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CHAPTER XIV. (Continued.)
"'Duponecnii and I lifted the chest he
twoon ns, and n silently n vp lind en
tered the 'woods our party of four with
drew from tlirm. When we came to the
edge we linlted. nnd after a few whim
pered words turned toward the slu'ltor
of the eIi;T. W were sonic (imrter down
it when from tie pines at our bark cnine
a loud halloo. Almost simultaneously a
man sprang out of the shadows before ui,
and called "Stop:"
"Run!" snid Rodney, and. like a foot
ball player, liinped, lantern nnd nil,
traiffht at the man's knees. The two
went down In 2 heap, and the mnn's re
volver went off without harm.
"Run. Mr. Fdis '." cried Charles, nnd I
saw him jump at the struggling men and
pull Islip free.
I)uK)nceau nnd I ran. caring nothing
for shelter now,-but making str.iiglit for
the Kliip. The enemy must have num
bered half a dozen, There were cries lie
bind lis, and a bullet whizzed into the
cliff on otir left. Another shout, and we
knew they were in full pursuit, with
Rodney and Charles acting as our rear
guard. Luckily the chest was not heavy, and
when we came to the rocks we could
acrnnihlc over them without delay. Into
the water we plunged, and, reaching the
side of the Ship, heaved the chest on
board. Then we scrambled up, dripping
and we pulled pur rcar-gunrd over the
t ide.
Another splash, and I fired straight
down Into the water. At the shot the
enemy retreated, and, cursing, took him
elf back to the rocks where his friends
tood. a mark against the sky.
"We'll get that pirate!" one of the men
called. There wns silence on the Ship.
More threats and curses followed, and
then the enemy retired, promising to rout
us out next day.
Itoduey was the first of us to speak,
"t'p anchor and off for the Spanish
Main!" be cried. "I really feel likt a
pirate. Where's puponceau?"
"IIer!" We turned and saw our gen
tleman adventurer sitting on the chest.
' Rodney burst Into a laupgh. 'To think
tliat not one of them knew what It was
lyott two carried! They must have thought
fihaf we were foraging for food."
We bnd all four come out of the acritn
rwiag! unscathed, except for a few bruises,
'but were were too much excited to sleep.
"With much ceremony, we took the aliest
fbelrw nnd placed It Inside of that other
bras-bound box that had waited so long
"Xo a new treusnre, I was sure that Rod
nywas enger for a look at the Inside of
'Ptiponoeau's box. and, to tell the truth,
I also was hoping for a peep at It, but
'.Puponceau preferred to keep its sex-rets
entirely to himself, lie wus rommunica
tire only to a certain point ; beyond that
be was a very sphinx, and in tome way
the facts he told us seemed to enwrap
jblm lo more mystery.
1 1 went up on deck, where Charles was
rpacing steadily back nnd forth.
"You saved Mr. Islip from a very bad
position, Charles," I said. "How did you
"manage to quiet that fellow ao soon?"
"With an tipper-cut I learned in the
14 country, sir. I left him fast asleep.
TIe'd been prowling round the kitchen,
-air, and making himself generally dlsn--greenhle,
and I was glad to settle the
score."
"H'm, so we left one trussed like a pig
In the woods, and another asleep on the
Ibeaeh. This begins to look serious."
"Yes, Mr. Felix; that's what I've been
saying to myself for the Inst half-hour."
We spent that night In a state of sup
pressed excitement that is, all of us ex-
cept Puponceau, who seemed to regard a
Arinl by bullets as nothing out of the us
ual. i '
f CHAPTER XV.
I watched the east turn oiwlescent with
the coming tun, nnd the sea pass through
the pale, translucent colors of the shells
beneath Its surfnee, delicate reds and blues
and the infinitely soft mothor-of-pearl-
Then the hues deepened, nnd the sun, not
yet too Iwld for rtie eye, rose like the
center of a gorgeous flower. The sea
world was fc, and throiuh and over the
vast space of If glittered hid tiny mes
sages of living fin me. They came even
to the side of the Ship and shivered them
selves radiantly against Its old, gray
green, sea-worn boards.
1 had the world to myself, the sea and
its dancing colors, the Khip and its early
morning memories. That awe and veil
oration which steals over the watcher of
dawn es though witness to a birth both
physical and spiritual stole over me, and
1 wondered how often in the oges past
solitary watchers had marvelled from this
deck. life was new and strange and
aweet, and as boundless as the ocean be
fore me.
