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PMAINTOM SNIP —OR— The Flying Dutchman. BY CAPTAIN MARRY AT. CHAPTER XXII.—(Continued.) The Utrecht Hailed with a flowing sheet, and was soon clear of -the Eng lish Channel; the voyage promised to he auspicious, favoring gales bore them without accident to within a few hun dred miles of the Cape of Good Hope, when, for the first time, they were be calmed. Amine was delighted; in the evenings she would pace the deck with Philip; then all was silent, eicept the splash of the wave as It washed against the sides of the vessel—all was in re •pose and beauty, as the bright south ern constellations sparkled over their heads. When the day dawned, the lookout man at the mast-head reported that he perceived something floating on the Mtill surface of the water, on the beam of the vessel. Krantz went up with the glass to examine, and made it out to be ti small boat, probably cut adrift from Home vessel. As there was no appear ance of wind, Philip permitted a boat to be sent to examine It, and after a long pull the seamen returned on board, towing the small boat astern. "There is the body cf a man in It," fiald the second mate to Krantz, as he gained the gangway; “but whether he is quite dead or not, 1 cannot tell." Krantz reported this to Philip, who was at that time sitting at breakfast (with Amine, in the cabin, and then [proceeded to the gangway, to where the body of the man had been already jhanded up by the seamen. The sur geon, who had been summoned, de clared that life was not yet extinct, |and was ordering him to be taken below, for recovery, when to their as tonishment the man turned as he lay. isat up, and ultimately rose upon nls Ifeet and staggered to a gun, when, lafter a time, he appeared to lie fully recovered. In reply to questions put (to him, he said that he was in a vessel twhich had been upset in a squall, that •he had time to cut away the small boat astern, and that all the rest of ;the crew had perished. He had hardly made his answer, when Philip, wiiu Amine, came out of the cabin, and ^walked up to where the seamen were crowded round the man; the seamen •retreated so as to make an opening, when Philip and Amine, to their as tonishment and horror, recognized their old acquaintance, the one-eyed pilot Bchriften. ae: » apiani vauueruecKeu, i believe—glad to see you in command,' and you, too, fair lady.” Philip turned away with a chill at hia heart; Amine's eye flashed as she surveyed the wasted form of the wretched creature. After a few sec onds she turned round and followed Philip into the cabin, where she found him with his face buried in bis hands. “Courage. Philip, courage!" said Amine; “It was indeed a heavy shock, and I fear me forbodes evil; but what then? it Is our destiny.” “It Is! it ought perhaps to be mine,” replied Philip, raising his head; “but you. Amine, why should you be a partner—” “I am your partner. Philip, in life and in death. I would not die first, Philip, because it would grieve you; but your death will be the signal for mine, and 1 will Join you quickly." "Surely, Amtne, you would not hasten your own?” “Yes! and require but one moment for this little steel to do its duty.” “Nay! Amine, that is not lawful— our religion forbids it." “It may do so, but 1 cannot tell why. I came into this world without ray own consent; surely 1 may leave with out asking the leave of priests! But let that pass for the present ; what will you do with that Schriften?" “Put him on shore at the Cape; I cannot bear the odious wretch's pres ence. Did you not feel the chill, as !>efore. when you approached him?” "I did—I knew that he was there tiefors I saw him. but still 1 kuow not why. I feel as if I would not send him away." “Why not?" “I believe it is because I am in clined to brave deatlny, not to quail at It. Th«* wretch can do no harm.” “Yes he can- lunch; he can render the ship's company mutinous and dis affected, beside*, he attempted to de prive me of my relic.” “1 almost wish h# had done so; then must you have discontinued this wild ssarch.” “Nay, Amine. «sy not so; it |« my duty, snd I have taken my solemn oath llut this richrtften you cannot well put hltu ashore at the '’ape, he being a company a officer, you might send him home If you found a ship there home ward bound, still, were I you. | would let deetiay work He le woven in with ours. that ia certain Courage Philip, and let him remain " Perhaps you era right. Amine. | may retard, hut cannot eerape what ever may he my Intended fate " IsM him remain then and let him In hi* worst. Trsnt him with htndneae who h»«** what •* may gain from Mar ' True true Amiaa he has tmaa my aaemy without suae Who <aa tall* parhage he may be. ume m< friend " “hag U nut. you have does your duty “ The Ctreehl arrived si the Cape, eatered and fnssaM >n her voyage, aad alter Its moalhe of diM« ult aav Igatlua. .