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lETTING IN THE JUNGLEI
I : Further Adventures of Movg1i.
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RUDYARD KIPLING
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cnAPT 11. I
o "Uen must always be making traps for I
men . or they are not content , " said Mowgll.
"Last night It WIII ! Mowgll-the last night
; . Beoms many rains ngo. Tonight It Is Mes-
K Bua and her man. Tomorrow and for many
nights after It will bo Mowgll's turn ngaln. "
lie crept along outside the wall till he
came to llesRua's : hut and looket through
. the window Into the room. There lay
Messun gaggell ( and ( ) bounty hand and foot
, breathing hard and groaning , anti ) her hils-
band was tied to the gayly painted bed-
stead. . The door of the hilt that opened
Into the street was shut fast , and three or
four men were sllllng with their backs to It.
, Mowgll know the manners and customs of
the villagers very 'lalrly. Ito argued that
, 80 long as they could eat anti talk and )
smoke , they would not do anything else but
as BOOn as they hall fed they wOlllel begin
to bo dangerous. Blllc1eo would bo comIng In
, . before long , and I his escort had done Its
. duty luhleo would hall I very InterestIng
tale to tell. So he went In through the win-
: , ( 'oW ' . and stooping over tim man and the
' woman , cut theIr throngs , Ilullc ) out the
gags , and lookel ) around the hut for some
mIlk.
, mik.Measul was half wild with paIn and fear
( she had ben beaten ' and stoned and eul ' d
all the morning ) , and Mowgll put his band
; Over her mouth Just In time to stop I scream.
Ier husband was only b9wlherc and angry ,
and sat picking dust and things out of his
I. torn beard
. "I Imew-I knew he wOllld cO'e , " Messua
sobbed at last. "Now c10 I know that ho Is
I my son . " and she hugged MOlgl to her
, heart Up to that time he had been per-
fecty stealy but now h'e began to tremble
all over ali thaI surprIsed hIm Immensely.
"What arc all these thongs ? Why have
they ted thee ? " he asked after a pause.
"To be Put to the death for making a son
of thee-what else ? " said the man sullenly.
"Look ! I bleec1. "
Messua said nothing but I was at her
, wounds that Mowgl looked , and they heard
hIm grit his teeth when he saw the bood. !
"Whose work Is this ? " said he. "There
I will be a price to pay. "
"Tho work of all the village. I was too
rich I had too many cattle. Therefore .
she and I are witches because wn gave
thee shelter. "
"I do nol understand. Lot Messlla tel the
talc. "
, "I gave then mik , Nathoo ; dost thou remember -
member ? " MSSlla said tImidly. "Decause thou
wast my son whom the tiger took. and be-
. I cause : loved thee very dearly. They sal )
I that I was thy mother , tIm mother of a devil .
and therefore worthy of death. "
. "And what Is 0 devil ? " sal Mowgli.
"Death I have secn. "
. The man looked lP gloomIly under his eyebrows -
brows , but Messun laughed. "See " she saId
to her husband "I knew , I salt , that he was
. no sorceror. lie Is my son-my son ! "
; ' "Sun or sorcerer , what good will that do
us ? " the man answered. " 'Ve are as dead
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alreacly.
. "Yonder Is the road to the jungle "
. Mowgl pohttJ through the window. "And
your hands and feet are free. 00 now. "
"We do not know the jungle my son-as
thou knowest , " . Mcssua began. "I do not
think that I could walk far. "
' , "And the men and women would b' upon
: our backs and drag us hero again , " said the
. busband.
; I-i'm. " said Mowgli , and he tickled the
, 1 palm of his hand with the tip of his sk1n-
, nlng knife. "I jiLvq.fl.9 .ivsl \ to do harm to
4 I any ana of this village-yet. But I do not
r thInk they will stay thee. In a mia while
r they wi tley have much to think of. Ah ! " , .he
. lifted his head and Istencd to shoutIng and
trampling outside. "So they have let Dul-
. . dee como home al last. "
. "Ho was sent out this morning to kill
- thee : ' Messua cried. "Dldst. thou meet
, "
him ?
_ "Yes-weI met him. He has a tale to
; . ' . tell. Of that I am certaIn ; and while he
Is telling I there Is time to do n.uch. Dut
: first I Wi look and see what they mean.
. Think where ye would go , and tel mo when
I come back. "
10 bounded through the window and ran
' nlong again outside the wal of the village
. ' untIl he. came within earshot of the crowd
around the pcepul tren. Duldoo was lying on
L the ground , coughing and groaning , and
every one was asking him questions an at
. . S once. His hair had [ ale about his shaul.
. does : his hands and legs were skinned from
climbing up trees , and ho could hardly speak ,
- but he foIL the Importance of his posItIon
' _ keenly. From time to time he said something -
, , r thing about devils and singing devils and
magic enchantment , just to give the crowd
: . . : n tate of what was cordng : Then he caned
for water.
"Bah ! " said Mowgli. "Clatter-clatter.
. Talk , talk. Theo men are brothers of the
Dander-\og. Now , ho must wash his mouth
with water ; now he must smoke ; and when
, , l this II done ho has still his story to tell.
wise - . They wIll
e They are very people-men. wi
: . - leave no one to guard Messua till their tales
. ; are stuffed with 'uldoo's tails. And-I am
t , becoming os lazy as they I" !
r . lie shook ' lnisel inc1 glided back to the
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. but. Just ns he was at the window bo felt
a touch on his foot.
