As I watched him I w., .
reminded of a pure-bioJ?
' awakened by the finding of the new
trained fox hound as it t J1' *«!l
egg.
ward and forward through is
The trial« the exp«*«lltlon will have to
whlnlngjn ita eagerness unt i
rontRnd with will be the lnb«»»pltallty
across the lost scent ’
For twenty minutes or mor* k
of th« Inhabitant«, ««orebing beat,
tinue i his res. arches n . '
warclty of water, malarial «wampa.
N ithe most
and extreme peril« of Journeying
BY A. CONAN DOYLE
£ tween marks whh h were «£e ,*
through primeval tropltral foreata. 1 wo
(Visible to me. and o<
r“'? :
other parties while In »earcb of the
ing hia tape to the »alls ¡a
‘W
i «‘pyorulx met dtuith in the burning des­
incomprehensible manner
ert» of Killarlvo. but. with the belter
In one place he gathered ver.
appliances
carried
by
Profensor
I ining, while his eyes wore the same fully a little pile of gray .lust tmJ*’*'
CHAPTER III—Continued.
far
away
expression
which
I
have
al
­
Krause and bis party, it 1» believed
floor, and packed it aWay ln 7* U*
No. 3 Lauriston Gardens wore an ill- ready remarked upon.
that they will make discoveries that
ope.
Finally he examined with hi
So swiftly was the «examination made
the word upon the wall, gOin.„;gUti
will prove the existence or non-exist­ j omened and minatory look. It
of four, which stood back some little that one would hardly have guessed ery letter of it with the mo«t L*
ence of thia great bird of prehistoric
the minuteness with which it was con­
tliu«*«. l’revloux reaearches have not way from the street, two being occu­ ducted. Finally, he sniffed the dead exactness.
pied
and
two
empty.
This done, he appeared to he ....
been carried on beyond the high table­
The latter looked out with three man's lips and then glanced at the fled, for he replaced his taoeinrr
land. but the Germans will try to pen­
soles
of
his
patent
leather
boots
,
1 tiers of vacant, melancholy windows,
glass in his pocket.
"He has not been moved at all? he
etrate the wilds beyond the Ouiiahy which were blank and dreary, save
"They say that genius is an |n«.
card
river
.
that here and there a "To Let card asked.
capacity for taking pains“ he l*
"No
more
than
was
necessary
for
had developed like a cataract upon
marked, with a smile, “it*. ’ *
SHE WORE THE KEY.
the purpose of our examination.
bad definition, but it does anol» .. .
the bleared panes.
.
"You
can
take
him
to
tue
mortuary
tective work."
v j to de
A small garden sprinkled over with
Fad Eyes, Pathetic l>roop Made It a
a scattered eruption of sickly plant now," he said. "There is nothing more
Gregson an«l Lestrade had
Mystery Until Explained.
. ,
separated each of these houses from to be learned.”
Gregson had a stretcher and four the maneuvers of their amateur .
It was the usunl crowd of well- the str«}et, and was traversed by a nar­
panion with considerable curiositj
gowned femininity that tilled the car. row pathway, yellowish in color, and men at hand. At his call they entered some contempt.
'
wending Its way matlueeward. Every consisting apparently of a mixture of the room, and the stranger was lifted
They evidently failed to appreci t.
and carried out.
‘
woman at all young or at ull aiming to clay and gravel.
As they raised him a ring tingled the fact, which I had begun to
The whole place was very sloppy
be fashionable, wore a chain of some
down
and rolled across the floor. Le- that Sherlock HoLmes' smallest actio?«
sort from which dangle«! charms of from the rain which had fallen through strade grabbed it up and stared at it were all directed toward some deflna.
and practical end.
nnite
every kind aud descriptions, lockets, the night. The garden was bounded with mystified eyes.
„
“What do you think of it sir“* ts.
heart shaped and round, small gold or by a three-foot brick wall with a
"There
’
s
been
a
woman
here,
he
fringe of wood rails upon the top, and
both asked.
’
silver purses, lorgnettes ami watches.
against this wall was leaning a stal­ cried. "It’s a woman's wedding ring."
“It would be robbing you of the cred
The girl In the smart black costume, wart police constable, surrounded by
He held it out as he spoke, upon the
it of the case if I was to presume t0
with exquisite sables, appeared to t'<* a small knot of loafers, who craned palm of his hand. We all gathered
help you,” remarked my friend. “Yo..
round
him
and
gazed
at
it.
