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Aa they uwaHad laraird Thro,£n
the uat iMa*arity he coaimueA ht»
|te:aahhl revetAUana. the preaent cs
larieiv lamp nuV akautrf there
was at ae&tttteet aVtaknup to ma
At teat IV) case oat oa a
tutat B,uc above
ahura teal aad
aith (V ClCht
to the mater*
way to a poio;
aa «raaa up oa the
Marp m. aa tA.* he aaM. vir* he
had Ihhbrhad A
~f «riti (o oo tarther**’ aaia Hetty
ta fMprnttoa t*b* lett aa over
■Htmtp fear, tv lull horror u tLe
•akv - , Uv hath <jd her. aad *be(ute
• pMt up it) lor trip Aa-.»oe aauht
ahubi m hta haad a«4 aetxeu her. r‘or
a aaaf d - the at' vaauM to eacape.
hot tv t. aa • hi* hand pmtut.ed her.
Kt wr at that'" he earned taea
he art *t *ed hi«kae:r and tau*he4
"Tea c<«M yett tilt yoa *■• Mars to
tha thee atkis. aad Uuered V no
tat tm Bear pea"
a w* an you taking me— ana
Betty * icfea taUrre* toetueen the
enters aoba tkat ckoua k*r
'■Jeat km la George Hltua'
“tte wkai purpoeet"
"Tas'a kzon ts paai; of time “
Ate .-.-a * leered ml lar tkruufa in*
dnrki-i'»»
Hits i>al la te go aritk n«r asked
Btety '.fiatmeaty
“•ore*" agreed Bkaasoa affably
“Tear nigger, tun—quite a party “
Be"* stepped ictu tte skiff Sbe
lag «l Bean: aiMrirr tke girl's mo
tlvan. ke bad erteken ker to escape,
take no aid slab It noer mere tbaa
oeer - tnce tke very tfcuig tfce bad
dtme* to prevent Cad Happened
gi naai-d seated biaseei? and took op
tke o:. rs Banker to t. eed vrttn Man
BW *»4 tkey puked off No word
n>aa • :«kan until tkey dtaetnkarkad on
tke « ,q<eaii* snore, ekes Bloasoa ad
Arear-c i: aker
“1 reckon I can manage ttat young
rtp-kravez. you go beck alter Sbe: rod
end tie nigger." ke said.
Me -endfeted bl> captive! op tke
knnk ami tkey estered a clearing.
!«*::{ art sea tkia Betty saw obere
a emits a inflow framed a single
•tetee *4 ugkt Tkey advanced to
ward 'fc;* ate presently tke dark out
Bne »" tke cnMket itself lergtM dia
tkfcffvir e A moment later Sioe
eoa fit -t a dmor yielded to bis
tend, ate Betty ate tke toy were
lira into tke room
‘Mr * i >• gstenta. old lady— said
Mr k.-.watn. Mrs. Hicks rose :roia
tke It! *»-egged about on wbick Sbe
wa» etuis*
'Mane me tke candle. Bens.* sbe
At «* stee of tke room was a steep
ffigfc- 4 stair, skirb gave acre*, to
tke tort evrrkind Mrs. Hicks, by a
getter*, signiand tkat Hetty asd Man
mkn! fern *a ascend Hum stairs:
tnoy did so ate found iriiniiimii u on
a aarrow taodirg tw loeq by a par
Otim. f roogk pUbks: tkis partition
was pierced by a low door
“In yonder— ske said briery nod
dtng toward tke door.
" tried Betty te a whisper
“M® " said tfc* woman wtte so al
most maanUine aurliaeas of tone -|
C„. no.*lung te aar Bke pushed ties,
lnu> tka attic, and. dostog me door
fasts* **j if witk a afoot wooden bar.
He; -ci that door, wtick seemed f0
kave clomd oe every fc< pe. Betty be.d
the tail** dip aloft,, and by its oncer
tata »ed flwkerfsg nget surveyed ber
prtan* Tke tneles* gianr* s .-aired
Tk* zt m rontaued two »Aike-down
THE
PRODIGAL
JUDGE
j \By Vaughan Kester.
lui'sn^T/ovs By D.Melviu
«L \ ' » W » " » «
"Here’s Yo’ Guests, Old WomanI"
* teds and a stool; there was a window
tit the gable, but a piece or heavy
plank was spiked belore it.