I came back to reality, and wondered
bow It was that I, who only a week be
fore had been busied with my manuscript
in the study ol my cottage, should no
be facing a life as strange as It was dar
ing. Mas cannot live a life to hi nisei
alone, occurred to nie, and I thought tlia
be would not even if he could. The or
dinary, normal course no longer appealed
to me, I cared not if our opponents were
servants of the law or of a private power
struggling to overwhelm my friend.
looked down at the pistol In my belt and
smiled ; the life of an adventurer was not
ao bad when it gave one the sea and the
aky and the fellowship of meu.
Puponceau stood beside me, his face se
rene, delight in the frenh day mirrored In
bis eyes.
"Why will men fight and prey on each
other? he asked wonderingly.
"You should know," I answered.
"Yes," said he; "I should, and I do
Utopia baa not come, and meanwhile we
each covet what others have and we bav
not. Those men yonder merely represent
powers that want to 'Jo what I bttv
done."
Charles and Rodney cuiiia on deck, an
we breakfasted on what wus still left o
pur provisions a smnty itore, that nIooi
ia Immediutu need of replenishing. I'll
we held a council of war.
If they are wise," suid Rodney
"tlieyJI settle down to besiege us. The
ould ttiirve us out of here in forty-tiuht
bourn. I've an bleu, however, that they're
afiuil to do that for fear of b-sul conse
gueiiir. I take it this U a purely per--nai
fiht."
I had the same thoughts; some French
emles of PuKneau's were trying to
iiduajp hi in. Lad been mj coudiuioo.
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"Iook !" Pupnnccnti was standing, and
we followed Jiis gaw nnd saw a snil-lioat
my sailboat- round the cliff to the west
nnd lie to In the open sea. "Not that
way." he said; "there'll he no morn swim
ming done. They're going to guurd us
from the o"enn."
Then Rodney spoke n;i. "Perhaps I
can get across the bench to the cottage
anil bring some of the tinned meats back."
"I'nless they have confiscated my house
ns well as my boat," I suggested. "How
ever, it's worth a try. Charles stays on
guard, nnd I go with you."
So. a little Inter, the two of us, having
nn eye Mint the men in the sail-boat
should not see ns. lowered ourselves over
the side, and waded waist-deep through
the water. We crawled up the rocks nnd,
lying low. peered through brenks at the
bench. There was nothing but shining
sand between our position and the house.
Carefully we stole over the rocks and,
separating slightly, so that each might be
unhampered by the other, advanced west
ward. I hnd an Impression of what It
must be to march across a desert in the
face of an unseen foe. Only, we did not
have the protection of the desert, for there
were dune above us on the right.
We had gone perhaps half-way when
the silence rang with a shot. A little
furrow blew up In the nnd before me,
and I saw a light cloud of smoge steal
away from the dunes. An instant's si
lence, another report, snd a furrow wns
ploughed In the sand ten yards to the
renr. We were hemmed In by an unseen
ring. - v- -
We faced to the dunes, standing slock
still. Two more guns cracked, and the
bullets sped In the .air. above our beads,
but not so far that we could not bear
them sing. Rodney could stand it no
longer.
"Come out nnd show yourselves like
men !" he cried, bis voice high-pitched and
straining. An Instant's pause, and then
two men leaped forward.
I slip's pistol cracked, then another mnn
joined the two, and as by Instinct we
separated.
Then began a running fire while we
beat a retreat. I kept close as I could
to tho water, emptying my revolver In
such a way as to retard the enemy with
out wounding them: for we suspected
that they were seeking to intimidate us,
without actually resorting to bloodshed,
and we, for our part, had no desire to
have any deaths on our bands. They
gained on us, for we retreated while they
dvanced, and it was only by taking full
peed to my heels and making for the
rocks that I won a temporary respite. The
nemy stopped, and now we. could pepper
them, shooting to right and left as fast
as we loaded.
I glanced backward, and saw the sail
boat very close much closer than I
liked.
They're going to board the Ship!" I
tied, nnd splastieo: into the water. I
ii mbled up the side and made for the
farther bulwark, calling to Duponecnii
nd Charles to stir themselves. As I did
so two men came scrambling over the
outer rocks nnd made for the Ship, while
third held the snil-hont to the shore. I
heard shouts, and saw Rodney cross be-
ble me. Ho stood a moment unprotected.
nnd thnt instant a bullet took him In the
arm and I heard him give a cry of pain.
