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CHAPTER IX. (Continued.)
"Look at that, now!" he whispered.
"Ay, I was looking. What does
mean?"
"Mane!" said Dinny, scornfully.
It
manes- that Black Mazzard thinks he's
captain now."
"Then if the throat-cutting scoundrel is.
I'm off first chance."
"An' I'm wid ye," said Ltinuy, earn
estly. "I'll go and lade a virtuous l.fe."
"Aud leave the skipper's brother and
Bartr
Dinny pulled off his cap and rubbed
his head viciously.
.Vow, why did ye want to go and ssy
that?" he cried. "Iverything wax as
aisy as could be, and you g and upset
If all."
"I'oor Abel!" said Jack, at las't, softly.
"Ay, poor old Abel.'" said Bart, with a
(roan.
"You here?" said Jack. starring up find
catching the rough fellow by the arm.
"Here? ay!" growled Burt, slowly.
"Where did you think I was, lad?"
"I didn't think, Bart, or I shouldn't
hare aaid that," cried Jaok, earaestly.
"Where would you be but at my elbow if
I wa in trouble, ready to he of help'f"
' "Ay, but there's no helping you here,"
aid Bart, with a groan. "What'U you
do, tad?"
"Do!" cried Jack, with a savage laugh
"do what poor Abel always bun back
from doing, and stopped Black Mazzard
from many a time. I don't read my Bible
now, Bart; but doesn't it say that thwre
hall be blood for blood? and my poor
brother's cries aloud for vengeance, as
they shall see!"
"No, no, my lad," whispered Bart,
hoarsely; "let it slop here. It seems to
lue as if sofiietliiiig said: 'This here's the
end on it Now get her to g back
home.' "
"Home!" said Jack, with a fierce laugh.
"Where is home?"
"Yonder," said Bart, stolidly.
"No! Here at sea. Bart, there is u
other home for me; no other hupe but to
have revengeT'
"Ue-venge, lad?"
"Ay, a bitter, cruel revenge. I could
have been different. I was once full of
love and hope before I knew what the
world wag like, but thnt's all past aad
dead yes, dead; and the dead yonder is
looking toward me and asking me to re
member what we have suffered."
"But think."
"Think, Bart! I have thought till my
brain has seemed to burn; and everything
points to revenge, and revenge I'll have!"
" "What ae ra ?otn? 00 next?"
: There was no' answer for a few inm
ates, and then the words whispered were
rery short and decisive.
"And let 'em think it's scared as, aad
we're gone right away?" said Bart.
"Yea."
Bart gave a short, quick ad of the
head, walked sharply is the forecastle
and yelled to the men to tumble aa. The
result was that in a very shart time sail
after sail was spread till a dusky cloud
teemed to hover over the deck af the
schooner, which reeled over in the light
"breeze and began skimming as lightly as
a yacht eastward, as If to leave the
scene of the commodore's execution far
behind.
CHAPTER X.
Tbe merchants of Bristol sent in a pe
tition to his majesty the King, saying
that tbe trade of the port was being
ruined, that their ships were taken, that
the supplies of sugar and tobacco must
ran short, and that, while the ladies
would suffer aa to their coffee, there
would toon be no snuff ground up far the
titillation of the noses of the King's liege
subject.
Always the tame story Commodore
dunk, in command of a lang. law. fast-
w --
ailing achooner, was here, there aad ev-1 was being done.
erywhere. Government heard what was 1 For there was be with a small, swift
aid and replied that five years before sailing ship, full of stout seamen, bravely
they had tent out t ship to capture Oo,n- officered, well armed, aad with guus big
modore Junk, that there was a severe en- euough to blow all the schooner in the
gagement and the captain was taken and , west to matchwood, while from tbe cap
bung, and afterward gibbeted off the port tain to the amallest powder monkey all
Where, bis deeda obtained most fame. were red-hot with desire to meet the
, To which the Bristol merchants replied t commodore and give him a foe who knew
la a further petition that though it was . how to fight.
a the government stated. Commodore
Junk's body had been takes dawn tram
the gibbet soon after it was hung up,
. that be bad come to life again, and that
his deeda were now ten times worse thaa
' before.
