V
CIIAI'TKII VI.
At tlio I'oo t of tliu ItlmrockH,
It la tllU MOCOIld nlxlit f HorUm's
captivity. ImrrliiK tlio night of luir crui
luro. After Bocurlng liir m tint hormt
nt tliu tlmo of Unit font fill ovont, tlio
luillniis kept moving lit u rapid ruin
until iihiMiL 10 o'clock tint following
moriiliiii, when tlioy stopped unit
biitchoiod it initio for illiiuor. hi
them tlio inula mont wiih n ilulnty dish
of which they imrlooit with u rnvnn
our nppotlto, hut to tlio girl from Bdln
burg iiiulo iniMit wiiii not templing,
when In fact Hho had no nppotlto fit
nil. Tho gluttonous fcust of those
savages mhlcil lo tho disgust iiml hor
ror Hint surrounded tho cuptlvo. Tho
whole ti fid seemed llko fiction, u hor
rllila nightmare to hor.
Tho II rut ill Klit out hml been spent
In ii Hinnll himlii, surrounded hy rim
rockii with ntiriow outlctH mid those
hml boon rnrt'fully guarded hy tho
dusky sentinels. No Urea 'worn kin
dlod during tho iiIkIiI iiik) n Htllluitss
nml quietude pcrvndod tliu rmnp, mill
thin, with tho iloiiionnor of tint In
diana, showed (hut tlioy woio not
only uneasy hut strictly on thulr
Rimnl.
A vli:llnnt wfitch hml been kept over
Ilorthn the wholo night long, thoiiKh
tlio hml been mnilo ns comforlnhlo iih
Indians' Ingenuity coulil provide.
Early tho followliiK mornliiic nn
othor mulo wna butchered, n Imiity
hruakfmt prepared, nml tho hmnl
moved on to tho Hon t ti.
Tho courao during tho ilny Iny over
n roiiKh country. It wnH tnkon na If
tho tmllnnii hml Intended to obscure
thulr trnll. To tho right nml left
Mood tho towering rlmrocka nnd their
trnll IimI through Dm Invn bods. Only
thoao who lmvo nttomptcil to pnss
through thin section of country rnn
comprehend whnt In meant In spenk
Inic of tho Invn beds. Hugo boulders
nml amnllcr ones nf nvory description,
round rockn, lint rocks, standing upon
edge, squnrn rooks nod dlmnond
Bhapcd rorka. sink nml crevices, nil
no miiKh nnd rngRod nml uneven thnt
It wnB dlfflciilt for tho pnrty to keep
together without oven It own mom
Inira becoming lout from onn another.
Up nnd down tho steep declivities,
n round tho high rldttes of limililrt
nnd over tho beds of shuttered rock
made tho travel lUMrtilt nml monot
onous, but no trull was left behind.
To track tho rod men to this vast see
tlon nf tho Invn beds wna to loan them.
Hero, only course nre followed, nnd
not trnlla, for II la proporly cbIIwI,
"tho trnllloaa aectlon of tho ilravrt."
On thla niornliiK llrtlin hnd Inn
rollovod from tho crHmpd poalllon
on tho nnlmnl which hnd convoypil
licr, hy IioIiir freed from tho rope
which hound hor. hut alio hnd boon
tho moro rlonoly guarded. Without
food for two dnyn nnd nlKht' nnd tho
hnrdahlpa of n ilny on tlio doaort. nnd
n day In thn Invn boda, It would lmvo
told on moat women, hut with tho
allKhteat Indication nf fntlRim Ilcrthn
looked na firm nml delimit na ovnr.
Bhn wna n I.yln!
In thn mlililln ot tho nftnrnoon n hnlt
hnd boon mnilo nnd n conaultntlon
held by tho Indiana. Tho mnln body
with moat of tho nnlmnbi procnedod ,o
thn Houthenat, while Chief V.Kan, with
n few of tho nnlmnla In charge of n
doion of hla rhoaen wnrrlora. took n
wealerly rourao nnd the wily chief
took with him hla fair cnptlvo. The
mnln bnnd proceeded on IIh wny to n
delKnnted meetlni? point, while th
chief mndo thla detour to conaummuto
thn IiibI nhloct of hla trip.
Thn chief nnd hla amnll band wr
more Rimriled than over. Uimlliltiir
thnt hla mlaalnn wna n aecret ono, nnd
to nvold fnlllliR Into trniia, ho trnveled
through n moro ohartirn rountry thin
nver, nnd wnB atlll moro cautloua
about not lenvlnR nny trail behind.
