THE WOMAN IN THE CASE,
Twhh the woman! 'Twas the womanl" rang the cry through Edeu'a bowcra,
" 'Twas tlio woman;" yet wo hear It in tbese modern days of ours
Nm tin false bowhlskered sinners desperately try to place
Ail the blame upon the Hhouldcrs of the woman In the case.
F 'twill be till timo has ended, till the sun Is stripped of light
And the ourLh Is In the blackness of the never-ending night.
Till the hounding of the trumpet calls the dead from earthly sleep
And the heuvenly Inspectors separate the goats and sheep.
Even at the bar of Judgment when we're called upon to show
The extenuating features of our sinning here below
-There may be full many cowards who will stand with brazen faco .
And attribute their transgressions to the woman In the case.
jjJ eUPm KIDNAPED jl
BT wkas a very dainty, gentlemanly
baby. Craddock had entered the
waiting room of the depot In haste
and nearly dropped his gripsack Into
the seat before he saw that it was oJ
mpled by the baby.
Craddock stared down at it through
his rimless eyeglasses and decided that
It was a very decent sort. Hablcs were
ull "its" to him. As a usual thing ho
classed them ull under one head as a
Hoppy, Inane backboneless crowd. But
this particular one was different.
.Suddenly the baby saw him and
smiled. It liad blue, eyes. Their ox-
vPsn;sHiou was not the customary eon-
Hohslble and friendly.
Craddock foreswore his prejudices
and reached out his hand for a pro
pitiatory shake, whereupon the baby,
by one of" those mysterious revulsions
of sentiment peculiar to Its kind, set
up a howl of Insulted excluslveness.
Oradddck lied, vividly conscious of
a llery battery of eyes directed nt him
rum tin nans ol uie room, uv me
jiiie iik nau reucneu uie luruier enu
the I'o.vL hud ceased as abruptly as
It begun, and he saw a young woman
bending over the baby.
She was slight and glrllsh-looklng.
"With a feeling of warm, Indignant
sympathy for tho baby, he decided
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WONDKUKO WHOM SHIS HAD MAKIUKD.
that she "was an Irresponsible, careless
mflim ft- vtril tJ n Ttrrwilnt ril n rkf c lia
pfjthe poor little devils lived, the way
tub average woman looked out for
them. She did not look over 10.
What business had a girl getting
married and taking upon herself tho
responsibility of u new life to guard
t and guide V He frowned wrathfully at
the young woman as she took her seat
tranquilly beside tho baby and be-
' gaii reading a book which she had evi
dently Just bought at the news stand.
It was lfvo minutes of three by the
' large round clock over the ticket office.
; Oraddock irlanceil nroiitwl lit
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lgot the baby, in a solid sense of quiet
yPPhiess.
ire was going homo. The last year
Wat college was llnlshed. More than
that Already u slight opening Into
'Uhe arena was offered him. A corps of
rM mining engineers and surveyors were
f to he pent south In a few weeks to
ft
ift Arizona on a prospecting tour, and
j he had the chance to join them.
1 It meant so much. After long years
int study and theorizing, it meant the
V first practical application to actual,
Ii living work, and he felt as eager as a
traw recruit for the first whiff of battle
J smoke.
AmVjM'Sldes, thoro was Carolyn.
Inftci, there had always been Oaro-
iyv.rwo tar as ne was concerned. The
Craddock and True3dalo residences
stood Hldo by side in Winnetka, with
one common fenceless law between.
' Ho remembered tho first time ho
(toad seen her. The Craddocks had just
ye(i into tneir new nomo In the
jtky lake shore suburb, and he
wandered about, a idno-year-old
itru'nger In a strange land. There was
t sldo porch to tho Truesdalo house,
plematls vines climbed over It. and on
the Htone stop sat Carolyn playing
atore,
. She was live, and tho glint of tho
violet's blue was In her eyes, and tho
wild rose bloom on her saucy, dim
pled face as she turned to look at
him.
"Hello, boy!" she called, In neigh
borly fashion. "Turn on over and buy
sumlln."
It was a most extensive storo. There
were -fresh plantain leaves for lettuce
and grass for asparagus. The pota
toes were pebbles and tho sugar white
sand. There 'were buttercups for
squash and daisies for cauliflower, and
Carolyn was making mud pies.
