lUlADB BUBET BY TBOUBLE
PROCEEDINGS OE CONGRESS IN BRIEF
Tuesday. D#« «inter 21.
Wu.wh i ngt <»n. IM m *
21
R«q»r«’»cntn
th«* Harner, Mund«»!! un«l Martin I«»
•lay held a ran for
nn«| agr#«d to
»■nil« in pressing Mr <*onaideration the
l> II relieving honivataadchi in th««
iiorihwtat from th«* nocpasity of rt»sj«|
ing on their land* fhrungh th«« winter.
Ihporte indu'ut« thnt the weal her 1»
i uh tialiy *ev« »«» and many rnqucsls
Mr thia relief nre being reeeived.
If in asserh’d that now »«’titer» are
find - ng it iin|**ilile to reinmti On thmr
tends.
The aeuat«« today confirm« d the n<»nt
Inatten of Robert llncou of Now York
t< l»e arnba»» idor to I ranee.
I’rcsitlmit Taft went to the nenat« the
hum mat ion» ot (tenoral (teorgc Btono
«»f < ¿ihfuinm to be naval ufllc«*r of
eaaiuiu» at Hun Francteco, and llowar«!
< Hhotwr of Mouth Ibiknta to be Audi
toi for the inferior department in thia
*it v.
The Maim •* white »te\c traffic”
bji we»
favorably report««! to the
h<iu«e today by Chairman Mann of that
rumtnitli r
The rep« >rt accompany Ing
th« present at ion of the measure dis
Im«'fly disclaims nuy purpose to usurp
m any war the poller power« of the
•fate«
lie« otnmrndatiun*» for change» m the
pirM*nt law regulatiug transportation
• umpaniva are contained iu the twru
It third an mini report of the inter
alate rummer«*«* r«»mini *s|<>n transmit l«»«l
Imlay to eongre«*
1 he report, however, is notable rath
er for recommendations it does not
rontain.
Cite of the suggestions made by the
*pr« ml r091 ml11ee »«'tert rd by President
Taft to draft changes in th« «listing
interstate rommeire act ar« offer««! iu
the report.
i oagrvss djouri»c<l early this after
no >n to Thursday, January 4.
Monday, December 20.
.«»UiAgtoa, Iler. 2U
llyth »ClIAl«
und house coticlu te«l their tete>rs by •
*• '«lock today
Tom«»rruw .« holiday ad
piurnmrnt fui two weeks will be taken
\s»dr from th« continualnm of th*
nomination of Horace II Lurton. of
*1 >*tmr«H«r< , to be an us«»«»eiatr justice
«»f the supreme court, th«- principal
fr.it or« of the »<*##!<« pr«»’»rd«ng» wa«
n «p«ech laden w !h optimism aud gon«l
« hr, r for th«« < hristmns arasuu by Men
»«for I
’*
The addies* of the N«-w
\i.rk«» w ^ m e.illed forth In what h«
• >ara« retired ns th« p« •»•mtetie pre.tic
1‘no in Heftaior Ln Follett.«*a mngailne
nn«l m many new»paper» ns to the ef
fert of th«’ tariff upon prices am! as to
the w.tsfe of natural lesourers.
Washington. I tec 20* *‘W. Will re
>*■; >« general river nn«l harbor bill
.«bout February I.” said Chairman
\lexi«ro|4t, of the house committee on
timers .»nd harbors, tiwtev. Mr Atevan
der sa "1 his bill would carry much mor«'
than ♦AO.ofW.OOO.
Friday. December 17.
Maste.ngton, Ite«*. 17.-•Denunciation
«.! ofbeinie of the #X##Utiv# departments
«.f th» government who critic«»« with
. ut fuel can»« was marie in a speech
bv Representative Mann of Illinois,
»nd also another speech of similar
tenor bv Hept csciitat i ve Fitzgcrabl of
x.-w N«.rk, who said ‘‘a certain dis
tingumberl nffi. »al ” was responsible,
thcref’ire. because of the ba«l «sample
lie had »1 f«r hi» subordinates. This
enlivened itu otherwise «lull ««’ssion of
I h” house today.
