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IONS OF USELESS STAMPS
XnormoTi Talk of Redeeming the Outlawed
War EeTenue 8tioker
MONOTONOUS JOB OF FEDERAL OFFICIALS
More Thaa Fifty People Encased la
CMhliif la Valael.es rapiri
y tha Drayload from
"f eo.OOO Claimants.
' Charlea Hallam Keep aat at his desk In
Washington the other day with a pile of
treaaurjr warrranta before him eight Inches
nigh. As fast as tha colored messenger
beside him could pass -them oil the ptlft
' and blot tha signatures he appended hla
signature to them as assistant secretary of
the treasury.
' 'It's tha last 6,000 of the 60,000," he said,
and then went on to explain that he was
algnlng tha treasury warrant for the
payment of 0,000 claims for unredeemed
tamps, which were left In the hands of
the people of the United State when the
war revenue repeal . bill went Into effect.
Aa a matter of fact, hla was th last act
In the process of "cashing lnV about 300
tons of valueless paper, In tha form of
blank stamped drafts, stamped .checks or.
tamps In sheets.
The task began eighteen months ago,
when congress decreed that the special In
ternal revenue taxes which hod been levied
because of tha extraordinary expenditures
Incident to the war with Spain should no
longer bs collected. Congress also pro
vided In tha legislation on tha subject that
after three months' notice bad beenv given
by, tha government, all stattfps, stamped
checks, stamped drafts or receipts should
ba redeemed at the facs value of the
stamps they bore.
More than fifty temporary employes have
been engaged for the last eighteen months
In the task of redeeming- the stamps which
were outstanding when the war revenue
repeal bill went Into effect The expense
of the process to the government has bean
In excess of $40,000. Many of the checks
had the atamps Imprinted upon them undor
government supervision. JCach stamo had
to be officially counted and then,' under the
supervision and Inspection of f, committee
of treasury officials, oarrled to the furnace
and burned, or else canceled. After there
had been endorsement after endorsement,
and certification after certification to the
effect that the stamps had been accounted
for, a warrant on the treasury was Issued
to the person who had forwarded the
stamps. No claims were considered under
the law which did not amount to W or
more. Hundreds of claims for amounts
less than Jl poured Into the Treasury de
partment, but wore returned to the sender
with the Information that they could not
be paid under tha law. Claimants were
advised to turn over their small claims to
the nearest bank and have the redemption
sought by the bank.
Win (he Rash Bearaa.
Within three weeks after the war reve
nue repeal bill was passed, the checks and
stamps and stamped paper began to arrive
on every train. They came from every
state In the union and from distant Hawaii
and Alaska. At first the bundles were
plied In the spare room In the lump
division of the Treasury department, on
the second floor of the building. In a few
cays the packages began to come by the
dray load. They were raised on the freight
levator of the building to the second floor
corridor and piled along the wait With
aacn passing day the piles grew. They
rose to the celling of the corridor. They
spread along the oorrtdor until they passed
the entire length of the building on the
West, side. Then came the supervising
architect of the building and ahook his
head gravely and started a computation.
He quickly demonstrated that the stamps
and stamped paper In the great marble
.corridor weighed more than 00 tons. He
as quickly decided that the supports of
the building was not strong enough to
hear the additional weight, and ordered
the papers removed. A building was rented
a few blocks from the Treasury depart
ment, and. under the supervision of a
bonded employe, the work of counting the
atamps and making up the claim was
Started there. All along the corridor of
the Treasury building, whloh Is two blocks
long and a block wide, desk were placed
and the oountera and acoountants were
put to work, so that they might expedite
the forwarding of the money to claimants.
All checks and drafts and stamped paper
Were forwarded to the department at the
expense of the claimant The stamp
were destroyed as soon as carefully
eounted and the claim audited.
Weadera of the PrlatlasT Art.
Some of the checks sent with stamps for
redemption- were wonders of the printer's
art This was particularly true of checks
of individuals and the banks of Boston.
