Cottage Grove echo=leader., July 20, 1895, Image 4

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T H E SAND H IL L S .
“ Here, now, trader, aisy, aisy. Quick­
sands I ’ ve seen along the sayshore, an
np to me lialfways I'v e been in wan,
w id a double an twist in the rope to
pnll me out, but a snekin sand in the
open plain— aw, trader, aw, the like o’
that, no, tiiver a bit, a w !”
So said
Macavoy, the giant, when the thing
was discussed in his presence.
“ W ell, I tell you it ’ s true, and
they’re not three miles from Fort
O ’Glory.
The company's men don't
talk abont it— what’s the use: Travel­
ers are fe w that way, and yoo.esn.’ t get
the Indians within miles of them. P ret­
«A
ty Pierre knows all about them, better
than any one else, almost. H e 'll stand
by me in it— eh, Pierre?”
Pierre took
no notice and was silent for a time, in­
tent on his cigarette, and in the pause
Mowley, the trapper, said: “ Pierre’s gone
A BEAUTIFUL HORSE THIEF.
DAUGHTERS OF CUBA.
back on you, trader.
Perhaps yon
P » l r E x ile s O rga n ize d to Assist the P atrio t She Is M a y C o lvin, an O z a rk G ir l o f 18, an d haven't paid him for the last lie.
I go
as P re tty an a P icture.
A rm ie s.
one better, you stand by me— my treat
The female department o f the peni­
The colony of Cuban exiles in N ew
— that's the gam e!”
York city embraces a large number of tentiary undoubtedly furnishes the most
“ A w , the like o’ that,” added Mac­
depraved tpyes of humanity. Prim arily
patriotic women whe wear the single
the partiality o f courts and juries for avoy reproachfully. “ A w , yer tongue to
starred flag o f Cuba as a symbol of their
women characterizes every jndical sys­ the roof o ’ your mouth, M ow ley! Liars
allegiance to its cause. About 100 of tem of civilization, and so it must be a all men may he, but that’s w id tvimmin
these charming rebels have organized a depraves, and dangerous woman indeed or landlords. Bnt, Pierre, off another
club which they call the “ H ijas de Cu­ whom a jury of Americans w ill sen­ man’s bat like that— aw, Mowley, fill
ba,” or “ Daughters of Cuba, " f o r the tence to penal servitude.
your mouth w id the bowl o’ yer pipe!”
Decidedly the most unique person­
Pierre now looked np at the three
purpose o f g ivin g encouragement and
assistance to the patriot armies. The ality of the female population of the men, rollin g another cigarette as he did
club has already sent several thousand prison is May Colvin. May is only 18 so, bnt he seemed to be thinking o f a
dollars to tho insurgents, and at a re­ years old and is a rustic beauty. Dress distant matter. Meeting the three pairs
cent fair over *800 was taken in at the her in the gorgeous paraphernalia of fif eyes fixed on him, his own held them
booths and tables, where dark eyed Cu­ L illia n Russell and she would be a more for a moment musingly. Then he lit his
ban beauties smiled on the chivalrous brilliant l>eauty than that Rtage celeb­ cigarette, and half reclining on the
rity. She has great bine eyes and a mass bench where he sat he bega.i to speak,
public's generosity.
Among the more mature members of of tonseled blond hair of Titian tint. talking into the fire, as it were:
“ I was at Guidon Hilt, at the com­
me H ijas de Cuba are some who have Her form is luscious — w ell rounded
sorrowful memories of the revolution of and plump— and her cheeks are red pany’s post there. It was the fall o f the
1888, widows and daughters of heroes w ith the vigorous life of the Ozarks, year, when yon feel that there is noth­
who fe ll or whose fortunes were broken whence she came. H er month is one ing so good as life and the air drinks
in that disastrous contest. The vice pres- that an impressionable artist would go like wine. Yon think that sounds like
w ild over, w ith its cherry red lips of a woman or a priest? Mais, no! The
sensnons curves, the whole form ing the seasons are strange. In the spring I am
most perfect Cupid’s bow. And, withal. lazy and sad; in the fa ll I am gay; I am
May is a horse th ief and doesn’ t deny for the big things to do. This matter
it. Certainly the confinement in the was in the fall. I felt that I must move.
penitentiary has brought ont her native Y et what to do? There was the thing.
beauty, that must have been blurred or Cards? O f course. But that’s only for
obscured by her exposure to all sorts of times, not for all seasons. So I was
rough weather w h ile fleeing over the like a w ild dog on a chain. I had a good
plains and mountains of the southwest horse, Tophet, black as a coal, all raw
from the officers or else no jury could 1 sines and joint and a reach like a
have ever been induced to give her a moose. His legs worked like piston rods.
term in prison, (“specially for so common But, as I said, I did not know where to
and pb beian an offense as stealing go or what to do. So we used *o sit at
horses.
the post loafing, in the daytime watch­
But May is not only a horse thief, but ing the plains, all panting for travelers,
a ja il breaker as w ell by her own con­ like a young bride w aiting her husband
fession. Her fc.it in breaking from the for the first tim e.”
