'Bohemia-Nugget
1MK tV, 1IKNUY, ltdllor and Troii'r.
CCfcrJtGE GROVE... -OREGON.
ICvcry ninii has a right to work, but
tlic other fellow too often forgets it.
ffcerctfiry Shnw released n little over
$20,000,000 the otlicr day. How much of
It did yfffl set?
The world tins little use for a man
who does Ms host only when engaged
in doing other.
A lady of 40 bus asked 7f,O00 for,
damacod affections. Wnt would Bhe
lmvc demanded nt SOI
When the girl nays they are engaged
nud the young man nays tbey aro liot
It takes a Jury to decliio.
Fools may rush lu whero angels fear
to trend, but the theatrical angel some-
times backs the fools who aro luciiucu
to rush In.
President Hoosovlt has ordered de
partment chlcrs to make the govern
ment reports shorter. He must want
to havo some of them read.
The latest Is a storage battery trust.
Let us hopo It may succeed before tho
end of anotlier century In finding a
storage battery that will store.
A. Chicago woman is seeking a dl
vorco from her husband who U de
scribed as an enthusiastic amateur
pugilist She says ho was too enthu
siastic How quickly celebrities arc forgotten
In these strenuous days. Who was the
young lady who had the Crown Prince
of Germany going around In a circle t
few weeks ago?
It is still pretty hard to get grouchy
old men who don't like tho boys their
daughters have selected as future hus
bands to agreo that arbitration Is a
good thing lu all cases.
When a person has "left off" smok
ing, nothing helps his resolution like a
caller who lovingly fondles a clgnr with
the bouquet of a Chinese restaurant
and a draft like a soft coal fire In a hard
coal furnace.
Most statements nowadays aro taken
cum grano sails with an allowance for
the discount In apology for the sweep
Ingness of the title of his book, "Proper
ty Is Hobbery," Proudhon said that he
put his price high because ho knew that
he should be beaten down.
The billionaire may come, but will
not his heirs tire of the troubles and
worry of handling the money and
Bcatter It? Flesh and blood cannot
stand the strain this class of financiers
Invite. These mammoth fortunes even
tually will return to the people In ways
never dreamed of by their creators.
The greatest evil connected with the
problem of power In the present life Is
the maleducatlou of men as to the
sources from which It Is to be drawn
and the metbeds by which It Is to be
used. The many and the prosperous are
prone to believe that power is a deposit
of divine election. Finding one's self
possessed of It, the owner at once con
cludes that be has been chosen of God
to order a rart of the universe, dom
inate his fellows, dictate events and
deal punishments to those who offend
against his self-assumed prerogatives.
One of the noblest charities In any
city Is the system of Pasteurized milk
depots established and maintained lu
New York by Nathan Strauss. From
these stations nearly one million bot
tles of milk and milk foods for infants
were distributed during the past sum
mer. Those who were not willing to
accept the milk free were allowed to
pay ono cent a bottle certainly a low
price for self-respect Through the co
operation of the physicians of tho
Health Department knowledge of the
milk depots has been spread among
the tenement house mothers, and free
coupons for the bottles of milk have
been distributed. There could not pos
sibly be a more terse, more eloquent or
more Impressive summing up of the
work than Is contained In the brief sta
tistics of tho annual report: Since
1801, when tho milk depots were es
tablished, the death rate among chil
dren under B years of age has been
reduced almost exactly one-half.
Professor Welch, of Johns Hopkins
University, announced at the recent
medical congress in London bis dis
covery of a universal virus, -which is
to prevent and cure all diseases the
human flesh is heir to. Professor
Welch conlldently declares that the
person who Is Inoculated with this new
virus "will never catch anything." It
Is to bo regretted that the professor la
not a little more explicit on this point
Ills broad assertion that ono who has
been Inoculated' with the new virus
will never catch anything Is highly
encouraging, yet It would bo more re
assuring If he had specified that It
would keep people from catching old
ago as well as to matte them Immune
from mumps, small pox and appen
dicitis. It may be possible that tho
long loqked-for elixir of life has at last
been discovered, and tho world will
anxiously await further statements
from Professor Welch. Also a little
proof In support of the claims inado
for his virus will be very welcome.
Let us hopo that all this will be speed
ily forthcoming and that the splendid
virus which tho professor expects to
put on the market will In addition to
thwarting ago and disease bo capable
of deflecting automobiles and trolley
cars. If It covers these matters satis
factorily and Trofcssor Welch can so
euro capital enough to start a factory
wo uiay prcparo for everlasting life,
provided tho coal holds out
It Is a good thing for tho American
Who Is Inclined to listen to tho doleful
lamentations of the pessimist to turn
away from tbo army In the Philippines
for a moment and look at the greater
army aud mightier army described In
the annual report of the United States
Commissioner of Education, just sub
mitted to tho Secretary of tho Interior
Tim report of Commissioner Harris
shows that, the total of pupils In. the
schools, elementary, secondary and
higher, both public and private. In the
United States for the year ending Juno
80, 100L was 17,2SH.230, an Increase of
'278,520 pupils over the previous year.