"Miss Betty, don't you be scared."
whispered Hannibal. "When the judge
bears we're gone, him and Mr. Ma
baffy wilt try to find us They'll go
right off to Belle Plain—the Judge is
always wanting to do that, only Mr.
Mabaffv nerer lets him—but now be
won't be able to stop him."
"Oh. Hannibal. Hannibal, what can
he do there—what can any one do
there?" And a dead pallor over- ]
* spread the girl's lace To speak ot
the blind groping of her friends but
i served to hi tbe horror of their situ
| anon In her mind
"1 don't know. Miss Betty, but the
•-dge is always thinking or things to
do; seems like they was mostly things
; no ore else would ever think of."
Hetty bad placed the candle on the
i stool and sealed herself on one of the
beds There was the murmur or
ropes la the room below; she woi>
dered if her fate was under consldera- i
I non and what that fate was to be.
Hannibal, who had been examining
| the window, returned to her side.
"Miss Betty. If we could Just get
out of this loit we could steal their
skiff and row down to ihe river; 1
reckon they sot Just the one boat;
the only way they could get to us
would be to swim out. and if they
done that we could pound em over
the head with the oars—the least lit
tle thing sinks you when you're in
the water " But this murderous lancy
I of bis failed to Interest Betty.
Presently they heard Sherrod and
Bunker come up from the shore with
tleorge Slosson joined them and
th.--e was a brief discussion, then an
interval of silence, and the sound of
voices again as the three white men
moved back across the field in the
direction of the bayou. There suc
ceeded a period of utter stillness,
both In the cabin and in the clear
ing. a somber hush that plunged Bet
ty yet deeper In despair. Wild
thoughts assailed her. thoughts against
which he struggled with all the
strength of her will.
In that hour of stress Hannibal was
sustained by his faith In the Judge.
He saw his patron's powerful and
picturesque Intelligence applied to
solving the mystery of their disap
pearance from Belle Plain; It was In
couretvable that this could prove
otberwt.-c than disastrous to Mr Slo^
sen. and be endeavored to sbare the
confidence he was feeling with Betty,
but there was something so forced
and unnatural in the girl’s voice and
manner when she discussed his con
jectures that he quickly fell Into an
awed silence. At last, and It must
have been some time after midnight,
troubled slumbers claimed him. No
moment of forgetfulness came to Bet
ty. She was waiting tor what—she
did not know! The candle burnt low
er and lower and finally went out nrd
she was left in darkness, but again
she was conscious of sounds from the
room below. At fir6t it was only a
word or a sentence, then the guarded
speech became a steady monotone
that ran deep Into the night. Even
tually this ceased and Betty fancied
she heard sobs.
CHAPTER XX.
Murrell Shows His Hand.
At length points of light began to
show through chinks in the logs. Han
nibal roused and sat up, rubbing his
eyes with the backs of his hands.
•'Wasn't you able to sleep none?" he
Inquired. Betty shook her head. He
looked at her with an expression or
troubled concern. "How soon do you
reckon the judge will know?" he
asked.
"Very soon now, dear." Hannibal
was greatly consoled by this opinion.
"Miss Betty, he will love to find
us—"
"Hark! What was that?” for Betty
had caught the distant splash of oars.
Hannibal found a chink In the logs
through which by dint of much squint,
leg he secured a partial view of the
bayou.
"They're fetching up a keel boat to
the shore. Miss Betty—it's a whoop
er!” he announced. Betty’s heart
sank; she never doubted the purpose
lor which that boat was brought into
the bayou, or that it nearly concerned
herself.
Half an hour later Mrs. Hicks ap
peared with their breakfast. It was
In vain that Betty attempted to en
gage her In conversation. Either she
cherished some personal reeling ot
dislike for her prisoner, or else the
situation in which she herself was
placed had little to recommend it.
even to her dull mind, and her dis
satisfaction was expressed in her at
titude toward the girl.
