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HOLDUP
By HAROLD CARTER
vuyiiKi, Hii, uy u, j. cnapman.
Budd's Crossing was growing into
a sizable place. The population bad
increased twelve thousand, there was
an apartment house, and Miller's build
ings, containing the new telephone
central, with the Bank of North Kan
sas opposite, was the picture that
familiarized the outside world with
Budd's Crossing when seen on post
cards. There was a picture of Newton park,
with a couple seated upon a bench,
the young man's arm around the girl's
waist. The young man was unmis
takably Harry Fisher, for the angle
of photographic impact showed his
pointed, aggressive chin distinctly. The
girl, whose back alone was visible,
certainly looked like Netta Clare of
the telephone exchange. The picture,
which was snapped by flashlight,
caused a good deal of scandal; and
from the fact that the principal fig
ures In it both laughed it might have
been inferred that they were engaged
to be married.
. They were. Harry was In the bank,
and he could look up and see Netta
opposite the switchboard across the
street. Nettu never looked at him, how
ever, being attentive to calls.
How the quarrel started nobody
knew. But the first thing known was
that Netta and Harry were not on
speaking terms, and presently Harry
was running after half the girls in
town, and holding himself defiantly
Men and Women Rushed for the Hill
tide. toward the world, except when he
smnk down a side street to avoid meet
ing Notta.
Budd's Crossing Is on the main rail
road line, and lies five miles beneuth
Lake Lomond, which Irrigates the
thirsty section by means of a huge
dam, back iu the mountains. If ever
the (linn burst engineers, and people
Willi pluln onlltuiry sense ns well, de
clared that Dudd'B Crossing would
Just about have time to know It no
more. All agreed that only those on
the outskirts would be able to make
the rmi of the horseshoe round the
town lu time.
Budd's Crossing was not worrying
about the concrete dam, guaranteed to
last throe centuries. It was worrying
about the bank robberies in neighbor
Ing towns. The Colton gang had hold
up the banks of Newboro and Oasthaus
In broad daylight, taken out the con
tents of the disrupted safes, and rid
den off unscathed. Budd's Crossing
had prepared for them at least, the
hank had In the shape of two armed
guards who patroled the front of the
buildtug and were prepared to shoot
upon provocation. Some nervous peo
ple described bank robbers in every
stranger.
Somehow It leaked out that the Col
tons had sent a bombastic letter to the
president. They promised to have the
public's deposits by a certain day. As
Colton aped the so-called romantic
deeds of the outlaws, the bank's nerves
were on the jump whon that day
dawned.
Nothing happened that morning. It
was not till two In the aftornoon that
I'udd's Crossing got the thrill of Its
career. It was Notta Clare who sent
the nowt forth broadcast:
"The dam is breaking. Run for your
Uvea. It will not hold out twenty min
utes." Out of the business offices, out of
five hundred homes, warned by the uni
versal panic, men and women rushed
for the hillside. Borne carried babies,
some bundles which they discarded.
There was but one thought flight
In Budd's Crossing that afternoon. In
four minutes from the moment of the
first alarm the town was deserted and
the hillsides were black with people,
trying desperately to reach an eleva
tion safe above the menace of the
flood before It burst upon them.
It would sweep Budd's Crossing
way like matchwood, and rush on, a
hundred feet high, a sullen, furious
torrent, confined by the mountain
walls, to wreak havoc, upon the vll-
lafes lower down.
The telephone exchange was desert
ed by the terrified girls. Only one
remained. White-faced, but calm. Net
ta sat at her post, watching the men
ace on the hills above her. She tele
phoned Incessantly.
"Red Mills! The dam has burst.
Run for your lives. Donchester! The
dam has burst. The flood will be on
you In fifteen minutes. Paintsbury!
Durham! Exeter! Labury! The dam
has burst."
She called the last settlement In the
valley, and then ran from the ex
change, casting apprehensive glances
upward. The dam had still held. The
town was empty.
Only in front of the bank two horses
tethered. As Bhe ran past Netta cast
an apprehensive glance in through the
open door. What she saw nerved
her to a realization of what had hap
pened.
Through the open door, and through
the plate glass of the cashier's cage,
she saw Harry, bound and trussed,
seated helplessly, while an armed man
stood over fcim and another worked
buaiiy amid the debris of what had
been the bank's safe. Upon the coun
ter of the cashier's cage lay Harry's
revolver, which hs had drawn too late.
Immediately Netta sized up the situa
tion. The report was a fake, launched
by the robbers In the bold design of
emptying the town. It had succeeded
admirably, and, with nobody on hand
but Harry, they were safe to work
their will.