-eat twist off rtamhreua Duriag this Urn* Aatitte had he«a ua ceasing in her attempts to gain the good-will of Schrlften. She had often conversed with him on deck, and had done him every kindness, and had overcome that fear which his near ap proach had generally occasioned. Schriftep gradually appeared mindful of this kindness, and at last to be pleased with Amine’s company. To Philip he was at times civil and courte ous, but not always; to Amine he was always deferent. His language was mystical—she could not prevent his chuckling laugh, his occasional "He! he!" from breaking forth. But when they anchored at Oambroon, he was on such terms with her that he would occasionally come into the cabin; and, although he would not sit down, would talk to Amine for a few minutes, and then depart. The Utrecht sailed from Oambroon, touched at Ceylon and proceeded on her voyage in the Eastern seas. The ship was not fair from the Andaman Isles, when Krantz, who had watched the barometer, came in early oiie morn ing and called Philip. "We have every pospect of a ty phoou, sir," said Krantz; "the glass and the weather are both threaten ing." "Then we must make all snug. Send down top gallant yards and small sails directly. We will strike top-gallant masts. I will be out in a minute." Philip hastened on deck. The sea was smooth, but already the moaning of the wind gave notice of the ap proaching storm. The vacuum in the air was about to be filled up, and the convulsion would be terrible; a white haze gathered fast, thicker and thick er; the men were turned up, every thing of weight was sent below, and the guns were secured. Now came a blast of wind which careened the ship, passed over, and in a minute she righted as before; th^n another and another, fiercer and fiercer still. The sea, although smooth, at last appeared white as a sheet with foam, as the typhoon swept along in Its impetuous career; it burst upon the vessel, which bowed down to her gunwale and there remained; in a quarter of an hour the hurricane had passed over and the ves sel was relieved; but the sea had risen, and the wind was strong In another hour the blast again came, more wiki, more furious than at first; the waves were dashed into their faces, torrents of rain descended, the ship was thrown on her beam ends and thus remained till the wild blast had passed away, to sweep destruction far beyond them, leaving behind it a tumultuous, angry sea. "It is nearly over, I believe, sir,” said Krantz. "It is clearing up a little to windward." "We have had the worst of it, I be lieve," said Philip. "No; there is worse to come," said a low vo’lce near to Philip. It was Schriften who spoke. "A vessel to windward scudding be fore the gile!" cried Krantz. Philip looked to windward, and in the spot where the horizon was clearest he saw a vessel under topsails and j foresail standing right down. "She is a large vessel; bring me my glass." The telescope was brought from the cabin, but before Philip could use it a haze had again gathered up to wind ward, and the vessel was not to be seen. "Thick again," observed Philip, as he shut in his telescope “We must look out for that vessel, that she does not run too close to us." "She has seen us, no doubt, sir," said Krantz. After a few minutes the typhoon again raged, and the atmosphere was a murky gloom, it seemed as if some heavy fog had been hurled along by the furious wind; nothing was to be distinguished except the white foam of the sea. and that not the distance of half a cable's length, where it was lost in one dark-gray mist. The storm staysail, yielding to the force of the wind, waa rent Into strips, and flogged and cracked with a noise even louder than the gale. The furious blast again blew over, and the mist cleared up a little. “Ship on the weather beam dose aboard of tia"’ cried one of the men. Krants and Philip sprang upon the i gunwale, and beheld the large ship j ■ bearing right down upon them, not 1 three caMes' length distant “Helm up* !ihs litres not see ua. and I ! *he will t»e aboard of it#!