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SHORT STORIES. STARTED AN AVALANCHE. I It true that the sound of the hu man voice may start a snowsllde? Jan. Perchard, eltrk of the state court of appeals. Is Inclined to answer the ques tion in the affirmative. He has fur 20 years past been almost of the belief that a word of farewell which he shouted In one of the mountain canyons cost the lives of two persons. "I never think of the event without a shudder," said Mr. Ptrcbard. "I was mining at the time in the region above Georgetown. The snow had fallen to an unusual depth that winter, and mln. ers .moving from one cabin to another were warned to look out for slides. 1 stopped In one of my trips at cabin of an acquaintance and took dinner with him, but I felt nervous and Impa tient for some reason, and declined as politely as possible the kind invitation. I arose from the table, and, without de lay, stared on my Jou ney. Crossing th canyon I turned to wave a farewell to the friends who had entertained me. The man and his wife were standing at the door of the cabin and a third per. on was In the house. The air was per fectly still. Not the slightest lntima. tlon was given of the awful diBaster which was about to happen. I waved my hand and shouted, 'Goodby "Hardly had the echoes of my voice died away befoie a muffled sound truck the ear a noise like the boom of a cannon and the whole side of the mountain seemed to be In motion. The now. Ice, treps and rocks started to ward the bottom of the gulch, and within five seconds the cabin was over whelmed and the spot on which I had tood one or two minutes before was buried under fifty feet of snow. I sum moned assistance as quickly as it could be done, and we frantically dug out two dead bodies. The third person after ward recovered, but I have never en tirely forgiven myself for the word Which I shouted on that never-to-be-forgotten day." BREAK1NO IN A BOOK AGENT. "1 am afraid that I once spoiled a food book agent," said the head mem ber of a book agency to a reporter. "We had gotten out an expensive re ligious book and had advertised for agents to handle It. "Among the numerous applicants was a tall, lanky youth. I asked him it he thought he could sell books, and he aid that he reckoned he could. " 'Very well,' said I, 'I'll see what you can do. Take this book and consider that I am your Intended victim. The price of the book runs from $2 to J4, but you must always endeavor to sell the highest priced book, although it 1 no disgrace If you only succeed In sellln the cheaper kind. If you succeed In aelllng me a book 1 will hire you. Now (o ahead.' "He took the book, fumbled It awk wardly, and then stummered: "Ye dont wanter buy a book, do ye, mister?" '"Iletter buy one,' said he;Tll sell It to yet pretty cheap.' "'Get out of here!" I yelled, pretend ing to be mad. 'Don't you see that sign, "Book Agents Not Wanted?" ' ' Til let ye hcv one for U, mister, eeln' It's ye,' said he, taking ofT his coat and throwing It on the floor. " 'I'm afraid' 1 began. "Four dollars, mister, an' cheap at the price.' he added, as he rolled up his Bhlrt sleeves. "I didn't like the looks of all these warlike preparations and declared the test off. Hut he refused, and gave me three minutes to 'dig up' the price of the book. "While I was trying to make the fel low understand that the Joke had gone far enough he Jumped at me. "I didn't stand the ghost of a show With the husky youth, and I soon found myself on the floor, with the would-be book agent sitting upon me, saying lomethlng about a book he would sell me 'powerful cheap.' To save my life I reluctantly con sented to take one of the $2 kind. Ho aald he was sorry, but he only sold the $4 kind. "He allowed me to get one hand loose, and I produced $4. whereupon he released me, and wanted to know how oon he could go to work. "I kept my word, and hired him, sent blm as far west as I could, and then discharged him by wire." ROMANCE OF" THE SPANISH WAR. "No; I don't know anything worth tailing." said James llotallng of Okla homa City, either about Indian Terri tory or myself. Hut I can tell you of a good story that all you Chicago hotel reporters let get by you not long ago." rv, i a u.n. Mr. llotallng's reply to a re quest for an Interview for the Sunday Inter-Ocean. Ilelng told to go ahead, be said: "You boys missed a mighty Interesl ' )ti couple one day not long ago. though I guess, come to think of U, you wouldn't have got much out of them, even If you had run across theiri. The man was 'I'ef Wolf, a Chickasaw Indian. The woman was the bride he won In Cuba. Wolf was a second lieu tenant In troop M of the rough riders, nd I don't s'pose there was a warmer baby In the whole bunch. I don't say be wu patriotic, but what he went to Cuba for was to get Into a mlx-p. A acrlmmsge Is simply meat and drink to Pet.' I might add, confidentially, that Teddy Roosevelt didn't have lo give him any treat amount of Instruction la the um of firearms, Well, this In dian wu after fight, and he got It good and plenty, right