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SYNOPSIS.
A AAtAehBieot of tp. Eighteenth in
fantry from Fort Bethune trapj>ed by
mdbuttt in a narrow gorgt. Among them
i* m, stranger who introduces himself br
ant name "of Hampton, also Giliis, the
*ok; trader, and his daughter. Giliis
_»il n majority of the soldiers art Killed
Awing » three days
CHAPTER It.
Old Giliis’ Girl.
Guided by the unerring instinct of *
m oid Indian lighter, Giliis, during ;
•obi. first, mad retreat, had discovered
lamfairarv shelter behind one of the j
largest bowlders. It was a trifle In
advance of those later rolled into posi- j
Uun ay the soldiers, but was of a size
ABb shape which should have afforded
»►- _ -—oteetion for two, and doubt- j
P*’ »•- -* bad It not
loss would kfl.Tr done *» _
neon lor the firing trom the cliff op
woalte. Even then was a deflected
ballet, glancing from off the polished
surface of the rock, which found lodg
ment: tn the sturdy old fighter's brain.
The gir! had caught him as he fell, had
"wa.-ii.rji5 all her treasured store1 of wa
ter it! it vain effort to cleanse the blood
^ ruth his features, and now sat there.’
^blowing his head upon her knee, al-■
iuough the old man was stone dean j
with the first touch of the ball. That'
Had occurred fully an hour before, but j
sue continued in the same posture, s
.rrave, pathetic figure her face sobered I
.tad careworn byyond her years, her !
wyes dry and 3taring one brown hand
grasping unconsciously the old man's
i^eiese rifle She would scarcely have
ween esteemed attractive even under
nftffSi happier circUKitheces awtf *«;- ’
sisted by dress, yet there tras some-1
thing in the independent poise of her ]
Head, the steady fixedness of her nos I
’*re, which served to interest Hamp
wms he now watched her curiously. -
• '‘Fighting blood." he muttered ad
miringly to himself. "Might fall to
iteveiop into very much of a society
•ell. but likely to prove valuable out
• She was rather a slender slip of a
'bias a trifle too tall for her years,
"wfeffctps. yet with uo lack of develop
ment apparent in the slim, rounded
figure Her coarse homemade dress
*f dark calico fitted her sadly, while
ner rumpled hair, from which the
broad-brimnied hat had fallen, pos
sessed a reddish copper tinge where
it was touched by the sun. Mr. Hamp
Mm’s survey did not increase his de
sire for more intimate acquaintance
ship, yet he recognized anew her un
doubted claim upon him.
“Suppose I might just as well drop
out that way as any other," he reflect
ed. thoughtfully. “It’s all in the' game."
| Lying fiat upon his stomach, both
arms extended, he slowly forced him
•elf beyond his bowlder into the open.
There was no great distance to be
traversed, and a considerable xjortion
«f the way was somewhat protected
hf iow bushes Hampton took few
ahancee of those spying eyes above,
sever uplifting his head the smallest
fraction of an ineh. but reaching for
ward with blindly groping hands,
caught hold uiiou any projecting root
ur atone which enabled him to drag
ais iiody an inch farther. Twice they
tired directly down at him from the
I opposite summit, and once a fleck of
sharp rock, chipped by a glancing bui
i«t. embedded itself in his cheek, dye
ing the whole side of his fact' crimson
But not once did he pause or glance
aside; nor did the girl look up from
the imploring face of‘her dead. As he
crept silently in, sheltering himself
next to the body of the dead man, she
perceived his presence for the first
time, and shrank back as if in dread.
“What are you doing? Why—why
did you come here?" she questioned, a
falter .in her voic<?: and he noticed that
her eyes were daTk and large, yielding
a marked impress of beauty to her
face
“f was unwilling to leave you here
•lone." he answered, quietly, “and hox>e
to discover some means for getting
you safely back beside the others"
“But I didn’t want you.’’ and there
was u look of i)08itive dislike in her j
widely opened eyes.