Moreover, that somewhere ar aavther
oa tbe western shores af the great Mex
ican gabf, be bad a retreat where be lived
In great luxury when ashore; thai naay
bloody deeda had been done after dea
' perate fighting, men being compelled to
' walk the plank or sent adrift la small
boats far from land; and that, though
pies had been aent out, Oa one had beea
able to discover the mysterious retreat,
even the Indian who bad been bribed
to go returning with their beads !i a us
their ears, or else with strange tale that
. the buccaneer was under tbe protection
Of the thunder gods, whose heme was in
the burning mountains, and that it was
bet lean to try to destroy him aad hi crew.
Moreover, the men of Bristol said that
'It was a crying shame that their (hips
- aad cargoes should not have adequate
protection, seeing what a deal they paid
to the revenue for the goads they iinport
, ad, and that one of bis majesty's ships
ought to be more than a match for all
the tbnnder gods in, Central America, tad
: it majesty's petitioner would rver pray.
Then the government concluded that they
Mat do something, and gave thir or
' 4m accordingly.
The result was that one day Captain
fisApbrey Armstrong walked alaag tbe
.ail In bl big hoots, which creaked ioud
1 1 orr the gravel. Tbe fold lace en
, J uniform glittered la he sunshine.
i at be wore hi cocked hit all t ne
t, and retted hi left hand upon th
t of hla aword.
1 ia captain wna oa hla war K
V Square, to keep aa appeiatasent
;- Loganttone't, aad before least
t ill earnest convert wttk Lady
Wilderaey, Ma lordahip'i renagesi
r. a the meat faahloaabh
t t)m day.
acU the eaptihj. after nearly
BftSatiaar warirtaiian
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VENGEANCE
MANVILLE FENN
sweet smile,
someone else?'
"But
couldn't you send
"At the call of duty!" cried the cap
tain. "No. Besides, you would not wish
me to stay under such circumstances as
those."
"La!" said her ladyship, as, after a
show of resistance, she surrendered tier
lily-white hand, and suffered it to be kiss
ed. "And how long will it take you to
capture thin terrible biiccan"er?"
"I shall be away for months," said the
captain.
"La!" said the lady.
"But I shall fight like some knight
errant of old, and By back, with the wings
of my good ship," said the captain, "and
hasten to lay the trophies of my victory
at my darling's feet."
'You will be sure to bring him?" said
the lady.
"I hope he will fall in the fight," said
the captain.
"Theu you are going to fight 7"
"Yes; I am going out in command of a
splendid ship with a crew f brave men,
to attack and exterminate this horde of
wasps, and I hope t do it like a Hiaa."
"But will anybody bleed?"
"I fear so."
"La! Will you be hurt T
"I hspe not. But I must run the risk;
and if 1 coiue back wounded, it will be in
your service, dearest, and then I shall
daiiu my reward."
"X," said the lady, with aae at her
lost winning looks. "I dsn't believe yau.
8ai!ars are worse thai soldiers, and yoa
will fall in love with sac of the lovely
8p.iul.sh ladies eut there and forget all
about poor little me."
"Forget you!" cried the captain, pas
sionately; "neverl My love for yau grows
stronger every day; sad as to beMuiv.
was there ever a woman sa beautiful as
you?"
Captain Humphrey was about t throw
himself on his knees as well as his boots
wsuld allow, but just then the door open
ed, and fresh visitors were announced,
aad the topic of the captain's appointment
to the sloop-of-war Queen Jane, for the
extermination of the West Indian buc
caneers, formed the staple of the conver
sation. Love had blinded the eyes of the stout
captain lately introduced to the fashion
able beauty, and welcomed oa account of
the fact that he had lately succeeded to
the Devonshire estates of the Arm
strongs, consequent upon the death of his
cousin James, who bad been killed in a
duel.
