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Towards evening the weather improv
ed considerably the wind abating the
clouds banking themselves up into heavy
masses overhead while along the west
ern skies there were silver rifts that
Beemed slowly and steadily widening In
deed the heavy darkness overhead made
that white glory in the west all the more
vivid and alluring and when at length
through some sudden parting of the
clouds a flood of sunlight swept across
the cornfields and the hedges and the
daisied meadows the effect was quite be
wildering
The evening drew on apace but mo
mentarily it became more beautiful It
really seemed as if we had come out
from under those lurid storm clouds into
r region of mellow radiance and perpet
ual calm The still surface of the canal
was a golden pathway before us over
head such spaces of the sky as were now
clear were of a pale blue just touched
here and there with a flake of saffron
cloud Of course this brilliancy could
not last Slowly the wild fires in the
west paled down As we drew near to
Bedford Simele there was a wan twi
light on the water and as we stole
through the outskirts of Leamington Pri
ors the windows and lamps gleamed or
enge through the gathering gray dusk
Late that night Mrs Threepenny bit
happened to bethink her of putting post
age stamps on the letters that had occu
pied her in the afternoon and while do
ing so she pushed one of the envelopes
across the little table to Miss Peggy
There Peggy do you see to whom I
have been writing
The young lady tQok up the letter and
read the address To Colonel Sir Ewen
Oameron V 0 K C BM Aldershot
Damp Hampshire But with regard to
the contents of the letter the astute small
person chose to hold her peace
CHAPTER VIII
x Tour servant colonel says a talPand
glim young lady as she appears at the
floor of the saloon and makes a very fair
tmitation of a military salute
iBut if Mrs Threepenny bit or Colonel
Anne as she is supposed to be has any
wish to check the young persons imper
tinence it so happens that she has just
had the means placed at her disposal
Look here Peggy she says Mr
Duncombe has been over to the town
and was kind enough to ask for letters
This one Is for you and the postmark
Is Oxford
Oh thank you Miss Peggy says to
the young man Im sure I never should
have thought of asking for letters at
Warwick
But Peggy says Mrs Threepenny
bit the postmark is Oxford what
friends have you in Oxford
It may be a bill she says carelessly
as she takes the envelope in her hand
- and proceeds to open it Oh no its
from Mr ABecket
She ran her eye over the two or three
pages in a negligent fashion
t Oh he cant get away at present Did
I tell you he spoke of coming over to
Warwick to see how we were getting
along And and there are some in
scriptions in a church in Bath that we
are to look at Then there are kind re
gards and remembrances to everybody
Thats all
Now Miss Peggy was in the highest of
spirits and as we walked along the pleas
ant country road toward the town she
appeared to have taken leave of her
senses altogether Perhaps the unaccus
tomed sunlight had got into her brain
perhaps she was enjoying a fierce delight
b her release from the strict surveillance
that hemmed her in on board the Name
less Barge at all events a dafter lassie
could not that morning have been found
Within the shores of these three islands
I say she asks just as if this sud
denly confidential appeal were the most
Natural thing in the world what is the
mntter with Mr Duncombe
You most likely
What do you mean
Well he may have been forming ex
alted ideas of the feminine character
Toung men are soft headed enough to do
that sometimes you know And then
he may have seen a young lady unblush
Ingly open a Jetter yes and read the
contents aloud too a letter from a middle-aged
Oxford don whom she has bam
boozled out of his senses He may have
been shocked by such a display of cal
lousness
Oh nothing of the sort Dont you
make any mistake says Miss Peggy
with decision There is something trou
bling him something serious What do
pou think now about that letter last
night she continues Do you think
Queen Tita has asked Col Cameron to
come and sail with us for a bit
More likely she has written to tell
him we shall be returning through the
outhern counties and asking him if he
would care to ride over from Aldershot
when we are at some near point and
Umch with us
What Is Col Cameron like
When you see him you will probably
call him a long red headed Scotchman
Rather blunt and overbearing is he
Overbearing He comes of the same
stock as the gentle Lochiel
And yet the Camerons are a fighting
race arent they
Oh yes they have done a little in that