Didn’t want me? He echoed these J
unexpected words in a tone of com
plete surprise. “Surely yon could not
dw-iire to be left here alone? Why
#m’t you want me?”
* ‘Because 1 know who you are!” Her
voice seemed to catch in her throat.
“He told me. You’re the man who
shot Jim Eberly."
Mr. Hampton was never of a pro
nounced emotional nature, nor was he
a person easily disconcerted, yet he
flushed at the sound of these impul
sive words, aud the confident smile de
serted his lips. For a moment they
sat fims, the dead body lying between,
and looked at each other. When the
man finally broke the constrained si
lence a deeper intonation had crept
into his voice.
“My girl.” he said gravely, and not
without a suspicion of pleading, “this
is tu) place for me to attempt any de- 1
tense of a shooting affray in a gambling ;
house, although I might plead with
some justice that Eberly enjoyed the
honor of shooting first. 1 was not
aware of your personal feeling in the
matter, or I might have permitted
some one else to come here in my
stead. Now it is too late. I have j
never spoken to you before, and do so
at this time merely from a sincere de
sire to be of some assistance.”
There was that In his manner of
grave courtesy which served to steady
the girl. Probably never before in all
har rough frontier experience had she
•nan addressed thus formally. Her
owely compressed lips twitched ner
vously. hut her questioning eyes re
mained nnlowered.
“Son may stay,” she asserted,- so
Sorty. “Only don't touch use"
S
No one could ever realize how much
those words hurt him. Not until he
had completely conquered his first un
wise impulse to retort angrily, did he
venture again to speak.
“I hope to aid you in getting back
beside the others, where you will be
less exposed."
‘Will you take him?’
“He is dead," Hampton said, sober
ly, ‘ and 1 can do nothing to aid him.
But there remains a chance tor you !
to escape." }
“Then I won’t go." sift dwiarw*
positively.
Hampton’s gray eye# lookefi* for a
long moment fixedly into her darker I
ones, while the two took mental atock
of each other. He realised this uti— ‘
futility of anv furls*-?
ITT »’31"T|«d1 while
she felt ittSHneitvelv the cool, domi
nating strength o:! the man. Neither
i was composed of Unit poor fiber which t
: bends
“Very wdi, my young lady." lie said,
easilj, stretching himself out more
comfortably in the rock shadow. “Then
I will remain here with you; if makes
small odds.”
Excepting for one hasty, puzzled '
glance, she did not deign to look again j
toward him. and the man rested mo-1
tailless upon his back, staring up at i
j the sky. Finally, curiuatty overmas- *
iered the- actor in him, and he turned j
partially upon one side, so as to bring !
her profile within his range of vision. f
Her dark, glowing eyes were lowered j
upon the white face oi the dead map, i
yet Hampton noteH hnr cr6ar it *
fiT sun-tan. were those tints of health'
upon the rounded cheek, and how soft j
and gibsst shone her wealth of rum-!
pled hair. Even the tinge of color, so I
distasteful in the lull glare of the sun,
appeared to' have darkened under
the shadow, its shade framing the ;
i
r~ ■ ■ — .. .- — - -
claimed good naturediy, “but you are
certainly laying It on thick, young
lady! Howevei I believe we might
become good friends tf we ever have !
sufficient luck to get out from this :
hole alive. Dam .if 1 don’t sort of coi
ton to you. little girl—yon've got some
sand."
For a brief space her truthful, augry
eyes rested scornfully upon his face,
her lips parted as though trembling
with a sharp retort. Then she delib
erately turned bet back upon him
without uttering a word
For what may have been the first
and only occasion in Mr. Hampton’s
audacious career, he realized his utter
helplessness. This mere slip of a
red-headed girl, this Little nameless
waif of the frontier condemned him ;
so completely, and without waste of 1
words, as to leave nun weaponless.
Mr. Hampton was a thorough-going
sport, and no quality was quite so apt
to appeal to him as dijad gameness.
