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MY FBJENI) THE “CAP" HAVE been per suaded to take a much needed rest this summer, to permit me to recu perate after a win ter and spring of unusual activity and success. Con sequently I have temporarily with drawn from society; and thereby hangs a tale, in which my friend, Captain Rosenbaum, figures to some extent. Pleasure is to me the chief object of existence; therefore, I have ever striv en to enjoy myself, and be present where hilarity reigned—to have " a good time” at every possible oppor tunity. You cannot wonder, then, that 1 felt It was my duty to move In good so ciety. Yet I have been at some pains so to arrange my affairs and social re lations as to be able to uttend most of tho better class of private entertain ments given In Chicago during the past, two or three winters. It not only gave me no small enjoyment, but it also as sisted me materially In my business. Ic was a matter of considerable diffi culty to secure an Invitation to the Lawrence reception, but I managed It —no matter how and It was at this reception that I made the acquaintance of Captain Rosenbaum. I had strolled into Doctor Lawrence's library, In a wing at the rear of tho mansion, on Michigan avenue, to get out of the hot and crowded parlors, and, In the dim light, was leaning against the window-casing. Idly tap _ ... . l. .... u.ltk mar it fa a'hpfl ~ yntgtf vii suv fi*-rl 1 noticed at the top of the window* sash a hit of metal gleaming In the serai-darkness. I touched It, and found that It was part of a burglar alarm, moving when the window was opened upon another bit of metal, and by con tact completing an electric circuit of some sort. I am something of an electrician, and my interest and curiosity were at once aroused. A brilliant Idea suddenly flashed In my brain. I unscrewed the upper bit of metal with my knife, t.nd, after twisting off the wire which led from It Into the woodwork, was ex amining it when I heard a light step at the door. Olanclng around, I found standing by the table a tall, dark-skinned man In an evening dress, with black mustache and Imperial, and long rather curly black hair—in all suggesting at once the popular Idea of his satanic majesty. By one of those impulses which over come us at times, I slipped the bit of metal into my pocket and turned to ward the stranger, whom from his dress and manner I assumed to be one of the guests at the reception. “I hope I don't Intrude," he said, politely. "Oh, no," I hastened to reply; “I am glad some one else can enjoy the cool ness here.” "I think I have not the pleasure of your acquaintance,” the stranger said, smiling; "as guests of this bouse, I ' A*., I TURNED QUICKLY, trust we neerl no formal introduction —my name is Captain Rosenbaum.” ‘‘And I am William Vance; very much at your service, sir," I returned, decidedly pleased with ray new friend's voice and manner. “I am Indeed glad to make your acquaintance, Captain Rosenbaum." I found the captain n very agreeable fallnnr' a iront n n ri>finbmont and culture, jMillshed and well InformoJ, a ready conversationalist, though de cidedly reserved as to hlmaclf, tad a smoker of excellent cigars. We dls w.vu'd trnoks, yachting, horses, the presidential nominations, the tariff, etc., and the captain ahone aa a man of wide reading and depth of thought along many Hoes. I could learn nothing, however, of his own occupation he waa especially reticent on that point. The captain cas ualty let slip that he had been In New York until recently; his husluesa had taken him there on two hours' warn ing; and had brought hint back aa sud denly; he could not tell how aoou his present business would be disposed of, or where he would go next "I am an uncertain fellow he said, laughing, "and never hnow my plana Iwe weeks In advance. Indeed, my plana are largely made for me. and I go and come usually at the bidding of ether*.'* White we ware talking Doctor Law reave entered, and I did nut tee the capiadn again that evening, for, while I presently returned to the parlor, the captain remain* ! chatting with hla boat. gl waa decidedly III at twee, for t a l taat pl*oe ml burglar alarm tn my posh el. and could And no opportunity tn put ft hatch I wan fully anaro that my hasty aetlnn might bn mtsennatrued by one nhn did not ba»« gw, and I waa aaatnua lent the captain had wssn ate tahe It down, th«u«h aat tn tha aaont romuts way had etthar d we referred In the aubpmt It waa w hnatwene nf bin. though. In hay warn, and I deemed myeetf In go way hound tn consult hint about go ■trivial an affair. Besides, I was In- ' dined to think he had not seen ms take the piece of