-way now and again during the past cen
tury or two
I should like to see him she says
umply and then her attention is claim
ed by the buildings of the town of War
wick which lies before us
When we got back to the hotel the
equanimity of our small party received
an unexpected shock We had discover
ed that the Avon is not navigable be
tween Stratford and Tewkesbury and so
we had resolved to get around to the
Severn by ihc Warwick and Birming
ham Canal Meanwhile we could
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tainly get by canal as far as Stratford
but as we should have to turn back there
it was proposed in order to avoid going
over this part of the route twice to send
on the Nameless Barge under care of
Captain Columbus while we should run
through to Stratford by rail What was
our astonishment to hear Jack Dun
combe calmly say to his hostess
I am afraid if it comes to that I
must ask you to leave me out I I am
very sorry but I fear I shall have to go
back to town Of course it isnt like
breaking up the party you can easily get
someone to take my place I assure you
I am sorry enough to go for the trip
so far has been most delightful and you
will soon be getting to even more inter
esting districts but I think yes I think
it will be safer if you count me out
For a second there was an awkward
silence Mrs Threepenny bit seemed
afraid to ask him the reason for this sud
den resolve
I hope it is nothing serious she ven
tured to say however
Oh no I think not he said evasive
ly and then he added I should fancy
you would find it all plain sailing now
until you get to the Severn and then
youll want a steam tug or something of
the kind to take you down to Bristol
He was talking in quite a matter-of-fact
fashion but he seemed depressed a
little Then when luncheon was over
he said he would walk along to the tele
graph office and join us subsequently at
the castle whither we were shortly
bound At the same moment Miss Peggy
went away to her own room to fetch her
guide books and the instant she had
shut the door behind her Queen Tita was
free to express her astonishment and her
suspicions
Now really do you think that wretch
has been at her tricks again she de
mands
What wretch What tricks
Why what should he be going away
for so suddenly if he hadnt quarreled
with her she says Surely he cant
be so hard hit that he must needs be
mightily offended because she has been
amusing herself a little with Mr ABeck
et and getting a letter or two
You dont imagine he is such a fool
What could it matter to him her getting
twenty dozen letters from Mr ABeck
et
Oh you dont know She is pretty
clever at leading people on even when
she pretendsj to be most innocent How
ever if he wishes to go I suppose we
must let him go And it would be such
a chance to get Col Cameron to come
alone
When we got back to our hotel after
having rummaged through one or two
shops that are well known
to lovers of useless furniture and cracked
plates we found a telegram lying on the
trble addressed to our young playwright
Ho took it up aiid opened the envelope
Yes he said it is as I feared I
must go back to town to morrow
That same night was to be the last
that our little party as hitherto consti
tuted was to assemble together and at
the modest banquet that was meant to
console us for our lack of dinner the two
women folk were unmistakably inclined
to be complaisant to the young man His
hostess was very kind to him and not
only renewed her expressions of regret
at his going but once more urged his re
turn when that might be practicable for
him
Oh I shall be glad enough to get back
if I can said he which he hardly
would have said had he been going away
in resentment of Miss Peggys conduct
and now he was affecting to be more
cheerful though he was not in a very
gay mood we could see
At all events Mr Duncombe Foggy
says to him we shall hope to find you
with us again soon and to have the ben
efit of your advice 1 am sure we cant
say how indebted we are to you for your
help in getting us along as far as we
have got
Soon thereafter for it had been a long
and busy day there was a general de
parture for our respective quarters and
the Warwick Arms subsided into the
general silence that lay over the sleeping
town
CHAPTER IX
There was a welcome bustle of prepar
ation for the boat had been successfully
brought along to Stratford and had now
to be provisioned for the resumption of
our voyage likewise we had to write our
last letters before bidding good by to
civilization and once more disappearing
into the unknown In the midst of all
this Miss Peggy appears just a little
breathless
Say now what is your friend like
she asks with some eagerness