Thnt night he entntied nt the foot nf
n IiIrIi wall In tho ahndnw of tho pro
JeclliiR rlmrocka. No eyo could aeo
him In the Immedlnto vicinity for tho
bnuhlcra thnt Iny nbout him. nnd tho
amnkn from hla enmp wna allhouted
ngnlnat tho rock wnlla nnd mliiRlcd
with tho cloiiila nbnve.
At tho enmp tho aenrred-fneed old
wnrrlor chief took moro Intereat In
hla whlto rnptlve. Ilo hnd her qunr
tera prepared aomn dlatnneo from tho
mnln enmp nnd while ho. hlmaelf.
looked nflnr her wanta two of hla
moat trnnted wnrrlora were placed on
Rtinrd. At aupner tlmo I'ann. by ro
turca, plend with the voting woninii to
ent. Whllo tho terrlhlo eiporloneo
throiiRli which alio hnd rono would
lmvo tnken tho nppctlto of moat wo
men of hor ngo, alio wna too common
aonan mid mntterof fnet to loo her'i
pormnnentiy. film wna reilly hutiRry.
but hnd not reached thnt atnte of
atnrvntlon nt which alto felt na If alio
could pnrtnko of mnln mont. lint n
lucky Incident occurred, liven whllo
old Kgnn wna temlcrliiK her n allco of
mulo prcpnred In tho moat ilnlnty
mnnnor from the Indlnna' standpoint,
n wnrrlor clono nt hnnd, In nttendliiK
to tho nnlmnla. Iluahod n anno hen.
nerthn, nlthotiRh nnncqunliited with
this bird know that It muat bo pnltit
nblo. Sho pointed to the bird n Ita
flight with n algn to old Kgnn thnt If
aim lind ono of theao alto would pro
pnro It horaolf nnd ent of It. No aoon
or thnn alio had mnilo her wlahea
known, tho chief wont to tho nulyer
of hla hiintluR nrrowa, drew forth tho
cholceBt otiea. nnd In n fow momonta
wna BpocdliiR nmotiK tho rocks In
Honrch of tlio bhro hen. In n ahort
tlmo ho returned nnd gallantly drop
pod tho tondcr bird nt hor feet, mid
with nn oxprcBBlon of prldo polntod to
a Bcnr In Ub neck throiiRli which his
nrrow had passed. , . ,
Ilut of this gallantry llortlia took
no notice 8onn a flro was kind oj
nnd with woman's culinary knowledge,
Bho booh prepared nnd nto n meal or
which alio wna In much need.
Lone after nightfall, when nil the
clouds hail paBsed nwny nnd tho moon
hnd risen nhovo tho dlslnnt limiocks
on tho enst nnd Its Hglt hml fnllon
upon tho camp bononth the rlmioclcB,
old Ugan nppeared nt llHrthn b quar
tors. It was such n night ns ovora
,.,u, i., Mvlilzntlnn. It was
such n night ns would thrill tho
lioarts of nil people. It was such
a night as tho Indian warrior
would venturo upon a deed of """.
It was biicIi n night ns aroused tho
' deepest passions In tho bosom of tho
marauding chief.
Ho motioned his wnrrlovs, who woio
.' ....! jnim tbn h onvo. and
then ntteinptcil a conversation by
signs nnd poiib wim iiuih.
that It mlKht mean her escnpo o
tried to understand lum. With hla
"' 1m crow morn hold
nnd np Poached her moro closely. Wo
. wn'i Intuition told her nt once of
1 I V.
thla awful moanliiR nnd alio roan up
in her womnii'n weiikneaa to dofond
hnraelf iiKiiluat thla Riant chief, who
hnd Ioiik bn thn tenor of tho doaort
ncaporatn In hla pnaalnn na ho wna
In hla RnviiRo crunlty tho hniidlt chief
aolieiid her by tho throat with hla left
hand nnd placed IiIh right nbout hor
wnlat.
Fortunately for Immunity n lltho nth
lotle form hnd glided down tho steep
wnlla of tho rlmrocka In tho dnrknoaa
Ioiik Itcfoio the moon riMo, mid hnd
been wnltlng In lildlnR for nn oppor
tune tlmo. ItuahliiK forward llko a
wildcat ho boIiciI tho wicked old war
rior by tho Hit out. nnd thorn wan at
once. u grapple between giants.
lint In aplto of tlio nllnnt prayers it
Iltirthn for the success of her unknown
roaciior and hla determined grip on
the old chlef'a throat, thn latter gavn
n cry that called to their feet tho en
tire detachment of wnrrlora. "nnd they
ciimo like n storm to tho nhl of their
chief.