Macavoy regarded Pierre w ith rich
ja il at Girard, Kan., where she was
confined about tw o years ago for horse delight. He had an unctuous spirit, and
stealing, her escape to Jasper county, his heart was soft for women, so soft
M o., and her subsequent capture there that he never had oue on his conscience,
.ujd prosecution on an old charge w ill though he had brushed gay smiles off
MRS. V. 7.ATAS-BAZAX.
be recalled by the readers of newspa­ the lips of many w ith his own. Bnt
ident and one of the leading spirits of pers.
that was an amiable weakness in a
the club is Mrs. V. Zayas-Bazan, the
“ W ell, I have no hard luck story to strong man. “ A w , P ierre,” he said
w ife of an ardent sympathizer w ith the te ll,” was the w ay May greeted The coaxiiiglv, “ kape it down, aisy, aisy;
Cuban cause. Mrs. Bazan is young, Republic representative. “ They made me heart's goin lik e a triphammer at
strikingly beautiful and an acknowl­ no mistake in my case. N early every­ thought av it. A w , yis; aw, yis, Pierre. ”
edged belle among the young matrons body else in here is innocent, according
“ W e ll, it was like that to me— all
of the Cuban colony. She comes of a to their own statement, but I ’ m not. snn and a sweet sting in the air, at
fine old Matauzai fam ily— Garcia de I ’m here for horse stealing.
uight to sit and tell tales and such
Manesca— and her grandmother was
“ When I heard you were here and things, and perhaps a little brown
known as “ the richest woman in Ma- want.*! to see me, I thought yon were brandy, a look at the stars, a half hour
tanzas“ before the ruin of the last war. an officer from Girar<, Kan., and want­ w ith the cattle— the same old game.
Mrs. Bazan was sent to Paris to be ed to take me back there for breaking Of course there was the w ife o f Kiltofi,
educated and there was married. She ont of jail. I'm glac you are not, but I the factor— fine, always fine to see, bnt
is mistress of four languages— the guess th ey'll come for me as soon as my deaf and dumb. W e were good friends,
French, German, Spanish and English term is ont here, which w ill be in about Ida and me. I bad a hand in her wed­
— has contributed to the Paris journals 14 months i f I behave myself. I ’ ve been ding. Holy, I knew her when she was
on literary topics and has acquired much a pretty good g irl since I'v e been here. a little g ir l! W e could talk together by
of the Frenchwoman’s charm of man­ The reason for it, I guess, is that I signs. Shu was a good woman— she had
ner and the mental brilliancy that is haven’ t had a chance to be l>ad. H ow ­ never guessed at evil. She was quick,
bred in the Pans salons. She has no ever, I ’ ve so manager to break the rules too, like a flash, to read and understand
memory o f her native land, which she as to be put in the dark room tw o or without words. A face was a book tc
left as a little child, but the Cuban three times. But I'm going to behave her.
blood ruin warm in her veins, and she m yself from now on so I ran get the
“ V ery good! One afternoon we were
plies the needle in these days o f war on benefit of the three-fourths rule.
all standing outside the post when we
tiny silken flags w ith the single star of
“ I don’t know why I'v e turned ont saw some one ride over the Long Divide.
Cuba wrought thereon, to be worn by so bad unless it is that it was just bom It was good for the eyes, I cannot tell
her patriot sisters.
But horse and rider were
in me. M y mother is a good woman, quite how.
only 85 years old now, a member of so sharp and clear cut against the sky
THE N E W J A P A N .
the Methodist ehnreh and has been that they looked very large and peculiar
married three times. She raised me — there was something in the air to
I t Is M ir ro r e d I n the N a tio n a l E x h ib itio n
right, and m y father, who is a dentist, magnify. They paused for a moment
a t K ioto.
was always kind and indulgent to me. on the top of the divide, and it seemed
Kioto, aptly termed the heart of Ja­ I went to the public schools in Webb like a messenger out of the strange
pan, and the most interesting and fasci­ C ity until I was 16, and then the d evil­ country at the farthest north, the place
nating city in the Mikado’s domain, ment began to crop ont in me. I don’ t of legends. Bnt o f -ourse it was only a
is now holding a national exposition. know why either.
traveler like ourselves, for in a half
This year is called the "Heiansento K i-
“ Nobody ever taught me any wrong. hour she was w ith us.
nensa:,’ ’ and the fair commemorates the I'm not like other women, either, in
“ Yes, it was a g irl dressed as a man.
eleven hundredth anniversary of the t blaming my downfall cn any man. ” — She did not try to hide it. She had
establishment of the ancient capital St. Lonis Republic.
dressed so for ease. She would make a
at K ioto by the fiftieth emperor or
man’s heart leap in his mouth— i f he
kwanmn. The qnaint old city, always
was like Macavoy or the pious M owley
A C H IN E S E P U Z Z L E .
a beehive of industry, is now busier
there. ”
than ever, and from end to end is pro­ W h a t W i l l the T r e a s u r y D e p a rtm e n t D o
Pierre’s last three words had a touch
W i t h the 3,000 U n re g is te re d O rientals?
fusely decorated w ith banners and at
o f irony, for he knew that the trapper
night illnminated with colored lights.