There
exempt from the prevailing mania, ami their necks and strained their eyes in
are doing so well now that It would u
therefore Ixsame the mark for the at­ the vain hope of catching some glimpse could be no doubt thut thnt circle of a pity for any one to interfere." The*
plain gold had once adorned the finger
tention of the observer of details. As of the proceedings within.
was a world of sarcasm In his voice is
I had imagined
that Sherlock of a bride.
tlie atmosphere of the car grew warm
"This complicates matters,
said he spoke. “If you will let me know
Holmes
would
at
once
have
hurried
er she slipped the long fur scarf from
Gregson. "Heaven knows, they were how your investigations go," he con-
tlnued. "I shall be happy to give you
her neck, revealing the fact that so into the house and plunged into a complicated enough before!"
of the mystery.
far from being Immune she had study
"You're sure it doesn’t simplify any help I can. In the meantime j
Nothing appeared to be further from
ee!lps«*d nil the others In the originality his Intention. With an air of non­ them?" observed Holmes. ’'There's should like to speak to the constable
who found the body. Can you give
of her “dangle.”
chalance, which under the circum nothing to be learned by staring at it. his name and address?”
A small gold chain was worn around stances seemed to me to border upon What did you find in his pockets?”
"John Rance," he said. "He ¡g cj
"We have it all here,” said Greg­
her neck and fell half way to the affectation, he lounged up and down
duty now. You will find him at
son,
pointing
to
a
litter
of
objects
upon
waist. On It was a key set with dia­ the pavement, and gazed vacantly at
Audley Court, Kensington Park Gate"
monds. It was no capric«.* of the Jew­ the ground, the sky. the opposite one of the bottom steps of the stairs. Holmes took a note of the address.
“
A
gold
watch.
No.
97,163,
by
Barraud,
eler, hut the real article, an ordinary houses and the line of railings.
"Come along, doctor,” he said: ‘we
Having finished his scrutiny, he pro- of London. Gold Albert chain, very shall go and look him up. I'll tell you
every day affair such as one wrestles
ceedly slowly down the path, or rather heavy and solid. Gold ring, with Ma­ one thing which may help you In the
with at the front d*>or.
down the fringe of grass which flanked sonic device. Gold pin—bulldog’s
Now, what was the romance <011- the path, keeping his eyes riveted upon head, with rubies as eyes. Russian case,” he continued, turning to the two
neeted with that very prosaic key ' the ground.
leather card case, with cards of Enoch detectives. "There has been murder
done, and the murderer was a man
making It worthy to be set with dia-
Twice he stopped and once I saw J. Drebber, of Cleveland, correspond­ He was more than six feet high, was
monds am! displayed so prominently him smile and heard him utter an ex­ ing with the E. J. D. upon the linen. in the prime of life, had small feet for
as a tr.asured possession? The sad clamation of satisfaction. There were No purse, but loose money to the ex­ his height, wore coarse, square-toed
eyes of tlie owner bad that misty, far­ many marks of footsteps upon the wet. tent of seven pounds thirteen. Pock­ boots, and smoked a Trlchtnopoly
away look of unshed tears. The Par clayey soil, but since the police had et edition of Boccaccio's ‘Decameron.’ cigar. He came here with his victim
with name of Joseph Stangerson upon
Islan hat failed to bide tlie pathetic been coming and going over it I was the fly leaf. Two letters—one address­ in a four-wheeled cab. which was
unable to see how my companion could
drawn by a horse with three old shoes
droop of tlie graceful bead.
ed to E. J. Drebber and one to Joseph and one new one on his off foreleg, h
hope to learn anything from it.
Here vVas a story, surely. Imaglna
Still, I bad had such extraordinary Stangerson.”
all probability- the murderer had a flor­
lion conjure«! up a picture of a betroth­ evidence of the quickness of his per­
"At what address?”
id face, and the finger nails of his
“American Exchange. Strand—to be
al rudely broken by the death of tlie ceptive faculties that I had no doubt
right hand were remarkably long.
fiance, the key treasured as a tnenien he could see a great deal which was left till called for. They are both from These are only a fe«- indications, but
the Guion Steamship Company, and
to of tlie many happy evenings they hidden from me.
they may assist you.”
At the door of the house we were refer to the sailing of their boats from
had spent together, and the stoleu
Lestra.lc an.l Gregson looked at each
Liverpool.
It
is
clear
that
this
unfor
­
met
by
a
tall,
white-faced,
flaxen-haired
kisses In the vestibule as he hesitated
other with an incredulous smile.
tunate man was about to return to New
man,
with
a
notebook
in
his
hand,
who
“If this man was murdered, how was
before opening tlie door for tier. '1 he
rushed forward and wrung my com­ York.”
it done?” asked the former.
somlter gowtT hinted at a loss. The
"Have you made any Inquiries as to
panion’s hand with effusion.
“Poison,” said Sherlock Holmes,
wistful eyes and sweet lips accentu­
"It is indeed kind of you to come.” this man Stangerson?”
curtly, and strode off. "One other
ated the Idea.