' "Mother " sad he. fol he know that
tongue well , "whal dost thou here ? "
. , " 1 heard my children sing through the
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. , "DID ThEY NOT SINO SWEITLY ? "
- W00d8 , and I followed the one I loved best
woos Frog , I halo a desire to see that
U woman who gave thee milk . " sid Mother
' . . Wol jill wet with the dew.
. "They lu\ bound and mean to kill haT
I have cut those ties , and she goes wIth her
i I 10511 through the jungle. "
, * " 1 also wIll fallov. ' . I am old but nol yet
. toothless. " Mother Wol reared henoi upon
end and looked through the window Into
the dark of the hut.
, . In a minute she dropped , noiselessly , and
. all she ulll was ; " 1 gave thee thy fnt
' milk ; but tlagheer" Ipeakl true. ? Ian goes
to man at lut. "
"Maybe , " sid Iowgfl with a very un-
pteaaut look on his flce. "But. tonight I
pln.aut
, 0 am very far from that trail. Walt here . but
do not let her see. "
"Thou vast never afraid ot me . Uttle
c 1'tog , " elc Mother Wolf backing tnt the
. high iras5 I , and blotUng herself out , as she
. r- ) mew hal ' ,
'i "And Iow , ' sid MOwgl , cheerfully , a
) Jle canto Into the hut again "they are al
t- : sitting around J3uldeo . who 1& 1 saying thu
; . whiCh did lf happen When hIs talk II
t tntal they IY they will ! urelr comas
. Iteo with the lied-with fire and burn
lOl both. And then ! "
"I have sPOkD to my man . " said Messua .
"ianhwaa I. thirty miles from here , but
at Knhlw& we may lied the . Englll-
_ f "Mi wbt pack are th.yt. said Mowgll.
: , " 1 c not kuow They bt white aud It II
: , , " i , . .
saId ) they govern all the land and do not
surer people t burn or beat each other
without witcesses. I we can get thither to-
night we live. Otherwise wo Ile , "
"Llvo then. No man umases the gates to-
lasses
nlht. But what docs he do ? " Messua's
husband was on his hands and knees dig-
sIn ! up the earth In one corner of the hit ,
"it Is his little money , " said ! essua. "We
cnn take nothing else. "
" 4II , yes ! The stuff that passes from hand
to hand coil ) never grows warmer. Do they
need I outside thIs piece also ? "
The man stared angrily. "lie Is 1 fool , and
no devil , " he mutterel. " 'Vlh the money
I can buy a horse. We are too bruised to
wall far , and the village wi fo ' low US In
an hOllr. "
" ( say they will not follow till I choose ,
hut the horse Is well thought of , for Mcssua
Is tired ) . " Her husband stood up and lotel )
the last of the rupees Into his waist belt.
Mowgl helped Messua through the window ,
and the cool nIght 11r revived her , but tie
jungle In the starlight looked very dark and
terrible.
"Yo know the trail to IanhlwaMaw -
gl whlsprcd.
They tioildcd .
" 0001. Hemember , now not to be afralc1.
And there Is no need to go quickly. Only-
only there may bo some small singing In the
jungle behind you and hefore "
"Thlnl you we would have , risked a night
in the jungle through anything less than the
fear of burning ? I Is better to be killed
.by beasts than by men , " said Messua's . hus-
band . hut lessua looked straight al 1owgl
and smiled .
"I say , " Mowgl went on , just ns though
ho were Daloo repeating nn old jungle law
for the hundredth lmo to I foolish cub , "I
say that nol a tooth In the jungle Is bared
against you ; not n foot In the jungle Is lifted
against you. Neither man nor beast shall
staY you till ye come within earshot of
Kanhmiwara There will be a watch about
yell. " Ho turned qulckiy to Messua ,
saying : " 10 does not believe , but thou wilt
belove . "
"Ay , , surely , my son. Man , ghost or wolf
of the jungle , I beleve . "
"Ho will bl afraid when hi hears my people -
plo singIng. Thou wilt know and undcrstand.
00 now , and slowly , for there Is no need of
any hastc. The gates of this village are
shut , "
Messun flung herself sobbingly at Mowgli's
feet , but h lifted her very quickly with a
shiver. Then she hung , about his qeclc. and
called him every name of blessing ' she could
think of , but her husband looked enviously
across Ills fields and said : "It we reach
Kanhlwara and I gEt the ear of the Eiglsh
I wIll bring spcl n lawsuit against thllrnh-
mln and old Duileo and the others as shall
eat the v1age - to the bone. They shall pay
mo twice over for my crops unlled and my
bufnlo Inred , I will have n great justice. "
Mowgl ; laughed. "I ,10 not know what jUs-
tco is I , but-come next rains and see what Is
left. "
lef.
They went oft toward the jungle and
Mother Wolf leaped ' from her place of hiding.