The backs of the throe were toward
hor and they did not see Netta creep
like a mouse inside the bank. Cau
tiously she stole onward, no sound of
her footsteps echoing on the boards.
"Say, Bill, we chose the day all
right," said the man at the Bate to his
companion, without looking around.
"There's tons of the stuff In here."
"Hurry up, Ned," answered the oth
er. "We've got to got home before
It gets dark."
Netta Btole onward. Now, crouching
under the wall of the cage, she was In
visible if any of the bandits should
look round. She saw Harry, bound,
watching Ihe men out of his half-closed
eyes. The lcok In them told her that
ho had been surprised; there was no
trace of fear there, and Netta was
glad.
Softly her hand crept up and touched
the revolver. Hor fingers closed upon
It.
"Hands up!"
With an oath the man at the safe
sprang to his feet, to look into Netta's
eyes and thiow up his hands obedient
ly. At the same time the man guard
ing Harry swung round, with his re
volver raised.
"Drop it!"
He dropped it, and saved eternity by
a single second.
' Vnlaston him!"
"Say, now " protested one of the
men.
"I count two. One "
Hurriedly Harry was unbound.
Stooping, he seized the revolver of his
fornior guard.
"March them to Jail, Harry. I'll
I'll stay here. I think I think"
said Notta, and foil weakly across the
counter.
That Is the story of the holdup of
Budd's Crossing. When the townspeo
ple crept back, by twos and threes and
driblets, two hours lator, they found
Harry Fisher guarding two prisoners
In tho sergeant's office, and Notta nt
his side. And from the look on their
faces it was clear that the old mis
understanding had been forgotten.
In wltneBf thereof, tho massive chest
of sllvor donated by the bank, and the
live hundred dollars from the tele
phone company.
Between Man and Man.
Confucianism, the prevailing doc
trine of China, Is neither a religion,
nor a system of trnnsccndentul or cos
mic philosophy.
It Is nn agnostic system of ethics and
n system of practical mid purely tem
poral common-sense philosophy which
mm no farther than this earth.
It takes practically no notice what
ever of tho question of nn after life,
of eternity, of future rewards and pun
ishments, of God.
It teaches merely that one ought to
do good becnuse It Is man's duty to
do good. Confucianism is entirely con
cerned with the relation between mun
and man.
Study of Facts.
The study of facts Is an Important
element In education. Not of unre
lated facts, or even of related fucts
hlch make up a trivial whole.
It Is essential that sonic serious sub
ject of fairly wide range should be pre
sented more or less constantly for a
period of at least several years to a
ninn'g mind, so that It becomes In n
sense his own, before he can rightly
he wild to have received nn "educa
tion." Tho greater and tho more humane
the subject pro tunto the education,
but any really . serious subject will
serve.
Why Salt Causes Thlrtt
Suit has been described as a natural
element of tho blood In about the snme
proportion as In the water of the
ocean. Vnder general conditions we
do not feel the existence of suit In our
bodies becnuse Its effect Is counteract
ed by a due proportion of water.
When we eat nn excessive amount
of salt thirst ts created by the demand
of nnture that we hIso take a proper
donate amount of water and dilute
tho salt to Its proper relative amount.
Any food that tend to absorb the
moisture of the body will cause thirst
for the wine reason Unit our physical
welfare requires a balanced quantity
ot water.
GRASSHOPPERS ARE
Combination of Three Small Hopperdozers Attached to Wheels jn Manner
to Be Pushed Instead of Pulled by Horses.
(Prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture.)
Over a large portion of the coun
try west of the Mississippi where the
annunl rainfall is less than 25 Inches,
grasshoppers nre among the worst
pests which the farmer hns to combat,
In Farmers' Bulletin 601, United States
department of agriculture, two prac
tical measures of control are sug
gested: (1) the destruction of the
eggs, and (2) the killing of the insects
by means of poisoned bait.
The eggs are laid shortly before the
coming of freezing weather, the adult
Insects selecting for this purpose,
when available, firm soil In well
drained locations. Abandoned fields,
undisturbed strips under fences and
along neglected roadsides, the banks
of irrigation ditches and buffalo sod
along the edges of Infected fields are
fnvorlte places. The eggs hatch
about the time of the last spring
frosts, and the young grasshoppers
then push upward to the surface In
order to feed upon the nearest vege-
life?
Sowing Poisoned Bran Bait From a Buggy In Treating Meadows to Destroy
Grasshoperi In New Hampshire.
tntlon. If the land Is plowed to a
depth of at lenst six Inches enrly In
the yenr, the eggs will be covered so
deeply that the young cannot emerge
after they have been hatched. It Is
desirable that this plowing should be
finished ns much before April 15 as
possible.