off the reel. He hadn't been In the first ml-up at Las Quasimss mort'n ten minute before Mauser came along and chipped off part of his ear. That pleased W M that e ceuld have heard his war whoop clear back to the transports. Pretty soon along came another Maun, er and raised a blister Jut about the size of a lead-pencil clear across bis chest. I understand they heard "Pet's" whoop In Santiago about that time. Then along came a third one of those 'leaden messengers' and this time it catches 'Pet' In the side. Of course, this Indian goes over like he'd stepped on a live wire. Hut he comes to pretty quick and he patches the hole up with one of those fancy bandages and gets up on the firln' line. Hut Teddy gets on to him, through Beeln' him bowled over, and orders him to the hospital. 'Pet' says 'Yes, sir,' as meek as Moses, drops back a little, and then makes a quick sneak for the firin' line, iiut pretty soon he gets warmed up like and takes to whoopln" again, and Teddy gets on to him again, an" this time Teddy sees that he does go to the rear. "A couple o' days later Teddy Is lookln' over his men, and he finds 'Pet' In his usuul place In troop M. 'What're ye doln' here, Lieutenant Wolf?' says Teddy, tryln' to look fierce. 'Discharged from the hospital as cured, sir,' says 'Pet.' salutin'. An' Teddy says, "That's good,' an' grins and goes on. So 'Pet' gets a chance to Join In the mix-up at San Juan, and, hole In his side an' all, he gets up on that there hill Just about the same time that the buck nlggeis are cuttln' a pigeon wing a little far ther along the ridge. He don't get any medal or anything like that, but he j does get a chance to go In with the troops when they raise Old Glory over Santiago. "An" on the way to the governor's palace he meets his fate. A girl looks out of a window to see them go by. Some way their eyes get mixed up, and that settles It. It ain't any big Job to find a girl when the girl Is dead willln' to be found, an' the two soon got to gether. She was Aneta CalleJa. She was Spanish, and her father had been one of the rich men of Santiago. He had lost his fortune, but he was as j proud as ever, and he took on savage when he found his daughter llstenln' to an Indian. Hut this didn't bother the young people much; they were too far gone. When the rough riders were ordered north 'Pet' went with them, of course. But the girl had his promise to come back. And back he went the minute he was mustered out. "When 'Pet' arrived and demanded the girl the old man refused flatfooted. Pretty soon after that he died sudden ly. There were those who said he died with his boots on. There were also those who said harsh things about his daughter In this connection. All this did not bother 'Pet." He had been there himself. He and the girl borrowed a name apiece, and got to New York all right. There they were married. They missed a train or something In Chicago, and had to stay there over night. That's where you missed a good story, my boy. They went straight to the Chickasaw nation, and they are living there now on a ranch. They stick pretty close to home. I guess the only place of any size they've been to Is Oklahoma City, and they've only been there onr-c. And I hear they're happy as two clams In high water." THIS MISSOURIAN WAS THE FIRST. Tilden Dawson, son of Prof. A.J. Daw son of Vlnlta, I. T., was the first sol dier killed In the Spanish-American war. Young DawFon was a member of troop L of Roosevelt's Rough Riders. He was killed at La Quaslmas, Cuba, June 22, 1S98, the first soldier victim of the conflict waged between the two countries. The dead hero's remains were brought on the Roumanla, now the Crook, to New York. The body waa burled at Nevada, Mo. Young Dawson was reared In Nevada and Uvel there the greater part of his life. The Deepwood Cemetery associa tion of Nevada donated a beautiful lot as an expression of their esteem for the memory of the young soldier. The body was Interred with military hon ors. Captain Day, who commanded troop L, and Captain White, who raised the company, attended, with six pall- I bearers, members of troop L, besides a j number of comrades and friends of the i dead hero. Tilden Dawson Joined troop L at Vlnlla, I. T., at the first call to arms. It had been said that Hamilton Fish was the first Rough Rider slain, but Joe Kline, a Kougn uieier oi vimm, says he saw FlBh alive arter na nau seen Tilden falL A bullet struck him in the head, passing through his hat; band and killing him Instantly. Tom Isbell. another Rough Rider and comrade of Tilden, brought home a testament which the dead boy's mother bad Klven him. It was In the pocket of jhls blouse at the time he was killed. I Another comrude, named Taylor, brought back a cartridge from his W-lt nficr the soldier had fallen. He grtve it to a Nevada lady wtlh whom Tilden wns well acquainted. Another member of troop L Informed prof Dawson that his son had a pre monition of his Impending fate that morning as they Bturted Into the fight. I know It's my Inst day." he was henrd to