Of this number in,7I0,3Ul were enrolled
In schools supported by local and gener
al taxation. If we add to this enrollment
those who attended certain special Insti
tutions like evening schools, commer
cial schools and schools of cookery and
of special trades and vocations, wo have
a grand total of over seventeen nud
three-quarter millions of the population
that received education for a longer or
shorter period during the year. An In
teresting feature of the report Is the
Increased per capita expenditure for
education. In 1870 the oxpeudlturo for
schools per capita of the population was
1.04; the last year It was $2.03 per cap
ita, the highest In tho history of tho
country. This nrmy of seventeen million
youngsters is tho hope of tho republic.
It Is the Invincible defense of our Insti
tutions and of our democracy. No other
nrmy on the plole Is comparable to It
as a force for civilisation and as a bul
wark for free and popular government,
A report of the Commissioners of
Prisons In Kngland which was Issued
recently pays particular attention to
the case of j-oung offenders between
the ages of 10 and 21. It Is said that
under the existing law there Is ade
quate provision for those of a more
tender age, excellent results having
been attained through the present In
Idustrlal and reformatory school sys
tem. Hut every person above lu is an
adult for the purpose of tho criminal
law, and tho classification leads to seri
ous mistakes. Discussing the question
the report says: "Figures have shown.
and the committee of ISM have testl
tied, that the age between 10 and 21 la
essentially the criminal age, and that
from criminals of this age tho profes
sional criminal of later years is gen
orated. It is knowu also to students
of human nature that this age is
particularly plastic age, aud that tht
habit which may lead to crime or vir
tue cannot be said to be fully formed
before the ago of 21." Starting with
these promises the report argues that
separate treattneut Is required for the
particular class of criminals referred
to. Their discipline should be different
from that of old offenders, and earnest
efforts should be made to reform them.
Aside from tho special cure which
should be given them In prison It Is
necessary that supervision should be
had over them after their discharge.
and that a sutllclently long period of
time should be prescribed during -which
they -would be made amenable to
healthy Influences. The first of these
needs. It Is said, has been supplied "br
the benevolent and phlftnthroplc action
of a body of gentlemen who have lately
formed themselves Into an association
for the distinct purpose of dealing with
these cases on discharge." For the
other, action by Parliament Is request
ed, "should It become satisfied by the
result of the experiment that Is being
made that the cxlstinz system of a suc
cession of short sentences for young
criminals Is Ineffective and mischiev
ous, and that better results can be
obtained If jKwer were given to the
courts to commit for long periods to
the care of the state young criminals
who are shown by their antecedents to
be graduating for a course of 'profes
sional' crime."
Judged by tho Sample.
Stories concerning the rivalry be
tween Chicago and St Louis evidently
will never grow old. The latest con
cerns a visit which Alderman Michael
Kenna, "Hinky Dink," recently paid to
St Louis. He wished to talk to n
friend who lives In the suburbs of the
Missouri city, und as be had a dime In
his poeket for change called up over
the telephone. He talked but a few
minutes, and then asked the central
operator bow much he must deposit
for the call.
"Fifty cents, please," was the an
swer. In a most confident voice.
Fifty cents," gasped the Alderman.
wnai uo you taue mo ior a manip migcrnble sinner." That was tbe
with coin to burn? Why, In Chicago I formum 0f penance which tbe master
can can up naues lor ou cents.
"Perhaps so," was the answer, still i
framed In the most unruffled tone, "but
that's within the city limits, you
know." Minneapolis Journal.
Head for Itus.ness. I
"I'm troubled, John, about the $500
I got from Aunt Mary. I want tolu-
VMt Jt
"Well, go ahead." I
"But I'm afraid I'll lose It"
"Then don't Invest It"
"Hut I want to get some profit out of
It. and I've Just thought of a splendid
plan."
"What Is It?"
"I'll clvo you the money and you In.
vest It In stock or wheat or something
that promises a big return, and If you
win, I'll get the profit" I
"And If I loso?" I
"Why, then, It will be your fault, of
course, and you'll havo to make It up
to ma" Chicago Post j
A Gastronomic Feat '
y n..i i,,ii.n..an in i. rfh
of Scotlaud tho schoolmaster keeps ning of the door, a ho bird, eye ng
his boys grinding steadily at their U8 V0' "enie flrJl,.l le" "
desks, but gives them permission, suys Pe"y aain- n " b,e thought his pcr-Tid-Hlts,
to nibble from their lunch- formances too cheaply valued, descends
baskets sometimes as they work. .