* cried Philip, . Helm up. 1 say, hard up. quick'" The helm was put ug. as the men. , perceiving their imminent danger, j climbed upon the gnus to look |f the I v**eei altered her course, but no dnwn *h* cam* tod th* bead**!!, of S j ihe Ttreiht having been carried away, to their horror they perceived that »i»* would not answer her helm end pay , j off as they repaired j rihtp ahoy1" cried Krants un the ; j gunnels waving hie hat It we* use- . lees down She cease with the waters j foaming under her Inst, and am* now 1 ; within pistol »h<U of tfc> ITreehl fthip ahoy'" roared ail the •adore with a shout that must hare twee l heard. It was not attended In down I >nm» the »easel upon them sad no* her ewt wnter *e* ntthln tan rarde of the ITreeht The men of the t‘tre*ht, ! wha expected that their reatel ettwld ha eeverad in half hy the «wa< wee too .limited upon Ihe weather gunaaie, til [ ready to catch at the ropes of the other vessel and climb on board of her. Amine, who had been surprised at the noise on deck, had come out and had taken Philip by the arm. "Trust to me—the Bhock-” said Philip. He said no more; the cut water of the stranger touched their sides; one general cry was raised by the sailors of the Utrecht—they sprang to catch at the rigging of the other vessel’s bowsprit, which was now point ed between their masts. They caugnt at nothing—nothing—there was no shock—no concussion of the two ves sels—the stranger appeared to cleave through them; her hull passed along in silence; no cracking of timbers; uo falling of masts; the foreyard passed through their mainsail, yet the canvas was uiirent; the whole vessel appeared to cut through the Utrecht, yet left no trace of injury—not fast, but slowly, as if she were really sawing through her by the heaving and tossing of the sea with her sharp prow. The strang er's forechains had passed their gun wale before Philip could recover him self. "Amine!" cried he, at last; "the Phantom ship! My father!" The seamen of the Utrecht, more astounded by the marvelous result than by their former danger, threw them selves down upon deck; some hastened below, some prayed; others were dumb with astonishment and fear. Amine appeared more calm than any, not ex | ceptlng Philip; she surveyed the vessel as It slowly forced Its way through; ghe beheld the seamen on board her coolly leaning over her gunwale, as if deriding the destruction that they had occasioned; she looked for Vander decken himself, and on the poop of the vessel, with his trumpet under his arm, she beheld the Image of her Philip—the same hardy, strong build, the same features, about the same age apparently; there could be no doubt It was the doomed Vanderdecken. “See, Philip," said she; “see your father!" "Even so. Merciful heaven! It Is— it Is!” and Philip, overpowered by his feelings, sank upon the deck. The vessel had now passed over the Utrecht; the form of the elder Vander- 1 decken was seen to walk aft and look over the tafTra.il; Amine perceived it to start and turn away suddenly; she looked down and saw Schrlften shak ing his flat In defiance at the super natural being! Again the Phantom ship flew to leeward before the gaie, and was soon lost in the mist; but j before that Amine had turned and perceived the situation of Philip. No j one but herself and Schrlften appeared able to act or move. She caught the j pilot’s eye, beckoned to him, and with his assistance Philip was led into the cabin. (To be continued.) Supplying Stationery by the Ton. The supply department of the postal j service is an immense business in itself. Over six tons of stationery, blanks, books, twine, scales, etc., are mailed every day from the department at Washington. Facing-slips put around letters and packages numbered 550.000. 000 last year; blanks, over 90.000. 