He glanced surreptitiously aside at
her once more, but there was no sign
of relenting in the averted face He
rested lower against tht ror*v. his fare !
upturned toward tht si'", and thought, j
It was no spirit, o* 'p^vado that gave ;
rise to his ree" iess speech of an hour
previous »" tv.af sinipty a spontaneous
QUtptjur* ng of hlf. rea! nature. an un
P*^iedltated expression of that su
preme carelessness with which he re
garded the future, the small value he
! aet on life He truly felt as utterly in
-+ toward fate as ait words
differs^ —* of a life
signified Deeply con,._
j?1* wrecked, every
thing behind a chaos, everything be
fore worthless, for years he had been
actually seeking death; a hundred
times he ad gtadiy marked its ap
parent approach, a smile of welcome
upon his lips. Yet it had never quite
succeeded in reaching him. and noth
ing had been ga^d beyond a reputa
tion for ^co3, reckless daring which
aw did not in the least covet. Bat
now, miracle of all miracles, fast as
the end seemed actually attainted-'
seemed beyond any possibility of Be
ing turned aside, he began to experi
ence a desire to live—he wanted to
save this girl.
His keenly observant eyes, trained |
by the exigencies of his trade to take
note of small things, and rendered !
eager by this newly awakened ambi- j
tion, scanned the cjif! towering above ;
them. lie perceived the extreme ir-1
regularity of its front, and numerous ;
peculiarities of format ion which bad |
escaped him hitherto. Suddenly his ■
puzzled face brightened to the birth of
an idea. By heavens* - it might be
done! Surely it might be done! Inch
by inch he traced the obscure passage
"I Can’t Help Him, But There Remains a Chance for Your Escape.'’
downcast face into a pensive fairness.
Then he observed how dry and
parched her lips were.
"Take a drink of this," he insisted
heartily, holding out toward her as ne
spoke his partially filled canteen
She started at the unexpected sound
of his voice, yet uplifted the welcome
water to her mouth, while Hampton,
observing it all closely, could but re
mark the delicate shapeliness of hoi
hand.
"If that old fellow was her fatheT.”
he reflected soberly, “I should like so ,
have seen her mother.’'’
"Thank you,” she said simply, hand
ing back the canteen, tiut without lilt
ing her eyes again to his face. “I was
so thirsty.” Her low tone, endeavor
ing to be polite enough, contained no
note of encouragement.
"Was Gillis your father?" the man
questioned, determined to make her
recognize his presence.
"1 suppose so: I don't know."
“You don't know? Am I to urnle:'- ;
stand you are actually uncertain1
whether this man was your father or '
not?"
“That is about what I said, wasn't
it? Not that it is any of your busi
ness, so far as I know. Mr. Bob Hamp
ton, but I answered you all Tight. He
brought me up, and I called him ‘dad’
about as far back as I can remember. |
but 1 don’t reckon as he ever told me
: he was my father. So you can under -
i stand Just what you please."
“His name was Gillis. wasn’t ItT’
The girl nodded wearily.
“Post-trader at Port Bethune?"
Again the rumpled haul silently ac
quiesced.
“What is your name?’
“He always called me Irid,’” she
admitted unwillingly, “bat I reckon if
yon have any further occasion for ad
dressing me, you’d better say ‘Mias*
Gillis.’ ”
“Heaven preeenre see!” be -mi
f
seeking to impress each faint detail
upon his memory—that narrow ledge
within easy reach of an upstretched
arm, the sharp outcropping of rook
edges here and there, the deep gash i
as though some giant as had cleaved j
the stone, those sturdy cedant growing
straight out over the chasm like the
bowsprits of ships, while all along the
way, irregular am) ragged, varied rifts ; i
not entirely unlike the stepE of a crazy
staircase. ' j i
The very conception of such an es- I
ploit caused his flesh to creep. But he '
was not of that class of men who fall j
back dazed before the face of danger.! i
Again and again, led by an impulse i
hr was unable to resist be studied
that precipitous rock, every nerve
ttngHns. to tbe newborn hope. God
helping them, even so desperate a
deed might hi accomplished, although
h would test the foot and nerve of a
Swiss mountaineer He glanced again
.uneasily toward his companion, and
saw the same motionless figure. the
same Bor'ber face turned deliberately
away. Hampton did not smiie, but his
square jaw set, and he clinched his
hands. He had no fear that she might
fail him, bat for the first time in all
his life he questioned his own courage
' HAFTER III.