What friend says Queen Tita
Why Col Cameron of course Is he
very tall and thin and sandy haired
with a small mustache that has a streak
of gray in it and blue gray eyes that
look at you well as if they had seen you
before
Yes that is rather like him But what
do you mean Peggy He isnt come al
readyis he
Well it cant be he either she con
tinues He wouldnt think of going
boating in a costume like that a Irbck
coat and a tall hat yellow gloves patent
leather boots Well if it is your friend
he looks as if he bad just stepped out
of Pall Mall -But
where did you see him
Whoever he is he is down below in
the hall
In this hotel
Yes and and he looked at me as I
passed him as If he thought I might be
long to your party
Of course it is Col Cameron Mrs
Threepenny bit exclaims at once Go
away down and ask him to come up
Peggy
Me says the girl in some alarm
Oh I couldnt I dont know him There
might be a mistake
Well I suppose 5 must go myself
she says putting back her chair and
therewith she leaves the room and pro
ceeds downstairs to receive her new vis
itor
I say observes Miss Peggy with
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some disappointment that Is Col
Cameron he isnt like a soldier at all
He is just like one of those icicled crea
tures you see walking in St James
street stiff and starched and polished to
the very finger tips and the toes and
looking at you with a- cold blank stare
of indifference
Do you know this Miss Peggy that
if you only got a glimpse of him as you
came by you managed to bring away a
pretty faithful portrait
There were voices without the next
moment Queen Tita appeared followed
by a tall thin sun tanned person who
carried his hat in one hand and his um
brella in the other When he was in
troduced to Miss Peggy his eyes rested
on her for a second with a kindly look
as if there had already been some slight
acquaintance between them no doubt he
had guessed that she was of our party
when she had passed him below Then
he sat down and proceeded to explain
that he had received our manageresss
telegram in London only the night before
and had come straight away down the
first thing in the morning to see what
was wanted of him
You know Sir Ewen said Mrs
Threepenny bit with much cheerfulness
I cannot let you come with us unless
you quite understand all the provisions
you will have to put up with Dont you
think you ought to go and see the boat
then you would know aslittle better what
to expect
But I heard all about your project be
fore you started said he with a kind
of gentle persuasiveness and I envied
you I never thought I was to be so
fortunate as to be asked to join you and
now that I am here I think your diffi
culty will be to get rid of me If you
dont mind I think I will go out and see
if I can pick up a few boating things I
suppose in a riverside place one may find
what one wants And which did you say
was the next town you would come to
Worcester
Then I will telegraph to Aldershot
when I am out I suppose I shall find
you here when I come back
The moment he had gone Mrs
turned to her young friend
Well she said with a kind of pride
But Miss Peggy answered nothing
Well she said again What do you
think of him Peggy
Of course I dont know yet said the
young lady evasively I thought Le
would look more like a soldier he is like
like anybody else
Did you expect to find him wearing
his Victoria Cross Of course he came
away just as he was It is a sdldiers
pride to be able to start at a moments
notice 5e
It was near midday when we were
ready to start but when we did get away
our departure was most auspicious
There was a kind of general elation in
setting forth and then everything looked
cheerful in the welcome sunlight and
r there were warm sweet airs blowing
about all promised well Our colonel
had greatly pleased his hostess with his
praises of the arrangements on board
he was delighted with everything and
especially surprised that he could stand
upright in the saloon Then Captain Co
lumbus had been duly complimented on
his success in bringing the boat through
and Murdoch who was at first rather
overcome with awe on hearing the name
of our new guest had been driven out
of his senses with pride and gratification
when Inverfask was considerate enough
to address a few words to him in his na
tive tongue and finally at the very last
moment a messenger had come running
down to the canal side with a parcel for
which Miss Peggy had been anxiously in
quiring ever since she came to Strat
ford
And what is that Peggy asks her
hostess looking at the long thing that
has just been handed into the boat
Guess
Some magical kind of sunshade is
it
No its a fishing rod an American
one I sent for it a long time ago and
