' .2 iV4'-2 wuuHtf.-uogre me latetui para-
CHAPTEB Xf l.-Cootln..t
TJla smiled again. To say the truth,
that was precisely the interpretation
one herself had put on that territi
omei. The parrot had spilled Tu-Kila-Kila's
sacred blood upon the soil of
earth. According to her simple nat
ural phi osophy. that was a certain
sign tht through the parrot 'a instru
mentality Tu-Kila Kila's life would be
forfeited to the great eternal earth
spirit. Or, rather, the earth-s;irit
would claim the blood of the man La
vita, in whose bony it dwelt, and
woula itself migrate to some now
earthly tabernacle.
But for all that," she disseniblnd.
'"Great ;od," she cried, smiling a be
nign smile, ''you are tired'. You an
thirsty! Care for Heaven and earth
has wearied you out. You feel the fa
tigue of upholding the sun in heaven.
Your arms m st ache. Your thews
must give under you. Drink of the
soul-inspiring jui e of the kava' My
hands have rropared the divine
cup. For Tu-Kila-kila did I make it
fnesb, pure, invigorating!"
She held thd bowl to his lips w'th
an enticing smile. Tu-Kila-Kila hesi
tated and glance! around him suspic
iously. "What if the white faced
stranger should-corae to-night ' he
whisjiered, hoarsely. "Ho ma; have
discovered the Great Taboo, after all.
Who can tell the wavs o the world,
how they come about' My people are
o treacherous Some t-a tor may have
betrayed it to him '
"impossible." the lieautiful snalo
like woman answered, with a strong
gesture of natural dissent "And even
if he came, would not kava, the divine,
inspiriting drink of the gods, in which
dwell the embodied sou's of our fathers
would not kava make you more vig
orous, strong for the tight.' Wo.ild it
not course through your veins like
fire? Would it not pour into your soul
the divine, abiding strength of your
mighty mother, the eternal earth
spirit "
"A little." Tu-Kila-Kila said, yield
ing, "but noi too m i-h. Too much
would stupefy me. When the spirits,
that the kava-tree sucks up from the
earth, are too strong within us. they
ovetp iwer our own strength, . o that
even I, the high god-even I can do
nothing. '
Ula held the bowl to his lips, and en
tice 1 him to drink with her beautiful
eyes. "A deep draught, O supporter
of the sun in he .ven,1' she cried, press
ing his arm tenderly. "Am I not lb?
Did I not brew it for you Am I not
the chief and most favored among your
women' I will sit at the door. 1 will
watch a!i night. 1 wil, not close an
eye. Not a foofali on the ground but
my ear shall hear it.
"Do " Tu-Kila-Kila said, laconic ly.
I fear Fire and Water. Those go'ls
love me not tain would they make
me migra'e into s'inie other body. But
I myself like it not. This one suits me
admiraiilv. 1. la, tnat kava is stronger
thin you aro used to .oake it."
".o. no," Via cried, pressing it to
Lis lii a se ond :i':ie passionately.
4You aro a very . i-catgod. You are
tired: it over-om; you. And if you
sleep. I wiil watch Fir and Water dare
notdixioy yo rcoiniiiaads. Aro you
not gre X: . cur .'yes.tre ever where.
And 1. even I, w !i ca. one of them."
The suvag.-gulped oown a few more
Bo:;tii!ii!s of the intoxicating liuuid.
Then he glau ed agiiin -u donly
with a J ui r: s.s ,c;ou look. The
cunning of h.s rao? gv.; him wisdom
in spite o the dead I v strength of the
kava I ia had brewe i too deep for him.
With a sudden r.-s-ve, he row: and
staggered out "1011 are a serpent,
woman!'' he ried a;,gr!y, seeing the
smile that lurked upon I la's face.
"To-morrow I will kill you. 1 will take
the white woman for my bride, and she
and I will feas off your carrion body.
lou have tried to Oct ray me, but you
are not cunning enough, not strong
enough. No woman shall kiil mo. I
am a very great god. I will not yield.
I will wait by the tree. This is a trap
you have set, but 1 do not fall into it.
If the Ktng of the Kain comes, I shall
be there to meet him."
He se zed his spear and hatchet and
walked forth, erect, without one sign
or drunkenness. I la trembled to her
self as she saw him go. She was play
ing a cieep game,
only just enough
-and inspire him?
it j . . , . .
bad she given him I
, . , , i
ftaia iu ei.ieiigi.uea
CHAPTER XXVIII
WAGEH OF BATTLE.