So, deeply in love with as pretty a bit
of artificiality as ever dressed, or rather
believing himself deeply in love, Cap
taia Humphrey joim-d bis well-found ship
at Falmouth and sailed for the far west
and the land of the torrid sun. The men
f Bristol rubbed their hands, thought
af their freights and sat down to their
ledgers, while they waited for the news
af the banging of Commodore Junk.
Captain Humphrey had been sat is the
Mexican gulf for six months, and was
as far off finishing his task as on the
day when he had reached Kingston har
bor, and listened to the tales of the buc
caneer's last deeds.
But it was no myth. Put in where he
would, it was to hear fresh news of the
pirates. Now some unfortunate captain
would arrive in a small boat, with his
crew, suffering from heat, thirst and star
vation. Now the half-burned bull of a
goodly argosy would be encountered on
the open sea. At any other time news
would come of a derelict that bail been
scuttled but not sunk, and seen In such
and such latitude.
Wherever he went Captain Humphrey
.as met with news, and at last with re
proaches and almost insult by the au
thorities at the various ports at which he
touched far the wr in hir.h hi"t.i.
Messagea traveled slowly la those days,
but all tbe tame Captain Humphrey Arm
strong had received a dispatch hinting
at a recall, and a friendly letter telling
him that if be did not soon have some
thing to show be would be superseded md
la disgrace. ,
He wat a rich man, and at the end of
three months he did not scruple te offer
reward for information; be doubled bit
offer te tbe mat who would bring him
within reach af the commodore's achoon
er; tad beginning with ten guineas, he
weat en increasiag. at tbe time went on,
till he reached a hundred, and, at last,
when aix months had passed, it wa
kaawn all round the cattt that Captaia
Armstrong would give a thousand guineas
ta be brought alongside the schooner.
Captaia Humphrey ground his teeth
when be was alone in bis cabin, aad he
swore as a Devon captain could swear la
those days: bat it did no good, and la
spite of all his struggle, he .could only
look upon Commodore Junk a a will-o'-the-wisp.
"What will Lady Jeany think?' he
graaned. "And I meant to do so much!"
At last what he dreaded arrived. He
tailed into port one day, to find bis re
fill; and be went back on board ship,
ordered all sail to be made. snd. ignor
ing the order, determined to find the com
modore er die.
CHAPTER XI.
Humphrey Armstrong sat In his cabin
listening t tbe whirr of beetle which
had been attracted by tbe lights, and
down la through tbe open window, to
make a bias te tbe treble bum of tbe inos
initee wbich haunted the mouth of the
river where tbe nip bad anchored for
tbe eight
He had beea iwsy five dtye since the
order bad come out for bis return. In
the rain hope that perhaps now he might
it last enconnter the buccaneer: but, so
far, be had seen. or beard nothing: snd
be pirate captaia might hare dropped
rat of tght. or never existed, on the
realag when tbe captaia searched creek
utter creek along tbe coast, fill nightfall,
when, for aefety' aake, be bid anchored
at tbe aaaarth of tbe muddy ttreaaa.
An officer of the watch came down to
announce the arrival of a couple of In-
dians
bearing news.
a tlie old story, sir, but I tnoiiglit
better report it to you. Shall I kick
them, and let them go?'
"No." aaid the captain, ahortly, for he
was ready now to snatch at atrawa.
"What does the man sayT'
mere are two or tnem. ur; and tney
say tne pirate vessel is to be round a
day's journey to the south, and that they
have seen it lying at anchor."
"Do they seem honest?"
"Honest as Indians, sir. I think it's all
made up."
The captain rose and went on deck,
where he found a couple of aoft, brown,
plump-lookiug Indians, with large,
dreamy eyes, and languid manner, seated
upon their beels near the gangway, where
they could give a glance from time to time
at their canoe swinging by a frail-looking
bark rope.
"Now." he said, sharply, "where is this
pirate ship?"
The men looked at him vacantly.
"Commodore Junk?" said Humphrey.