"Its nothing a scratch on the flesh,"
he muttered as he crouched.
The two men were climbing the sea
ward side. I waited, and as the first
reared above me I was on him and with
all the force In my body burled him hack,'
so that he lost his lmld and fell splashing.
The other was balancing, bad one foot
over, had sprung, when Puponceau and
Charles seised him, and he went, legs
swinging In a circle, beside his fellow in
the see.
We crouched, for the man In the boat
was Print;. the two below scrambled
out of the waves and scurried back to
the wnil-liemt. Then Rodney and lupon
ccau kept that aide of the Ship, while
Charli and 1 watched the other. There
were a few more scattering shuts, then
the euiiiiy made off.
In time we left Charles on guard and
went down to the cabin, while lhipon-
ceau examined and bandaged Rodney's
arm. Rodney wa right ; it was morely a
flesh-wound In his fore-ami, but, slight a
it was, it seemed to turn him into our
hero. It was tho first blood of the war,
When (he wound was attended to we
went on divk, all of us aquiver with ex
citement, and there we four sat, each with
a pistol In his hand, and warm blood
beating in bis veins.
Noon came, and we lunched on scraps,
and triod to make out on smoking many
pipefuls of tobacco. The sun slowly
crossed the western heavens and com
menced to drop. Suddenly I discovered
that I was parched with thirst.
" 'Water, water everywhere, and not a
drop to drink.'. There's no use disguis
ing it any longer ; we'll be caught here
like rats in a trap," 1 said. "We'd better
get away befora we full to eating horse-
leather.
"I have plenty of water and food la
my bouse. It II stand a good long siege
If any of those rascals are living in it,
I'd like to turn them out. What do you
sayi
"It sounds pretty good to me," ascutcd
Itoilney.
Puponceau nodded, and so it was ar
ranged tliat we should leave the Shin,
There were no two ways about it, to go or
stay and be starved Into surrender.
CIIAPTFR XVI.
Our change of luisu wus to be made
after sunset, betweeu those hours when
the darkness should first steal across the
be.icb, Biid thiwe when our enemv might
expect that we would venture forth under
thu shade of night. We decided to leave
IuMiiii'euu's chest where it was for the
present, in the belief that the enemy
would instantly tur. their attention to
my (otlUKe, and that tiiu '-ix wonkl l
safest In some such plu as that diwert
rd cabin.
With night-fall we prepared, glad to
be abnot something after eight honrs of
patient watching. We were to go la
single file, I first, Rodney next, hla
wound"! arm In a sling, thru Ihrpoareau,
and finally Charles, wl;h some little space
betweeu us. We cleaned und leaded our
revolvers, and about 8 o'clock, . when w
could no longer see the sail-boat standing
out against us, I bade good-by to ths
Ship, slid over the side into ths water,
crossed through It, aud erejpt ever Us
roeks. I turned tnd '(ensiled to Roihtef
that the const was ch-ir. and saw hint
lower himself I .y one nrni nid lind a foot
ing. Then, with n pilent prayer that no
strny bullet might bulge in one of lis be
fore we reached cover. I stepped gingerly
on to the beach. You have see;i pictures
of African v-arriors stealing tip-toe
through the Jungle, their whole bodies
nlert for any noise. So I went, my sens
of hearing abnormally acute, my eyes
straining into the twilight for peril. I
could neither run nor stop, but stepped on
with the precision of nn automaton, hop
ing thnt in time the stretch of sand
would bnve slipped past beneath my feet
find I come to the ref-ige of the dunes. I
did not look back, but knew that three
other men were tip-to'i'ig ns silently be
hind me. keen ns was I to break into a
dash. So on nnd on I went, for endless
time It seemed then bearing only ths
sob of the ebb nn.l How of the tide and
the soft, slurring rattle of the wnter as
it slipped bnck over a stretch of stones.
I ticnred the cottage, hnd gone one-half,
two-thirds, three-fourths, of tho way, and
then of n sudden a screaming gull whir
led above my head, nnd, without thought
snve that I must break Ibis tensi.m, I shot
forth full running for the home. I raced
over the bard sand, over the soft sand,
nnd when I came to my cotlag" fell pant
ing In the wide arms of the du.ies. quiv
ering, breathless. A moment inter the
three others hnd fallen near m, nnd wa
nil lay there like so many bngs of meal.