"Follow ! " sid Mowgll , " .nd look to II thaI
all the jungle knows these two are sa [ e. Give
tongue a ittie. : I would call tlaglieera. "
The long low howl rose and fell . and . Mow-
gl saw Messua's husband flinch and turn
around half minded to go back to the huL
" 00 on . " he called , cheerfuhiy. "I said
there might be singing That cal will follow
up to Kanhlwara. Ils favor of the junge . "
Mossua urged her husband forward and the
darkness of the jungle shut down on them
and Mother Wolf . as Dagheera , rose up al-
most under Mowgli's feet trembling with
the deUghl ! of the night thaI drives the jur-
gUi people wild.
"I am ashamed of thy brelhrep , " he said ,
purring .
"What dId they nol sing . sweetly to Dul-
dee ? " said Mowgll.
"Too wei Too well ! They made even me
forget my pride and by the Broken Lock
that freed me , I went singing through the
jungle as though I were oul wooIng 11 the
spring ! Dids't thou not hear us ? "
"I had another game aool Ask Duldeo If
he lIked the song. But where are the four ?
I do nol wish ! one of the Man-pack to leave
the gates onlght. "
"What need of the four , then ? " said ! Dag-
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beam . shIfting from fool to foot , his eyes
ablaze , and purring ) ollied than ever. "I can
hold them little brother. II Is killing at
last ! Time singing and the sight of the men
climbing un the trees have made mo very
ready -WilDt Is man thaI wo should care fr (
him ? Time naked ) brown digger , the hairless
and toothless , time cater of oarth. I have
followed him all day-at. noon-In the whIte
sunlight. I herded ! him al time wolves herd
bllck. I am Dagheera ! Dagheera ! lagheera !
Lookl As I dance with my shadow so I
danced with those men. " The great panther
leaped as a kitten leaps . at a den lea whirl-
lug overhead , struck left and right Into the
empty air thaI sung under time strokes , landed
noiselessly . alI ) leaped again and agaIn ,
whlo time hal IJrr , half growl
gathered head as steam rumbles In 0 boiler.
"I nm Haghoera-In the jungle-In the night
all all my strength ! Is In mo. Who shal
stay my stroke ? lan club ! Wih one blow
of my pJW : could beat thy heal flat as
a delli ( frog In the summer , "
slmmer.
"Strlk , then , " said 10wg : . In the dialect ,
of the village , not time tale of the jungle ,
and time human words brought agheera I ,
to a full atop , flung back on his haulclos
that quivered under him , his eyes just on
the leVel of Mowghl's. Once more Mowgl
stared ) as ho had stared al the rebellious
cubs , full Into the beryl green eyes ti the
red hair behind their green went oul like
the hIgimt of a lighthouse shut off twenty
mlel across time sea ; till the eyes dropped
and the big head wIth them-dropped lower
all lower und the red rasp of a tongue
grated aim Mowghl's Instep.
"Brother-brother-brother ! " the boy
whispered , stroking steadily nnd lightly
from time neck along the hmeavingback . " 130
still , be still. I Is time fault of the night ,
amid no fault of thine. "
"It was the smells of the nigh , " said
Dagheera , penitenuy . ' 'his air cries aloud
to lime . hut how doat tbou know ? "
Of course the all round an Indian village
Is full ' of .1 , klndl of smells . and to any
creature } 'llOs , nearly all his thinking
Ihrough his nos . apiolle are E maddening
as music' aM dng.aro ; 10 human beings.
Mowgl gen1Ie4llpnther for a few minutes
longer and ho lay ) down lIke a CAt before a
fire , his pawl tu k under liLa breast and
ores half shut
"Thou art of the Jungle and not of the
jungle " he said at last. "And I am only a
brother. black panther " , put 1 love thee . little
"They are very long a thal councl under
the tree " : [ owgl saul without noticing the
lat senionce. "Uulde must have tel many
tales. They ' should come' Bon t drag time
woman and her man out of the trap and put
theta hi the R Flower. The wilt fld that
trap Bpruns. 101 11i"
"Nay lsten. " said D.gl-eera "The fever
I. out of my boO ! now It them find moo
thenl Few would leave their houses after
meeting me. I I. not the first time I
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they will bind ) me 'Ith cords. "
"Bo wIse , then . " said MewglI . laughing ,
for he was beginning to fet a reckless a
the panther who had glided Into the hut.
"Pahl" ! " he heard Baghlern say , "This
place Is heavy with man , but hero Is Just
such a bed a they gave mo to lie upon In
time klng's cages II Ooc1eypr . Now I am
lying 110wn. Mowll heard the string of
time cot crack under the great brul 's 'elght.