000; lead pencils, 200.000; pens, 13,700 gross; sealing wax, over five tons. The wrapping paper cost as much as the president's salary. De spite rigid economy, $90,000 worth of twine was called for. Paper by the ton, blanks by the thousand, ink by the barrel—till figures grow weak and un satisfying. The division of suppliee occupies a building formerly used as a skating rink. One room contains supplies of every blank used In every postoffice in the country, another room is filled with wrapping-paper and twine, another great room has thou sands of the 217 different articles of stationery fuT first and second-class offices. Cinderella of Ancient Egypt. “Cinderella'' is not entirely the product of fiction. Princes* Hhodopi* of Egypt was the first Cinderella She was bathing in the Nile, and a bird, which Strabo calls an eagle, flying past, picked up one of her slippers, or sandals, fit w away with it, and dropped it on the lap of Prince Paam nieticus, who was holding a court of Juetlce in Memphis. He was so struck by the dainty manufacture and smkU size of the sandal that, being then in search of a bride, he at once vowed that he would only wed the maiden whole foot fitted the sandal There were two elder daughters of the first mairiage who greatly envied her good fortune and here we have all the es sentials of the story. Turns.l IIum, "I came to ask you for your dxugh | ter." said the young uiatt who has uoth 1 mg but what he expects to earn “hut I can't express myself." "Kxpreaa > ourselfsneered the plutocratic parent. You don't even need to gu by freight Walking Is . * *edltlo«g ' twmgh In ihistase lion t forget your | ha! "* iMrtrolt Kree Presa 4n I splaaeOea. I would be thought more of." Mr. iHnmal I H»w Mill explained if people i only understood tn> nature more bat j tar 1 am that kind of a guy that | never give* up when he has onca •tatted *0 do somethin' Tha' * the reason I've alwaye been afraid to mart in nt anything Indtaaapwli* Jeimat. tin* a » sissies* Ik* iuu go to school my little man*4* aaked the smiling visitor "Mm," draw’ed ik* kopeful In mat' -Thg Nival Ptaare la burdened with Wo duo pah Ikr oNIvlala *t<etiag ike state CU.dltd, a**1 francs a year TALM AGE'S SERMON. THE BRIDE OF NATIONS. LAST SUNDAY'S SUBJECT. From Chapter I.XII of Iaalah, Verne Iv, aa Follows:—“Thy UbiI .Shall He Married''—The Kepublte la Cursed by Qreedy Monopolists. (Copyright 1899 by Louis Klopsch.) * As the greater Includes the less, so does the circle of future Joy around our entire world Include the epicycle of our own republic. Bold, exhilar ant, unique, divine Imagery of the text. At the close of a week In which for three days our National Capitol was a pageant and all that grand review and bannered procession and National An thems could do, celebrated peace. It may not be Inapt to anticipate the time when the Prince of Peace and the Heir of Universal Dominion shaM take pos session of this nation, and “thy land shall be married." In discussing the final destiny of this nation. It makes all the difference in the world whether we are on the way to a funeral or a wedding. The Bible leaves no doubt on this subject. In pulpits and on platforms and In places of public concourse, I hear so many of the muffled drums of evil prophecy sounded, as though we were on the way to national interment, and beside Thebes and Babylon and Tyre In the cemetery of dead nations our re public was to be entombed, that I wish you to understand it is not to be obse quies, but nuptials; not mausoleum, but carpeted altar; not cypress, but orange blossoms; not requiem, but wedding march; for "thy land shall be married.” I propose to name some of the suitors who are claiming the hand of this republic. This land is so fair, so beautiful, so affluent, that it has many suitors, and it will depend much upon your advice whether this or that shall be accepted or rejected. In the first place, I remark: There is a greedy, all-grasping monster who comes in as suitor seeking the hand of this republic, and that monster Is known by the name of Monopoly. His sceptre is made out of the iron of the rail track and the wire of telegraphy. He does everything for his own ad vantage and for the robbery of the peo ple. Things went on from bad to worse until the three legislatures of New York, New Jersey, and Pennsyl vania, for a long time Monopoly de cided everything. If Monopoly favor a law, it passes; if Monopoly oppose a law, it is rejected. Monopoly stands in the railroad depot putting into his pockets in one year two hundred mil lions of dollars in excess of all reason able charges for services. Monopoly holds in his one hand the steam pow er of locomotion, and in the other, the electricity of swift communication. Monopoly has the Republican party in one pocket and the Democratic party in the other pocket. Monopoly de cides nominations and elections—city elections, state elections, national elec tions. With bribe he secures the votes of legislators, giving them free passes, giving appointments to needy relatives to lucrative position, employing them as attorneys if they