ClIAI'THIt VII.
A Woman's Bcnlp.
It Is at another point In tho Invn
Inula from that described In the Inst
chapter. Whllo many wnlla join to
gether hero from different directions,
yet one point on the rlmrocka com
manded n view In nil directions. Up
on thla point atnnds nn Indian. Ilia
nrrow-llko form allhouttoil agnlnat tho
horizon gnvo him the npponranco of
mi Inanimate rntlior thnn mi animate
body. Tho nfternoon sun wna not fur
above the distant rlmrocka. It wns a
picture for mi nrtlst to draw. Tho
ranged rocks nlonR tho earth's sur
face, the walls which converged from
runny directions toward tho pedestal
formed renter, nt tho top of which
projected tho tint rlmrocka, mid these
crowned hy tho atntue-llko form of tho
Inillnn, whoso gaudy wnr bonnet mill
ciilod thnt ho wna n chief, mado the
view n romantic onn Indeed.
It wna old Ugiin. Ilo wns looking
to tho west Into the very faro of the
setting sun. Wore It not that ho
raised his hand occnalonnlly to afittt
nut tho bllndliiK rnya of tho aim from
hla englo-llko oyea, ono would lmvo
ensily mlatnken him for n atatiio on n
great pedestal.
"If they disappoint mo," murmured
tho Indian In hla own tongue, "it will
take many moro whlto scnlpa to pay
the penalty," and at the same tlmo he
toyed with n scalp of long hair, that
of a woman, tossed by tho wind at hla
belt.
Ilut hla mind wna soon relloved on
thla point. Prom thn ahndow of tho
Iliimmersley.
llmrooka In tho distance, n Utile
north of went, ho how n lone horse
man coming In n swift trot. Ho bo
Kim to doacoml to the an mo sldo upon
which the horseman wna npproarhlng.
taking care to examine hla how nnd
quiver, tomahawk, nnd scnlplnR knife
to te that nil warn Intact. Heating
himself upon n -boulder thnt Jetted
fiom tlio wnll mnny feet nbove
tho love! plnln, ho waited the
approach of hla vlaltor. When tho
latter criiio within hailing distance a
familiar salute from each showed Uin
mutual recognition.
A fow minutes Inter tho hordemnn
wnB nt tho foot of tho preclplco and
asked thn old chief It ho wns entitled
In recolvo his reward, Tho chief drew
from his bolt a woman's scalp and
exhibited it to tho horseman, Tho
latter dismounted nnd climbed to tho
plnco whom tho old chief ant.
Aftor n fow minutes' conversation,
and tho vlaltor seemed to understand
tho Indian lnnpninRo perfectly, they
climbed tho rlmrocka together. Tho
visitor roso whon tlioy reachod tho
summit ot tho rocks nnd drawing n
thin plero of cloth from bin pocket,
hut which wns broad nnd wide, bo
waved It nhovo hla bend until It wna
caught In the hreezo nnd unfurled llko
n llnR. Then other objecta woro aeon
to onierRo from thn sundown of tho
dlstnnt rlmrocka nnd soon n bnnd of
horsoa driven by whlto men woro com
ing across tho plain.
Tho two mon on tho top of tho rim
rockB conversed familiarly. Whllo
tho reader nlrendy knows that ono was
Chief Kgnn ho has nlsn surmised that
tho other wns Han Follott, which is
true, To look upon tho countonnncos of
theso two mon wna nn Interesting
study. Tho old Indlnn chief, n mn
rnudlnff bandit, boro senrs showing tho
terrlhlo episodes of his llfo, whllo tho
Canadian Frcnchmnn boro mnrks
plnrcd thoro by tlmo which Bbowod
tho vIlllnnoiiB c.hnrnctor of tho man,
Tho ono, robbed of his country,
forced to tho hnrron rocks and lava
beds for oxlstcnco, bad become nn
outlaw from necessity. Tho other,
containing n mlxturo of blood of tho
exiled criminals of n superior rnco
mixed with that of tho most blood
thirsty nnd tronchorouB of nn Inferior
rnco, wns n vllinm irom cnoico nnu ny
nnturo,
"If I hnd not producod tho horses,
Ugnn, whnt would lmvo been tho re
sult?" Inqulrod Follott, with n twluklu
In his eyo.
