IIERR STEINIIARDTS NEMESIS
BY J. MACLAREN COBBAN.
OHAITKH II Continued.
' I wont In tho morning and discovered
how tho strange tints of the water wore
produced. Tho Kiini was fed hy n run
lot, which flowed at tho bottom of tho
' bank on ono sido of tho lane called by
tho narrio of Lacrolx. This lane, I had
already learned, unci neen in mneruayn
the private carriago drive of tho first
ljicroix (before n btoinnardt nan ooon
heard of) from his fine mansion to his
tlvo works and his model farm. 'The
mansion, with its noblo rookery, had
long ago become the prey of tho omniv
orous speculative builder; tho model
farm had disappeared, all but tho farm
house which, Bqueczed into a sordid
corner of tho spreading villago, was now
let out in tenomcnts; a Steinhardt now
reicned in tho Lacriox dyo works ond,
in his ecorn of tho past, was in tlio
habit of "tipping" his aniline refuse
down among tho tree roots ol tho clier
ished avonuo, narrohing moro and
more the already constricted channel of
tho littlo stream, and poisoning and
discoloring the onco clear flow of water
in tho wholo iioiKliborhood. This it
was which washed color into the pond
and gavo it Its varying tints.
I stood thus in somo doubt and great
indignation doubt whether Miss La
croix's dream might not aficr all be
capable of as simple an explanation as
I had found for the tints of tho pond,
and indignation at what I saw around
me. I had never beforo ventured into
Lncroix lane; I now passed under its
wretched dying trees, along tho brink
of its cinder mud, ploughed a foot deep
into ruts by lumbering coal carts and
wagons, and fancied it metamorphosed
back into the private, shady, well-kept
avenuo of tho first Lacroix. I had
walked almost tho wholo length of tho
lano when I met Mr. Birley, Mrs.
Steinhardt's brother "Jim."
'Ah, there you aro," he called cheer
ily, when ho espied me, "I was just
coining to look you up and tako you
round a bit; there's not much 'biz' do
ing, and so I've taken a holiday."
Aftor greeting I gavo vent to the in
dignation of which I was full. Wo re
turned along tho lane.
"Well," said he, laying his hand on
my shoulder, "it's not nice of course,"
standing and surveying tho lane.
"But it's not for you or mo to mend it;
though I'm joint guardian with 'Man
uel of Paul's girl" (he meant Miss La
croix), "I've nothing to do with tho
property, and 'Manuel, you see, can't
bear to spend the brass, and doesn't
caro a well, a button for Paul's fam
ily history. Poor Paull he was a good
chap. I suppose tho name Lacroix is
dene for, and it has been what you
learned fellows would call historical."
I asked what he meant. He stopped
and tainted up tho lane, away from
Tlmperiey.
"You mightn't believo it," said he,
"but if you follow this lane right out to
the end you'll get to the Bastille."
(Tho- dear old gentlemau called it
"Bas,tile.")
I looked at him: I failed to compre
hend. "You don't mean," I said, "the
famous French Bastille? tho fortress
prison of Paris?"
"That's it," said ho. "You've read,
I suppose, in your history books of the
taking of the lia'tillo, and tho man
that was governor at that time, Do
Lacroix; that's the family. Tho poor
old fellow, was killed in the streets, I
believo."
.Thus he wont on, with much fullness
of irrelevant detail. I gathered tlie-n
feats of consequonce which I here set
down: At tho time of the great emi
gration of French nobility to this coun
try, a member of the Do Lacroix family
found his way to Lancashire with ono
or two dependents, a packet of jewels,
and somo scientific learning, and with
out his aristocratic prefix "de." He
prospected about a little, and at length
invested tho money he got for his jew
els in the Turkey red and Indigo dye
works of Tiiiiperloy. He prospered.
Ho was ono of tho first to apply chem
ical science to tho manufacture of dyes.
He made a largo fortune, and became
tho great man of the neighborhood.