It w.i’* understood generally that Mr
I itrgemld had el Prwaidaat Roosevelt
in mind
The I hat net of Columbia appropria
non bill was read, but was not put
upon its passage, and »will be taken up
Monday again
Some saving was rf
.ecte«l I « reducing appropriation* for
in••reiar* in salaries for district officers
by eliminating altogether paragraph*
making provisions for new offices.
Representative
Macon,
Arkansas,
t.gnin ’»«••umed the role of the ‘‘watch
«|«»g of th«' treasury” and made points
«»f <»rd«-v against several suction# of the
bill, and not wholly without anccesa.
Rather unexpectedly the house agreed
!.» in*«*rt in the bill tin amendment ap
propriatiag •17,000 for playgrounds for
•■litldr» n of the district.
Chicago. De«*. 20. Riiilroad* in the
West, northw••«•!, and in the centra)
»tut«”« sr«» experiencing th« gf«’jif»”«t
«ii’ h,
I'h« sum«’ bills were introduced
difficulty of years in operating their
in the wenutc by Rcnator Jones.
I mint, ( 'ondilion* which «list now have
Washington, Dec
hl
In a brief not b«’«n «*«j iim 11«-<1 during any winter
scMudiHi of th«« snnuto today a resuiu fur th«« pa»t «Iccntle,
tion by Cullom was adoptmj calling
Tlio trouble» of the op«*rnting tix*n
oil ill»« M”-rdury «if the interior for in »«•m pr«>VMl«n»t ev«*rywhere. In Chicago
formation respecting mining disasters passenger trains from ull dirertion* ar
and facilities of th« f«-deral government rive from flv«’ hour* to one half day
for rrnd««ring aid in such cases.
Inf«*, and in a f«*w instsn«'«» train» be
Mi’tiator Foster today introduced a «•am«« so Into they were almn<|on«'<l be
joint resolution authorizing the war «1« for«» reaching th«’ terminal.
pnrtmi'iil to return to the state of Luu
To muke matter« worn«, lh«* diffi.uk
isiana the original ordinance of seces oppriiting r< milition« which hm •«• arisen
sion adopted by the propio of that l»#v«‘ b«rn n c’*oiti|»ani«4«l l»v r» !•» «'X »eri«»«
stat«.
of wr«*«*ks on th«* vari«»
» « lro#4s.
If favoritblc action is taken upou the which liftvr r«*suit#«i in xi" ».I
”»r«‘
subject of Louisiana, it is expected that hcriMion evt’i ywk«««*. For most of t l«<*«t#
■ dher states which seceded prior to the wt««ks th«* ’>>ld«j«*n ’’old snap ia being
civil war will r«'<|uest similar return*
held lexpoiiMiblc |»y th«’ railroad m«*n, a»
Menator Piles today introduced th« th« marked drop ia t«inp«*rature causes
f«db>wing bills:
Increasing the limit th« rails to become brittle.
of th«« cost of Bellingham public build
Within the territory limits of Chicago
mg from •120,000 to $1'20,000; increas the <q»««rMtion of trains is made exeee«l
Ing the cost of th«’ Everett building mgly difficult by reason of the cold nn«l
from $130,000 to $400,000; appropriat the »moke. Early in the moruing su
!ng $30J)00 for the Eliza Island light burban trains are roinp«*llc«i to crawl
house; appropriating $10,(XX) for launch into the stations, the engine rr«*w» un
for Puget Hound customs service
able to »«•• the signal* st times on sc
Ht’iiatur Jones to« l.y introduced bills • ount of the low hanging smoke.
authorizing th« purchase of sites an«!
Throughout the w«»st freight traffic Is
th*« erection of public buiblings at
more or I«««* paralyzed. In au effort to
Wenatchee, Waterville and Elleusburg,
g«’l puMMcnger trains over the road the
Wash.
operating men have Itcen compelled to
The M’liate today confirmed the fol
widetrack freight everywhere for a long
lowing Idaho («oatmaster*
John
E.
Jon»«», iif Kellogg; Henry It. Curtiss, of period. The r«*sult is that all the aid
ing» are full of delayed freight and th«*
Blarkfont; !<e«da Wyman, of Mullan,
terminal yards are <-onge«tc«i to an
and also l‘r«««l«y F. Horne as register
equal degree.
of the Hailey land office.