Where the crop to be grown on the
land does not require plowing, the
eggs mny be destroyed with little ex
pense by stirring the ground to a depth
of about two Inches before March 1.
This breiiks and crushes many of tho
cylindrical capsules In which the eggs
ore cemented firmly together. Others
are destroyed by exposure to the
weather or from the nttacks of natural
enemies. Iu clenn, soft ground a heavy
harrow will stir the ground sufficiently
to destroy the eggs. In heavy soils,
weedy fields, alfalfa, or land In which
patches of sod occur, the disk har
row Is required. In treating alfalfa
In this way cure should be taken not
to set the harrow deep enough to cut
off the crowns of the plants. The
WHAT KILLED YOUR POULTRY? I
Hawk Usually Carries Off Young
Chicks, Leaving Larger Ones
Work of Weasel Differs.
A hawk usually curries oft the young
chicks, but If they attack larger ones
the bodies will be left. It will bo
found that death hns been caused by n
tear nt the back of tho neck. The skull
will be torn open nnd the feathers
scattered but not trailed.
If the chicken Is found dead on Its
side, with Its neck stretched out, and
small wound In the throat. It Is the
work of a weasel that has sucked its
blood.
If a carcass Is found with the head
and breast devoured, It Is the work of
cnt.
As a rule, the rat does Its deadly
work at night, and the carcass often Is
found very badly mauled. The en
trails generally ore drawn out, but not
enten, ami the carcass Is bitten and
gnawed In many places.
SOME PESTS OF STRAWBERRY
Plan to Have Land, Previous to Plant
ing, In Some Crop Requiring
Clean Cultivation.
Weeds ore bad enemies of the straw
berry, and for this reason It Is a good
plan to have the land, previous to the
time ot planting, In some crop that re
quires clenn cultivation. This will give
field practically free from weeds.
It the plants ore to be sot out In the
spring, the ground should be toll
plowed. Before planting, the ground
should be worked thoroughly and put
In She condition.
A DESTRUCTIVE PEST
land should be left rough to expose as
many eggs as possible, and after hard
freezing weather It should be har
rowed to expose any eggs that may
huve been covered before.
If these precautions are not adopt
ed and the grasshoppers are allowed to
hatch from the eggs they mny be con
trolled later In the season by the use
of the following poisoned bait :
Bran 36 pounds, white arsenic or
parls green, 1 pound, oranges or lem
ons 6 pounds, cheap sirup of molasses
2 quarts, water 3 gallons.
White arsenic Is preferred, owing to
Its cost, which Is must less than purls
green at the present time.
The dry bran and poison should be
mixed in a washtub. The sirup and
the Juice and finely chopped pulp and
peel of the fruit should then be added
to the water and poured over the mix
ture of bran and poison. This mash
is very attractive to grasshoppers while
it Is fresh, but when dry or stale It Is
of little value. The early morning is
the best time to scatter It over the In-
fested land, as the grasshoppers are
just beginning to feed then and the
mash does not dry out as quickly ns
If It were npplied Inter In the day.
After the first day little of the bait Is
eaten, so thut several applications may
be necessary in badly Infested fields.
The formulti mentioned will provide a
sufficient quantity for 5 acres- of heav
ily Infested land and should cost about
25 cents per ncre for one application.
If the Infestation Is not very heavy,
the nmount should be enough to treat
10 acres.
If the poisoned bait Is scattered
evenly, domestic animals nnd birds will
not eat enough of It to harm them. The
halt, however, should never be placed
In heaps or scattered thickly about,
and care should be taken to keep the
poison out of the reach of children and
domestic animals. It Is best not to
use the hands for mixing as the poison
may be absorbed, although there ore
no known lnstunces In which poisoning
has followed the sowing of the wet
bnlt barehanded.
GEESE PICK MOST OF LIVING
Fowla Are Generally Raised on Grass
Land or Pasture Good Mash
for the Goslings.
Geese ore generally raised where
they hove a good grass range or pas
ture, as they are good grazers and
usually plek most of their living, ex
cept during the winter months and the
breeding season.
Goslings should be fed a mash of
two parts shorts nnd one part corn
meal by weight, changing at the end
of three weeks to equal pnrts shorts
and corn meal with 5 per cent each of
beef scrap and grit.
A fattening ration mny be made of a
mash of one part shorts nnd two pnrts
corn meal by weight with 5 per cent
of beef scrap, fed In the morning, and
a feed of corn at night
KILLING OUT FOXTAIL PEST
Weed Should Be Hoed or Pulled So
That Seed Will Not Shatter
Rotation le Favored.