The paper was thick and glased, gilt-edged
and tinted, and the blank checks were en
graved on steel. They were bound In mo
rocco. There were many . other valuable
check which the clalmanta said cost wlta
out the stamps attached, from to 11 cents
tea. This waa true of the "safety" check.
8ome of these were printed on "safety"
paper which had a gloss hardly discernible
to the naked eye, but which would rub oft
the moment the surface was slightly
scratched and permit ink to spread under
the surface In a black, unsightly blotch
over a space of two Inches la diameter, and
show clearly that an attempt had been
made to alter the checks. Then there were
other forma of safety checks, printed much
like a money order, where a certain tear
ing away of portions of coupon attached
showed the value of the checks, and further
tearing would reduce the value and could
not Increase It
There was still another form of check,
elaborately engraved, which contained In Its
center a glowing sun. Ths name of the
person to whom the check was to be given
wss to be written In the center. The radl-
be arranged by folding and tearing, so that j
f
and
the amount of the check could be shown
and never altered. All of these expensive
checks were returned to the persons send
ing them, sfter the stamps Imprinted on
them had been pierced by a hole about the
else of the end of a lead pencil. These can
cellation were Intended to render the
stamps valueless for redemption purposes,
and to make It Impossible for the govern
ment, to be -forced to pay for thi same
strtmps more than once. As stamps they
have no value except for redemption, aa
the war revenue law Is no longer In effect
; Millions Paid, More to Follow.
Up to this time there have been 16,399
-packages of all sorts and sites offered at
th Treasury department containing 38.-
000 claims for redemption. The govern
ment ha refunded thus far, in round num
bers, 2,000,000. The bulk of the work has
been done. Every stamp or stamped piece
of papor must be In the hands of the
treasury officials before July 1. 1004, ss that
Is the time limit for redemption set by
the law. Tl.e largest claim which has been
made and paid by the government in con
nedtlon with the redemption operation
was that of the Pullman Car company.
That concern spent three mOnths preparing
Its claims. It employed Vnir men during
that ferlod to sort an arrange the thou
sands and hundreds of thousands of sleep
Ing car seat and berth tickets, all of which
bore the stamps which had beed paid for
by. tha company, and for which tha com
pany wanted its money from the govern'
ment The company had perhaps the larg
est amount Of stamped paper on hand of
any concern In the United States, as It waa
necessary to send the tickets to all of Its
branch offices stamped at .the central of
fices at Chicago and New York. When
the repeal went into effect the sale of the
stamped tickets and receipts waa sus
pended, and three months' time was neces
sary to' bring these tickets back to Chi
cago and prepare them for shipment to
Washington. When finally assembled they
filled thirty-one boxes and weighed In all
eight tons. The boxes - contained not less
than 1600.009 tickets or receipts, as th Pull
man company was given a government
warrant In excess ot US, 000.
Task ef Conntlaaj.
The money Vas mot paid, however, until
after every ticket had been eounted by th,e
government employes, as tha count of the
company. In spite of Its standing, could
not bo accepted by the auditor for the gov
ernment until verified?"' When all had been
counted and the claim adjudicated there
was some talk cf asking that the tickets be
sent back: Tha government took the posi
tion that the expense of 'canceling the
tickets would to too much, unless the
company would agree to accept the pay
ment made on account of the tickets
counted as final and In full, and would
bind Itself not to make further claim
either as a company or through its agent.
As the company has reason to believe
that It still has a number of tickets at Its
distant offices which will be sent In for
redemption It would not agree to this, and
preferred to see the tickets all burned.
This was done by carting them over to
the bureau of engraving and printing.
There, before the tickets were shoveled
Into the fires under the boilers, they were
weighed, and It was found there were
eight tons of them.