From thut day for ten years they
had been faithful chums. At times
tho two porches were hostile citadels,
but peace treaties never failed In their
mission until the time when he depart
ed for college,.
The first vucatlon ho had seen little
of her. She was sixteen, and did not
care to remember the mud pies. Tho
next year it was roaes uud Juno time
again, and when he went away ho left
his heart behind.
But last year The sharp ring of
the signal bell for trains startled him
from his reverie. It had been all her
fault. lie picked up his grip. She
was self-willed. She had guyed him
unmercifully. She hud a hundred and
one brainless Idiots kissing tho hem
of he trim white duck skirt. She was
not true. And yet
He started down tho long waiting
room In hot haste. There was a fig
ure just passing through tho heavy
swing doors ahead. It was the young,
irresponsible mother, and sho was un
mistakably hurrying to catch the sub
urban train.
He glanced back at the seat. The
baby wis still there, alone, and sleep
ing. It all flashed over him Instantly.
Tho Irresponsible, absent-minded moth
er had burled her head In a novel and
forgotten the baby. With Craddock to
think was to act.
He prided .himself on his ability to
grasp a situation and twist it Into
proper shape. Disregarding the looks
of the people around, ho caught un
baby, shawls and all, and strode after
the young woman Just ns ho passed
through the tall Iron gates she board
ed the train, and ns he swung on to
the platform the train shook Itself up
and started on a slow trot.
He was wrathful, but determined.
Itudely Jostled from pleasant slum
bers, the baby cried lustily nil tho
way, and as he entered the car It took
a fresh start. .
She was sitting mid way down the
aisle, and had Just settled herself com
fortably when he dropped tho bundle
down Into her lap.
"There's your child, madam," he
said, bent upon withering her with po
lite sarcasm. "In your haste you for
got It"
The girl gasped In utter amazement
at the sudden apparition and raised
her faco to look at the donor. As sho
did so Craddock felt a strange chilli
ness start at his toes and steal up
wards. It was Carolyn. The next
thought was worse. It was Carolyn'
baby.
Before he could speak she had
turned her whole attention to tho cry
Ing baby with tho natural woman'
Instinct, and as he saw the two heads
close together he wondered vaguely
why he had not known It must be
hers from tho blue eyes. No one on
earth but Carolyn had big, serious blue
eyes llko the baby, with that look of
Innocent wisdom In them.
The train lurched na It swung
arouud a curve, and ho sank Into the
seat opposite her. A benevolent old
lady across the aisle beamed on them
with kindly Interest, and he set his
teetli Hard as he read her thoughts
Ho would keep his tomper, at all
events. There should be no family
quarrels enneted under the eyes of
that old penguin opposite.
Under tho Influences of Carolyn
caresses and tenderness the babv hn
subsided, and was cuddling contented
ly hack to sleep In her arms. He
dared not look at her until, accident
ally glancing up, he saw that she was
regarding him with cold, sereno dis
approval.
It was maddening under tho circum
stances. Ho had read somowhoro in
n book, or had heard It said by one
who know, that a girl, after she had
donned tho cap of matronhood, and
knew what was good for colic, al
ways regarded former sweethearts
with cold, serene disapproval.
He wondered whom she had mar
ried, and rnu over tho list of brain
less Idiots swiftly, discarding them
all, however, as unworthy, and all tho
time thero was that heavy heartacho
within, and a feeling that nothing mat
tered, and he was sorry ho had como
home.
All at once Carolyn spoke, steadily
and distinctly:
"Muy I usk where you got this
baby, Mr. Craddock?"
This was too much. He laughed,
and hoped It was a sardonic laugh.
Tho old sweethearts nlw.uys met the
look of cold, sereno disapproval with
a sardonic laugh, ho knew.
"I got It where you happened to
leave it," he replied. "You Boemed
somewhat preoccupied."
She was silent, lie felt thnt ho
must rise to tho emergency with tri
umphant unconcern.
"It Is a very pretty baby."
Sho smoothed back a looso curl
from the llttlo apple blossom of a faco
lying back on her arm.
He made a desperate movo.
"Boy or girl?"
Carolyn raised her eyelashes lndlg
nnntly and looked at him.