"Show Kl Commodore Yuuk," cried
one of the Indians. "Money powder.'
"You shall have plenty," said Hum
phrey; "but make him understand that
if he plays us false he shall be bung' at
the yard-arm,
The officer of the watch seemed to enjoy
bis task: for, catching up the signal bal
yards, he rapidly made a noose, threw
it over the Indian's head, and drew it
ti-ht. Then, pointing upward, he said
slowly:
"If you cheat!"
"Hang us?" said the Indian sharply.
"Light sua!" he cried, eagerly, pointing
to the east, and then, seizing the thin
roe which had been twisted around his
neck, he ran to the gangway, slid down
into bis boat, made the cord fast, and
carne scrambling up again to secure the
signal line.
This done, he said a few words to his
companion, and, going to the side, threw
himself down under tbe bulwarks, and
seemed to go to sleep at once.
"Yes; that's plain enough," said Hum
phrey, "lie means to wait till daylight.
Keep a strict watch. We may have
found the right man t last."
He need have been under no anxiety
as to the two informers for they lay mo
tionless till daybreak, and then rose sud
denly, looked sharply around, and. going
forward, pointed to the rope wbich moor
ed them in midstream.
Half an hour later the sloop was glid
ing slowly out of the mouth of the river;
the lowered sails caught the cool, moist
morning breer.e; and. in obedience to the
Indian's directions, which were embrac
ed ia the pointing of a brown hand south
ward, the king's ship sailed steadily along
the coast a few miles from the shore.
It was within two hours of sundown,
ns the men were at their drowsiest mo
ment, when, as they were rounding a
rocky point feathered with glorious palms.
beyond which the country ran up toward
the moiiutaius in a glorious chaos of
piled-up rock, deep ravine and fire-senth-ed
chine, the principal Indian suddenly
seized the captain's arm and pointed
straight before him to where, a couple of
miles away, and looking is if she bad
just glided out of some hidden channel
running into tbe land, -there was a long,
low, black-hulled schooner, spreading sn
enormous amount of canvas fur so small
t rrel; and as he saw the rake of the
masts and ttie disproportioned size of ber
spars, Humphrey Armstrong f-!t a thrill
of exultation run through him even as his
whole crew was now galvanized into life,
and he mentally repeated the words of
the Indian:
"E! Commodore Yunk."
Yes; there could be no doubt of it. The
shape and size of the vessel answered the
description exactly, and no trader or
pleasure vessel, foreign or Britisn, wouia
sail with so dangerously an overweight
ing rig as that.
"At last, then!" cried Humphrey, ex
citedly. "Bring the poor fellows here.
Tbey shall have their reward and go."
Wis it treachery, or fear of the enemy?
Humphrey asked himself this question
aa a about came from tbe steersman,
who, like tbe rest, had been gazing at the
schooner, but who was the first to see a
canoe being paddled rapidly for the
shore.
No one bad been attending to tbe two
Indians, who bad waited until the atten
tion of all was bent upon the buccaneer,
and then silently slipped over the side,
glided down the side, glided down the
rope, and cast off, to paddle shoreward.
There was good discipline on board
ship even then, and at tbe call to quar
ters every man fell into place. The long
gua was run in, loaded, run out, and di
rectly after there was a puff of smoke, a
loud report which went echoing among
the mountains and through the densely
wooded rivines, is a round shot skipped
over the water right in front of the
achooner.
"Hurrah T shouted the men, as they
aw the long vessel alter her course a
little.
She surrenders," said Humphrey to
himself; aud in the brief moment that
followed be saw himself returning to En
gland in triumph, bis task done, aud beau
tiful, fashionable Lady Jenny Wildersey
welcoming him with open arms.
It wa a puff of ftney, dissipated like
the puff fit smoke which came from the
schooner's bows; while, in company with
the report that rumbled heavily away,
came a round shot skipping over the
calm surface of the sea, not forward like
tbe summons to heave to of the king's
hip, but straight at her bull, and so well
aimed that it tore through tbe starboard
bulwark amidships.
