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Between Two flrcs By ANTHONY HOPE "A wis man will make more opportunities than he find." Francis Bacon. CHAPTER XI. I had brought the $10,000 with me. 1 produced them and put them on the ta ble. keeping a loving hnnd on them. "You fully understand my position. Colonel?" I said. "This thing is no use to me unless I receive at least $320,000 to pay hack principal, to meet interest, and to replace another small debt to the bank. If I do that. I shall be left with a net profit of $5,000, not an extravagant reward. If I don't get that sura I shall be a defaulter, revolution or no revolu tion." "I can't make money if it's not there, he said, but without his usual brusque ness of tone. "Hut to this we agree. You are to have first turn at anything we find. up to the sum you name. It's to be hand ed over solid to you. The Signorina and I take the leavings. You don't claim to share them, too. do you?" "No," I said. "I'm content to be a preference shareholder. If the money's found at the Golden House, it's mine. If not, the new government, whatever it may do as to the rest of the debt, will pay me that sum." Wit hthat I pushed my money over to the Colonel. "I expect the new government to be very considerate to the bondholders all round." said the Colonel, as he pocketed it with a chuckle. "Anyhow, your terms are agreed, eh, Signorina?" "Agreed!" said she. "And I'm to have the country seat?" "Agreedl" said I. "And the Colonel's to be President and to have the Golden House and all that therein is." "Agreed ! agreed ! agreed !" chanted the Signorina ; "and that's quite enough busi ness. Success to the Revolution !" I had risen to go, when a sudden thought struck me. "Where's Johnny Carr? I say, Colo nel, how indiscreet was he last night? Do vou think he remembers telling you about it?" "Yes," said the Colonel, "I expect he does by now. He didn't when I left him this morning." "Will he confess to the President? If he does, it might make the old man keep an unpleasantly sharp eye on you. He knows you don't love him." "Well, Carr hasn't seen the President yet. He was to stay at my house over to-day. He was uncommon seedy this niorni.ig, and I persuaded the doctor to give him a composing draught. Fact is, I wanted him quiet till I'd had time to think. You know I don't believe he would own up the President would drop on him so; but he might, and it's better they shouldn't meet." "There's somebody else he oughtn't to meet." said the Signorina. "Who's that?" I asked. "Donna Antonia," she replied. "He's getting very fond of her, and depend upon it. if he's in trouble he'll go and tell her the first thing. Mr. Carr is very confi dential to his friends." We recognized the value of this sug gestion. If Donna Antonia knew, the President would soon know. "Quite right," said the Colonel. "It won't do to have him rushing about let ting out that we know all about it. He's all right up to now." "Yes, but if he gets restive to-morrow morning?" said I. "And then you don't want him at the Golden House on Friday eveuing, and I don't want him at the bar racks." "No. he'd show fight, Carr would," said the Colonel. "Look here, we're in for this thing, and I'm going through with it. I shall keep Carr at my house till it's all over, even if I have to use force. Master Johnny is better quiet." "Suppose he turns ugly?" I suggested again. "He may turn as ugly as he likes," said the Colonel. "He don't leave my house unless he puts a bullet into me f, rst. That's settled. Leave it to me. If he behaves nicely, he'll be all right. If not " "What shall you do to him?" asked the Signorina. "Oh, leave it to the Colonel ; he'll man age all right," I suggested. "Now I'm off," said the latter, "back to my friend Johnny. Good-night, Sig norina. Write to the President to-morrow. Good-night, Martin. " Make that speech of yours pretty long. Au revoir till next Friday." I prepared to go, for the Colonel lin gered till I came with him. Even then we so distrusted one another that neither would leave the other alone with the Sig norina. We parted at the door, he going off up the road to get his horse to ride to his "ranch," I turning down toward the Piazza. We left the Signorina at the door, look ing pale and weary, and for once bereft of her high spirits. Poor girl ! She found conspiracy rather trying work. I was little troubled myself. I began to see more clearly that it doesn't do for a man of scruples to dabble in politics. I had a great regard for poor Johnny, and I feit no confidence in the Colonel treating him with any consideration. In fact, I would not have insured Johnny's life for the next week at any conceivable premium. Again I thought it unlikely that, if we succeeded, the President would survive his downfall. I had to repeat to mve!f all th story of his treachery to me, lashing myself into a fury against him. before I could bring myself to think with resignation of the imminent extinc tion of that shining