s - - . i ma r r - -. -fci mum The old man loosd up sharply.1 "There conn to every human bulns under the uu." talj ha, "In ouo hai or n.olher the 'tldo la hU affair' which, though It ruy not lead on to fortune, nor yet do a to ruin, provr Llin, Rhowi what U la him. brlni out anything worth counting thai mar tx latent la him. and expuac hi wa nenc, too. o'trn enuur.a. That tide ram to m la the Terrible Year la M which found US HniliMh folk. 11U tl handful cf us, Irolaled, aim cut do fmrel'M, tulng the brown million lio for one were banded tofrelucr agalnil ua br hits and wrath. J waa an ailalint dcpj'.r comrahsloner la a Clod forsaken clutrlct la ludla, und bad bem o long alone ar.otut f t aatlvti that I could not apt-k half a dozen S'ntrare of my ova laneuar.e without lll'ploa In a worj or to of 1'crslan ir lIliiduMnnl. I prided myrlf -njwiu having my n. inert 01 tiio i;ao of na tive lire la that dlatrlrt Thlnm wtr going forward of which 1 could not net tha hang. There was mjntrry In the air; you felt It, yet could flud to It da key. "During thowe montha I knew what It la to te poanrtiseti by a demon of Sear. I told myself that it waa all Tanry. that Aala waa T'sTlnf tne devil with me. that I waa losing my nerve. v "I waa la the tWiK-xt folia of the Dark Taller when Jlarold came up Into woman In India who mattered of Mrt liaroiJ. Y ,Ut that thought came lutu t:io noced.H.iy for action, and when a nan U ra,l J u; on to tot he laxelleTad from tho ruroQ of thluklnr. "llirold'a camp Ly eon.e thirty tnlleel voice, Into the hearts of his hearer. II tvrttUlliuz Ua Cowna4 cf tht Urltlah IUJ. I glanced over my abonlder at liar- old. and 1 aa that he had grown white, white to tho II pa, and that hU bridle-hand was trembling. A native in the crowd yelM some- tblf.it In a raucous, falsetto voice, anU I taught the words at once. "lour fc!los down country nave mutinied and killed their oncers I rrlcd to Harold. 'Did you hear what that man saldr God help us, God help us be ex claimed la that sane hoarse. Unite 'Let us get on to the fort to to ll.o Eon a of n.y station. As soon 1 tho fort' ua the urv.e spread t'.io lives of HarolJ I "A great strapping Muhammadan, a aad Lis wii'o ar.d abler would sot be I butcher la a red turban, leaped Irom worth a n.:nut?'a purchase. I the crowd and seized the re la of Airs. I sllpt cd out of Ue Luocalow. went I Harold's horse with one hand. The to the araM. found and aaddled my I other held a meat chopper. The horse roam, locked the stable securely be-1 reared. I rone la tny stirrup, rained Lid ma and rode out into the dark-1 my loaded riding crop and brotinnt tne uk. I tojk a path whlcb soon leu butt down full between me leiiows uo clear of the town, and directly 1 eyes. He dropped like a lor, rue in the open country I put toe mare i " "Get cm to the fort, luroid, in uoa s l.:to a Uid rooter aad headed for the name, and take the ladles with you I lurour carnp. The time lor flream-lcTled breathlessly, lor now I was lay Inz aud for fear was ended, and 1 knew It. The time lor action had come a:.d wlta It a sort of Intoxication of recl.cMncns th:t filled me with fierce Joy aa l prl lo. "It was only a littlo after midnight that I reached my destination. J con- trlvod.-not without dtaienlty, to arouc? Harold. J led him away from the tmts, and told hltn the news that had come la. "You TOustnt lose a wmnd I said. 'The one chance of li.'ctr II. a In l.n. Harold and Tour alitor gating to the fort as soon as may btv Ing about me with that heavy butt, and the people, screaming with fear, were tumbling over one another In tneir casernes to get beyond the reach of my arm, "I caught a glimpse or airs. Jiar- Old' face, flashed with excitement, her cres flashing with enthusiasm and sort of fierce dellrht "Oh, how splendid of 7ur he cried. 'How splendid!' and then ihe .md llarold and his alstrr were off, at i gallop trp the bin toward the tort. Harold leading, 'The crowd had Janen bade oeujre 'And do you seriously bellnvo all me, and I rode straight at the Muhain this rubbUhr Jlarold lniuirt d, stand r.adao preacher. 1 hit him, as 1 had Lit the butcher, tull between the eyes, and I folt the bone shatter beneath the blow, Yon dogs!' I cried. You lloi who dare to bark because fools tell 70a that lbe Jul of the British Is ended, set to your kcmicls like the -whipped curs you are. And when sense re turned! to you, cone to me at the fort craving pardon, lest I send word to the government of the wickedness in your hearts, and the hide be stripped from you in punishment. Go!' - ' , ' '-' J ' ;r H P'J AV J ' "And then, why then, and It brings . -. p.h.l i ?. JiClW I - 'if.