"Moro pnlo fnco scalpB would havfa
been swinging hero vory soon," ro
pllod tho chief, pointing to his bolt.
"And If I hnd not proved to you
that I hnd killed tho girl, what would
ynu linvo done?" Innulred tho oltlof,
with n look of bravado upon his fnce.
"You know too well, chlof, whnt wo
wmiM lmvo dono. Tno i.oru ot t no
nesort would lmvo nwopt It cloan of
Hpan nnd lits trinoi"
Ti.nrn wnrn binding looks nnd Rrlm
smiles from onch, but tho arrival of
tho hnnd of horsos cnusod thorn to rlso
to tholr root, nnu wim u miuin uum
old Hgnn's Hps his wnrrlors nppenrod
from n rccoss In tlio rocks below,
heretofore unobserved, and took
.!,.. r the band of nnlmnla repre
senting tho prize monoy for tho mur
der of Ilertlin iyio.
Taking tho woman's scalp, nan Fol
iimii,i down tho rocks nnd .loin-
Inc his men thoy ealutod tli Indians
ill
nnd rodo nwny, Tho Indians drove
tliu horsos Into n dfcflp canyon pene
trating tho rlmrocka, nnd tho stllluoss
of approaching nlglit closed tho scvuo.
CIIAI'TKII VIII.
Tho Trnppor of Tho Klmroeks,
Ho was known from ono end of tin
doaort to tho other, na well by the red
men as the whlto. Ills llfo was spoilt
in solitude. When tho snows of win
ter began to fly and others Hod to
shelter ho worked tho moro persist
ent. For eight months In the' year his
solltudo wns complete, so far ns tho
i est ot tho world knew for It was In
tho winter tlmo thnt tho wild
nnlmnla of tho desert widened
their rmiRO In senrch of food,
owing to Its scnrclty nt this season,
mill many of nil kinds worn templed to
mii take of tho fresh morsels of null
lope, deer, .rublilt and sngu hen, so
nttinctlvely prepared and placed In
their trnll mid many of those same nn
lmnla found these nlco "balls" aur
rounded by n Jagged Iron circle that
closed with a merciless rlnsp about
their Icrb or noses and hold them na
prisoners. Tho trap of the Trnppor
of tho Itlmrocks always held their
prey,
Tho Trapper of tho Desert was n
young man of eight nnd twenty year a.
For ten years ho had been known upon
tho desert. Whllo ho was a man ot
penco, yet his keen grey eyes and
firm set chin told those who saw him
that ho would face tho worst of the
human rnco In any kind of an encoun
ter ns readily ns ho would battle
alone with tho fiercest animals of tlio
desert, If tho necessity arose. Ills
hair was also light and ho worn a
gleam of friendliness upon his face.
Ilut tho cloud that drovo this gleam of
sunshine nwny when ho become an
gered was nn Immediate warning not
to trespass against tho will of this
man of firmness, nnd his woll propor
tioned form wns nble to carry out tho
dcslru of tho mind. Ho wns flvo feet,
ton, weighed 180 pounds, and with nil
this possessed woll proportioned mus
cles, as lltho as rubber and strong as
Kiittn porchn.
Ho wns known simply by the name
of William Hammersloy, but his an
cestry nnd nlnro of birth wcro as
mysterious as tho man himself. Wlton
first known ho wns on tho dosnrt en
gaged In trapping, and ns ho bad na
competitors, ho hnd no enemies. His
nbode, n crude affair, partly n envo
nnd partly a bonne In tho rlmrocks.
wns nlways welcome to tho weary
traveler or stockman, who happened
to pass his wny, but this did not hap
pen often, us fow people trnveled that
wny. Ho was n friendly hoU ami
looked to tho comfort of his guest, but
ho hnd llttlo to say and asked but few
questions. A Riieat after leaving hi
plnco knew no moro of him than when
ho enme. and thcro wag nlways a fool
InR on the pnrt of tho visitor that ni,
extended conversation wns desired.
And the wlshea of William Hammers
ley woro usually respected.
Ilut thn reader shall know moro
about this trapper of tho desert and
his abode thnn tho visitors of those
days know. Ho wna not nlone. nnd
tho compnrtmenta which tho visitors
saw were not nil thnt were possessed
and occupied by this man. Tho small
corral mado rock In front of tho prem
ises nnd tho fow traps nnd skins thnt
bunR nbout tho rooms opened to vis
itors wero only small nnd Insignificant
In Interest compired with whnt was
concealed In tho background.