In many section» the sudden cxtrrm««
• old haw l>cen ioll«)wc«l bv a heavy fall
Wednesday, December 16,
of »now. which has drift«w| and thus
Washington, Dec. 15 Hitting until blocked traffic in many plac«*« for hours.
Mfter nightfall, the house buckled down Iu Chicago the operating men on the
to business today, passed the Esch bill, various roads have b««’n working day
rmpnrmg railroads to make full month and night in the hope of Hearing up th«-
ly reports to the interstate commerce lin««« and getting traffic moving nor
commission of all accident», and a inally.
measure giving the commission pow«r
Pa«w«nger train» cannot get out of
to ruin|H’l railroads to provide uniform Chicago on time, because of the non
•■«juinmcut for thsir cars, am! then took arrival of Pullman #qnipmeiit, which
up for con»ideration the Mann Pana is in use on delayed train»
ms caual bill, on which general debate
Railroad men sav one of the greatest
w a» concluded.
causes of delay is th«* difficulty of steam
\ igoruus opposition to the propose«! ing engine* during severe cold. Another
plan to alndish the Isthmian canal cum I ’ Aii»e ib the difficulty of operating coal
mission an«l to vest building of the I chute«, trmtiM often bcing delayed from
Panama canal an«l of governing the ‘_’O minute» to on»- half hour in securing
«•anal sone in one «Erector general, ap ••oal or water.
pointed by the president, cropped out
■ ■■ today ia general <1< bate BIO WEDDINO CAKE FOR KINO.
on th«- .Mann bill, reports«! by the com
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mittce on iut«'r»tate and for«*ign com Monarch ot Ton«*, in Nev Zealand.
mere«.
Order, r>0<> Pounder
Scarcely less intense was the protest
Cape Town. Der. 20. — By command
aroused wh«<n it was learned that the
commit!*« had recommended that the of Kmg George of Tonga, a baker of
judicial power of the canal sone be Auckland. New Zealand, has d«*sign«*d
«•«ted tn one circuit court and such and built a cake for th«* coming nuptial«
inferior court* a* the president may of that potentate. In its splendor and
constitute.
imposing proportions the cake, to quote
This would require the abolition of the local press, “has never had an
the existing supreme court on the rone. equal >n the annals of Australasian
An appeal direct
to the supreme confectionery. ’ ’
court of the United States is author
It weighs 509 pounds and stands
ized. however, in questions arising out eight feet high. D«*rorating various
of the constitution, treat!«** or laws of panels are the Tongan coat of arms,
th« United States, involving a death the Tongan royal crown and the initials
sentence or imprisonment. Similar ap of the king and his bride.
peal is allowed in civil cases involving
Curiously »-neiigh, the lady’s initials
more than„$5,000.
arc concealed 'rom th«' gaze of th«*
Representative Mann (Illinois), nu crnw«l who admire the cake in the
thor of the bill and chairman of the baker’s shop window The identity of
committee, attempted to explain the the future queen is in fart a mystery,
necessity for his measure.
and one of the conditions impoiicd on
“What are the sources of authority the baker was tn complete the secrecy
from which the president (Roosevelt) regarding her initials. It is un«l<*rstoo«l
derived the right to claim to govern that there has l»ecn «ome competition
the canal /onef” interrupted Repr« among the ladies of the Tongan court
sentative Harrison of New York.
for the kingly bridegroom, and that in
order to dcf«*r the disappointm«*nt of
the unsnccesaful ones till the last pos-
FOOD LAW MORE DRASTIC
«iblc moment his majesty will not r«*
veal the name of th«* bride until the
Department to Add Laboratories for day of the ceremony.
Stricter En'orcemant
Washington, Dec. 21. — A compre- CANNOT SHUT OUT THE STORK
hrnaiv# enlargement of the activities
of th« department of agcic'jlturr in ad
ministering th# pur« food act is con-
te tn pl at « h ! in orders issued t day. The
object is to inaugurate for porta where
the department ha* no chemical labo
ratory a systematic
inspection of
fo«xis, as ia done at ports where such
facilities exist.
A complete chain of laboratory dis
tricts ha« been established, with head
quarters at the principal porta, to
which will be sent aampl* s of import
ed goods when found necessary.
All
imports, regarding the right to enter
which under the pure food law ai.y
doubt may exist in the minds of the
customs inspectors at the smaller
places will bj referred to these chem
ists.