"Dy the Broken Lock that freed m ( they wi
think they have caugh bIg game I Come anti
sit beside me , little brother ; wo will give
them gel ) hunting together ,
"No I hnvo another thout In my stom-
ach. The man.pack shah not know what
share I have In the sport. Make thy ownS
hunt J do nol wish to see them "
come. "ne " I so . " said Ilagheora . "Ah , noW they
como. conference under the peepul tree had
ben growing noisier and noisier nt the far
onti of the village I broke In wlh yells
antI a rush up the Itreet of men a\\ ) women
waving clubs and bamboos and Blckles and
knives. Duldeo antI time Brahmin were al
time henl of I. but the , mob was
close at their heels and they cried : "Tho
witch and the wIzard ! Let us see I hot cells
will make them conCessi Dlrn the hut over
their heads ! We will teach them to shelter
wolf devils ! Nay. Dent them first. . Tcrchesl
More torches I BuMeo , heat the gun barreli"
Hero was some little difficulty -wih .the
catch of the door. I had been very firmly
fastened , but the crowd tore I a < , bodily
antI the light of the torches streamed into
the room , where , lying at full length on the
bed , hIs paws cromsed and lightly , hung down
over one end , black as time pit and terrlbl as
a demon , was ilagheera. There was one hai
mlnuto of terrible silence as time front ranks
of Um crowd clawed anti tore their way hack
from that threshcld ! , amid In that minute hag-
heera raised his head and yawned-elab-
omtey : , carefully and ostentatiously-as lie I
would yawn when he wished ) to Insult an :
equal. The fringed lips drew back and imp , '
the red tongle curled the lower jaw drople,1
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TBRflIBLE AS A D1MON. I
and dropped till you cold sea hal way down
the hot gullet , and the gigantic dog-teeth
stood clear .0 the pit of the gums till thEY
. ran together , upper and under , with the snick
'of steel-aced ' wards shooting homo round
the edges of a safe . Next minute the stret
was empty ; Dgheera had leaped back
through the window , and , stood at Mowgls
side , whIle a yellow , screaming torrent
scrambled and tumbli over one another In .
their panic haste to get to their huts
"They wi , not stir tilt the day comes , , : '
- said lagheern , quietly. . "And now ? "
The silence of the afternoon sleep semed
to have overtaken the village , but as they
listened they could hear the sound of haV
grain boxes being dragged over'the earthen
floors and set . down agaldst doors. Dagheer
was quite right : the vila go would not stir
WI daylight. Mowgl sat- still aid thought ,
and his face grew darker and darker.
"Whd have I done ? " - said Dngheera , nt
last coming to his feet , fawning
"Nothing but great good Watch them , now
. till the day. , Imnust , go 10 .sleep. " . : nd Mo.-
gl ran tft' Iltl tle JlhgllJ andJoppd ! Ikl
a dead mn across it rock and slept and
' slept the . aXM1. . "I-M-Jg ! . ' . }
When he waked Dagheern was at his side
and there was a newly-killed buck al jils feet.
I Dagheera , . watched curlou.Iy while Mowghi
went to work with . his skinning knife . at
and drank , and turned over'tvith his chin In
his hands. .
"The man and the woman care safe within
eyeshot of Kanhmlwara " Bagheerameald. , "Thy'
mother sent the word back to Chili . the kite.
They found a here before midnight of the
night. They were freed and went very
QuIckly. Is nol that well ? " ,
"ThaI ts wel\ said Mowgli .
"And the man-pack In the village did not
stir till the sun was high this 'morning ' , Then
they ale their food and ran back quickly to
their houses. "
"Did they by chanc see thee ? "
"It may have been. I was rolling In the
dUll before the gate at dawn , and I may
have SUDg also a little song to myself. Now
little brother there Is nothing more to do
Come hunting with me and u3ioo. 10 haF
new hives that he wishes to show and we all
desire-thee back again as pt old. The man
and the Woman will nol be Ilt Into the ned
Fewer ; , and all goes well In the jungle Is
II nol true ? LeI us forget the man-pack. "
"They shal be forgotten la a little while .
Where does lathl teed tonight ? "
"Where he chooses. Who can answer for
the Slenl Cine ? But why ? What Is there
Hathl caD do which we cannot ? "
"Dd'nlm . and his three sons come here to
me. , Indeed . and truly little brother , I
Is not-It. Is net seemly to say com and go
to Hathl. Remember lie ts the Master of
the' Jungle , and before the man-pack changed
the looks on thy face lie taught the master-
words of Uit jungle , " -
"This Is all one . I tiara a mater-word
for him now. Bid hIm come t ( 1owgl. the
frog , and If he does not hear al first . bid
him come becaUse of the sack of the fields of
Bhmurteore. "
Dhurtnre.
"Tho sack of the fields of Bhurtpare : '
Dagheera repeated two or three times to
make sure. "I b" lathl can be very angry
al the worst and I ) vould give a moon ,
hllnUng to hear the master-word that corn-
pelH the silent one "
Ito wemmt away leaving Mowgl stabbing
furiously with his skinning Imlfe Into the
earth Mowgl had never seen human blond
In his life before till ho had seen and-what
meant much 10ro to him-smelt Mesaua'
bood : on the thongs that bound her And I ,
Messlla had been kind to hIm , and , as far
aa ho knew anything of love he loved Mes.
sun as completely as he ha\el the resl -nf
mankind Hut deeply as he loathed themthelr I
talk , their cruelty anti their cowardice , not
for anything the jungle had to offer could he
bring himself to take a human life and have
that terrible scent back Igalh In his nos.
tells .
( To De ContInued. . ) a
nUrI.U" TTRNr1fY8
Atlanta Constitution . '
"My dear , you're lookIng very tired to-
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night
( That means a Christmas cloak )
"Il ! sM. get your slppers and your Illpea
( That's business , and no joke )
"You'll kill yourself If you keep working
so , " ' .
( 'hat speech Is bound to win ! )
"Durlng , I could not live If you should grn"
( 'hat meal 1 diamond pin. ) sl"
" 1YO had time girl make jUlt the nicest
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teal"
( My mend ) has fallen bacle ! )
'rho mel" kind you liked best when you - married
( Mercy ! I fur.trmmed BcQuol )
"Poor " tired dear I I'l rub your head for
youl" !