metal. It subsequent- j ly appeared, however, that he did see me take It, and bis actions were strong- j ly influenced by the Ideas this trifling * Incident suggested to him. As It happened, I found no oppor tunity to approach the window again, and I went home with the bit of metal still in my pocket. That night an attempt was made to rob Doctor Lawrence’s house, the burg lars entering by the very window from which I had removed the burglar alarm. They did not succeed In secur ing any plunder, being frightened away before any valuables were found. Now this attempted burglary was similar to several others which had j taken place at some of the finest reel- | dences In the city. In each case follow- | lng only a day or two after a reception ! or a ball similar to that at Doctor Law- 1 rence's house. As It happened, In every similar Instance but one, I had been a guest at the entertainment, and 1 had almost begun to fear lest the peor^.* who had Invited me should rc gar<r me as a bird of evil omen, and cease to "request the honor of my pres- j enoe" at their houses. Probably you are thinking of Cap tain Rosenbaum In connection with these robberies, I must confess that I did not, al though I had occasion afterward to as sociate him more or less directly with all of them, f had met him but once, anti for a short time only, and Ills name did not occur to mo until two weeks later, when Russell Dennison's daugh ter was married. At the reception, In the evening, 1 met my friend, the cap- ' tain, again, and I found him the same polite, chatty gentleman, but, as be fore,* suggesting Mephlst.opheles, I encountered him a dozen times that evening on the back veranda, In ll*e /nnhort/'ilnet/ In ♦ ooe/1/.n III! T Is. gan to regard him as my evil genius. Particularly did he hover Id the neighborhood of the room full of sil verware and Jewelry which comprised the wedding gift*, When 1 left the house the last per son I saw wan Captain Rosenbaum, who went out with me and left rac at the nearest corner, turning down a side street with a wave of the hand and a cheery "Good-night, Vance." I was destined to see my friend, the captain, once more that night, and It happened In this wise: The moon had gone down, and It, was nearly three o’clock In the morning, when, with two friends, I stood In the rear of Russell Dennison's mansion, under the shadow ' of a large bush. I was still In evening dress, concealed by a dark overcoat, and had a soft hat pulled down over my eyes. In my hand 1 held a revolver, as did each of my two companions. | In pursuance of my project, It wa* only a minute's work to quietly open the door at the rear of the house and the door at the head of the stairs within. Two minutes later we were In the room with the wedding gifts. A dim light burned in the chandelier, and at the other side of the room the figure of a man lay on a sofa. I slipped over to his side, and with my revolver close to his temple, sig naled to my friends to begin their work. At the first soft clink of the silver In 1 the bag In which they were guardedly ' slipping the wedding gifts the room ' was suddenly flooded with light, and I heard an oath from one of my com panlons. I turned quickly, and saw Captain Rosenbaum and three policemen stand ing In the doorway. I had time only to see the captain emlle triumphantly | and nod in my direction, before my arms were seized from behind, the weapon wrenched from my hand, and with sharp clicks of locking handcuffs, ' I was a prisoner. My friend, the cap- ! tain, then spoke: "Hardly expected to meet me again to-night, eh, Vance? You tried that burglar alurm dodge once too often. Twice you played It In Madison ave- ! nue. New York, undetected. An ac count of similar burglaries In Chicago, ' as reported in the Chicago Record, 1 aroused the suspicion* of Chief Conlln, 1 of New York, and he sent me here to try to run you down. 1 am known in ! the metropolis as Jack Randolph, of I UIM V » OM HUM /Will pain are my prisoners." That consoling speech from "my friend, the captain." mado my blood run cold, and I felt humiliated when I thought of how I had been entrapped by the New York detective. As I before remarked. 