Tellow foxtail which springs up In
cultivated crop should be hoed or
pulled out so that the seed will not
shatter on the land. If weds Which
shatter out are covered with the disk,
they will germinate and then tho
plants ran be destroyed by plowing
or cultivating. Any mature seed
should be removed from seed grain
as much as possible. Foxtail may bo
eradicated by the use of short rota
tlona and by giving thorough cultiva
tions early In the season with the bar
row.
GOT IN WRONG EITHER WAY
Mr. Homebody "Called Down" When
He Took Notice, and "Roasted"
When He Didn't
"Why are you looking at me like
that?" Mrs. Homebody inquired of her
husband, according to the Brooklyn
Times.
"What have you been doing to your
hair? It looks different," said .Mr.
Homebody, who had Just come in.
His wife put down the book she had
been reading, and released a sigh.
"Good-ness gra-cious!" she ex
claimed, "can't a body do a little thing
like fixing hair without being sturd
out of countenance and put through
the third degree? I haven't been do
ing a thing to my hair. I was simply
in a hurry this afternoon and piled a
little more or less on the sides ; that's
all. 1 didn't suppose it was conspicu
ous. Gracious I I'm all out of breath
explaining. You notice every little
thing."
Mr. Homebody extricated himself by
saying it "looked nice" and let It go
at that
A week later Mrs. Homebody went
to the hairdresser's, and when that
deft person had finished with her she
regurded herself In the mirror with
justifiable satisfaction. That evening,
at dinner, although the soft glow of
the shaded light pleasantly enhanced
the hairdresser's art, friend husband,
sitting opposite, said never a word.
Mrs. Homebody stood it as long as
she could.
"Of what use Is It," she said finally,
"to try to look one's best in this
house? Ever since you sat down I've
been waiting for you to say something,
but I suppose I might wait till dooms
day. Don't you notice my hair? Doesn't
it look different?"
Mr. Homebody stopped eating and
looked, but, manlike, he overdid it.
"Have you got to gaze at me as long
as that to make sure?" asked Mrs.
Homebody; "why, I should think you
could have told in half a second. 1
really believe I could come to dinner
in a powdered wig and you'd look
squarely at me all through the meal
and soy nothing to show that you saw.
You never notice a thing."
"I'm sorry, dear," said Mr. Home
body; "I did notice that your hair
looked different, but "
"But, if I hadn't spoken, you'd have
kept it to yourself," was the way his
wife finished the sentence. "Good gra
cious, don't you know that a woman
likes a man to be observant and to
tell her when he takes notice?"
First Persian Newspaper.
The first copy of what purports to
be the first Persian newspaper In the
world has just been issued In New
York under the title of the "Persian
American Courier." The only cause
for astonishment In this connection
is that no such publication has ap
peared heretofore In the greater city.
Practically every other nationality,
language, and dialect is represented
by the New York press. Inclusive of
Lettish, Finnish, Plattdeutsch, Slovak
lun, Slovene, Croat, and Arabic. The
editor of this latest comer says that
he has struggled with the four hun
dred and four small nnd four hun
dred and four capital letters of the
Persian alphabet and reduced them to
the dimensions of a linotype key
board, which finally made his publica
tion possible. Seeing that there are
about six Arabic newspapers in town
nnd that the Arabic and Persian al
phabets are closely reluted, the editor,
at any rate, had several models by
following which his work must have
been greutly expedited. New York
Evening Post
Too Popular.
The "Full" signs which are to be
put on the Baltimore street cars re
call the story told some years ago by
a man of that city who visited Paris,
but who was acquainted with no
tongue but his own. He related to a
friend how he made a point of going
to all the points around the city, but
one he never succeeded in getting to.
He was the more determined to go
because it was evidently a very
popular place as every car going
there was loaded to lta capacity. But
none would stop for him In spite of
continued waiting and signaling. "And
so," he concluded, "I never got there."
"What was the place?" asked the
friend.
"The sign on the care was 'Com
plet,'" replied the disappointed one,
"but I've never seen Complet yet"
And he understood why when his
friend explained, after a somewhat
explosive smile, that "Complet" signi
fied only that the car was full, and
was not allowed to take on more pas
sengers. Opening for Typesetter.
It will surprise some, but not those
who know the craft, to be Informed
that among all the vast company that
Inhabit Sing Sing prison, one of New
York's big lu'tiitentturles. there la not
a single Mergenthaler operator, or
Mnotyper of nny other sort Thla ts
more than could be said of a good
many other trades of even profes
sions, for thnt matter for Sing Sing
Is noted for its democratic atmos
phere, and It forbids no one entrance
within Its walls because of the nature
of his previous employment 1 Port
land Oregonlan.