-v-;. . tear to my eyes wbca I recall it. for C ' ""f?St A Ir-ty XPil"4! -- , ' they arc men. these Huhaamalui of c-'!'. s' . "i "V. . :V W V4j:' t ' 1 ;T5' r ' ' ''' India though illko children they be i ; . rtyh U? i -X i-l ( y s"Al.',i - ' y wty or ar!;ut as a man )..'w-.U,j X. 'i A A-iV-J '--t-'i ' may chance to load then f.-.e crowd ; r S . . ..)Yjr ' set up a throaty s'aout. not of rae or '' . ;.-,,..W,T Vw,.,-v:.-Vj-( Sl r.Xi''t dnce. but of approval and admira- : ...... . - ,,: rrO .:- Ji Alt , : i ....'y-..V;..;-V,.ftV ij. : K J I ' 'I-'' .!.:! II torr. lUrolds nei T,f 2 ?1 .'-V tjr that accne in V;-" ' f y J ' - ' v ' ' worst of it was th - fr7i"'N f:J.i 'J :if -y& 5ck and that his 1. k V-'-i J X;-. U.';.. j.-..-- "At last it was a IS L m. 'It Is well done!' cried manyToIees. 'It is well done, and tc'ao'.J our Ealb is a man. Let the r.al stand or Ia:I elsewhere, hero the and our Sahib are one: and see, the Eahlb stands wbllo the fool who spoke viln thlnn lies yonder la the dust. It is in truth well done I turned my horse slowly and walked him up the hill to the fort For me at that moment C-.e world held only one thing XIrs. Harold's face and that too said. 'It is well done and I think also 'thank you.' "After that there came some anxious times, but In the end mine was one of the districts that had r.o mutiny h la- nerve hod beea shaken the town, and tho that be couldn't get it wife aaw it. A m'riAMMATUN PtTCUKR VtXTXSt TII1C TU3S. my district to shoot, Lrlnglnz his wlfo and sUter with him. 1 did not know him from Adam, and I haJ net seen a Kuropean lady for over three years, so I was a bit bothered by tho intrusion. I felt shy and awkward la the com pany of ladles. I was only too glal to ship the party oft Into a corner of the d.strlct wairo girae was plentiful as soon as I could contrlvo to maUe tho necessary trranscmcrits. I dIJ not caro much for Harold, nor yd fjr h!3 tls ter, but Mrs. Harold charmed and fas cinated me. Harold was n cran' y sort of bcrgar nnd his Ristcr turned up Iur Hoi i nt most thliRS, Inelu.'.InT no. Mrs. Harold was well. Just everything that a woman rnn be! Hcantirul, with a sort of flory of bauty tlr.t yet had In It a certain ihlnty dlftnity tint held her worlds nbove you, nn 1 roo I you could ree tho nvd:ieKS looking out of her eyes and kind, In thought and deed. "The TTarolds had boon pone a mat ter of soma threo wccl.a whoa tho news reached r.io of tho utl;reak down coun try. 1 was sitting on my veranda, smoking my plpo and tlreanlng, when Hajl Jluh.nnmal Akhbar, one of the leading natives of tho plnco, enme to me suddenly out of thn lunilnot s dark nets of the night Ho was Bhnking with excitement a to told mo of tho mutiny of our tr 's down south and of the rapidity with which tLo dlsif. foctlon vs spreading. "Tho dlanffectlon eprendcth Tast. This very nbht It Is known In our baaars; to-morrow tho villages also will know. Then, perhaps who know eth save .Mali, tho Merciful, tho Com' passionate? tho HaJ of tho Sahlb-log will have Its ending in blooi!, as In blood It also had Ua beginning, nor will It be the turn of our women folk to bo made chattels for tbo pleasure of new husbands. "At that word fear left me and a great wratU alone remained. I toso from my r'.alr ar.d In an Instant I iiad him by the t:.roat "Have ft caro, dog!' I cried, as I hook him to and f o whllo ho rnsped and whined and ttruggled. 'Tho ItaJ of tho Sahlb-log Is not yet ended, and If blood Is to bo let. see that It be not thlte! In this district I am tha ItaJ of tho English.' "I thre r l.!m from mo. half rtrnn gled, and la a moment l e was all ao Jectnee and onlrc.ty. "Ho Rono!' I cried, epurnlng hfm with my foot Ho gathered hl-iself to gether and, whlnlnn excuses, dropped back Into the darkness. ' "When ho lad gono I stood for an Instant dnied la a world that had of a udden been shntlered about my head. I realized the disproportion of th white man's numbers In India to those of the people of the soil. "The words which HaJ! Muhammad 'Aknltr had spoken, hinting of the fate that awaited English women In India, flashed across my mind, and with them the thought of the one elf, and ahe well ahe wo everythin; Jut a woman oi:-ht to be. "The -evening before they were to go away I caie upon her sitting in tLe verauda cf tcy buasalow we bad zioved out of tbe tort a;sa before, in spite of HarolJ's frcnilcd protests r.ad she benn to speak of all, she waa ing there la his pajamas, his face Ira naturally white tu the moonlight 'I do I said. "On no better rrounda than mere pleased to say. they owed to me. native gup?' "'Don't I said. 