riage and compartment, and then, very
lei. tu rely, so as not to attract suspicion,
wrote these words:
From Bt. Paul Express, 3824. C. Dyn
nmltards in compartment. Mean wreck
Governor of Montana special. Stop
train at Evanston Merlton.
Carelessly putting' his hand in his
pocket, he took out four or five coppers,
wrapped thorn up In the telegraph form,
held it In his left hand, and prepared
for action.
Then he looked out of the window,
it was n clean run of six miles to the
next station, and the train would pass
a signal cabin on that side of the line
in half a minute.
Phonld he wait for the' fetation? ', " '
Then he heard one man say to the
other: "Wed better tackle this fool
soon.
That decided him
Rtandlhsr up, he
looked out of the window, holding his
left hand Well down ouHlde over the
door panel, and pretended to be Inter
ested in a ruin that was In the dis
tance. Then, as the train neared the box, he
waved his arm up- and down with- a
peculiar motion, still keeping It out of
th sight of the two men, glancing at
ine caoin. to nis toy, the man was
standing at the open window. ,
Out flew the weighted hit of paper
and fell by the Side of the line. The
signalman put up his hand with a quick
Jerk. He had seen It, and understood,
.The next moment a violent blow
struck upon the young man's head from
behind, snd he fell senVeless,
When he came to himself he found
that hs was lying on the hard floor of,
tha carriage. His hands and feet wero '
firmly tied with string and handke
chiefs, a bandage was over his eyes.
and a gag was fastened in his
mouth. The train was still rushing
along at full speed. ' ' 1
, "Better to have given him a few
inches of knife." he hlard the shorter
man growl. "
"Oh, It's all right" said the other.
"we've no ouarrei anin.t him mr,A
tK. Vur.'.V'T'T .- .. iu,.
h can't do us any harm - Now then M uaaeniy aisnppeere. xim u.ui
rrVn,jr, -nil off ETanstSS: ft" fS'iiT at Vha' waVeleft
wHhTutIckUCk at th rter-Ught.;oura
wow. ths bomb. Put them on the
?. ready. That's rlaht
, .
i, tralnran on- There was a
Whistle Cam "undln
ulif 0,inm t0 run through Evans
n.,tialm.,.,1,one of th "
bv m ;.?iw.hlstlwa" "hortly followed
r"wt'."f the, whla
Put tiS!Z?L, the u8,ffnal' against ns.
"-."" ,back ln the bag. Sol"
"Te-no! The man
man In the signal-'
ie waving a
green flag. Wo are
going on. i.
waiter MeHtnn - ..- .
and reiolced h , unutriiwi,
ah v. . , . v ,i 1 1'iiicii v htuici
-fC?. p - 1 . ex5LI!nl: . - '-,.'
This
Clicked.
i ooz. anil tn 1w.lr
, .M-J.il were completely taken
n vTLii.89 A,"!01' of policemen
way.off,n,al lahed in. They
Pen Ml? other Moor and escape, '
out in vain. They were handcuffed be-
rore tney knew what had happened, and
tne railway of f lcial : had 'opened the
bft5i, ' .' , .'
- Bombs! he exclaimed, "and a brok- '
en Quarter light Uoing to throw, 'em
win to tnngf ed. utnat Ah. we're Rhone: ' Yhe farmers 'tneVe ars very
keep etU n,Pvif-t"UUofl'' Cur, poor and wrist with difficulty a slender
A-eep sun, my friend!" U.,thnA rnm (ha tnemirttr finlrfa. -.Kut
" no IB tiiiiiiinsT HBTain. , i the i laioan - aniap rsann T n H
. - ,. r-J i.
PULL SPEED.'
have their way with hint, h would rue
uy uhhiuito mo iuuic-
present ne saiu ipey wouia gei oui
? lhA ci?1untr'r '.?2,t " ,?f "lbJ JI
i'V" ui -
fhlon what tnlgli
they not do to a
v" YJ , iV
jHsadvanlage. Finally tnejr left turn
agent for bodily Illness, sald'he wanted
edlcln Inreplj, .tomy question.
he Informed me that his
so a w had
been kicked by a horse.
I asked him
wny ha did not call in the doctor at the
agancy, to which he replied that the
agency medicine was no good. I . in
ferred that' bis wife, always a good sec-
at the 'special,' - that's it. Lucky we
Sot the mesxage In time. Where's Mr.
lerlton, thought .1 hope they haven't
done for kitn.
Then a form rolled out from under
the seat, and Merlton got his' bonds off
and his gag out. Directly he had done
so he made the captives a mocking
speech in excellent German.