Officials say that the method will
tend to do away with any tendency to
import goods in violation of law at
the smaller porta, where there are no
laboratories, instead of at the larger
porta, although their ultimate destin
ation ia the same. Headquarters are
to be located, among other places, at
Galveston, Denver, San Francisco and
Seattle.
Washington, Itec. 17 •
Senatorial
friends of Secretary Ballinger are pre
paring to introduce ahd pass a resolu
t:«»n authorising sweeping congressional
investigation into conduct of the into
nor dc|«artment, general land office and
forest service. Secretary Ballinger is
in hearty accord with this purpose and
said today he would welcome such an
investigation in his department, for ho
is satisfied that a fair and impartial
investigation will bring forth satiafac
lory answer to every accusation that
has linen made against him and against
other offieinls of his department.
Xrmy engineers, in a report rent to
congress today, recommend an approp
riation of •9.(100 for dredging n chan
nd in fret wi«lc and two and a half
feet drop in th«' Fowl it/- river, from
Postmasters Will Got More.
Castle Rock to Toledo, and the annual
Washington, Dec. 22—On January 1
appropriation of $2,000 to maintain the
the following fourth-class poetoffices
<• hnnnel.
will be advanced to the presidential
Thursday. December 10.
grade, and the salaries of the post mas
Washington,
Dec. 10. Performing ters fixed as indicated : Oregon : Her
th«’ functions of a municipal legislative miston, $1.100; Sherwood,
$1,100;
bydv the house today devoted nearly Wallowa, $1,200.
Washington
Al
five hours to consideration of the lbs mira and Woodland, $1,000; Granite
trii-t of Columbia appropriation bill. Falls, Kettle Falls and Oroville, $1,100.
The measure carries $10,150,473 for the Idaho Good.ng. $7"". JtraM fl.’....
expense* of the district for 1911.
Burley, $1,300; Rigby. $1,200; Cam
Representative M«?Crcdie today intro
bridge, Cottonwood, Meridian, $1,100.
«bleed bills authorizing th«' erection of
public buildings at Vancouver. Iloquiam
M’Veagh Favors Postoffice.
ami \berdecn, Wash., to cost $150,000
Agreement Arrived at on Rate Cases.
Washington, Dec. 16.—A final agree
ment was reached today between coun
sel for both sides in the lumber rate
cases. Argument will be heard either
here or at Chicago. The roads attach
importance to the cases, judging from
the attention they give. It Ta evident
the real meaning of the cases is more
nn attack on the powers of the com
mission than the question of rates, al
though ostensibly rates constitute the
chief issue.
Worst Winter in Years Causes Many
Wiecks and Delays.
Washington, Dec. 21- The secre
tary of the treasury has reported fav
orably upon Bourne's bill for a new
postoffice building in Portland. The
report recites that an adequate post
office building will require an expend
iture of $1,500,000. The report has
Hone to the senate public buildings
committee and Bourne will try to se
cure sn early report from the commit
tee. and the passage of hie bill through
the senate, making it eligible for in
clueion In the omnibue public build
ing bill, if one ie paaeed this season.
Chicago Landlords Lose Teat Case in
Court.
Chicago. Dec 20. -Hani hcarto«! Illi
not* landlords and flat agents rniiHt not
shoo the stork away from their prem
isea. The law had it» first test today,
and was upheld. This bodes ill for
landloni» who refuse apartments to par
ents, actual or prospective.
Rolla R. Longoneck«'r. father <»f a
bov of 5 an«l a girl of 3. brought suit
against W. L. Boylston, an owner, and
Robert F. Schenck, as agent, for re
fusing to rcn«*w his legs«. They made
it dear that the reason was that he
hn«l children. Ixingenecker. who is a
lawyer and son of the famous lawyer
and judge, immediately l»cg.in a test of
the law passed last winter cov«'ring
such cases, and Municipal Juilge Hime«
decided that children nn<! their parents,
under the constitution, are entitle«! to
’•fc and reasonable liberty.
Bank Guaranty Attacked
Oklahoma City. Okla.. Dec. 20.— Re
straining orders against State Bank
Commissioner Young were askc«l in a
»nit argued in th«» district court today.