"That's panic!" said Rodney. "I know
now how it comes without any cause."
After a time Charles rose nnd stole to
the kitchen-window. He looked In and
shook his head. Then be disappeared
around the other side. "Nobody there,"
he presently reported.
I looked nt my pistol and led the way.
The front door wns ajar, and without any
more ado I entered my house on tip-toe.
keen-eyed ns n cat. The others followed,
and Charles closed the door and bolted it.
I went into the kitchen, found it also
mpty. nnd secured thnt entrance; then,
with the same care, wc four filed tip the
stairs and Into my study. A man sat In
my Morris-chnir, smoking my meerschaum
pipe. I covered him with the ivvolrcr as
he looked lip.
"Hello!" snid be. "Never mind the
gun. I'm nlotie in the house, and my
gun's not In shooting order."
"Suppose I see. sir,1' saiil Charles, and
a moment Inter he found a revolver in
the mnn's hip-pocket nnd appropriated It.
"Well." I demanded, "what have you to
say to breaking into a ninn's houso in his
absence?'
The other you could see he hnd
sense of humor from the wry smile be
made leaned back nnd cocked his eye nt
me. "I heard you'd gone to sea." he an
swered, "and wouldn't be coining back
soon."
"Ah, that's where I have the advantage
of you, nnd ft very considerable advan
tage. What I wnnt is the Frenchman
over there." He looked 'past me at Pu
ponceau. "I come in for gold when I cap
ture him."
I signaled to Charles, nnd in a trice
he hnd bent tho mnn's arms tight around
the buck of the chair. I found a rope and
tied him there fast. Wo hound his mouth
securely, so thnt even his wry smile dis
appeared, and then left him.
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LABELS.
They Are Meretricious Thlnsra
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Thry Mlaurnntt nn Article.
"Ynu tit n go right on talking to
fatlr, Mr. Jcrrold," Madge Roln'rts
Huld. BitHy, "but I want Mrs. Jcrrold
to at my VI rot hat."
"I nm mire, Just bcnitiso I li:ipicn
to bo n mere man, you wouldn't be
rucl enough to deprive me of a plen-
tiro," Mr. Jcrrold retorted.
Madge dimpled, nnd made him a
courtesy. She could not help being
lapjiy thnt the hat wag bo becoming.
"And It -)Ht, I'XcltiHlve of the label
thnt I begged from Cousin Adi'laMe,
exactly six dollars nnd seven cents,"
Khe explained, triumphantly, to Mrs.
Jerrold. "F.very girl I know, except
me that I've let Into the secret, really
thinks It la n VI rot."
"Why not let them think it n Roliertg
nnd get the credit you deserve?" Mr.
Jerrold suggested with, Jieuoath tha
light words, a gravity which Martga
was too absorbed to notice.
"If that Isn't n 'mere mnn' quess
Hon!" she responded. "To get looked
down vtpon by lots of people when
Implo llttlo label can get mo looked up
to! I made my suit myself, and lt'i
an big n Simeons aa my hut and every'
Ixsly thinks It came from Hammond'
It's my good luck ti have rich cousins
who i-nn furnish tho labels of tha
swell Khops, I'm rjulte willing to keep
my Utlenta In the background; 11
count a grent deal more to b stylist
than to bo talented. I must run novs
ind tako my Vlrot to the mitnL
flood by, both of you!"
It wn a enreless wrap of folk
nothing Tvns farther from the girl's
thought i an that it would Influenza
her life. Yet ouly four months later,
when her father's sudden death mad
H necessary for her to txcoine a wage
earner, that winter evening return1
to her In a way she was. never to for
get. She hud gone to Mr. Jerrold to
nsk his Influence In obtaining a secro
taryshlp of which slio hud heard,
Mr. Jerrold was klndtices Itself, bnl
he shook his head gravely.
"Miss Madge," ho said. MI would
rattier lose a thousand dollar than saj
what I must sny. vet I should not
fair "to Jou Tf 1 did not say it. T cau,
nit recommend you for tho secretary
ship because It Is n position of respouv
nihility, ii nd demands a woman of lr
rcprojiehiihlo honesty and honor. It U
the Vlrot IaUl that stands In tho waj.
Miss Madge, It Is not that I should
not trust you ns far as you saw, but
I could not bo sure that you would
see clearly. I will do my best to helj
you to obtain some other position, hul
I coul 1 not In Justice to the trust in
IMisisl upon mo rooimnieiut ;pou foi
this."