These statements as to the redemption
of stamps and stamped paper Indicate but
a small percentage of the real work done
by the government In connection with the
redemption operations. If proprietary and
beer and tobacco stamps be taken Into
consideration, the value of the redemption
reaches at least $38,000,000. There was a
rebate on tobacco In packages which re
sulted In the filing of not less than 40,000
claims and the payment of not less than
14,000,000, These amounts are necessarily
approximate, but are conservative. The
treasury officials give no figures on indi
vidual transactions, aa It la held that
they have no right to under the law,
which protects private corporations snd
individuals whose -private business must
be known In part by the treasury officials
In connection with the collection of In
ternal taxes. Washington Times.
IN ALL WALKS OP LIPB.
Heraleide Is laea Oars Dandruff.
E. II. Lyon. New Tork, N. Y.. says:
"I am very fond of Herplclde and enjoy
using It It Is refreshing."
Dr. J. H. Bush, Toledo, O.. writes: "New
bro's Herplclde has given better satisfac
tion than anything I have ever used."
Mrs. Borkey ot Chadron, Neb., says ot
Herplclde:
"It cleaned my , head of dandruff and
stopped my hair from falling out It Is the
best remedy for dandruff I ever used, and
I have used a great many."
R. 8. Coleman, Ann Arbor, Mich., says:
"I have used two bottles of Herplclde
and derived benefit therefrom."
Bold by leading druggists. Bend lOo In
tamps for sample to The Herplclde Co.,
Detroit, Mich. Sherman McConnell
Drug Co., special agents.
Ina-aarded Adnaieeloa.
"Your hair is rather long," suggested the
barber.
"That's the way I like It" said the man
la tha chair. "Spare me your conversation.
All I want U a shave,"
The barber lathered his face In silence.
Then he strapped his rasor.
"I suppose," be said, "you've been looking
at some of those pictures In the funny
papers that show how barbers talk their
customers to death."
"Worse than that." retorted the man In
the chair. "I draw the plot urea."
The shave be got after that may perhaps
be Imagined. Chicago Tribune.
Henry's Modest Part.
"Yes." said Mrs. Wadsworth. "the family
are moet interesting. John dances di
vinely. Tom sing Ilk an angel, David I
a famous foot bailer, Sueenn paints with
great taste." ,
"And Henry T"
"Oh. Henry. Well, be'a a rather dull
sort of a fallow, you know. He only works
and supports Ute other." Chicago Journal
STEAMB0AT1NC ON MISSOURI
Beminlioenoe of ths Palmy Daji of Traffio
on the Big Muddy.
THRILLING RACE OF RIVAL BOATS
The AJsoma and the Lonle F. Linn
pit Flame and Sterna la a Trial
for Sapreiaae-y How it
Came Oat.
There ar very few people In St ' Louis
today who can speak from a personal
knowledge of the magnitude of the ante
bellum river trada of that city, and fewer
still who can recall the absolute dependence
of the great west, the north, the south and
the north and southwest upon the navlg.
tlon of tho Mississippi, upper and lower, the
Missouri and their tributaries, and what the
traffic of tKese streams meant to St. Louts.
To the individual who, over half a century
ago, was Intimately acquainted with all the
ramifications of river trade centering at this
point, present conditions are not only in.
comprehensible, but from the old stand
point appalling.
I'aradoxical as It may seem, while the
rivers were the foundation for the Orst
prosperity of St Louis, they were in reality
the cause ot tho first check to her onward
march to greatness; not because they tailed
to continue to offer glorious facilities for
freight and passenger traffic, but because
the people depended upon them too Im
pllcltly. The Idea prevailed among her
leading men that she had the western
world by the tall, and that because of her
natural location no danger need be appre
hended from any other point
Hon Chicago Got Ahead.
With this Idea at the fore, St. Louts closed
her eyes to the possible advantages of rail
ways and kept thorn closed until Chicago,
practically at that time an Inland town, for
lake navigation had been but slightly del
veloped, took up railroads and reached out
most effectively through Illinois and Mis
sourl to St. Joseph, then the furthermost
westward point touched by the Iron rail
The completion of that connection cut 8t
Louis off from a trade, the loss of which
she materially felt, and gave the first great
Impetus to the Windy 'City.