A subterranean pnssnga lead to n
larger envo beyond that occupied as
tho open homo of the trapper. A crev
asse let In the light from the sldo and
tho finest pelta supplied a bed with
wnrm covering and a soft place to Ho
whllo others lay upon the floor as
niRS and nunc from tho wnlls to keep
out tho cold of winter. A perfectly
constructed flreplnce. connected with
tho crovnsso In tho rocks which wns
utilized as a chimney, supplied tho
room with wnrmth In cold weather.
Upon tho bed lay nn Invlld. Once
n gigantic form with powerful phy
slquo and miiBclo. he was now omnc
latcd to nlmost a skeleton. Ills limbs
bad been frozen nnd his hands nnd
feet wero mcro crisps, thouith ho still
rctnlned his Intelligence nnd was a
gront comfort to tho trnppcr who
brought him the tenderest nnd best
prepnred morsels from tho table and
fed him with his own hands, nnd nt
tended him ns carefully ns a mother
tends her own child.
"I sometimes fear that I worry you,
nnd that my monotonous llfo may ef
fect yours," said tho Invnlld ono dny
to tho trnppor, "in carrying out my dc
slro to strlko for vonRcanco nnd wait
until I can strlko tho most killing
Tho Homo ot Hnmmersley.
blow, I four that I Impose upon your
good nnturo, my preserver, and tax
your patience."
"Oh, no, no!" replied tho trapper, ns
ho Btrokcd tho pnlo forohoad of tho
invalid tondorly, "without you llfo
would be truly monotonous to mo, be
sides, your counsel nnd company nro
worth nil tho troublo, If your condi
tion could bo construed to can so mo
troublo; and outsldo ot nil this, your
cause has becomo my cnuso from an
Intorcst In humanity nrjd Justice You
hnvo boon grossly outraged, nnd 1
look ns anxiously to tho day of reck
oning ns yourself."
On tho second night nftor tho nt
tnck ot tho Indians on the pack train
and the capturo of Itortha I.ylo, tho
trnppor brought In a largo supply of
preparod provisions nnd plncod them
on a tnblo hcsldo tho invalid's bed.
Tho latter know what this meant.
"So you mo off for a trip, my f rlond,"
said tho Invalid, "How long will it
lio boforo you return?" ho continued.
Ho was Interested, for tho dlfucultj
In hobbling nbout nnd wnltlng upon
himself with his Btuhby hands nnd
foot In tho trnppor's nbsonco was
Riont, and tho lack of his companion
ship wns greater,
"I will only bo gono for n fow ilnys,"
replied tho trnppor. "I nm going to
visit the traps near tho picture rocks
ni I nm trying to cntch a mountain
Hon that frequents tho place, nnd have
some hopes of getting a prlzzly."
.And It liapponed thnt nt this time
Chlof Egnn nnd his wrrlors wll'i
their cnntlvo woro making for tip
same vlclnty.
(To be Continued.)
rrpHH handling nnd cheeking of
baggage on our IdR railways, Is
n problem that luia offered In
numerable milioyainoH nnd disputes
ever since the llrat rail was laid In
tho i;nltiil Htntes. The owner of the
traveling trunk hna ever boon the butt
of unlimited sarenam. the victim of
exaggerated witticism, and the "smnsli
er" hits become a inniitrous being. In
panigriiph mid cartoon, wlnwe side aim
In life wns to wreck, ruin nnd destroy
the property of others. Much hna been
nccompllsliod, however, during the past
decade by tho baggagemen's associa
tion to remedy tho conditions which
existed yonra ngo, and the result of
their conferences, and the rules which
they have from time to time adopted,
have had the effect of lessening by
fully 75 per cent, the troubles which
existed before railways learned how to
properly look after the baggage com
mitted to their care.