“I did it at once,” said Gregson. "I thing. Lestrade.” he added, turning
he said. “I have had everything left
Or could tin* key lie tiiat of tlie vnult untouched.”
have had advertisements sent to all the round at tlie door: “‘Rache’ Is the
where the young man had been en­
“Except that!” my friend answered, newspapers, and one of my .men has German for ‘revenge;’ so don't lose
tombed? Could It be? Fancy waxed pointing to the pathway. "If a herd gone to the American Exchange, but your time looking for Miss Rachel."
more and more grewsome with each of buffaloes had passed along, there he has not returned yet.”
With which Parthian shot he walkel
“Have you sent to Cleveland?”
new contemplation of the unusual could not be a greater mess. No doubt,
away leaving the two rivals open-
"We telegraphed this morning.”
charm worn by this fair heroine of however, you had drawn your own con­
“How did you word your inquiries?” mouthed behind him.
clusions. Gregson, before you permit­
modern romance.
“We simply detailed the circum­
ted this.”
At Sixty fourth street another very
(To be continued.)
"I have had so much to do inside stances. and said that we should be
smart young woman boarded the car. the house,” the detective said, evas­ glad of any Information which couhl
HOW CONVICTS PASS THE TIME
and with a friendly greeting to the ively. “My colleague, Mr. Lestrade, is help us."
girl with the key at once opened up a here. I had relied upon him to look
“You did not ask for particulars on
any point which appeared to you to be Some Very Artistic Work Done in the Priwtu
«xvnveraatlon.
after this.”
Holmes glanced at me and raised crucial?”
“I see you are wearing your key."
of America.
his eyebrows sardonically.
“I asked about Stangerson.”
she began.
It is at once interesting and pathetic,
“With two such men as yourself
“Nothing else? Is there no efreum-
"How shockingly unf< ellng," thought
and Lestrade upon the ground, there stance on which this whole case ap- says the Philadelphia Record, to so
the observer.
will not be much for a third party to pears to hinge? Will you not tele- through the cells of tlie eastern peni­
"Yes," replied she of the pathetic to find out.” he said.
graph again?”
tentiary and to note the obje.ts «hich,
eyes. "I can go out now with a peace­
Gregson rubbe«! his hands in a self-
“I have said all I have to say,' said with tedious pains, tin* prisoners hat»
ful mind, knowing that Marie will not satisfied wny.
Gregson, In an offende«! voice.
made to while the time away. Here »
I h * wearing my fro«-ks. I never could
"I think we have done all that can
Sherlock Holmes chuckled to him- mantel will be hung witli a laml'top in,
be done.” he answered. “It’s a queer self, and appeared to be about to majee elaborately fringed, the tine knots and
hide It where she couldn’t find It.”
Somehow tlie unshed tears and the case, though, and I knew your taste some remark, when Lestrnde, who had delicate patterns of tlie th rends com par­
been in the front room while we were
pathetic droop weren't so noticeable for such things.”
"You did not come here In a cab?” holding this conversation in the hall, ing with the work of the French la*-«
now.—New York Herald.
asked Sherlock Holmes.
reappeared upon the scene, rubbing his makers. Ttie lambrequin isofan odd
"No,
sir.
”
hands in a pompons and well-satisfied blue, and tlie visitor is told that it ia
HE HAD SEEN THEM BEFORE.
made of an old pair of prison tron!*eri
“Nor Lestrade?”
manner.
“No, sir.”
“Mr. Gregson.” he said, “I have just On a little gilt btaeket is aFinali staffed
French man’s Gifts to Menelek Were
"Then let us go and look at the made a discovery of the highest im­ animal.
The bracket, so deli'Stdy
Not Entirely Appropriate.
portance. and one which would have turned, is of newspa|>«*re pasted together
When M. Jules Grevy was president room.”
With which Inconsequent remark he been overlooked had I not made a care­ and gilded, ami tlie animal is a rat.
of the French Republic, about twenty strode on into the house, followed by ful examination of the walls.”
caught in a home made trap, rtnM
years ago, a mission visited Abyssinia, Gregson, whose features expressed his
The little man's eyes sparkled as he with rags and pieces of cliewng gom,
and as Menelek, th«* Abyssinian mon­ astonishment.
spoke, and he wras evidently in a state
arch, was supposed to have the tradi­
Holmes walked in and I followed of suppressed exultation at having colored with shoe blacking for its eyes
tional taatea of savage chieftains, it him with that subdued feeling at my scored a point against his colleague. A wall is completely covered with a
“Come here," he said, bustling back really artistic <leco“ation of reeds, n
cnrrl«*d ns presents a sporting gun, a heart which the presence of death in­
spires.
Into the room, the atmosphere of which which are perched at least 200 biro*,
small cannon, and—a musical box.
It was a large, square room, looking felt .■’leaner since the removal of its each accurately colored and drawn.
The monarch follow«*«! with polite­
nil the larger for the absence of all ghastly inmate.
