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Newspaper Page TextTHE OREGON SUNDAY 'JOURNAL,. PORTLAND,'. SUNDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 27. 1908. MIS T By Bumii Ma-Manue - (Author of "A I.ad of rrlfli rl.na.la of a Country Boy, "Th Isad ln' Itosd to Uonagal." "loncil 1-alty Marina," ate.) ' ' OMAS UIJU and I had splendid hooting, and an altogether de lightful tllii. that week. Toinaa til cupable game keeper; ha waa a capital shot, and a charm ing companion charming If you hu mored hla tittle whlmalcalltiee and gave Urn hla own way. But It It difficult .or ma to . vn mw. which Toraaa Dhu waa brn to ba a tory teller or a aportaman. Ha In variably hit hi mark in both. If pouohers but In particular the Red I'onchor has ben the bana of inm.m nftf thev at lrat gave him In- exhsustiM matter for frh and racy, and outline startling yarn. And Tomaa aeums to hav begotten for tha Ilc-d Poacher that homage which genlua alone commanda 1 ha firat year In which tha unlucky red head of that arrant rascal dawned upon Tomaa' world, ha tricked Toinaa Into helping him (the red sooundrell poach Ihe land which Tomaa waa mploywl to ' gamekaep and Mr. McCran of eBlfaat (very naturally) cUamlaaed Tomaa with 14 hours' not foe. The following year tha ehootln''of Meanavalla let ta ora soortln' rhap or other afur. there waa orra take tha chanoe at all now. So nlxt vur it wiui t vacant, an' Bill yaa aauU. an' I lie year aflher thai. Ivery wan of tha jrara Mlsther MnOran ad vartlsed tha ahootln' In tha paper on the lame chance of caiohln" aoma poor tllvll that didn't know Ita hlathory. Hut, farlnr! thefe wasn't a half-witted Jackdaw atween the four aaya of I re in ml or of Kna-lari' and Hoot lan' for that pertthat didn't know aa much about Meenavalla an' tha Red Poacher aa M lather McCran bimeeU. 80, the' dlckena aa much aa a tent of Ink waa wailed rrplyln' to wan of tha advar tlaainanta. Then Mlather McCran put the conaarn up for aale, aji' put It In tha paper. Jiut tha dlvll reaalva tha man there waa, even then, to come for rid an' offer him aa much aa tuppanca ha'penny In bud ha'pfnny for It. An even when, on the fourth year a com- tanv of hnlf a doicn young Kngllsb nicks. Just freah out of college, tuk. atween them, a whole dlirlft of ahoot In'a In varrua oartu of the county Donegal. Intendln' both to have tha aport of ahootln' the gum an' tht Sroflt bealdea of llln' them to Lon on game merchanta, an' tuk the three hootln'a that aurrounded Mernavalla, tha eorra wun of them would take Meanavalla for love or money. It whs unlucky, they aayed; they'd have noffli lug whataomlver to do with it on no account 'Hut behold ye. Mlitner Mci;ras, to tim n,l Poacher (to Tomaa' genuine d- hla eiceedln' great joy. aa you may well light) poached the land again, with the suppose, tot Meenavalla let thla year, nhle help of Tomaa' guceeeaor, and of On wan of hla trlpa to Glasgow, which . the London gentlemen who had tha he used to take tha f Irat night of Ivery ahootln g ranted. ' month, he fell In an' made acquaint- Tomaa waa reinstated tn office. No ano with a County Meath egg mer one would rent the shooting from Mo- chant, ba nam of Mlsther O Mara, an Cran. after thoae two aeaaona of til- flndln' out In the coorae of their dl lurk. Mr. McCran. on the aecond year, coorae that Mlather O'Mara had been ' determined to take a few weeks' leave Intendln' to hire a amall ahootln' for ' of hla Belfast factory, and come down htmaelf be way of dlvarslon on holt . and shoot Meenavalla (with Tomaa' aid) days. Mlather McCran toul hlro. ha himself. The sequel waa not pleaaant waa dell-Wed to know It, he had the 4 for poor Mr. MoCran. for, whllat he lay In very thing to suit him, an aa Mr. durano vile In a Donegal police barrack, O'Mara waa a daleent, friendly roan, J With the awful charge of poaohlng hi; he'd let him have hla place, be nam own land over his head, the Bed Meenavalla In the County Donegal, on Poacher, who had coolly cauaed It, yery moaherata tarma Indeed. He attnir poached the land with Tomaa' aid onoa Its pralsea to the aklea but dlvUi a - n,or. whlaper of the ed Poacher. An as "Tomag Dhu." said I. that was the good luek would have K the poor Coun ' Uat you ever heard of the Ked Poacherr tv Majth egg marchant didn't know a wrwe"; lolling and smoking on op- thing at a)T bQut the red raacal ; olte aide, of thi hearth fira in Tomaa' M latW McCran (who fl with hla little hut after a lon and fatiguing, friends In oonaldherln hlmae f a purty hut rod remarkably rood day's snort cliver eute buslneaa man) didn't lalvu and kewUefter a lng ii$ Mlather O'Mara till ha persuaded him K ?Anarkablv aoodUDDer 'n1" hlrln' Meenavalla for the aalaon Tomaa? W waf r epiy almply gave ' t a longer price, too. nor ever It titterfnc1. U K?ar Stmt n n? hd been Jet for -In . Hi beat days, afore lolent man uaea to oonvey. "I have lht,VLnm out n ,, lieard you." And out of Tomaa lmpas- "Mlsthor McCran. as ye may well iive features I could not wad anything ppoae. wasnurty nlalaed with hlm- atlafnctorv. either. Bo I rcnutld my aeir over now lie naa nouaea n pour remark la different shape. jLY.'.?..0 . "I kald TomajL aid vou ever hear any- arouse -ir ne . thing of the Bed Poacher afterr" ' Ui..v. fr-. v.. .., Tomaa alowly lowered his gaae (whloh ..,MiVhftJfi9?Biii ?.J innT : had been following: the smoke wreaths) f" LA.'J'i "?,! 