A question that is cansing the treas­ had a precious tongne for Scripture
From the top o f every house flies the ury departmeijf considerable bother just when a missionary passed that way
“ rising sun” flag, and on the front of now is what to do w ith unregistered and a bad name w ith women to give it
each is a lantern.
Chinamen. According to the official re­ point. M ow ley smiled sourly, but Mac­
While the exhibition as viewed by oc­ port made by Commissioner M iller, 107, - avoy laughed outright and smacked his
cidental eyes is not great or particularly 000 had complied w ith the extended lips on his pipe stem luxuriously.
extensive, it is fn ll of interest and Geary law and registered. Official esti
“ Aw, now, Pierre— all me little fail-
thoroughly representative of Japanese mates place the number o f Chinese in in ’s— a w !” he said. Pierre swung ronnd
genius, handicraft and industry. The this country at 110,000, so that it would on the bench, leaning upon the other
buildings are large, airy and clean, and appear that there are now in the United elbow, and cherishing his cigarette
the grounds w e ll kept aDd admirably States 3,000 unregistered Chinese, ev­ presently continued:
arranged. Though great crowds are here ery one of whom, according to the law.
“ She had come far and was tired to
gathered, the utmost good order pre­ mnst be sent ont o f the country.
death, so stiff that she could hardly get.
vails. The price of admission is only 5
There is no money appropriated for from her hors.», and the horse, too, was
sen, about 5 cents of American money.
the purpose, and as it costs fu lly $75 ready to drop. Handsome enough she
The exposition excels in fabrics, there per head to send Chinamen back to looked, for all that, in man’s clothes and
being a very extensive display. One of China from the United States the aggre­ a peaked cap, w ith a pistol in her belt.
the most interesting things is the crea­ gate amount required for the purpose She wasn’ t b ig bnilt— jnst a feathery
tion of silk through the various stages. w ill be quite large. In the meantime, kind o f sapling— but she was set fair
under circular instructions sent ont by on her legs like a man, and a hand that
the treasury, any citizen can appear be­ was as good as I have seeu, so strong
fore a United States commissioner and and fine, and like silk and iron w ith a
make complaint against an unregistered horse. W ell, what was the trouble, for
Chinaman, and United States marshals I saw that there was trouble? Her eyes
and customs officers are by law directed had a hunted look, and her nose breath­
to do so. Secretary Carlisle and A tto r­ ed like a deer’s in the chase. A ll at
ney General Olney have the vexed ques­ once, when she saw H ilton's wife, a cry
tion under consideration and w ill prob­ came from her, and she reached ont her
ably make some official announcement hands.
on the subject shortly. — Washington
“ W hat would women of that sort do?
Post.
ENTRANCE TO KIOTO EXHIBITION.
They were both of a kind. They got
into each other’s arms. A fte r that there
from the cocoon to the completed fabric.
M a r ria g e o f the D ead.
was nothing for ns men but to wait.
The embroideries wonderfully rich,
A strange custom prevails among a
A ll women are t.ie same, and H ilton ’s
beautiful and artistic, are such as only
certain tribe in the Caucasus. When a
w ife was like the rest. She mnst get
the Japanese can produce. There is a
single young man dies, some one who
the secret first; then the men should
splendid and attractive exhibit o f ceram­
has carried to the grave a marriageable
know. W e had to wait an hour. Then
ics, in which Japan leads the world.
daughter in the course of the year calls
H ilton's w ife beckoned to us. W e went
In the art department are seen some ex­
upon the bereaved parents and says:
cellent paintings, many of them orig i­
“ Your son is sure to want a wife. inside. The g irl was asleep. There was
nal. from the brushes of native artists.
I 'l l gi
—
daughter, and yon something in the touch o f H ilton's w ife
A department devoted to fish, fishing
shall deliver ton
lion like sleep itself, like music. It was her
apparatus and boats is very complete. I
in return. ’ ’
voice, that touch. She could not speak
and attracts great attention.
A friendly offer o f this description is with her tongue, but her hands and face
The extensive cereal display shows
never rejected, and the tw o parties were language and music. Bien, there
Japan's wonderful agricultural resources I
soon come to terms as to the amount of was the g irl asleep, all clear of dust and
and the fertility of her soil. The exhibit
the dowry, which varies according to stain, and that fine hand. It lay loose
o f agricultural implements, however, is
the advantages possessed by the g ir l in on her breast, so quiet, so quiet. En-
crude, and to an American seems ridic­
her life tim e Cases have been known fin, the real story, for how she lay there
ulous. In machinery the display is also
1 where the young man’s father has given does not matter, bnt still it was good
comparatively small, and there appears
, as much as 80 cows to secure a dead to see when w e knew the story. ”
little that is new or suggestive. This
w ife for his dead son.— Bnch fnr Alle.