Then, are al/» nund*erle«* checker­
ness, If not apparently with very keen furniture.
“Now. stand there!”
boards ami chessmen t!.at, in the deli­
Interest, a demonstration of the work­
Opposite the door was a showy fire­
He struck a match on his boot and cacy of their inlay work ami in the in­
ings of the two lethal weapons, but al­ place. On one corner of this was stuck helii it up against the wall.
tricacy of their carving would do honor
though the French envoy conscien­ the stump of a red wax candle.
"IxM>k at that!” he said triumphant­ to the craftsmen of the Orient.
The solitary window was so dirty ly-
tiously ground out the whole half-doz­
en tunes which the musical box was that the light was hazy and uncertain,
I have remarked that the paper had
Why H‘ Wanted t0 Co-
able to perform, lit* fail«*d to elicit the giving a dull gray tinge to everything, faKen away in parts. In this particu­
Up at primrv school No. 9 in Brel’
which
was
intensified
hy
the
thick
­
lar
corner
of
the
room
a
large
piece
royal approbation.
Inver of dust which coated the whole had peeled off. leaving a yellow square lyn tlie other day, one of tlie boj* Ir'
"1 accept with pleasure." said .Mene­
apartment.
of coarse plastering.
eenteil a note from his mother,
lek. "the beautiful weapons you bring
All those details I observed after-
Across this bare space there was to lie allowed to go home at 2 occ* •
me on behalf of your government. As ward. At present my attention was scrawled
in blood-red letters a single
The teacher looked at him
for tin* musical box, I will give It to centered upon the single grim, mo­ word:
“See here,” she said, “yon '* ,e,a
some child, and 1 am sure lie will timi tionless figure which lay stretched
RACHE.
out a great deal lately, an<l lere .’|XI
upon the boards, with vacant, sight­
It very amusing.”
“What do you think of that?” cried have a note to go out again. N ,w*
loss
eyes
staring
up
at
the
discolored
the detective, with the air of a show­ can’t do things that «av. Uyooire
“It seems to me," said the envoy, on
man exhibiting his show. "This was
retiring from the royal presence, “that ceiling.
It was that of a man about forty- overlooked because it was In the dark­ coming to fcliool I want yon t*' ’ •
the Negus Is having a little fun with
three or forty four years of age. mid­ est corner of the room, and no one here. \\ hat do you want t” f1
me.”
dle sized, broad shouldered, with crisp, thought of looking there. The mur­
”
.A W
The next day he hail considerable curling black hair, and a short, stubby derer has written lt with hfs or her own iOr7
“My mother wanted me to go t" • ’
confirmation of tbat opinion. Menelek beard.
blood. See this smear where it has York,” replied the small bor.
Invite«! him to visit ills private armory.
His hands wore clenched and his trickled down the wall! That disposes
“Wouldn’t Saturday aiternoon
"See," he said, "1 have given th«» arms thrown abroad, while hfs lower of the Idea of suicide, anyhow. Why
just
’as well?'1
place of honor to the tine sporting gun limbs wore interlocked as though hfs was that corner chosen to write it on?
“f’o, ma’am.”
,
,,,
death
struggle
had
been
a
grievous
I
will
tell
you.
See
that
candle
on
the
■ent me by the preaident.”
“Do you have to go at 2 o cloc*
one.
mantelpiece.
It
was
lighted
at
the
Ami so be had -but that particular
“Yes, ma'am.”
.¡e*
On his rig!*! face there stood an ex­
weapon flgUHal as only one of seven pression of horror, and. as !t seemed time, and If it w *s lighted this corner
“Wouldn’t half part 2 do
*
would
be
the
brightest
instead
of
the
or eight of the same pattern In a com­ to me. of hatred, such as I have never
“No, ma’am’.’
darkest portion of the wall.”
plete collection of modern firearms, seen upon human features.
“Well, what do you have to
“And what does ft mean, now that
which th«* Negus politely took from
inis malignant and terrluie contor­ you have found It?" asked Gregson, in anyway?”
. , , < *>
their cases to exhibit their merits to tion. combined with the low forehead a deprecatory tone.
“Please, ma'am, my
, oj.
blunt
nose,
and
prognathous
Jaw.
gave
the unfortunate Frenchman.
This
The expression on the te«1 "r
"Mean? Why, It means that the
the
dead
man
a
singularly
simious
and
small arms exhibition was follow«*«! by
5\- -.
writer was going to put the female was wonderful to bell'd :
•
>tx‘ \ i*rK • .•”**
that of a park of mountain artillery - ape-like appearance. whi«4> was in- name Rachel but was disturbed before hoy permission
to go.—.'« "
creased by his writhing, unnatural pos­
"a gentle hint.” surmises M. Hugues ture.
ho or she had time to finish. You mark ing Mail.
I.e Itoux tn his r«s-ont book of travel.