"The insvlent!" exclaimed Humphrey,
turning purple with rage, "How dare
he!"
As be spoke he raised bis spy-glsss to
bis eye, for something could be seen flut
tering up the side of the great mainsail,
and directly Ifter t Urge black flag wis
wifted out by the breexe.
"Very good, commodore!" cried Hum
phrey, with i smile. "You can't escape
us now. Gentlemen, the bill bss opened.
Down with her spars, my lads. Never
mind ber hull: we wtnt that to take
back to Falmouth."
The sloop crept a little nearer in one of
tbe puff of wind that came from time. Co
time, and the firing went on, Humphrey
snd-his officers being astounded at the
sbility with which the schooner's guns
were nerved and the ecu r icy of their
im.
"No wonder tbit they're carried ill be
fore them imong the merchantmen," mut
tered Humphrey, a a (hot rime crash
Ina Into them, and three men were car
ried below, disabled by tpllnter.
A be poke he looked aasiouil roaad
to aiako tore that tbe arboeaer weald net
be a Me to aat thea la the appraaablng i
dtrkness, and then, feelinr more of
autre that men who could serve their gum
n well would be terrible adversaries li
a cac of boardins. aud determined t
spare hi men till the schooner wa dig-
'abied. he kept up the artillery duel till
the only guide for laying their guna war
i the flush of the enemy's piece.
By this time the 6re of the buccaneer!
I had proved so effective that the aloop't
bulwarks were shattered and her deckj
were slippery with blood, while her cup
tain was fumiug with rage at the unfor
tunate aim of his men: for, though the
schooner had evidently been hit again and
again, she seemed to have escaped vita)
injury.
(To be continued.)
TESTS OF INTELLIGENCE.
trcnchsiea Seeking to Learn the
KeiiKininj Power of Animnli.
A somewhat novel nnd interesting
class of exjierlmcuts is to be attempt
en oy a rrencu society created at
Longcliatups. Tbe mental powers ol
di.liTcnt kinds of aniiiirils are to li.
tested. According to a correspouik-n
of tbe London Daily Mall, the tests ot
the reasoning powers of thesi' lowct
orders of creation are to be eutrusted
to as many of the members as possible,
iu order to avoid undue personal bia
In judging of results.
The method Is as follows: A large
circus or arena 1b the scene of the in
vestigations, into which the aultiia'.s
destined to prove their reasoning abil
ities are to lie introduced. Around ll
are the seats for four hundred mem
bers, who will watch with French en
thusiasm but scientific self-restraint
the puzzled fox contriving shifts to
drink out of a deep vessel, and the
thoughtful efforts of the crane to drink
soup from a shallow one. That, at
least, was the form which the first
experiment took.
A lion was given some meat shut
up in a box covered with a lid, and tbe
spectators watched with breathless In
it; iii.i sifiutiMii Oi me Juentiuu
whether he would raise the 11(1 or crack
tbe box. He raised the cover, much to
tbe gratification of the company.
The Longchumps lion was unani
mously voted to have acted reasonably,
and some monkeys, to which a rather
more complicated task was assigued.
came out with Hying colors.
If the right class of French inquirer
takes up this subject and has the as
sistance of a society ami stock of
creatures to use in experiments, and
convenient places to make them in.
much may be hoped from such an in
quiry Into tbe reasoning powers of ani
mals. The I snal Way.
One morning Charles Bonaparte, the
celebrated lawyer of Baltimore, was
surprised to learu that the teu-year-old
son of one of bis friends desired
to see blm. The New York Times teils
the boy's errand:
As the boy walked into tbe private
pIGce, Mr. Bonaparte said, "(Jood morn
ing, Charley! What can 1 do for you
this morning?''
"Well, Mr. Bonaparte," said Char
ley, "I went out to the country Satur
day and caught a tadpole, but as I
was coming back I lost him on the
Baltimore & Ohio Itallroad, and-" But
here Charley stopped, salislied that be
had plainly stated his case.