Two minute later a girl hurried
down tile street, her cheeks burnlns
and her eyes full of tears. Rut sh
h;td bvaxiud her leson. Y'outh's C4i
jsiulmi.
Mail's Idea.
"I'a," said Mrs. llardapplo, eiithni
tHUtlcally, "Mtiudy Is get 1 1 tag to bo out
of those hero sure-enough artist folk
WmOtl you like to sou ber wash druw
inr
"No," growled tho old uiun. In cmr
bed tones. "HI a mod lot of foollshm
TM oa Uur nor wash dishes."
Ymi never do a gisxl Lblujt In your
life without muklng au effort Then
ar uo people who are good bj swcV
utmt-irauMw.
Will
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:n s !ose l( ;o to the century
r.:r.l., ! trie r.r.!i'jt oldr;.:t soldier re
v tc cjrated hU ninety-seventh
h r.jl.iy in Washnton. He is Major
Orwrr.1 Punic! II. P.ticl t-r. I'. S. A., re-l-'red.
1 crn ninety-seven, yor.r3 ago
Apr.l I. 1S12. In the whole history
of th: military service of the United
Stslr.i t:re id no rrcorj to parallel
declares O. F. Rchnette in the
Chicago 'In 'or Ocean. rr.)';:a'"ly In all
tho wtrld there U no sold er who can
look back sevenfy-l wo yars to the
date of his fir.it rnmmlsj'nn. For It
was In 1SJ7 that tho future funeral re
ceived his first coinnil.-',"in:i i:s a second
lieutenant fro:n President Andrew
Jackson. He was then a roan of t)."
littlo dr"amlnK that. h. hnd before
him thrcf-'itinrters of a crntiirv of life.
If .he lives three years longer, and
with his present vigorous vitality
there Is no reason he should not. he
will cross the century mark of llfo
and celebrate tho end of three-quarters
of a century of memVr aViiu oa
the military lists of the United States
government.
Away hack In the dawn of our na
tional greatness, our school book his
tories tell of the war of 1S12. Y'et
Daniel Rucker was two month old
before the first shot of that war was
fired. A year later came the firs!
Creek Indian war. Five year. later
came the hostilities with the Semln
oles In Florida. And then came out
break after outbreak of Indian con
flicts. It was In this Indian warfare
away back In the '30s that-he saw his
first service. He won h's first pro
motion for bravery in the Mexican
war. Then again he participated In
Indian warfare. He was 49 years old
when Fort Sumter was fired on. When
the Spanish war broke out he was 86
years of age. But he had retired
from active service sixteen years be
fore, with forty-five years of service
to his credit.
It is a far cry from the clumsy,
muzzle-loading flint lock to the noise
less, smokeless, rapid-fire rifle of to
day. And It is a further crv from
the wooden frigates that formed the
fleet of the United States and won
those splendid naval victories on the
great lakes, when he was a babe in
1812, to the marvelous souadron of
fighting ships that sailed home from
triumphant trip around the world.
When General Rucker first Joined
the ranks of Uncle Sam's defenders
there was no such thing as breech
loading muskets, no sixteen inch guns,
torpedoes, no mines, no Ivddlte
Bhells. No warship was propelled by
steam and all the fleets of the world
were at the mercy of the wind and of
the waves. Then came the Civil War
and the first Ironclads. General
Rucker had passed the half century
mark of his life when the first battle
of armored ships was fought and the
triumph or the Monitor in beating off
the Merrlmac end turning the tide of
the Confederacy on the seas. Yet
that was but a toy experiment of what
as to follow. Progress was slow, and
was thirty years before the armored
vessel of to-day really came Into be
ing. General Rucker was 87 veara old
when the navy or the United States
worthy successor of the nluckv llttl
fighters of 1812 sent to the bottom In
two hemispheres the successors of the
proud Spanish armada.
It is a long Jump from the clumsv
frigate, with Its muzzle loading guns,
its snaking sails and its limited ranirn
of action, to tho Dreadnoughts of to
day, with their heavy armor, their
speed, their powerful engines and
their wonderful range; and there have
been other marvels Just as great in
the progress of his profession. When
ne took his first commission, and
rode 200 miles on horseback alone to
his post, no one had thought of auto
mobiles or airships or wireless tele-
ATLANTIC GARDEN IN DANGER.