say, "but I'm going all the "'Tom Isbell, whose father is Deputy I'll 1 1 ed States marshal at Vlnlta, and three other men were In advance of the command. They ran nereis many dead bodies, but saw no live ones till Isbell caught sight of a Spanish soldier and fired, bringing him down. The result was a terrific volley from the Spanish forces, Isbell being struck by seven bullets In as many seconds. He re mained on the field till the battle was over and finally got well. He is now with Buffalo Hill's Wild West show. Isbell and Tilden were of the same age. BLEW HIS ASSOCIATES. Slou Falls, B. D.. April 14 Among (he gallant United States soldiers now st Manila who have performed deeds which will win for them the coveted medsl of honor Is Thomas 8mlth, a prl vale of Company E. South Dakota volunteers. To him was also accords the honor of blng personally congratu lated by General Otis. In an encounter with two Filipinos, who sought to assassinate him while on plckict duty, Smith, after being badly wounded, shot and instantly killed one of his assailants and wounded the other so severely that he died a short time later. Sergeant Rlcker, Corporal Wheeler and three privates, among them private Smith, were assigned to outpost duty at Blockhouse No. 2, north of Manila. At half-past 8 In the evening Private Smith went on picket duty. Ills beat was one of the most dangerous patrolled by American soldiers, passing along a narrow road thickly fringed with trees and bamboo thickets. Shortly after 7 o'clock, the sun having set, Private Smith discerned two Filipi nos approaching him, apparently cn their way to Manila.. They were clrcfsod In white and walked In single file, one about six fvet behind the ether. He c hallenged them and they answered promptly, the first greeting him with the words, "Buena noche, amlgo" ("Good evening, friend") The second repeated the greeting and accompanied It with a military salute. Smith re plied In Kngllyh, and, shouldering Us Springfield rifle, turned to resume bis bent. Just as they passed him he carelessly turned his head to look after them. This fortunate circumstance .saved Us life, for Immediately after passing him the second Filipino drew a ma chete, sprang at the sentry and aimed a terrific blow at his head. With the blood pouring forth In a stream he whirled to face the natives, who Instantly took to their heels In the effort to escape. Smith raised his rifle and shot one of the fleeing natives j through the heart before he had gone twenty feet. By this time he vas eo weak from pain and loss of blood that he was forced to drop to his knees, and, K-nll in thfa nosltinn. he reloaded his . . . . . . r 1 UI(J O-lIU 111 VU Oil", w.i.v., ... plno, who was Just disappearing in the edge of the thicket at the side of the road. This shot also took effect, for the dead body of the native was found next morning in the thicket, he having evi dently crawled as far as possible before expiring, for the body was discovered some distance from the point where he disappeared In the underbrush as Smith fired at him. Comrades, attracted by the firing, rushed to the aid of the brave soldier, and, procuring a horse, placed him upon the animal and conveyed him three miles to the company's quarters, where his wound was dressed by the surgeons. Smith bled so profusely that in going the three miles to the company quarters his clothing became saturated, his shoes full and the horse covered with blood. He was afterward taken to the hospital. That a man after being so severely wounded should have the pluck not only to face his foes and fight, but to kill one of his assailants on the spot and mortally wound the other, excited the admiration of all the soldiers at Manila. He was congratulated on his plucky fight by practically the wholo army, even General Otis calling upon him while in the hospital and shaking hands with him and commending him for his bravery. CHINESE GIRL TEACHFRS. Klein Tang and Nanne-I Shi are two blossoms from the Flowery Kingdom transplanted to hinom for a while on American soil. They are now In Min neapolis. Mnn at the home of Bishop Joyce, and the former Is a pupil of the Emerson school. She Is studying to be a kindergarten teacher. To establish kindergarten schools In China has long been the ambition of mission boards, that system lending It self as no other does, to the enlighten ment of the heathen. But kindergarten teachers are expensive and cannot be afforded by the struggling missions de pendent for support on the mite givers of the Christian world. The difficulty, however, will eventually be removed. If the plan of Miss Howe, superintendent of Methodist Missions In Central China, Is successful. Miss Howe's plan Is to send native girls to America to become educated In the kindergarten system. after which they will return to their native land to establish the much de sired schools. And this Is why Klein Tang, aged IS, onri hr friend Nanne-i Shi. a half year hpr Bpnori ,eft the pr0Vlnce of Kul K&ng n Centra, chlna ,ast Ju,Vi aD(J ' wUn a party of