1 am now tak ing a rest from my nodal duties. I ■ Khali atay at this cloeely guarded In i dilution somewhat lean than eight yeara, and there are ala Indictments, I ant told, waiting to be atteuded tc when I leave. Ike Mterete A new bicycle kink has developed A rider stopped In fruut of a store and, after he had dismounted, he took a heavy weight that was hooked Just he hind tke seat and attached It to a chain which he took ffwBk hU pa ket. He fastened the chain and weight la the bicycle, and apparently sal tatted that It was now quite tab, he went into the store New York World Ike «w*k Just aa a Meant Sterling tsmtiy haa Ml Swan to dtaaer and While the head at the family waa caring gras* a hua gry tramp stale the paa of bteceit «ut el the me** Moral f an should aatch aa well aa pray Wtaebeeler tKr t |tem<arat. t'amphell la the sathot al the quo Uinta “I,th* easel vtette. lew and tel , between It Is feuad ta fleaeoiw al Idle “ t DN THE BIG MUDDY. VAGARIES. ONE OF THE MOST REMARKABLE RIVERS. Its (fight? Currant Kata Aura? Big Farina anil Throwa Th.m L', is Stand Bara—Continual Fight at HI. Joaaph. Ho, HE Missouri river has been on its aocustorned annual rampage, and, as the receding waters run out the damage done by the rise Is becoming apparent, says a Ht. Joseph, Mo., special of re cent date. Along the shores the scen ery has changed. Farm* have loosened and dropped into the remorseless stream here and there; other farms have cropped up under the guise of giant sand bars, altering the swift cur rent, Itself always an unaccountable vagary. "Tho river Is rising very rapidly," Is a simple statement one frequently found In the columns of the dally pa pers, always at this season, under pro saic headlines, perhaps, and tucked away In some remote corner of the page. But for the old residents along this great stream It has a never falling charm. In the mighty river that glides swiftly by the city’s gate, washing, cutting, grinding, eating away the earth walled foundation, there Is something more majestic than the tranquil Hea; there Is a distant power of movement that carries with It a hint of uncon querable force, a river unfettered and undammed, and beyond weak mortal’s will. The plain announcement that the river Is rising causes a feeling of awe to creep over the poverty-stricken boat dweller as he gathers his family about him and stands on the shore, gazing Oul/Onen fit tVw. ••••Inlini. ..,..,1,1.. amp rent. It creeps steadily, stealthily, re slstlessly up, inch by inch, foot by foot, until the bottom of the leaky boat is submerged. Its encroachments are like the ways of the dreaded panther. When the river Is rising rapidly the cotter along the shore takes a new reef in the hawsers that hold his small home to the bank beneath the willows, and the gleam of the midnight lantern is seen over the gloomy waste of waters, for it is unsafe to sleep at such a time —when the river is rising rapidly. Along the shore on either side of the majestic stream the comfortable farmer puts down the bars and permits his stock to roam into the uplands that range away from the towering bluffs, standing like grim, wakeful sentinels above the river's crest—when the river is rising rapidly. Then be stands sadly by the bank in the green and fertile meadow and watches the rich black soil, in massive sods and patches, crumble and roll into the rapacious jaws of the merciless oc topus—when the river is rising rapidly. Standing on the shore at the foot of Felix street, for the watcher gazing westward there is a peculiar and inspir ing charm in the scene when the river is rising rapidly. Tons upon tons of loam from the farm lands have discol ored the water until its depths are as impenetrable to the sight as solid iron or granite. The rivulets from the crys tal springs that leap down the foothills of the far-away mountains, dashing through gulch and vale with merry laughter, arc changed to black and In digo, but the shifting sands of the -Mis souri and the soil of the farm land Blmply discolor, not destroy. A more healthful draught than the cup taken from the rushing current of the stream was never brewed nor mixed by art. When the river is rising rapidly it bears on its current many Btrange things. Now a boat, half broken, half sunk, goes swiftly by, bobbing up and down in the sunlight. Again the body of a drowned bullock or a floating cabin. Then a tree- an evergreen, a pine or a cedar—borne on the face of an ava lanche, perhaps, from Its perch upon some bald mountain side and caught In the sliding enow drifts. Birds hover in its swerving branches and flit and fly as It tosses end rolls In the angry stream. Into the high bank the current rolls and tile swlrlitier eddies crow! and rrmr as the whirlpool settles down at the base of the willowa, rip-rapped Into the bank. And no It goes rushing, gurgling, roaring, never smiling, never safe, a thing of awe. of grandeur, of wonder and mysterious charm, but al ways to be avoided wheu the river is rising rapidly. Into the western aids of this city the river sweeps straight from the west. Hera It turns directly south fur u mile, then turns westward again. Away