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