light. What a loss he would be to the world! fo many delightful stories, so great a gift of manner, so Immense a personal charm all to disappear into the pit ! And for what? To put into Lis pis.ce a ruffian without redeeming qualities. Was it worth while to put down Lucifer only to nthrone Keelwbub? I could only check this doleful strain of reflection by sternly recalling myself to the real question the state of the fortunes of me. Joan Martin. And to me the Revolution was necessary. I might get ths money; at least I sbooU gala tin. I was anlmat ed by the honorable motive of saving my employers from loss and by the over whelming motive of my own love. If the continued existence of Johnny and the President was incompatible with these legitimate objects, so much the worse for Johnny and the President. CHAPTER XII. The next three days were on the whole the most uneomfortabJe I hare ever spent in, my life. I got little sleep and no rest ; I went about with a revolver handy all Hay, and jumped every tims I heard a sound. I expended much change In buyisg every edition of all the papers ; I listened with dread to the distant crios of news venders, fearing, as the words gradually became distinguishable, to hear that our secret was a secret no longer, I was bound to show myself, and yet shrank from all gatherings of men. I transact ed my business with an absent mind and a face of such superhuman innocence that, had anyone been watching me, he must at once have suspected something wrong. I was incapable of adding up a row of figures, and Jones became most solicitous about the state of my brain. In a word, my nerves were quite shat tered, and I registered a vow never to upset a government again as long as I lived. In future the established consti tution would have to be good enough for me. I verily believe that only the thought of the Signorina prevented me making a moonlight flitting across the frontier with a whole skin at least, if with an empty pocket, and leaving the rival patriots of Aureataland to fight it out among them selves. Happily, however, nothing occurred to justify my fears. The other side seemed to be sunk in dull security. Ths Presi dent went often to the ministry of finance, and was closeted for hours with Don Antonio; I suppose they were perfecting their nefarious scheme. There were no signs of excitement or activity at the bar racks; the afternoon gatherings on the Piazza were occupied with nothing more serious than the prospects of lawn tennis and the grievous dearth of dances. The official announcements relative to the debt had had a quieting effect, and all classes seemed inclined to wait and see what the President's new plan was. So passed Wednesday and Thursday. On neither day had I beard anything from my fellow-conspirators ; our arrange ments for writing had so far proved un necessary or unsuccessful. The latter possibility sent shiver down my back, and my lively fancy pictured his excellency's smile as he perused the treasonable docu ments. If I heard nothing on the morn ing of Friday, I was determined at all risks to see the Colonel. With the dawn of that eventful day, however, I was re lieved of this necessity. I was lying In bed about half-past nine when my servant brought In three letters. "Sent on from the bank, sir," he said, "with Mr. Jones' compliments, and are you going there this morning?" "My compliments to Mr. Jones, and he may expect me in five minutes," I re plied. The letters were all marked "Immedi ate" -one from the Signorina, one from the Colonel, one from ths barracks. I opened the last first and read as follows : "The officers of the Aureataland Army have the honor to remind Mr. John Mar tin that they hope to have the pleaire of his company at supper this evening at 10 p. m. precisely. In the unavoidable absence of his excellency the President, owing to pressing cares of state, and the Hon. Colonel McGregor from indisposi tion, the toast of the Army of Aureata land will be proposed by Major Alphonse DeChair. "P. S. Friend Martin, speak long this night. The two great men do not come, and the evening wants to be filled out. "ALPHONSE DE CHAIR." "It shall be long, my dear boy, and we will fill out your evening for you," said I to myself, well pleased so far. Then I opened the Signorina's epistle. "Dear Mr. Martin," it began "Will you be so kind as to send me in the course of the day twenty dollars in small change? I want to give the school chil dren a scramble. I enclose check. I am so sorry you could not dine with me to night, but after all I am glad, because I should have had to put you off, for I am commanded rather suddenly to dine at the Golden House. With kind regards, be lieve me, yours sincerely, "CHRISTINA NUGENT." "Very good," said I. "I reckon the scramble will keep. And now for the Colonel." "Dear Martin I Inclose check for $500. My man will call for the cash to morrow morning. I give you notice be cause I want it all In silver for wages. Cnrr and I are here together, both