Ho had, however, a family of four sons
who gave him great trouble They
almost ruined thoir father and quite
broke li is heart beforo their several
courses of oxtravagance and debauchery
came to an end. Tho eldest, Paul's
father, drow up Just in time, married
and Battled down to tho business;
another broke his neck in a steeple
chaso; tjio third died of delirium trem
ens, or worso and the fourth still ox
is ted, for ho could scarcely be said to
live; ho was tho tongue and limb-tied
paralytic, known as old Jaques, who in
habited tho littlo octagonal home, near
tho pond, which had been the lodge, of
his father's model farm. Paul had
wished him to make his houso his
home, hut ho insisted on settling down
there.
Tiiis sad and fateful story lay lioavy
on my mind and heart for tho rest of
tho day. In tho evening I took down
tlio first volume of Carlylo's French
Revolution, and read with new interest
tho wonderful passages in which ho de
scribes the taking of tho Bastille by the
mob, and the part winch tho old officer
of tho fortress played in its hopeless
dofenco.
Attor that I sat down and wrote to a
pair of London friends, asking them to
tnako certain inquiries concerning Mr.
Lacroix,
CHAPTER III.
1 had in all this abundant food for
rumination during tho next two or
1
threo woks. But I hsd littlo time for
riiiniii.it loti ami no tinio nt nil (or visits
to lipmorley Unl! until Whit-untldo
wns past. Whitsuntide ii tlio jrtt
festival in tho I.aneahiro calendar.
Then mills n ml pit ara idle tor n
wools, mill tho work people havo u spell
of serious enjoyment, mill wearing of
now summer clothing, for which umnoy
had been saved from Christninstido or
earlier. Pome go on jaunt to tlio soa
sldo for tho week or for n day or two;
hut tho recreations and dissipations of
tho multitudo aro those connected with
the Sunday schools, which aro gigantic
and popular institutions ; tho time mid
attention (often to littlo purpose) that
clergymen aro expected to give to tliem
can liardly ho conceived hy those who
hold cures in the couth. One day there
is a grand procession round tho parish
of scholars and thoir friends arrayed
in their now finery, accompanied hy
Haunting banners and a blatant brass
band, and headed hy their clergyman.
The procession halts at fixed points,
forms into mass and sings hymns, led
by the brass band, while the banners
tako up jHisitions to display thoir hido
ous devices and pictures. For another
day a short excursion iu wagons, with
tea or milk and buns, and games are
arranged for the benefit especially of
tho younger scholars; and for a third
day a long railway excursion for tho
others. All thtse arrangements I had
to undertake (some of them much
against the grain, I confess; for I pre
fer to go through tho parish as through
life, unaccompanied by instruments of
brass) to undertake alone, along with
all tho duties moro properly parochial
and clerical; for tho rector was still too
ill to attend to anything.
For three weeks or so, therefore, I
had no time to rumintao upon extrane
ous matters, and no time to spend at
Timperlev Hall, lint I then made nn
ncquaintnnco-that considerably influ
enced tho later evonts of my story Mr.
rreeraan, the minister of a quaint lit
tle Dissenting Chapel in tlio village.
We encountered first on tho day of the
procession in tho Lacroix lane. Ho
was marching along from the opposite
direction to us at tho head of his mod
est and silent troop; tho lane waj nar
row; he halted, took off his hat, and
trailed (while I could do no les in re
turn), and he and his penplo (tome of
them with reluctance, I huvo no doubt)
stood osido to let our noisier and moro
imposing procession pass. That was
our introduction. When tho Whitsun
tide matters woo all disposed of, he
called on me one evening to ask mo to
be chairman at a lecture he was about
to deliver in tho little public hall of tho
villago on some point of the land ques
tion. I was somewhat taken aback by
his request, and I supposu I showed
that I was.
"Von are surprised. I daro--ay, Mr.
Umvin," said ho, with a littlo con
strained laugh (ho warn bright, genial
little man, with a bi,' rod beard). "I
l will explain wliy la-kyouv because,
I understand, you, liko myself, conio
from the south, where pure streams,
and clear skies, and healthy trees may
be seen, but especially because I be
lieve you are the only man in tho
neighborhood who holds somethig like
the same opinions as I do; my friend,
Mr. Birley, has told me of the talks ho
lias had with you aliout the way our
Lancashire friends treat nature."