Felix wound his way painfully
through the deep fern-brake of the
Jungle, by no regular path, so as to
avoid exciting the alarm of the na
tives, and to take Tu-Kila Kila's palace-temple
from the rear, where the
big tree, which overshadowed it with
its drooping branches, was most easily
pprothable. 4a he and Toko crept
on, bending low. th ough that dense
tropical scrub, in deathly silence they
were aware all the time of a low.
crackling sound that rang ever some
paces In the rear on theirtrail through
tbe forest. It was Tu-Kila-Kila's Kyes,
following them stealthily from afar,
footstep for footstep, through the
dense undergrowth of bush, and the
crisp fallen leaves and twigs snapped
light beneath their footfall, what
hope of success with those watchful
plea, keen as beagles and cruel aa
bloodhounds, following ever on their
track? What chance of escape for Fe
lix t nd Muriel, with tbe cannibal man-
Cl's toils laid round on every side to
ure tnelr destruction?
"Let tbe creat spirit Itself choose
which body it will inhabit." the King
Fire atbrmured ia a soft, low voice,
fUncinc toward a dark spot at tbe foot
4Uhif tree. The noonlifbt fell
aina through the braachee on the place
whore bo looked. The (dlbbering
boa ot dead victims rattled lightly
n the wlad. Felix s oyo followed tho
Uf of Fire's, sad saw, lying asloep
r- tho ground, Tu-Klla-Klla himself,
. lfctes.'aoraodUNsabawk.
I J k. T um. kntdlod uo by tho
r-; j gs3 d tt ttoo, hrsa&i doep
and regularly Right over bis head
projected the branch, in one part of
whose fr.uus grew the fateful para
site. By the dim light of the moon,
straggling through the dense foliage,
Felix could see its ye low leaves dis
tinctly. Beneath it hung a skeleton,
suspended by invisible cords, head
downward from the branches. It was
the skeleton of a previous Korong who
had tried in ain to reach the bough,
and per.shed. Tu-Kila-Kila had made
high feast on the victim's flesh: his
bones now collected together and cun
ningly fastened with native rope,
serves as a warning and as a trap or
pitfall or all who might rashly ven
ture to follow him.
Felix stood for one moment, alone
and awe-struck, a solitary civili ed
man, among those hideous surround
ings. Above, the cold mo m: all abcut,
the grim, stolid, half hostile natives:
close by, that strange, serpentine, sav
age w.te. guarding, cat like, the sleep
o! her cannibal husband; behi 1, the
watchful Kyes of Tu-Kila-Kila, w aiting
ever in the ba It-round, ready to rai.ie
a loud sho.it of alirm and warning the
moment the fatal branch was actually
broken, but mute, by their vowt, till
that moment was a -co nplishod. Then
a sudden wild impulse urged him on
to the a;.temut. The banyan had
dropped down rooting onsets -,o the
ground, after the fasnion of its kind,
from its main branches. Felix seized
one of these and swung himself lightly
up till he reached the very limb on
which the sacred parasite itself was
growing.
To get the parasite, however, he
must pass directly above Tu-k'ila-Kila's
head, and over the jHjint where that
ghastly, grinning skeleton was sus
pended, as by an unseen hair, from the
forK that bore it.
He walked along, balancing himself,
and clutching, as he went, at the
neighboring bo ghs. whi.e Tu-Kila-
Kila, overcome with the kava. a'ept
stolidly and heavily on beneath him.
At last he was almost within grasp of
the parasite. Could he lunge out and
clutch it? One try-one e ort! .No.
no: he almost lost footing and fell over
in the attempt, ile couldn't keep his
balance so. He must try fartuer on.
Come what might he must go past the
BKeleton.
The grisly mass swung again, clank
ing its bo. es as it swung, and groaned
in the wind omniously. The breeze
whistled audibly through its hollow ;
! skull and vacant eyesockets. Tu-Kila-KUa
turned uneasily in his sleep
below. Felix sow that there was not
one instant of time to tie lost now. He
1 assed on boidiy. and us he passed, a
do.en thin cords of paper mulberry,
stretched every way in an invisible
network among the boughs, too small
to be seen in the dim moonlight,
caught him with their tyi's and al
most overthrew hi.j. They broke
i with his weight, and Felix hinue f,
tumbling blind y. fell forward, Attbe
cost of a sprained wrist and a great
jerK on nis bruised hngers, he caught
at a bo igb by his side, but wrenched
it away suddenly. It was tou h and go.