seedy. Poor Carr Is on his back, and likely to remain there for a day or two. I'm bet ter, and though I've cut the affair at the barracks to-night, I fully expect to be up and about this afternoon. Ever yours, "GEO. M'GREGOR." "Oh, so Carr is on his back and likely to remain there, is he? Very likely, I expect; but I wonder what it means. I hope the Colonel hasn't been very drastic. However, everything seems right; in fact, better than I hoped." In this more cheerful frame of mind I arose, breakfasted at leisure, and set out for the bank about eleven. Of course the first ierson I met on the street was one of the last I wanted to meet, namely. Donna Antonia. She was on horseback, and her horse looked as if he'd done some work. At the sight of me she reined up. and I could not avoid stopping as I lifted my hat. "Whence so early?" I asked. "Early?" she said. "I don't call this early. I've been for a long ride ; in fact, I've ridden over to Mr. Carr's place, with a message from papa ; but he's not there. Io you know where be is, Mr. Martin?" "Haven't an idea," said I. "He hasn't been home for four nights," she continued, "and hs hasn't been to the mlniatrT. slther. It's vsrj odd that be should disappear like this, just when all the business is going on, too." "What business, Donna Antonia?" I asked blandly. She colored, recollecting, no doubt, that the business was still a secret. "Oh, well, you know they're always busy at the ministry of finance at this time. It's the time they pay everybody, isn't It?" "It's the time they ought to pay every body," I said. "Well," she went on, without noticing my correction, "at any rate papa and the President are both very much vexed with him ; so I offered to make my ride in his direction." "Where can he be?" I asked again. "Well," she replied, "I believe he's at Colonel McGregor's, and after lunch I shall go over there. I know he dined there on Monday, and I daresay he stayed on." "No," thought I, "you mustn't do that, it might be inconvenient." So I said : "The Colonel says Carr told him he was going off for a couple of days' sail in his yacht." "It's very bad of him to go," she said, "but no doubt that's it. Papa will be angry, but he'll be glad to know no harm has come to him." "Happy to have relieved your mind," said I, and bade her farewell, wondering whether Don Antonio would find no harm had come to poor Johnny. I had my doubts. CHATTER XIII. When I arrived at the bank I dispatch ed brief answers to my budget of letters; each of the answers was to the same purport, namely, that I should be at the barracks at the appointed time. I need not trouble the reader with the various wrappings in which this essential piece of intelligence was involved. I then had a desperate encounter with Jones; business was slack, and Jones was fired with the unholy desire of seizing the opportunity thus offered to make an exhaustive in quiry into the state of our reserve. He could not understand my sudden punctil iousness as to times and seasons, and I was afraid I should have to tell him plainly that only over my lifeless body should he succeed In Investigating the contents of the safe. At last I effected a diversion by persuading him to give Mrs. Jones a jaunt into the country, and thus left in peace, I spent my afternoon in making final preparations. I burned many letters; I wrote a touching farewell to my father, in which I took occasion to point out to him how greatly his im prudent conduct had contributed to in crease the difficulties of his dutiful son. I was only restrained from making a will by the obvious Imprudence of getting it witnessed. I spent a feverish hour in firing imaginary shots from my revolver, to ascertain whether the instrument was in working order. Finally I shut up the bank at five, went to the Piazza, partook ; of a light repast, and never was I more rejoiced than when the moment for ac tion at last came. As I was dressing, lin gering over each garment with a feeling that I might never put on, or, for that matter, take it off again. I received a second note from the Colonel. It was brought by a messenger, on a sweating horse, who galloped up to my door. I knew the messenger well by sight; he was the Colonel's valet. My heart was in my mouth as I took the envelope from his hands. The fellow was evidently in our Becret, for he grinned nervously at me as he handed it over, and said : "I was to ride fast, and destroy the letter if anyone came near." I nodded, and opened it. It said: "C. escaped about six this evening. Re lieved to have gone to his house. He sus- pects. If you see mm. snoot on sint. "Had Mr. Carr a horse?" I asked of the man. "No, sir; left on foot. Couldn't come along the road to Whittingham, sir, it's patrolled." There was still a chance. It was ten miles across country from the Colonel's to Johnny's, and six miles on from John ny's to Whittingham. The man divined my thoughts. "He can't go fast, sir, he s wounded in the leg. If he goes home first, as he will, , because he doesn't know his horses are; gone, he can't get here before eleven at the earliest." (To be continued.) 