"Your friend, Mr. Birloy," I ex
claimed. "Yes," said lie, with a comical twin
kle in his eye, "Mr. Hirioy and I meet
not on theological, but on simply
human common ground, and he is the
friend of everyone who knows his good
heart."
I began to like my visitor. I agreed
to act as his chairman, and we then
settled down to talk.
On tho evoning of tho lecture I took
my place on tho platform in a consid
erable flutter of nervousness. There
was a large attendance of work folk,
with a fair sprinkling of well-to-do peo
ple from the neighborhood, brought to
gether, I suppose, as much by curiosity
to see two parsons of conflicting creeds
together as by interest in the subject
of the lecture. I obterved on a back
seat Mrs. Steinhardt and Frank, Miss
Lacroix and our friend, Mr. Birley.
Steinhardt himsolf was not there. On
rising I was astonished to find myself
greeted with rounds of applause, and
on explaining in a few words how I
came to be where I was, I was cheored
with such hearty vociferation, That I
concluded I had hecomo, without know
ing it, a popular personage. I accepted
tho explantion Mr. Freeman gavo mo
afterward: "It was a bravo and risky
thing to do-, you know, to appear with
me; and these. Lancashire folk abovo
all things admiro a bit of pluck against
odds."
CHAPTER IV.
This adventure with Mr. Freeman
had results that I had not foreseen; but
that I might havo guessed had I con
sidered sufficiently tho situation in
which I had placed myself results
which at tho tlmo caused me somo
anxiety, yot which, in tho ond, proved
mucli to my advantage. Mr. Stein
hardt, of courso, hoard of it, and took
an early opportunity of calling mo to
task withcharactoristia.Gorinan I may
pel haps say, Bismarckian brusqtierio.
I had been' asked to dino nt Timperloy
Hall. He said littlo during dinner,
hut I found his oye on mo several times.
When tho ladies withdrew from tlio
table, ho sent Frank after thorn. Then
ho opened upon mo at onco.
"What thodouco, Mr. Unwin, lu'this
you've been doing with that ass, Freeman?"
I staret n speechless surprise less
at the actual question than nt ltd dic
tatorial tone. His complexion wits
usually vory ruddy; it now Inn-amo
curious purplish ml, even to his eyes
and his bald crown, as If ho had been
dipped in a vat of his choicest dye.
"You mustn't do that kind of thing,
you know, you'll npoll your chancon in
the church ; and, more than that, I
can't have you and him disturbing my
workpeople-, and selling them against
me. I can't say anything to him, but
I must toll you I can't have it; it won't
do at all."
"I don't know," I answered, "what
right you have, Mr. Steinhardt, to talk
to mo iu tlii fashion."
I was angry, lie moved about the
glasses and decanters no.r him.
"What right? Your salary comes
out of my pocket; voitr rector can't pav
it."
"That," said I, "Is n matter between
you and the rector, sir."
"Perhaps it is. Hut I want to tell
you that I must bo ma-tor in this vil
lage; and if you are bent upon interfer
ing with mo, or between mo mid tho
IHHiple, von shall go awav that a all.
You keep to your preachings, and your
vitdtings, ami your tea meetings," he
continued, in a tone, doubtlcs, meant
to Iw placatory, "and you will do very
well."
"I tako it to bo my duty, Mr. Stein-
hardt," I replied ,"to concern myself
witli whatever affects tho welfare of the
people; und, to my mind, the dreadful
condition of tho valley, and "
"Oh, d d sentimental nonsense!"
ho exclaimed. "Tho valley is hero for
us to make money out of the best way wo
can."
"It is, of course, of no consequence
that I don't agreo witli you," on id I;
"but as to what I shall think or say on
these or any other matters, I can cer
tainly tako no orders from you, sit.
You must excuse mo saying it."
"Very well." Ho sat n moment in
silence, fingering his ghi"s; ho seemed
not to have expected this conclusion.
Then ho rose and said, as if ho were
quite unconscious of having treated mo
witli rudeness. "Wo had better join
tho ladies."