0?$l aad halted his eyes upo me. ' K'm. "22Vw,bifSIhfnMn'Uto "When did vou sav itf"' O Mara, he writ me a letter wantln to Tomaa wa In one of hla captious '1ZJ Vllii,l?Z!!tT nfrFVl mooda. But I rather liked that for tha &f 2'" Vn7J! J tl .,nniiiin h thh. m.im ,nm van done ml wroii, he confeased forslnco rtgenery '0r,bM P8J,m'Dt '0rt 5ff. 'twtS .maWondVh0. was too . who mightn't know a saw one from a gee- A- . they an nad about how the Red Pooch wouia a neon likely to ixmv kuii t wrB ii ii naii viicurei tin tne un an how they'd have-nuiipluehed lam, an bih ui jiini. piuyuil lilm If k rat mutant aniuuaa ef.na inairhlu' til n into Ardhara polls barrai k with a yn of rope Unutn-aiin' hla nink. , "They woiiiii have had the dlrkense' own gay time with the buck, there wa- aport. - come chape, to them, an' they 1" iv.i . . . . . '.r . ! u only be. i agreed with a- heart an' a .half an' ."""".," .,0 'J.n,. ha. ow fal how soon he'd' he flnlahad. now that 'the dhread of that Poacher waa hang In' Ilk a rotten roof three over him. "'I'll tell jour oul "fella.'' aaye thay at Inat, 'if vou don't mlnj, we'll give you a few 4ay, an' lower every wing on the Ian', for ye.' JTalth, O'Mura .jumped at It, 't'pon my word.' aia ho. 'I ll not alaly forgat It to youg if do.' It waa only - aa 'xOira bit of tour him, moreover, ha toul4 coma ar-;h- - "r,' :"7,r J",,,u" . M.rwarda. lf he chooae, an' amuae him- 0-1,.,! iltS th! i ".1-.7 JitlUe elf geuin' In the way of their g una jV'.od I , T h?rn aJni-! n. r.Br''? .n their ahootln' though they couldn't 1 i""th n a bia rd7u. i A.L'V, ''k1' promlaehi., ne.th.r Pigeon, nor crow. ruV,riW& they were afoerad. ' O Mara h niaelf. n uin. . n " T"r ,ow joined them In the laugh at' this. ha waa In purty good humor i now tor "Well, on tha Inmt ,,!), I nei..i...i h In' m, U.A -lJ. ui " ...inVJl'V, "l,v" seen hed have but Utile to dhread hand of us, I tell . .An", poor d'evli "a til I - he didn't slacken wan bit In; ears tiurnln1 If he had ben within am hla aratchfulneaa. lie arranged with tha sort of .reaaonabla dlatanco of u be' lis that very day the Engliah lads '01 kaae there a no deubt of It .we Jerko. rinipin- mm on Meenavajia tnera ," anara at ma fxponae. An' ml va to uo tneir natnronin- unon ina uiani 10 ua. aae a' lie mut mrii Itiuli of the. college chaps, lest tha Impudently bould aurt, wrltlu' hi Ked Poacher u4 step In, on the grand threatenln' notluaa to all hand, aa n opportunity, an' not inlve a kU'kin' "e, waa govi to oo tn oira.ui-an-ll thing- upon their grounds. But. in all, ' rign a casea, he ordhered a afore, that the twd poll ahoald atay day and night by ma owa ' piut-e, sn ait an onrina in hla own bouse. "He llkewlae planned that ma n' hla own two men should take the hamper of game nightly 1 n til Clehtlea to the railway station, an' have them alilnoad. H'd liiuj ma'. his men, an' his eonveyanra a I no. to me .iiKllll cuapa to carry in tneira rur trier on; an' an- walk right over all our ben da. Kai Infll 1. 1, ( ... I ... 1 1 . v. . 1.7. the spree run; an' l ai half aahamejf io iii it. dui in tnrutn s the fliruih every man lav whera ha fell Th English chaps knew hoar to gat round quart or irian Wlilakey about aa we a If they had been broken to It -whet they were on aurkin' tool ties, but thc ive in. Arr Wllen a CIV in meaeir latner u mar an' Dan aa' To ram l :lapa to carry in aeemed as freah a May niornin'. ba i' trier eould. for 1,,-u- m ihn. ' ' tr safety's auk, add ware or two of their th vi.v. ,.n iw i. man to he contingent From all tha ,ky nixt d,y wh-el w, .rashout. luriaa , ais H. 1 ui iur v in nvii poacher, we can't be ' too cautious.' Talthl ye're fight,' aaya tha college oliaps, win kin' the wan at tha other. " 'n'k, imw nUI.wtn.nln' IK, hAl ! of them, with three of their men, an'. O Mara an' wan of his men, an oneself, waa on Meenavllla hangln' a way like a rajlmant of armlna, in tne war. -iney an' ah uk. up. An' when we got bn eyea o;'eneu;. an' some of our senf back again, behold ye, waan't it th sergeant himself of polls an' a ban or ma men waa atandln over u 'well, what's the row nowT, aays w when we seen this army crowdln' th Kitchen. 'Nothln'.' aaya the sergeant him . v All nur v tm i arinra I ! pniivHa chaps; ar Mlather O'Mara htmaelf, ate-( ''or poiw, wun a Heavy mg . ? tng tha4 ha waa only uaed at tumblln' Plf-' th.evl ll,rj..b- Jfd .'' aona an' crnwa didn't do at all so Dad- him.' 'What, ays wan of ua, an y 2n aiJe thi' buck ideaS leas laugh- 'What!' saya alPof ua,' jumpi? foi J than thtr MMcKl An odd tlm b nur firearms. The Bed Poacher conthflved U geFwan othe l.d.rignt Sf. . JfrJVS& .Vft In tha Una of his fira, which always w h'"5 fht P1" alve five of them a hearty laugh, of hinder end of hla breeches.! an' iveo courai ' but generally he Vent warn mother aowl bruk or the dooie beffi rmw wLuJd'f Ira ITS Kft.w . arounds till I aa ve wan.aueakln lins ve mlaht cai fivln' by putttna salt "Well. I meant that" - ' "Oh I beg- your pardon. thought " - ye were J 1st orferinr ma a bit of news, - teliln' roe that I never did hear of the ' lied Poacher afther. It's a good plan, young fells. If ye give news, g-ive news, II ye ax quesKins ax queanins. "I daresay you're ri;ht Well, I'm aakin' of ye a question D " ever afther hear tell . of , the Red ' Poacher?" - "Well, I should think gol" - "Oh! "DID