At the very . amemo uent the skeleton
' fell heavily, ana rattled on the ground
j bestle Tu-Kila-Kila.
I Belore Felix could discover what
' had actually happened, a very great
shout went up all around lielow, and
. made him stagger with exc.tement.
i Tu-Kila-Kila was awake, an i had
started u; , all intent, mad with wrath
and kava. Glaring about him wild.y,
and b andishi !g his great sjiear in his
pa-sionand despair "Where is he.
i the Korong? Bring him on, my meat!
; et me devour Ins heart l,et me tear
him to pieces. Let me drink of his
blood! Let me kiil him and eat him!"
i hick and desperate at the accident
j Fe ix, in turn, clinging hard to ha
; bough with oil! hand, ga ed wildly
I abo t himto look for the ; arasite. But
' it hail gone as if bv magic. He glunced
around in des air, vaguely cons -io .6
: that nothing was lelt for it now but to
1 dro i to the ground and let hiitise'f be
I killed at le is ire bytha frantic savage,
j Yet even as be did so, he was aware of
1 that great cry a cry as of triumph
' !-til rendng the a'r. Fi e and Water
; had rushed forward, ami were holding
oaca x u-Kila-Kila. now iilaclc in the
face rom rage, with all t eir might.
Ula was t rnilii. tr a malicious ;oy. The
Kyes were all agog with interest and
j excitement. And from one and all that
j wild scr .am rose unanimous to the
I tui.tl. ,i ulr. I'lln . It II.. 1, .... 1,1
ntoi Lieu nil V
rPK -, .
r u ,,.. v, nn y . u 1 1 to IK III; J an I L .
a no oimii wi in
tree The Spirit of
tne vVdrld! The great god's al.o :e
Hold off your hands, Lavita, son of
Sanui! Your trial has come. He has
it He has it!"
Felix looked about him with a whirl
ing brain. His eve fell suddenly.
Tnere, in his own hand, lay the ate
ful hough. In his efforts' to steady
himself, he had clutched at it by pure
accident, and broken it off unawares
with tho force of his clutching. As
fortune would havi it, he gras.ed it
still. His senses reeled. He was al
most dead with excitement, susiiense,
and uncertainty, mingled with pain of
nis wrenched wrist. But for Mriel s
sake he pullel himself together, (-axing
down and trying to take it aU in
that strange savage scene -he saw
that Tu-Ki a-Klla was making frantic
attempts to lungo at him with the
siiear, while the King of Fire and the
King of Water, stern and relentless,
were holding hi n off by main force,
and striving tbeir best to appease and
quiet him.
There was an awful ause. Then a
voice broke the stillness fro.n beyond
the taboo-line:
"Tbe Shadow of tbe King of the
Rain sneaks, ' it said, in very s ilemn,
conventional accent. "Korong: Ko
rong! Tbe Great Taboo is broken.
1 ire and Water, bold him in whom
dwells the god till my master cotes.
He has the Soui of all tbe spirits of the
wood In his hands. He will tight for
his right Taboo. Taboo! I, Toko,
bare said it."
He clappel his hands thrice,
Tu-Kila-Kila made a wild effort to
break away once more. But the King
of Fire, standing opposite to him,
spoke still louder and clearer, "if yo j
touch tbe Koroar before tho line is
draws," ha said, with a roio of an-
thority, "you are no Tu-Kila Kil. but
an outcast and a criminal. All th mx
pie will hold you with forkod ati -ka,
while the Korong burns you alit
siowly limxby limb, with me. who am
fire, the tierce, the lonsuraing. I wi 1
scorch you and bake you till vou are
as a bamboo in the fame. Taboo: Ta
boo Talioo I Fire, hav e said it."