"Oh, 1 Bee." said Mr. Bonaparte;
"and you want me to sue the railroad,
do you?"
"Yes, sir," replied Charley.
Mr. Bonaparte smothered a smile,
and continued with bis most profes
sional manner: "Well, Charley, do you
want return In kind or In value?"
"I want my tadpole!" said Charley,
with emphasis.
"All right," said tbe lawyer; "that's
settled. But now, look here; what am
I to get for my trouble? Suppose I
make the railroad give you your tad
pole, what will you give me?"
"Why, Mr. Bonaparte." promptly re
sponded the boy, "I thought I would
Just give you the tadpole."
Lofty IniltfTereuce.
A young American woman who hap
pened to be out on the street In London
early one morning noticed that tbe re
flected light gave tbe sun the appear
ance of being In the west Not know
ing with certainty tbe point of the
compass, she asked a policeman which
direction was west He pointed to tbe
place from which the sunlight seemed
to stream.
"Ah," said the young woman, jocu
larly, "so tbe sun rises In the west In
London?" "A to that," replied the of
ficer, wltb great dignity, "1 really can't
say."
Mew Milliard Cue.
Quite different In many respects from
tbe ordinary billiard cue 1 a new one
just patented. Tbe parts of wblcb It la
composed are a support, a cut movable
thereon, a spring latch or trigger and a
movable sleeve, wbich Is arranged upon
the free end of the support, aud which
is designed to regulate tbe effect of
escb stroke. There is also another
sleeve at tbe other end, aud between
the two sleeves the cue can slide freely.
After a stroke baa been given tbe
spring causes the cue to recoil and re
turn to Its normnl position.
WlrelrM Telegraphy ftor Armv Use.
Wireless telegraphy ia tuggested aa
a substitute for tbe heliograph is a
meant of communication between mil
itary posts along the nortbweat Indian
frontier.
Mexico HXnar Modernised.
Mexico City ba over fifty mile of
electric street railroad, and It la one of
the beat lighted cities In tbe world.
A man never generate more entbufl
sra than when bo la trying to tell
something bn baa no use for.
If you are put 90 year old, no on
idmlree yon aa a dog admire the boy
who own Alga,
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THE POOR OLD SULTAN.
The Turkish Holer Ijioki anil Acta aa
Though He Were Haunted.
Probably no potentate on earth Is so
continuously haunted by tbe fear of
death as Is the Sultan of Turkey. This
1 the pen picture given of him by an
American correspondent who recently
saw him In Constantinople:
"I stood on the palace terrace risin;
above tbe little roadway down which
on Friday the Sultan ventures forth to
say his prayers. I saw the extraordl
uary precautions taken to protect him
tbe gathering of all his 5.000 troops,
tbe stoppage of traffic by walls of arm
ed men in every roadway leading up
trr 'the palace, theu the surroundings of
tbe few hundred yards of roadway
which the Sultan must traverse from
bis palace gate to bis mosque by rows
of soldiers knee-deep. It was a strange,
gorgeous. Incongruous spectacle.
"Preceded by bis women In closed
carriages, several of their sons and
some 8t great generals and officers of
the army marching ou fool, caiue lue
Sultan himself. He was driven slowly
In an open carriage facing forward,
w ith tbe minister of war facing oppo
site. And this is Abdul Ilamld II. the
absolute ruler of 25,000.000 pi-ople. the
defender of the faith, monarch of the
Huky-inet-l-t-fiiize. the glorious gov
eruuieut, variously known elsewhere as
the 'sick man of Europe' and the 'great
ascassln.' Every splendor of general
and trooper Is forgotten; every eye Is
fixed on the little, old, round-shouldered
man Iu the carriage. A shout-
well trained and evidently long prac
ticed Hlimit, curiously lacking In (Ire or
spontaneity goes up from the troops.
The old man raises his band iu salute.
He wears a red fez; his face Is sickly
white, like parchment; the nose Is that
of an Hgcd eagle, long, booked, hlgb-
brldged the Armenian nose, his sub
jects will whisper in contempt. Ills
eyes, what one sees of them, for be
turns his bead neither to the right nor
to the left, are deep set aud black.