Chicago, too. while using every effort to
extend her railways, never lost sight of the
Incalculable value of her lake navigation,
and did everything possible to foster It.
When St. Louis finally woke up to the Im
perative necessity of railways she made the
mistake of abandoning her rivers.
The result to Chicago of fostering her
water connections Is that today ehe Is a
city of over 1,000,000, while St. Louis from
having abandoned hers, has less than 1,000,
000 people.
. Chicago built up her lake marine by glv
Ing It substantial encouragement not only
In tonnage and passenger traffic, but by
putting up capital for building vessels es
peciaily adapted or this trade.
8t Louis not only did not encourage the
river Interests with business, but her eapl
tallsts failed to appreciate the necessity of
building a class of boats suitable for the
changed conditions ushered In with the
coming of the railways.
It is not too late for St. Louis to .rehabili
tate the Mississippi, and, for that matter,
the Missouri, and this can be done through
the building of vessels adapted to the
streams, and sooner or later, should she not
do this, she may expect that Chicago will,
at least, jtako up the- lower Mississippi, and
through converting her present drainage
ditch Into a ship canal, make the lower
Mississippi her main outlet to the sea.
Palmy Days ot Steamboatlnar.
Tho Individual who ha a recollection of
the palmy days of steam-boating on the
western rivers, based upon actual experi
ence, has, st least, something that will re
main with him until hla soul takes Its flight
across that last dark mythical river from'
whence there is no return, and even then.
if the spirit retains a sense of the delightful
things enjoyed in this world, among them
will bo the remembrance of a trip taken on
a western steamer, at some date between
the early '40s and the beginning of the '60s.
The luxurious dsys of steamboatlng on
the Missouri river had their Inception In
1848, when Captain Jewett Dandy Jewett,
so-called from his exquisite style pt dress
ing and his unexceptionable manners,
brought out th Howena, at that lime pos
sibly the most perfect example of steam
boat structure upon the western waters.
though as early as 1840 James Archer, John
Ewing, Robert Aul. and numerous other
staunch and comfortable steamers navi
gated the Missouri river, and It was In 18-14
that Wapello, a very powerful, elnele-
englne, high-pressure steamer, was utilized
in rescuing the citizens of old Franklin
from the. flood, traversing the streets ,ln
succession, and taking the people from
second-story windows and housetops. Old
Vranklln, at the commencement of the
period, was the second city In the state In
the matter of population, and at It subsi
dence not a single house was left standing
the site of the once beautiful city remaining
only aa a barren, sandy waste. In which
condition It remains today.
Great Miseoarl River Race.
In 1845 the race between Lewi F. Linn.
called after th senator of that name from
Missouri, and Algoma, from St. Louis to
Glasgow, occurred, and possibly nothing
more exciting was ever witnessed upon any
of the western river, or. for that matter,
upon th water of th world. Linn was a
long, slim, greyhound looking boat built
for speed, and the fact that it showed Its
heels to everything on the river justified
the efforts of Its builders.
During the second season of Linn Ala-oma.
a boat of which it was said, "It is as grace
ful as a Deauurul woman." was brought
out for the ouroose of contesting th. -n.
gow trad with the former, and it was be-
llevea that It could outspeed it and. being
supplied with two engines, while Llnn had
only one, the belief was accentuated among
all classes.
Th result was a challenge from the own.
ere of Algoma to linn, which the owners
of the latter were not backward In accent
ing. The match was arranged and the boats
advertised to leave St. Loul at a given hour
on a certain day, so that resident along
th river, from tart to finish, could figure
loioraoiy ciose to tne hour at which the
boat would make their appearance, and,
to judge from tha crowd that lined the
bank at Boonvllle when the boat passed
that point, the entire population on each
side of the Missouri for mile back in tha
interior, must have found Its way to eligible
viewpoint on tne river.