"If you will excuse me." said I, "I
think I must say good night."
"Kb?" Ho looked nt mo in sonio
surprise. "Oh, you should talk to the
women a littlo while at any rate. But
just as you please. "
The invitation was exasperatingly
unconcerned, but, thinking this was
hut ids hahltunally churlish Teutonic
way, and that if I did not appear in tho
drawing room the ladies migjit be dis
tressed, I accompanied him. Both of
tiie Indies glanced nt me rather curi
ously; probably I showed signs of dis
composure. Soon Mr. Steinhardt with
drew to his study and his pipe.
"You've Ik'cii having words with
Emmanuel, Mr. Unwin," said Mrs.
Steinhardt, almost as soon as her hus
band was gone. "It's all about that
dreadful loctnro nffair, I suppose. Ho
thinks you've gone against him in it,
nnd Kmnunuol can't bear to bu gono
against. ( I'ho good lady always pro
nounced her huslKind'H namo with a
lofty sense of its scriptural preHtigo.)
"I do not see" said I, still rather
sore, "that Mr. Steinhardt should ex
pect to have his own way everywhero
and in everything, any moro than nil
other man."
"Mr. Steinhardt," said Miss Lacroix,
"is now alone in his authority, now
that father is gone, and he is by his
nature what you would say a despot
oh, yes, dear Mrs. Steinhardt, ho is if
any ono is not oiicdient to him he is
not nice at all. He said hard, rude,
cruel things to vou, Mr. Unwin in
deed, yes," said she in answer to my
look of surprise, "I know lie did; I felt
him saying them all tho timo and be
sides, I saw him saying them witli his
eyes all dinner time. But you must
not trouble about his words; they come
from his nature, which ho cannot help,
I suppose."
"What things, to Iw sure, yon do
say, Louise!" exclaimed Mrs. Stoin
hardt, "nnd what eyes you havo gotl
My word!"
(To b continued)
Would Accept Mn. Davit' Offer.
The Mobile (Ala.) Register advises
the loiislnturo of Mississippi to accept
Mrs. Davis' offci and buy Bcanvoir,
Jefferson Davis' lato home. Tho houso
and grounds have, it is said, been no
glected end ill-kept, only a custodian
residing upon tlio premises and gather
ing what fees ho can from chance vis
itors. Zcit for Sewing.
Englishwomen have taken up the
"charity sowing clubs" witli renewed
zest since the return of tho Duchess of
York from her tour of tho British co
lonial possessions. The Ophtr brought
homo an astonishing number of frocks,
flannel petticoats and wraps that tho
futuuo queen had taken the time to cut
and make during her tilp, assisted by
her ladios in waiting.
Hundred! of Popci.
Tiicro have been 238 popos from St.
Peter to Leo XIII, inclusive. Ono of
them, Adrian IV (1154), was an Eng
lishman, Nicholas Brcakeslicaro, who
was, born a beggar, hut lived to crown
tiie German Emperor Darbarossa, and
died tlio most powerful potentate jn
earth. Six have been Germans. Near
ly all tho rest havo been Italians.
Peculirlty of i Family
Mrs. Susan Hollowoy, a rcsidont of
Giciniiatl, has three, brothers nnd two
sisters, and nil of thorn havo six fingers
on each hand. Mrs. Holloway has just
given birth to n baby girl who has a
similar redundancy. Mrs, Hollnway's
mother and grandmother were also dec
orated in the samo way, as is her broth
er's infant son.
John Daniel), n Now York merchant,
kept his inarriago a tocret for 34 yours.
His will revealed it.
H Hi-rH-r-H-H-r-r-W
M - TV - i -
trrp II Kit 13 Is said lo he III certain
IP pnrttt of Southern Indiana nu
oath-hound mutual benefit so
ciety which has grown out of that fa
mous and Infauiousr organization
which In days gone by struck terror
Into the hearts or all who came under
Its ban the drended Whltceitps.