YOU EVER HEAR ANYTHING "OF THE RED 'PQACHES AFTER?" ... JfoCran aayed we wor groin to quickly and be,t foot forrid this Saison. browm dudeen. ' I lay back and puffed aa COntetYlDlated. tOO. luinir fnr Hanaa1ln I, a Suddenly, out of tha-amoky sllenoe, fame, an' maka It of aoma ium, nnun ' myti mvKu "cm owner: urn come mmseir, POKB able for me. He pitched upon me now. as beln' tha man who was ablest to meat an' mAtph thn rasonl If ha -rifirM make attempts on the Ian' again. For, pigeons. I promised, If he could only ye must understan'. If the red fella manage to look level along the barrel hadn't throubled Meenavalla or Its pf a gun, I'd mighty soon initiate him neighborhood for three years or so, he'lntil the mysthertea of grouse klllln', waan't idle elsewhere: the sorra a an' he'd think crows an' pigeons pur- ulnn want that Ihiir, HMn't nnma tlklerlv Blllv Child's nlRV afther. 'Hf.A J-? some new story, or a bunch, of toiea, Poacher' nivar crossed wan of our lips rrom some uniucny corner or otner, wuue we wor n nis nearin . nui ir. ahout him. An' Masnavalla. healdpn. 'McCran afore he left went lntil the Dolls not bain- let anJ not waif watehad: barracks in Aadhara. an' red them ft ;--.T. , j .. I., li. - waa poached an' double jouhtd every Inuring about the red jTeUj, an' let wa. -out o? the bai at a Jump. ' Theri waan't-anything- for it-but - make a clane breast' of the Vholr matther. , An' wanst more. The sergeant of polls i.r?. " wne' W O'Mara, of Malth I am told there's fine ahootln' to be got at Meenavalla this aalaon. I'm comln' along as soon as I finish a big Englishman's (bad luck till him!) that I'm doing now. Yours thruly, Tha Red Poacher' or words to that effect. Faith, it tuk more nor a hop out of ma. . This Bed two policemen should for the nlxt ten day live at tha Meenavalla house. An' to platse him, "the sergeant even give in to mis n all tha arouse we loft .(fie salt on their talla. Kvery even in', too, meeelf an' the rest of the escort took off the day's baggln' it's meaelf waa noways sorry to go, the same journey., bekaae Dan (wan of O Mara a men) waa th best aowl In the wurrl", an niver let us pass Jimmy Xlnny's public houss without we'd go In an' wet our whistle. An' he'd five us . two or three dhrlnks no less, afore he'd let us out Q'Mara's other man.Tar ance, was a grumpy, growllnV aood-for-nothln', dog-in-the-manger kind of dlvll that wouldn't ax ye had ye a mouth on ye If ye thravelled with htm from Cork to Chrlatmae, an' begrudged seeln' Dan thratln, moreover. He'd not go lntil Jimmy Klnny-g with ua, whether we'd Stayed, a minute or an hour, but 'ud j-e-maln danglin' his heels over the bas kets of game, an' countln' tha a tars to keep htmaelf warm till we'd come out then Dan uk ua in to see any of yous got any returns or replu s rrom tne game youa nas eent or rr to. hone of them had. For the past thru' or four days they had sent a messenger to the office, an' then abused tho Lon don men for not beta' promp'er In re plyln' an aendin' cheques. 'I though' aa much, aaya the aergeant. 'What tl dlckena do ye manr aays they. 'Art' all of youg here? says the aergeant 'All of us,' aays they, look In" around an' thryin to count wan another. Barrin', aays they, tllen- 'Mlather O'Mara an' his two men. They mm: have been afoot earlier, an' ethrollel back to Meenavalla.' "Oh, Indeed!' aaya tha sergeant. 'rM, indeed, 1 way Just thlnkln they took a rather earl A athroll tbia mornln . There waa a little more from him, Informln me as much, dh ropped at tha barracks doon this mornln', an' adviuin me to comi an look after yous, or youa would be apt to oversleep yourselves an' mien the early -worm. 1 called by the Meen- U ---. ttoAVA , 1 " rW nn' M . a H ,141 II , II . u... .una i. uiu i, ail anai . rs to ra hla resoeota to an' have the f Jimmy Klnny wa still alive, on our , nou ju.i m ujij rn. -,r borhin.b.hootln''a0 Ar? ums nr da?K "A' V io' dV- thl. kind of thlni when I come In. Pnr tblrln' that's weni on. ueaaBe kj ni ium. iiiiiiaoia mi ... ."....- - - .- . .... tii... . .... '-a waa poaciieu aa uouoie puaoneu every inoiuinn wut um mu inui, aui ri v . Tomaa phu lay back once more and year of tnem be some poacher or other," them know he'd hould them responsible rontemplated tho curl ngr puffa, which an. it mlsht aa welj. as not have been if they let thai highway robW an' ' he now aent up thickly from his age- by the lad himself. Anyhow, Mlsther cutthroat come alouqhV around his lan' ? put pur Mlsther O'Mara atormed and swore at sthrlkes the six lads of them all con gregated In the house on, the Cartclr shootln', Ivery wan of them with a oiuyaucKs" rrom the Red Poacher In ni ut same aa sot, an' i wtn nram BAfl inar a. n., wn nn r miK in I - - . . - . . . .. . , . . . i nnrn m v n. oar naw a n' v iiduir m ,,. m.m ioa nam an- ail jueenavaua mat saiaon tnat mer r, ,," " . """" -valey to its wouian ne a pouaman at ua lug maKin- '"" vou. iuor tvbuiou n. t i,. -.., a ai, nt if Miithr Mnfmn lain nn wasn t a bad name In his atomaoh ha venture, an this looked n thara m an mnnv divectiona aa would make didn't bang at both of ua. air saved commencement) bt wan let same aa Mlather O'Mara had "ith ui hr wav oi eacort I B.Unlo th."f 11 'erhy U."vebnTnV n Da" who ' , e?lJn-.l fi?f.ih,"Kraihe,r:.Jh8 laid hands on a lepra uohan M.illh Xfl.ha n'Min "To my bitther aorra heerd of tha couldn't be no mistake, an" to ria ma a dixonary an! then he went off eon. that M the devil made us, he matched xieu i-oacner again. i ua curat 01 m dlractlona an advloe, an' to areep B teniea. i ucw wo wur uuin in vne wrong, Oi-ammti be on him an' the -curse iv ? th crows. 