have been wondering whether it was
ever going to arrive They say our Amer
ican rods are very good I hope this one
will turn out all right
And since when have you taken to
fishing Peggy she asks
Oh it isnt for myself its for him
the young lady answers indicating a not
uninterested bystander
Oh it5s for him is it Well he cant
wear that at his watch chain says Mrs
Spitfire and therewith she withdraws
into the saloon to beg Col Cameron not
to bother any more with those Ordnance
Survey maps
To be continued
First of Minnesotas Hooks
The interesting fact is brought to the
attention of the Pioneer Press by Rev
S W Dickinson aent for the Ameri
can Bible society that the first book
ever printed in Minnesota was a bible
and that this was printed in 1S3G some
thirteen years before the issue of a
newspaper in St Paul The bible re
ferred to was in the Ojibway language
and was printed on the mission press at
Lake Pakegama Pine county under
the supervision of Rev Mr Ayers who
likewise had charge of the mission farm
at that point There also was made the
first attempt to establish a free school
in Minnesota The foundation of the
old log church building in which this
was held can still be traced
It is significant of the eagerness
characterizing American Christianity
that the educational social and com
mercial development of which Min
nesotans are now so proud had its be
ginning in the effort to put the bible in
the hands of the red men The society
represented by Mr Dickinson which
is undoubtedly the greatest organiza
tion in the world for the distribution of
the scriptures has filled its eighty
seven years of history with many such
Incidents as this of the sitting up of a
bible press in the wilds of Minnesota
It now proposes large undertakings in
the new areas of the Ameiican republic
in which it will doubtless have the
cordial support of all who believe in the
beneficent influence of the good book
St Taul Pioneer Press
A letter addressed to The Ornrlest
Man in the United States after a long
journey through the mails was very
appropriately sen back to the writer in
Denver
rii
In Great Britain there are 7340096
houses of all kinds As the population
Is about 40000000 this gives five pert
sons and say a baby to each house
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BRITISH TROOPS TAKE ELOEWi
l FONTE1N
Lord Koberts Cables the London War
Office that -General l rencli Has
Reached and Occupied the Head City
of the Orange Free State
The London war office has received a
dispatch from Lord Roberts announcing
that Gen French has reached Bloemfou
tein and occupied two hills close to the
railway station
Bloemfontein is not a naturally strong
position and was made the Orange Free
State capital without regard to military
importance or defense It stands on a
high plateau exposed on all sides and
without the shadow of a natural barrier
to the west whence the British were ex
pected to advance
All around the town the country is ster
ile and unfitted for agriculture The soil
is covered with bowlders tufty grass
and low brush which alone relieve the
otherwise dead monotony of the plain
The houses of the city are low and white
and obscured by the trees vhich have
grown within the town from sprouted
sprouts Bloemfonteins principal build
ing isthe capitol which supports a lofty
tower This together with a few spired
churches and a few school buildings is
the only structure that is prominent from
a distance Normally the population of
the capital is only 4000 a rather small
number when the large area the town
covers is taken into consideration
The only permanent fortifications of
Bloemfontein are those on the east The
town is protected on that side bya long
ridge which rises 300 feet above the level
of the plain From this ridge mounts a
kopje or hill upon which the Free
Staters erected a fort several years ago
w limi thnv worn in pnilt1Tir fOIir Of
Side Lights on
the Boer War
It is said that in 1S94 the Boers gave
their first order for big guns and that at
the time they expended nearly half a
million dollars with Krupp of Germany
and about the same amount with an Aus
trian firm for smaller arms The Krupp
guns were delivered in 1895 and includ
ed two of what was then the largest pat
tern for a gun in the world These guns
are forty eight feet in length weigh 120
tons throw a shell weighing 2300 pounds
and require 904 pounds of powder for
each discharge One of those guns has
been dragged to a hill overlooking Lady
smith The other is on the fortifications
defending Pretoria In 1S93 another or
der for field guns of long range was plac
ed with Ivrupp It was in 1S90 that the
Creusot guns those that have done the