The King of Water, with three at
tendants, force 1 Tu Kila-Kila on one
side for a moment. Ula tood by and
sailed co pliance. A temple slave,
trembling all over at this conflict of
the gols, b.ought out a calabash full
01 white coral- nd. The King of
Water spat on it and blessed it. By
this time a do en natives, at least, haa
assembled outside tho tahoo-line. and
stood eagerly wa'ching the resu't of
the combat. '1 ho temple sla e made a
long white mark w th' the coral sand
on one side of the cleared area. Then
he handel the calabash solemnly to
" jokb cro.-sea ine sacred pre
cinct with a few inaudible words of
mi-ttered charm, to save the Talioo,
as prescribed in the mysteries. Then
he drew a similar line on the ground
on his side, soujfc twenty yards o.f.
"Descend, O my lord!" he cried to re
ll" and Fellt, still holaing the bouijh
tight in his hand, swung bimsalf
blind :y from the tree, and took hjs
place ly Toka
"Toe the line!" Toko cried, and
Felix toed it.
' Bring up your god!" the Shadow
alled out aloud to the King of Water.
And the King of Water, using no
special ceremony with so great a duty,
dragged Tu Kila hila helpless v along
with him to the farther tahuc-iine
The King of Water brought a spear
and tomahawk. He handed them to
Feiix. "W th these weajsms." he
said, "fight, aud merit heaven. I hold
the bough meanwhile-the victor
takes it."
The King of fire stood out between
the lists. "Ko ongs and gods." he
said, -the King of the Kain bus
plucked the sacred bough, according
to our fathers' rites. nl clai s tr al
which of vou two shall hencij o th hold
the sacred soul of the world, the great
'i u-Xlia-Kila. Wager of Buttle de
cides ineUay. Keep too to line. At
trie end of my
and fight for It.
his own. and
TalxK). Talioo,
bit iken it."
words, fo th. forward.
The great god knows
wi 1 ch,ose his alxide.
Taboo! I, rire, ha.e
Scarcely were the words well out of
his mouth when with a wild whoop of
age. lu-Kila-Kila, who hail the ad-
Vantage of the rules of the game, so to
S'ak. dashed madly forward, drimit
with passion and kava. ana gave one
lunge with his spear fuli tilt at the
breast of the siartlod and unprepared
white .nan. His aim. though frantic,
was not at fault. 'I ho spear struck
I-elic high upon the leftside. He fe t
a dull thud of jiain a faint gurgle of
blood. Fven in the pale moonlight his
eye told him at once, a red stream was
trickling out over his lliinnol shirt. Be
was pricked, at least. The great god
had wounded him.
TO UK (XiNTl.VVKD.I
FLY-CATCHING MICE.
Their L'sA and Antics
a Unite Ktord
Know V;nlw.
For something new in the way ot
a t!y-lrap look into the window of ti.e
drug store at the c ruer of Fremont
and Lliot stieels. There, is at al-
most any hour of ihe day aud night,
from one to four :o.pnt o,ua impcda
cm be seen prancing over bullies of
tooth powder and syrup of squills
and tincture or turpentine and sweet
sprits of rhubarb and the other use-
ful articles usually displayed in such
places in a wild attempt to capture
the tnusca dometica The mice are
Kluiply out ly-lishlng. A card has
been placed Id the window in self -
deleii-e which reads, "llv Trap,
ot for .-ale," This was done alter
the door-step had been worn half
way through by a line of people com-
ing tr. to inform tbe clerks that the
w.n iow was full ot mice. Tbe mice
have l-eeu in the window for three
years, says one of the clerks who has
seen that iengtti of t:erice fr the
dr ggist: and be doe-n't, Know how
much longer. In the winter they
get a lh ing by gnawing oil ail the
labels In the store that are glued ou
with starchy p sle.
The mice by ibis i line have become
iuite tame, but they never leave the
window except when the store m
closed. They h.ne proved themselves
t'j be real conven enccs. When the j
store gets unpleasantly lull of i les,
the cierks drive them into the win
dow. and then the mice hae lunch
eon. 1'eople gather at the-e times
just as th, y do at the circus when the
animals are fed. Tbe best fun comes
when the mice make after a ho se
fly: there is a great race, and once
caught the mice tear the files' winys
off and bolt everything else. In th,s
way a great pile of wings have ac
cumulated. The mice can eat g ass,
considering blue bottle files a luxury.
The recreation of these mice consists
in running up and down the curtain
cord at a lightning pace, causing the
residents of the neighboring s Moons
to rub their eyes and finally to' avoid
tbat side of the street alt ge'Jier.
Tbe druggist long ago threw away
his cab, and speaks of the uianulac-
ture of y paper as a lost art. Bos
ton Tianscrlpt
Itoyalfy and Home Industry.