'It Is I who owe 'On that and on a hundred and one a debt to you. It Is you wio have thlnca that have gone before and that helped mo, helped me to play Ue man.' now have a new meaalnz.' I rer.lied. I don t thlrk you wanted mucn V. ell. I don't believe a worj of It.' oelp to do that." sue said very seriously, he said sneeringlv. 'We'll Ulk it over "In a moment we were on our feet, In tho morning ho said with a yawn, facing one another, and her hands were AMOSG WILD HEISTS. Crocodiles. Lions and Hippopotami tndangcr Lives of Hallway BuiUcre In Africa. The building of the bridge at Vic toria Falls and the Cape to Cairo iUllway Las suddenly and necessarily brought a great many people together at this spot, wltere there was previous ly but an occasional traveler or hunter. Betides the birds and the butterflies aad the fuh, the chief living animals were lions, elephants, hippopotami, crocodiles. Jackals and hyenas. The crocodiles were found to be so numerous as many as thirty being seen together sometimes that they have had to be killed In great numbers for the safety of the people at work. One giant saurian killed a man and a womnn, and was Itself killed only af ter scliizg another man. A native woman was taking -water from toe river when the crocodile knocked hex in with Its tail, seized her in its hor rid mouth and dragged her away. Her husband was close by, but was power less to save ber. lie determined to be avenged, however, and for several nights waited in a canoe -with a load ed gun. Ho, too, disappeared, and it is thought the crocodile knocked turn out of the canoe as it hal knocued bis wlfo off the bank, and taken blm to Its hole. A week later it got another man, but Instead Of taking blm irto its hole, it carried him to an island. Here Its victim got bold of the zeeds and strong gram, and acid on ao tightly that the crocodile cunld not get away with him. Of course he screamed with all his might and a gang of men with crow bars went to rescue ilm. This they succeeded in doing, and also in slaying the dauttcrous monster. Inese croco diles are ao ravenous that It Is not pos sible evea to keep dogs with aaiety, and Parents living near the river are to constant dread of losing their chil dren. A Lion Terror. One ot the lions killed had also filled up the measure of its iniquity ere it met Its doom. Tne scene or. its appre ciations was a native village some dis tance north of the Falls. The native huts are very Blender, being built mainly of reeds. In such a hut a wo man was sluing when tho lion p' bsd cs:de the door, wal'.:ed la aad seized Lcr, carrying her away to h;s lair in tae rosso bush. Then no naa an ox. Thkj -s-as in the enclosure with other cattle and donkeys. The lion, lulling to ret Into tne en closure, so frightened the aalaoais with hla attempts that they rushed la a hud dled, terrified mass f.-ora end to end, and their weight upon the palisading broke it down. They rushed out through the optmlng, which was Just what the lien wanted, for he had now nothing to do but to ta'.;o his choice. Alter the ox, be selected a donkey on Lis next vLiit and then a sheep, and finally another ox. .At last the natives became panic stricken until some white men reassured then, telling them they would ait up all night for the lion and shoot hhn The lion came and got Awav wlLh another ox. lor the white men, tired with the watch, :had .fallen asleep. However, they were able to track him. It was important that having prom toad to kill the lion they should do ao, for that is the secret or the wnitc nan'a power over the native never tc break h s word, so tney act on io uk thick bush half a mile away, whither the lion's tracl.s led them. There tney cante uncn him and killed -Mm wltl one bullet that entered the right nos tril. This was what big game hunt ers consider a good kill, as the bullet c!ld not disfigure the lion nor Injure his skin. Near by was the carcass ol an ox, and a little further in the bush, la a sort of tunnel of Impenetrable thorn, were the gnawed bones the re mains of some of his Iormer victims stretching hlcisclf Insolently. "'You will do nothing of the sort I aid, and I could hear my voice vibrat ing with anr.cr. 'You ni-y think I am a coward, if you II'. o. I'm responsible for what r.apprns in this dintrict, and In mine. I knew then, I know now, that I mipht have kUsed her. But it would have hurt her. Instead I stooped and kissed ber hands. 