"Rex Craddock," she exclaimed, un
der her breath. "How on earth should
I know? You actually think It be
longs to mu, don't you I never In my
life mot such a cold-blooded, bare
faced presumption as you possess. Do
you know what you've done? You'vo
kidnaped this baby."
Craddock stared at her In crushed
speechlessness, conscious of a wild,
riotous Joy somewhere inside of him.
It didn't belong to her.
"I saw you with It Curol " he be
gan, as sho paused.
"Don't you dare to call mo Carol,"
she flashed back at him, and the old
lady across tho aisle moved uneasily.
"It belongs to tho Rnthburney. Mrs.
Itnthburn leaves on the 4:45 for
Wheaton, and had gono to buy her
ticket, so I watched the baby for her,
when you scared It Into a fit nearly.
She will bo nearly wild when she
finds I am not in thedepot wltli It"
A blight idea struck Oraddock.
"I'll take It back," he volunteered.
She met tho proposition with scorn.
Take It back, Indeed ! no take it
back, when ho carried the poor little
darling llko a sack of meal and let
It screech all the time.
"It didn't screech," ho protested.
"It only cried a little, and I don't
mind that. I can get off at Evanston
and take the first train back to the
city. It's asleep, anyway."
Carolyn shook her head resolutely.
"They might arrest you for kidnap
ing. Serves you right, too, but I'll
take It back myself, for Mrs, Bath
burn's sake."
"Then I shall go, too," announced
Craddock. "It's too heavy for you to
carry, Carol "
"Don't call me Carol, Mr. Crad
dock. You have no right to."
"It Isn't my fault that I haven't,"
groaned Oraddock. "If you make a
Jump like that again when I speak
you'll wake the kid."
"Don't call it a kid. Isn't It enough
that you'vo run off with It, without
Insulting It? Your college life hasn't
Improved you,"
He looked at her steadily.
"Perhaps a few years out In Ari
zona will, then," he said, bitterly. "I
leave In a week or so."
It avus glorious to note tho change
In her face. lie Inld on another coat.
"A man must see the world. It will
do me good to rough It. And If any
thing should happen, it won't matter
much now. I shall rather enjoy a dan
gerous life."
Her head bent lower over the baby.
"Ldist year It would huvo been dif
ferent," ho went on. "But when a
fellow has all the heart knocked out
of him"
"Don't" The bo by stirred and
fretted, and she laid It back on her
lap while she drew off her gloves In
order to arrange Its rumpled bonnet
and cloak.
Ilnlf unconsciously his gaze strayed
to her left hand. She wore his ring.
It was not a solitaire, merely a boyish
affair ho had given her years ago,
with a tiny cluster of forgot-me-nots
on it, in turquoise and pearls. And
sho wore It yet
The train was entering Evanston.
Craddock rose resolutely and too her
umbrella and book from tho seat be
sldo her. Tho old lady wus looking,
but ho bent over Carolyn's blonde
head defiantly.
"Sweotheart, let's don't." How the
old boyish words camo back to him.
"I love you so, Carol."
Sho did not answer. They had
reached tho pretty stono depot. Ho
helped her lift tho baby and the old
lady smiled approvingly, but Carolyn
was silent When they stood on the
platform a moment later he took the
noft, llttlo bundle from her with gen
tlo Insistence.
"Will you woar tho ring until I
como back from Arizona In tho fall,
Carol?" he asked. She raised her
blue oyes to him, nnd they were fud
of tears.
"Ilex, I bellevo you kidnaped Cu
pid," she said, as they took tho train
back to the city together. Utlca
Globe.
FACTS ABOUT EARLY ROADS.
First American Htcimi Knllway Sixteen
MUcn Louie lined to lliinl Con I.
Tho first steam railroad In operation
In this country was used by tho Dola
Avaro and Hudson Canal Company In
18121) to carry coal from Its mines to
the canal for shipment to Now York.
Tho track was sixteen miles long. Tho
rails, of rolled iron Vdx'-Vi Inches, were
spiked, broad side down, to hemlock
Joists laid on cross ties ten feet apart.
Tho engine In Its trial trip made ten
miles an hour.
Tho Baltimore and Ohio was the
first American road to organise on an
extensive system. Begun In 18128, It
had in 1835 a track mileage of 115.