over yonder, wharo Ihs cuds of ths curves ara closest, only n mils strip uf loamy Kansas soil stands bat wean a meeting of ths waters And thin la dally becom ing narrower Ths river is sating Inis It every hour, until It now bears re semblance tu n vast peninsula. A mils aut frum Ml. Joseph the atrip of land between the river's curves Is fully Bve miles wide. It Is predicted by Ibssa ska bars welrbea tits erratic Missouri's course and rhaugee fur a Quarter of a century that It la anly a Quasi ton «f a short time until that nar row neck of land In Kaaaaa la eaten sear and the Mtissuet a channel Is un dar the eastern slops ml the Mg. reond blogs that range slang the •»stern hertaou When that happens, it Jo aepb, with Me magalteeni sewerage eye I am will be an Inland town high sad dry, and Its grant steel railroad bridge will bo apaagtag the nudaua af g fertile farm as at beat g ahaUe* lagoon Kgurte ta prevent such -ale si ruphe by tip rappiag are euoatantii tn progress The each at boa ««a! nlll be meek tn esMence this h!* MOZART IN LONDON. Bis Vint Appaaranca Attracted Tory I.IItie Attention.] A notice In the Public Advertiser In forms us that "At the Great Ranelagh Spring garden, near St. James' park, Tuesday, June 5. 1764, will be porn farmed a grand concert of vocal and Instrumental music for the benefit of Miss Mozart of 11 and Master Mozart of 7 years of age, prodigies of nature.” This venturo was attended with suc cess and In the same month Wolfgang played pieces of his own composition for the benefit of a ‘‘public useful char ity” at a concert given at Ranelagh, says the Gentleman's Magazine. The times, however, were not propitious for artistic enterprises. In January of the new year the king was seized with an alarming illness, which lasted to the ! beginning of April, In addition to which the Bpltaflelds weavers were dis contented, with the result that for throe days during May London was In tha hands of a riotous mob. Owing to these unpropitlous circumstances a concert given by the Mozarts at lllckford's Great Room In Brewer street met with little encouragement. Front this time the father Invited the public to test the youthtfu! prodigies In private every day from 1 to 3 o'clock at his lodgings In Thrift (that Is the present Frith) street, Soho. The result of this appeal, how ever, not being satisfactory, they turned to the city and tried the Swan and Hoop tavern In Cornhlll, the prloe of admission being reduced to half a crown for each person. Before leaving the capital the Mo zarts visited the British museum, to which Wolfgang presented bis six pub lished sonatas and a manuscript madri gal entitled "Ood Is Our Refuge." For these six ^naias, written for the harpsl cord, with accompaniments for the vio lin or German flute, and dedicated to Queen Charlotte, the young composer had received the sum of 50 auIncus In July, 1705, the family left London en route for The Hague, their visit having produced little effect save that of In teresting musical amateurs such as Haines Harrington. The young Wolf gang had been a nine days' wonder and many years were to lapse before his music appealed almost as a revela tion to musicians in this country. Tli* Town'* Crook*d l>lrl<1liig Lin*. "There is a reason for most every thing,” said a Cumberland man, when he was asked how in the world they came to have such a crooked line be tween two towns in his county. "There's a reason for this crooked line. You see, some of our towns established in pioneer times, when land was abund ant and people were few, bad a big ter ritory, which was afterward sliced off to make new towns. It was so In tho case you mention and when the cut off was made people along the line of division were of different minds as to which town they wanted to be in. 80 the legislature drew a straight line be tween the two parts and then provldod that persons dwelling on lands adjoin ing either side of this line might be In one town or the other as they should decide within ninety days after pass ing the act. Borne went one way and some the other and the line was all skewed up to accommodate them."— Lewiston (Me.) Journal. Ha Knew Har. Mrs. McBanger—My husband did not like that tea you sent us last. Grocer; (politely)—Did you like It, marm? Mrs. M< banger— Yes, I liked it. Grocer (to clerk)—James, send Mrs. McBangeif another pound of the same tea she had last. Anything else, marm?— Chips. Cheap. KUicott Squeer—1 notice that the now restaurant managers are going to put in Boston girls as "lady waiters." Ellmore—Yes; they believe it will save *1_ . U . SV# I/.A «.wl /.Lu.iaL, .. power. 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