Betty passed the long hours of
morning In dreary speculation con
cernlng what was happening at Belle
Plain In the end she realized that
the day could go by and her absence
occasion no alarm. Steve might rea
sonably suppose George had driven
her into Raleigh or to the Bowens'
and that she had kept the carnage
Finally all her hope centered on Judge
Price. He would expect Hannibal dur
ing the morning; perhaps when the
boy did not arrive he would be tempt
ed to go out to Belle Plain to dis
cover the reason of his non-appear
ance. She wondered what theories
would offer themselves to his in
genious mind, for she sensed some
thing of that indomitable energy
which in the face of rebuts and
laughter carried him into the thick of
every sensation.
At noon Mrs. Hicks, as sutipn as in
the morning, brought them their din
ner. She had scarcely quitted the lott
when a shrill whistle pierced the si
lence that hung above the clearing.
It was twice repeated, and the two
women were heard to go from the
cabin. Perhaps half an hour elapsed,
then a step became audible on the
packed earth of the dooryard. Some
I one entered the room below and be
| gan to ascend the uarrow stairs, and
Betty's fingers closed convulsively
about Hannibal's. This was neither
Mrs. Hicks nor her daughter, nor
Slosson with his clumsy shuffle. There
| was a brief pause when the landing
was reached, but it was only momen
tary; a hand lilted the bar. the door
' was thrown open, and its space
i framed the figure of a man. It was
1 John Murrell
j Standing there he regarded Betty in
silence, but a deep-seated tire glowed
\ in his sunken eyes. The sense of pos
session was raging through him, his
temples throbbed, a fever stirred his
, blood. Love, such as it was. he un
doubtedly felt for her, and even his
giant project, with all its monstrous
. ramifications, was lost sight of tor the
moment. She was the Inspiration tor
i It all, the goal and reward lor which
J he struggled.
“Betty!" the single word tell softly
j from his lips. He stepped Into the
j room, closing the door as he did so.
The girl's eyes were dilating with a
mute horror, for by some swift, in
tuitive process of the mind, which
asked nothing of the logic ol events,
but dealt only with conclusions. Mur
rell stood revealed as Norton's mur
derer. Perhaps he read her thoughts,
but he had lived in his degenerate
ambitions until the common Judg
ments or the understanding of them
no longer existed for him. That Bet
ty had loved Norton seemed inconse
quential even; it was a memory to
be swept away by the force of his
greater passion. So he watched her
smilingly, but back of the smile was
the menace of unleashed impulse.
"Can't you find some word of wel
come for me. Betty?" he asked at
length, still softly, still with some
thing of entreaty in his tone.
"Then It was you—not Tom—who
had me brought here!" She could
have thanked God had It been Tom.
whose hate was not to be feared as
she feared this man's love.
"Tom—no!” and Murrell laughed.
"You didn’t think I'd give you up? 1
am standing with a halter about my
neck, and all tor your sake—who'd
risk as much lor love of you?" He
seemed to expand with savage pride
that this was so, and took a step to
| ward her.
"Don't come near me!” cried Betty.
Her eyes blazed, and she looked at
him with loathing.
“You’ll learn to be kinder," he ex
ulted. "You wouldn't see me at Belle
Plain; what was left for me hut to
have you brought here?”
While Murrell was speaking the sig
nal that had told of his own presence
on the opposite shore of the bayou
was heard again. This served to ar
rest his attention. A look of uncer
tainty passed over his face, then he
made an impatient gesture as tf he
dismissed some thought that had
forced Itself upon him, and turned
to Betty.
"You don't ask what my purpose is
where you are concerned; you nave
no curiosity on that score?” She en
deavored to meet his glance with a
glance as resolute, then her eyes
sought the boy's upturned face. "1
am going to send you down river. Bet
ty. Later 1 shall join you in New Or
leans, and when l leave the country
you ahali go with me—’*
"Never!” gasped Betty.