Tho first trains between New York
nnd Philadelphia ran on the Camden
and Amboy, which road was begun
In 1882 and completed In 1887, and Is
now part of tho Pennsylvania railroad
system. Tho Pennsylvania was char
tered In 18-10. Construction Avas be
gun In Uie following year and the
road was opened In 185-1. Trains to
Chicago wore first run over this road
In 1858.
Tho first Western Stato to possess a
railroad was Michigan, In 18JW. Illi
nois, Mississippi nnd Indiana followed
in 1830, 1841 and 1812. Railroading In
California began In 1850 and In the
'00's Beven of our Western States fol
lowed. Arizona had no railroad prior
to 1870, and Oklahomn gave no pas
turage to tho Iron horse until 1883.
In tho pioneer days of railroading It
wus sometimes necessary for the con
ductor to run forward over the roofs
of tho cars to shout orders to the en
gineer. Traveling at night was goner
ally avoided, though one road adopted
the expedient of running ahead of the
locomotive a fiat car loaded with sand,
on which a bonfire was kopt burning
as a headlight On some early lines
horses -were used to help tho trains on
upgrades, so that the cry "get a horse"
mny be of earlier date than Is sup
posed. In 1808 Germany had 30,000 miles of
railroad; Great Britain, 121,000; France,
25,000; Russia, 20,000, and Austria
Hungary, 21,000. No other country
had a mileago In five figures except
the United States, with the modest fig
ure of 180,000, nearly 20,000 more than
all of Europe. New York Sun.
3HE LIKES TO CAKEWALK.
MIh KooHCvelt'H SiiBccfttlon, However,
Wun Nut Followed.
According to tho Washington Mir
ror, Miss Allco Roosevelt enjoys noth
ing at a ball so much as where the
piece do resistance, so to speak, is a
good old cake-walk. She Is said to bo
willing to lend the swaying, exagger
ated procession that mimics tho stops
and gestures of old-time plantation
darkeys, and the Mirror relates the ex
perience of a St Louis lady of high
degree who entertained In honor of tho
President's daughter during her visit
to the exposition Inst year. If thero Is
any place whore the conventions are
carefully observed, It is In aristocratic
old St Louis, and this particular host
ess was of the inner circle of tho elite.
Her ball was Just what sho thought
should be arranged for tho dlstln
gulsred visitor, nnd It was as prim
as a china nster. Miss Allco, it is said,
was bored by tho tameness of tho af
fair, and it was not long before ono
of tho guests approached the hostess
with a whispered hint that a cake
walk would plense the girl from the
White House. The grando dame, It is
alleged, put her foot down decisively
nnd flatly, and refused to follow the
suggestion. Miss Roosevelt was not a
late guest She pleaded fatigue, and,
with her companions, went home. I
give tho story for what It Is worth,
says a writer In the Honolulu Bulletin.
It Is well known, however, thut Miss
Roosevelt is not oppressed by a sense
of her terrible importance as tho
daughter of a President. Sho Is merely
a young girl, with all of a girl's love of
gayety, and I do not suppose she can
Imagine n lot of prim women getting
together to glvo her an entertainment
suitable to what they consider her
exalted rank. Some women, with very
high social aspirations in San Fran
Cisco, aro not above showing a lively
foot In a cake-walk, and they havo not
tho excuse of extreme youth, either.
With the prospect of a visit from
tho President's daughter, the wuy of
amusing her is of intorcst, and It is
refreshing to find that she Is lnsplrod
and Is full of innocent amusements as
n child.
TEXAS QIRL A SHERIFF,
Cl.AHA DMSCOl.l..
Another Hoandnl.
"What's the matter with Mrs. Byr
diogh?" "Jealous. She overheard her bus
band say that ho was going to buy a
ribbon for his typewriter, and she's
been threatening to sue for divorce
ever since." Cleveland Leader.
Upholds the MnJcHtr of the LW
Anionic Cattlo Itttnticra.
On a ranch In Texas thero lives a
young woman who for months past has
been engaged In a calling for which it
has always been
supposed only nion
wore "cut out"
She Is a deputy
sheriff In Mexico
County. Her nanio
Is Clara Drlscoll.