The lad es of the Hrltlsn royal fam
ily show a commendable feeling in
tbeir patronage of borne Indust les.
. everal of them wore British sllk at
the opart this summer, and dow the
ueen bus ordered some Irish Dentins
I for the trosseau of I'nncess Alix of
1 1 esse, the brld -to-be of the czaro
wit, of tiussla. They are suppled
by a Dublin flrni, and the, designs
contain small gold shamrocks Id pro
fusion. .
' A oibl always places tbe proper
age at wblcb she thinks women
sbould marry, at a year ahead of her
own.
Aktkh a man passes forty, It takes
him until noon every day to get bis
limbs Umbered up In working order,
We know wot weddings always oo
car on time; so few brides aro mas.
Hod with thsir bata on.
BE GLAD OF PAIN.
ll It ralalM. Uttto lunrf
1 (U4 of rate.
Too mueb tua mM vttbrr thaa,
Iwlil II IH iib.
The ky it rmrf m k tU traa.
Isot jnt byoa4 it shiDW tba bio.
Art taoo wry tD4 bwt?
In or row iwmim. Uunf a will (rom.
At Iomii la rain
Cod wKti-tM. Dd tboa wilt ban on
H tua clouda taair Darlaot wurk ti it4a.
ANOLD-TIME HEROINE
. .
About half a century ago i ethuci
Floue euiigr le i w th bis family from
Central ew Hampshire to what was
then the far West," to Illinois.
They did Dot travel by exprH, In a
palace car with luxurious s.eepem or
aiding, ar attached. Instead, a stout,
covered wagon, a veritable "prairie
schooner," boie them and such house
hold good as they could arry, aud
their large, strong farm borses drew
tiieni day alter day, in the leafy
month of Juue, slowly toward tbeir
de tiuation. it was a laborious mode
of travel, but bale and Inexpensive,
aud not without its pleasures.
At oieal limes they would camp
near some spring of water In ihe
snade or trees and eat the lunch they
earned with theiu, while the horses
loo-eued from the carriage, cropped
the wayside grass, with a dessert of
nam from the wagon. At Dlgbt Mia
Stoue and the two little children
slept in tbe wagon under the canvas
cover, while Mr. Stoue lay on a bag
of hay uuuer the wagon, bis fliot
iock musket by his side, a weapon lie,
however, hud n occasion to use
throughout the whole journey. When
a slot in came on they found shelter
in some friendly farm-house, and If
detained for a day or more, Mrs.
stone unproved the opportunity to
do the family washing. "Nothin'
like travclin' week in and week out
to make a body a lrte soller," sue
u-ed to say.
They to k as near as might le a
hoc line for the southeastern part of
Lake t.ntario to a certain pori where
they were to take a boat aud go to
ft aid the western end of the lan&
j t amping within a lew m les of the
place, the v ry night of t he summer
soNth e, they reached the town the
next morning at U e'e ock Just in
i season to drive on board iho boat.
wh.ch was waiting at the dock.
It was entirely a new exjierience to
them, especially to .Mrs. ,-toue who
hail never lieeri on board a sieaiu
loat, Beihucl had seen them '-down
jto osting," but had never journeyed
lonoue, though, with a natural foud
i ness for machinery, be had "looked
'em over."
j Ile took o.'f the horses and led tliein
: to their sta. ifs In another part ot
the lout, then came back to the
wagon.
".Now, I.owi.y," he said, let's have
a good time while we're on the boat
It's easier ridin' than the wagon, and
pie ty to see that's new and fnter
e tin'. Let's take the children aud
btro:l around "
Louisa demurred. "I ain't goin'
io'.t o' sight o' this wagon while I'm
J on the boat, not without leaviu' you
jhere to look after it Ali we've got
In the world to go to housekeepiu'
I with is in here, and the cover don't
j lock down, you know. 1 shall stay
, by the stun. You take the children
i and go at out With 'em, don't let 'em
'fall overboard, though, and I'll have
! a goo 1 chance to be sewin' ou their
jnew aprons"
Dethuei went oil with thehappy
, children, and Mm Stone, perched on
! the seat in the iront of the wagon,
j sewed away as diligeot'y as ever In
her life, managing at the same tl i e
to gel a good man. glimpses at what,
was going on around her, all so new
and inter, sting.
