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About The Eugene weekly guard. (Eugene, Or.) 1899-1904 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 11, 1900)
ARK HIM AN FIENDS. HOW THE CHINESE TORTVRE AND KILL. the parish dogs of thetr owa FIRST DIME NOVELS.I semble cities In point of inability to bunt any prey save In packs. I beard of an 1» stance where a gang oaftbeni. employed THEY WERE CHEAP. BUT CLEAN aa uavv'.es In the cutting of a railway, CHINESE PRACTICE DEVILISH FORMS OF TORTURE. AND INTERESTING ba »Led their overseer with shovels aud fled luto tbe bush. Nobody was evet hanged fur the crime, because soma Interview with l>r. OiBille J. Victor» l*f All Peoples oa Earth They Are the that the Maa ho Orignutfl^tbe Stjie uf forty of them were tn it -aud Most Cruel and Iveliaht la Luug- I would have be«-i9 rather a large coo- I whois career la blighted, 1 A plan that would serve us is not to Drawn Out Puniehment — Uorne at Literature that tbe Bun uf the ttix- s gnuieut to condemn, even In the fat shall never be given a posltlou bt thought of on the Instant," Stepbeu Their Pyetewe. tiee I »«4 to Dcvuur. ^of trust ag*ln>” Geoffrey Hurst said; "but 1 will do my best.” Orville J. Victor, who edited and | East, where human life la so cheap. There are a quarter of a million Chi- despairingly. And Stephen Grant •••••••• ®f all races on the face of the earth nese In Bangkok alone, ami they do uot !g Into the troubled face |>ef»re It was midnight, and in a small bouse the Cuiucse are tue must cruel, the practically couceived tbe idea of the app« al to oue’a cordial emotions very thought what a boy Geoff was. lu in St. Johns Wood the lights were all (Kipuiux and cheap uovel, the old lime luui-li the contrary must dev vied to tearful torture of thuac And should this vf bls five and-tweuty years. extinguished, except those lu the s;>e- Lu their power aud the moat adept >u )el>uw «.-uveied atluir, lu which Ludiuu catch the eye uf auy luteud'.ug vlsltol (ffrey Hurst was Junior secretary clal sanctum of the master of the estab »lories, cuw 0u> stories, raftsmen's to the far East, I would urge upon blm de» .slug e\er Ur* tonus ut marly rdum the yueeu s favorite ambassador at lishment. The other li tuates of the »lories aud other tales embodyiug the uuwisdom uf veuturlug to speud a lor the objects of tueir hatred. Lu lhe.r , and a favorite with all about house were all wrapped lu slumber, wholesome adveutures formed tbe sole night ou a Chinese Junk without sc almost aimpie cruelty they are lower while George Hammond sal broudlug. than the annuals. It they merely de- literary meat, is to da> living quietly much a« a revolver to defend tilmseii public school where they bad Ou the table before him lay a leather lu u pretty home iu I lolen lin. N. J. Ughted in torturing, one migut say it with Occasionally a European la dis in together Geoffrey had been Ste letter-case. The questiou be was de was a perveralom But they do not U lieu be is uot »(leudlug bts time covered by the tnarim- police floatln» m's fag. and healthful lutlueuce bating was whether or not the pa(>ers merely deught in It. '1 hey torture liv among bls flowers, bls gruumls au<l ex on the water with hla throat cut. Il i the elder had over the younger should be destroyed. ing ciealures, from rats to man. as u tensive cuuutry prvqierty, which 1» ev such a case It Is highly probable thai • never wholly shaken off. So that It had struck 1 o’clock when he was simple matter of course, aud the native cij other day in ue week, Mr. Victor he lias been foolhardy, as I was. Bu sffrey Hurst, the budding diploma- roused from bls reverie by a loud victims accept it equally as a matter occupies a little office at No. l.’xi Broad different people are liorn to different listened to Stephen's opinion with knocking at the front door. He started of course. There Is something supreme way, New York, where still engages ui ends, ami th«- Chinese contempt of ttis ¡nueh respect as he had done in the up, and was about to thrust the letter ly terrible lu the malter-of-faet, stolid literary work. European Is frequ«‘ntly