The United State» Fidelity X Guaranty
company anil the Southern Surety com
pany, sureties for the state school land
commission in the protection of funds
«lcpo»itc<l with the Columbia Bank A
Trust company, asked th«» court to pre
vent the bank commissioner from mak
ing the state guarinty fund and state
banks preferre«! creditors in closing up
th«» bank’s affairs. Judge (’lurk reserved
decision.
Road Boosts Dry Farms.
Mbuqucrqne, N. M.. Dec. 20. Tt i*
announced today by th«» immigration
department of the Santa Fe railroad
thnt $25,000 or more will be spent by
the railroatl to demonstrate the final
practicability of dry farming in the
wastes of New Mexico. Hard working
homesteaders in all parts of the terri
tory will be supplie«! with the neces
sary funds and implements. Professor
J. D. Tinsley, of the New Mexico agri
cultural college, has resigned in order
to take charge of the work.
Flax Reaches Record Price.
Minneapolis, Dec. 20.—Flax went to
$2 a bushel on the grain market her#
today, a record price
According to th#
government's estimate, Minnesota and
the Dakotas raised 25,000,000 bushels of
this grain this year.
The Redemption
2! Qàvid Çorson
By
( «vprrlfh«.
CHARLES FREDERIC GOSS
by 'I hr Bow.il Mr r 11 ( omj aay
rifAI-TKH XI. l« onrliiiiMl 1
Tt <M’« «irr»-d to him that if he left th«
f»«ly where It u.«s and II should be
• ’ iiluull:. <|i»< 0«« r» d. it would aiTortl
(he yravest suspl« Ions of foul play;
but that If he draifk'»«) It lu«< k affalo
to the i” d an«! bild it with Its fare
In (he dust. M4..in#< th* r -k with
which lit«- deed was don». ;t might
pass for an accident
Once mor# that hhieous smile of
runnhiff lit up ths fa«« which in these
few moment# ha«! undergone a myste
rious deterioration. He hastily remov
ed th« heap of rubbish, shudflered as
he saw the loathsome thing on«-# more
exp<»s«-d to view-, but seized it. draga««!
It !*ark. and pla»-*-«1 It with consum
mate art tn the position which his
«-rimirisi pr«scien**e liuti suggested.
As it la\ there in the road nothing
could tu«v»- se»-rn«d more natural than
tluit It hn«1 fsller\ from the horse: he
felt another momentary relief from
terror, in which he cunningly concriv-
•d a stili more sagacious plan, <»n no
ticing Rotneo. They were the best of
friends, it was easy to «a»< h him !!»•
did so. removed the sad«llr broke the
girth and placed it near the prostrate
figure of the quack
Nothing could
have more perfectly resembled an ac
cident. An adept tn crim# could not
have performed this task with finer
skill, and he was free now to turn to
the rest of the work that he must do
to conceal this ghastly deed.
Approaching the buggy, he found to
his Immense relief that Pepeeta was
still unconscious
With swift and si
lent movements he fr»-ed the mare, led
her out Into the road and drove hur
riedly away.
As he emerged from the wood they
came to another brook, so similar to
the one by the side of which the strug
gle had occurred, that he conceived the
idea of stoppini; by Its side and awak
ening Pepeate from her si »p<»r ther$.
-She will not notice the difference."
he said to himself; "and if she did not
witness the fatal blow I can persuade
her that I overpowered the doctor and
forced him to return while she vrs In
her swoon.”
Stopping the horse, he lifted her In
animate form from the carriage, bore
It to the aide of the brook, laid It gen
tly upon the bank and daah*«! a hand
ful of the cold water Into her white
face
Khe gaape«i. opened her eyes,
and. altting up. looked about her with
xn expreaslon of terror.
"Where am IT* ah# aaked
"Do you not retnemlier? You ar#
here In th# wood wher# th# doctor
overtook us," he replied.
"And wher# Is he?”
"H# ha a returned."
"But I saw you clench with each
other, and II was awful’ What hap
pened then? I must have fainted Do
you mean that he has gone bock with
out m#? How did you persuade him
to do that?"
"1 persuaded him with my flats. You
should hav# seen me. Pepeeta'”
"Did he acknowleilge that he had
deceived me?"