The boat rounded th bluff below Boon
vlll about 11 o'clock at night. Th moon
was obscured by heavy clouds and aJm-.
pitch darkness covered th turbulent
stream, only lighted by the fitful Bashes
irom tneir rurnacea and the lamps from
their cabin and lantern hung uuon thir
deck. Their amokeatack appeared to b
at a dull red heat, from th hurricane decks
10 ineir topmost tip, and th steam cam
from their escape pipe with hissing that
Indicated that every drop of water in their
collars had been reduced to th highest
pressure of steam, while the figures of the
negro firemen, aa they danced round the
furnace doors, piling Cottonwood, pine
knots, lard, roaln, bacon aide and almoat
very other kind of combustlbl into th
hollow depths of th flames, presented a
picture that might have been, without any
stretch of Imagination, taken for a tru
representation of the devil and hla Imn.
asking up the fire of the infernal region.
41 waa a terribt ana leexiul plclare, but
one calculated to Inspire the wildest en
thusiasm. Strang to say, not a single
exclamation was Indulged in by any In
dividual among all the thousand of people
lining the bank, beyond the word spoken
by an old. gray-haired negro slave, who
said, as the boats came In sight "Dar
dey is," and as they cam opposite the
wharf, "Here dey am," and as they
rounded ths point above the town, "Dar
dey go."
They passed the center of the town run
ning nose and nose apparently not an Inch
of difference between them. It seemed a
race between living Uilngs-life Itself being
the stake.
Possibly, It required ten minutes to pass
the town, and during that tlm not a sound
came from' the crowd on shore not a word
from the boats, not a whistle sounded It
was as If two slender steeds, with ears laid
back,ryes bulging and nostrils extended,
were straining every nerve, under lash and
spur, to reach the goal first, or die In the
attempt
It was a spectacle never to be effaced
from the memory of the Individual who
witnessed It A glorious but terrible sight
The crowd at Boonvllle remained on the
banks until the steamers could bo distin
guished from their red-hot chimneys In
passing the opening between the Island,
Just above Arrow Rock, and the main
shore, twelve miles away. The boats
reached Glasgow early tho next day. a
they had passed Boonvllle, running nose
and nose, and, although much money had
been wagered on the result none was lost
for the race was declared a tie.
The strain on the boats was too great
and It was only a year or two after until
both of them were sent to tha bone yard.
JUDGE FEARED THE RETURNS
Elaborate Apologies for feateaclaa; a
Man Who Controlled a Roach
t Votes.
Former Vice President Stevenson had a
fund of good stories. Ons ot his beat waa
about a Judge In one of the back districts
of Illinois In the early days. Ths Judge
was a politician all over, and took partic
ular care so to conduct himself on the
bench that he would offend 'no one, and
thus secure a re-election at the expiration
of his term. In one section of hi county
was a numerous family named Green.
"Green's Ridge" waa famous on account of
every voter being related to the Greens, if
not actually bearing the name. They were
clannish, and always voted together. In
contests where everything elso was equal
the vote of "Green's Ridge" would decide.
Th person who was so Unfortunate a to
Incur the displeasure of any one person of
the "Ridge" was sure to have the entire
population against him. Officeholders were
satWflod to overlook many shortcoming of
the Green family In order not to Incur their
enmlt3
One year Bill Green, tha most "notorious
of the family, killed a man.- It was a cae
of cold-blooded murder, and, although the
"Ridge" attended the trial en masse, th
Jury was not to be overawed, and rendered
a verdict cf rulltv. Seal 11 IT ltlA nlimAFAIII
Green in attendance and not wishing to
offend them, the Judge was very lenient tn
his rultnjrs. favoring the counsel for the
defense and overriding the, law. and the
prosecuting attorney unblusnlngly. His
charge to the Jury was a model of Jnoffen'
stveness and favorabale to the prisoner. It
waa apparently painful. .to .him. whan the
verdict waa pronounced.. :
Bill Green went back to Jail and remained
there until the prosecuting attorney had In
sisted several times that sentence must be
pronounced. The relatives from the "Ridge"
were still around, and when It waa noised
about .that the'ijudge had sent the sheriff
to bring Bill Green' Into court to receive
enience, mey,a niea into the courtroom
ana a waited envelopments. When the
prisoner had been brought In the judge
giancea aooui tn room, and began ner
vously: "Mr. Green, hy, the Way. as vou mrm tin
aouot aware, the recent trial ended In a
manner rather unfortunate for yourself.