are lawyers, carry ing their goods lit per cent less If they are merchants, and if he find a case very stubborn as well as very impor tant, puts down before him the hard caan or oriDery. But Monopoly Is not so easly caught now as when during the term of Mr. Buchanan the legislative committee in one of our states explored and exposed the manner in which a certain railway company had obtained a donation of public land. It was found out that thir teen of the senators of that state re ceived $175,000 among them, sixty members of the lower house of that state received between $5,000 and $10,000 each, the governor of that state received $50,000, his clerk received $5,000, the lieutenant governor received $10,000, all the clerks of the legislature received $5,000 each, while $50,000 were divided among the lobby agents. That thing on a larger or smaller scale la all the time going cn In some of the states of the Union, but It Is not so blundering as It used to be. and there fore not so easily exposed or arrested 1 tell you that the overshadowing curse of the United States today is Monopoly. He puts his hand upon every bushel of wheal, upon every sack of salt, upon every ton of coal, and every man, woman and child In the United States feelg the touch of that moneyed despotism. I rejoice that in twenty-four states of the union already anti-monopoly leagues have been es tablished. God speed them tu the work of liberation. I have nothing to say against capital ists. a man has a right to make all the money he can make honestly I nave nothing to say against corporations as •uch. without them no great enterprise would he possible, but what I do »ay Is that the same principles are to tie ap plied to capitalists and to corporations that are applied to the poorest man and the plainest laborer What Is wrong for me Is wrong for great cor porations If I take from you your property without any adequate com pensation. i am a thief, and if a rail way damage* the property of the peu pis without mahtag any adequate cum pensaitoa. that la a gigantic theft What t» wrung on a small eml* te wrong oa a large scute Monopoly la ■England has gtuuad hundreds of thou *atid* If her heat people into samt •tsr« aitou se t la Ireland has driven mutttiodtaowa tenants almost tu mad see* and in the United dtalee propose* . to tahe the wealth of slaty or seventy millions «# people and put II In a few silken weilet* Monopoly btasen fared Iron Angered vulture-hearted Monopoly offers his hand to this republic. He stretches it out over the lakes and up the great railroads and over the telegraph poles of the continent, and says: "Here is my heart and hand; be mine forever.” Let the millions of the people North, South, East and West forbid the bans of that marriage, forbid them at the ballot-box, forbid them on the plat form, forbid them by great organiza tions, forbid them by the overwhelm ing sentiment of an outraged nation, forbid them by the protest of the Church of God, forbid them by prayer to high heaven. That Herod ghall not have this Abigail. It shall not be to all-devouring Monopoly that his land is to be married. Another suitor for the hand of this nation is Infidelity. When the mid night ruffians despoiled the grave of A. T. Stewart in St. Mark's church yard, everybody was shocked; but In fidelity proposes something worse than that—the robbing of all the graves of Christendom of the hope of a resurrec tion. It proposes to chisel out from the tombstones of your Christian dead the words, "Asleep in Jesus," and sub stitute the words, "Obliteration—an nihilation." Infidelity proposes to take the letter from the world's Father, in viting the nations to virtue and hap piness, and tear It up into fragments so small that you cannot read a word of it. It proposes to take the consola tion from the broken-hearted, and the soothing pillow from the dying. In fidelity proposes to swear in the Presi dent of the United States, and the Su preme court, and the governors of states, and the witnesses In the court room with their right hand on Paine’s "Age of Reason," or Voltaire's "Phil osophy of History.” It proposes to take away from this country the Book that makes the difference between the United States and the Kingdom of Da homey, between American civilization and Ilornesian cannibalism. If Infidel ity could destroy the Scriptures, it would in two hundred years turn the civilized nations hack to semi-barbar ism, and then from semi-barbarism