j As noontime drew near she got out
their lunch-l-ov, and with a little ug
of milk they bought before coining
j on hoard, they made a satisfactory
I meaL Then iiethuel strolled oil V)
j smoke and chat with such acouint-
i ances as he might make, and his wife
! put the children to bed in the wagon
jt .r their regular afternoon nap.
hen she saw they were fast
deep, shegotdewn from the wagon,
resolved to look about the boat what
she could without going out of sight,
while they were asleep. It was a re
tired part of the boat, so she had no
fear of luccting many people. She
was peering In among the machinery
wlier? she saw something glistening
In a dark corner near by, then a
(mothered voice whispered: ,
Oh, missis! lor the love of (lod,
please help me.''
"ho aie you?" she whispered
La k: and a negro Isiy some sixteen
or eighteen years old crawled out
Irom among some barre s.
1'sc a slave, missis," he said
Tsc running away to Canada, aud
massa's after me; he's on the boat
now."
"How do you know?"
"I peeked out through the barrels
and 1 mw him come on board. He'll
s'aich tbe boat all over, and he'll
tl rid me sure and he'll whip me to
death; be said he would if lever tried
to run away again. Oh: can't you
hide me somewhere?"
The agonled black face, the Im
ploring eyes were too much for tbe
kind-hearted woman. Mm looked In
all directions: no one was in sight and
she took a sudden resolve.
"l'.uu and climb into my wagon
there," rhe said. "Don't disturb the
children as eep in there, but crawl
over Into tbe back end, it's all fast
ened up tight, and cover yourself up
with the thin there."
He made a quirk, stealthy dash for
the cart and cl Untied nimbly In She
followed slowly and unconcernedly .
ttlfinir anil lwilrlniv In all i1lMi,tliij 1
-""M .wui.i5 m ui vncvuiuai,
ws gra tinea to see that so far no
one was lo sight Climbing up to tbe
front seat sbo took out her work and j
tell to sewing as busily as possibly,
bumming meanwhile a low lullaby.
It was not long before she disco v.
ored by the stir about bor that the
search was golmt on and bad reached
tbat part ot the boat 5 be reilllf
diotiof ulsbed lb slaveholder and khe
oiT.cer that annul pan led hi in. who
were being .boon aUmt the boat by
the captain, he sewed on uncon
cernedly, apparently paying no at
tention to them till at length they
halted by the wagon.
"betr piidon. maam." aid the
Southerner, politely, "liut you
hav'n't happened to ee a colored
toy anywheres about here, have
"), yes," said Mr. Stone, "I've
seen two or ibree colored men, I
should call 'em, since we came on the
boat. 1 t' posed they wai egular
bo t-hands "
"They were, probably," said the
captain:
hands."
"What I'm looking for," raid tbe
Southerner, "is a colored boy that ran
away from me not long ago, and I've
reason to tb.nk he's bid somewhere
on this boat"
"1 have a search warrant to seaicb
the b at." the officer here put In.
"and as we don't find him anywhere,
I'd better search your wagon. He
might have crawled in there"
Mrs. Mone's eyes Hashed danger
ously. '1 tell you," she said firmly,
"tbeie couldn't possibly a liody come
near this wagon and 1 not 'a' sec
'em, for I've bceu right alout hero
every minute. It's all packed with
our housen stuff; we're mono out to
lilenoy. and I should know if a
thing should have been disturbed."
glancing back inside ' Me two Ut
ile cliildrcii are asleep In there now,"
she added iu a lower toua
"1 don't want to disturb your
children " said the .Nouiliener, "hut
business is bu-lness. If th'it black
rascal is hid In your cart, I'd like to
snake him out by the heel,! I tanned
his bide well when he r. m away tie
tore, and I'll brand ..mi besides,
when 1 raleh him th'- nut"
The o cerweiitan. i toward tha
back of the waon.
"We won't do your things any
harm," he said, but my search war
rant tiiu-.t lie carried out"
. .Mrs. Stone jumped down from the
wagon as li.hlly as a at and was at
tne back of it before the oiliecr
' Don't jou lay a linger on our wag
on." she said, In a low Undetermined
tone, while her eyes flashed dangi r
ously. "Your warrant was to search
the boat and this wagon is no part
of it. I tell you again, no mortal
person could have got into ii without
my kn wing it"
Just then a child's sleepy cry came
from the nif itl.