A first step wns to educate tho trav
eling public up to n proper comprehen
sion of what baggage le.illj- la, for the
Ideas boiue entertain of whnt consti
tutes the anine have been decidedly pe
culiar. Tho railway people, however, have
their Ideas on this point, and theirs
AltltlVAI. OF A TItAlN-CUSIIION
nro the Ideas that curry. Hallway
companies, according to the law, ure
conielIcd to carry, and will carry, the
following as bnggnge: Wearing appa
rel and personal effects ot passengers
necessary for their Journey. Hallway
companies cheek trunks, valises, satch
els, leather hat-boxes and medium boxes
when they have handles and the con
tents are wearing apparel, bundles
when done up In canvas and roped,
sailors' and Immigrants' bags, travel-
era' rugs when strapped, and commer
cial travelers' sample trunks. They
will also check, but ot tho passenger's
own risk: Tool chests, guns In cases,
surveyor's Instruments mid steamer
and Invalid chairs. Hlcycles mid sim
ilar vehicles are checked nnd curried,
ns baggage when accompanied by tho
passenger, nnd only one bicycle will
be checked for ono passenger. All at
tachments such as cyclometers, lamps,
etc., must bo removed, and n charge
Is made. A baggageman would rath
er handle half ii cnr-load of baggage
. than two or three bicycles. Dogs are
' nlso checked, but a charge, the same
as for ono hundred pounds of excess
baggage, Is mndo. A dog, however,
will not bo checked unless provided
' with a strong collar nnd chain or Is
crntcd. A dog Is always carried at the
owner's risk.
Tho railway companies also carry In
tho baggago cars dead bodies, but
theso are always accompanied by n
full faro ticket from the point of ship
ment to destination.
Tho popular Idea of how tho aver
ago baggagemnn handles the property
of tho traveling public Is ono which
la hardly in accordance with the truth.
The Idea generally prevailing Is that
ho does everything In his power to
mnko n trunk look llko "thirty cents,"
or something of less value. It a pas
senger would stop n moment and con
sider what tho "baggngo smasher'1 has
to contend with, bo would at onco
dlsabuso his mind of nuy Intentional
wrong doing ou tho part of tho muva
I '
HOW VAL1SI.S AJIE CHECKED.
nbilsed railway ofllclal. Ilngg.ige, It
must be understood, Is not the easiest
thing In the world to pull around, and
pile In the best of order. There Is the
small trunk nnd the largo trunk, 't here
Is the expensive trunk and the cheap
trunk. There Is the valise, tho hand
bag, the dress suit cnac nnd the many
otlter odds and ends of that which
comes under the title of baggage. All
this has to be taken Into n car nnd
placed In such a manner that It will
be easy of access as It Is wanted. As
a rule tho honvy stuff Is placed on the
floor of the enr nnd the lighter pieces
on top. The greatest cure possible,
coinpntlblb with the time given to han
dle It In. Is exercised.
ui euurM- uugguge uucuimn Bcniicueu j
and broken, but this is something that ,
Is unavoidable and for which the pub-'
He Is more to blame than the baggage
men. A piece of Iron sticking out on
a trunk will certnlnly get next to an
other mid scratch It It Is Impossible
to avoid anything like this nnd the
railway companies can not be expected
to supply feather ticks to place be
tween baggage, as some pnascngera
would wish. It Is the cheap trunk
which Is generally the sufferer In the
hands of a railway company. Some
FOIt THE I1AGOAOE TO DIIOP ON.
people buy a trunk for $1.50 and ex
pect It to stand the fame wear and
tear as the best trunk manufactured.
Another line which suffers Is the dress
suit case, au article which was never
Intended to be checked. It gets the
corners ripped off and Is n general
source of annoyance. Then there Is
the cheap paper valise. Their owners
place a value of from ten to fifteen
dollars on them when they come to
make a claim from the railway com
pany whose employe has been bo cruel
ns put It out of business. In this con
nection It may be stated that one rail
road baggage department has Intro
duced a heavily padded mat for use
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from the cars. It has proved a good
thing nnd Is now being adopted by
other roads.
Tho system of checking baggage
Is pretty much the same on all
the largo roads and at the Chi
cago depots of tho Northwestern,
tho Chlcauo and Alton, ltullmrtnn
nnd Outlier. Milwaukee nnd !
I'aul, or ot the great east
ern lines, such ns the Grand Trunk,
nn Interested observer may study
the methods which have become so per
fect and satisfactory that the Great
Eastern Ilnllwny of London, Euglmul,
ndoptcd the same details May 1, 1D02.
Thoro aro threo different kinds of
checks to deal with. First comes the
local baggage check, which covers bag
gage checked from one point on n long
line to another point on the same road.