"Those who know him best say that
be Las a peculiar way of moving his
eyes without moving his bead, as if he
were always seeking to look behind
him, to pry out secrets, to surprise
bidden motives. His beard Is deep blue-
black, as are his eyebrows; naturally
they would be gray, but he dyes them
for tbe Sultan must never look old. To
his generals be leaves all the pomp and
display of gold lace and tinsel; for blm
elf be is clad wholly in black, like a
eunuch, without ornamentation of any
kind. 'The Haven,' he has been called,
and the raven he looks. The Sultan Is
not really old -and yet If there Is ont
impression above another that he gives
It Is that of age and great weariness.'
BLAINE'S FEAR OF HORSES.
Wonld Not Have Keen in an Accident
Like Tbut of Roosevelt.
"Had James G. Blaine been alive and
a member of 'resident Uoosevelt' par
ty at Plttsfleld last week," remarked
Assistant Secretary "of the Treasury
Taylor to-duy, "the disaster by which
Craig lost bis life would not have oc
curred. I don't think 1 ever met any
one who w as In such mortal fear of be
ing In a runaway as was tbe brilliant
Maine statesman. He would take abso
lutely no risks wltb horses, and required
the most extreme precautious to be ob
served before he would submit himself
to a carriage ride. 1 remember many
year ago that Mr. Blaine was to visit
our city of Milwaukee, and I was In
charge of tbe arrangements for hi re
ception aud entertainment One of the
prominent liverymen of the town came
to me aud offered free of charge the
service of a magnificent team of tix
white horse to draw tbe carrluge of
Mr. Blaine. I accepted the offer, and
when the statesman arrived at tbe de
pot I escorted blm to the street where
the team and carriage were waiting.
I wa about to hand Mr. Blaine Into the
vehicle when be suddenly drew buck.
"There I no one at Ihe head of those
horses," be said, "and 1 would prefer
that you get some man to guard them
before we proceed.' 1 told the driver
what be tald, and the latter Insisted
that be hud absolute control over his
animals; that they were used to bunds
aud other noises, and that there was not
Tne slightest danger. I repeated this
to Mr. Blaine, and told him that 1
thought he could safely take a sell.
But he wouldn't do It. '1 shall not put
my foot Into the carriage,' be mild, 'until
a man Is put at tbe head of each horse
and Is made lo stay there.' That ended
It, and we burrled around and got half
a doxen men together and had each
book on to a bridle. Then Mr. Blaine
got Into tbe carriage and we proceeded
uptown." Brooklyn Eagle.
CRIPPLES MADE IN RUSSIA.
HetTtrare Dlslgnro Children aad Ka
blblt Tnem for Os'.
That the making of cripples la car
ried oo lo UuMla aa a regular trod, and
aa mighty profitable one, baa jojt
Im pnroi la ttartUg way. A tbe
SCLTA.t OF TUBKET.
result of a dramatic happening at the
annual fair at I'odkamia, It bus come to
light that Busalan beggar make a prac
tice of mangling and disfiguring chil
dren In order that they may ibow them
iu public aud pocket the alms drawn
from tender-hearted people by the sight
of them.
. At the Podkamla fair, In tbe charge
of an old beggar woman, there was a Lit
tle girl of about 0, whose condition
shocked everyone. She was entirely
blind, she was lame In one leg, one of
her arms was broken, and ber body was
a mass of disgusting sores. Money sim
ply poured In on the old hag who bad
her in charge, one of those who gave
beisg a. .shabbily, dressed .woman,
Handing the little girl some money,
she suld, "Pray my child, for my lost
niece, Kitty!"
"I am Kitty." said the little girl.