'Goodbye and God keep you I said, br God. man. you have cot to do what and turning, left I t. 1 snv "That I know now, was my greatest "Well, I do think that you are a rattier nervous person, but we 11 aee wa.it my wlfo Bays ' 'Let mo spcik to her. please 1 said as you will, no onBwcrcd with a shrug. "Wo walked back to tho tent in el lonco, and presently Urn. Harold came out to us, her tall, slim figure wrapped in a wluto dressing gown our husband thinks that I am an alarmist I said, 'but I have' Informa tion of a general mutiny of our troops down country, nnd I know that the news Is true. I have left tny post in a moment of extreme emergency in or- der to bring you all in to my fort, which is the nearest approach to safety that I havo It in my power to offer you. Everything depends upon my get ting bnck before daybreak and before the natives know that I have left the place; but I won't go without you will you come now, at onco? "'Yes Bho Bald simply, bending those grave, true eyes steadily upon mo. We will como, of course. And thank you. You have risked a great deal to como to us, we understand that, and we are grateful.' Ul tUUlDU LUUiltU IU I1R1U1U) Tame Baby Hippopotamus. A young hippopotamus, riding on Its mothers' back when she was shot, was saved and cared for by one of the men. Theso animals are very danger ous to canoe men, for in returning to the surtace to blow they often come ue riptit ttnaer the canoe and upset it Sometimes thes give chase to canoes and then the native paddlere do all they can to reach the bank, unless a COFFEE 3 n DOES HUR.T lZako the trial yourself leave oil -CofXee lO days and use POSTUM FOOD COFFEE Thsf sfhQ only Trcxy to find but P A JUNGLE FIGHT. moment of all amoment that might bo easily iiave been spoiled lor ber, lor grudgingly. 'No doubt'you did what mo; . . von thourht richt So now instead I Tiave mymemorleB " ' ' ' I ..-.-.-I- 4Uin A a n rl rrx "Miss Harold Joined her brother In -"-7 i,ia t n 1 priceless memory of a thins left un- bearer, but I cared little enough for done; and now. as I sit here waiting that. I knew the event would prove for the end. thev r!vo me all I ask of me right; Mrs. Harold had thanked me "a,PP'?ea8 01 couiefltmcui- - .... . . I V ' ! 1 Tn(viT no ara nad shown tnat Bno understood. 1 asked for nothing more. "I rodo at her Blue during tho whole j! the remainder of that nlsht The irnse of my proximity to her, and my knowledge of tho fact that her safety f.ust largely depend uron me, upon my cffort3, upon my wits, upon mv courrgo, Infixed Into mo a new en thusiasm nnd energy, and fixed my de termination to como out on top or die, solid as a rock. "Just after daybreak we rarre to the outskirts of tho tovn. A Mnhnmmadan mendicant In. a long green gown wa exhorting the people. His uce, livid with excitement and rontorted with en thusiasm, was BtralnVng heavenward, and his long white beard flew back over his shoulder as he poured out a stream of fierce word and Jib that bit deep hill Magazine. Jicvcr Wore rjamas. At a function on fllaln street a bash ful young lady was taken in to dinner by an elderly professor who was a bit deaf. To start conversation, she said: 'TrofesFor. do you like bananas?" "Yes, my dear lady," "be answered, "but I think I prefer the old fashioned night shirt." Had a Sltvng Breath, An Irishman "leaned over the coun ter la a Jewelry store and said to the clerk, "Give me ene ef your best wed ding rings." "Eighteen karats?" he was asked. "No, atlng onions, but 1b It any ot your. Infernal business?" white -man -with a Title Is with them. The baby yras thriving very well when last heard of. He escaped from uis enclosure once, but came back very hungry, as was evident from the rav enous way in which he applied him self to his food. A Literary Kicker. Charles Lamb once heart? a burglar breaking in his house. He drew on bis heavy hunting boots and with a candle went down stairs and con fronted him In the act of putting the silver from the breakfast table Into his bag. "What are you doing?" de manded the author. "I am hungry and was Just getting something to eat," hes itatingly replied the thief. "T-take a Meg of Mamb." stuttered the author, as he kicked him dorvn the cellar stairs. Another Version, Mary had a little mule, It followed her one day to scuool, The teacher got behind that mule And hit It with a rule, Like a fool And after that no school! Postum 3 a mre rebnUder and when yon cot out tha toSee and use Postum instead, yon get a taste c' health, for the .aches and ails begin to leave. "Ton may JHINK you know, Irat yon dont vmntfl after the trial. Remember 'There's a Reason. 19 C & mtWJaook. 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