The society linn tH secret meeting
pla 'en, Its signs, grips, passwords, etc.,
and Is a direct descendant of the or
ganization which for years killed men
and whipped women In Southern In
diana and Ohio. It Is claimed that Its
members elect men of thetr own stripe
to nil the Important otllces. so great
Is the society's strength; that when n
trial Ih on In which any member Is
Interested, his fellows lire always
placed on the Jury; that It Is n society
formed for mutual protection In any
way which tuny he Imagined, hut es
pecially when Its members are In
trouble.
Where the meeting places of the so
ciety are, not one of I hem will tell.
The organization's members are found
In the tolltlcal conventions of city,
shot six hex rnou the coiinf-ieui.
township, county, district nnd State,
though holding the Interests of Its
members above the Interests of nuy
polltlcla'n. It never sells Its votes, but
It lias developed, has been ninny a
tlmo n power which has turned the
polltlcnt scnlo one way or the other,
greatly to tho mystification of the
bosses
Ah a rule, though coming of an or
ganization which was nothing unless
a violator of the law-, the present so
ciety Is not composed of lawbreakers,
nt least In the ordinary sense. How
ever, when one of Us members Is In
trouble, his fellows stand hy hltn until
the last, n fact which has often been
demonstrated In law courts. Frequent
ly. In trlnls. It has been noticed thnt
there was some mysterious Infliienco
nt work on the Jury, but whot It was
could not be discovered.
Origin of the White Cap.
The beginning of the Institution dates
back ninny years to the early settle
ment of Indiana, nt a time when the
State was overrun with desperate
chnrncters who had (led from Ohio and
Kentucky, the southern part, from Its
contiguity to the Ohio, being especial
ly the haunt of horse thieves, robbers
nnd countcrfelteis. In the river coun
ties of Indiana there was for years n
continuous reign of terror. When the
residents of these counties finally bnnd
ed together for protection, tho crim
inals fled further to the north, where
their advent was met with the organ
ization of n baud of regulators, of
which every decent citizen was n mem
ber. There wns little law In those
dnyH. Might made right and there wus
no one to gainsay the right of tho reg
ulators to tuko the law Into their own
hands. There are those yet living who
have often seen men ride by at night
with white i neks. In which were eye
holes, over their bonds. It was never
known In one locality from what oth
er locality these men came. It was
only known that they wero "on tho
march." but the next day n ghastly
body hanging from n limb, or n shady
character with his back slashed up
with hickory gods, or tlio tnle of somo
person missing would solve the mys
tery. People who had no business out
of doors stayed Inside when tho regu
lators wero out. No questions wcro
asked nnd no comments were made.
This was tho original Whltccap or
ganization. It served Its purpose well
and when cho thieves nnd thugs wero
all driven out of Indiana It ostensibly
disbanded.
It wns In lt37 that the Whltcenps
again beenmo prominent, but their
character was decidedly changed. Ed
ward Bingham, n constnblo who had
in somo way Incurred tho Ill-will of
tho gang, was tho first victim. Ho
was called out of his homo nt night,
tied to' a horse and carried Into tho
woods, where ho was stripped. He
wus then bound to a treo nnd each
member of the gang took turns In np
plylug hickory switches until ho be
enmo unconjilous. Then the man wns
curried back to his home and thrown
brutally over tho fence Into the yard.
Bingham died next day and tho com
MM
THE
WHITE ii
CAPS, ii
Old OrRnnlza
lion of Lyitcli ;
era tins (liven
Place (on Alii -
tun I licucm
Society.
It
1l..''
- K - 4r4 - - t -
munity arose In rnge agnlnst his mur
derers. Indictments were brought
against seveuil men who were known
to he In the gang and three of them
wen- sentenced in Imprisonment. The
WhltecnpN had such poweiful Itillu
encii Hint the convicted men served
but it small part of their sentences.
Krom INTiS to 1871, there were occa
sional whippings of both men and
women, lint nothing of n nature as to
call for special action, hut In the lat
ter year u lynching by Whlleeaps once
more drew attention to the organiza
tion. Fear of the gang was so great,
however, that nothing wiih done. In
ISTlt, the Whltecaps broke Into n Jail
mid lynched u mini awaiting trial on
charge of .liurder. of which his Inno
cence was Inter proven.