"Ach!" shouted the bigger Of the two
as he shook his handcuffed fists, "I
wish I had listened to Helnrlch and
killed you you pig!"
Merlton acknowledged the sentiment
politely, and the train went on, leaving
the prisonersbehind,
- "Merlton," said the assistant super-
inienaent, "tne company won t rorget
this. Neither shall I, . for I owe you
something Personal! over it."
"Which I hope you'll pay, sir?" asked
Merlton demurely.
. "Eh No, I told you the other dtiy
I make no personal favoritism , 'and I
stick to that. But you've shown ytoiit
self a smart man, and I'll give you a
promise. When you've got your df.
visional euperlntendentahlp you (halt
marry Evle. There?" ,:
"And meanwhile?" v ; ' -"Meanwhile?
Oh. well, you're on the
way to It. Th G. M.'g got a post for
you over this affair. So, welWyou'd
better go and make it all right with
Fvie, my. lad. That'll what you want,
suppose, eh?" - , i
KUNAWAY SWISS LAKE.
- 1 --u '.
Marjelcn Has Again Broken We;
, Throngh Alotsch Glacier.
From the New Terk Sun.
Visitors to the Alps know the mi-
plfloent panorama that Is unfolded from
the top of the Eggiihorn. ths .highest
summit on the rocky ridge between th
great glacier of Aletsch and the valley
of the Rhone. -
There it a splendid view over the Ber-
nese Alps to the north, snd the Jumble
of snow peaks to the south are revealed
n an meir granneur, nut ine sisin
that first of all attracts attention is the
Aletsch glacier, the largest in Europe,
and little take Marjelen, half mil
north of the Egglshorn, with Its dark
green waters ana th tiny icebergs on
Jt i feurfao. : .,-; "Vv.-',1 ,i
This 1 not thought tourists would,
s lee from ithe top of Egglshorn today. A
little while ago Lake L Marjelen P:
? ,l J Lh "S,SMinrJi
fls was dry the next morning. The
Fre,t c""" of . ice wore trandd on
Ha t- ,.
" 1 Hs peculiar way Marjelen Ig t
most famous of th Swiss lake. It
stands ,J.7M feet above the eee,,;- On
three sides steep rock slopes wall ft In.
?" v,Mt. u Ordered by th.
Alotftoh glacier. t :
A . nguiar .pwoBwnro aae
tractea attenuqn.
emptied in S0V4 hours, and in 1817 in 10
5"5.PIP2X2; J'JKiK
1311 V UlUtlusilUK Muyeas w j
le
eys in so snort a time, im iaai is
20 feet, or nearly a mile long. . It
4.
Mih la about 9IU feet: its depth is
from 10 to ISO feet and its water con
tent has been estimated to be 10,400,000
cubie meters. Thl immense volum
esoapes in channels under , the glacier,
and as it yours along a sound like th
rumble of thunder Is heard,.
Naturally the flood does great dam
age below, and the little lake has an
evil reputation among the inhabitants
of the Mass valley, through which the
t""""i'.".-"r"- -"
mese rieios nave again peon OTiire
ana mucn (J ll-lllti K u una unci umiv w
property along the Rhone far to the
.
Rarely have the people receivea any
warning of the approach of the torrent
But elnce lgflT they have slept securely.
believing that the treacherous- .lake
would never harm them again. - s
Engineers studied the problem ' Of
safe guarding them from the constant
danger. They found the cause of the
trouble to be the opening of deep crev-
asses on the side of tho glacier, against
which the lake abuts. In 1887 a stone
rrum iiiii iv twiw
ond In his villainy, bad assisted In bar-
Dering ine (jjitiway horses ana nua been
1 kicked during the operation, and I ac.
coidingly gave htm a bottle Of liniment.
warranted harmless when appllud ex-
irmaiiv , tii.i, intr.uiiu , i, Tn-
. dlan has an idea that medicine Is medi
nne. Two Trails also purchased some
iV tn it 7 m,Zl K.Vt T V.,ri, A
Ih- 'Tnm uL?.i-Il?uAl-
tlSfnM f.-R?t?2tlJ?5au?
?i . . .. Vv: " sarety ana that or my ramuy aepenati
formation Tega4thg the part which my absolutely on the exclusive atteption
customer had pjayd inths prank that should give to my own buslnesa Roun
VO b,r?.k.cn 'Sfrlen,1J,relati?n,!, w m l"d round rode the happy and enthu
;.the visiting Ojibways. Two Trails in-jastlo warriors, screaming with merr
outred, tn turn, whether ths latter band went at each successful shot and tli
i '"1 d passed my way, I replied In the cries . and oontortions It elicited. X
. affirmative and save him some scrans - Trails trinA airaln und avaln to aret a
4 of my conversation with the interpreter.