Between Life and Death.
The remainder of that day. as well
ass nyici: of the gloomy night follow
ing. composed a silent, lingering hor
ror. The fierce pangs of hunger no
longer gnawed, but a dull apathy now
held the helpless defenders. One of
the wounded died, a mere lad. sobbing
pitifully for his mother; an infantry
man, peering forth from his covert,
had been shot in the face, and his
I scream echoed among the rocks in
i multiplied accents of agony; while
| Wyman lay tossing and moaning, met
i cifully unconscious. The others rested
! in their places, scarcely venturing to
j stir a linil, their roving, wolfish eyes
! the only visible evidence of remaining
life, every hoi'e vanished, yet each
man clinging to his assigned post of
duty fn desperation. There was but
little firing—the defenders nursing
theiT slender stock, the savages bi
ding their time. When night shut down
— bolder, and taunted
—"» so
the latter becam® -
cruelly those TUft*®
soon their hapi«» vic^ln‘"„cl,leaab' &t
maddened tnei i fir*® r •—
thope dancing « evils, and one p.__
forward, emlttia g a howl of pain that
caused his comrades to cower once
again behind their covers. One and
all these frontiersmen recognised the
inevitable—before dawn the end must
; come. No useless words were spoken
j the men merely clinched their teeth
and waited,
> Hatflpton Crept closer-in-beside the
girl while the shadows deepened, and
i ventured to touch her hand. Perhaps
, the severe strain of their situation,
the intense loneliness of that Indian
haunted twilight, had somewhat soft
ened her resentment, for she made no
effort now to repulse him
“Kid,” he said at last, “are you game
j for a try at getting out of this?”
She appeared tg hesitate over her
, an'’ *e C0UJ£ jggj j,«»r umntilii
ous breathing. Some portion of her
■ aversion had vanished.
“Come, Kid,” he ventured finally,
yet with new assurance vibrating in
his low voice; “this is surely a poor
time and place for any Indulgence in
tantrums, and you've got more sense
I’m going to try to climb up the face
of that ciiff yonder,—it’s the only pos
sible way out from here,—and I pro
pose to take you along with me.”
She snatched her hand roughly
away, yet remained facing him. “Who
gave you any right to decide what I
should do?”
The man clasped his fingers tightly
about her slender arm, advancing his
face until he could look squarely into
here. She read in the lines of that de
termined countenance a inflexible re
solve which overmastered her.
“The right given by Almighty God
to protect any one of your sex in
peril.” he replied. "Before dawn those
savage fiends will be upon us. We are
utterly helpless. There remains only
one possible path for escape, and I be
lieve I have discovered it. Now, my
girl, you either climb those rocks with
me, or I shall kill you where you are.
It is that, or the Sioux torture. I have
two shots left in this gun,—one for
you, the other for myself. The time
has eome for deciding which of these
alternatives you prefer."
If 1 select your bullet rather than
I the rocks, what then?”
“You will get. it, but in that case you
will dk* like a fool.”
“You have believed me to be one,
all this afternoon.”
“Possibly,” he admitted; “your words
and actions certainly jus tilled some
such conclusion, but the opportunity
has arrived for causing me to revise
that suspicion.”
“I don’t care to have you revise It.
Never Once Did the Man Lessen His
Grasping Grip of His Companion.
Mr. Bob Hampton. If 1 go, 1 shall hate
you just the same.”