into midnight savagery, until the morals of a menagerie of tigers, rat tlesnakes and chimpanzees would be better than the morals of the ship wrecked human race. The only impulse in the right direc tion that this world has ever had has come from the Bible. It was the mother of Roman law and of healthful jurisprudence. That book has been the mother of all reforms and all char ities—mother of English magna charta and American Declaration of Independ ence. Benjamin Franklin, holding that Holy Book in his hand, stood before an infidel club in Paris and read to them out of the prophecies of Habak kuk, and the infidels, not knowing whar. book it was, declared it was the best poetry they had ever heard. That book brought George Washington down on his knees in the snow at Valley Forge, and led the dying Prince Albert to ask some one to sing ‘ Rock of Ages.” • • * We have been turning an important lfet in the mighty tome of our national history. One year at the gates of this continent over 500.000 emigrants ar rived. I was told by the commission ers of emigration that the probability was that in that one year 600,000 emi grants would arriwe at the different gates of commerce. Who were they? the paupers of Europe? No. At Kan sas City, I was told by a gentleman, who had opportunity for large investi gation. that a great multitude had gone through there, averaging in worldly estate >800. I was told by an officer of the government, who had opportun ity for authentic investigation, that thousands and thousands had gone, averaging $1,000 in possession each. I was told by the commission of emigra tion that twenty families that bad re cently arrived brought $85,000 with them. Mark you, families, not tramps. Additions to the national wealth, not subtractions therefrom. I saw some of them reading their Bibles and their hymn books, thanking Ood for his kindness in helping them cross the sea. Some of them had Christ in the steer age all across the waves, and they will have Christ In the rail trains which at live o’clock every afternoon start for the great West. They are being taken by the commission of emigration in New York, taken from the vessels, pro tected from the Shylocks and the sharpers, and In the name of Ood and humanity passed on to their destina tion; and there they will turn your wildernesses Into gardens. If you will build for them churches, and establish for them schools, and send to them Christian missionaries. Are you afraid this continent is go ing to be overcrowded with this popu lation? Ah, that shows you have not i been *o California, that shows you have not been to Oregon, that shows that you have not been to Texas. A hehlug smack today on I,ake Ontario might as well be afraid of being crowd ed by other shipping before night as for any one of the nest ten generations of Americans to be afraid of being over crowded by foreign population* in this country The one state of Texas is tar larger than all tha Austrian em pire, yet the Austrian empire supports W IWM.UMM people The OHS stats of T«iaa is larger than all Trance, and Trance supports it ismimo people The one s at* of Teaae far surpass#* in six* the Orrmantr empire, yet the tier* manic empire supports tl muixsi p.**» pie I tell you the great want of tha Western states hi more population Whit# aoma people may staad at tha gates of tha city saylag Stay ha. h' " to foreign populations I press out as tar beyond those gates as I can preen out beyond them sad beckon u> foreign nations, saying "t'um*. unm' alt ye people whs are honest sad industrious and God-loving!” But say you: “I am so afraid that they will bring their prejudices for foreign government* and plant them here.” Absurd. They are sick of the governments that have oppressed them, and they want free America! Give them the great Gospel ^ of welcome. Throw around them all Christian hospitalities. They will add their Industry and hard-earned wage* to this country, and then we will dedi cate all to Christ, and "thy land shall be married.” But where shall the marriage altar be? Let It be the Rocky Mountains, when, through artificial and mighty irrigation, all their tops shall be covered, as they will be, with vine- ., yards and orchards and grain field*. Then let the Bostons and the New Yorks and the Charlestons of the Pa cific coast come to the marriage altar on one side, and then let the Boston* and the New Yorks and the Charlestons of the Atlantic coast come to the mar riage altar