Lestrade. lean and ferret-like as my words, when this case comes to be
it» Found Out
"Menelek et Notts." to all It might con­ ever was standing by the doorway and cleareil up you'll find that a woman
named Rachel has something to do
“We get queer men on oy '
cern as to the «lesirability of tempering gre* ted my companion and myself.
"This case will make a stir, sir." he with ft. It’s all very well for you to sometimes,” eaid Rear A*i'> ir'11. ,
seal with dlseretkm when pressing the
laugh. Mr. Sherlock Holmes. Yon may
fn«-stlmable blessings of European civ­ remarked. "It beats anything I have b.* very smart and clever, but the old while he was telling «to-ies o
perieno*«, “although they are a1
ilization upon the "l.loa of Judah."— se**n and I «m no chicken."
hound Is the best, when all Is said and
"There Is no clew," said Gregson.
Youths' Companion.
and loyal.”
done.
”
"None at all." chimed in lestrade.
*‘Tlere«asa landsman ”
"I really beg your pardon!” said my
Sherlock Holmes approached the
The ls«gtcal Y onlK
my ships once who « '• • ’’rtf
"In the ««ntence, The train wound body an«l kneeling down, examined it companion, who had ruffled the little apparently, and I took b n* a- -'
,
man's temper by bursting into an ex­
■r»un«l the foot of th« mountain,' " di- intently.
’n n’’ 11 ‘4[
“You are sn.»e that there Is no plosion of laughter. "Yon certainly ly. One night I
rectixl the teacher, “you may parse the
wound?" he asked, pointing to num. r- have the credit of being the first of us » irale of «rind came up. ‘
word 'mountain.' "
ous gouts and splashes of bloo«l which to fiml out. and. as yon say. It bears orderly anti sai«!: ‘Find
"Mountain." hetrah Johnny Wls«». "is lay all around.
every mark of having been written by wind is blowing and n p
a noun, common, feminin«* gentler—"
the other participant in last night's
"Positive’" cried both, detectives.
“The man ««• g : e a
"Why do you say It la femininer’
"Then of course thia bloo<! belongs mystery. I have not had time to ex and then came in an !
inf rtf’
amine this room yet. but with your "Captain, the wind i
"Didn't you Jnst say that the train to a senon«! individual—presumably
'sum
was wound arouml Its foot?”— Balti­ the murderer, if murder has been com permission I shall do so now.”
over the ship.' ”
nilttc.!. it r'mfnds me of the circum
As he spoke he whipped
more American.
atppe a tape meas­
stances attending on the death of Van ure and a large, round
M»k<
<J TM* Sr*1
round, magnifying
Jansen. In Ftrecht. In the year 34. Do glass from his s —
' *
pocket,
One of the greatest accomplishments
The
Cornell
Brain
yo<< rc” cr her the case. Gregson?"
So engross« ed was he with his occu- which Prof. Burt G. «'•
In the world is t<> be able to back up
'
"No. sir.”
pation that he a ea-eq to have for
the tuluut« you find yourself going
"Read tt P—yon really sbonl
dent,
has
re<-eivei
ni
gotten our presei e. for he chattered
wrong.
There is not ng new V de the su
qoeets of the brains of bi*-“'? J
away to himself
dor his breath th»
tt has all bee done befe
, .•pes’I'Ie, as • ree'ilt <■:
whole tiuii
There I« • rieb wound In elo«liig «
lip a mnning fi.„
■ping up
As ha spok h!» nimbi fl a
Nt. k door that only a few people Lave fly.ng he-.-
amstions. 2TOTÌD1
groans, whist’es and of a nniqiie form : * ' *
little
ries
suggestive
cf encourage ment,” which b« dre« °F *
I feeling, pre
«.ptMiluauQ lo eujuy
meat and of hope.
them to sign.
I
|
Eugene Weekly Guard.
•'make good" will envy Mr. Schwab
the Kensal Ion and the pleasure he got
out of the gift.
CAMI-BKLI. SUOI.. Proprietors.
OLD
FAVORITES
Prophecies of gypsies, astrologers and
other readers of the future, foretelling
OREGON.
EUGENE
the calamity that reei-utly befel King
Í
Edward, are being resurrected, or man­
+
Nobody I« above suspicion when a ufactured after the event, and present­
jealous woman 1» around.
ed to the eredulou« with becoming
gravity. Thane pretended propto-clee
The Widow Malone.
Mr«. Langtry I« now a mot her-In law. are reminders of the pagan past, when
l.’id you hear of tbv Widow Malon**,
The world Is no longer at her feet.
the gods took an Intimate ami respect­
Obone!
ful Interest In the fate of kings. Por­ Who lived in the town of Athlon«,
MI hh Stone attribute« tier rescue to
AloU .*?
tents were seen In the skies warning
prayer. To what doe» she attribute her men that something dire was about to Oh! »be incited the hearts
captivity ?
bupjien to bl« Majesty, and when he Ut the awaiua io them part»—
I Su lovely the Widow Maluue,
died earthquakes ami storms teHtltied
Obone!