"He did Indeed
Yes. he has gons,
never to return. He made his confes
sion and relinquished hla claim
And
so we have nothing to do but forget
him and be happy. Are you feeling
better now?”
"Yes. I am better; but I am not
well; I cannot ahake It off It seems
too dreailful to have been real. And
yet how much better It la than If one
of you had been killed' Oh' I wish I
could atop seeing tt. Yet us go* I^et
us leave this gloomy wood
I .et us
get out Into the sunshine. See! It is
getting dark. We mint not stay here
any longer.”
“Yea. let ua go." he said, rising, lift
ing her gently from the ground and
leading her back to the buggy. in
which they took their seats and drove
rapidly forward.
Pepceta’a thought were full of glad
ness; and David’s full of agony—they
rushed tumultuously back and forth
through bla mind like contrary winds
through a forest
"Was It not enough that I should be
an Adam, and fall? Must I also be
come a Caln and go forth with the
brand of a murderer on my forehead?"
N# kept say ing to himself.
CHAPTER XII.
The morning after the flght David
and Pepeeta hurried on to lx>u la villa,
and from there took a steamer to New
Orleans. Pepeeta was radiant with
Joy as they cmt»arke«1 "How happy I
am!” she cried. "It seems as if I had
left my old life and the old world be
hind me!”
"And I >m happy to see you glad."
answered the wretched youth, whose
heart lay in bls boaom like lead and
whose conscience was writhing wRh a
torture of whose like he had never
even dreamed. They embarked un
known am! unobserved; but as soon
as the flrst confusion had passed, their
singular beauty and unusu/l appear
ance made them the cynosure of every
ey#.
"Who Is that splendid fellow?" wom
an aaked each other, as David passed
with Pepeeta on his arm. while under
their breaths men declared that hie
companion was the loveliest woman
who had ever set foot on a Mlasla-
slppl steamer.
IM vid was in need of excitement.
Th# thought of his crime was con
stantly agitating his heart, th# pros
trate form of th# doctor with th#
bloody wound on hla forehead was
never absent from his mind, and
through all
the ceaseless rumble
around him h# could hear th# dull
thud of th# stone upon the hard skull.
Th# efforts which he made to throw off
thee# horrible welghta that cruahed
him wer# like thoee of a man awaken-
lag from a nightmaro
H# #caranl)
All Mifht» #««rrved
’ rtared to epeak for f*ar of uttering
■ a ords which would betray him
and
i which seemed to tremble on his lips.
I Had he been qn shore h« would have
fl«*«l to the solitude of a forest; but
I her# he was resistl**ssly impelled to
i that other solitude a « row«l. The nr-
1 ceaslty of being gay with his beautiful
' » ride and of «-on» eailng every trace of
; his terror and remorse taxed bis re-
•«»urres to th»*1r utm«»st limit, and in
his nervousness he k*-pt Pepeeta mov
ing with him »11 day long. At its close
»he was completely exhausted; and r«-
! tired early to her stateroom
Freed
'10m her company and craving relief
I from thought David made his way
straight to the gambling tallies where
the nightly game« were fn full swing
In the months which they had spent
together the quark had Indo« trinated
1 David Into m H the best-known secrets
of thia vice, and besides thia, had fa-
; mlliarlzed him with the use of a cer-
, tain "hold out" of hla own Invention.
I with which he had achieved Incredi
ble results and which was new to the
i fraternity of the river Having VAtch-
•*d the players for :« long time. David
• onvinred himself that he could em-
Ipioy this trick successfully, and took
his place at the table.
iroun* In de woods.
Wh»*n Kun«4ay
r#m«. she d«*a slip into de «-hurche# laK
a IUI mouse and nibble up de gospel
crumbs and den run away before de
priests «otch h**r
Ihark days dos«, in
de old Italiantraw mansion! And den
come de night when dey pahted. You
dune h«uh about dai?”
The old colored mamrny was right,
'They just grew apart.” as it was In
evitable that they should Perfect self
manifestation is the true principle and
law of love, and when a guilty secret
«ornes between two lovers, suspicion
and fear Inevitably r»-»ult. They be
come incomprehensible to »-ach other.