Justified bj days, when as a small boy be had case Into bls pocket, but, changing his way in which they subject a prisoner That the old «Lime novel was a fur i facts I.udgate Magazine. eked bls boots and cooked his break- mind, placed It again on the table be- to demoniac pain with us much readi superior product In fact, quite a dlf | fore he hurried downstairs. t ness as a magistrate would sentence a ferenl product thau tbe half dime aud , , the two men sat together In the Hammond was anxious that the man to spend ten days In Jail. dime folio of to day Is evidenced by the nr's bachelor quarters (for Stephen household should not be roused, It To begiu with, there la the whipping | list of authors cuutrlbutlng to tbe i an actor of some promise) they would not mend matters to have his and scourging with bamboo rods. This series of little tsioks for which Mr. Victim bound to a cross, while the executioner with a sharp sword slices oh aented a striking contrast. Geof- wife coming down Inquiring what was Is so cornmou a method of "preparing” Vlitor was res(>ousible. Of those au ■ty's frock-coat fitted his tall figure to amiss. So be unlocked the door, and a victim for trial that It is hardly con parts of his body. The torture sometimes lasts for a day before death eusues. thors still living CoL Freiitlss Ingra Krfection, while Stephen's well-worn drew back the bolts cautiously; tbeu, sidered punishment, much less torture. NVbeu Hug chee 1» to be a loug opera ham, Clara Augusta Trask, Edward S. Leet Jacket had a truly Bohemian air leaving the chain still up, opened the Yet the bamboo 1« laid ou hard enougli edge of the collar cuts deeply Into the tlon. aud the victim Is to die only after Ellis, William 11. Eyster ami Charles flesh of tils neck, aud all his muscles Igt «as In keeping with the careless door a few Inches, demanding who was to bring blood at each stroke, aud. es Morris are possibly the best known to te of bls surroundings. After a while there. pecially when It Is applied to the soles are drawn more aud more tense, pain long torture, the slicing sometimes Is day. BvMldes these there were Col. A. done so slowly that half a day elapses begins to conquer him. and iu a week Kephen offered a cigar ease to bls The unmistakable gleam of a bull's- of the feet, the victim often faints J. 11. Dugauue. tbe war poet; Jobu It lx recorded that Pope Gregory XVL Mend, but Geoffrey shook his head; he eye came into the dark hall, as a voice from pain aud loss of blood combined. the torturers have the felicity of see before the condemned man dies. The Neal, the Maine poet; Judge William ing a maddened wretch stumble aud executioner knows Just wliat to cut offered his snuff t»ox to a cardinal, who Lj not the heart to smoke. One hardly can enter a Chinese court fall around blindly, weeping and yell answered: w ithout killing, aud lie goes to work as Jared Hull, Col. John S. Warner, Mrs. declined It. saying, "No. your bolluess, I"A cigar helps me to think," Stephen "A constable. Are you the owner of lug with anguish. carefully as would a surgeon. Muscles Mary A. Deuulsou, Mrs. Anna 8. I have uot that vice,” to which the Lid. as he carefully cut the end of a the house?" The baml>oo furulsbes favorite im and tendons and flesh are stripped Stephens turd Mrs. Metta V. Victor. ■arana and applied a light; then, be- Hammond replied that he was. and "They speak of tbe Immense saba» of I’ope repllsd In a thoroughly human plements for Chinese legal torturers. from the body with the razor blade of way. "If It had been a vice you would t een the puffs of smoke, he said slow- asked what the policeman wanted. Sliarpeued slivers of bamboo are used the sword, until only a dreadful frauie- modem Imoka. like 'David llarum' have had It." I; "When did you first know that this "I have reason to believe that an at aud other productions," said Mr. Vic for countless purposes In countless Thomas K. Beecher, who recently LiMlon would be given you?” tempt la being made to enter your tor. "Why, vvlieii our series was stari- ways. Indeed, If the reader will lm- I ¡••The day before yesterday the