She Is no untaught
lass of the "wild
and woolly" south
west, but Is a high
ly educated, ox
t r c m o 1 y wealthy
young woman, who
numbers among her
Intimate friends the wealthiest and
best known people of tho North. Al
most every year sees hor In Chicago
and New York. Miss Drlscoll Is a,
lithe, active and handsome girl. Hor
father Is the owner of tho great Palo
Alto ranch of 400,000 acres, In south
western Texas. Tho ranch Is clghtoon
miles from Corpus Chrlstl and a llttlo
moro than 100 miles from tho Rio
Grande. When young sho was sent
to France, where sho spent three years
In n convent. Returning homo sho be
came known as the Diana of tho
Southwest for hor daring horseback
riding.
As a deputy sheriff sho has had nu
merous experiences with cattle rustlers
nnd bandits and has proved her worth
ns an officer of tho law.
One of her experiences had to do
with tho rustlers, some of whom a
short time before had shot and killed
a trusted foreman on her father's
ranch. It happened at a time when
sho had taken an unusually long rldo
and had started to return to tho ranch
over a more southerly route. It was
midday. Entering a copse of low
trees, sho saw ahead tho outline of a
river bank. As sho camo nonrer sho
detected a thin column of smoke ris
ing from below tho bank of tho dried
river bod. Thinking It was a part of
her father's men, sho rodo up until
sho could get a hotter vision. There
below, crouching over a fire they had'
built, wore two Mexicans, villnlnous
looking fellows; near at hand lay their
rifles. They wore so absorbed in their
occupation thnt they did not hear hor
approach. Hor keen sonso detectedj
the odor of cooking llcsli, and for the,
first time she noticed tho carcass of i
ono of her father's yearlings lying fur
ther on.
Then, ns she thought of tho fate of
tho former foreman, who had fallen a'
victim perhaps to these same men, sho
realized her peril. As an ofllcor of tho!
law It was hor duty to arrest them utj
any cost Sho drow her ,11-callbor
Colt's navy, and, covering them, she
dashed down over the river bank. Tho
men, taken unawares, throw up their
hands. They were commanded to
move away from tho fire, while sho se
cured their rifles; then, woman llko,
she saw that they appeared desporato
ly hungry, nnd she allowed them to fin.
Ish their roasting, and even ato with
them.
This strnnge repast ended, tho come
ly deputy mounted hor mustang and
marched theso men ahead of her back
to the ranch, whore thoy wore secured
until a ranger took them In chnrgo and
saw them safely In Corpus Ohristl
Jail.
RAN SI.20Q TO THE TON.
ItlcbcHt Mine Outside Mexico and Pern
in Luke Superior.
"Tho richest mlno of silver ever
opened by man was not In Peru or
Mexico," said Capt Walpolo Roland:
of Rnlny Lake to the Mllwaukco Free,
Press, "but on a mere reef In that
greatest of fresh-water seas, Lako Su
perior. It has been forgotteu by all
but a few of the older Inhabitants that
only a third of a century ago the rich
est silver mine In tho old or now world
was operated under Its waters at Sil
ver Islet Tho story of Its discov
ery, its development uuder tho most
trying conditions nnd against tho pow
er of all the elements and the final
trlmph of nature over man affordB a
romantic chapter In the drama of real
life equaling in apparent Improbabil
ity some of tho tiles of Baron Mun
chausen, but all the details of which
aro verified by authentic records and
the memories of men now living. Tho
Island was but 75 feet long by 00 feet
In width, rising but a few feet abovo
tho water on a calm day, but entirely
submerged by tho long swells from,
the East In stormy weather. Tho rock
ran $1,200 to tho ton. A single pocketi
of sixty tons yielded moro than $100,
000. In the year 1877 750,000 ounces,
of silver worth $1.82 per ounce was re
fined from rock tnken from the mlno.'
Tho mlno produced $0,000,000 worth of
Bllver during the period of Its activity.
Old timers say thero aro millions or
silver still there, but It will take $1,
000,000 to start work again properly.
Since 1889 the mine has lain Idlo. The
Detroit syndlcato which owned it bo
came discouraged on account of un
usually heavy expenses for a few
years. The pumps stopped, the mlno
filled with water and, to complete tho
ill-fortune, a big storm attacked the
islet and did great damage."
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