mission- rtes came to Minneapolis. Klein Tang is a diminutive body pretty according to the standards of her race. Her skin Is dark, but as smooth as velvet; black eyes, almond-Bhaped to be sure, but radiant with Intelll- but her nartlelar charm Is a . yo wh)f,n trppnK. ly enough through the monosyllables of hr mother tongue, If It hesitates a trifle over the unwieldy English, which she uses almost exclusively since her resi dence In America. In everything but language she Is true to the manners and customs of her country, and the dress peculiar to Chi nese women of the better class, which consists of a purple tunic of woolen stuff falling unconflned over a black underdress of the same material, Is th costume habitually worn by her. Aside from her school work, Eleln I studying music and plsys the piano with grace and artistic Intelligence. Nanne-I Shi Is attending Hamllne col lege and after two years' preparatory study she will enter the medical course and hopes to graduate In four yeare. Her native nam has been Anglicised nd she Is now known as Anna Stone. Her sister, Mary Stone, grsduated from Ann Arbor medical college In IMC and Is now practicing her profession with success In her natlvt country. GlHL bAN-.iS. Novsl Occupation In tha Wast For tha New Woman. Two women are In Jail in western States on a charge of being bandits. One of them made a desperate resist ance to the posse sent to arrest her, and killed a deputy sheriff before she was shot down herself and captured in badly wounded condition. The other prisoner was secured in more prosaic manner, but her record Is none the less tragic and Interesting. Emma Hendrlckson, a girl of 18 yeans. Is confined In prison In Stoddard coun ty, Missouri, suffering from a severe rifle wound In her breast. Her story, according to the reports made by the law officers. Is almost equal to that of Jesse James. She Isn't pretty. She was born on a cattle ranch. Book learn ing she has none. But she's at home In the saddle and handy with a gun. She never misFes her mark, and when she shoots at a man she shoots to kill. She killed Deputy Sheriff Booth of Stoddard county, Missouri, two weeks ago. A year ago. In Franklin county, Mis souri, she and her father are accused of having organized a counterfeiting gang. It had twenty members, each with a price on his head. The girl of 18 was the leader; her father was her chief lieutenant. At first they operated in Franklin county. They stole horses and cattle, looted country stores, held up travelers, rifled postofflces, and finally, In one of their many pitched battles, killed three men. Then the gang separated into squads and met later In a designated place In Stoddard county. The new scene of operations was well chosen. The coun try was rich. The bandits, however, became so reckless that the county au thorities easily located them. - A week ago the sheriff, at the head of a score of armed men, rode out of Bloomfield, the county seat, to storm the outlaws In their camp. He located them In an Isolated house a few miles from Dexter. The sheriff and his men did not ride out into the open in mak ing their attack. They knew the char acter of the outlaws too well for that. Instead, they scattered and surrounded the house. As they did so rifles began to bark from the windows and loop holes In the house. They were answer ed from behind trees and a rail fence that zigzagged round the clearing. The fusilade kept up for two hours. There were nine desperadoes In the bouse attacked by a determined posse of twenty men. The outlaws had lit tle ammunition left. The fight was get ting more uneven every minute. Then the daring of the bandit queen asserted Itself. Placing herself at the head of her men, she dashed out of the door, rifle In hand, the gang at her heels. She dropped on one knee, her rifle went to her shoulder, and one of the posse fell. All then began a rush of 200 yards across an open space to the posse's cover. They fired as they ran, answering flashes coming from behind the fence. Half the distance was covered when old man Hendrickson fell, shot through the head He died Instantly. That ter rified the gang, and they scattered and ran all except Emma. She knelt be side her father's body, raised her rifle and fired again and again. Bullets fell all about her; she only shot the faster. Aaln her rifle counted, and Deputy Sheriff Booth fell. That was her last shot. A bullet pierced her breast and she was captured beside the dead body of her father. Mollle Mathes, under arre.it at Wich ita, Kan., on a charge of outlawry, was betrayed by a member of her alleged gang. Miss Mathes is described as mas culine In her bravery, feminine in her love for linery. She rides horses like a cowboy md shoots a riile like a vet eran bear hunter. Stu can handle a pistol better than the best uueliist in Europe and Bht had Ideas about fire arms which few women would ever have entertained. She prerers a plstoi of olue steel to one of nlcKel plate oecauae the blighter .evolver cannot be used at night with out giving a flash of