1 ' - "Afther Mlather MeCran himself had ( been takln' In an' .so cru'lly misused, there waa a- great cry-aut entirely all over the counthry. The jlntlemen ' sportsmen there waa no houldin' or tyln' of, to 1'arn that alch a vagabone ' Was allowed at large, laughln' In hia 'sleeve at them, at the polls, and at the law of the lan'; and' the papers, too, all over the three kingdoms took it up an' hade the. dlvll' own thlraw about it an' run over again the oul' story of ' Irelan' being- the quare place anyhow, an' that nobody should oe astonished at anything; would happen In It. To be at ure, there waa many1 an ill-minded vagabone In all parts of the counthry that laughed hearty at the tarrlbla thing, an" the dhrollest lad they'd ever heard tell of, aeyed the Bad Poacher was. by a long chalk. "But, anyhow, the noise waa made over the country about it, didn't help Mlsther McCran wan little bit only wbat It dlndered him. for wnatsom nartirkler. watch unon - Meenavalla. wasn't on no account to breath, a sylla ble about Red Poacher or poachln" ta O'Mara, lalst we'd frighten the Ufa out or the poor aivu, an' nave nis neei hla own two men to help to weed tha gams out of the three ahootln' of th college chaps. An' we had always wan or two, or maybe three, of their , men to uientiea must have la I J hanil, am a I,nM itfthfl hart m i n R ll aO" mt.mh m.ini.vVAP an' llwuvl hulfajl purty like the the crowd at Jimmy Klnny till we'd . They Ollly alnlii nur thlrata - Wished to heaven the Red Poaoher "O'Mara, when he had four 'or five would . be as good as his word an days' praotloe, come to handle Ilka a dome along till they'd BUt a sluar or two man waa Intendln to hecome a rood in his tall to ballast him, They'd give shooter; an there wag no mora taTkln' half their grouse, they aayed, for the of pigeons an' crowa, for ha run the tha red Ena-llah lads Durtv close. What th lad 'Twa nlottln in m own mind how I aa well as me maather. for not lav I'd keep Mlather O'Mara from hearin' in' a full program of the whole caae tell of th ' Red Poaoher. an a purty afare him earlier in the business; so I ticklesome carable it waa. bekase sat down an' smoked till O'Mara' excitement, an' they prayed God tha red EMa-llah lads Durtv close ivery man an' his mother atandln' . win' gave out an' he could barge an' villain might turn up. An' when they used to enjoy, though, waa shot an' the Am em un-w u aivwa av-oi aiiaa-aa aga um iiivvugi i.iuiuiu baw wu aa-aa a a -L.wuau tafsa.afa'a 0,11 U4aM ill ibiiv tui II up, anvJA flUOIl IIIB ubwii iu nilJVJi kit L V takln' near cut for the County Malth -within twlnty mile of ground had abuse no longer. An' then he ordered found the state-of fluatration O'Mara game gone aafely off, he that want Kea roacner out wan or nis men ne nat two men was in, an tne siaDorate arrangement u-Mara got nis own iian- an' nia little - era store acain. "Mlsther MeCran made offer of very fine terms entirely to tne. as I threw up a job I had, workln' a noes an' cart for Owen Melley, of an come an' took charge of Meenavalla. "That was early in July. On the twel'th of A 'rust, to the hour, Mlsther McCran an' Mlsther O'Mara with him. Meenavalla an' the coupled together on the tip of their tongue. But I might Well a saved meself the thouaht. for behould ve! tho very second mornln' he was there an' he young Edward Hughan a son Jimmy, who had been at the office lookln' for an Ameriky letther from Francie (God both; of them havln' joined together - "'X" lr'lra the Sthrabane Junction, was dhriven S.L" Xr- - Z with him an' a thrap, an' tuk me also, he'd been makln' with the polls for pro- an' niver dhrew rein till he wa at th teciion, they did laugh their hearts Ardhara poll barrack.. We went in skinful, J tell you. O'Mara he wasn't tne iettner intu the aer- more nor nair piaisea that they d make g-eant of police's hand, an' dlmaaded so light of th thing, an' of him. 'Tim their purtectlon. . Tha sergeant read enough till hallo, boy, when yous is It, an' sayed it waa dkuced cool of the out of th wood,' he say. 'An them red villlan surely. But he toul' Mlsther laugh lat lauchs beat.' All which set u Mara ail tne hot an' the game gone safely off. he quickly lost, all tarror of the Red Poocher. ah' hadn't the ghost of another curse left in hi liver for that sooundhril. It didn't eem to give mm wan pit or conoern wnetner the red fella 'ufl pome nl an' carry off every wing on hi neighbor' land or not; an' so they upoaated till, hanther ing. .'Och. " weJl.' h'd say, Ir 'each man's cry when his own cow' atck.' cover of It, Purty well addressed, any- IIOW.' "With their mouth epen o jo might turn yer fist In them, an' their aix pair or eye iik pow-windies in a castle, theyfcad the note tore open In half a jiffy, an every man of the six let out of .him a ourae might kill a orsw In a crab-tree, . tor the note wa something like this 'Mlsther O'Mara of Meath,-present his compli ments, , an' hope the. six ?. n,lce, brlgbt, iclever young Engllhmeri x la welt as ' he'd wish them, an' as full of self-con eat t a iver. He ' is vry aorry he ha been called of suddlnt, for-he should have liked .much more of i their improvln'-company. - But if bis food friends wouldn't mind callln' round by his egg lor in tho County Malth,, on their way hom to their dear mother In England, ho promises tnem plenty or pinion at pigeon an crow. Your truly. The n "I aald, after a Httle, 'Mav I ask you wan Question. Thomas Duhl?" 