"Tbeie." she ?aid Indignantly,
"you'.e wakln' the children and
they'll ! crosser than seven men that
can render a reason, If they don't get
their nap out "
The tliren men all grinned at thU
exhibition of woman's temper and
slunk awav, the ohcer m uttering
something about a "tempest in a lea
pot"
.Mrs. Stoe resumed her seat her
sewing and her low bumming, and
noisidy would have guessed how
bus iy she was planning.
She decided noi to take her hus
band Into her conMderice just yet
He was as strongly anti-slavery as
she, but as she was wont to say,
I "Let huel never could keep a secret' :
"He ain't no hand at all at givirr '
evasive answer-," she said lo he weir,
' and lie's so afcard of tellin' a lie
that he'd hesitate und maybe blurt
the whole thing right out I1 lie
don't know uothiu' he can't tell
notniu'." '
Ass ion as the children awoke she
helped them out i f the wagon and
they played around happily till sup
per t ma .Mr. Moneiamo and went
occasionally, and at bcdtium they ail
prepared for lest as usual, nominally
lint Mrs. Mono (lid not go to led
that night I or her it was to be a
night of watching, .-ho su-perted
that the slaveholder might be out on
his search again.
"If he found us all a-decp, " she
reasoned within herself, "he wouldn't
haye no more manners, p.ooably,
than to cl mli up and poke his head
In to see what he could Und. 1 il ,
just keep awake!"
Wrapping a shawl about her hhe
lay down on the front seat, and if
she slept at all It was with one eve
open, oiad enough was she In the
early dusk of the June morning to
see that they were rapidly Hearing
the Canadian port where they were
to land and drive across to Lake On
tario, the Ueiland canal which now
carries palatial steamers with their
loads of passengers around Niagara
Falls not lielug then completed
ify sunrise the lioat bad made a
landing and they were ready to dis
embark. As they drove out over the
planks she saw the slaveholder and
the oicer standing by, narrowly
watcning all who went oil the Uiat
Her heart seemed to stand still for a
minute, then the wheels rolled on to
Canadian soil and the slave was safe!
".Now, Hethuel," said Mrs. .Stonc,
"let s stop right here and eat our
beakfast the 11 rst thing. You might
step over where that man is mlikln'
and buy some uilik. and perhaps you
could buy some bread and butter at
tbe b iuse " ,
While Mr. Stone was thus forag
ing she got out the dishes spreading
the table-cloth on a convenient wood
pile close by the wagon. Hy the
time thev had gotten freih water and
everything else for the meal the boat
having discharged her small cargo
and take on what loading was ready,
was starting out on the return trip,
the very thing Mrs. Mone wished lo
see done, and bad proposed to stop
and break: a-1 at that po lit with that
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niiiung bkicuj III lie, lllllllj.
Tbe plank was drawn
in and tbe
boat started out Tho
pair wi u la
com II ted slave-hunters stood leaning
on tbe railing watching the receding
shores. Just then, to Mr. 8 toon's
speechless wonder, hit wife called
loudly Into the wagon.
"Come out now, my young friend,
and tell your old ma- tr n -j-or, for
you uiaT ne'er see lum sgai.i:"
t rocu Inediai rec-es of the wagon
the treed bor clambered loi ward and
jump d out on the ground. Waving
bis old hat be Suouted in clear
tones,
"Giod-ty, Mr l?helley! I'm my
own massa now "
"I never wa- so wr lugbt up in all
my life," Mrs Mon was wont to say
in le Hug the story In after years. "I
saw those two men start and rush
about like .wo angry ho,net, and 1
je-t pulled off my bonnet and swung
it back and forth and hollered 'Hoo
ray! as loud as 1 could, rethuel Je-t
sot an I stared al me. till br and-by
be found histolceand wanted t;
know what It al! meant, so I ex
plained It all to him."
They made the happy colored hoy
welcome to share the r breakfast, af.
ter which, with tumy ; roie-aatious
of gratitude, be set out to seek his
fortune, a lite ind vidual, thanks to
one plu ky Utile woman.
1 was always glad Lowiy didn't
tell nie beforehand," Mr. .-tone ued
to say. "I'm afraid 1 should 'a
leaked out the secret in spile of me"
Tne Stones lived to do effective
work in the aotl-iavery line for many
years when settled in tbeir new
home, they were on the direct linn of
the famous underground railroad "
Many a fugitive slaedid they se rete
and help on bis way to the North
Mar till the Fmai Jlpatlon l'roclama.