The trapper was laughing silently to
department demonstrates the im itative
himself to hear Pierre in his romantic
faculty rather than inventive genins of
C ro u p ie r *.
mood. A woman's hand— it was the
the people, though there is in evidence
The croupiers of Monte Carlo have a game for a hoy, not an adventurer, for
a strong determination to achieve better
school of gambling in which they learn the trapper’s only creed was that wom­
things.
the ins and outs of the games, the meth­ en were like deer— spoils for the hunter.
Outside the grounds are a number of
ods of defeating trickery, manual dex­ Pierre saw it, bnt he was above petty
war cyeloramas, one representing the
terity in clearing the boards and paying anger. He merely said:
taking of Port Arthur.
the stakes, readiness in reckoning and in
“ I f a man have an eye to see behind
Altogether the K ioto exposition faith­
dealing and shuffling the cards and so the face, he understands the foolish
fu lly depicts the “ new Japan,” and
oa
Most o f them come from Alsace.
laugh of a man or the hand of a good
shows the marvelous advancement which
woman. That is ranch. So H ilton’s w ife
has been made since the last natiunal
Venezuela means “ L ittle Venice.” told us all. She had ridden 200 miles
fair, 15 years ago,
The early explorers form 4 the natives from the southwest and was making for
living in houses placed on piles in the Fort Micah, fi" miles farther north.
Frederick the Great had a sharp, hat­ marshes.
For what? She bad loved a man against
chet face, with a cold, bine eye, that, as
the w ill of her people. There had been
one o f his contemporaries said, "gleam
a fend, and Garrison— that was the
ed like a reflection o f light from a bay
D r P r l o e ’a C r e a m B a k i n g P o w d e r . lover’s name— was the last on his own
W o r l d '* P a ir H i g h e s t A w a r d .
«ide. There was trouble at a Hudson
B a k in g
pOW DEK
A bsolu tely Pure
Bay company’s jiost, and Garrison shot
a half breed. Men say he was right to
shoot him, for a woman's name must
be safe np here. Besides the half breed
drew first. W e ll, Garrison was tried
and must go to ja il for a year. A t the
end o f that tim e he would be free. The
girl, Janie, knew the day. W ord had
come to her. She made everything
ready. She knew her brothers were
watching— her three brothers and two
other men who had tried to get her love.
She knew also that the five won!»1 car­
ry on the fend against the oue man. So
one night she took the best horse on the
ranch pnd started away toward Fort
Micah.
“ Alors, you know how she got there,
after tw o days’ hard riding, enough to
k ill a man, and over 50 yet to do. She
was sure her brothers were on her track.
But i f she conlil get to Fort Micah and
be married to Garrison before they came
she wanted no more. There were only
two horses of use at H ilto n ’s post then
— all the rest were away or not fit for
hard travel. There was my Tophet and
a lean chestnut w ith a long propelling
gait and not an ounce of loose skin on
him
There was but one way— the girl
mnst get there. Allons, what is the
good?
W hat is life without these
things? The g irl loves the man. She
mnst have him in spite of all. There
was only H ilton and his w ife and me at
the post, and H ilton was lame from a
fall, and one arm in a sling. I f the
brothers followed, well, H ilton could
not interfere, he was a company's man,
but for myself, as I said, I was hungry
for adventure. I had an ache in my
blood for something. I was tingling to
my toes; my heart was thumping in my
throat
A ll the cords of m y legs were
straightening, like I was in the saddle. ”
Pierre sat np. It seemed absurd for
him to speak as oue who could be hot
and shivering w ith excitement, for his
movements were always quiet and pre­
cise as a hammer. But in his eyes there
was a furnace burning, and his small,
iron hand caught the air w ith a snap.
Macavoy had Been Pierre when dangers
crowded around them both, and he
knew that the little man was worth
three of himself, in spite o f his own
great height,
For the others, they did
not know, and i f they had lived with
Pierre all their lives they would never
have understood him.
“ A w , P ierre!” said Macavoy admir­
ingly.
“ A w , the ache in yer blood—
that's it! A w , yis, yis, an yer thighs
all bendiu like wire, an the prairie be-
yant, an the lady there asleep w id the
hand fallin soft where the heart beats
np like the swell of a tide! Aw , yis,
the like o' that— swate, swate, an you
wid the ache in yer blood, an the long
chestnut pawin the ground— aw, y is !”
Pierre nodded at Macavoy pleasantly,
for after his fashion he cared for the g i­
ant, and a little man loves the admira­
tion o f a large man, as Pierre himself
had said more than once. He knew
man’s vanity and his own weaknesses.
Bnt he turned his looks on the trapper
now, for it was his w ay to conquer at
the points of great disadvantage, not by
many wonders showing, but by a deep
persistence and a singular personal force.