"As my wife, or however you choose
to call it. I'll teach you what a man's
love is like,” he boasted, and extend
ed his hand. Betty shrank Trom nun.
and his hand fell at his side. He
looked at her steadily out of his deep
sunk eyes. In which blazed the tires of
his passion, and as he looked, her
lace paled and flushed by turns. "You
ihay learn to be kind to me, Betty,
he said. "You may find it will ne
worth your while.” Betty made no
answer; she only gathered Hannibal
closer to her side. "Why not accept
what 1 have to offer. Betty?" Again
he went nearer her, and again sne
shrank from him, but the madness ot
his mood was in the ascendant. He
seized her and drew her to him. She
struggled to free herself, but his lin
gers tightened about her.
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
Rea'm of Applied Science
Mo* *»r* of C.reaj of iUndjrtfi In
C«t e» Mo* Boon Extended In
<>•** Veara.
The »'«r* of iW bureau of rtand
artta a been c?-a!jy extended of
lem «o*NU aays dm New Tork Her
aid The operations of the office wore
at Beat • lasted for the moat part to
ataadifda of length am. capacity
and «*»p-rati»*e. but the rapid prog
ram vt appl-ed seteaee erea tod now
dons, i* which bo taatiiunoa was
coast rent to satisfy
t*fce awetry or the measurement of
Hgbt •* a rasa tn point Thirty years
ago it cad ao Croat com me ret si tm
portar o. but the extended ase of eiec
Utcfcy for :ichi.cc purpoaea. the dla
ceoary and suanfirtnrc of acetylene
CM and (bo ictendon of namerons ta
pswomu la burner* for ordinary 11- j
tamtsa’ing CM bate opened up a new
Bold Puotoaatrlr apparatus la now
•rreaunrt la hand reds, or even thou
sand, af tsosortes
Not only must the volume of light
be accurately measured, but Its chro
matic composition roust be deter
mined The most desirable light Is.
of course, that which coroe3 nearest
to sunlight in its color composition
The pitch of tuning forks, of inter
est to manufacturers of musical in
struments; the testing of optical sur
face* which is important to every one
who wears glasses: the verification of
•hermometers. of gas. water and elec
tric meters—in fact, the standardizing
of all sorts of measures—are coming
more and more within the scope of
the bureau of standards.
Thoughtfulness.
It ts a pleasant bit of thoughtful
ness which many hostesses show In
leaving reading matter on the table of
tbeir guest room. A guest is frequent
ly not accustomed to the same hours
of rising and going to bed as prevail
in the bouse where she Is visiting
< She may have a habit of early rising
I or of sleeplessness, or she may have
! merely a short time In her -oom with
nothing to do. when she does not wish
j lo go down stairs or elsewhere to ob
tain books. At such a time a new
book, an interesting magazine or two
would prove most grateful. It Is not
necessary to have a whole guest room
bookcase. One or two well-chosen
books will serve the purpose quite as
well. It is a distinct compliment to a
guest to have put enough thought Into
her tastes and Interest to be able to
offer her just the book or just the ar
ticle which she would wish to read.
While this Is not always possible, with
tho best intentions, something bright,
readable and new will rarely go amiss.
Look Below the Surface.
When bent on matrimony, look
more than skin deep for beauty, dive
farther than the pocket for worth, and
search for temper beyond good humor
of the moment, remembering It U not
always the most agreeable partner at
a ball who forms the most amiable
partner for life. Virtue. like some
flowers, blooms often fairest la the
shade.
Much-Named Isle.
The Parisians, who are extremely
fond of changing place names with
in their jurisdiction, have never equal
ed the record established in this re
spect in the case of the Island of
Reunion, which has changed its name
four times in a little over half a cen
tury and with little or no reason for
doing so.
In 1793 it was Rourbon. a-, it had
been for a century and a half; but
the convention then changed it to Re
union.
Under the empire It became Isle
Bonaparte, at the restoration it revert
ed to 3ourbon. and. Anally, in 1848.
it became Reunion once more and so
far has retained that name.
Too Much for Him.