A pickle trust w ith JdO.UOJ.tKX) capital
to the sympathy of nature with an Su lovely the Widow Maluu«.
has been formed. Thia la one of the
event so tremendous. Those were the
«ourest doses of all.
days when a king wan a king, and very Of lovers she bad a full acor«
few had any doubt of hl« divine ap­
Or more;
The young King of Spain appears to
pointment to office. Now only the sort Aud fortunes they all had galors,
I m * quite a aooalble child, lie la permit­
lu store;
of minds capalde of crediting gypsy
ting tile old men to keep ou running
prophets can look upon monarchy as a From the tr ulster down
things.
heavenly Institution. Peoples no longer To the cl«, a of the crown.
All were eourtmg the Widow Maloue,
exist for their kings, but kings for their
Ohoue!
King Edward I» a pretty strong argil
peoples. The old fashlomsl des|sjt Is All were courting the Widow Maloue.
meut Hgaliiat the claim« of people who
the dodo of politics. Itespectlng those
are always prating about the dangers
vestigial remnants of the superstitious But so modest was Mistress Malone,
of high living.
past, the prophets, It Is obvious tbat
'Twas known
their self-denial Is even more wonder­ Tbat uo one could see her alone,
An Inventur ah«erts tbat an excellent ful than their powers. It perhaps has
Ohoue!
Imitation of wood c«u be made front not occurre«l to those who still take Let them ogle aud sigh.
tobacco leavea. Lei hlm try lils band them seriously that If there existed a They could ne'er catch her eye—
now at inaklng mercliantable brlcks class of men capable of foretelling the So bashful the Widow Maloue,
Obone!
out of diamouds.
date of a king's denth months or years So bashful the Widow Maluu«.
in advance of Its occurrence little
Eskimo« claim to have found the re­ things like the outcome of horse races TUI otie MiHtber O'Brien from Clara—
mains of Noah's ark away up near the and the ups and down» of the Htock
liow quare;
arctic circle. Can It be |H>««lble that market would be as clear as print to It'« little for bluabiag they car«
Noah xtarted In search of the |«de with­ them. In that case, of course, they
Down there­
in« arm round her waist.
out first having a relief expedition pro­ would soon ow-n the wealth of the
vided for?
earth. But as prophets—gypsies, as­
trologers, clairvoyants and the rest—
The multliulliioiiaire who endows col­ are never billionaires, it follows either
Ma-
leges and establishes colleges la sub­ that they are fra mis or the most un-
jected to a great deal of chaff and la sel tlsli beluga In a generally sellisi»
sometimes accused of self-aggrandlz«- world.
Aud the widow they all thought so ah j,
meiit. The mllionalre who devotes
My eye!
Ou
a
day
early
In
June
of
thia
year
himself to horse racing, an Institution
Ne’er thought of a simper or sigh—
For why?
which mainly benefits the professional a man natm-d llawkln« committed i
gamblers, In perniiti ed to pasa without crime at Marysville, .Mo., an<l then Bat, "Lucius," says she,
trie«! to run away from It. Hawkins "Since you’ve now made so free,
criticism. Thia seeing hardly fair.
was a real estate dealer, and left the You may marry your Mary Malon«,
Obone!
Another gentleman exhilarated with town because he had forged paper to You may marry your Mary Malone.'
the
amount
of
32.000.
When
he
left
whiskey purchased with his wife's
money Ims mur<lere«l I his
bls wife,
wife. For­ Marysville, Hawkins was a Hue-look­ There’s a moral contained in my song,
bl«*sse<l
Not wrong,
tunately be was blease«l
with a ing, middle aged gentleman, with hair
sense of the proprieties aud accommo­ slightly tinged with gray. At the end And, oue comfort, it's not very loug,
But strong;
datingly hanged himself, thus saving of two weeks he came back a white-
the overweighted taxpayers the ex­ haired. broken bodied old man. Hi the If for widows you die
Learn to kiss, not to sigh.
pense of doing the job for him. Like Interval the man had wandered from For
they're all like sweet Mistress Ma
another historic character, nothing In place to place intrsmil by the hourly
lone!
tills man's life became blm like the fear that he would be tracked by
Obone!
bloodhounds.
The
fear
deepemsl
Into
leaving It.
Ob! they're all Ilk« sweet Mistress Ma
an overmastering terror. He bld him­
lone!
self
In
the
woods.
Finally
the
fear
be
­
—Charles Lever.
Many cures for insomnia have been
recommended, from counting an Imug came unbearable. He returned to
Little Hoy Blue.