chief premises," he said. "A man has beeu e«i. lu the early (IP's, tbe sales of the died, once prefaced a sermon preached agine Just what he would bate most ! Lnt for me," Geoffrey answered. "He watching at the back for the last hour. books all run above luu.uot), aud many at Plymouth, for hla brother, with tha to have done to him with a bamboo . kid be had some Important documents Have you much plate?" rim us high as «Kl.OlX) copies. ‘Seth startling Intimation: "All those who silver, he will bit something that the L lend to the foreign office, and had "We have some piate, certainly, but Jone*,' for Instance, sold Imiueusely, ha^e come here to worship Heury Chinese are sure to do. The most situ Ltermlned to intrust them to me. He I don't think any one could get at it ami all of Mr. Ellis' books went like Ward Beecher will now have a ehaucs pie and merciful deeds are to stick tiny Loke very kindly of the way I had My people are all asleep, so 1 hope there wlliltlre. It was my alm to give blgh- to retire; all those who have come tu slivers all over tbeir victims and to krved him, and also of the respect he will be no disturbance." clasa readlug. adventurous, but cletin, worship God will remain.” leave them there to fester. Worse still “Let me In, and 1 will look at the htertained for my father, altogether . amt uot an oath or any undesirable sit- It Is said that the Rev. Sydney Smith is the cheerful practice of driving puking me feel that choosing me as fastenings," the constable returned. uutlous fouud their way Into the old could be gallant as well as witty on wedge-shaped pieces of bamboo under The chain was uudone, and, saying Ils emissary w as a signal mark of dis- dime uovel. occasion. "Oh, Mr. Smith, 1 cannot the finger or toe nails of accused per Inctlon. How little 1 dreamed of the he was glad the women folk were "They speak of 'Vncle Totn's Cabin.’ bring this flower to perfection.” said a sons. This Is done slowly w Itb a mallet. I a bed, as they always took alarm at the iltlable result that was to follow!” We issued a little volume, 'Maum young lady to biin once as she showed How They Crucify. "When did you first encounter Ham- sight of a ¡Killeeman, be told Hammond Guinea,' which dealt with the aute- him about her conservatory. Where Cruclflxlou Is a common form of pun only to close the door, as he should be lond?” Stephen questioned. bellurn «lays down South, and It was upon he took her by the hand, aud said: islimeut, but usually It Is only a mere "When I went on board the steamer off again directly. Then, throwing the read all over the world when tbe civil "Then let me bring perfection to tha accompaniment of other horrors. Of it Calais. I bad not set eyes upon him light of his lantern before him, kitchen, w ar broke out. flower.” all punishmeuts Involving crucifixion, "There Is no dime novel today. At Ince the time we were both staying scullery, pantry, all were visited, When President Kruger was last tn the one that delights the official Chi t that house In Yorkshire and 1 ex- places Into which Hammond had never least, not In the old meaning of the England, he received a visit from ths nese heart the most Is Ling Chee. osed him for bls cheating at cards. 1 before made bls way. The policeman's term. Tin1 time for them may come Duke of Abercorn, in the course ot I.lng-Chee is such a brilliant result of again some day, but it does uot look so which his grace Informed “Oom Paul" nite thought then he would owe me keen eye scanned each lock and win ingenious thought that the execution dow, but all were Becurely fastened. now.” n eternal grudge for It.” that he himself had been for years a ers rarely nail the man who Is to suffer Next to Mr. Victor In the prtsluctlon member of the British lower house, Stephen frowned. "I tad forgotten As they emerged once more into the this form of punishment to the cross. of the old novel Is Alexander (lrr, who am) that his father had been lord-lieu le episode,” he said, “and that, added hall, the policeman asked: They fear that the pain from that «‘tigraved all the uoted pnsluctlons of tenant of Ireland. The