Ono day while the master was In-
structlng a class In the rule of three,
ho noticed that one of bis pupils wa
paying more attention to a small tart Brnln ol nte-
than to his lesson. The man takes the little picture
"Tom naln," said tho master, "listen from tho case received from the bird,
to the lesson, will ye?" and bands It to mo to Inspect He
"I'm listening, sir," said tho boy. I then returns It to tbe case, nccom-
"LlBtcumg, are yo?" exclaimed tho panled by the tiniest flat slip of bam
master. "Then ye'ro listening wi' one boo, and Bhulllcs tho case up with the
ear an' eating pio wl' tho other." rest of the pack. The bird descends,
i 'selects n case, and I open It, to find
Milo a Mlnuto lu a Ilalloon. (t tuo identical ono containing the
Sixty miles In sixty minutes was the barauoo
recora mauo uy air. tspencer, tuo aero-
uaut, In a balloon with which ho as-
tended nt Morlcy, Yorkshire, and camo
After pcoplo have been sick as long
as six mouths, they aro In the discour
aged condition that makes money for
any medicluo vender who comes along.
No, Cordelia, a plagiarist Isn't neces
sarily the author of a play,
Never Judge pictures and horses by
their frames.
.THE SILENT ROOL.
llenuty Spot In KtiuUmt that I Fast
Disappearing;
One of the lqycllest spots In Knglnnd
-the, Silent Pool of Albury seem's lu
danger of disappearing. It la believed
that the deepening of the Wells lu tho
neighborhood of the Duke of North
uniberlaud's estate, where tho cele
brated pool Is situated. Is the cause of
tho shrlnkngo of the water that has
recently been noticed, says tho Lon
don .Mall.
It Is a deep, perfectly clear chalk
pool. In Its cool waters swim a num-
ber of laxj- trout, quite tame, for tho
pool Is never disturbed by anglers, aud
the fish aro fed by tho thousands of
visitors that make pilgrimage to this
spot every year.
In his memoirs of his father, tho
present Lord Tennyson soys: "I have
often heard him descrlbo this pool.
tho spleudor aud ripply play of light
on tho stream as It gushes from tho
chalk over tho green sand bottom,
tbo mackerel color which flit about
In the sunshine, and tho network of
tho current on the surface of the pool.
llko crvstnl smoke "
like crystal snoKC.
Tho romantic legend of tho pool takes
ono back to the days of ltlchard I.
Tho story goes that within a mlto ( had Invested tholr Inheritance to
Of the pool there lived In a little osier- j pother In American property and that
wattled hut Hal. the woodman, whoso tho speculation had proved a failure,
luvnitirni iinm-iitrr Rnimn trni in and thst while her father had loft as-
the habit of stealing away, particular -
ly In the summer, to bathe lu the si-
, . . , . .... . ... ,
lent pool then hidden deep In the for -
est Ono day, whllo swinging lazily
iruui luu uuugus uy me smu ul iuc
pond, half In tho water and half out
and twlulnc her tresses with tho water
lilies, Prluco (nftcrward king) John
suddenly made his appearance. Tho
affrighted damsel relinquished her
r 7 .7 ,,, . . .
quickly, screaming tho while. Into tho
deeper water. Tho brutal rider forced
his steed Into the water, and the maid
en, taking another step or two, was
struggling In twenty feet of water.
The cowardly Prince backed out leav
ing his would-bo victim to drown,
when ber brother, who bad followed
the Prince, suspecting his evil designs.
rushed through the trees, and. with'
out divesting himself of his heavy cow.
skin tunic, dived down to where his
sister was lying on tbo bottom of tho
pool. Unable to lift her. aud weighed
down by bis tunic, be would not let
go, and soon brother and Bister were
lying stark and still on the chalky
bottom, while Prince John and his case
courtiers hurried off before the coun
tryslde was roused against him.
OLD-SCHOOL DISCIPLINE.
Ancient Master Waa Versatile at Dc
vlalnic PunUbuient.
The late Frederick W. Gunn, founder
of the well-known Connecticut school
for boys known as "The Gunnery," de
vised many Ingenious punishments for
the discipline of his pupils. One of the
boys was William Hamilton Gibson, the
artist who wrote in his memoirs this
account of the management of tbe
school:
A youth too boisterous would be dis
missed for a four-mile walk, ordered
to bold a chip In bis mouth for an hour.
or to run a dozen times around the
church on tbe green, sounding tbe tin
dinner-horn at each corner In rotation.
Two small boys caught lighting were
often ordered to sit one In the other-
lap, taking turns thus for an hour or
two.
Pounding a log with a heavy club was
a favorite panacea for superfluous ener
gy In the family sitting-room.
At "The Gunnery" It used to be a cus
tom to allow a boy to take the anniver
sary of bis blrtb as a holiday, but one
too clever lad was detected by Mr. Gunn
In celcbratlug bis third "birthday"
within n single year. Tbe next genu
ine anniversary of tbe boy's blrtb cann
on a Saturday, which the victim cele
brated by bugglug a tree for several
hours, while his Bcboolmates enjoyed
tbe regular school holiday.