It was a frightful discipline; but ah#
was sanctified >> it. l>ay by day she
became more patient, gentle and re-
«igned, and in proportion as she grew
I In these grare#. her lover’s awe and
fear ln< r«*ased. and so they drifted far-
' th»-r h nd farther apart. Buch rela-
tionshipN cannot »ontlnue forever, and
tio-y generally terminate in tragedy.
After the first few months* excite
ment of his n« w Ilf«. l>avl<r» consciena
: began to torment him anew. He be-
! came melancholy, then moody, arid
, finally fell into the habit of sitting for
j hours among the
crowd#
which
«w armed the gambling rooms, brood-
-ng over his secret. From stage to
i stag» in the
olutlon of his remorse
1 he passed until he at last reached that
I of superstition, whl«*h attacks the soul
Iof the gambler as rust does iron. And
so the wretched victim of many vices
; sat one eteriing at the clo## of the
second year with his hat drawn down
over his eyes, reflecting upon his past.
"What's the matter. Davy?" asked a
pla:**r who ha«l lost his stake, and was
whistling good-humoredly as he left
the room.
"Leave me alone." T>#vid growled,
and reached fur a glass mug-contain
ing a strong decoction to which h#
was resorting more and more as his
troubles grew intolerable. A* strange
thing happened* As he put it to his
lips its bottom dropped upon the ta
ble and the contents streamed into his
lap and down to the floor. 1( was the
straw chat broke the camel*# back, for
it had aroused a superstitious terror.
With a smothered cry he sprang t#
his feet and gazed around upon hi#
companions. They, t«K>. had observed
the untoward accident, and. to them as
well as lo him it was a »ymbol of dis
aster. Not one of them doubted that
the bottom would fall out of his for
tunes as out of his glass, for by such
signs as these the gambler reads hl#
destiny.
He pulled himself together an<f mad#
a jest of the accident, but it was im
possible for him to dissipate the Im
pression it had mad^ on the minds of
his companu»ns or to banish the gloom
from his own soul. And sO after a few
brave but futile efforts to break th#
spell of apprehension, he slipped quiet
ly away, opened the dvor'and passed
out into the night.
(To be continued.)
David felt hla way along with a
«'«DOlness that astonished himself, and
his Very first experiment with the deli
cate apparatus concealed in his sleeve
was such a brilliant triumph that he
saw it was undetected.
With a
strengthened ronfl«1enre. he made the
stakes larger and larger, and h1s win
nings Increase«! so rapidly as to make
him the center of attention. The crowd
sw'armed round the table. The specta
tors became breathless The gamblers
were first astonished, then bewildered.
As their nerve failed them. David's as
surance Increased, and when day broke
ten thousand dollars lay upon the ta
ble before him as th« result of his
sklljfu) and desperate efforts.
Their loss astonished and enraged
the gamblers to such a degr«*e that
with a preconcerted signal they sprang
at their opponent, determined to re
gain their money bv violence. The
move was not unexpected nor w#»-
unprepared
He fought as he had
PREY OF THE TIGER
played, and so won the sympathies of
the bystanders than In an Instant
there was a general melee In which he Has Prefereare for HSS»aa Kle»h
After O»ce Taatlsg It.
was helped to escape with ♦*»• —«n-
In the intervals of rest and recrea
nlngs.
He was the hero of the trip, and a tion which Mr Rees doubtless allow#
career had opened liefore him. Satel himself be may do worse than give
lites began to circle around him and hi# most attentive cons ide nt ion to
to solicit his friendship and nafer—
certain facts mentioned by a writer
When he d!sem!»arked at New Orleans
in the Indian Forester bAartng upon
he had already entered Into a part
nership with one of the most notable th# evolution of the forest tiger's
taste, first for cattle and then for hu
memhe»*« n* the gambling frate»-
and purchased an interest
^-e of man meat, the India Daily News says.
those "palaces” where games of chance
When tired of the monotony of the
attracted and destroyed their thou menu provided by deer or wild pig
sands.
the foreet tiger develops a taste for
Ths newspapers
made
the 1 y domestic cattle, and then its modus
throngs of that grayest of all citie» fa
operand! is a very interesting study.
miliar with the incidents of Dav ’•’’#
advent. He and P*n**»« became the The menu« is changed from deep for*
talk of the town. The«- ««Med a fash e#t to cattle-breeding area, where the
ionable house and swung out Into the tiger leisurely carries on its depreda
current of the mad life of the metropo tions until shot—an operation which«
lis of the South.