“Allow me,” said the fresh young
man in the Pullman dining car, as he
passed the sugar bowl to a shy young
girl; "sweets to the sweet, you
know.”
"Allow me," said the girl, as she
handed him a plate of crackers;
“crackers for the cracked, you know."
—Ladies' Horn* Journal.
GOOD VEAL DEMANDS MORE ATTENTION j
Ten-Months Old Calf Raised in Missouri.
The high price of mutton during the
i Past few years has encouraged, par
| ticularly dairymen, to pay more atten
tion to making good veal, but there is
i woeful lack of this kind of meat now
on the market.
Most dairymen will not take the
trouble to fatten calves, but send them
:o market just as soon as they are
past the age limit, and the result is
I sntirely unsatisfactory, both to the
j seller and .the customer.
Well fatted calves, weighing from
j 120 to 150 pounds, always bring high
prices, r.o matter what the condition
of the cattle market may be. City peo
j pie eat a great deal of veal and would
. ,'onsume much more if they could get
what they want, but the stuff seen on
! :he market is for the most part
stringy, unfinished and not at all sat
isfactory.
Many calves' are sold when a week
Did. at 3 to 4 cents per pound, when
if fed until they weighed 25 pounds
would bring double the money, but
dairymen have not yet learned how to
feed calves, in order to make good
veal.
The European farmers make good
money out of the right calves. The
youngster is carefully fed from the
day he is born, being confined in dark
stalls. He is fed liberally on oatmeal.
| whole milk at the start and skim*
j milk later, with some roots, and
; when he goes to market he is about
as toothsome a morsel as can be found
' anywhere. Englishmen are very fond
' of this kind of meat, and price cuts nq
j figure with them.
There is no reason why our dairy- ,
) men should not increase their profits j
; materially by feeding their calves;
| and it has always been a source of
wonder to us why they so neglect this
| part of their business.
The fact is. the American public, tc
a large extent. Is so prejudiced against
• veal, having read gruesome tales
! about bob veal being too often mar
! keted. that thousands are afraid tc
buy veal of any kind. If a better svs
| tem of feeding calves were adopted,
and the business systematized, we
i would have in a few years a line of
! choice meat that would sell readily at
j very high prices.
The first thing to be done would be
1 to amend the laws, to prevent the
j railroad and express companies ship
j ping veal under four weeks of age.
The amount of immature stuff that
goes to market every day is appalling,
and we believe that 75 per cent, of it
I' is unfit for food. How it gets past
the inspectors is something no man
can find out.
CHEAPEST HAY FOR
FORAGE IN WINTER
Second Crop Clover Is First Class
Feed for Cows and
Sheep.
Second crop clover is a first-class
winter forage for cows and sheep.
| Clover, when cured without being dam
! aged by rain, is the cheapest and best
hay for cows in milk and ewes with
young lambs. Owing to the shortness
i of the hay crop throughout the country
the young clover and foxtail and rag
weeds growing in the wheat stubbles
| should be cut and cured before the fall
j rains set in. Second crop clover is
I worth too much as feed to plow under
for manure. Save the crop for feed
and plow under the stubble this fall
and lime for corn in the spring. As
food for poultry, when bulk is needed,
poultry men say that no other clover,
except it may be alfalfa, is equal to
second-crop red clover, cut and cured
free from rain and steeped in boiling
water during the night for feeding the
iext day. Use the water in which the
clover was steeped in for mixing with
bran and corn chop, which, with the
clover, makes one of the best winter
foods for laying hens during the win
ter months.
In the grain-growing districts the
second crop is usually cut for seed.
If the first crop is cut early and the
stubble dressed with 200 pounds of
plaster to the acre a good crop of seed
may be grown if the season is favor
able. Bees are a great help in dis
tributing the clover pollen. After the
seed is harvested the stubble is plowed !
for corn.
NEED OF MOISTENING
CORN WHILE IN SILO
-——
Excellent Time is When Crop is
Too Ripe or Severely
Frozen
Ordinarily corn cut at the proper
; time does not need any water added
| to make good silage. There are
S times, however, when it is necesasry
to add water to the corn in filling the
silo. The corn in the silo at the
time of filling should feel moist, if
not moist, water should be added.