1p to Her. "I hear you are eontemplatIngi matri mony, old uwu," said Green. "How about It?" "It's a fact," replied P.rown, "but the outcome of my contemplation depends on the w idow's might." "How's that?" queried Green. "She might decide to marry me, and then on the other hand she might not," answered Rrown. Work. "Old Crossby worked eighteen hours out of twenty-four until ho amassed a fortune." "Yes. and now his son Is working twentv-four hours out or every twenty- four." "Making another fortune?" "No, trying to find a way to spend the fortune his daddy made." iirnuinK it Fine. "She Is daft on the subject of germs a careful study be made as to how rnp and sterilizes or filters everything in . idly nutriment Is stored up in the corn the house." , plant and when the maximum amount "How does she get along with her 3 reached. When corn Is fully tasseled family? "Oh, even her relations are strained." Harper's Weekly. I nnnl Method. Author Have you read my novel T Ttmn t rl.'.i 1 T :i Tim i.r Vj Author I am thinking of dramntiz- lng it What do you think of tlie U a, 'Theatrical Manager-Well. It onht to make a good play after the plot is " removed. I'rnol Positive. p,ss Clara Is a firm believer In the faith cure. Nell How do you know? iu.rw!,. .h stands half her allowance for complexion lotions. Kr for Him. Pennlhs-Scrlbbleton tells me he Is making a specialty of smart child say- lng Jokes now. Inkerton Yes. poor fellow! He's in Ma second rhlUlhood. 1J Tnrhlne Windmill. In parts of the country subject to high winds there Is risk of mills on high towers being overthrown, espe cially If the diameter of the wheel Is Increased above ten or twelve feet To overcome this difficulty it Is expedient build a mill Inside of Its tower rather than upon It The turbine shown In the Illustration has a diam eter of twenty feet and la used to drive a feed grinder and other ma chinery. Its chief office, however. Is to operate two pumps which Irrigate THE TtrRBIXK WINDMILL. sixteen acres of land. The expense of srect'lng this mill was about one hun dred dollars. There Is no particular aifficulty about Its construction and a considerable part of the work could be done with ordinary tools and a little mechanical knowledge. Lack of Mechanical Knowledge. The full benefits of farm machinery are not realised because the average fanner has not the mechanical training or the requisite skill to get the best re sults out of these complex Implements. Wo are the greatest makers and users of farm machinery in .the world, ami It Is owing to this fact more than any other single cause that we have been able to maintain our agricultural su premacy In the ninrketa of the world. !The cost of this machinery to the farm ers Is greater to-day than ever before. The character of this machinery every year becomes more complicated, requir ing In-creased knowledge of engineer ing principles cm the part of users. The traction engine, the steam plow, the combined harvester and thresher operated by steam power, the automo bile, the growing use of electricity as a motive power on the farm, the machin ery now required In dairies, In the growing of sugar beets and manufac ture of beet sugar, are all Illustrations of the momentous chnnges In the char acter of farm machines which have taken place In the last fifty years. The Increase In skill and mechanical knowl edge required by farmers to operate these complex and costly mactilnes com- pared to what was needed to operate the primitive tools of half a century ago cannot be given In percentages. Elwood Mead, in Field and Farm. Oood I ton Trough Feeder. The best hog trough I ever saw It made as shown In cut. A Is a fence be tween man and pigs, 3 fpet high; R. back board, 18 Inches; C, bottom width to suit size of tlgs ; D. sticks to keep j them from crowding; E, front to suit size of pigs also. You see, the pigs can't crowd each other or you as you feed them. They can't get their feet In the mush and must stand up and eat like horses In the stalls. A nice sight to see thirty or forty side by side, eat- lng quietly and cleanly. Farm Prog- res. Catting Silo Corn. It is of primary Importance to know at what stage corn should be cut to se cure the best results. It Is also ieces- gary, it Is pointed out In I arming, that It contains out eigm-ientns or a ton or , 3ry matter an acre, or one-fifth of what 3ry It contains when fully ripe. When In milk it contains nearly three times as much dry matter as when fully tas seled. Only seventeen days were oc- i In fiacalntr frvttn llin r.Ml.- rt ,cup. - "- l" ' the glazing stage, yet n this time there jwa9 an Increase In the dry matter of ' 1.3 tons an acre This shows the great advantage of letting the corn stand .,t !. Lomotil urn frlnynil A ffnr- tl.lu until the kernels are glazed. After this period the Increase In dry matter Is but slight Melons la the Corn Shock. Tf when cutting corn you will place In one of your largest shocks about a 'dozen of your choicest watermelons, at I Christmas, when the snow Is on the d and the frost Is on the pane. & cgn B,t by the flre and eat J yoaf meloM whcn has kept all i ,n tne nock of com.F.rn, , ,L . Jouraai. j HOG FEEDER. 