In 1KS3 a prominent farmer was
whipped, lie had tho gnug arrested,
hut the Jury disagreed and the men
escaped. I'rom that time on for many
years Whllecnp outrages wero fre
quent. They became ho common that
at hist the people of both Indiana and
Ohio were aroused and an attempt was
made to root out the organization.
Whipping nnd tuning parties were of
almost nightly occurrence, and the peo
ple were worked. In n perfect frenzy of
terror.
Mi-mbers of the original gang of
Whltecaps were rarely arrested and
nmre rarely convicted. If a Whlte
enpper fell Into the hands of the law,
It was almost Invariably because of
doing hUHl'icsH Independent of the or
iginal organization.
Il wiih Iu Harrison County. Iiid.. that
Whlte-.'iiplsiu, us such, sustained Its
death blow. In the hills near Corydon
lived a family of poor whiles from
Kentucky-father, mother, two sons
mid n daughter. One day the father
was found dead In the woods nnd the
Roiw were .irrested on the clmrirc of
killing hltn. An examination showed
their Innocence nnd they returned
limne. Soon cnnie n unrnlin: telllm:
the family that unless they left the
county within ten days the Whltcenps
would visit them. The warning was
Ignored and word waH received that
on n certain night the Whltecaps
would make their appearance. The
boys got several shotguns, loaded them
heavily with slugH nnd hid In n corn
pntch nenr the house. The Whltecaps
mine, mill while nine of them stood
on the M)tch. two others went Into
the house after the mother and dnugh
Iit ItmicH were tied around their
necks and when their screams told the
Iiovh what wns L'olmr on ther onened
lire at the -mug on the porch. Hlx of
the nine were killed and two others
were terribly wounded. The few re
maining fled In terror. The hoys fled
to Kentimky and have never been mo
lested. This lesson wns a salutary one. Hlnco
Titn wmrriNo or niNOHAii.
that time the Whltecaps have dono
nothing hut occasionally administer
the gad to shady characters. Several
damugo sultB have resulted, hut In no
instance has n plaintiff obtained Judg
ment. The hist suit, which. like tho
others, showed tho mysterious hnnd
of tho gang, wns tried In Brown Coun
ty. The brotherhood now In existence
does nni whip nor murder people.
Somo of Its members may violate tho
law, but the organization does not, as
nn entirely. The knowledge of the ex
istence of such nn organization, how
ever, has much effect on tho morals of
several communities, for there Is really
no telling when It might call a special
session of the court of .Tudgo Lynch.
Volcano Dwollors.
There Is no moro Interesting or curi
ous sight than that of tho crater A mo
Ban nbout Jit) miles from tho city of
Kumamoto, In Japan. Tho crater bus
long slncoccaso:l to belch forth cin
ders and lava, and la now Inhabited by
20,000 people, who live nnd prosper
within ItB vertical walls, 800 feet high.
Tho Inhabitants rarely mnko a Journey
Into tho outer world, hut form, as It
were, n littlo nation by themselves.
Hiiho Ingratitude.
Auntlo Do you like Undo Hnrry to
r!do you on his back? Tommy Oh,
well enough, but I hud n rldo on u real
donkey yesterday!
n. pm
HAM'S HORN PLASTO.
Warning Note Calling tbaWlcktd U
Kettoiitatica.
HllltUVroillCNOH s
tho brum! of Igwr
unci. It's nn III nlll
that speaks well of
tin one.
Where Oo4 te
In, trouble gtcs
over,
T h e darkness
makes us prlr.O Wie
dawn.
If God clinstlsrtk
Ills chosen wNit
will He do with Ills foes?
Hot headed sermons do not warm tho
h ea.it h of the saints.
Hotter not write nt all tha writ"
that which Is not right.
The church that scatters Its wey
will gather Its members.
Men will understand ono aotfcer
when they nil know God.
A religion In spots will not keep r"
unspotted from the world.
The top wave of excitement always
has n Imttom of depression.
The most valuable picture nn rHh Is
that of n living holy family.
They who march In fnlth pray better
than they who kneel In fiwr.
Men who are scooped Into tho elinwh
are not safe In the kingdom.