President evb “Which is the room at the back of > what we both knew of him In the might Interfere with hie enjoyment of the artist's ¡»encll iu the early days. dently consldere«! that his guest's pres Id days, renders it the more lucompre- the house, where the lights are burn the real performance, which la noth Mr. (lrr live« near Mr. Victor, and the ent rank was a great rise In life, for lia enslble that you should have given Ing?" ing less than slicing him to deatli with two men often spend hours together exclaimed, hnstlly: "Oh, that la noth "My private sitting room," Hammond Im your confidence.” diabolical skill. Therefore the man talking over the old times when, at No. ing; ray father was only a shepherd!” "That Is true enough,” Geoffrey said, said impatiently. "It is impossible any who is to suffer llng-cliee generally Is WKAH1NO THI COI.I.AH. 52 John street, a little colony of artists idly. "But I should not have been so one could reach it from the outside, It bound to the cross. Then there arrives Archbishop Temple, of Canterbury, la tally duped had the passage across the must be thirty or forty feet from the the executioner. An executioner skill work remains that still has awful life ami llterateurs use«I to eongr«»giit<> and always made Impatient of Imres, espe I evolve tlie popular Ixsiks and stories hannel been a good one You know ground.” ful at ling chee 1« viewed with high re In It And at this terrible spectacle the cially clerical bores. One of the clergy IM THU CAOS. “Few things are Impossible to a de- bat a confoundedly bad sailor 1 am, spect In the empire, much as a success Chinese gaze stolidly, without an ex of the time. of his diocese, who had ¡»catered him a The full page Illustrations In tbe nd the sea was fearfully choppy. 1 termined mind,” the constable answer of "Justice" without witnessing a flog ful bull fighter Is viewed In Spain. To pression either of pleasure or loathing. good deal recently, wrote au Inordi weeklies of 1800 bear witness to ninny ed, as he made his way noiselessly up ai completely knocked over, and bungle In llng-chee and to slice so much ging. Another Ingenious torture ttiat Is a day's coutluual hard work by Mr. nately long letter describing a picture arnmond apjteared most considerate, stairs, Hammond following. The mildest punishment that Is known from the victim early In the game that much used Is to suspend the condemn which lie pri>|)<)a<-d to put up In tbe Orr, l»eut over the wood !>L>cks and The policeman entered the brtglitly- to the simple aud kindly official Chi he faints, or, worse still, dies before lvlslng me to lie down, and, when 1 chancel of the church, and asking per- ed man with Ills head down In a pit. At id done so, bringing me brandy, and llghted room, and gave a quick glance nese soul Is the cage or cangue. Its lie lias suffered ail the slicing that has the Ixittom are snakes, toads ami all currying out, stroke by stroke, with the mission to do so. By the time Ills gra< e little graver’s edge, the lines of the round. Then be turned out the gas, principle Is that of all Chinese punish Iteen decreed, would blacken the execu en 1 went to sleep.” reached the end of tlie epistle bls pa- kinds of loathsome reptiles, which "Well?” Stephen said, fnterrogatlve- leaving the room in darkness, save for ments—slow torture. A Chinaman tioner's name forever, and might even writhe within a few Inches of the vic artist's pencils. Photo engraving hns tience was quite exhausted, and be re- the occasional gleam of his bull's-eye. would take no artistic pleasure In any make him the next subject for ling chee. tim’s face. Here lie Is left until the iisurp<Ml the wood engraver’s urn-ful l>lle«l on a post-card: “Dear Blank — The executioner Is received with a torture of the position, hunger, thirst ness to «lay to a gr«-at extent, anil Mr. Hung the picture!" The clergyman 1« "Well, when I nwoke I went on deck, He asked Hammond to draw up the thing that killed quickly or that reach (lrr has now the memory of the g<s>«l od found we were close upon Dover blind and open the window. Then the and reptile bites