“ She slept for three hours. I got the
two horses saddled. W ho could tell but
she m ight need help? I had nothing to
do. I knew the shortest way to Fort
Micah, eveiy foot, and then it is good
to be ready for all things. I told H il­
ton ’s w ife v, hat I had done. She was
glad. She made a gesture ai me as to a
brother and then began to put things
in a bag for us to carry. She had set­
tled all how* it was to be. She had told
the girl. You see, a man m aybe— what
is it they cell me?— a plunderer, and
yet a womai. w ill trust him, comrne
ca!”
“ A w , yis, aw, yis, Pierre, but she
knew yer hi .ml an yer tongue niver
w in t ag’ in a woman, Pierre. Naw, n iv­
er a wan— aw, swate she was, w id a
heart— a heart, H ilto n ’s w ife ! Aw ,
y is !”
Pierre waved Macavoy into silence.
“ The g irl waked after three hours, with
a start. Her hand caught at her heart.
‘O h!’ she sa.d, still staring at ns. ‘ I
thought that they had come!’ A little
after she and H ilto n ’s w ife went into
another room. A ll at once there was a
sound of horses without and then a
knock at the door, and four men enter­
ed. They were the g ir l’s hunters. It
was hard to tell what to do all in a
minute, hut I saw at once the best thing
was to act for all and to get all the men
Inside the house. So I whispered to H il­
ton and then pretended that I was a
great man in the company. I ordered
H ilton to have the horses cared for, and
not g ivin g the men time to speak I
fetched out the old brandy, wondering
what could be done. There was no
sound from the other room, though I
thought I heard a door open once. H il­
ton played the game w ell and showed
nothing when I ordered him abont and
lied w ith me when 1 said no g irl had
come, laughing when they told why
they were after her. More than one did
not believe at first; bnt, pshaw 1 what
have I been doing all my life to let such
fellows donbt me? So the end of it was
that I got them all inside the house.
There was one thing— their horses were
all fresh, as H iiton whispered to me.
They had only ridden them a few miles.
They hart stolen or bought them at a
ranch to the west of ns. I could not
make np my mind what to do. But it
was clear I must keep them quiet till
something shajied.
‘ ‘They were all drinking brandy when
H ilton’s w ife entered the room. Her
face was, mon Dien, so innocent, so
childlike! She stared at the men, and
then I tokl them she was deaf and
dumb, tuid I told her why they had
come. Voila, it was beautiful— like
nothing you ever saw! She shook her
head so innocently and then told them
like a child that they w ere wicked to
chase a girl. I could have kissed her
feet. Tonnerc, how she fooled them!
She said would they not search the
house? She said all through me, on her
fingers and by signs. And I told them
at once. Bnt she told me something
else— that the g irl had slipped out as
the last man came in, had mounted the
chestnut and would w ait for me by the
spring, a quarter o f a m ile away. There
was the danger that some one of the
men knew the finger language, so she
told me this thing in signs mixed np
w ith other sentences.
“ Good! There was now bnt one thing
to do— for me to get away. So I said,
laughing, to one of the men, ‘Come and
we w ill look after the horses, and the
others can search the place w ith Hilton. ’
So we went ont to where the horses
were tied to the railing and led them
away to the corral.
" O f course yon w ill understand how
I did it. I clapped a hand on his mouth,
put a pistol at his head, gagged and
tied him. Then I got my Tophet, aDd
away I went to the spring. The girl
was waiting. There were few words. 1
gripped her hand, gave her another pis­
tol, and then we got away on a fine
moonlit trail. W e had not gone a mile
when I heard a faint yell far behind.
M y game had been found ont. There
was nothing to do bnt to ride for it now,
and to fight, i f necessary. But fighting
was not good, for I might be killed, and
then the g irl would be caught jnst the
same. W e rode oi>—such a ride— the
horses neck and neck, their feet pound­
ing the prairie like piston rods, raw bone
to rawboue, a dingdong gait. I knew
they were after ns, though I saw »hem
bnt once on the (Test o f a divide, about
thiee miles behind. Hour after hour
like that, w ith 10 minutes’ rest and now
and then at a spring, or to stretch our
legs. W e hardly spoke to each other,
but God o f love, my heart was warm
to this girl, who had ridden 150 miles in
24 hours. Just before dawn, when I
was beginning to think that we should
easily w in the race i f the g irl could but
hold our, i f it did not k ill her, the chest­
nut stuck a leg into the crack of th «
prairie, and horse and g irl were on tho
ground together. She could scarcely
move, she was so weak, and her face
was like death. I put a pistol to the
chestnut’ s head and ended it. A t that
the g irl stooped and kissed the poor
beast’s neck, but spoke nothing. As I
helped her on my Tophet 1 put my lips
to the sleeve of her dress. Mother o f
God, what could a man do, she was so
uoble!
“ Dawn was just breaking oozy and
gray at the swell o f the prairie over the
Jumping Sand hills. They lay quiet and
shining in the green brown plain, but
I knew that beneath there war- a churn
which could set those swells of sand in
motion and make deadly sport o f an ar­
my. W ho can tell what it is? A flood
under the surface, a tidal river— what?