most effective fighting were purchased
Several large orders for guns were placed
at later dates
The important part played by carrier
pigeons in the South African war is not
generally known At the outbreak of
hostilities one of the first to place his
pigeons at the disposal of the British
Government was E Lee of Pietermaritz
burg These birds were carried through
to Ladysmith on an armored train the
day before communication was shut off
They brought the first news from Lady
smith to the British Government The
Boers realizing the advantage gained by
the enemy from the use of pigeons soon
established a loft for training the birds
in Johannesburg
Buller and his staff are actually living
the life of a prl ate There has not been
even a tent to cover the commanding gen
erals They eat from their knees with
their shoulders agaiust rocks They
sleep where they can and their field work
is carried on under a transport wagon
Consulting surgeons who have gone to
South Africa are paid at the rate of 25
000 a year with free passage to the seat
of war and return and London papers
are complaining that the sum is exorbit
ant
FACTS ABOUT f
THE CENSUS
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It is important to the agricultural in
terests of the United States that an ac
curate census of farm products should
be taken W H Lloyd in the National
Rural presents some valuable hints that
will aid in the work of the next enumera
tion if heeded by the farmers of the
try
Axfarm is all the land cultivated or
held for agricultural purposes under one
management whether in a single body
or separate parcels
Tax assessors collectors and equaliz
ers cannot serve as enumerators or have
access to the census returns1 or to th
information therein contained
There are more than 5000000 farms
plantations ranches stock ranges and
market gardens in the United States all
of which for census purposes will be
designated as farms
The first really valuable census of ag
riculture in the United States was ta
in 1S50 of the crops of 1S40 The ue i
enumeration of agriculture will be taken
in June 1000 of the products of 1S09
If every farmer will begin at once to
prepare a careful record of all the facts
which the enumerator will be instructed
to record in June 3000 he will save
time for himself and the officer and in 1
sure more accurate returns to the Gov
ernment
Instdad of recording several farms on
one schedule in the twelfth census as
heretofore each farm will be accorded a
separate blank the entries on which will
not be known to any save sworn officers
of the department No names will be
published in connection with information
secured from the people
The enumerator will ask for the size
vcv from British agression This fort I and value of each farm the value of
and the value of all
much service buildings aggregate
would not have been of
machinery implements vehicles harness
without long range guns and even these
of
could not prevent the enemy from shell
ing the town on the west
Early in the execution of Lord Kob
erts change of plan whereby the British
iirmy was concentrated in the west the
Boers decided to remove their govern
ment to Winburg Meanwhile they had
constructed several lines of works out
side of Bloemfontein to the west The
nature of these works was similar to
those the Boers used in t the long invest
ment of Kimberley
A VISIT TO PARIS COSTLY
High Rates Charged to Travelers in the
French Metropolis
A Chicago newspaper man now in
Paris writes home regarding the expense
of a visit to that city He says The
hotels have all raised their rates from 40
to SO per cent The board amounts to
about G a day and all meals skimpy
same thing every day You are also
obliged to fee from six to ten people con
tinually Next to the hotels as free
booters come the stores especially cloth
ing stores that have put up their prices
quite 40 per cent Hats and shoes are
50 per cent dearer than in 1889 neckties
that range from 25 cents to 50 cents in
New York San Francisco and Los An
geles range from three francs GO cents
to seven francs 140 here and this in
the country of silk manufactures Cot
ton linen and Avooleu goods have nearly
all advanced from 20 to JO per cent over
what they were in 1SS9 Canes and um
brellas and such from 20 to 40 per cent
Shirts handkerchiefs and gloves seem
not to have advanced so much
Druggists goods have gone diaboli
cally out of all sight of all grades of po
lite robbery A prescription that would
cost 25 cents in San Francisco is 1
here An ounce of castor oil is GO cents
a pint of witch hazel is 90 cents and an
ounce of borax 40 cents The only thing
cheap in Paris to day is the cab which
is still only 30 cents from any one point