kill hltn. old days to live over In Ills biMutlful ■ till wondering how be ought to re* ■ harbor. I felt shattered; my bead was two men peered into the gardeu be gard the reply. «ountry homestead near Undercliff. ■■«¡turning. Hammond paid little heed neath. LIVING BEYOND ONE'S MEANS. New York Journal. A private In the Dublin Fusilier^ "As you say. It Is Impossible for any ■ to me, and, as soon as the boat touched who collect«-«! a number of bullets In B the pier, hurried off without waiting one to get lu this way," the constable Leads, Through the (relit (System, to his l«o«ly, aud Is even more bored by RECENT INVENTIONS. ■ for me to accompany hint. It was then said; "and having ascertained that, 1 I.oss of Money «nd of Hope. Inquisitive visitors to the Moot ltlver ■ that 1 realized that my letter case was must be off.” Dr. George C. Ixvrlmer, In nn article Powder for flashlight pictures Is re Hospital, was visited by a pompous He quitted the room, leaving Ham on “Living Beyond Oue't Means,” placed by gas In a new Invention, legislator from Cap« Town. He weari ■ gone." anya: “Some one baa said that our which has the gas stored lu a Jar, with ly described his wounds. Two bullets I "There were not many papers, then? mond alone in the dark. He ws still fumbling for the matches, children desire to begin where we a flume In posltlou to ignite It when through Ills helmet, one In his shoulder, ■ You had no dispatch box?" leave off. Consequently, if they can the Jar Is opened by pressure on a another In his “fut," aud two explosive I “No; merely a few letters Inclosed In when the front door closed with a procure tbe elegancies of life In Uo pneumatic bull», the latter also operat bullets through his left breast. “It's a ■ a small leather case. When I first die- bang. • ••••••• other way they will secure them on Ing th«- shutter of the camera. I covered my loss I was stunned; then It wonder you weren't killed,” said the Geoffrey Hurst woke from a dream the credit system and pay Interest on ■ flashed uj>on me that I was George legislator; “they must have passed To prevent stock from Jumping over n cut-throat chattel mortgage, a form I Hammond's victim—that he had taken less sleep to the remembrance of a ca perilously near the region of the heart.” of finance that would baukrupt the fences a Virginian has designed a har "They -li'I. that. l>«-ihol." said the Fusi I the papers from me while I slept. The lamity that had befallen him. He lay ness wlilch leaves the animals' heads on the sofa in ills friend's room, and in Rotbschlhls ami lead to a ¡tunic on I train was still waiting when I reached lier, "but I was right enough, for sura every exchange in the world. For It Is free U> graz«-. comprising a crupper ami in«- heart was In me mouth for safety.” I the platform, and 1 caught sight of him an armchair, wrapped in a cloak, Ste halter, connwted by straps running l><- a fact that the («tor pay fur higher for I at one of the carriage windows. I don't phen sat smoking. It was some sec Thomas 8herldan, the Irish clergy the accommodations they receive thun tweeu the animal's forelegs, which pre- I know what I said In my excitement as onds before Geoffrey became aware of vents lifting the head high eiuiugli to man and grandfather of Richard Brins the other's presence; then he started do the rich for theirs. The not usuul I I demanded my pocketbook. He laugh- ley Slu-rldnn, the dramatist, had a outcome of this kind of housekeeping Jump. S ed, assuring me be knew nothing of it. up, crying out eagerly for news. For parallel lines can be rapidly drawn great distaste for metaphysical discus Is that the debtor fulls Itehlnd lu bls I 1 caught at the door of the carriage answer, Stephen pointed to the table, payments. Is annoyed by duns, Ivor on a blacklsiard by a new chalk bolder, sions, whereas hla son Tom. the actor, I and would have torn It open, but be and there, In the lamplight, Geoffrey saw the precious letter case that had rows a trifle from a friend to ward off which has a woislen stock pruvl«le«l luid a great liking for them. Tom one I leaned from the window and pushed