'Throt it out quick, and be dono with it." between wnut or nis ireaniy 11 engagement he had the English lads or in fresh kinks. An' uo till tha doors on faddy Hovle'a car. - r. ....... -,-- ." v.a, d. tnr that nut of tha anrra mun cnn. ' Dine. of Glentles. an" I give them cead mile i" li.M,e,lUB:u. iWi'i'n., n? r"6,"! "i .Sjr'u""..nf lZa J,"at ,"e7.v ".fLiVnf?i lom tM cerh did th Rd Poocher glv : any of ' ' Didn't those Englishmen them selve tacK on tne proper labels on the harnper before they sent them pirr- rnllte both. MIstKer McCran atonnnd openea u i een inai ne reaa it no . .rrom wan ena 01 im anoocin . . . . . .. i . . . " l.aa inn fftii, tlmaa nuar an' a'fli.a ail mat aay an overnignt, an walked O Mara roun' a part of we the ahootln' an' from th top of the hill give him a look at moat of it. Thrue, ha didn't knok much about- grouse or ame rowis. out ne wouldn't ds urea oastln' about the dalth an destruc- Iver chance there wa of hi gettln' 41on h often wrought among crow an' end of th hootin' to the County Maith. an that he had bla- nrao: l",.uJ2 '"'WJtiS?' Si less nor four times over, an' afther -other a frog Jumped unknowest, he'd tlce shootln' crow an' pigeons, they didn't turn Up dtirln th firat four or ,lin auui ui icouiu win, u'uii in,, an w rr i . . . j, ,u vu., ,11m iu UHU Wjn "tut uuwmo INV uuuaa , El I ctmis lu rtVA titvl. An' thSV wlr nor Hair aays he. -Can ye read? 'I can,' says I, side-dish. But, though th sergeant's alse themselve ofUl th laughter wa 4orry h didn't . an" iv O'Mii. 'if it's prent or nice wrltln'.' 'It's arangement was good an' very good,- welghtln' their stomach, an" which they good roun' mouthful of our for belr? nicer wrltln' nor it Is readln',' says he, an' wouldn't let -a snipe sneak out or -didn't want to laugh out into his face., so deuoed 4urtickler with hi poll 'so far as I can undherstand It. What in on the sly, they weren't half good "Well, O'Mara, he wished to the pathrols an' poll guard. An' thr wa doe It mane?' I tuk the letther out enough to plats Mlsther O'Mara, who Lord he was safely through with his small doubt but ft .wa thi kept th of his han' an' read: 'Dear MlBther went so far as to demand that even shootln', anyhow an' he didn't care rascal off. Many th bit of a debate 'Did I tell y that while lan wa makln th reat of ua merry In Jlmmv Kinney's, Taranoe. the growler, re mained without to keep count of the Star ' "Oh!" HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO LIVE IN RUSSIA? ' Continued From the First Page of TJiis Section for only 41 per cant of Russian ehll- tlcally declared "in a state of extraordl-.- tnA.-, neaiva achoolinr of any narv defense." the drumhead courts dren today rciv cnooiing pi any martla, became too slow. The regular friend. Kkatarina fled to Paris, and T - aa 1 a aa a aa -mmrnm , "mmm , mmmt a, wmmf mw - DOOR IN VAIN-By George L Knapp iris, and TT T T Ta. T ' ' TTrVn fTIT "TTmTT TrVT1tJri x--v T mTTn aave to the coor. among the Rtisslan A l"1 t. XJ I IMM( Ik I I I fvl i V 11 (XI f II K S f 1 IXI I MH ixlles, there, all but a slarvation tithe -s-r a. w w W,-i- W of the monthly remittance of $250 which lir wealthy father sent her. Regularly, for two months, she plead- al ' f T I. U. -Da .1 . k.aM.l, : "." -.a u.vu vno iciiyi- ., L a tll.. T I . -1 l . , I i, .11 ft,l.i .!.. j ,1.. a Alley raiaou ausnr i t""j iiiibbui iuc hihiu nuuiniEina (lien no i if true; put moat princes nave don (iinnnn. niv tlAltar. anil nrhiini If la It, at n. a . ... . : j . : . liL , . v.:."." iiiimuu mia pi jitjr xrienu. oui me lei - , , . , .' ,. . - , . - m7 . " . . . , - " - " ' ,fi, i4 . i, . "uria were apeeuea up, wun cent or curopean nuaaia. rorlsts refused, for at that time their H"-es ana iietas i wun; penetrate oiy or several Industrie; tney wero wen jo nave as many gates as possible nar Vnl'an Ir0wn now y?u were EinLLdSP.a.rt"r .SS1 But If you were a woman, how would norgram called for -no aasalslnatlon- Deserts and ea remote, and pasln unlyersally admitted to U'qulat peace- at which opportunity may knock l- T" . ....f - ' . ...- tneaa miaenea ana aisaatera ariect CKatarina maw out ner Drains iat Tan. . ... . ""' winwna. ii i uroimuiy iruo mn wi . t"" " "m ui u wiioia cnll- Uary. . - " a wo-n ytmm -"vii u, bim waa iua only lanu wina enougn, "nviyii.--mii waaoiunican ur t Kin;, 'it ' , ; s'1"' nugn, iniaiumaa enounn io ititu i m mcru Th, l.nllA.a In 1111 .1,1.1, a.,'. . ' i ".,V'i. ,l lata ror a commission in Kussla which v. ," ' ? "";i .opain. rerea; me io waa io,irou,irui mo are might permit her to 'avenge the iarno- -ram. ov ana luriupe on bt iopi ana CQtton in mat eountry w nf thrum r&zlnar rlnta covered 37 ner ,, Ta., .a a.rj "i-.I ,;" atari wait ' nn kaa rfnna ,1,.. ka l.aA a nant the ace when you could go ecnooi, vne oaas are ciubo mat you wouia oe m compieia ignuimii- a us, for the percentage of iUeratur wa he Tt'Vl SSSmSSS "--"t youerr,rusSannV8oatSl o'ur'c' eignoJamt ? &tVSrllrl? mut"? 