N o man knows. Eut they are sea mon­
sters on the land. Every morning at
sunrise they begin to eddy and roll, and
no man ever saw a stranger sight.
Bien, I looked back. There were foui
horsemen coming on about three miles
away. W hat was there to do? The g irl
and myself on m y tired horse were too
much. They saw also and hurried on.
There came to me a great idea. I must
reach and cross the Jumping Sand hills
before sunrise. It was all a deadly
chance.
“ W hen we got to the edge of the
sand, they were almost a m ile behind.
I was all sick to my teeth as my poor
Tophet stepp**! into the sand. God, how
I watched the dawn! Slow, slow we
toiled over that velvet powder. A s we
reached the farther side I fe lt that it
was beginning to move. The sun was
showing like the lid of an eye along the
plain. I looked back. A!1 four horsemen
were in the sand, plunging on toward
us. By the tim e We touched the brown
green prairie on the farther side the
sand was rollin g behind us. The g irl
had not looked back. She seemed too
dazed. I jumped from the horse and
told her that she must push ou alone to
the fort; that Tophet could not carry
both; rhat I should lie iu no danger.
She looked at me, I cannot tell how,
then stooped and kiss**l me between the
eyes. I have never forgotten. I struck
Tophet, and she was gone to her happi­
ness, for she reached the fort and her
lover’s arms.
“ But 1 stood looking hack upon the
Jumping Sand hills. So was there ever
a sight like that— those hills gone like a
smelting floor, the sunrise spotting it
w ith rose and yellow and three horses
and their riders fighting what cannot
be fought. W hat could I do? They
would have got the g irl i f I had not led
them across, and they would, have killed
me i f they could. Only one cried out,
and then but once, in a long shriek.
But after all three were quiet as they
fought until they W (?re gone where no
man could see, where none cries ont sc
we can hear. ”
There was a long pause, painful tc
bear. The trader sat w ith eyes fixed
humbly as a dog's on Pierre. A t l:ist
Macavoy said: "S he kissed ye, Pierre
— aw, yis, she did that! .Tist betuue the
eyes. Do yes iver see her now, Pierre?’ '
But Pierre, though looking at him,
made no answer.— G ilbert Parker.
A WONDERFUL JOURNEY.
T w o Ruasians W h o A r e R e tu rn in g F ro m a
V isit to Lassa, the S acred City.
One of the most remarkable journeys
ever made overland across Asia has just
been completed successfully by two Cal-
ruuck Tartars from the province of A s­
trakhan, Russia, on the Volga. They
actually made their w ay across Siberia
into Tibet and entered the sacred city
of Lassa, which R ockwell and Miss
T aylor saw from a distance. They also
taw the Dalai Lam a face to face. I f
these men had had any scientific train­
ing, the w orld would be far richer by
their observations of a comparatively
unknown territory, bnt they noticed
very little ou their journey and seemed
to be m ainly intent on securing a sup­
ply of religious books at Lassa and on
reaching their homes again us speedily
as possible.
The travelers are Budwa Meukudjin-
off and Saranga Ulauotf. Both are Mon­
gol Euddhists and speak the Mongol
language fluently. In talking of their
journey they said that Meukudjinoff,
being a Lama, decided to go to Lassa
to get a supply of looks and prayers
that could be vouched for as genuine,
and Ulauoff, a neighbor, agreed to ac­
company him.
Three years ago they left home. They
could g ive only scanty details of their
trip, bnt the journey across the great
mountains and elevated plateau was
terrible, even to those hardy men, in­
ured to extreme cold. It took 14 mouths
of constant traveling toreach the sacred
city. In crossing what has been aptly
called “ the roof of the w orld ” they
passed over mountains so high that the
blood flowed from their ears and eyes.
It was so cold, even in midsummer, ou
these great heights that they wore dou­
ble coats o f bearskins. In crossing the
great desert they met no one except a
band of robbers in four weeks.
F in ally they reached the sacred city.
They concealed the fact that they were
Russians, as they knew that i f any one
suspected them o f being foreigners they
could never hope to gain admission to
the city and its temples. They gave out
they were Mongols, and as they both
spoke tho language the y had no trouble
iu sustaining the disguise. They were
received by the venerable Dalai Lama
and worshiped before him. He seemed
much gratified by their piety and their
desire for literature. W ith his own
hand he gave them a Buddhist Bible in
120 volumes, which was worth iu
Lassa 1,000 ounces of fine silver. They
bought 20 large packages of prayers,
images, charms and sacred hooks, which
they safely transported on animals to
Hankow. It is a curious fact that the
prayers are printed on Chinese rice pa­
per made in the province o f Kiangsi.
From Lassa they made their way
eastward Through Koko-Nor and the
northern provinces of China to Peking, a
hard journey, which consumed 15
mouths. From that city they went to
Hongkong in the hope of securing pas­
sage on a tea steamer to Odessa.