Under any of the following condi
tions water should be added to the
corn when filling the silo: First,
when the corn is too ripe, and the
leaves and part of the stalks are dried
out to such an extent that they will
not pack well. Second, when the
corn Is severely frozen before it has j
reached the proper degree of matur
ity, liberating the moisture and leav
ing the leaves and stems dry. Third,
when refilling the silo late in the fall
with shocked corn it is always nec
essary to add water.
There are two ways to ad ’ water.
First, put a hose in the silo and thor
oughly saturate the dry portions, es
pecially around the walls. Second,
where the blower cutter is used, run
Bn inch stream of water into the
bicwer when it is at work. This will
add a sufficient amount of water to
insure good results.
Biggest Bee State.
Texas is found to be the greatest
bee state in the Union. Last year the
state alone produced more than 15,
000,000 pounds of honey valued at
*3,500,000. The state holds approxi
mately 600,000 swarms valued at *5.
500.000 and they are said to be in
creasingly rapidly.
The Silo Floor.
Better put the ailo floor level with
the ground. Silos in the ground are
rarely satisfactory after a few years’
use.
LAMB RAISING PAYS
FARMER QUITE WELL
Sheep Industry on the Average
Farm is Considered Side
Issue.
The fanner who will pay close at
tention to his breeding stock and
raise native lambs of uniform size
and breed, feed them intelligently and
market them at the right time can
make more profit from his flock than
from any other farm investment. As
a rule the "native” lambs sent to the
markets are so badly mixed, both as
to breed and feeding, that they are a
torment to the buyer and of little prof
it to the owner.
This is one of the reasons why the
western range lambs find great favor
in the big markets. They the more
uniform in size as they are fed in
large flocks and go to market prac
tically in the same condition. Only a
small portion of the "native” lambs
that are sold in the eastern markets
can be called prime, and his fact is
entirely the fault of the farmer.
As a rule, sheep-raising on the av
erage farm is merely a side issue and
little attention is given to it. The
remedy of the present condition of the
native lamb market lies entirely with
the men who produce the lambs.
Whenever the farmers are engaged
in the producing of prime lambs for
market at any season of the year, the
business has proven highly profitable.
Of course the best markets are just
before Christmas and in the early
spring; at. this period the prices are
always high.
America is becoming a great mut
ton-eating nation, and if the farmers
will improve their flocks and their
methods of feeding there is no reason
why the native lamb market should
not prove more profitable than that
controlled by the range district.
HOGGING CORN CROP
INSTEAD OF HUSKING
—
Some Farmers Find This Prac
tice of Much Advantage at
Times
In these days of expensive labor, i
farmers sometimes find it to their ad
vantage to hog off some of their corn
instead of husking it. The amount that
should be hogged off should be decided
upon beforehand, and should of course
be proportionate to the number of
hogs which are expected to consume
it. There should be access to water,
and the results will be all the better il
the hogs, at the same time, can have
access to a clover, blue grass or alfal
fa field.
Corn should not be hogged off un
til it is pretty well matured; that is,
until the grains are well dented. Hog
ging it off before that time means a
waste of feeding value, for corn grows
until the leaves are killed by frost oi
die naturally. There are many cases
in which it is quite as well and muct
cheaper to hog the corn off than tc
husk it and feed it to the hogs, am
the practice is growing more popular
every year.
Value of Forest Trees.
A plantation of forest trees would
not yield an immediate return, but it
would cost little and would enhance
the value of the land each year, be
sides providing for the needs of the
future
Corn and Alfalfa.
An acre that will produce $30 worth
of corn in a season will with the right
kind of care produce from $75 to $100
worth of alfalfa and the ground will
be worth more after the hay crop is
harvested.
WORST DESERT IN ALL ASIA
Hongwanji Temple at Kyoto, Japan,
Crosses Takla-Makan Sand
in Thirty Years.