A man must be consistent with hti
present mid not with his past.
A steady shining though sninll Is but
ter than a great Hcliillllutloii.
It Is easier for God to work ft wan
der than for us to comprehend It.
The passenger Is likely to make Wot
tor lime In the ear than Iu tho nb.
Von ca t Increase ynur b"nk "ft
count hi heaven with blood inoncy.
If you feel you have n cull to preach
to the iiuiliy. first test It on the few.
Common sense Is n sort of sixth nt
tribute which will mistrust all n
others.
SELF-ACCUSEO.
Tlia JiiiIko Ciiiiic In for n I.nrue Hnr-
rut of I'crw.
Gcorglu Iiiim a stringent law forbid
ding Its citizens to carry concenlod
weapons on pain of forfeiting the
weapons and paying a lino of fifty dol
lars or being Imprisoned for thirty
days. Soon after the passage of this
statute Judge l-cstor was holding court
In n small town In the northern fmrt of
the State, when he suddenly suspended
the trial of a i.'ise and ordered the
sheriff to lock the doors of tho court
house. Tho Now Vork Press tells
what followed.
"Gentlemen," said tho Judge, when
tho doors were closed. "I havo Just
neen u pistol on a man Iu this room,
and I cannot reconcile It to my hciwo
of duty to let such n violation of Inw
pass unnoticed. I ought, perhnpw, to
go before the grand Jury mid Indict
him, hut If the man will walk np tn
this hIiiuiI nnd lay his pistol ami h
fine of one dollar down here I will let
him off this lime."
The Judge paused, nnd n lawyer alt- t
ting Just hefoie him got up, slipped his
hand Into it hip pocket, drew out ft nciit
ivory-bundled six-shooter mid laid It
with u dollar upun tho stand.
"This Is all right," said tho Jndpe.
"hut you mo not tho man I saw with
the pistol."
Hpou this another Inwyer arose and
laid down a revolver nnd n dollar bill
before tho Judge. Hut the Judge mere
ly repeated his former statement.
The process went on until nineteen re.
vol vera, varied In kind, size and shape,
lay upon the desk, and beside llicis
nineteen dollars.
Tho Judge laughed as ho compliment
ed the nineteen delinquents upon being
honest men, hut added thnt tho man
whom he had seen with tho pistol lind
not come up, and glancing nt tho far
ther side of the room, ho continued:
"I will give Mini ono mliiiito to nccept
my proposition. If ho falls I shall hand
him over to the sheriff."
Immediately two men nt the rear ef
the court-room rose and moved towirrd
the bench. Onco they stopped to look
nt each other, nnd then, coming slowly
forward, laid down their pIstnlH and
their dollars. As they turned nwuy tho
Judge said:
"The man with the black whiskers Is
tho one that I meant In the first place."
Dentist nn a Detective.
If Paris Is prolific In producing
thieves, It nlso Is most fruitful In ex
pedients for catching them. Dr. Hons
seun, a dentist living In the Itue des
Mnrlyres, has adopted a novel null
nmnslng method. Dr. Itnussenn and
his wife wero walking on tho boulevard
a few days ago when n young man
snntchrd u handbag containing money
nnd Jewelry which mnihini wan carry
ing. Thodetltlst wits unable to catch tho
thief, hut had tlmo to distinguish Ids
features, though ho never expected to
see him again.
By u curious coincidence, however,
tho thief came to the dentist's a day or
two Inter to havo his teeth attended to.
Dr. Itousseati, concealing his astonish
ment, nsked hltn to tnko n sent, nn It
would ho necessary to take nn Impres
sion of the Jaw, nnd this ho Immediate
ly proceeded to do. When tho dentist
considered thnt tho plnster was suffi
ciently solid he calmly explnlned to tlio
helpless thief thnt ho was nt his mercy
nnd had better follow him quietly to the
police station.
Tho man wildly gesticulated, but, find
Ing that his wide-open mouth was lm-
prisoned hy a solid block of piaster af
purls, he consented to go to prison.
Germany's Wheat Crop,
The last German whent crop wns 12
per cent below that of 1000.