.viiiu Houivu y put ine Disaei.ua raecai
i in high humor. Horsehair rope plenty
tn Red Feather camp,' be remarked as hs
vtook his departure. . ; :
- "Bevond the ra vine T hiv montlmiad.
and at the distance of a mile or so front
my Quarters, there was a marshy lake
irequeniea oy larg nocks of ducks. It
was the best shootinx- ground within
- e L.J""nn.JZll
lake the Indian directed his T steDs. As
I watched hi. llth atralsht form and
noterf his r.ili rln 'fl; u t
" ?, hi! "p71?pr;nf I 1'
SnlitMt.11!; ,h "Jt?L"
mm Kn A t. V., . i k ? .-7JZ2Zi
Jif.r, TiftrTid v.f!iflfi?i
man. , The afternoon was beautiful, the
5SI?n.ein !r,y u.t.um.n ?? 1
wi igjii "",pi
scenery and half-consclouslr following,
the receding figure of Two Trails, as he
wended his way across the level award
and entered, the ravine at a point con-
lucnuii uuuiwara iroin ine crossing
place of the Ojibways, whom I sup-
posed to be now many miles to the
eastward.- ". .;,
"Buddenly Two Trails reappeared,
running at full speed toward ma A
minute or two later the whole OJibwsy
contingent also emerged Into the open,
laehlng their rat-tailed nags to full
gallop In pursuit of the Sisseton. I
understood the situation at a glance;
the Ojibways, ostensibly departing for
home, had really camped down la the
ravine to plan, and welt for revenge.
and the very man tbey were looklug
tor had, by chance, stumbled almost
into their grasp. Two Trails was one
of the best runners of his tribe and
had a fair start but was afoot Hie
sprinting on this occasion fully sus-
talned his reputation and would bave
s-tvnn him new hrettiee with hia com-
rades had they been there to see It
lie Knew mat ne reacneo my store
hefnre the Oilhwava overtook him he
would be safe; as I would not allow
any brawling there, nor would bis en-
mini rinrm to ittunint forcible entry.'
Hut hia - task waa ' honeleaa from the
first Borne three hundred jrarde from
the Store a lew xurrows naa neen
plowed as a rfreguard. for It .was the
lime or year ior ine prarie gram 10
burn off. As Two Trails neared the
rrtrnkdn ant he turnail hia . hmfLA and
measured the distance and speed of his
pursuers; thon, looking forward again,
he seemed to calculate his chances of
winning the rnce. A single glance was
HUIIlCieill IU Bill' V. 11 1 1 II lilt, 1UI11 11 J Ul
r,.i.ihi ttffnrt The ahaltnw trench cut
hv iii ninnVir waa a. noor sort of
siege-work, yet it afforded more cover
than six-Inch buffalo grass; snd, with
Indian nuickness to talte advantage of
any defense, the hard pressed Sioux
dropped full length into the furrow,
Quickly seising a couple of sods hs
his head, evidently determined, like a
cornered dog. to meke the best fight
the circumstances would allow.
"The avengers came swiftly on; rfghteeusness, sna tt s no uncommon
parting, as by tacit consent, when they thin to hear Mm reproving their lapses
neared their prostrate foe, and com- info deceit. Indeed, by many of hl
cletely encircling him, at a distance of trlb?; he has been given the name of
a hundred ysrds or more. Then, at a One Road, as Indicative of the direct
signal from the leader, the circle began ness of his reformed character.
WORK A LITTLE MORE
By JoW- Anclerson Jzync
THE "and then some" principle
holds good in pretty nearly every
department of lifev
The man who is not afraid to
do a little more than he is paid
for doing Is usually the man who "gets
there" with both beet pointing upward
In the path of better things.
Men who simply da ths stunt that
the hots has laid out for them usually
do it with a whine and a grunt, mak
ing life miserable and uncomfortable,
for all with whom they come in contacts-
Shirkers are never, companion
able workers.
The men who Is satisfied only when
he has done just a little more than he
ni oeen esxen to on, is to man wno
Sings about hia work and whistles In
hia task. He is the man who makes
the place Vibrate with his cheerfulness
and keeps everyone around him In good
nature. ,
Invariably the man -who shirks In his
work is a men who makes trouble In
the "works." That shlrkere are Jerkars
Is a well-known fact among men who
gre in the habit ot giving employment
to men. The man who la willing to do
ell that he can and Is not afraid to
work a few minutes after the whistle
blows, if necessary, is the man who,
with the passage of the years, rises
from the ranks of the employe to the
uinco oi employer.