on the other side, and there between them let this bride of nations kneel; and then if the organ of the loudest thunders that ever shook tn* Sierra Nevada* on the one side, or moved the foundations of the Alle ghantes on the other side, should open full diapason of wedding march, that organ of thunders could not drown the voice of him who would take the hand of this bride of nations, saying. "as a bridegroom rejoiceth over a bride, so thy God rejoiceth over thee.” At that marriage banquet the platters shall be of Nevada silver, and the chal ices of California gold, and the fruits of Northern orchards, and the spice* ^ of Southern groves, and the tapestry of American manufacture, and the con gratulations from all the free nations of earth and from all the triumphant armies of heaven. ‘‘And so thy land shall be married.’ THE PALACE BELL. How the lltllmuk.-r’i Daughter Helped to Make It. There hangs in the palace tower in Japan a wonderful bell whose sweet tones can be heard for over a hun dred miles, and in the evening when the clear music is heard across the sun lit fields the stranger is told this leg end: Ixing, long ago the emperor wrote to the maker of bells, bidding him cast a bell larger and more beau tiful than any ever made before. He bade him put into it gold and silver and brass, that the tones might be sweet and clear, and that when hung in the palace tower Its sound might be heard for a hundred miles. The maker of bells did as he was told; he put gold and silver and brass into his great melting pot, but the metals would not mingle, and the bell was a failure. Again and again he tried, but in vain. Then the emperor was angry and sent saying that if the bell was not made at the next trial the bell maker must die. The bell maker had a lovely daughter, who was greatly distressed ■< for her father. Wrapping her mantle about her, she went by night to the oracle to ask how she could save him, and the oracle answered that gold and brass would not mingle until the blood of a maiden was mixed with them in their melting. Again the old man made ready to cast the bell; again all his efforts seemed useless, until his daughter, standing by his side, threw herself into the midst of the molten metal. When the bell was finished it was found to be more wonderful and perfect than any other ever made. But there is a sound in its thrilling tones that brings tears to the eyes of all and a pang to the heart, and the sound Is the voice of the maiden whose blood of sacrifice gave to the bell its match less sweetness. PLACED DEAD COWS ON TRACK After Tliut They Collected Damage* from the Railroad. "It was a great scheme," laughed the claim agent, 'and if I hadn’t by the merest, chance tumbled to the old man's game It might have been going on yet. Some time ago I was notified that a man down the road had put in a claim for damages. 1 looked the mat ter up, and as it was perfectly straight on the face of it there was nothing to do but to settle with the old man on the best terras I could get, and I did so. and was hardly back when I was again notified that the old man had had another cow killed by the cars. I looked into that claim a little more carefully, but It was all right as far as I could see, and 1 settled with him. Before I had time to catch a train back to the city the old man sent me word that he had had another cow killed by the cars. This struck me as being very strange, particularly so as none of the train crews hail reported killing any cows. Moreover, they all denied It when questioned altout It. I went out where the row was still lying by the side of the track and found It almost rut to pieces. I was about to settle With the old man. as there was no other way out of It. when his 10* year-old hoy came running up. 'Pop!' he gasped, 'there’s another cow dead' Hurry up. ami we'll drag her down here and make the old railroad think that they have killed two this lima* Well, the I ruth of the matter was that the old mans stuck had l>*en dying from some cause, and he with great forethought had dragged the victims down hv ihe railroad grade, pounded a few holes in them with a pirhai. and • hen calmly notified the railroad Ur settla.'*- New York Mua Need »• Toa. Cousia Oeorgs They tail yo„ •psat Ike afternoon with Turn ('allow Is It a fact that he ha. rgiasd s mu. I*, he* I supposed you had k*s»d Iks report P I'ousla Jsae ' Meetly, | didst no • h e Am sorry | digs t ask tom - , Bo. I on T rsMCflpt.