Old Ilrllo of Sv York's Dowery Is
Marked for Destruction.
The Atlantic garden, one of the few
remaining buildings binding the Bow
ery of to-day to the old Bowery the
Bowery which saw the wealth nnd
fashion of the town go nightly to tho
Thalia theater nnd slip Into the gar
den jiext door for a bite and a Bip be
tween the acts celebrated its fifty
first birthday Friday evening under a
shadow. The Rhadow was cast by the
Manhattan bridge, already looming
large to the east and projecting itself
nearer and nearer to the spot that
still has the savor of the old days.
A rumor to the effect that the city.
desirous of making a fitting approach
to the great bridge, had already mark
ed the garden for destruction, brought
the oldttmers there In droves Frtday
night, the New York Sun says. They
told stories of the old days, the days
hen if you wanted to hear German
opera yju had to Journey to the Tha
lia, where Con r led worked as a rupe
and where Mine. Gelstlnger drew her
crowds. The old passageway between
the theater and the garden is still
there.
The garden was opened on May 8,
1858, by the father of the present Kra
mers, and part of it Is the original
Bull's Head tavern of the Revolution,
one of Washington's many heudquar-
ters. It was the center of the German
life of the town, and there Kramer first
showed the great orchestra, the won
der of its time, which be bought from
tho graad duke of Baden. There, too,
the German reglmeuts of tho Civil
War made their headquarter and re
cruiting station, and there played all
the famous bunds of half a century
ago. All this those at the long table
recalled Friday night as they drained
their schooners of Rhino wine and lit
tho candles one by one.
CnuMu'l I.rt ! rbnnra Slip II r.
Mothor Johnny, Johnny, why Hre
yvu slapping little sister?
Johnny (sullenly) Aunty made me
Aunty Why, Johnny, how can you
tell such a falsehood?
Johnny Well, you did. You said
you'd never kiss me at;ala If I hurted
my lUUe sUtor.-'Vudr:.
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graph, much less of their revolution
ary use in actual warfare.
When General Rucker was born Ab
raham Lincoln was a 3-year-old babe
In the backwoods of Kentucky. Gen
eral Rucker was 10 years old, minus
Just one day. When General Grant
saw the light of day, April 27, 1822.
Only one President of the United
States died before General Rucker was
born George Washington. He was 14
years old when John Adams and
Thomas Jefferson died on that same
Fourth of July in 1826. When James
Monroe, the fourth ex-President to die,
succumbed, on July 4. 1831, General
Rucker was 19 years old. And out of
the nation's twenty-six ex-Presldenta
General Rucker has survived all save
one. Theodore Roosevelt.
General Rucker was but a boy when
hia parents moved from New Jersey
to Michigan. It was there he got his
first taste of army life, at a frontier
Michigan army post. His father was
averse to his Joining tho army, and
his mother even more so; but the fu
ture general won out, and he applied
for a commission as second lieutenant.
There was plenty of work for Uncle
Sam's soldiers In those days, with the
boundless West Just opening its
wealth to the onward march of civil
ization. He was assigned to the First
dragoons, then on duty at Fort Leav
enworth. Lieutenant Rucker made his
way overland by stage coach until he
got to the nearest point which the
stage coach service of those days could
bring him to tho Kansas outpost. He
was then still 200 tulles from his desti
nation. He had hardly settled down to the
comparative ease of his frontier post
before he was ordered into the heart
of the Cherokee country, and for half
a dozen years he was kept busy with
his soldiers driving off marauding In
dians, protecting settlers and emi
grants' caravans and holding the hos
tile reds in check. He was still busy
In this hazardous campaigning when
the First dragoons were ordered off
to Mexico as part of General Zachary
Taylor's expedition. He took part In
the battle of Buena Vista, and dis
tinguished himself by an act of per
sonal gallantry in the field. It was
an act of bravery under the eye of a
commanding officer, who recommended
him for a brevet, commission as major.
When peace was declared Major Rnck
er's command was sent across the
continent to Los Angeles.
The discovery of gold brought the
rush of '49. and then there was more
than plenty to do. It was a feverish
THE NEW
Mother (nervously) You know
Johnnie (who has been told not
saying anything. I was only looking
CLIMATE MADE IK FRANCE.
Means of Providing Tarls Vegetable
Weeks Asms of Senaon,
The gardeners of Paris get their
products on the market weeks before
the regular season for them. This
forcing of nature is described by Ern
est Poole In Success Magazine.