'Snir r.?? yUr"elf' yUr ' nroner tierson m i , i t . ,l . 7l. i -t.,a crowding of the jails ha been conaid- vr -.a,H ,-m ha ...1.1.. C. I... th. ....., 1 t It. " . . . . . . - . - own Katherin Breshkovskaja, "Russia's can verdict. ,any decided within 72 hours, the over main chance of securl if l,oooa ply in(r martyrdoms. In which women l"l "tlVt aay other and men are maltreated alike, whipped n . nA'. ' . - naked alike, beaten alike, starved alike ',','r, Should you, your wife or ypur ehlia eraDlv reduced. So haa the Donulatlon fall sick, you would find only one Siberia is helping a good deal. .too. Vhyslolan to attend every group or 7,- The interminable nroceasiona of such in- AaA M...AMa In tha nnnnlftttnn. T It . 1 1 1 t . I j i . ' in I VOV KVlwii, ... - -- IVlliKtlllCB W nUBBlU ! UVVVlVpVtl I ll , V, ,, A with a anv wonder that vour yearly chances of nrl ih. Kih.ri.n mlna- Mmtitnt. aim. ant. nusnand Wltn a aeatn weuia oe i i-a out or i.uuu- death rate higher than that ol nnmlnnllT civilised oountrv? If you worked until your back waa ,na WOrked alike. If you work, vou bent and your heart was broken under die: if you don't, you are killed, the tha Incessant Btrain Of VOUr exertions, atallallra ,.f RlViorla hava nnt vat an. a,.,. n.mil .a nn 1 w til KA a VAB T (rt .. 1' I .....11 ... .111 ... TQ ilXp body and soul'toge'ther.- ' Tup. "UU" You may expect, a. part of the cere- d her eritnc. in prison for foury, ' You would live In daily dread pf th , 'for the death sentences, Tolstov s "onle of your bridal that you shall and she wa given five years In the one chanoe out of Hi that you would observations recently made him estl- hv,e rnade with your own hands, a awful mine of Kara, with 14 years be fr. el to become that miserable mate them aa aome seven tier dav. about gaily-colored yet effective punitive whip, more In a terrible penal settlement on wrelfh r Russian aoldler. Tou would f ioa a vr HI. onlnfnn ..- wnicn you are requireo 10 prtwni 10 mik uaixai. . Ka fnintfri h v tha (lannll-ftbla OTlDOr- tunlty. one in 900; to save your earcaa go yeara.'wae that h would rather be on tha shoulders, saying: her son corrupted, to hatred of the moth- .., upra nun, an loungea tne social ' Joan or Arc" the beloved "Babushka' npck 'unDiddon once at very garei nnv out uch aids to prosperity as now", gna History seems to Justify It. of the Russian party of freedom has If leplng, i wake; if feajtlng. rlc these. But the fact remdln tht no - . . . ... viimr iiKviun was win enougn to proin , v Krrnln nn h Innnln.lU, naln'a follv. llera waa nnnnrtu, ; - conaDlred . for SO van pa Tlia ria110-ht.it. - . A reasant arlrl of. sav. LVstcheffka of a nobleman, aha waa Inanlreit in rtn. 'V. away. or uscnatsa or isarov, In her local marriage It Is th hour of fat. by Bp wou Yet whi , migm do oougni. cat tne peasant on tne ramify estate. 7'. " -- .u-.a mi ium ui uuuin m market, by a peas- They responded with all the latent tal- ..,V"J" i-a. a ..... .'.. t ,7.17. nl iD9l.Ln"r 00, onevery sham eve to the ent inherl-nt in tha Rnaaian ran.- hnn. Mortals deslra and conquer . vryfo king y door In. Jfiti rope. . And not one ng a profitable was born; pity wa born; mercy was Bv ',tn.'..l,u'' tBOB "ho ooudi or or an the kings andprirtees heard tlij -.. ia.a akAMra siiiaIi a.1 . a. . U a. ,'' I - ' ' ' - VinillUI. 3 YSt VHM I irCWU. C UU . . - - " .'T UI WJ- r-J. -.JI tall..U .WJI VU..I.J I A 1 " J - A. '- ZJlJrJ tr.rrjr hUmM that they were "mo"t . uUutp. HVVrioi'SZ 700 b,Viat Metropolitan pa, over it would lie the shadow or the The th Russian government jailed " " r-tyr ,.v , '" J". Don't furnish their readers diurnal p that the government evidently haa 2,000 of them, the hIgh-ouled daughter , . . ' - . ..SI.I.k. i'2iflur.0!t'. Successions of brainstorms and physic- obiectlon to seeing encouraeed. of nobllltr as their leader. She await. 0 ang John J. Ingall. in a sonnet 'Purchased, Psrls. he said, at the prlre of .1 eflnra Bv James J. Montague. Henry Vatterson finds tha New York newspaper , omnolent putting - no strain on the imagination. Xcws Item. from' atarvailon by becoming a police- dead man, uniformed or spy. Tou wouia do lr ... . i., w-.. trnnt nl. " wwunj u'lwuLif b nave IDOrn more.or les borrowed from (?Jg- wluing. so far as conscientious scruples llottl. It wag worth borrowing, were concerned, to have purchased Con however. It wa worth stealing. Jtsntinople by avowing his sblding for that mattar ror It acka in ?th. A" Put be. could not at last she waa fraud ta fin ,1 . a... -a v.. e na necouia nor near; tne oigotry mr-.rntari n ka.rart .f h- """ """ " wnicn ne aespisea nsa none tne less s hews we believe w thee ss my serf. l ira thy master, and revolutionary party in Russia. Again I" Mil the Virginia legislature, cam warned hla mind, and nnnnrtiinif v at lat reluctantly turned away. J.tke Wattprsan' Cnurler-.tnnrnnl in reading piam are lucky Cerebral exhaustion 10 miss, But supposing we lived out in poor old Kentucky And chanced on a sent-nr like thl.v The star-eved goddess, holdlna- in h Bight hand William Jennings Bryan, That " 1ai-Ta.at Tnl.lrtu "l whw T of your dire and chronic need by Join- mean in my power, both In Russia and . F.or ,tha J2"rJ" h'dn ? "Tv "1? escaped. . q,,. voU ,.. -a j.. ou Dominion f twJin ifnSin. SSmZT - ttL.0n I tix& on ,he empyrean, the other on th. trig secrt-tb- that Irregular, enormou