A resident of Washington tells how,
years ago, be found at tho fork of two
roads, bugging a sign-post In an) thing
but sentimental fashion, a youth, whose
only reply to questions was, "I'm a
ha(j prescrIbel.
A Trick Sparrow.
The famous Chinese conjuring birds
are Java sparrows. A sedate old gen-
eman 8ll,tlB flt " '!'
Hongkong put one of bis birds through
1,8 trickB for ,he hfaettt of Commander
F. M. Norman.
Kacu bird-cage has a sliding door.
a,,d Just outside this Is a pack of little
card - cases, each containing a picture,
a"d a small pot holding half a dozen
trains of rice.
"Cumshaw (fee) can do; no cumshaw,
no can do," remarks tbe man, Bbuf-
fling the cards and pointing to the
birds, which meantime knowingly eyes
the proceedings.
I produce n halfpenny.
"No can do," observes the man,
quietly. "One plecy-penny good pld-
gin."
i band over tbo necessary coin, which
' nIa with the pack of cards at
the cage door: then be undoes tho fas-
"oln uls Pereu' uovr
ucaK- uol,s oul'ue uru,v " u
fro tno puck anu passes it 10 ins
master. He receives In reward ono
IIow can tills bo accounted for?
only p0S8bie wny of explaining It
ls ,n my mlnd tlmt Ul0 bamboo slip
Is slightly scented.
IIuko Duofc Farm In Australia.
Australia has tho largest duck farm
and tho largest Incubator lu tho world.
Tho Incubator has a capacity of 11,410
ducks' eggs, or 14,080 bens' eggs.
A woman uover knows what It Is to
lovo until alio has a daughter over fif
teen years old.
CHAPTKIt III Continued.
Bertha llo hail como all tho way
from Scotland to look after an ostatu
supposed to have been lott nor uy
l.ltr fntlintv tin ntiil n hrnther lintl
como t0 America eighteen years bo-
fore, when sho was a mero child. At
tho ago of two year alio had lost her
mother, and her father had placed her
In school and como to America to
drown his troubles and mako his for
tune lloforo ho had been hero ton
years tho report camo that ho had
beon killed by Indians. This was
hhortly after tho report that ho and
his brother had Inhotltod an Immcnso
fortune from a brother la New York,
and whllo neither llettha nor her
friends could over got any Information
I concerning what became of this for-
tuno, ncr uncio in America nun mil'-
, . h ... ... flin.i. ,
;,ii w ,, iV ,i , n
ncr wantB. Ho wroto her that thoy
! sets nbovo his liabilities there was
'n'nfE1t B,pca ' JL l fl"
i Oi.t of pure benevolence, however, ho,
;tho unIo woll)l, B00 that , nloco
( ghonij not gutter for tho necessaries
or nro.
Rconomtxlng tho funds he had sent
her from tlmo to tlmo until her sav
I lugs amounted to considerable sho
' parted for America, not Informing
, Mly? fro'whlch"
I Place sno wrote mm or mo prooanio
date that sho would reach ltolso City
Army Post
Reaching tho latter placo sho grow
Impatient waiting tho arrival of an cs
cort from her undo and started with
it pack train for tho Interior. On the
night In which the convention at tho
beginning of this chaptor opened, the
pack train had reached a point on
Snake river on the Old Oregon Trail
near the Oregon and Idaho line. For
tunately, on the same night, tho es
cort consisting of cowboys, sent out
under tho leadership of an export
frontiersman, met her at this place.
Both parties had camped In a small
valley near the river, surrounded by
mountains, covered with rocks and
boulders. The pack train consisted
of thirty mules and two wagons, while
'he escort consisted of ten men, be
sides Its leader and a dozen horses,
one of which was used exclusively for
a pack horse, and another was brought
along for Bertha to ride.
Tired and worn out by tho hard
chips of tho trail, tho packers had
hobbled out their mules, prepared
their meal, and gone, to bed early. Tho
members of tho escort, while not so
fatigued, had prepared for retiring
early also, partly to keep from dis
turbing their neighbors and partly to
be refreshed for tho following day's
Journey, for from this point tho pack
train would contlnuo to tho west and
Bertha and her escort would take a
courso over tho tralllcsa plains and
mountains to tho south.
After she bad retired to a bed of
straw, this girl from a comfortablo
homo In Scotland nun plenty to minx
about before sbo fell asleep. This
barren plains and mountains over
which sho had passed during tho past
few days, and tho trackless desert bo
fore her looked gloomy enough,
but the probablo attack from
Indians and a long trip through a bar
ren country to her destination were
calculated to Increase her anxiety.
while tho referenco of tho leader of
the escort to tho danger from Indians
and tho samo tribo who. It was al
leged, had murdered her fathor thick
ened the mantle of gloom that hung
about her, and besides, she did not
.Iko tho appearance or tno man under
whose charge sho had fallen. Wo
man's Intuition had properly aroused
her suspicions on this point.