It Is all very well to say that a man
in a nig establishment is unnoticed.
But since time began, the old proverb,
big establishment
nci time besan. th
'Even a child Is known bv his dolnsa.'
n 41 Am k i...n Kw V . aI... "
has obtained currency. What la true
of the child holds good In the life and
work of the man, it matters tittle how-
?ver hurarWe his position In an eatab
Ishment. "Peest thou a man diligent
In his business, he shall stand-before
.lhgs. he shall not stand before mean
men," holds as true to life today as
tt did thousands of years ago when the
wise men of the past first recognised
the truth and put It Into th form of;
word. '- -' " ' .
? It is the men who watch for oppor
tunities to do a little bit more who get
the chances to make good in largsr and
more responsible positions. The man
with-., the open eyes always finds the
open door. There are very few real
geniuses In he world, but capacity for
doing hard -work and a- little bit more
than they are paid for, brings many a
wall was -built along the glacier edge sections of th state can find employ
while the lake was empty. - tnent at wages of S1.2S to IL7S a Aav. fn.i
The work was well done ' and pro-
nounced to be an adequate remedy. Mar- ta Clara valley they can make as much
Jelen for all the years since, until tne a a day during the picking season,
present occurrence, has kept within 1 hey Jive on next to nothing and save
bounds, fend its overflow has been car- their money. To their savings they add
Tied off to the east in thevalleyof money advanced from ; Japan, or they
the little riesch river. But ; the day did until the panto cut off the supply
was approaching When the people were from home, then go out to buy or lease
to - be rudely awakened from . their land. .. . . , -. -;
dream of safoty. m . - The Japanese In California own over
It appears that the foundation of the .1,000 farms, an aggregate of more than
wall became undermined and through 300,000 acres. There can be little doubt
the opening the lake drained away into - that many of the farms were acquired
a deep crevasse that spilt the side or with money advanced from Japan- by
the glacier from top to bottom.. More the financial agents of the all-grasp'-adequate
means of protection must , now lng imperial household. A Tokio banker .
be Bought , v -- in responsible for the statement - that
The Take derlyeslt waters from the the imperial household Is interested in
melting snows ot the surrounding land holdings in California, Texas, Lou
mountains. When the crevasse that 4siana and Colorado. The agitation for
opens a door of escape to the waters a law to prevent aliens holding land in
passes beyond the western limit of the California grows out-of the general dts
lake the basin begins to fill again. like for the Japanese and the Increasing
j ne lake was arainoa in January. v
1KSS. and on
July 13 It was run ngaln.
It is not unlikely that ln the last week!
of the coming tourist season the deep
bowl will be brimming again .with the
dark green waters. , '.-.-. x
Japanese Farmers.'" '"
Fresno, Cal., Correspondence of . the
, - vvhm.. u- .. -: ,
.Wherever the Japanese farmer come
lit force he drive out. the whlt man
from the community, His presence Is
as - surely depressing upon real estate
values a tho presenc. of a colony of
fiewxoes is in a southern city. The Jap-i
anese farm laborer In the small fruit
to move, and, at the same time, t.
"-'Jioweys uegan peppering me ei"''
parts of Two Trails' body with sin
The fangs was too long for the pelle
to penetrate deeply Into, the .luckier
victim, but tliev stuns like fire. -
- every discharge a yell of pain and i rJ
on l" B""" "a.r.. X
the full. I would iiave liked to osbi:
the poor scamp, much as he deserv.
' punishment; - but decided that . m
Opportunity to return the. fire, i but
nine oroa 10 aucK un ucau u
hind the sod shelter for ear of ,bein
hit where It would be dangerous to ey
atght or to Ufa
.- Why did not the O J lb way ride U
na kl)l hlmT Because that would hav
aroused the whole tribe, and theslay
- v
cape; especially as tt would then be- ne
aary to reckon with the Great Fathei
wno- from Ju ho,a Washington, ha
lont rra- Th loured visiFors cor
sldered retallttUon for the Insult ,'oi'
ered them as fully Justifiable; bu
ng a . man w.e a serious offens.