The secret is simply this: The
French maralchers have manufactured
a climate to suit them. As one ob
serves ' has said, "They have moved
the climate of Monte Carlo up to the
suburbs of Paris."
Some new prodigy of modern sci
ence, this? Not at all. Only enor
mous ex i use In money and In time.
The gardens, whenever possible, are
placed on land with a slope to the
Muth. and are well protected by the
walls on the north and east walU
built to reflect light as well as to give
lirotoctiou from the northeast winds.
The ground Is practically covered
with glass, not as In a greenhouse, but
by glass frames In the open, "three
light" frames of uniform slza, 12 by
4.j feet; and also by glass bells.
These, too, are at a uniform size,
about the shape of a chapel bell, a lit
tle leas than 17 inches In diameter and
from 14 to 15 inches high. The French
call them cloches. You may often see
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time, and the Boldiers of Unci 6am
had to hold in check the madness of
the men that swarmed into the new
El Dorado. Few of those who started
across the mountains and the deserts
that fenced off California knew of the
hardships they must face. Each new
arrival brought tales of horror from
the trail. Lost and starving, the Im
migrants straggled off their paths, un
til sacrifice of life made terrible the
days. . . k.'s-"K
Finally Rucker was ordered east.
He left San Francisco In a steamer
for Panama, with Lieutenant Sherman
afterward General Sherman as one
of his companions. They made the
trip across the isthmus of Panama
by ponies and small boats and then
sailed for Jamaica, where Sherman
and Rucker pald a friendly call on
General Santa Ana, whom they had
worsted at Buena Vista. Major Rucker
saw several years of comparatively
peaceful service in the East and then
he was again sent out to the frontier.
This time his battlefields covered New
Mexico, in constant warfare with the
Apaches. While he was in this work
the civil war broke out and he was
ordered back to Washington.
In September, 1861, he was pro
moted to Colonel of volunteers and In
May, 1863, President Lincoln made
him Brigadier General of volunteers.
In 1865 he was made Brevet Ma jag
General of volunteers and in 1866 he
was mustered out of the volunteer
ranks.
But he was made a Colonel and as
sistant quartermaster general of the
regular service and served as such un
til Febraafy 13, 1882, when ho was
made Brigadier General and quarter
master general. At that time he had
seen forty-five years of service and
seventy-one years of life. He was
then placed on the retired list as a
Major General.
He is still hale and hearty and de
lights In walks in the beautiful por
tion of residential Washington, near
bis home; but he is leading a quiet
life, and even the excitement of recall
ing the hard days of fighting is too
much for his strength. With him lives
his daughter, Miss Sarah Rucker.
Another daughter, Mrs. Philip H.
Sheridan, widow of the hero of Win
chester, lives but a few blocks away,
where she can see the statue of her
husband that a grateful nation erected.
In all bis years of service General
Rueker was never wounded. What is
more remarkable. In all the years of
service and hardship he was never
ill for a single day.
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what I told you, Johnnie.
to make personal remarks) I wasn't
at It. London Weekly Telegraph.
over thousand frames and over ten
thousand glass bells in one two-acre
plot In the suburbs of Paris.
A more recent Innovation is the em
ployment of hot-water pipes run un
der the soil, making of the earth a
veritable steam-heated hotel, with this
essential difference, that the hotel
keeper here is desperately eager, not
to keep his guests, but to persuade
them to leave on the earliest possible
day.
Mr. Yoxall avnd Ills Mreklers.
Hecklers do not stand much chance
of scoring off J. 11. Y'oxall. M. P. "Now
then, sir. how many quarts of milk
ought you to get out of a good cow?"
was nee of the questions put to hlrn
when he first sought to enter Parlia
ment. The candidate had not the
falntert idea of the quantity, and
sought refuge in wit. "It depends on
the distance from the nearest pump,"
he answered, and the audience laugh
ed and applauded. Another night,
when the question waa, "What's the
difference between a mangel-wurzel
and a turnip?" Mr. Yoxall made reply,
"l always know a turnip by Its resem
blance to the shape of ths questioner's
head." Tit-Pits.
If you are in a sruiil place it may
b becauas you won't tt In ft big plao.
A Crrlnne's Ml mete.
Norman Duncan, at a dinner IsJ
Lawrence, said of a brother author:
"His nature studle are fasclnatnlg
but false false as so many of our
Kansas cyclone yarns. They are hard
to beat. I heard a new one yester
day. A stranger, on the way through
the fertile farm lands. of the State,
pointed to a tall pinnacle-like some
thing that rose up in the clear sky
at the distance.