How long she had been asleep she
did not know when awakened by tho
fiercest yells that had over pierced
her ears, and thco Intermingled with
the discharging of firearms and a din
of oaths and shouts as it a thousand
demons were engaged In war. And
it was a war, and tho men fought like
demons! Tho packers and cowboys,
though outnumbered flvo to one, stood
their ground until tbo struggle bo
came a hand to hand one, and not un
til sho had been snatched from her
bed and dragged a dhort distance and
bound on tho back of a horse, and waa
being rushed out through a deep can
yen In the mountains, surrounded by
a band of Indian warriors, each seem
ingly claiming her as his prize, did
she fully realize that her peoplo had
lost and that the red skins had won.
It was fortunate for Bertha that Bho
did not remove her clothing upon re
tiring that night, and that she placed
her shoes on her feet upon being first
awakened, for tho chill night air of
that altltudo even penetrated tnoso.
CAFTEB IV.
Tho Chaso,
Tho following morning showod tha
effects of tho Indian raid. Two of tho
packers lay dead upon tho ground,
tholr scalps taken, whllo ono of tho
escort had been killed, and threo mor
tally wounded. Not a horso or mulo
remained In tho vicinity. These, an
Important object of tho attack, had
been driven away and treasured moro
highly oven, than tho fair captive,
whom they had taken, for stock of
all kinds was scarce with thorn. Thoy
had been forced Into tho rlmrocks and
lava beds by tho Unltod States sol
diers, and tho scanty vegetation there
had caused their animals to disappear
almost as rapidly as tho pangs of hun
ger, which prompted the decaying
raco In butchering and eating them.
While viewing tho band of fat mulca
and horses from tho crevices of tho
rlmrocks tho previous evening, tho
eagle eyes of old Egan, the chief, saw
Bertha Lylo In tho enmp and ho was
Indeod a raro picture in this section
of country, and especially so after tho
proposition that had como from
Bertha.
y t
tho lips of Martin Lylo, tho
Lord of The Desert, A It wore,
It was tho killing of two birds
with ono stono with tho chlof. It was
tho obtaining of animals tor his him
gry and hard beset trlbo nud obtain
lug n prlto of fnr luoro personal value
which meant moro wealth for his trlbo
and n white squaw for hi wigwam.
After tho surprise of tho attack of
tho provloim nlRht the men rallied to
defend tho camp, But It was too late,
tno worn waa dono. Whllo tho main
body of tho rod men had charged on
tho camp, dctarhmonts of tho party
had not been Idlo. Thoy corralled tho
norses ami had them on tho road
ready to Join tho mnln band with their
cnptlvo. They disappeared na silently
as thoy camo and tho handful of
whites that still survived know that It
was useless to follow them In tho dnrk,
besides, they did not know but that u
redskin lurked liehiud overy tmildor
on tuo mountain sides.
They had spent tho rcmalndor of
tho night In ministering to tho wound
oil, and preparing tho dead for burial.
Thoy were In ft predicament Indeed.
They had neither horses to pursuo tho
marauding band of Indians, or to con
tlnuo their Journey. Whllo somo of
tho members of tho party aroused
at tho fato of tho whlto girl.
woro willing and anxious to pur
sue tho Indiana on foot, all
saw tho futility of such an attempt.
and tno leader or tho escort showed
no concern about her capture and no
Inclination to follow her captors, but
rather cursed the fato of being loft
afoot. Tho morning was consumed In
burying tho dead and tho afternoon In
reconnoltorlng. Tho trail of tho In
dlans was discovered, which showed
that thoy had cone In a southorly ill
rcctlon, a course that led to tho east
of tho stono home, on Mount Juniper.
Fortunately, that night another park
train arrived from tho west. It had
n few surplus horses, and as thoso
men of ploncor days were always will
Ing to lond a helping hand to tho dls
tressed, they supplied tho strandod
pnrty with n few horse. Tho strand
ed packers returned with this train
to Fort Bolso, whllo four members of
tha escort with tho daring equal to
those times, and against tho admonl
tion of their leader, entered Into n
solomn oath that thoy would follow
tho Indians and would never return
until they had recaptured Bortha Lylo
and placed her In tho stono houso with
her uncle. Karly tho following mon
Ing, armed and provisioned and
mounted these four started out on
tho trail of tho bandit Indlnn. Tho
nackors moved on. taking tho wound
ed cowboys with them, all of whom
died and wero burled nt Bolso
City. Dan Follctt and tho others
started for tho Stono House.