however it might shock -Mr. Rees, is
For a little while this -- •• ment one of the most beneficent acta of the
and glory softened the pain in the sportsman.
heart of the man who believed himself
As the writer in the aforesaid
to be a murderer and encouraged him
to hope that It might eventually pass periodical says, the transition from
away. He played recklessly but suc cattle slaying to man slaying is not
a great step. Where cattle abound hu
cessfully. for he was a transient fa«or
ite of the fickle goddess. When gam man beings are. and on«e the tiger
bling lost Its power to drown the voice nas tasted the human meat it develop#
of conscience, there was the race, the an extraordinary iMsaion for it. And
play and the wine cup! To each nf
so It must have its daily feed
It
them appealing in turn, lie went whirl
ing madly around the o ” - circles of goes anywhere in search of food.
Many jears ago a tiger swam the
the great maelstrom in which s«' manv
brilliant youths were swallowed In Rangoon river, nearly a mile tn width«
and landed in the heart of the local
those ante-bellum days.
•
•••••
ity. crept under the raised ficor of a
For two years David and Pepeeta Burman
hut
and
was
promptly
lived together in New Orleans They slaughtered.
were year# full of import, and of trou
About six years ago a large tiger
ble. A baby came to them, lingered a
was observed on the platform of the
few weeks and then died. l>avid pur
sued the occupation he had chosen, Shu#-Dogan pagoda at Rangoon and
wax shot by a party of soldiers told
with the vicissitudes of fortune usua!
ly attending the votaries of games of off for th# purpose. The superstitiou#
chance, and the moral and spiritual Burmewe attributed the outbreak of
deterioration which they Invariably de plague in Rangoon to the shooting of
velop.
thi# tiger, which they de< lared waa
Pepeeta altered strangely. Her bloom some particular manifestation of the
disappeared and an expression of sad Buddha
It is a curious fact, how
ness became habitual on her face. She
was surrounded by luxuries of every ever, that the plague outbreak oc
kind, but they* did not give her peace. curred shortly afterward, and th#
With an ambition which never flagged city has not since been free of the
she sought self-improvement, and at scourge.
tained It to a remarkable degree. En
A t orn promise.
dowed with an inherited aptitude for
‘ You'll have to send for anothei
culture, she read and studied books,
observed and Imitated elegant man doctor," said the one who had been
ners. and rapidly absorbed th# best called after a glance at the patieat.
elements of such higher life as she
Am 1 so ill a, that*' gasped th*
had access to. until her natural beauty sufferer.
and charm were wonderfully enhanced
"I don't know just how ill you ar«.”
Yet she was not happy, for her life
with David had brought her nothing replied the nian of medicine, "but I
know you're the lawyer who cro»e-ex-
but surprise and
disappointment,
something had come between them, she amined me when I apepared as an eg.
knew not what.
pert witnesa. My conscience won't let
"Dey des growed apaht.” said the me kill you. and I'll be hanged if I
old negro "mammy.” who was with want to cure you. Good day."—Phila
them during those two years. "Seem delphia Inquirer.
ed to de# tech each other like mahbles
at a single point, stade of meltin' to-
K.for, «nd After.
gedder lak two drop# of watah runnln*
She waa a frivolous, fashionable
down a window pane. Mars* David
young woman with beaux galore, but
he done went he own way. drinkin'
one man with only a small Incom*
end gamblin'; he lak a madman when
h# baby die. Il# seem skeered when seemed to be the favorite.
•'You'll have to work hard befor*
he see Mias Pepeeta. She look st him
wld her big black eyes full of wond»r you win that girl." said his mother.
and s'prise, stretch out her H*l han's,
"And a good deal harder after yon
and when h# run away or struck h#r. win her." answered his father, wh*
ah# des go out to the 11*1 taby's grave, knew what ha was talking about.—
creeping along lak a shadder through TitBlta.
_______
th# gyahden. soft lak and still. Par
Kindness In ourselves la the honey
she des set down all alone and sigh
lak de breex# In h# old pin# tr#e. that blunts the sting of unkindnee*
Roms days sb# rone away all alone in another.—Peabody.
and ds brack folks say ah# wannsr all