Hampton’s teeth clicked like those
of an angry dog. “Hate and be
damned,” he exclaimed roughly. “All
I care about now is to drag you out of
here alive.”
“Well, if you put It that way.” she
said. “I’ll go.”
“Come on. then,” he whispered, his
fingers grasping her sleeve.
(TO BE CONTINUED.) •
Norwegian Leper Asylums.
There are in Norway no fewer than
20 leper asylums, but each contains
only ten to 15 beds. They are situ
ated in country places, and the style
of living followed in .them is Bimllar
to that of an ordinary family in mod
erate circumstances.
No Monopoly in Vanity.
There is just as much man vanity
in the world as there is womar. vanity,
only it hasn't been so well advertised
American Slang in Rome.
, Youngster's Expression Touched the
Hearts of Wanderers.
_
The universal spread of American
slang is amazing and the globe trot
ter meets with it in the most unex
pected places Last October two
.kmericans wandering about the Plaza
I d'Espagna in Rome were accosted by j
j one Df the numerous small boys who
! stell postal card pictures of the Holy
i city. He held out a sheaf at postal
cards and offered them for $ale, stat
ing the price in Italian. The Amer
icans did not care to buy, and, like
his guild the continent over, he fol
lowed them and became a bit of a
nuisance. But he was such *i merry
eyed little chap they bad not the heart
to speak harshly to him. At hut, how
ever, they felt obliged to any “no”
iiecldedly. It was then that 'be sur
prised them and ’gave them a queer
t-ttle pun at their American heart
strings, by saying, his blank torn.
of the achievement: ‘‘Skeedoo’ Skee
doo! Twanta-thr-T-r-ree!” Then he
vaniahed with a. burst of laughter.
But the sequel was equally interest
ing. Late that same afternoon the
same eouple fame from the Cata
combs into the white glare of the
Appian way, five miles from the
Piazza d’Espagna. They bad hardly
stepped into the street before the
same urchin -was at them again,
and when he recognized them
he was as amused as they. This
time he did not offer them any
cards, but simply said: “Skeedoo!
Skeedco! Twauty-thr-r-r-ree!" And be
got his generous soldi, as he knew
quite well he would.
Women Workers in Japan.
Four-flf'bs of the operatives in Jap
anese mills are women, probably due
to the fact that thny will work for teas
than the men. tUan are only employ
ILLINOIS RIVER, ABOVE ALTON, ILL.
For a considerable distance along • uiinois river the scenery compares
favorable with the famous Grand Ca ' n COuntry. the rocks rising in stately
grandeur for many miles along ttv j!iter>s edge. The route of the proposed
deep waterway from the great I- ' ^ the gu|f is alona this river.
INDIAN PRINCE LANDS
I TAK'
i "** *oom on top pi
, «°T«A« HOTEL OB
I -.-. .«
Mountains for Health, Packs
His Wife and Baggage on
Steamship for U. 8. A.
N'ow York—Mehander Perdah Sin
ha. a Hindoo prince from Urindadia.
-ndia, and his princess were passen
gers the other day on the St. Louis
from Southampton. His highness is
-a\eling for his heaith. and had been
o-dered by his physicians to go to the
mountains. Instead of obeying orders
he lumped as quickly as he couid
upon a steamship and started out to
round the globe
Ab there are no mountains in New
\ork city except those artificial
masses of steel, stone and brick, called
skyscrapers, the prince wanted to find
a VeTT high hotel. He was directed to
the Hotel Belmont, which is a proper
ty mountain.
He found the atmosphere sufficient
ly rarefied in the top story. The prince
also found, to his surprise, that the
higher he went the cheapei were the
rooms but it would have made no dif
ference to him if the rooms had been
high-priced, for he said money to him
was no object. •
He is the owner of 10.000 acres of
land in India, and he and his princess
are traveling incog. He looks to be
still in the 20s. His princess is a
charming little woman, dressed ac
cording to the eternal edicts of Hin
doo fashion.