Tokio, Japan.—Rev Zuicho Tach
ibana. a priest of the great West
Hongwanji temple of Kyoto, re
turned to that place recently aft
er five years spent in explora
tion in the virgin parts of cential
Asia, writes a correspondent. His
lourney was undertaken for purposes
of research under the instruction of
Count Otani, the lord abbot of the
Hongwanji temple and an enthusi
istic geographer. Mr. Tachibana is
i young man of twenty-two years of
Jge and of such delicate physique that
ihe natives said he must be a woman
disguised as a man.
Mr. Tachibana proceeded from Lon
don to Omsk and thence by stage
coach in Semipalatlnsk, thence to
Turban in Sinkiang ("the new terri
ory”) passable roads were found.
During his explorations Mr. Tach!
Dana traveled across the Takla-Makan
desert, which he describes as the
Sheltered at the Edge of the Desert.
worst of all deserts in central Asia
Neither birds nor even insects ar«
to be found there.
""he desert is a sea of sand, where
there is only the wind to hear and
the moon to see. The party constant
ly met sand mountains over 12,001'
feet high, and the men began tc
grumble, fearing that they would be
buried by the constant sandstorms.
On arriving at Goma, on the right
bank of the River Tarim, he caused
considerable fright among the shep
herds, as his was the first party from
the south for thirty years. At first
the shepherds fled, but were brought
back. The feat of crossing the desert
caused greatest reverence by the
shepherds.
At this point he left the camel cara
van to follow on slowly, while he pro
ceeded on horseback to Kuchar,
which place he reached after three
days. This is a large town, though
not to be compared with civilized
cities. •'Nevertheless,” said Mr.
Tacljibana, “I felt on entering it as
though I had suddenly been put down
in Piccadilly."
Some time was spent in the neigh
borhood of Kashgar investigating the
buried cities, and afterward the ex
plorer proceeded through the valley
to the east of Tzunling to Khotan,
the districts previously explored by
Dr. Stein (now Sir Marc Aurel Steini
Thence the party proceeded to Tibet
for the purpose of geological ingesti
gation.
Several districts were visited by
Mr. Tachibana which had been omit
ted by Dr. Sven Hedin. These regions
are absolutely blank on the maps,
and have never been visited before.
As soon as the records of the jour
ney have been collated the Hong
wanji temple will issue a report on
Mr. Tachibana's exploration, which
will without doubt be eagerly antici
pated in scientific circles in Europe
and America as well as in Asia.
STOWAWAY HEEDS A VISION
Explains That He Received a Divine
Summons to Preach to Benighted
Chinese—Is Shipped Back.
San Francisco Cai.—Harold Yates,
a frightened youth, who had seen a
vision and started for the Orient to
preach to the Chinese, was brought
back to San Francisco on the steamer
Nile, which reached here recently.
Yates’ “call,” by which he was sum
moned to spread the message of the
gospel among the heathen, led him to
stow away on the steamer Manchuria,
which left here Friday.
Captain Friele of the Manchuria lis
tened to the young man's account of
his vision, after he had emerged from
his hiding place, but decided that it
did not entitle Yates to free passage
and the stowaway was transferred to
the Nile when that vessel was met in
midocean.
Yates, who was employed as a bell
boy at a local hotel, was awakened
with difficulty last Friday morning by
another bellboy. He explained that
he had been listening to a divine sum
mons to the missionary field and hur
riedly packed a few' belongings and
boarded the Manchuria, where he hid
in the hold.
BREAKS JAIL TO FEED CATS
Nevada Miner Tramps Forty Miles
That His Pets May Not Suffer—
Act May Bring Freedom.
San Francisco, Cal.—When James
Watkins, a miner, was placed in jail
at Searchlight, Nev., recently, charged
with having stolen a pair of lace cur
tains, he asked the jailer to see that
his pet cats were fed. The jailer
laughed at him, but when night fell
Watkins broke jail and tramped forty
miles across the desert to attend to
his pets. The sheriff followed him
next day in a motor car and found
Watkins pouring milk for the cats at
his cabin.
The charge against Watkins prob
ably will be dismissed, his accuser
having been Impressed by the miner’s
affection for his pets.