'A 1 V Ills rr lS - v - c i ww i r--- i 'WaSJStiP Hardest! Folate.. 0st ls OU of atl8tk. More or less Judgment Is required In W Cent Per Cent If there were any doing any kind of work, and the dig-.hurtful tendency accompanying their glng of potatoes Is no exception to the ' country would be facing a con rule. In the first place, so many should ltlon battling all remedies, for the de not be dug out at one time that they Ugh of cocoa "1 ' chocolate using cannot be handled readily. A good way Rive them a hold upon apatite that It Is to dig during the fore part of each 1 t to Impossible to break. It does half day and then gather the tuliers ot seem a long time since Rutherford before quitting. As soon as dry they j Hayes was president, and yet wlth should always be picked up, and if the ; In that short range of time, the use of weather Is reasonably dry the length ot time necessary for drying depends al most entirely upon the nature of the soil. If sandy, an hour may be long enough, but If a moist clay it may take several hours. Potatoes, once dug, should certainly not be left out on the ground over night If they are, the frost has every chance to get at them, and only a little freezing Is required to spoil a good many bushels fur mar ket. It Is a poor practice, too, to pick up potatoes without any regard to grad ing. Two classes, anyway, should be made of them ; all those of good mar ketable size should be gathered first and the undersized ones left till later. It also pays to have crates or bushel measures In which to pick them up. Easy to distribute about the field, these, after being filled, can readily be placed on a wagon and drawn off. Further more, they prevent the tubers from be lng Jammed and marred. Thirty or;meet the demands upon them. In 1005 forty of them, or even a less number, may profitably be owned by every farm er who makes a business of raising po tatoes and similar crops. Fred O. Sib ley, In Agricultural Epltomlst India's Lara-cut Wheat Crop. The wheat crop of India this yeat Is a large one. The area sown amounts to 2G,2t,200 acres, and the yield Is es timated at 8,50,000 tons, as against 7,582,000 tons last year, the Increase being 13 per cent The Indian Trade Journal, which makes this statement says that the government Is taking a deep Interest In the complaint of tht admixture of dirt in the wheat export ed. The government has consulted the chambers of commerce, some of whom, however, Indicate a reluctance to de part from the present customs of the trade; but the chamber of commerce t )f at Karachi, from which 70 per con Indian wheat exports are now shipped, strongly supports the government's pro posal for 98 per cent pure wheat Fniiins stamp. A writer lu Home and Farm gives this description of an Implement fot 1 pulling stumps: Cut a good, strong pole about twenty feet long, of white ash ; trim and peel It nicely, hitch a strong rope to the top a chain will do. but It Is heavier to handle. Set the FOB PfUJSQ THE STUMPS. pole against the stump to be pulled, letting the lower end rest between twe roots. Then put a strong chain around the top of the ..tump, passing It around iue pore, a leant imcueu o me rope will pull out most any stump. Place the pole close to the stump and cut the roots opposite the pole. Two men can best do the work one to tend the horse, the other to cut roots as the stump Is being turned out. Selecting; seed Corn. The proper time In which to select, seeds Is late In the fall or winter. The thigh. reason for requiring this portion of tin j We bump and whirl swiftly down year for so doing Is because there Is ward. A soml-uneoiiselousnoss held me. then no hurry, and the work can be Uone matter. I lie common practice oi laying the seed corn aside to remain space, and I realized that I was clutch until spring has done great damage tc ng nt something. the corn crop, as very often the ex j n was a little tree that I gripped In cess of Imperfect grains Is such as tc the strength of despair. I was hang cause a failure of germination over thc ng to r. head downward, on the face whole fiehl. Every ear of corn should 0f the cliff Itself. be examined and the inferior grain j My jat orderly's voice soon sounded shelled off. Vegetable seeds also re- i niy enr. The plucky fellow had quire examination, for insects, damp- crawled down that awful r1ojk and ness and other causes interfere with j managed to seize my Hands. I was their safe-keeping. Of course, every j somehow drawn upward to the ledge, farmer is supiosed to be careful with Then my gaze fell uikiii that solitary his seeds, but very few farmers know J sapling, rooted In some mere chink In the condition of their seeds until the 'the