particularly if the deed was done i
enemy's country with a long roa
n , --...f mt,.... inff...n..t. ii
eoured. tie they contented them
selves witn puncturing Two Trans m a
manv mm nA..ihu i-i. war
arttutin about it tan. nnMimr tn thi
notions of dramatle effect- One braAJ
would ride out from the ring, swinl
nis ooay on one siae oi ine norse,. am
shoot under the animal's neck. . An
other, throwing himself on the erround
( would imitate the bodily convulsions oi
the helpless victim, highly elated if hi
mimicry was successful enough to at
tract the attention of his fellows. Al
together the Ojibways burned enougi
powder to have made a couple of round
for a regiment Much of their shootim
was wide, of the maik, for Indians ar
proverbially bad marksmen;-a circum
stance-which was fortunate for Tw
Trail, If he had received H the lea.
fired at him It would have required n
derrick, to have lifted him out of th'
furrow and a team of army mules t
have hauled him home. However, enougli
shot -reached. the mark to make the 8is
seton very - tired of playing the sta;
pert In a performance given for the ex
elusive entertainment of othera At last
probably because their ammunition wa
nearly exnausieu, in vjiowayn ui-isiw
and rod a off. singing and yelling lonx
after they were out of sight, beyond
tne timbered ravine rrom wnicn tney
had einereed. -
"Two Trails. With-assistance, crawled
to' my store where, for a couple-ofl
ww, x niu mm on mr niiai. o w
really a very sick Indian. None ef "the
mui incn ory u .
but front his shoulders down to h!H
feet, the cerforatlons of his skin were
almost as numerous as the meshes of a
wire screen. The agency physician
came down to see him and prescribed
such remedies as seemed, to nt tn.
1 , uui wimm ' v . w .mo
verelv ounlshed man was able lo gel
about unaided, and be has never walked
straight since. I da not know whether
his trouble is muscular or nervous, but
the effect la what you have seen,
Morally, however. Two Trails Is as
upright as eould be desired. From th.
memorable day of the pjibwey rusil-
steal or play a mean trick. The younif
braves of the trlbe have come to lofTj
upon him ae a model er rectituue at!ii
man of mediocre : ability to positions
where there are splendid opportunities
for working to the full limit of his ca
pacity, The man who does a little bit more
than he is paid for Is ths man who
finds thst his resources for the accom
plishment of more and better work are
Unfailing. He who uses ths little that
he- hae wilt find that little to be like the
widow's cruise : of oil, never ending,
never failing. There is always a little
bit more for the man willing to do a
little bit mora
Men with the little bit more spirit
have made possible alt the marvels of
Invention that have made this era the
most remarkable era that man has
known since time began. ;
Fulton, hsvlns the little bit more
spirit, gave th steamboat Morse, hav
sing the little bit more spirit gave the
electric teiegrapn. titepnenson, naving
the little bit more spirit gave the lo-V
comotive. wyrus w. -r ioia, navmg tne
little bit mors spirit gave the Atlantic
cable. Bell, Edison. Maroonl, and a
host of others, of whom idle spirits are
unworthy, having the little bit mora
spirit, have struck high chimes in the
steeples of time and sent the knowl
edge of larger things and bettor up and
down the hill and dale of Tlfe. The
little bit more spirit ha transformed
life and given to mankind a new seat,
a new quest, and a new field for the
strength of their heart and brain.
To have more, you must do more.
' To achieve more, you must attempt
more. .
To. win more, vou must fight more.
To be more, you must, think more,
work mora
is He who is satisfied In th todays of
life will never oome to the great to
morrows with the passage of the years.
As mountain peaks catch , the first
rays of the morning sun and are
bathed In its lingering lights of even-
U . n tU. ... . n . . II.,. -
in, "v .i.e., t in, uuv-b tiLiia luura
and then some, finds new joys every
morning and fresh delights with the
papains ot th hours.
Don't let foolish - people fool you by
telling you that when you' do a little
bit ; more you are not working for
yourself, but for your employer, and
simply increasing his wealth, for every
added effort of your, life makes your
life stronger, fits snd prepares you for
th larger thing that lie around the
eprner for the man who persistently
ana pnuonuy ones a little Oil mors
than
ne is
paid for.
ths great prune-growlng district of Ban
rear of their encroachment UDon ari--
cultural industries. - . N
Carefully Revised.
Ta there anything," asked the
preacher, "thst you would have me leave
out of the service? Some ladles pro-
fer to have the word obey' omitted." :
..bu you, yes," replied ,tho tip-to-
j,at(S sin,, ..,cftve th(lt out, Mii al9Tth, ).
'till - fleath - do - us - part' foolishness. One
never can tell in these days what may -
l"HPet yo anow." ; u .. -;
v TM stafft of ravld Valentine wasV
settled at Fall River, Mass.. arter hav
ing been in the courts 101 years.