( n 1" e dfspalr I look )
"When . , : .nopplng Il be tired , too ! "
( That It .18-my pocketbook . ! )
Cowltmontna the eonrl.
Sir Henry Wrlxow of Victoria Australa ,
who II now studYing the labor problem
In this country paid the following tribute
to the United States supreme curt the
other day : "Wo recognize the supreme court
of the United State a one at the greatest
judicial instituttomma of tme world Its de-
cllons command the greatest respect In
every English courl While Us dedlsons !
may not have the same technical precision
8S those In England , tmey are broader In
principle and are recognized A fountain
heads of the Iratlt principles ot law , "
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AN AL'PHE PASS SIn HIGH
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Conan Dot'Adyenturos : In Winter Moun-
DoJo' 4d.entnos : out
t n Olinibing.
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MULE-llE . , . . I THEIR PERVERSITY
Their SomIng Efloct , on 1'CraOnI Sallrl.j
tr m Ton Jluch Jilgimity-Ilow is l'"tr
iici . , . Quo lip ft Mounlatn
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, D.9no DoeS lhhglm .
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( Col'rhthl1J , , 1 1. hy A. COnan Doyle. )
There Is \hlng \ peculiarly malgnsntln the
appearance of a\ pall bf ski. They are two
slips of elmnbOod ' , eight feel long , four Inches
bread . with .t quare heel , turned up toes anti
straps In tll center to secure your feet , o
one to look 'AI tem would guess at the posi-
biiies which i 'rk In l them , Hut you put .
them on and you turn with - a snub to see
whether youi' tlenfis ceo looking at you , and
then time next. , moment 'loll are boring your
lmb d' nuadly ' Into' a ao , ) bank ; anti kickIng
frantically ithm'bnth feet and half rising Only
to but viciously Into that snow bank again , :
and your frIends arc getting mcre entertain-
fluent than thoy'hal ) ever thought you capable
of glvlug. I
1'hls Is'when you ara beginning. You nat-
Iraly expect \rouble then , ant you are not
likely to be disappointed. Hut I you gel on
a little the thing becomes more irrjtating.
The "skt" are the 10s capricious timings . on
earth. One day you , lnnot go wrong with
them. On another with the same weather
and the o snow you cannot go. right. And
It Is when you least expect II thaI things begin -
gin to 'happen. " , You stand on the' crown .of
a slope and you adjust your body for n rapid
slide . b t ' , our "ski" sUck motonle3 ; and over
you gOupon your face Or you stand UIIJI' a
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plateau whicb seems to you to beas level as
a billiard table , and In an Instnt without
cause or warnIng , away they shoal and you
are left ' behllcl staring at the siIY. For a man
who ' Suffers fronm ' to much dignity a course
of Norwegian snow shoes . would have a lne
moral effect.
Whenever you bracE yourself for I fall It
never comes oft , Whenever you think yourself -
self absolutely rsecuro I .s all over with you.
You coma to a'lmard lea . slop at an angle of !
76 degree nnd'ou zigag 'up it . digging the
.Ido ot your "sId" into it , and feelng that I
a mosquito settles upon you ycu arc gone.
Dlt nothing ever , happens and you reach the
top In saety _ Then you ' stop upon the level
to congrtullte your compa'nlon and you hive
just time to say "What a lovely view this 151" !
when you find ol'rsel standing upon your
two phouldcr , blades wih' your "sId" led
tightly round yeur deck. Or again you may
hale hall a long outing wltholll any misfortune -
fortune at all and I you shufe back along
the road ypt ? : to ' for an 'Instant to tel a
group lath"Jih\itcl"vernda \ hcw well you are
getting anI 5.nietimlng happens-and they
suddenly find that their congratulations are
, addressed ( o1tli sol sof your "kl. " Then
I your mo"Uh lt nol full of snow . you find
' yourself mntterfflg ' the names of a few SwIss
villages to relieve your feelings. "nagatz ! "
Is 0 very ha9d'wurd add may save a scandal
But all ha1t fls In I the , carly stage of sid-
Ing. You h , 'd. to shufo along the level , to
son ccn\ertel omits Into I very comfortable
bepch from which the view of
bOlch , wo enjoyed n
whole panorama of tJutRlns , the names of
which , lY realerI ) bo relieved to hear , 1
have completely forgoten ,
The snow was rapidly softening under ) the
glare of tile sun and without our shoes nil
progress would have been impossible. Wo
were making cur way along the steep shlo of
I valley , with the mouth of the I lrka
pass fairly In front of tie The snow fell
away hero nt. an anRla of tram 60 to G.
degrees and a this steep incline along the
face of which we were shuffling sl pod ) away
toWn until I ended ) In absolute precipice a
slip mIght have been serious 1y two more
experIenced companIons walked below for
the unit mile or 10 of hanger but scan we
found urselve8 upon I more reasonable slope ,
where one might fall with Impunity. AlI )
now cme the real sport of snowshoelnK.