The hag with ber wus arrested at
once, and It was soon proved that she
bad stolen tbe child from ber aunt'a
bouse at Zarvanlc, In Callcla. She took
her to the headquarters of a regular
gang of which she was a member, and
there the child's eyes were put outon
of her legs and one arm were broken,
and terrible wounds were made ou dif
ferent parts of her body. Then the lit
tle girl was taken from place to place
In the country, the sight of her nevei
falling to bring pocketfuls of money to
her abductors.
When the people who were at the Pod
kanila fair heard the story tbey vowed
that they would lynch every beggar on
the grounds, and It was all the police
could do to keep them from doing so.
Investigation proves that over fifty
cases similar to tbe one described nbovf
have been detected during the last year-
STRANGER THAN FICTION
Were tbe Komantlc Adventure of an
J lile in Australia.
Like a page of sensational fiction
read the romantic adventures of Jo
seph J. ;ill, once a resident of Brook
lyn, who died re
cently while home?
ward bound from
life of reiuarkablf
exlla in ceutra.'
Australia.
In lNVi f;ill left
his wife and tw
children and se
sail for Australia
to look after tonic
mining Interests
there. After su
time no let tert
JOSul'Il J. 1,11.1..
were received from blm, aud after
jears of waiting his relatives In this
country believed him (lead -a belie!
that was firmly established when, in
IfflH), word came from the Uulted
States consul at Sydney, Australia, that
a man named (1111. tozeihor with four
companions, bad been ambushed and
killed by bushmen Iu the Interior.
Three years after bis reported death
his wife became Mrs. Frauk Johnson
ot Brooklyn.
Meanwhile Gill was having h!s chap
ter of adventures In Australia. Instead
of being killed by the bushmen he bad
been captured by them and forced Inw
servitude, doing the most menial work
and subjected to every Indignity. Fol
twelve years he lived In constant bop
of deliverance, but so close was tin
natch upon blm and so far bad be beer
removed from civilization that hit
hopes seemed vain. Finally the op
portuuliy cume and GUI succeeded U
making bis way to the coast.
He yearned for the home and friend;
from whom he bad been absent for six
teen years and sought Information re
garding them through a detective agen
ey. After some delay he was Inforunt
that bis wife was dead. Accepting th.
report as true, he remarried In Aus
tralla and this second wife and a child
survive him. In March of this yeat
Dili made further Inquiry for hit peopls
and with more success. He learned
from the Brooklyn police that member
of his family were still living In tlia
city and It was while he was on hir
way to Join them that death came. U
died on shipboard and was burled av
tea In the straits of Java.
Vnlto Mar-.
The truth Is never more con vine lnj
than when It "slips out" Involuntarily
Ueeurally at such times It bat a po
cullar charm also, as this Incident tug
gents., A tattered and forlorn younj
girl of 19 summer or to entered th
ofQce of a real estate man the otbei
day. Ordinarily be la tbe polltet ol
Individuals, but this day be was at
busy that be did not know wblcb wa
to turn. So, with a swift glance out ol
the comer of bit eye, he said rathei
sharply:
"Well, wht do you wintr
"P-p p-lease, mister, won't you bur
ticket on our cuckoo clock?" replied
me gin, nesititingiy.
Tour cuckoo clock? What could 1
do with a cuckoo clock even If I sbuul4
get ur
"Oh, you won't get It, mister! Pleasi
buy a ticket"
Urn llou In Oklahom.
Among the most Intcn HfllltT f fU t llrua
of HiUtheru Oklahoma nro the remuliu
of the gras house formerly built by
the Wichita Indians, who, to a certnl
extent, keep up their novel mod of ar
chitecture to tbe present day.
Itaat Waffe Karner.
Iu the average wage paid to em
ploye the Industry that stHiid highest
among the large undertaking Is ibai
of smelting and refining, say Mshlu't
Ma glial ne. Here the average for tix
21,000 worker Is fr2 per worker.
Onllle Mprayed with Keroaenn.
Tbe cattle which draw the
log In the forests of tbe Isihinu.
Panama have to be stirs red with kern.
t ne to destroy the parasite which an
alr deadly enemies.
The mailer the man, tbe larrar oUhf
BOOS.