the evil day. and at last abandons hope, with transverse groove«, In which the day tri«-«l to discuss with bls father the I me, so that I staggered back, and I caused him so many hours of anguish. losing furniture ami all that has beeu «•rayons are Inserted, being held In doetrim- of necessity. “Pray, father," I heard him say to the people about that For a moment be could not speak; then place by a flat spring crossing them at said he, "dlu you ever do anything In a he caught his friend's baud lu his, as paid as Interest ami principal. I 1 «as drunk! Then 1 was roughly han- “In happy contrast was tbe course right angles, with a spring grip tu be state of ¡M-rfect Indifference--without TRIAL OF A CHINESE BOXER. I died by the porters, and the train he whispered: motive, 1 mean, of some klud or other?" adopted by a bright eyed wife in Chi held lu the hand. | steamed out of the station." “Heaven bless you. Stephen! You A Missouri woman han ¡mtentod a de- Khertdan. who saw what was coming, «■ago. Culling nt the house, 1 remark "When you came to your senses you have saved me from dlshouor!" ed Its culmination of pain quickly. Illa Little murmur of Hpprobatlon, for bls “Indeed T' irt.ii said, “Yes, certainly.” made your way here?" Stephen said. "See that the letters are Intact,” was victim must suffer a little more, and a record Is as well k«i*t lu mind as Is the ed. 'Your home looks very pretty.' Hbe vhe by which clothes can I “ Yes, Imleed. ” "Whxt, total Indiffer from a l>oll»-r without tearing them or "Yes; my first thought was to come all Stephen said; but there was an un- little more, and then a little more, each record of an athlete In America or Eng replied emphatically, ‘It Is pretty, for ence total, entire, thorough Indiffer to you. I knew you would help me If usual brightness in bis eyes, which hour. In that way he makes bls de land. He bows to the high dignitaries we have paid for everything In IL' s«-aldlng the hands, a pair of levers ence?” "Yes, total, eutlre, thorough you could." showed that he, too, was deeply moved. light last long and can keep a whole aud then takes one of bis swords from Then she told me that In-fore tier mar being pivoted end to end on a rigid l»ar. Indifference." "My dear father,” said with tooth««) ends ou the Imr ami one riage her Intended requested her to se "Heavens knows I would, dear boy; Geoffrey examined the contents of string of wretches to charm him by the sword-carrier who has followed Tom, "tell me what It Is that you can but the question Is, what can be done?" the case, and found uothing misslug— their slow dying for months. If be blm. They are wonderful swords that lect a csrpet ami lie would buy It on lever, the opposite ends carrying grips <lo with (mind!) total, eutlre, thorough to close the Jaws on tbe chillies. trust; but that she stoutly refused, and "Something must be done, Stephen, the papers were not even soiled. killed them at once bis fun would be are utwtl by the ling chee executioners. Indlffereme?" "Why, llsteu to you. Two Montana man have patent««! a assured blm tlmt tbe burr floor was or I shall go mad My honor, my fu “How on earth did you manage It, over too soon. Sometimes they are buudreds of years Turn, ” salil Sheridan. hamly kulf<- sharpener, which has a ture, and-heaven help me!—my whole Stephen?" Geoffrey asked eagerly. The cangue. then. Is formed to keep old aud have records so long and bloody goml enough for her until lie could af life's happiness are at stake!” the agony of the penitent up for that a person with nerves might well ford to pay for what he purchased. I l«ilr of small grindstones lmo-rt««l lu Stephen's eyes twinkled. Brother lM«'kry on Politics. Stephen watched him critically. “Ah, dear boy,” be said, with a sigh months, till madness or death end bls shudder to touch them. The execu exclaimed. 