Innry flock of alieep aa they Jump on * Marysville ami gave himself up. Twen
ty years, he said, hail been added to bls The liule toy dog la covered with, dust
by one over a gut«*, to extracting tin*
But sturdy and stanch he stands:
life In less than twenty days. He wel­
cube root of n number In six figures;
And th«* little toy soldier ia red with rust,
comed
the
penitentiary
as
a
blessed
re
­
but they all fall at times. The latest
And his musket molds iu bis bands.
lief. It Is the old story. In seeking to
cure, according to a medical paper. Is
tbslge a financial trouble he took upon
automobiling. Now, If the village
Time was when the little toy dog was
bls shoulders a greater one. The new
new
school teacher will only take a ride
And the soldier was passing fair.
every afternoon In a fifteen hundred trouble was so heavy Hint a prison
dollar automobile, alie will sleep like u seeim-d a lieaveu of rest after the bell And that was the time when our Little
Boy Blue
.
top at night that Is, If she does not Into which ho had plunged. When will
Kissed them and put them there.
men learn that justice Is never cheated?
lie awake wondering where the money
Is to come from to pay for th«* horse­ That every crime brings Its penalty, “Now. don't you go till I come,” he said,
soon or late? When will men learn they
less carriage. Thar« are some remedies
"And don't you make any noise!”
are not smarter than fate? There are
more attractive than practicable.
So toddling off to his trundle-bed
other bloodhounds thau those of tiesli
lie dreamt of the pretty toys.
and blood that pursue the man who
Although the |s>wer of the press can
breaks tlie law. The bloodhounds of And a« be w«« drcaming au «ag«l soug
hardly lw overestimated, little that la
conscience will ever bay deep mouthed
Awakened our Little Boy Blue
printed leaves a permanent linpresslon.
to the soul that slnneth. "Whatsoever Oh, thè years are mauy, thè yenrs are
l>r. Edward Everett llah* puts It char­
loug,
a man soweth, that also h I iu II In* reap.”
acteristically In commenting on the ten-
But thè little toy frieuds are true.
That Is the Inevitable law. If a man
■ Itiveness of Ills distinguished kinsman,
sous to the flesh In* shall of the flesh
Edward Everett, to what appeared
reap corruption. And he will reap more Aye faithful to Little Boy Blue they
stand,
■ bout him In print "He did not know,
than he sows.
The Inw of Increase
Each in the same old place.
na 1 do, that of whatever Is put lu th«*
holds In the devil's domain as It does Awaiting the touch of a little hand.
newapal>er half the people who see it
In the fields of Hod.
The «mil« of a littla face.
do not rend It; second, that half of
those do not understand It, third, that
of the half who understand Is, half do
not tielleve It; fourth, that the half who
believe It, half forget It. fifth, that the
half who remember It are probably of
no great account, anyway " To which
Dr. Hale adds the remark, personal to
himself, "This may be forgotten w it It
the rest.” Nevertheless. It has n kernel
of truth worth rememlterlng.
Much has I k *«* u said of the audacity
Of man In building Ills home In s|n>ts so
dangerous as the slopes of Mont |’el«*e
have proved themselves to lx*. Yet all
history affords Illustrations of the calm
forgetfulness with which the race
•recta Its <1 welltug places on the sites
of the ui<sit dreadful catastrophes Ve­
suvius still smokt-s over beautiful Na
pie«. Lisbon rises, beautiful and Im­
posing, where a "convulsion of nature '
once brought unutterable fright amt
desolation The Japanese still crow«!
the coasts of their tide swept Islands
•nd the Chine«« buddle along
banks of the lloang Ho. It Is not
many months since iJalveston
overwhelm««! by tlo«s!. yet a new
veaton Is being built <>u th« dangerous
site of the wreckage and the people of
the city are ready to tak«« their chance«,
of a similar disaster In the future
There la absolutely nothing to prevent
a «ccoml tidal wave from the Gulf, yet
th«* city pursues Its dally task, appar­
ently unafraid.
Hilaries Rcbwab'a apple donation gets
through the hide and into the heart,
lie was Just such a happy go lucky tx>y
aa you can And anywhere now. and he
llk«*«l th«* taste of stoleu apple«. The
original sin In every l*oy adda sweet
Be*» to purloined fruit. It abouldn't In*
•o. but It Is so. l.et th«* sociologists ex
plan It If they can
Rehwab used to
•teal hla apples from tr,*a on the
grounds of Mt. Aloyalua' Academy at
Creinoli. I’a He never forgot It Men
don't forget the««, things. They love
the niciiiory j of
va youthful
a a, ■ ...
Milan, ail«!
pranks.
tell the tale« to their children and their
grandchildren And. way down In the
heart, there Is often a sneaking deair«
to go l*a< k to the <d«l town, walk up to
the farmer from whom h<* u««-d to •teal
melons, laugh at the dog. and remark:
“Mr. Jone«, do you know me? Don’t
you rvinrmler Bill Rogers' boy, whom
you »et the dog on and shot full of rock
•alt? Juat thought I’d drop In on th«*
ol<! town an«! ««-e how things look."