That you will take notice, Mr. Green, wal
not the fault of the court. The court. Mr
Green, you of course observed, had nothing
io uo wun maxmg or renderlna- this rer.
diet. That waa entirely a mnttnr vii.m
the Jurisdiction of the court, and whollv
with the Jury, Mr. Green. The Jury was not
of the court's choosing, Mr. Green. In
fact the court could have no choice In tha
matter of a jury, and In this case the court
naa no ioea as to who would eomnoae h.
Jury, and had no part In deliberations
or conclusions. The court, Mr. Green, con
tented Itself simply and solety with the
aw, ana i nope you and your famllv. Mr
Green, have observed that the court kent
strictly within Its own proper sphere."
ine judge glanced around and koHm
that he bad not yet given offense to tha
"Ridge," and proceeded:
"You no doubt observed. Mr. Green tfc.t
the jury not the court, mind returned a
verdict That verdict was-ah-was some
what prejudicial to your Interests, Mr.
Green. It was, tn fact, against you, Mr.'
Green. In fact, Mr. Green, the Jurv fonnii
you guilty ot of murder, Mr. Green."
He glanoed around the room again. anA
the "Ridge" was frowning, and he added
hastily:
You understand. Mr. Green, that It was
the jury, aa I aald before, and not tha
court that returned that verdict."
The Judge hesitated some time, and then
the prosecuting attorney said:
"Sentence must be pronounced."
"Ah, yes," continued the Judge. "You
see. Mr. Green, the law makes It obliga
tory upon the court and I wish you and
your family to remember that the court
did not make th law to pronounce sen
tence upon you, without regard to what
the . feeling of th court may be. The
sentence, Mr. Green, which the law pro
videsand with which ths court had no
part In th making is that you In fact.
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Mr. Green, the law say. you at no
doubt aware, that you mu.it must hang.
Now, Mr. Green, the court desires to
mak thl ceremony as comfortable and
Convenient for you as possible, and th
court would Ilk to know If you have
any preference as to the time. What
day, Mr. Green, would you prefer"
''Friday la a good as any day," an
swered Green, stolidly
' "Ah, very good; It shall be as you de
sire, Mr. Green, and th court fixe Fri
day." He bowed to Green and smiled at the
"Ridge." The attorney said th exact
Friday must b named.
"Oh, yes," answered th Judg. "Mr.
Green, the law say that the date, which
means the day of the mot th a well a
th day of the week, must be appointed.
Now. Mr. Green, what day of the month
do you think would best meet your con
venience? There are five Fridays In the
next month, all nice Friday. Ther Is
the M, the 9th, tho 16, the 83d and the
JOth."
The Judge looked earnestly at the. pris
oner, like a clerk In a dry good ; tor
showing goods to a particular customer.
"Th last one's good enough for me,"
answered Green.
"Very well, very well, Mr. Green. We
will say Friday, the 30th. That will be the
date, Mr. Green, if agreeable to you, I
hope you and your family will observe
that It is the law and not the court that
specifies that these exercises must occur."
"There is a form prescribed by tha
statutes," Insisted the attorney, "that
must be complied with In pronouncing a
sentence, and the prisoner must stand
while It Is delivered." Green hnd been
sitting ftulleqly In front of the Judge.