"'What's that tall chimney doint
there?' he said. 'Is somebody starting
to build a factory?'
" 'Oh, no,' said a native. 'That's na
chimney. It Is Jabez Greene's welt
Cyclone turned her Inside out.'"
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Whr the KI1U Tllet
It seems that the silk hat of ad
vanced civilization' has invaded Japan,
though not with everybody there is it
In high favor. A Japanese newspaper
says that it is now an inevitable and
laughter-provoking feature of publio
functions, but it can't understand how
It happens that people who are famous
for their artistic taste should have
come to adept it. The silk hat re
sembles whiskers In one respect. Al
most everybody knows or can find out
when whiskers originated, but nobody
knows why they were tolerated. That
Is the case with the hat in question.
It has been traced back to its begin
nings, but why It was invented and
worn has remained a mystery. As
nearly as can be ascertained it was
designed to be ludicrous, and yet that
Is about the only purpose It serves.
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Ease, a powder to shake Into your shoes.
It cures tired, sweating, hot, swollen, ach
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A certain cure for Corns ami Bunion. AU
Druggists and Shoe Stores sell It. 25c.
Origin of the Torset.
Ths Corporation of Glovers and Stay
inkers of Paris has Just celebrated
the seventh centenary of Its industry
with a banquet and ball. The origin
of the corset is esseutinlly unarlsto
cratie. A butcher In the thirteenth
century had a talkative wife, who was,
in addition, something of a virago. To
reduce her to silence he imprisoned her
body in the first pair of stays. Wives
have imitated and improved upon tha
Idea of the thirteenth century butcher,
but stays nnd silence have ceased to
be synonymous. As lately as two cen
turies ago they were forbidden in
France in churches, nt the King's Court
when the King was present, nnd in the
courts of law. In the first part of tho
eighteenth century they almost passed
out of fashion, but Paris followed Lon
don In such mntters, as It does to-day,
and when In 1S39 It was known that the
London dandles wore six different
kinds of gloves each day. the fashion
returned to Paris, and has never left
It Dundee Advertiser.
Doesn't Work Until Wirif
The long-haired orator had gathered ft
littlo crowd around him ' iu one of tha
public parks and was making a fervid po
litical speech.
"Yez'll have to atop that," said one of
the sparrow cops, sauntering up to him.
"We don't allow that kind o' talkia' in
this pa'ark, sor."
"I see !" roared the orator, descending
from his soap box. "You want to keep
your park system in politics, but you
won't allow politics ia your park sy
tem !"
Conversational Opportunities.
"So your wife is a suffragette? Why
does she want to vote?"
"She doesn't want to vote," an
swered M. Meekton. "Sire wants to
make speeches." Washington Star.
PRESSED HARD.
Coffee's Wciuht on Old Age.
When prominent men realize the In
jurious effects of coffee and the change
In health that Postum can bring, they
are glad to lend their testimony for
the benefit of others.
A superintendent of public schools
in one of the southern states says:
"My mother, since her early child
hood, was an Inveterate coffee drinker,
had been troubled with her heart for a
number of years and complained of
that 'weak all over' feeling and sick
stomach.
"Some time ago I was making aa
official visit to a distant part of the
country and took dinner with one of
the merchants of the place. I noticed
ft somewhat peculiar flavor ef the cof.
fee, and asked him concerning It. He
replied that it was Postum.
"I was so pleased with it, that after
the meal was over, I bought a package
to carry home with me, and had wifo
prepare some for the next meal. The
whole family were so well pleased
with it. that we discontinued coffee
and used Postum entirely.
"I had really been at times very
anxious concerning my mother's condi
tion, but we noticed that after usins
IHwtura for a short time, she felt sj
much better than she did prior to its
use, and had little trouble with her
heart and no sick stomach; that the
headaches were not so frequent, and
her general condition much improved.
This continued until she was as well
and hearty as the rest of us.
"1 know Postum has benefited my
self and the other members of the fam
Uy. but not in bo marked a degree ad
In the case of my mother, aa she was
ft victim of long standing." Read "The
Rood to Wellville," lu pkgs. "There's
a Reaauu."
Ever read the above letter? A
new one appears from time to time.
They are genuine, true, and full ol
human Interest.
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