Tho four cowboys who went In pur
suit of tho Indians woro rnmlllar with
that part of tho desert, and being on
comparatively fresh horses made bet
ter time than tho Indians, so that by
night they camo to where tho red
men had ttoppod to prepare their din
ner tho vamo day. Kach camping
place, of tho Indians was marked by
tho carcass of a mulo, for hungry as
tbey were, and their party was so
large that It required n run grown an
imal for overy meal. Arising bright
and early tho following morning thoy
soon reached tho camp or tho Indians
of tho previous night and camo upon
tho Indiana at noon. Tho latter wero
conscious of their power and boldly
ato their dinner In full view of tho
whites, and took their tlmo about
moving on, shouting out word of do-
flanco as tbey went.
The bravo four wero rewarded by eo-
Ing Bertha from tho rlmrocks, still well
and unharmed, but It was with a shud
der that thoy beheld tho attention that
sho received from tho leader of tho
band.
Tho Indians numbered about forty
warriors and were a set of as ugly
and vicious looking fellows as ever
won tho unenvlnblo name of their
tribe. Tho whites could do nothing but
follow at a distanco wltn tno hopo
that something might transpire by
which thoy would bo enabled to re
lievo tho young woman from har di
lemma. But now that thoy wero dis
covered by tho Indians tholr prospects
scorned far less flattering than when
they first started out.
Stratcgcm was tholr only hopo. To
mako tho Indians bellevo that thoy
had abandoned tho chase and, thus
throwing them off their guard, ap
proach tho camp by stealth at night
and rcscuo tho woman was tuo plan
they formed.
So In full view of tho Indian thoy
saluted them as If bidding them good
bye, and turned and rodo away as If
they had abandoned tho chaso.
But as soon as thoy wore fairly
hidden bohlnd tho rlmrocks at tho
crest of tho mountain overlooking tho
nlaln In which tho Indians had camp
ed thoy turned down a gulch, and con
tinued, cautiously, traveling in a ui
rcctlon parallel to that taken by tho
Indians,
As already described, travol among
the rlmrocks Is difficult. Opening In
tho wall aro faw, and subwalls lead
off In many directions. Tho travolor
must needs go a zigzag courso and fre
quently travol many miles out of his
courso to reach a given point, so that
whon night camo tho llttlo pursuing
party had lost sight of tho objects of
It pursuit, and tho succession of walls
of rlmrocks and level plains lay alike
In overy direction,
Thero was but ono hopo and that
was whon It grew darkor to abandon
tholr horses and climb to tho top of
tho highest rlmrocks and try to dis
cover tho campflrcs of tho maraudors.
Selecting a spot noar whero a bcop of
stagnant water flowod from tho rocks,
with which thoy wore compolled to
quench their thirst, thoy pitchod a
temporary camp and waited.
A tho night grow darkor tho stars
grow brighter and tho wild howls of
tho coyoto rang In tho distance,
Intersporsod now and than with tho
weird cry of tho hungry mountain
Hon.
Old Kagan saw Bertha iu camp.
CHAPTHIl V.
Two Villains.
It la tho fourth night utter the In
dians attacked thu pack train, At tha
Stono Houso tho l.urd of Thu Desert
sits at hla accustomed plant, sipping
from n Rublet of old Scotuh whlskny.
Of Into year ho bus done but little
besides drink from the flowing howl.
Una dny ho dtmdena nit nouso of fowl
ing, to rlso tho following with n keen
er nppetltu and n conscience moro
stinging. On this night his eyelids
aro heavier than usual, his oyon look
moro glassy and tho grlmncou nro
deeper In his face.
No wonder. If Dan Follntt, tho
Canadian Frunchninn, hna followed his
Instructions and old Ugnn, tho Indian
chlof, has kept hla oyes open and
been prompt lu action, another crime
haa boon added to hla life, lie ntitre
Into Urn vacant darkness and thin, so
Btlll nml gloomy cm tho diwtort, re
minds htm nf it distant envo lu thu
rlmrocks, and the picture there cnus
a shudder to como nvcMhn great friuno
of Martin Lyle, tho Lord of The
Desert,
Tho welcome bark of tho dog, an
nounces tho arrival of ono who Is not
n stranger. In his pagoruusn, tho Lord
of Tho Desert rises and puces tho
floor, now and then stopping nt the
arm chair and taking n alp from the
goblet. -Presently n lank form enters
tho door. Ills dark heavy eyebrows,
and tho natural scowl upon IiIh faro,
his rnrelesa ambling walk, depict the
character of the man at n glance. But
nothing over tells the Inmost thnuxhtn
of Dan Follctt. Whether after victory
or dofcat, or during anger or lu n hap
py mood, tho oily black eyes of this
man never change. It Is only when
ho spenka or acts that hla mood Is
known.
Upon entering tho houso, and aftor
greeting Its Lord, ho Boon unburdens
himself.