"Ah, yes, I believe thete Is," said the
judge. "A snere formality. Now, Mr.
Green, It you will arise, th court will
read to you th form the statute which
th law says must b used in such cases
aa these. 'It Is the sentence of the court,'
that Is the wording of the law, Mr. Green,
that you, William Green, shall be taken
from this place of solitary confinement.
and on Friday, the 8ith day of June, you
hall be taken from thence to a place pre.
pared and hanged by the neck, the words
of the law, Mr. Green 'until you are dead
And may God have mercy on your soul
That, Mr. Green, concludes the duty of the
court; and I trust that you and all your
family will observe that In all these pro.
ceedings the court Is compelled by the law
to act, perform this function, and thst the
court Itself Is In nowise responsible for the
law, or for the action of the jury which
resulted In this painful painful to the
court proceeding. And, now, Mr. Green
tha Court wishes you a very good after.
noton." Washington Post.
BESIEGED 3Y MOUNTAIN LIONS
Terrible Experience ot a Man la the
- Gabriel Section, Cal
ifornia, s.
J. II. Camp, who resides at Brown'
Flat, In Southern California, has just
passed through the terrible experience of
being beseiged for four days and nights
In a cabin in the upper San Gabriel coun
try by , four .starving mountain lions.
Camp's only companion was a burro, and
hi only mean of defence a small re vol
ver and a limited supply of ammunition.
Camp had gone to th mountain cabin
to prepare It for the reception of revere!
hunters and duHng his stay alone had
heard tha cry of wildcats and the long
blood-chilling screech of panthers. He
had not, caught sight of any of the ani
mals until one day when he was cutting
away some brush on the trail near the
cabin he heard a twig snap In front of
him. Looking up, he beheld a huge Hon
right In the center of the trail, switching
Its tail menacingly. Camp was struck
dumb with terror, but instinctively his
hand sought his hip pocket In which re
posed his pistol.
Aa he drew It another Hon walked out
of the brush, and behind It were two
mailer, possibly cubs. Blaming wildly
away with the popgun In hi hands, Camo
created a momentary dlvet-ston that al
lowed him to reach his cabin door. Rush
ing inside, he barred the door and reloaded
hi pistol, determined to frighten away the
brute If possible. A be looked cut he saw
his burro, Al Borak, snorting and tugging
at hla tether, one of the tawny brutes hav
Ing already begun to sneak up on him.
With a wild plunge the burro broke loose
and rushed for shelter, one of the lions
after him. Camp opened the door Just In
time to admit the terrorized fellow, who
shot In aa If launched from a catapult.
Throwing his weight against the door.
Camp barred It again. He had plenty of
provisions and decided to regain quiet for
a time, hoping the Hons would go tway.
Knowing they are usually cowardly brutes,
Camp waa st a loss to account tor their
daring action except on the theory that It
might be a pair with their cubs. He made
the burro comfortable and was glad of hla
company and then took look to see If the
brute wer still there. They were watch
ing. They refused to vacate; they knew
their gam wa snared In a trap of hi own
making, and right In th brush outside of
Camp's Inclosure ths quartet of cats
oamped. All day Sunday at least one was
In sight, snd Camp decided to II down.
That night wa a night of horror.
On th fourth morning Camp cautiously
peered out. The lions wer not in light and
he hurriedly saddled up Al Borak, mounted
him and turned the honest little beast to
ward civilization. He needed no urging.
Camp was congratulating himself on his
escape when a 'piercing screech was heard
from th trail behind. The brutes had dis
covered his departure and were In hot pur
suit. Realising his peril snd that safety lay
only tn beating the Hons to civilisation.
Camp accepted the hard term. Terrified
AND RETURN
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beyond all control, th little berro.for once
In his life galloped lll;e a racehorse. Never
before and probably never bgaln will the
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be made in rutfh time as Camp made It.
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