'Bravo' and I am persuaded movable Jaws, with a system of gear "Politics," said Brother Dickey, "hex ing Inside a casing, to which the Jaws the little woman bus made a good busi "1 expected that,” he said. “So your of satisfaction, "I went lu character"— sufferings. It Is a delightfully simple tloner does not shudder. He knows beeu de ruluatlou er me! In de las' ambition has led you to great heights, and. opening a bag that lay at bls feet, thing—so simple that there Is nothing w bat depends on Ida delicacy of touch. ness man of her husband by this tlm«.” are sUacbed, a crank being used to re election I voted fer two mens-wuckrd volve the train ami turn the stones rap night en day. en de Lord seu’ Sunday! Evangelical Messenger. and you have dared to set your heart he drew forth a policeman's helmet and at all terrifying about ft at first sight Swiftly he swing« the great weapon idly over the blade to be sharpened. arotintl his head till It whistles. Satis upon an ambassador's daughter?" | lantern. Then, flinging aside his cloak, Bofe er 'em couldn't git de office; one fied that it Is ready for business he ap For a moment a very tender expres ' he showed the dark blue coat aud The Tone of Hells. er ’em did De one dat landed say dal Vagsrl«-« of Ixtve. proacbee the victim slowly. First be sion filled Geoffrey's eyes, then he said bright buttons of the orthodox counta Many persons suppose that the vary Ixjve unhluges most easily tbe great he done spen* so much money In de ra«?e feints at hltn am! withdraws Then be Ing tones of the I h -II s In s cathedral bitterly: ble. est minds tbe minds ea|»uble of the dat now he’d batter economize wld me, makes l»el!rve again. Suddenly the chime depend chiefly upon the size and "You are right; my ambition over Stephen laughed. ■ word shoots In wickedly, and one of thickness of the different bells. But a dc«|swt feeling. Perbsps no man ever en be didn't have nuttln' fer me. De leaped Itself. I have been living In a “It was a sudden Idea that came to the victim's eyebrows Is sliced off so writer In the Ndentlflc American says sufferisl more from the "noble frsllty" one dat git beat ax me how I hes de fool's paradise, and. heaven knows, the | me,” he said, and told exactly wbat bad ' n««tlv that It scarcely draws blood. that tbe tone Is governed by the pro than Dante, when "there appear«»d to face ter «Till on him fer money w'en awakening Is hard." taken place. Now tH-glns wonderful work wonder tuberant ring of metal on the flange of bls eyes the glorious lady of my mind, he didn't have no place t»T lay hie "The best thing might be to put the Geoffrey was enthusiastic. ful and devilish. It may be that the tbe liell a little back from tbe edge. Rent rice At that moment the cham head! Dat wus de een er It En all I matter Into the hands ol’ the police,” In conclusion, Stephen said: condemned man has been the subject The bell-founder who desires to Im ber of my heart began to tremble so got out er de whole business wus de Stephen suggested, calmly. “I must tell you the one ••omlc epl- of great imperial mercy. In that case part a particular tone to a I h -11 la very vl<>l»-utly that the least puls«-« of my nils'ry In my lef side, de rattlin’ er de "I cannot bring myself to It,” Geof sode lit the little drama. When 1 left he may Lave Iteen blessed beyond cum careful aisiut tbe thickness which be body shook therewith.” Dsnte only brain en de campaign eetch!" Atlanta frey said. "It would be making public the bouse, 1 was convinced Hammond Constitution. pare by Laving bls sentence commuted gives to this ring, and Its dimensions shw Beatrice once or twice, and she wbat I i^ve promised should be sa would follow me. so I concealed my so that be Is to be killed In only twenty «■• ««an-ely aware of hl« existence; are calculated in advance. Ty(«ewrltlng by Electricity. cred.” self among the shrubs of a ne!gbl»or slicing«, whereas burdened offenders ■ nd yet the very thought of her re- Electricity Is used to operate a new Stephen knocked the ash off bls cigar Ing garden. He soon came tearing into might have been sentenced to die only duced hlin to the verge of Insanity, ly !nvente«l typewriter. In which the A lx»« k of Lincoln's Hair. *» he said thoughtfully: the street, as 1 expected, but I was not after sevi ty five cuts or even more If i am! he liecame an object of pity to bls keyboar«! may be separate«! from