warning. She likes a pistol of single ..ction because there is no change for a mar. to Blip his finger i-eiiind the trigger guard and render the weapon powerless. One of the men she led, who Is now serving time for horse stealing, con fessed to the cilrr.es of his associates, the ofllceis expect to prove that the riang, ten members of which are now under arrest, committed, six murders In the past two years. They expect to si.nw that each was deliberately plan ned and executed by order of Mollie Mulhes. Besides stealing cattle and robbing banks and stores, the gang were coun- terft. Iters, and it Is asserted Mollle Mathes distiibuted the spurious money. She wns so shrewd that she escaped detection for tight years. In person this bandit queen Is tall and Btutely. She Is proud of her long ulack hair and of her strong, supple imbs and small hunds and feet. She Is vain of her power over men. When King Knlakaua of the Hawa i'on Islands visited Shanghai he occu pied a suim of rooms up ono flirjht of utttirs at the Astor House. Two Amerl un gentlemen called to pay their re spects one morning, and, meeting the pioprletor, Ineiulicd If the king was In, "I will see," replied the landlord, and shouting to a Chinese sevvant ut the .lead of the stairs asked, "Boy! That plcccy king top side, hab got?" "Hab got," laconically asked tht ser vant, "Gentlemen, His majesty Is In. Pray, ,vii)k up," tul.l tho landlord. There ure In the world about ninety ntbilshnicuts devoted to splnnln silk .voste, CHAPEL IN A COAL MINE. n Odd Place of Worship Locatec Below Ground. Few places of worship In the country rave more interest than the Miners Sanctuary In the Mynydd Newydd (New fountain) colliery, near Swansea. Sit jated 750 feet below the surface of the earth, with four long rows of pibwood to sustain the roof, a rude desk on a arge lump of coal for a pulpit, and series of rough hewn planks for pews, it is indeed the strangest of the many strange bethels in wild Wales. Every Monday morning, without a break for fifty-four years, the colliers have crowded Into the novel apartment to ask the blessing of providence upon the weeks work. To the eldest miner present the. con duct of the service is customarily In trusted, but properly ordained divines have not Infrequently descended into the mine before the Monday's "turn" has commenced, and the whitewashed walls of the little chapel have resound ed with that Celtic fervor which Welsh men speak of as the hywl (which no irreverent Saxon should pronounce as howl). One motto there is painted near the pulpit: "Os nos heb ddlm ser nnd nos heb Dduw deyruasa lau wadnaw Myn ydd Curiog." Freely interpreted, that is, "If it Is night without stars it Is not night without God, for he reigneth un der the foundations of the mountains." Whether It be ascribed to good luck, to good management or to the respon sive protection of providence, It is a fact that for the last half century Mynydd Newydd colliery has been sin gularly free from serious accidents. The colliery is owned by Messrs. Vlv Ian & Sons, and the late Lord Swansea did much to encourage th devotional exercises In the pit. London Leader, Clara Stood the Test. His arm, that had been resting en the back of the little settee on which they sat in the gloaming, slipped down and encircled her slender waist. "Clara." he whispered, "we shall be verv haDcy. ehan't we?" A toft sigh was her only audible re pponse but she nestled closer to him, anc1 he appeared satisfied. The mellow haze of the golden Oc tober day still hung over the darkening landscape. The voice of a tree toad somewhere In the neighborhood lifted Itself un and called Insistently for rain. A faint odor of fried ham from some kitchen to the windward of them per vaded the air. A thought seemed to strike the ysung man. "Clara," he said, "we aught to have the clearest understanding about every thing that affects our future, aught we not?" "Yes," she murmured. "Clara," he said again, after long pause, "can you cook?" There was another leng pause. Then she straightened herself ap, looked him squarely in the eye, and proudly answered: "Reginald, I can ceok petataea in fif teen different ways." Then the put her head down where It was before, and Into her pink, shell like ear he warbled incoherent outpour ings of Joy. Cincinnati Enquirer. Siv9 i Lots of Trouble. Families living next door to a vacant house are often asked for Information by prospective tenants. The Rochester Herald tells of such a family In Ro chester that Is protecting Itself from the annoyance by displaying the fol lowing placard on the front door: "We haven't the keys to the house next door, nor do we get the first week's rent. "Haven't the slightest Idea why the last family moved out. "There are nine rooms, and the rent Is $6 a week. "The place may be full af bedbugs for all we know. "There Is a placa te hang oat wash ing on the roof. "We don't know anything about the moral character sf the people next door, but can furnish references ourselves. 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