If the piece of baggage checked with
one of these locnl checks Is to go via
a Junction, there Is a space on the check
for the Instructions. This check Is
made out in duplicate and tho part
which Is handed to the passenger Is mi
exnet fac simile of the portion known
ns the strap check and which Is at
A BUSY COIINHH IN THE ILLINOIS OENTIUL STATION. CHICAGO.
tached to tho passenger's lHiRgnge. flee
ond cornea the special check which Ii
used for checking linftgnite to points off
the company's line. It Is much larger
than the locnl check. The strnp por
tion shows where the bnggnge is
cheeked ftoui mid where It Is going to,
nnd the rlty or Htnte, ns tho cusp tuny
be. ItAnlso allows the roads over which
the particular piece of bnggnge Is to
travel nnd the Junction points whore
It Is to bo transferred to nimthcr rond.
A third kind of cheek N what Is known
ns n depot or Identification check. This
check Is used for giving to persons
bringing bnggnge to the depots and who
are not rmtdy to check the name out,
through some reason or other such ns
not having purchased their ticket, etc.
Carters nre nlwnya bringing bnggnge
to the depots, nml this check la used
In their wise. They deliver tho baggage
to the railway otllclala nnd take tliu
check back to the person from whom
they received the baggago.
There are many ways In which bag
gage goes astray, but under the system
now In use It Is n rather easy matter
to trace It. Every piece of baggage
when chocked Is entered on n form
supplied for that purpose. When the
baggage Is received Into the car the
man In charge nlso enters It on another
form, but he goes the man In the sta
tion one better and describes It In n
column set nslde for that purpose. This
occurs all along the line, mid every man
taking charge of the baggage makes' a
record of It as he receives It. These
forms arc sent Into hendqunrtcrs dally,
and some Idea may be bad of the num
Ikt of pieces that are handled In one
dny when It Is stated that some roads
have 2.V) trains dally, carrying from 50
to 150 pieces of baggage each. In this
way a record of nil baggage Is always,
had at headquarters or the divisional
points.
The station or Identification check re
ferred to above wns Introduced for the
purpose of avoiding mistakes In the
way of passengers claiming baggage as
their own, when, as a matter of fact, It
never belonged to them, although It
resembled what really did belong1 to
them. The great similarity of baggage,
of course, was accountable for this
trouble, but the Identification check has
served the purpose for which It was In
troduced. The baggagemen have no
more trouble with passengers coming In
nnd endeavoring to locate their belong
ings. AH they have to do now Is to
present their Identification check and
they get their baggage. Another fea
ture In connection with unmarked bag
gage Is that advantage Is taken by
evil-disposed persons, who, In some
unaccountable way, acquire a knowl
edge of what a certain piece of
baggage contnlns. They -"use this
knowledge In making a claim, and
by provjng the contents the baggage Is
handed over to them. In such cases
the claimant generally pleads that he
or she, as the case may be, has lost
the check. In such cases a charge of
twenty-five cents Is made, which goes
to cover the clerical work connected
with the delivery of such, a package.
When the enormous amount of bag
gage handled by the railways of tho
country within n year's time Is con
sidered, It Is wonderful that there Is
not more of It finds Its wny to the "Old
Horse," or lock-up, as the storeroom for
such baggage Is called by the railway
men. It Is pointed out In this connec
tion thnt last year on two roads In
America 7,000,000 pieces of baggage
were carried, nnd ont of this lot there
were only three pieces which could not
be located. In the course of a year,
however, n railway company has a con
siderable nmount of unclaimed pack
ages on Its hands. It Is not as bad as
formerly, however, for the system of
charging for storage has made the trav
eling public take n little moro Interest
In their belongings. A piece of bag
gage Is kept at a station thirty days be
fore It Is sent to the "Old Horse," and Is
always kept n year before It Is put un
der tho nuctloneer's hammer to be dis
posed of to the highest bidder.
Contracts on all tickets read that the
railway companies do not assume lia
bility except for wearing apparel, and
then only for' the sum of one hundred
dollars.' All tho railway companies In
Amerlcn carry free 1M pounds, but
over that weight a charge of so much
per hundred pounds nccordlng to dis
tance. When there Is over 150 pounds
nn excess baggage check Is Issued.
These differ, the same as the local nnd
special checks, nnd show the weight,
the nmount collected, routing particu
lars. Junction points, etc.
To the unlnltlnted It would nppenr
that the Immigrant would be tho one to
cnuse tho bnggnge department of n rail
way the most trouble, but this. It ap
pears, Is not tlvr case. The railway peo
ple say the boot fits the other foot. The
Immigrant, by the time ho reaches tho
new land, has generally had it instilled
Into his brain that once he arrives and
bus hnnded his baggage over to the
railway people ho has nothing moro
to worry nbout. Therefore ho makes It
his business on arrival to place his
belongings In tho hands of the railway
people and worry no more about them.