the Mrs. C. D. Harmon, of Emporia. "I wonder If Hammond would de prepared for the sequel. The police ■ wo it a a t> iHiw.vwAHn. the victim 1» very lucky, the sword will friends Mark Antony's abject a«L>ra stroy the papers? They would be dan man on the beat—whom I bad watched b< at blm so swiftly that the eye s<-arce- Kan., I* th«- poese«e<»r uf a lock of Abra tlon for Cleopatra Anally sent him to a ina< blne and used to operate several It merely Is a large frame of wood, niai'l.tnca. tbe keys closing circuits con ham Idle oln a hair, which was cut gerous things to keep.” ly can follow It At each stroke some to a safe distance t>efore le-ginning my "I don't fancy he would at least, not ..pera0>ns had Just turm-d the <vrner with a collar In the middle. It weighs part of the poor bound body will fall to from bls head Just before his death. ■ub'lde'a grave. Nearly nineteen cen nected to magnets which operate tbe Jet; be would naturally nope to make of the square. Hammond made for about fifty pounds, and is so made that the ground. Now It may tie a shoulder, Tbe lock was given by Mrs. Llm-oln to turies later General Boulanger re earn t type levere. e«l Antony's folly and tragedy. At tbe It can be locked around a man s ne k capital out of them.” him. and a lively tussle ensued. The When It Is so locked it rests directly on now a pie« e of tbe breast, now an arm ber slater, and in turn by tbe sister to crisis of bls career, when a simple Jour Oceaa'e Bottom. Mrs llaruiob. whose husband was aa Stephen nodded assent; then be add policeman evidently considered that be the must lea of the neck and on the Suddenly tbe last cut la made. It Is im >'< iate of tbe martyr«-d President ney to Paris would have placed a na Recent etudiee ot tbe ocean bottom ed bad ben wantonly assaulted, aud gave br ties of the shoulder, and it Is so cr« c might at tbe heart, and the weapon when both were young lawyers in Illi tlon. an«! [»Msllby a crown, at bls feet, near tbe c<«st line of continents bars "You know Hammond has married a s. good as be got. So that 1 left the Mrocted that it cannot lie shifted even cuts It out and ends the sufferings of widow with a bit of money, who Las a scene of action with the satlsfa< t.on a tenth of an Inch, nor can the weight the wre*' hed man But the spectacle la Dois Tbe Lx k Is long stw! straight and he could rx»t tear himself from tbe arms shown that rivers of considerable slse nf bls enslaver In Jersey; and »hen he sometimes enter tbe sea beneath tbe bouse somewhere in the suburbs?" O Rte ext Bar b ® w I a- to black, with gray hair here and there. that If George Hamnx-nd were not pun tie relieved with the bands. In add!- i ha<1 lost her. and all for her, be com surface* "Would he go to his bomeF' Geoff isbed quite as be deserved, he would at tlon. the collar has a sharp rtm under- | dlsmemte-r the corpse, end this be does mitted suicide on her grave. Ending of a tmxlern novel "Am! so asked doubtfully. least spend one night In the L« al lock Death. At first the victim does not with fMJvses of the sword, each careful Is a boy's mother bls father when abe "Very probably.” Stephen answered up. -Fenny Pictorial Magazine. suffer much, except from Inconveni ly studied and done a. •■ordlngly to reg they were divorced and lived happily Crimes «»f Coolies. Is a sigber? Then be took out his watch. "I must q ence. He Is turn el loose as «-»-«a as the ularly lald-owt rules, till there is a boo ever after." They are a queer crowd, these coolleo. be at a rehearsal In half an hour.' he c^^ue Is locked on blm. ^>1 for an lately nothing left on the crosa and It is s:«a>» eas.er^- Mf »--u Walting for something tn turn up la whether on land or sea. Cunning aa The man wbo always speaks tn« said only a pile of tvrltde fragments Les at I it— a msu than the our «U m • u»«L b«ur or two he waddles around a fair Cexer, aud uv«ankly as wsWsa, they rw eue of U»e greataat «»Letaclee to s un sog truth la sure tu bare other vkrt: ao> "But what can t* uone. Stephen? Can •nml-tTL But gradually, aa the sharp . iu Loan. Jin Jictor’s Stratagem think of nethlugr' ned to bln. o