"I saw from tho smnko nbuvo tho
distant rlmrocks tho evening before,
said Follctt, "that, old Kgan wns ready
for action, but In nplto of my oftntta
tho clash camo In a wny that several
Uvea of our mon woro lost. I tried to
havo tho surprise o complete tlmt the
girl and nnlmnls should bo taken away
without tho loss of n life, but our boys
were on their foot Instantly and fought
brnvoly, and It was certainly n mir
acle that any of them escaped nfter
tbey engaged Btich odds." Then ho
detailed tho circumstances of tho fight
an tho reader known them.
"Do you think (hern I any chance
of thoso four dare-dovlls rescuing tho
girl?" Inquired Lyle.
"None In tho world." reptled the
Frenchman. "They will either lone
their lives by their foolhnrdtnesa or
como In In a few days starved out. as
I saw to tho fact myself that they took
but few provisions with them.
"How did tho girl tako her captiv
ity?" Inquired tho lrd of The Desert.
"I only saw her for n moment by
n flash o tho camnflro after she was
socurod, nnd she wore a bold look of
firmness and defiance, as If she roared
not even the devlln Into whoso hands
she had fallen." '
flho'n a Lylo!" muttered tho Lord
of Tho Desert.
"This Is a costly affair, Martin," In
sinuated Follctt.
"Yo. I know," replied the man of
wealth, "but old Kgan wanted anl
main for bin mon nnd would not do
tho othor work, you know, without tho
horses ns ho said his mon would not
bo satisfied with taking tho girl
nlono."
'Tho twonty-flvo head which I am
to deliver at Gray Butto and tho for
ty head they got tno otnor nigiu,
said- Follctt. "aro a pretty heavy tax.
besides .the men wo hnvo lost. BotUr
If you had let tho girl como on nnd
mndo nway with hor an I did with her
fathor."
'That would novor havo dono," re
plied Lylo. "Tho notoriety of her vis
it hero would have led to an Investiga
tion, but now that tho Indian havo
dono tho work It Is n natural turn of
affairs In this country nnd the Ameri
can's 'Uncle Sam,' will reward
Kgan and bin wnrrlors hy giving
thorn n renorvntlon and feeding
nnd educating them. Tho Kng-
llsh would reward tho wholo gang
by hanging them. But enough of this.
Tomorrow arrango to deliver tho
twentv-flvo cnyuscs to tho old uruio.
but before you do It require ponltlvo
proof that ho s porrormcd nin part oi
the contract, ho has to kill her, you
knowl"
"Ami tho doed to tho Spring Creek
Valley," replied Follctt, "don't forgot
that. Whllo Kgan must bo rewarded
for his darnnnblo deeds, I must bo paid
for my bloody onoa!" nnd he gnvo tho
Lord of Tho Desert n piercing look
that mndo that man of norvo shrink
llko a coward.
At thin tlmo Follett's companions
camo In from attending to tho horses
nnd tho threo repaired to tho dining
room, whllo tho owner of the Stono
Houso Bat down nnd drnnk and
thought, nnd drnnk nnd thought.
(Tobfl Continued.)
A lih.OOO.OOfi Y'nl'nco.
Seven hundred artisans, backed by
Clarenco II. Mnckay's millions and di
rected by Mrs. MackAy, have set about
building near tho llttlo village of Hon-
lyn, L. I., tho most beautiful country
home In America. Already tho work Is
well under way, and tbo wilderness of
MRS. CI.AII1CNCIC MAOKAY,
wooded hills Is fast becoming n laud
of pet feet enchantment, Thu viistness
of Mr, Mackay's plan Is airly Illus
trated by tho fact that his estate Is ul.
most as largo ns Central Pork, and that
tho estimate of tho cost In tho end will
closely border upon $5,000,000, Tho
guteway, or lodge, alone will cost ll.W,
000. Tho structure Is of granite, and
Is 228 feet long from cast to west and
100 foot broad from north to ninth, It
will In overy way bo a ialace.
unit's a Qurin nsn.
1 In di ono of tin has nt nuiuu tlimi
en I en too much, but wu havo surely
not gtiuo to such excess ns this IUh
Iiiih, It Is t-nlled tho "bhick swallow
or," nud an it nwnllnwor taken llrst
place, for lln stomach Is much larger
Until Its body, It will snlxu by thu tnll
n llsh eight or ten times Itn own el to
and work Its way over It by repeutedly
sliding forward mm Jnw and then tho
other. Before taking n meat tho nwal
lower In a very respectable looking
IIhIi, except fur a voracious wist of
countenance, but nfturwnnl hu certain.
ly hu thu nppi-nmiK-e of having eaten
too much. Thru tho walls of bin stom
ach are so stretched an to hu traiispitr
cut. Later digestion begins and the
swallower In turned belly upward by
the Imprisoned gnn, nud bin ntoinavlt
becomes n balloon, which ltftn him
from tho depths of tho ocean to tho
surface, and lu this helpl condition
be In thrown about by the waves, per
haps cast ashore and left high and dry
by the receding tide, In which time ho
does not swallow any more, for tllo re
turning tide find him a dead llsh.