Hon put an end to the hideo is etilof
slavery. 1'orlland Transcript
j Hn haw His Mistake.
I There are many maxims to 10 ef
fect that beauiy is skin deep, that
appearances are deceptive, ; nd that
"you never can tell by looking at a
squlirel how far be will jump."
: Young Harry Farnbam can now fur
nish an illustration if such truths
from li s own exiierience. He had
gone lo a party In the public hall of
the town where his sisters were
boarding that hummer, l'.eing an en
thusiastic young man, he was not
s ow in making up his mind In regard
to all the people pr sent 'Hilb vil
lagers and summer guests.
"What a frump," be said to one of
his sisters, ; s they stood together,
watching the games U'gln. "'lhat
one over there, with her hair drawn
back irom her fac, and the brown
sleeves. She must be theibage
dressmaker. There is a sort of g.iot
of fa-hion als.ut her Clothes Mie's
had them made to copy yours."
"Harry, how ofteu must 1 lell you
not to .uuip at onclus ons about e, j.
pie in that way" said his sister.
"That Is Madeline Hell. Judge I ell's
daughter, and - he dresses plainly be
cause she prefers it. ami loves books
lictter th.in clothes. You're not a
ciever lad when it comes to people!"
"Weli, there, at lea-t, l a girl one
couldn't make a mistake about" said
Harry, po ntitig to a pretty blonde
creature who had just entered the
room. "What refinement! What
charm! She may not know mu h
about books, but any one could see
that only pearls and rub es wou.d fall
from those lovely lips."
His si-tcr's eyes sparkled.
'lilessyou, Harry!" she said. When
will you ever grow upv Hut go aud
siieak to her. Theie's your friend,
Mr. I loyd, talking to her. He will
introduce ou. And Harry:' she
called, as he turned eagerly away,
"ab ut this cuestion of rubies and
pearls! i'roiul-e to come back as soon
as you can, and tell me the tirsi com
plete sentence that fails trom those
lovely lips."
"1 pro:ni-e"'
lie burned away, but it was not
long lieiore lie letumed, looking
strangely sin eplsh.
"Well Harry." said his sister,
"what did she say? Ted it like a
man. "
"You were right, as usual. . I said
to her, 'llawu't I met you some
where? i our race Is str;:ngey la
luil ar. Could it have been in i'ort-lund:-''"
"And she "
"Mie smiled, and said, -Portland Is
a place 1 never was to.'"
Irfing nil (Snakes.
' ' peak i ng of snakes d .d
yoiicvnr
s e one swadow a ihe fish?"
1 he speaker was one of a
p irtv of
KGuiauiocii wuu uuu just mushed a
bottle of wine, says Texas Siftlngs.
As none of them had never seen tho
perforrnan! e referred to, he proceeded
to descrllie it In graphic style.
When be got through Judge S.
said: ' W hen 1 lhed In Texas we
used to depend mainly on snakes fur
cur eggs."
"Not by a Jugful," said the Judge,
"but we found hens' egs In the
snakes. You see, snakes are very
fond of eggs, and down there the?
make a business of hunting for eggs.
They would go rrom one best to an
other, swallowing egg after egg, un.
til they could hold no more, and
when they were too full to move
they wer easily captured. As they
swa lowed the egg whole, It would
be a good while before the contents
were hurt, and If the snake was
killed before the shell was digested
th e.g would le all right I on e
took ln.'i bens' eggs from one snake.
As I knew the snake had stolen tbe
eggs I h d no compunction ubout
stealing from him."
"Did you eat them all?" asked tho
elderly gentleman.
" h, no,- was the reply. i ony
ate twe or three do.en, and traded
the rest oif for tobaccV'
"Were the eggs In a pile when rou
cut tbe snake open?" ask d the elder.
ly gentleman, as if In search of truth
m ., . . muiiU,
","0, repiICQ IHe J UdgO, "tlieff
were lying In a row length wai in
the snake's stomach."
"Hut," suggested the elderly gen.
tleman, "Hit eggs lying In a r.
'lengthways would make a prettr Inn
Hoe." vwj long
"wen," replied the Judge, "thia
was rather a long snake."
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