And then you planned to pay off the
mortgage on Janes' farm, leave money
for a new library, buy uniform« for the
“rmpali. t'mpeh Cornet Band." and
•lather money around like a palnee
Plenty of men have bad tho«e dreams.
Few can <-arry them out. Mr Rchwab
could, and.
dramatic aa you pie«»«*,
b« planked dowu FEA.tKM <>f g**«>d Rteel
Tru»t money lu payment of the Bald
wlna b« atole many year» ago. Every
man wbo ha« waat,«d to go back and
HEAVIE8T MAN IN THE WORLD
And they wonder, as waiting these long
years through
In the dust of that little chair,
What has become of our Little Boy Blue
Henri Maurice Cannon,
known
Blue« lit* kissed them aud put them
throughout the world an the heaviest
there?
of all men, tiled unexpectedly from —Kugvue Field.
heart disease In San Francisco. Cal.
a few days ago. Mr. Cannon had been
GIANT PREHISTORIC BIRD.
ailing for several days.
Egg
of the Kpyornls Found Off the
Deceased weighed <113 pounds A na
Matlasaarar Count.
five of Zurich, Switzerland, lie wan
The recent finding of au egg of the
great epyoruls floating about in M.
Augustine Bay, on the southwest coast
of Madagascar, has luduct*«! a party of
Germans headed by Gottlieb Adolf
Krause, th«» German explorer, to uu
dertake an exploration of the remote
Interior of Madagascar In search of
IMtssible living specimens of this gr««at
bln! of the post-pliocene period of the
world's history. The egg may hftve
come down with the floods from the
unexplored Interior of the Island, or
may have been burled for centuries In
the sand, preserved by some curious
freak of nature, and then carried to
sea. Which of these theories Is th«*
proper one Professor Krause ami his
party will try to discover.
According to geologists, at one time
Madagascar ami the Islands east of
Africa were one. but that later the
land subside«! aud left the Islands sep­
arated by a strait, am! since that time
the Islands have develo|>e<l species to
themselves.
Th« climatic changes
which soaued are believe«! by some to
have exterminated the epyornla. Rut
others d«»elare that, as the «country
change«!, the gigantic bird retire«! deep­
deemed there oue of the foremost nth er and deeper Into the wilderness,
let«*«. and aa a wrestler met many men where It has remained for centuries
In th« arena. It was not utitll lo years w-ltlmut mob-station, unless It has been
ago that he commenced to grow to ab­ ■ nnihllat«*,! by some unknown savage
normal proportions, Ida weight Increan tribe In the Interior, ami will t»e found
there to-day. Mine where between th«*
Ing with alarming rapidity. With it all
desert au! the Aukarah Mountains.
Cannon remained good nature«!, am! a
The finding of the egg In St. Angus
llolietnlau life was hla chol«e.
tine Bay has deepen«*«! this Impression,
ami Professor Kraus« will try to es
An A.lr«»i< Answer.
The celebrated physician, Zliumer tabllsh the truth of the theory that
man, attended Frederick the Great In the egg la of went origin and not
tils last Illness On«* day, as the story curiously preserve«! through ceuturles
la recorde«! In "Salad for the Social," Several French adventurers have tried
to penetrate into the Interior, but they
the King said to him.
"You have. I presume, help«*«! many have return«*«! without definite results,
telling «nly of brief glim pars of queer
a man Into another world."
This was rather an unexpected thrust animals, which were not accepte! as
I’oaaibly the
for the doctor, but the dos« h«* gate the valuable by scientist«.
German explorers may !>• more for
King In return was a judicious mixture
t unate.
of truth and flattery:
The egg found Is the thirty fourth
•'Not so many as Your Majesty, nor
In existence, and the largest la » by
with so much bon«»r to myaelf."
14 Inches In diameter. The bird Itself
la believed by scientists to have been
A !>HT>rm<*e of Opinion.
fully flfteen feet high, am! to have
-Who«« little boy are you?"
"Well, grandma. Aunt lx>uls< and weighed more than a ton. far larger
than th« oetrtch, which Is Itself a dan
mamma all claim me. but t
geroua bird to handle: a blow from
Joue« say* I'm a chil<! nt the
Ito claws woul<! be fatal. Stories of
'cause I rrvned some of his app
some such bird In the Interior have
I»etrolt f ree I’n-as
long been extant among natives, sot
What a politician «aya la one thing only of Madagascar, but of other conn
and what be doe« ia another.
trtaav auJ Intervet In Ikeut V • tor«“
I>1««1 In Han Francisco Weighed <11:1
Pounds.
5 A STUDY IN SCARLET, f