Hitherto wo had walked as fast n boots
would 10 , over ground where no bets could
pass Hut nol wo had I pleasure which
boots can never give For a thlrl tf n
mile we Bhot along over gently dipping
curves skimming down Into the valey with-
Ollt I melon of our feet In thaI grcat
untrodden waste with snow fields bounding
our vision on every sIde mind no marks bf life
save the tracks of cllal1ols amid of faxes I
was glorious to whizz along In this easy
tasimlon. A short zlg.zaal time bottom at
time slope brought us al 9:30 : Into the Icllth
'of the pass , and we could sea the little toy
h6tels of A'sa away down among the fIr
Woods . thousnds of feet beneath us.
Again we hal a hai mile or so . slHmmlng
along with our Poles dragging behhll us. I
seemed to me that the difficulty of our journey -
ney \"al over and that wo had only to stand )
on our "ski" cmiii le them carry U8 to our
destltmattomi . limit the most awkward place was
yet In front . The slope grew steelIer and
steeper until I suddenly fell away Into what
was little short of being sheer prEcipIce. limit
still that little when there Is soft snow upon
It Is all that Is needed to bring omit another
possibility oC these wonderful slips of wood
Time brothers Dranger agreed thaI the place
was too dlmcult to atempl with the "ski"
upon our feet. To me It seemed lS If a parachute -
chute was ' time only Instrument for which 10
had any use , but I 'lcl ns I maw my compsn-
Ions do. They \llhl their " & < , " lashed the
straps together and turned them Into a rather
clumsytoboggan. . SItting on these , with our
heels dug Into the snow , and our sticks
pressed hard down behind us . wo began to I
move down time precipitous face of the pass
I think that both of my companions came to
grief over It. I know that they wcre aa whie
lS Lol's wie nt the bottom . But my o\n
troubles were , so pressing that I had lie time
lme
to think or them. I tried to keep the 1I'Ce
wIthIn moderate bounds by pressIng on the
stick . ' which had the elect of turning the
sledge sideways so that one skidded down the
stope. Then I dug my heels hard in . which
shot me off backwards , anti In an Instant my
two skis , ted together , flew away hike an
crow from I bow , whtuell past the two
Drngers and vanished over the next slope ,
leaving their owner . squatlng In the deep
sno , : .
II might . have been an awkward accident
tl time upper field where the drifts mire twenty
or thirty eet deep. But the steepness of the
place was an advantage now for the snow
could not accumulate to any very great extent
uponit. . I luade my way down In my own
fashion My tailor tells me that Harris tweed
cannot wear out This ( mere theory and
wi not : stand a.lhorolgh scientific test. He
wi find samples of his wares on , 'Iew frm
the Furka pass to ' Arosa and for the remain-
der of the day 1 , vas ha lplest when ncarest
the mvahl.
However , ' save , that one of the Drangers
sprained his ankle . badly In the descent , all
vent well with us , anti we entered Aroma at
half-past. 1. having taken exactly seven hours
over our journey. The residents at Arosa
whb knew that we were coming had calculated
that we could not possibly get there before I ,
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zigag cr move crab fashion imp the hills . to
sld down without losing your balance , and
above all t turt with fachity. : The fr t
time you try to tUrn your friends think It' is
part ' of your fun ' ; The gieat ski flapping In
the air baa the qleerest appearance , hike an
exaggerated , nigge dance. But thIs sudden
whish' round I really the most necessary of
accomplishments : for only S can one turn
upon the mountain sIde without slIpping
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down. I' mint , bedpne wili out ! ever presenting -
Ing on0' ' helJ , to the slope and this Is the
only way I
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But granted tht a man has perzeveraneo
and a month to spare In which to conquer all
thea early ' difficulties , hd wilt then find thaI
sld.lng epe'o up a field of sport for him
which Is , I llnl , ( , unique. This is not appreciated -
predated yet , -but I am , convinced thaI. the
tmo wi conulsvlmen hundreds of Englishmen
unIt como to Switzerland for the skl-Ing'sea-
son In March ' amid April. I believe thaI I
may claim to b the first save only two
Swlz rs to do-nny mountain work ( though
on a mcdest enough sC3le ) on snow shoes . but
I'anl cerln that I will not by many a thousand - .
sand bo the ha.st.
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The tact h that It , Is easier to climb an
ordinary peak or to make a journey over the
higher passes In hvlnter than In summer I
the weather Is only , set fdlr. In summer you
have to climb down as wel as to climb up .
and the one Is as tiring aa" the other In win-
tcr your trouble , Is halved as mol of your
descent Is a mere / iide. I the now Is toler-
ably 11mm II Is much easier also to zigzag
Irm I
up It on "ski" thAn to chimber over boulders
under a hot summer sun . The temperature ,
too , Is more favorable for exertion In winter ,
for nothing could be more , delightful than the
crisp , pure air an the mountains , though
glasses are of course necessary to Irotet the
eyes from the , , glare. :
Our project was to make our way from
Davos to Arosa over the Furka pass . "hleh Is
over 9,00 feet high The distance Is not
more than from twelvp to fourteen miles as
the 'crow files , but II bu only once been done
In winter. Last if : : : lie 'tWl brothers Dran-
ger made thmj..S Amy across on 'ski , " They
were my tIJr ns on the present . expec1l-
ton and more t ustworthy ones no novice
coul ! hOle t6hiau : ' with him They are both
men of consliir Ie endurance and even a
long spell ot'iy . Oerman did nol appear to
exhaust timenh jY ,
We were uP' i ( bore 4 In the morning and :
had started J ( ; h If pasl for time village of
Flauenklrch , tth ro we were t : csnnmmienco
our ascent. A i , eat Pale mool was shinIng
In a vlolel sky . ' . Ih such stars as can only
Sl1
bo seen In C .trOIlcl or the higher Alps.