A .M fiisen g er B o y ’s Schem e.
A discharged messenger boy in Cleve­
land did a land office business by w rit­
ing telegrams and addressing them “ col­
lect” to wTell known guests at hotels.
The clerks would receive them and pay
charges, but exposure has come. A the­
atrical manager received a message
reading: “ W hy did you not answer my
last telegram? Mother and the rest of
us are all welL ” For this he paid 46
cents. Another man, a bachelor, paid
39 cents for a message reading: “ Baby
has cut a new tooth and is doing well.
Mary ” The Western Union company
has refunded a number of these pay­
ments and is investigating the case.—
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
A PE C U LIA R CASE.
P H Y S IC IA N S
CASE
PUZZLED
OF
T h e E p is c o p a l
MRS.
H o s p ita l
IN
THE
BOWEN.
S a id
She
H O I T T ’S
SCHOOL.
Nowhere are boys better cared for and
more thoroughly taught than at Hoitt'e
School, Burlingame. Saa Mateo county.
Cal. The school is in charge o f Ira U
Hoiu, ?h. P., and will reopen August titb.
—S. F. Chronicle.
H ad
H O W ’S
T H IS !
C o n s u m p t io n a n d G a v e H e r P r o o fs
in S u b s t a n t ia t io n .
We offer One Hundred Dollars reward
for any case ot Catarrh that cannot be
cured hv H all’s Catarrh Cure.
F. J. C H EN E Y A CO., Props., Toledo, O.
We the undersigned, bave known E. J. i
Cheney for the last 15 vears, and believe
him perfectly honorable in all business
transactions and financially able to carry
out any obligation made by their firm.
W s s t A T rcax , Wholesale Druggists,To­
ledo, O.
From the Record, Philadelphia, P a )
Last July the Episcopal hospital ad­
m itted a woman whose pale and emaci­
ated face and racking cough proclaim ­
ed her the victim of consumption. She
gave her name as Mrs. Sallie
G.
Bowen, w ife o f W m . G. Bowen, resi­
dence 1849 M eighan Street, P h ila ­
W a l k i n g , K i n n a n A M a k v i n , W b o le a a le
delphia. The case was diagnosed and Drugaists, Toledo, O.
she was told p lainly that she was in
Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally,
an advanced stage of consumption. The acting directly upon the blood and mu­
cous surfaces of the system. Price, 75c per
exam ining physician even showed her bottle. Bold by all Druggists. Testimon­
the sunken place in her breast where ials Free.
the cavity in her lung was supposed to
NEW
W A Y E A S T —N O D U S T .
exist. She went home to her fa m ily a
broken,
disheartened woman
w ith
Oo East from Portland, Pendleton. Walla
death staring her in the face. That Walla via O. K. A N. to Spokane and (treat
was the beginning of the story. The Northern Railway to Montana, Dakotas. St.
end was told by Mrs. Bowen, w ho no Paul. Minneapolis, Cbicago, Omaha. St.
Ixiuis, East and South. Rock-liallast track ;
longer expects to die, to a reporter who fine scenery ; new equipment Great North­
visited her home.
ern Palace Sleepers and Diners; Family
“ The first symptoms o f consumption Tourist Care; Buffet-Library Cars. Write
C. Donovan, General Agent, Portland,
came in the form o f terrible sweats, 0.
Oregon, or F. I. Whitney, G. P. A T. A.,
both uight and day. From A p r il until St. Paul, Minn., for printed matter and in­
September I was constantly cold and formation abo.it rates, routes, etc.
kept wrapped up in blankets through
A l K V O IT N I C K ?
the hottest weather. A terrible cough
took possession of me, m y breats were
Send fo r circu lars o f Rsd am 's M icrob e K ille r ,
sore to the slightest touch, and my
361- M orrison Sr., Portla n d , Or.
limbs were lik e cold clay. The hard­
est rubbing w ith the coarsest towel
C O U P O N :tt; 'th e tw o new amt po-m lar
would not create the slightest flush, songs ‘ G o o d b ye” and ’ ’ Pa rted .” re m la r price
each, can be procu red at th e in trod u c to ry
and the least exertion would so exhaust I 40c
pr ce, 10c each, by sen din g this e.-npou—stamps
me that I could barely gasp for water. taken W iley R. A llen Co., Portland, O ieg on .
“ I went to the hospital in July and
—
they diagnosed m y case as above stated.
After physicians b a d given me up. I w as
It was when the clouds were the dark­ , saved b y PiBo’s O u re . — l i o i - h E aiko , W i l l ­
est that the first g lin t of sunshine came. iam sport, P a ., N ov. 22, ltfHIi.
Mr. Shelmerdiue, a friend who lives
T r y G e r m e a for b r e a k fa s t.
around at 1844 Clem entine street, said
to me one day, ‘ Mrs. Bowen, did yon
ever try Dr. W illia m s ’ P in k P ills for
P ale People?’ I had never heard o f
the medicine, but in m y condition
could not turn a deaf ear to anything
that offered relief.