A patient suffering from typhoid fe
ver should take to bed during first
symptoms and remain there till convalescent.
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Tho Hell" nf Hlinniton.
With deep affection nnd recollection
I often think ot those Hhfliiduii belli,
Whoso nutidrf so wllil would In tlio days
of childhood
Fling round my cradle their mngle
spells.
On this I ponder, whero'er I wander,
And thus grow fonder, swift Cork, of
thee;
With thy Mia of .Slmndon,
That sound an grand ou
Tlio pleasant waters of tho Hirer T.e.
I hate heard bells chiming full many a
clime In,
Tolling sublime hi cathedral shrine;
While nt a glib rate brass tongura would
vibrate,
Ilut all their mmlc spoko naught llko
thine;
For memory dwelling on each proud
swelling
Of thy belfry kneeling its bold notes
free,
Made tho bells of Khandon
Sound far more grand on
The pleasant waters of the Hirer T.ee.
I have heard bells tolling "old Adrian's
mole" in,
Their thunder rolling from the Vatican.
And cymbals glorious, swinging uproari
ous. In the gorgeous turrets of Notre Dntno;
Hut thy sounds wero sweeter than tho
dome of Peter
Flings o'er tho Tiber, pealing solemnly.
OI the bells of Slmndon
Hound far more grand on
The pleasant waters of the River Leo.
There's a 111 In Moscow, while on toccr
and kloako
In St. Sophia the Turkman gets,
And loud in air calls men to prayer
From the tapering summits of tall min
arets. Such empty phantom I freely grant
'em,
Bnt there's an anthem more dear to ine:
'Tis the bells of Shandon,
Thnt sound more grand on
The pleasant waters of the Hirer Lee.
Francis Mahony,
Twickenham Ferry.
"A-hoy! nnd O-ho! and It's who's for tho
ferry?"
(The briar's in bud and the sun's going
down.)
"And I'll row ye so quick and I'll row ye
so steady,
And 'tis but a penny to Twickenham
Town."
The ferryman's slim and the ferryman's
young,
With Just a soft tang In tho turn of his
tongue;
And he's freoh as a pippin and brown ns
a berry,
And 'tis but a penny to Twickenham
Town.
"A-hoy! and O-ho and It's I'm for tho
terry,"
(The briar's In bud, and the san's going
down),
"And It's lata as It Is and I haven't a
penny
Oh! how can I get me to Twickenham
Town?"
She'd a rose In her bonnet and oh! the
looked sweet
As the little pink flower that grows In the
wheat.
With her cheeka like a roso and her lips
like a cherry
"It's sure hut you're welcome to Twick
enham Town."
"A-hoyI and O-ho! Tou're too late for
the ferry,"
(The briar's in bud and the sun's going
down),
And he's not rowing quick and he's not
rowing steady;
It seems quite a Journey to Twicken
ham Town.
"A-hoy! and O-ho!" you may call as you
will:
The young moon Is rising o'er Petersham
Hill;
And, with love like' a roso In the stern of
the wherry.
There's danger in crossing to Twicken
ham Town.
Theophlle Marzlats.
NEGRO GIRL LEAVES WELLESLEY.
Hooker T. Washington's daughter,
who recently was reported to be doing
well at Wellesley College, bus now, It
transpires, been forced to leavo tho In
stitution nnd go to Hrudford Academy.
It Is said sho fulled In music. While
Miss Waslilngton was taken up and
mado much of by the Northern girls at
the college, her reception by girls from
the South was, It Is declared, of a na
ture to glvo tho faculty some embar
rassment. llrtdgut as a Mrs. Malnprop.
Bridget, who enme to this country
last year, has n limited vocabulary, and,
while she Is learning fast, some of the
words and expressions that sho has ac
quired do not nlwnys fit, her ear not
having been nccurato In getting tho
right term, Thus tho other day Bhe
said to her mistress;
"Mam, shall I fix that Kanscs back
duck for dinner?"
Again, llrldget was telling a tale of a
missing friend In this city, when sho
exclaimed;
"Do you know I believe when Katie
turns up she'll bo found lu the Potash
Field!"
While at work on Friday a tremen
dous blast near by In the subway rat
tled the dishes lu the kitchen mid tho
girt cried out:
"There goes that rapid transom
again,"
A good mapv town men devote ncar
ly all of Saturday to waltlug to get
shaved.