Fascination of Scarcity.
"I have no doubt that In s short
time this country will have plenty or
dyostuffs."
"I hope so," replied Mr. Growcher.
'When the women find that dvestuffs
are abundant, no doubt they'll discard
this riot of colors and wir plain
black and white."
REAL LIFE ROMANCE
PRANK OF FATE THAT RESULTED
IN HAPPY MARRIAGE.
She Was the "Other Girl" and He the
Only "Good Looker" In the Regi
ment Which Was Embarking
for War.
The scene of the first chapter of this
romance Is laid in a city on the west
ern const, a seaport from whose har
bor there sailed during the year of the
Spanish-American war many trans
ports carrying to the Philippines
troops of gay and gallant soldiers,
most politely generous with their brass
buttons.
On one of these occasions two young
girls, thirsting for adventure, fared
forth, armed with a kodak. Snap
shots were taken of the soldiers march
ing down one of the principal streets
from the train to the wharf, but a sad
melancholy settled down upon the pair
when they were forced to admit that
these men were, Oh I so ordinary look
ing, not nearly so handsome as some
of the regiments had been.
However, to vary the dull monotony
which the whole episode was gradual
ly assuming, they amused themselves
while the men were boarding the ship
in endeavoring to pick out the really
good-looking one. And they did one,
and one only. But he, being by that
time on the upper deck, was quite un
attainable, so all the Joy that could
be extracted from an afternoon which
had given such promise was the pleas
ure of waving good-by to him as the
ship sailed away.
But what was their surprise when
the snapshots of the marching soldiers
were printed to discover that their
"good-looking man" appeured in one of
them. The pictures were soon pasted
Into a book and the Incident apparent
ly closed.
The scene of the second and closing
chapter Is now shifted to a town about
ten years Inter.
One of the two girls was living In
this town. She was a schoolteacher.
At a social gathering she met a young
man who afterward called on her.
In the course of conversation she
gave the name of her former home,
and the young man remarked that he
had been In that city just twice, once
when he embarked with his regiment
bound for the Philippines and once
when he wus on his way back after
the war.
Of course, the old book of kodak
views was promptly unearthed, and the
girl was not a little surprised when he
greeted the picture of "the good-looking
man," with the rapturous an
nouncement that It was his old com
rade, Jack , who resided In that
very town, but was at thut time away
on Ms vncntlon.
When he returned he would bring
him around, If he might, to see the
pictures, in which he was able to dis
tinguish many of his former friends.
Jack came, he saw, he conquered, with
the usual happy ending. I am and
was the other girl. Chicago Tribune,
Eye Protection at Movies. .
Physicians are constantly advising
patrons of the movies to protect their
eyes. A writer in the Journal of the
American Medical Association tells
how It may be done.
"The progress made In the charac
ter of subjects presented In the movies
today makes It desirable for all Inquir
ing people to at least attend occasion
ally," he says. "Annoying after-effects
on the eyes of many prevent
thera from enjoying the social diver
sion, and often the educational advan
tages, thus derived. The great major
ity of those who suffer from eye strain
after watching moving pictures can
find much, If not complete, relief in
perfectly fitted glasses. The picture
may not be quite so sharp, but this Is
more than compensated for by the In
creased comfort
"For those with very sensitive eyes
a colored glass, either amber, yellow
ish green or amethyst, mny be neces
sary to give complete relief. There
have been put on the market recently
several varieties of colored glass, each
of which has some advantages, so that
some suitable color can usually be se
cured. A subdued light In the thea
ter Is much less Irritating than when
the only light visible comes from the
screen. It Is also advisable to avoid
sitting In a place where It Is necessary
to look upward, as the additional
strain becomes very tiresome, and fre
quently leaves a headache."
Freeze Feet In Midsummer.
IIow 150 Italian Infantrymen were
Invalided by freezing their feet In mid
summer was told by a passenger arriv
ing ot New York on the French liner
La Touralne.
The men were members of a batta
lion of Alpine Infantry, and had gone
to a point far above the snow line In
nn attempt to surprise an Austrian
force that In no other manner could be
ointed from Its position. They had
been carefully drilled In walking on all
fours and acting the parts of goats and
sheep.
Two days after leaving camp rem
nants of the command began to return.
They failed In their undertaking be
cause of a terrific storm and because
sharp pieces of Ice tore their flannel
leggings and exposed their feet
The Reason.
"Odd. Isn't It that sge Is a recom
mendation In wine and a drawback
In women V
"Not at all. Ton can put it down)
to the one, but you have to put up.
with It In the other."