Mnuoliiirln n Vnnt Lnnil.
Thu most populous province of Man
churia In that of iJiotung. which In
penetrated by thu branch railway from
Harbin to Port Arthur. For a dis
tance of -I0X) miles, extending from thu
Hmignrl ltlver to New-Chwnng, tbo
railroad pannes through n level, will
watered region, densely crowdeil with
population nml under the highest state
of cultivation,
Thu total Kipulatlnii of Mnnchurln I
variously lliimtfd from 10.000.000 to
2r.MXM0. but there neemn little doubt
that Ijtotuug nlso hnn it population of
an much nn 12.OOO.00O, and thnt tho
total cannot be much lenn than 20,000,
000. These, however, nro largely Chi
nese. The Manchun are n fading ran, their
suereiM In arms having, an In often
tho ease, led to their ultimate decay,
fnr ever since the Kntitbllnhmvnt of thu
Mnuchii dynasty at Pektu, In IDH, they
have ln-en itrnwu In largo numbers to
IVkln nml to tbo garrisons stationed
In nil the prlncliml Chlmwu towns.
Here, living n comparatively Idle life
and depending largely umiii pensions
from tho general government for their
support, tbey havo becotnu enervated,
whllo the quality of those left behind
lu Mnnchurln ban ilcpn-clnU'd in char
acter. Thu Chinese, on the other hand,
have gradually luvnded Mnnchurln till
tbey carry on nearly nil of Itn luminous
and HWiirm lu all the centers of impu
tation. Griidunlly tbey nre bringing
under cultivation thu vast ureas of fer
tile lnnd which under thu Mnnchus
had been devoted to pasture or left to
run to waste.
Not NrOflKnarlly Coiiuernrtl.
One of tho bent known of our Circuit
Court Judges had an enemy, n lawyer,
who hud once tx-en U iiiisuecoMsful op
ponent. In politics lu one of tho town
on bin round, and wan generally nub
Jected to some affront when hu ruaulicd
there. The lawyer look no Utile palim
to roueeal bin contempt, that onu of tho
Judge's friends wan moved to ask:
"Why don't you squelch B? Ho neeiln
it"
Tho Judge laid knife nnd fork ncrnss
bin plate, folded his hands nnd seem
ingly apropos of nothing at all, said:
"Up In my homo town there's n
widow with an ugly ynllcr dog that,
whuiiover there In moonlight, sits on
her stoop nud howls till tho town can't
sleep, and generally keeps It up till day.
light"
Ho then resumed his dinner. Tho
friend looked ut him In nmazeinciit for
n moment nnd then luqulriili
'.'Well, what of It?"
"Well," snld the Judge, slowly, "tho
moon keeps right on." Philadelphia
TlmcH.
Tlio Alxxln nfyKoliia,
From the I.lpitrl Inlnndn of mythol
ogy, tha abode of Aeolus, tho ruler of
tho winds, and tho scene of his meeting
with Ulysses, to tbo Llparl Islandn of
to-dny Is a very far cry Indeed, There
nre no hotels, and tbo Islands nre llttlo
known to tourists, while the thirteen
thousnnd Inhabitants are almost In u
Unto of primitive and patriarchal sim
plicity. They tender their services vol
untarily nn guides and refuse payment.
regarding all visitors as their guests.
Thu donkey Is thu only means of loco
motion, horses being unknown In the
Island.
Fixliiu the Illume.
Thu Piirson-I'm surprised to learn
that you nro suing your husband for
dlvorcu. Aro you not nwuru of thu
fact thnt marriages are mndo In
heaven?
Young Wlfo-Somo nro, perhaps, but
heaven Isn't responsible for ours?
Thu Parson And why not, pray?
Young Wife Decnusu I got my hus
band through n matrimonial agency.
llulnfiit Himliuoil,
Cicero Jloko I camo to tola vo'.
ma'am, dilt Luov Ilrmvn. wlm ,l,.n
lcnbo yo' ylstlddy, atu' gwluu lib out
no urn, 'icnso sno married mo to dav.
Mrs, Hiiuskeep Indcedl Well?
Cicero Moko-Well, I fought mubho
yo' might let her do yo wnslilu', I'm -a
driimmlii' up tnido fo' her dls inoru-In'.-Now
York Weekly. "
Not Worried by Tliem,
Mamma Johnny, when you told mo
that that Suvcr boy throw nlonus at
you, you did not tell mo that It was
nftor you had thrown stones at him,
Johnny I wasn't afraid of tho stone
I threw nt him, mu; It was only the
ones coming my way that I wim scart
of. -Boston Transcript.
It In easier to bear of good luck thuu
to SCO It
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