to another in the city for from one to
three persons or 40 cents per hour for
same Scores of Americans who had
come here to stay for several mouths are
going back It would seem as if the ex
position Vere a good place to stay away
from
etc used thereon and the amount
land owned and leased respectively by
said occupant He will also ask for the
acreage and value of each crop and the
acreage of improved unimproved and ir
rigated lands
The designation each crop includes
all grains cotton corn rice sugar cane
sugar beets sorghum hay clover wild
grasses gathered forage flax hemp
hops peanuts tobacco seeds nuts trop
ical fruits small fruits orchard fruits
nursery and greenhouse stock broom
corn Irish potatoes sweet potatoes and
yams all vegetables including the pro
duct of all family truck and market gar
dens etc also new or unusual crops
when found
If a person who moves from a farm be
tween the end of the crop year 1S99 and
June 1 1900 will leave a written reeord
of the products and crops of that farm
for 1899 where it will reach the appro
priate enumerator the statistics of his
operations for that year will not be lost
He will be required to give the enumera
tor of the district in which he lives on
Tune 1 1900 the acreage value build
ings machinery implements and live
stock of the farm he then occupies
The enumerator will ask for the num
ber and value of the live stock on the
farm June 1 1900 which will be reported
under a number of heads such as horses
colts mules asses cows heifers steers
calves bulls ewes rams lambs swine
goats chickens including guinea fowl
urkeys geese ducks bees et He will
also ask for the quantity and value of
milk cream butter cheese raisins
prunes molasses sirup sugar eggs bees
wax honey wool wine cider vinegar
dried -and evaporated fruits forest pro
ducts and generally all articles made at
home or for the home from farm mate
rials in 1899
DIED IN A FIRE TRAP
Fifteen Victims of Tcncmen
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House
Horror at Newark
Fifteen persons a majority of whom
were children were burned to death at a
tenement house at Newark N J Mon
day morning Thirteen bodies were re
covered from the ruins within three hours
after the flames Had been extinguished
The building was a three story frame
structure formerly used as a church but
transformed into a tenement house with
snlall rooms scarcely S by 10 feet In
dimensions opening into narrow hallways
on both the second and third floors form
ing a veritable fire trap This location
is in the heart of the Italian district
There were at least twelve families in
the place sixty persons in all of wL
perhaps fifty were children unable to
care for themselves
The flames spread with frightful rapid
ity and the place was like a roaring cal
dron when the firemen reached the
scene One after another the women
and then the men were taken down
while other firemen devoted their atten
tion to drowning out the flames This
they succeeded in doing in less than an
hour but during that hour a frightful
sacrifice had been offered Nearly every
room in the house contained its victim
Few were really burned to death Most
of them were smothered to death
Sparks from tlic Wires
Mrs Benj Morgenstern 10S New
Jork is dead
Wm Burts colored was lynched at
Basket Mills S G
Burglars cracked a safe in Davidson
N C and secured 500
Five men were killed and forty wound
ed in strikers riot at Rio de Janeiro
Dr H N Selfridge Oakland Cal has
cured himself of cancer by X rays treat
ment
Cleveland Ohio bloods -were caught for
10000 in the Security Savings Society
bubble at Chicago
Believed that Charles Betsch and two
other prospectors have been frozen to
death in Alaska
The consumption of cotton per head has
more than doubled in Germany since
1S75 j
French statistics are said to t prove that
211 French officers threw up their com
missions to join the Boers
Four thousand continental emigrants
per month are rushing to England to take
vacant situations at higher wages
Mayor Harrison of Chicago said the
city would use the water power of the
drainage canal for municipal purposes
Extensive copper mines in the Mazapil
district Mexico have been purchased by
the Rothschilds Consideration 800000
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mother and friends if they counsel de
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Jurying preparations simply devel
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Dear Mrs Pls khah It was roy
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Dear Mrs
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I had pains through my howels
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