It was after con­
siderable thought and investigation
that I concluded to discontinue a ll the
medicine I was taking, including cod
liv e r oil, and depend entirely upon
P ink Pills.
I began to take the pills,
O ld Rip Van W in kle went up into the
at first w ith bnt little encouragement Catskill mountains to take a little nap o f
The first sign o f improvement was a twenty years or so, and when he w akened,
warm th and a tin glin g sensation in my he found that the “ cruel w ar was over,’*
limbs. F in a lly the cough disappeared, the monthly magazines had “ fought it
o v e r “ the second time and “ blown u p “
my chest lost its soreness and I began all the officers that had participated in it.
to gain flesh until I was fifteen pounds This much is history, and it is also an his-
heavier. A l l this I owe to Dr. W i l l ­ torical fact that, it took the same length o f
iams’ Pink P ills , and I cannot praise
them too h ig h ly .”
Mrs. Bowen is a kindly faced lady
of m iddle age, a church member w e ll
known and
highly esteemed.
She
looks today w e ll and strong, and it
seems almost impossible that she was
ever given up by eminent physicians as
an incurable consumptive. Y e t such
is the case beyond a ll dispute.
Dr. W illia m s ’ P ink P ills contain all
the elements necessary to g iv e new life
and richness to the blood and restore
shattered nerves. They are for sale by
a ll druggists, or may be had by m ail
from Dr. W illia m s ’ M edicine Com ­
pany, Schenectady, N. Y ., for 50c per
box, or six boxes for $2.50.
l . y l i im —W h a ’ 's this man
here fo r? A t te n d a n t -H e had a ch a lice to slag
an u m pire and d id n ’ t.
THE
KEYSTONE
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ARCH
In th e ed ifice o f h ea lth is v ig o r, w h ich means
not mereJv muscular en ergy, but an a tiv e dis­
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such as d ig estion , secretiou ot the bUe, the ac­
tion o f the bow els, the circu latio n o f th e blood.
N o th in g m ore a c tiv e ly o r th o ro u gh ly contrib-
'.tes to th e u nited perform an ce o f these fnne
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use is a speedy gain in stren gth , togeth er w ith
the a giee a b le consciousness that the tenure o f
life is b ein g stren gth en ed —that o n e is la y in g
up a store o f v it a lit y against the u navoidable
draughts w h ich o ld age makes upon th esystem
Th e fo r t ify in g in flu ence o f the B itters co n sti­
tute it a re lia b le safegu ard against m ala ria ,
rheum atism and k id n ey trouble. A p p etite and
sleep im p ro ve throu gh its use, and It protects
fh e system against the effects o f colds and
damp.
A mustard plaster is n ot a v e r y p o e tic su b­
je c t but, a h ! how w a rm ly it appeals to a
m an’s feelin gs.
time, for Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Dis-
covery to become the most celebrated, as
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Potash rem edies—m ore to be dreaded than the
disease—and in a sh ort w h ile is in a fa r w o rse .
co n d ition than before. T h e com m on re su lt ia
TO THE SICK
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Radam’s Microbe Killer
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I su ffered fro m a severe attack o f M ercu ria l
Rheum atism , m y arm s and legs b ein g sw ollen
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CATARRH
If not, it ia important that you make it
pure at once with the great blood purifier.
ME
A.ÑK YO U R DRUC10IST FOR
from the great
Blood Pure
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7 suffered terribly fton i
roaring in my head during
an attack o f catarrh, and
became very deaf, used
Ely's Cream Balm and in
three weeks could hear <ui\
well as ever.—A. E. New
man, Grating, Mich.
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KNOWLEDGE
Brings coinfort and improvement and
tends to personal enjoyment when
rightly used. The many, who live Un-
tor than others and enjoy life more, w ith
•ss expenditure, by more promptly
ulapting the wo.Id’s 1**4. products to
the needs o f physical being, will attest
he value to health o f the pure liquid
axalive principles embraced in the
remedy, Syrup o f Figs.
It* excellence is due to its presenting
in the form most acceptable and pleas­
ant to the taste’ , the refreshing and truly
beneficial properties o f a jierfect lax­
a tiv e ; effectually cleansing the system,
dispelling esdds, headaches and fevcis
ana permanently curing constipation.
It has given satisfaction to millions and
met with the approval o f the medical
profession, because it acts on the Kid­
neys, L iver and Bowels without weak­
ening them and it is perfectly free from
every objectionable substance.
Syrup o f Figs is for sale by all drug­
gists in 50c and $1 bottles, hut it is man­
ufactured by the California Fig Syrup
Co. only, whose name is printed on every
package, also the name, Syrup of F ig s ,
and being well informed, you w ill not
accept any substitute i f otlered.
h b w n s m s m m
BEWARE
Insist on
m\ AflD HA/WR SODAI
in packages
v ^
c f im it a tio n
tra d e m a rk s
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never spoils the flour, keeps soft, and is uni.
ver sally acknowledged, purest in the world.
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