rock. There was no other tree with tlme comes when they are required for in niany yards. planting, ami then the farmers nrej Two mouths on my back afforded m. i. l...ti..l , . ,1,. ....... t ...i.i. ' ... . . ioo iiiulu mini i uiijiiiinis im them. Shelter for Stork. The piles of stalks and straw which go to waste can be made to do good service in providing shelter If It Is not considered lit for feeding. With a few IK)sts and loes the stalks and straw will furnish a warm place cf refuge , for animals that cannot be accommo dated In the barn or stable. With plen ty of straw on the ground under the covering so formed, no letter place could be arranged for sheep, and with the service "Pearly beloved breth care In making the roof only a heavv ren!" Cleveland Ix-ader. storm will cause It to leak. Son Inn- Wheat. One bushel and a half of wheat Is ample to sow an acre, and five iecks will answer If sown early and given time before cold weather stops imiirth isri Fflnri Jnnrnnl A mnsin as the wheat Is sown. If the land Is not reu y"u , , V . ' , V lne underdralned, It Is advisable to plow negatlre side $10 to let us winNew some furrows where they will carry York 1res8' off any water that might collect In de- A msn seldom realizes what an un preaelona. Wheat cannot grow In wa- principled scoundrel be Is until be runs tar. for offlc. - CHOCOLATE INDUSTRY. : This Article Has Larirelr In- , ... It Is a fact to be gratified about thai cocoa and chocolate are conducive to health, because they are so delicious that their lovers and users are grow- lng In number so rapidly as to require k cocoa in one rorm or anoiuer u .u creased In the United States 2,000 per cent, and the consumption of cocoa and chocolate by Americans has more than doubled In five years. Not alone, however, Is the attention challenged by the enormous Increase In the use of cocoa, but an even more remarkable fact Is brought to light by authorities on the subject We refer to the fact that study of the statistics gathered by Hogins A Lee, less than eight years ago the United States held only fifth place as manufacturer of co coa and chocolate, England, Germany, ( Holland and France taking precedence I In about the order named. Today we hold first place, both as manufacturers aiwl consumers of cocoa and chocolate, by a comfortable margin, and are In creasing our lead so rapidly that It Is with the utmost difficulty that the American manufacturers are able to the United States consumed nearly PiO.OOO bags of cocoa, or about one third of the world's entire crop. Even at this rate of growth the Industry would be destined to become a com manding figure in the commercial world, hut the consumption of cocoa Is enlarging with the population, and at an Increasing ratio; that Is. more people are using It, and present users are consuming larger quantities. OVEE A CLIFF. To go out after game lu the hill country of India means that the hunter will find game, says Captain Olasfurd, tha author of "IUtle and Romance In tho Indian Jungle." One morning, fol lowed by his shikarees, or native Hunt ers, Captain (ilasfurd was out looking over a rough hlllwide for bear. He had passed round the curve of a high ledge, when he found himself In front of a i...r,, low-rnnfed enve. On the sandv floor of the t,ntrnuce to the cave were the frwh K0inK tracks of a bear. Our iosltion was a sufficiently haz ardous one. The ledge was extremely narrow, overhung by rock, and on the verge of a perpendicular face of sand stone. We IegHii quietly retracing our way. rut scarcely had we taken one step when a horrible disturbance oc curred In ttie depths of the cavern. This hastened our movements; but our haste was as nothing compared to the rapidity of the eruption that was going on N'hlnd us as the ln-nr came yelling and scrambling out of the cavern. For me there was nothing but a swift whip round to face this horrid denouement, my rifle not even permitted to reach shoulder. To right a blank wall of smooth cliff- side; to left, a swift descent to the un- ,kn(m.n OV(,r thc ((f t,)(, ni)(, In front a raging, roaring mass of black hair shooting toward me with the speed af a runaway motor car. "Rang!" goes my rifle, and the next moment I am enjoying a strange, slow moving nightmare, one of tho most vivid of Its memories being the smooth- brushed appearance of the bear's fore- head as her Jaws closed on my right and then came a shock I snw the body bear hurled far from me Into pool tor inougnt as to my extraordl- nary piece of luck. So Appropriate. She had a formula by means of which she let her suitors down easy. "! nrt- Mr- HIk. I cannot marry ru. but I win ie a very dear little sister to you," she promised. Later, she gut married, and all the rejected suitors were at the wedding. And there was quite a sensation In their ranks when the minister started (nnnUlml. Ie Style So the affirmative side In the debate "Are Rrlbes a Necessary Evil?" came out ahead; congratulate you. Ounbnsta Thanks ; bat I want to . . .