Al 6:15 : we turned from tine road and began
to plod up tn.mlsldes over alternate banks
of last year's grass and slopes of anew .
'Va carried cur "akl" over our shoulder antI
our , ski boot-s dOug around our necks for It
was good ) walking whore time snow was bard ,
and It was sUr' . ' be hard wherever the sun
had , struck 1 'dilng the day. Here and
thereIn a hollow we f under d Into and
out of a scf1drlft up to our waists , but on
the whole It was' \ easy going , and IS much
of our way lay Ulroujh fir woods It would
have been Ilmcdll to ski About 6:30 : , after
1 long , steady grind , wo emerged from time
woods and sherlY afterward passed a wooden
cow house , which was the last sign of man
which we wore t9 see until we reached
Moss.
The snow being still hard enough upon
the slopes to give ins a good grip for our
feet we pushed rapidly en over rolling snow
fields with a general upward tendency.
About 7:30 : the sun cleared the peaks behind
UI and the glare upon the great expanse ef
virgin . snow became very dazzling. Wo
worked our way down a long slope and then
coming t the .orrelpondlni hillside with a
northern oulotk wo found tine snow al soft
as powder and 10 deep that we could touch
no bottom with out poles. Here , then we
took to our sno\BhoiS and zlg.z&ged up
over tine long white haunch of the mountain ,
pausing at the top for a ruSt They art
useful things the "I\d. \ " for nndlng that the
aglow was again hard enough to bear u wo
and turned out to see 'us descend time steep
pass just about the Um when we wer , finishIng -
Ing a comfortable luncheon at the Seehiof I
would not grudge them any innocent amusement -
mont ; but still I was ' just as glad that niy
own little performance was over before they
assembled with their opera glasses. One can
do very well wltboul a gallery when one Is
trying a n W experiment on "ski . ' !
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CONl'UJIIALITIE
Married women In Japan shave off their
eyebrows and blacken their teeth
"Why did you run away from your frt
wife ? " "Decause she poisoned my very ex-
I istece. . " "If YC ! 'frsl wlfe poisoned your
'
very' existence , why did you get married a
second time ? " "Well , you see , I took the
second one as a sarI of an antithete , "
.
Husband of Her-Do you eXIct me to
m rry the whole family ? Father of Her i
and Seven Ohars-Wel you are young , , you
know.
Heiress-No ' . I I promise to marry you .
can 1 depend on you ? Suitor-Good gra-
clone ! I expecl to depmd on you
, The response of a certain Frenchman to a
handsome wOlan who complained that she
had dltcoveret three gray haIrs In her head
gay
was. paradoxical but pretty. He said :
"Madam so long lS they can be counted they
don't count. "
count.
Mrs. Blachewood . the Indiana woman whose
matrimonial versatility his been a subject of
public commenl from lme to time . Is about
to marry her twelh husband. She lives In
Marshall county In that slate , and In a
matrhnonlal state that breaks tine record
Six of her husband have been divorced .
four died and one was heihled .
"So H's all over between ua , Is It , Laura ? "
asked George fiercely. "Yes , George , H Is
over , " replied Iaura. "I wouldn't have
minded you frtng with all the girls some
of the time or with some at the girls all of
the time , but I object to your flIrting with
al the , " girls all of the time . Here Is your
rIng.
The . leading bachelors of Detroit mayo organized -
ganized the "Bachelors' Mutual Benefit and
Matrimonial Encouragement association , " the
object being to accumulate trlst fund to
provide a bonus for member assumIng the
yoke nnatrlmonlal The duel are $2 1
mnontlm Tine scheme Is an attractive one ,
hit what I there should bo an epIdemic of
marages among tine members ? Somebody
would fail to get his . $2 bacle.
Cole's ; Imperial. World's , fair "hlghelt
award , excelent champlgne ; good cftervcs.
cence , agreeable bouquet a , delicious laver , "
Brooklyn clothing cutters Bay a much
cutMngas made In Sing SIng prlstn last
year as In all New York City ,
. IMPERIAL
HAIR REGENERATORI
I'orfoenly rOltor a riclm hmmstro'maj
Color , makel 1m hair hollby : , amid 18
I 1 Yl : nb Otuamnint enot : SITCOm , i it. .IIOt in ; r nn : !
urnt as uatmnro. IIQtolllJol lble ,
Wo make '
. nnppnhcnltlotms a apn'eiainy ,
IPllollonl 8pfclalJ
anti have the hlndsomeal private
rom8 tn time cit' .
, , coroItg.
cOLns
NO.lIILAOIC NO. 2 DABICBROSVII ,
No.IlrACKiNO ) I ljUAnCIROWN
OlE9TNUT , No. 11. Jolr -
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ASI Bt.OND. Price U.GU and $5.00. .