He wore an American frock suit and
a turban, bis only concession to his
native garb. The princess, although
dark-skinned, has delicately molded
features and an intellectual face.
She wore a sari, the Hindoo robe
that envelops both head and body
The sari was pink and green, the
waist of deep sea color, showing her
shapely arms, adorned with filigree
ornaments. In one ear the princess
wore six rings and seven in the other.
The upper portion of her ear is
pierced, instead of the lobe.
In her nose the princess wears the
deeli, the ornament which iE like the
head of a gold stick pin.
In the center of her forehead was
the tiny black dot bespeaking her roy
al rank, and in the center of her hair
a flaming ruby. Oi. one aryi was a
heavy gold bracelet, with a watch set
within the circlet.
“I have been a syident at the Mo
hammedan college at Aligarh,” said
the prince, “but I became ill and was
ordered by m; physicians to the
mountains. Instead of that I went to !
sea. I left Bombay on August 13 and 1
jumped through Europe in 20 days.”
Princess Sinha is a Buddhist. It is i
against her religious principles to bo ‘
• ~'Taphed. and ahe would not con
•*" her scruples had
---—"ts of
/ Pu.
sent to pose
been overcome by UM» ar*T»~_
the photographers. '
VARIETIES OF'VsiLA'NTl.
I _
Nearly Four Hundred Ways 4f Spell,
ing ft Found.
Detroit. Aliclj—CarkPUs postal offi
cers in m '*ehigan and Washington
have been kt ^Phig for ywirs past a
record of the di^’fereilt ways Ypsilanti
has been spelled o'*1 mail matter, and
by comparing the not *,s they have pre
served a list of verltab.fo orthographic
wonders has been conipii "d This list
easily establishes the claim ihat more
different ways for snelling Ypsilanti
have been devised than for spelling
any other geographical name in
America.
In all no leas than 372 dwtiuct ways
j of spelling the name havebeeri count
j ed, and it is probable that the greater
number, perhaps all. have been used
in good faith by iteraons who actually
believed that the orthographic combi
nations reproduced were the correct
combinations for representing Ypsi
ianti on the written or printed page.
Every letter in the alphabet except
“R" has been used as the initial letter
of the name, though why so obvious a
combination as Kypsilanti should be
neglected when others much less ob
vious have been employed is difficult
to explain. As a matter of fact, the
vacations in the spelling are chiefly :
confined to the first syllable, **Y" be
ing a letter lacking or having only an
indifferent standing in many foreign -
languages.
Tipsy Lanti and Zyp Siianti are met
with, and among the spellings farthest
away from the accepted and official
i standard are Whypsorlanter and Hip
asalandder.
Routed Burglar With Chair.
New 1'ork.—Frank M. Franklin, a
lawyer, who lives in an old fashioned
house at 205 2d avenue, had an en- i
counter with a burglar and came oS
victorious. He was aroused from his i
sleep by oue ef hi8 children, who j
heard a noise in the dining room and
started to cry. Mr. Franklin got out j
of bed and ran into the dining room
in time to see a man with a revolver
climbing through a window. The bur
glar aimed the revolver at the lawyer,
but before he had a chance u> fire
Franklin seized a chair and threw it
! at him.
The burglar, bewildered by the at
tack. dropped to the ytfrd, a distance
of twelve feet, and, although he was
Injured, he managed to climb over the
; fence and escape.
Mr. Franklin often has large sums
of money in the house, and he believes
the burglar knew it. Since July bur
glars have paid him three visits.
CANADA BUYS BUFFALO HERD
Taken from Flathead Reservation in
Montana, Where They Ranged.
Helena, Mont.—Residents at this
city were given an opportunity during
the week to witness the partial ship
ment of the largest herd of buffalo in
the world, which was transierred
from the Northern Pacific to the
Great Northern en route to its future
home in Canada. The bison were be
ing shipped by special train, and were
detained here long enough to repair
several cars which vicious bulls had
damaged in their efforts to regain
freedom. The herd was recently pur
chased at Ravalli, on the Flathead res
ervation, by the Canadian govern
ment, and will be placed in a park
near Edmonton.