abroad; that one of two thinga may lash of the whip I ceremony only But We hav- seen her here. In America, jot or. and th Old pomlnlon fro therein, knock n unbidden once at aroaranthlan depths of the universal class of pollc hangers-on who are in- happen either that these Inhuman deeda wa,t- Th government aees to It, for that old. white-haired woman who, a would "have taken her place among the every gate, and finding a most am as- cosmos, with one foot on Maine and formers and stool pigeons, variously es- may be topped or that my connection th Protection of the autocracy that couple of yeara ago, told throng of free atatea. What an opportunity that i"f , Jrp?IiLon Ml the dwellera on thi th. otller pn Mexico, constsntly, st-ad- tlmsted aa comprising from one twen with them may be snapped and I put ?our' Poant, husband i brutallsed thousanda the wrongs of Russia; that -tnr nr,VL t.r.iHtr.nl ffiHa ?ItfPU.P naai - coo"lon, mfn lly. forward and backward, never ceas- tieth to on tenth of the entire popula- in prison, where I mav be clearly con- down to that level of Instinct and habit gentle lover of her kind who had com ,Ior n on of ,n -clcitrant tioned ahe has found apparently the ng that Oentlemen. I what i th -.i..- ,h.t v.... i, . - ... which ahall denrlva him of tha lnltatlva In the an' ta aa In tha Immh th. i . lesialatora' Nevttr on thla continent whole . world asleep and the cases In ,1.1. ,. The Russlaa authorities have just mitted on my behalf; or. ntlll better that rnlght maae mm an intelligent con- possioie means of deliverance from the ureoiy, ana per imps never anywnerw wuwn irnren moiriouii Ivldual nn fallad a .... .... .1 1 1 , 1. 1 . . -, - compiled th atatlatlca of people who, so good that I dare not even dream splrator with hla rellowa. It baa agnnie In whicH her people atrangle. ",e. ? uch a chance to Chang hi- to near or anawer tne aummona are narration I . during the var 105. were wounded by of auch hapnlnees they mar nut on me vouchessfed him. after long, persistent They hav "Babushka,' too. From ,orT fr the better presented to com- countless. Hannibal, after th .battle of or analvin that and set nervous' nrn. flrearma. Your chance of being hot as on thoae peasants, a shroud and a agitation, the rudlmenta of education the first day when she conceived her Tno" men. v It waa not confined ta th t-aanae, mignt nave aictated terma of t rat Ion? i.n nn -.v- . " ... iaa, no wonders mat reuo ara tha .tail ti. a verge of the veralona could not paaa of neeple who once In a while . .. . a Ar fore to mak long and brain- wnw niuai - r a avss-1 aa avaiiralntia -turned down the Through Wat teraon rwdlt stj-le I lla as aa aa 1 1 0U an whlia aa tnanv mars fell under th rni-nunirai rmliritlnn vlvlnr rr,rw,..n For all day'a la bora for all visitation Itable atilt. back to tha land nf Ufa elusive goddeaa paased o. - land hla army in England. Charea I Moa or othar waa none, froaa flail to Itv ta tha Siberian volunturv aattiara tn of brut wrath, you ar roar husband a eternal hell. The sataa bliadness and deafnes wr wouldn't let Cromwell emigrate.' I-eul waa men iut twice aa rooa aa it was ran ana mav ousn ane i n orr a hnch mr nan mi ainui-in.iuiioii timnmi rarwuio, lenui pun or eaucatina tna --. a m iui mna tmuriyr tn iSa- In i fin. ii lin nannla wra m that h, m v nn waiaht t .i.i,. he forcea tou to bring Into rour affllot- toor that thav mlaht learn tn -avia nr. contrary. It waa hawked about tha warned rlgnt up to the wounded with guns.' revolver and en the well-soaped noose sround my old gruesome world. But It takes good Terity she wss marked by Russian au- street, s tev spesk, and offered with- theory of evolution, bot botnpa. aa asalnet 31.090 In 190. throat." care to crowd upon film tn vodka that locracy a the roost dangerous woman "V1 moneT n without price to a cor mat "raw uniu lwrwi l th.a- mi.tai a,,. Him waa atill Ah hni wmi haa-a raa -.. . taka from him tha klndlr snd orotant. in tha 'mnlra Thn rinu n laat v... of men. And net ana af them hesrd wsy. Napoleon rulded. hop; tx-tweea .6o and T.000 eop1 glber'la Is a veritable Promised Ijind ln Inatlncts of husband and father aa drew her, sunken with age and Oie Vr- the calL Not ona'of -thrm auapected mlt, by Ills savants ... ...ll . , .U.UI aUh aaranta . a..,H. .t.l,. an.-f 1. . .. wa kfinv than harltlaa nf haa IttttUhm.itl, .-.. Inl thSt tfaSrS hail btn a calL and tha SteSITtDOat that WOlllO Any thoughtful twelveraen on a crlm- Would protnptlv and freely Soqult )or ara iioora enquire ample acreage among the crown cnatiei. um m mnj n vi mi ninwr- i ni omnipr-sent ttuasiaa pollc cap- , " r iavr, war-n ma mi- - a muraerer gnaaea to terrible, fury Tbr are aorne . peofl ! the lands. oua other brutes who are In suthorlty tured hr. She haa vanished from the rlsoos were east out from the tlpAnMh a,uen of 8avoy. . . .. By reading aa follows, towlt: Jlla of SU Petersburg alone. The Well, more than per cent of the over him desire the woman who la hla light of day Ilka some stray ray of Peninsula. Th Moriecoea were Moors JndL KJag Ioul XIV Is of all Reform spreada Ita plnlofN over hui of detention" h'ld l. 11 prison- peasant who. in mad th jo-imey It has happened many time of late; living sunlight ravished from earth by ho had . baen forcibly baptised, an 4 men In hletory the on on whom op- Frenh Lick Springs, snd