A tr.ic lalplo bottle of Iho IItsl rouge . "Ipipo.
rind btamnnp VIIUI . ' 111 , " wIll b aunt 01 receIpt or : cOII
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MIss 1,110 J , Martin , who has entered
the University of OottnRen , Is the frt
woman who hu obtained admission to that
institution .
President Taylor of Vassar finds the cc-
commoatons of the college to limited for
its necessities , ant ) has asked ) the nlumnae ,
for ' 200.00 to cover time cost of 1 new lec- I
tllre hal and Ilormlor ' ,
Preslent Schurman of Cornel universIty
IS arranging a cries of lectures for Cornel
students on the subject of national finance ,
natolal fnncl
money , binking ate . , to bo given by proml-
IMnt writers amid plble men , Non\-
Hev , David I. Greet or New York inns
been appointed the Lymnn Beecher lecturer
01 Yale Theologicl seminary . In niece of
11ev . Dr. lenry Van Dyke , wino was orig-
Inaly chosen but who nnlls himsel tumble
to serve on account of illness.
Considerable comment has been created by
the acton of time school board al hteallmng ,
Pa. . recommelllng that all the janItors of
school bullings bo given Ilolce powers . As
n large proportion of these who perform this
dmnty are women , this will be one of time first
Instances on record of women bocomlng 110-
licemen . I Is ProPosed to ha\'e them ap-
polntell by the mayor under an act oC as-
semby : relating to special anll Ilrlvate hmoilce-
men , so as to better ennbll thcm to Irescrve
order around the buildings amid protec the
school property.
The teachers anti school enupioyes of Chicago -
cage have Ireparell n bill to be presentll
to the Irglslntllre entitled "An nct to IJro.
vIde for the formton .mmmd dIsbursement
of I plMo ! school teachers' antI public
school emilloyes' lJnlon anti retirement
fuhll In cities having a poplllnton oxcecnllmmg'
100.000 lnimabutants , " I provides for time
settIng apart for thnl runL all money le-
ducted tom I teacher for absence from duty
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or an , other muse : an amount not t ellR
1 poe cent of salaries to be Iedlcted ) froih
said salaries : 11 moneys recel\C ) from don I-
tons , beQuest or Otherwise . and all other
moneys that may bo legally : de\hC for thin
Increase of the fund .
The electrical musenm of Cornell umnlrersity
CornellnlverBly
has rccelte ) I valuable uTcnlr from Stephen
Val , whose father , Alrecl Val , was nlsoell-
tell with Samuel P. n. More In the invention
anti development. of the electric tele rlpli ,
Vail invented the semaphore or sounder ) Jnll
the alllha1etcl comIc based ) on time divisions
of time anti ) space . which are orten attributed .
to Morse The first telegraph lne was ono..1
coustructell hy Val In his father's Iron wOrks \
at Morristown , N. J. , anti ) con lstel ) of three
mIles of wlro stretched ) aroUI ) the Cour slle
of I large room. The transmission of time
message , " " imatlent waiter Is mme loser , "
over this lnn by Alfred Val Is the first his-
toHc Instance oC a messge sent by telegrph ,
anti 10) to time appropriation \y congress for
the cnstructon of the hue between nalt"
more and ) Washington , with which Ezra Cot- , ,
Cot-
neil , the fOllller of Cornel lnh'lrsl ) . . was _
prominenty hlentifleti .
Last week 01 a Boston auction n little
Ilrller brolght $ S2i ; . Tine Ilrlnlr which
brouht this alnosl fabulous sum consisted
of an Inllan translation and the English
Ierslon prlntC mum oppoSIte pages , ate
boole which our torofathers prell1oll for clr'
eulaton among the Jllnn cimhhlren The
book measures h81Ily more thal four by
two immchmes fl that , anti 19 bounl In }
original cllskln , Time I nflsh title lingo
rlols as folows : "Tho Inlian Primer . or .
the First Book by which Chlhlren May KnQ\
truly To rend tim ) llan 1.1nglago. And
Mule for Babes Boston : IrlnlO\ MDCC-
IrlnlOICC.
XLVII " I wa bOIht b ) ' ( .ltell'hl , a ) os-
ton 1c'Ilr. whose met compcltor wal Barnes
or time Ienox library In Now York , where I
the only other COP knoln to ox 1st. with
thirty images mmthssimmg
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Three eminent men , all celebrated PhYSiCians , declare
that consumption can be cured i the proper remedy is used
Sir James Clark says , "That consumption adm its of cure
is nq longer a mater of f doubt. "
Dr. Carswel says , " "Ther was never morc concusive' "
evidence . ma of the curability of any diease than that of consump-
ton , I , .
Dr. Sweet says , "From the recoveries I have witnessed I
wi never despair of the life of i patient with consumption ' ,
These arc the statements of men eminent in their profession -
sion
MAPV , .
A scientific preparation of Ozone , Cod Liver Oil and Guaia- ' 'V
col , is the proper remedy t : us I c0lsumptio.1 and alt diseases ,
cases of the chest and lungs It res totes the lost vitality an4
brings the patient back to perfect health. It is the kind phy-
&icans prescribe for colds , coughs , consumption pneumonia ,
la grippe , bronchitis , asthma and all pulmonary complaints -
plaints ; scrofula , general debility , anmmia , loss of flesh ,
and all wasting diseases. .
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