It is not known how many there are
: in the herd, but it is estimated there
| are about 400. It is thought that
' there may possibly be 5(H). with the
calves.
The Canadian government paid
$150,000 lor the herd, and will place it
in the Government park near Lamont.
| which is aboutt-40 miles east of Ed
monton. This park contains 10,000
acres, and the buffalo will be al
lowed to run free in it. The govern
ment has 80 buffalo in the park al
ready.
The purpose of the Canadian gov
ernment buying the animals was to
put them in this park and protect
them, so as to prevent them from be
ing entirely exterminated. The ani
mals are all thoroughbreds.
Charred Money Run Commenced1
Treasury Trace* Frost Line’s Advance
fay Burned Saving*.
Washington.—“This is the time of
the year when we have no difficulty
in tracing the frost line,” said an of
ilcial of the treasury the other day.
“You see, it’* this way. Late in the
spring and early in the summer farm
ers and other frugal people put away
thetr savings in stove*, which, with
rising atmospheric temperature are
temporarily put out of commission.
Now you would think that men of that
type before starting up the fires in
the fall would first think of the wad,
but they don’t. The fire is started,
and up goes the paper money in smoke.
Then charred money begins to pom
in on the treasury for redemption.
“if we bad no other way Of
it-oat we would know from the burnt
a—ppy that is went in tar redemption
in Maine in
we traee
- A day or
» it mmtar, i*
diana, a little early for that region at
this season. The claims for redemp
tion are now coming in Quite regularly,
but as October advances and parlor
stoves are lighted Cor the winter they
will come in in ever-increasing num
bers."
Bulldog Kills Bear.
New Yc«*k.—While two itinerant
showmen, accompanied by two large
performing bears, were passing
through the J-*rag island village of
Amagansett a email bulldog owned by
William Bennett rushed at the™ n^rt
caught one of the bears by the leg.
A fierce battle ensued and the dog
got a fatal grip or> the throat of the
bear. No one dared go to the rescue
of poor bruin. The thowman, even
with their poles, were unable to
the dog's grip, and toe hear was
within 30 minutes.
There te a man in N*w York who
7,162 makes in bis room. He win
aeon Bare the undertake: in fife -dob,
If he doesn’t few* Hwaam- rnlmmm
THE NIITES ON Til
MARRIAGE QUHwTtOR SUCCESS
FULLY SOLVED GY EBitHO
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! Explorer on Return trur® rar North
Says Tribesmen Are Wedded Two
or Three Times twl Family
Di.scord is Unkaown.
■ Wx&auFtor.—Trial marriage atueeg
the Eskimos ci * It* ~• tel and in uits re
gion of the Math -12114 river *s a com
yirte -.»*eoeis tr.' the fffir and nwrals
of U:ec- ',-mpk1 .excel those of tsr
eiviiiaeh country, in the or m ox cf V.
Stefanjson, ethuoio"is« oi the l-0-.r*r
weiWffik-e*ier pota- expea Ltton, 'Wi- -
j lias just. • ituauf- tn;ai the ter north.
I Acccrthns Ui Mr. Sects hwn the
j tire prohleci r.f eenjuga'. relations u-.**
j been solr- d by there penile aad <1i
voroe and.Tamil: trotiiie are ansnc* a
to then, except in some localise*
whore rnissionaric . have instilled
ideas ci Christie If and civilization
in* a the Ksitimei:. Where Chrirt.smity
i has invaded the country there is con
i sirterable disccrt and family troubles.
In every ur’-anoe, declares Mr. Stef
ansson, those farthest away troni re
ligion and civilization as exemplified
!>y the white man have a much higher
moral and physical standard than
those who have been Christianised
I and civilized.