plucks forth ers. at last reports, -asd thlr chances of l.tOO mllee to the Altai, the flrn-st It harpena tll as often. Th kruta the power of perpetual gloom, about whsa thorough orthodoxy ther portnnlty wasted the moat time and the tall feathers of th bird of liberty, war fmir times aa great for dlseaie a of the Siberia tract, returned total wh la your huaband may murder you; If you were the rsarina You would V ,T,r' doubt lr high -quarter of effort, and -who moat peraiatenlly Ig- Down with the snyrmldona of plutor- they ought t ba. because their Dam- failures. the other brute may have him murdered, be what she Is now. for all tha loftlnsa and ta(, They were not less tiorod . hr. When he carae to -the racy, up with th banner of Ryan and tr waa four time a great a It m. Indd, vry hopeleea for aa a mattar of precaution. of her station a neurasthenic wreck vtn n i.v.o lr "iiw. I oy were rnrone rnnn was tne rirst country in Belmont,- The one make a market for the rl.iarttan aooommadatlona amount the peaaanta But tfcy sre Ignorant, You would ropti"er Others hare, womaa's pallid form, perishing la your ln r,t agrtoultariet and faetory Europe. A little drncy, a llttl com- the vote or our rnlored hrotber. th to tflut Russia run aiwars stretch her Toec-rand wratchea, anyway. The more intelligent aad th more high- prime, of seeing your husband handla ' ' mon honesty, a little common i ns othr make a atnarket for tha thorough- prlaoo aa Amertca aa alway stretch guppoa you wor at the other x- ly born they are, the more they con- letter which, when you tear thm from that th aver ran u To wnui.t nr .a frBOv "I " rrt V1 ?ln"I brod ouadruped without which Jk'entuckr ker tro!5ey or. . t rem of Russian fortune a gentleman. rlr " U am way out aad in. hia Incaotloua grasp' proy, to h? fiUod har 7 Vor -nSnia- ealLiz WartlJ5 bmr FrS!'c ihe. htmi woulJ be tuithlsg mora than a body of To, weald hit, h-MWIsf ,rfkH a landed proprietor, on of the mllsg Xeola of the terrorists corsplred. Her with r,ltroglycri; ihrulshed with t hi w 'to? sIlnattc?iTl every mr3 .f., ?r,'aa5!5eT,B'? .u"f,5J? P' rro''"li Paducah. Wo J yo Krath-d yoor breath of rutr'nftt cleave, living on your Inheritd sir, comrades gave hor a bomb, for Ueuton- thought of your chlldron errr onssf tir of rour famii .a vmiV -dfllsS ? ? all th land ndeyt. Ixuls turn-d hav eopported Mr. Hryan slnro we sralnat oppr-.-iow 1n a snore dletsfjt with jour chateau thaf" i. all but a n-Oeiiral Radlger. minister of war. a although Immured In a playhoas that ehildrefIri o!l7rJaii:vorV offi. i"!1'1 Z w,r fBd trranny and did wera a little child, knd now 1 he yars f-l.c. Ilk l tock. wfc-ro the odd castle with the lawa artfully fremod year a. Her courage failed her. for .1 In reality a fortrraa for their ofno. H. I m? vliVi bT7r. Lst t vj know where t w.ak war. To oom apao we arV sHil . irifporttric of trrHotd against yo-or lnte-1lBo are m that all yoor peaaanta must work ehe wa only 1 year old. oh dropped But you ar net a woman, let as ear irU,i. V..I i ki V' 0,,' lay th Medlterranoaa. watt- him. nd will lav hla caod.-r. Jjr or' Uroa to r. for you for nothing, and with the th bom in th Neva, swallowed the Tow are a man. with a man oooriaa! If ,11 -.re fWt Tol.fnr -m, -aM t'U Tnni ' 'TTVf '" 4 ,h PWou I'raey. t our pTnulltr. W fnt .f to had so afar "vTar- .rroy snd tho polK-o st your berk ood pot"" h earrlod. and fell dying la th roan, resourrra, 7 man a 4,"rmit . th.nTJon hr?na- ,,t7-t I1 Bary state asd Kryptl.a roioniea ar Mr. Bryao e press burrs-, hi pun! . ,k, t" ro..rt did oult a lot of r.ii. rrady to shotH and hang upon th Trkoo-frlo railway taUn. Uo. gn. suppoo Vu r th 'w iolra. who il iir u TolLtoi Ufa iTft ' ?!U lB, thT P"' rnt- hiu booster." Wsyba Mr. ' - y"r rr .1 rot Wight firat Provocation tn th way of Vpoaa- Tou wold do hotter? Th Prrnc On day, out ta to r r!an s!.M V Ve- 131!,. 1 M ' that would star th TiirVtsU trer, Bryan will carry Kmturky. hot S-h rat l Yh o i!t ty dr-rtary or ant revolt. Mhthlrki teat winter did better, whow fore the inimt proclaiming your Im- -I dMt rrr IndJrtanst raoai..kt!!t. " ,.t"rtd t- the r.rth, of our reader aa have money had bet- lrv ki.ed III objofoabl Xt throe roars hav. gon by s!-v. ah hurled h.r bomb at th govorwor- portal wIU thai thMtioS ehoAild haV for t h. ns tn's ri ml. - rw'lliI;!t fs'nd ai:iy eurrl oa Hoilaanl. tr at mat. bat, ,fl thry ,v, - - -.of r r-a, rsg a orant otne as tl rompl!d statistic, ahow. tho-o goooral of It failed ta hilt It. 1a powers tr aM vW w"T5 SnfL uZd to n-i Jnoddlrd -writ's t ho l.ternsl affaire of paid up th,r trnr oub-crlptiona Era .., 4 Mt lo- ta mvM rvrrwaari-t poaanta turwod noon th bim: but. at wont eh had doa ber have aa yEr swonrTai; Vrerv Ttrmt l. aTT J, " .. ',sa prrslfted I hi evil rour fro omnlrrra ortlmo 1 v.. - r-ida-, indrr the, r-W.ty. a.t.a, -Wnlnaat i.ad orda. aid daHsg part. Thyard Thar - liihW? U VT wife .,. '".V.J.. Til 1" " lw J."h f Kropo If yoj. h.d to rad that do you rtnrf c.. r-.w-t.n-.snisL - f!un otata. With fMtlag .- r.kaUnna Vlilo. oangMor of a HcW oa. who ir.ka lb. V." .. 72LuZZaL r"rl,'- S'lT" dw OS Mm s-d trn tr d'lus. 'that you ' ' J ' ... i t 1..4 b-.r g af orwari pra. e.mpani.o.t f aroo. ad .rrr. ' , Eu. aaercaant f thi BalUo, vufc.r pX . what the? ZZmaZfTS f 1 p hatt";f yaTT . bVm d'uiJWt of1 alar-kj'aitr? Btht"?r.t"1nt f,f V