This conviction, he says, is borne
our. by the almost unanimous testi
nionv of the traders and the Canadian
rZ ^pUflSSTSr*
**-* he asserts is superb.
> --^»r reaches the a?e °f
fanu^, - a girl of about
| “When a Uw. —unger."
| 0r 16 years he mamt.
, the same age. or a year
sayp Mr. Stelawson. 'There is n„
i ceremony in this union, and it is ael
ilcim a permanent one. Cases are rare
where couples first united have re
mained together It is sometimes the
second, and generally the third union
i which proven lasting.
'This last marriage usually takes
place when the couple reach young
manhood and womanhood, and its ties
are rarely, if ever, broken. IX a couple,
upon first mating, for any reason
proved unccmgenial. the one wi thin
to do so simply marries some one
“There are nv ill feelings and their
' is no complaint, as it is considers*
that neither party has cause for corn
' pialut.
“A pKHliar feature of these matches
is the fact that young couples are, at)
a rule, not very affectionate, which is
a peculiar contrast, as when perma
nently settled and reaching the age or
from 25 to 35, they become affection
ate and loving m the extreme and
never unnecessarfiy leave one anoth
er's side.
“Naturally one asks what becomes
of the children springing from the
trial marriages, but this is also easily
disposed of and in a most satisfactory
way.
“Children are few in this region
from various physiological reasons. In
some instances they remain with the
mother, in others with the father, but
a majority are adopted by other and
settled couples.
i neir care is no burden or expense,
as these people are communists in
every sense of the word and even
should a mother be crippled or un
able to keep her own children, they
would never want, as food and cloth
tng of every need of life is held in
common by the community.
“The Christianized Eskimos com
pare unfavorably with the so-called
savage brothers, for where civilization
has tamed them they are selfish and
unwilling; to share.
“On the other hand, ff a family liv
ing in the remote regions .has food
enough to keep it only one day, and
starvation is staring it in the face. It
would no more think of refusing to
share its food with anyone who came
along than a Washingtonian would
have to refusing a stranger a drink ol
water at the public pump. This com
munistir idea is absent only where
traders and missionaries, innocently
enough, have taught them white men’s
methods and manners.’'
Farmer’s Lucky Gloves.
Iona, N. J.—Reaching down to clear
a clog of dirt from his plow, J. Hamp
ton Leonard picked up an adder three
feet long. Mr. Leonard is a gentleman
farmer and always wears gloves when
working in the fields. This probably
saved his life, as the gloves kept the
deadly fangs of the snake from enter
ing his hands.
Mr. Leonard is the secretary of the
Prohibition party of Gloucester coua
ty, is not afraid of snakes, and quick
ly dispatched the reptile.
Blame Flies for Death Rate.
London.—-The remarkably high
death rate in Liverpool recently is at
tributed by the health committee of
that city To the large number of Alee
which made their appearance during
the warm weather. The large in
crease in infantile mortality is an
cribed to the contamination Of milk
and other foods by the insects.
Fourth Bet of Twins.
Little 'Falls, N. Y.—Mrs. Lyman Bil
lings, of this city, has given birth to
twins, a boy and girl, the combined
weight of whom was 25 pounds. This
is the fourth set of twins born to this
couple in 12 years. They have been
the parents of 12 children, eight of
whom are living. Mrs. Billings is 43
years old, and has never beerf 111 in
her life. Her father is a papermaker,
and is an ardent admirer of President
Roosevelt. The twin boy will be
named Theodore, in honor of the pres
ident.
Bees Confirmed Topers.
Hammonton, N. J.—Honey front
dahlias which grow in rich profusion
in tills vicinity has been found to
have a peculiar effect upon bumble
bees. After they have filled themselves
with the sweet stuff febey appear
dazed, and when brushed off the flow
ere fall to the ground and act like in
toxicateri men. The honey seems to
act like opium upon the insects, and
those who have observed declave that
one “drunk” hi nut enough for them,
but that they return and fcacome con
firmed topers
