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About The Red Cloud chief. (Red Cloud, Webster Co., Neb.) 1873-1923 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 26, 1900)
!! 5CSiiC -fcMh&C BWBI tan' 'nwiMtfirtiiiwiiliiMmiintj.4.1. UUUW BZXX33E2S2SX2 it"- - w wnmwnwtrjwivwrmftiiwnw"'' li-.V ' ' ' ' -"- ihtipyniaiy uMirfn.w nmpi.! - A Tt rWlT ' ttiWVTF1 T 1 7 .MahM-AMRMHW r 1 . Red Cloud Chief. PUBLISHED WKEIUiY. ERD CLOUD. NK1UIAHKA No prnttlo In ho purposde-ss iih Hint of prayerldss preaching. The mnn who reflects deeply nil! toon bo a light Instead of n rrlloctor. Common aenso In nn uncommon do grco is what pnsBcs in the world for wisdom. The plonBiircs of dlsHlpntlon nro like gaudy colorH they attract for u moment, but afterwards thoy oppose Ilia senses. Happiness In like n meteor. It blazes and goes out and all Is blacker than beforo It came. People arc often deceived on to their trno IntercHtH. The wedding preHent of tho emperor and empress of IliiBsIn to the new queen of Scrvlu Ih a necklace and tlarn of dlnmondH nnd emeraldH valued at 20,000, A New JcrBey farmer read all the rampalgn literature- neat to him by the opposing organizations nnd then com mitted suicide. The warning contained In thin cam) fairly bulges out. A Unlvcrsnllst nilnlstcr In Middle town, N. Y In order to bo allowed to lay the cornerstone of his peoplo'H now hoiiHe of worship, will have to join the Mason's union. Rev. Mr. Emory in no manon, but he will pay $1G for the privilege of holding n trowel In IiIh hand for fifteen minutes or les8. OthcrwlBu, thero might fol low a strike, or boycott. It ban frequently bcon Htatcd that Mrs. Louis Dothn, the wlfo of tho Boer gcncrnl, Is n descendant of Robert Emmot, tho Irish patriot. This is a mistake. Sho Is a descendant of Kmmot's elder brother, Thomas Ad dis Kmmct, who was one of the United Irish Directory In 1789, and waa punished by the government by con finement in Fort George for threo years. Berlin last year for tho first timo roglstorcd over 1,000,000 strangers who had visited tho city. Vienna, which formerly had more visitors than Ber lin, counted only a few over 500,000 In 180D, and was surpassed by Munich with 000.000. Dresden had ovor half a million visitors; Hamburg. Leipzig nnd Znrlcn each about 400,000, and Btuttgart, Ilasol and Dusseldorf each ovor a quarter of a million. Tho pollco of Cincinnati state thnt thoro are two lovers In thnt city who linvo been engaged to bo married for tho laBt llfteen years. This postpone ment of the fateful plunge, howovor, Is not duo to the prospective brldo groom bolng a laggard In lovo; still less Is It duo to tho brldu proving un duly coy. Tho simple explanation Is that no tlmo has occurred during the above period when they were both ou of prison at tho same time. Tho reputation of the mosquito, which was never of the best, Is being torn to shreds by tun scientists these days. Tho Insect has been proved to bo one, if not tho sole, means of spread ing malaria; and now It has been dls ovored that elephantiasis, a hideously deforming disease of tho tropics, Is duo to tho action of a very minute worm which enters tho body through the mosquito's proboscis while tho In oct Is sucking Its victim's blood. Between Formosa and tho coast of China Ilea In a group of twenty-ono Islands,- Interspersed with Innumerable reefs and ledges, which nro called tho Pescadores Islands. According to tho investigations of a Jnpaiuwo geologist, theso Islands hnve Buffered In a ro markablo manner from tho northwost winds, which blow with savage vlo lonce thero during nine months of tho year. Tho original area of tho Islands haa been greatly reduced by erosion, nnd their surfaces nro barren and deao lato, so that tho wind-whipped group forms "a quasi-desert amidst the green Island world of northeastern Asia." Tho body of Lieut. Fred H. Boecher of (Jen. Forsyth'B scouts, which was burled on Boecher Island In tho Arlk nro rlcer, Colorado, 33 years ago, haa been recovered, nnd will bo sent to Brooklyn. Young Bcecher, who was a nephew of Henry Ward Beechcr, fell In a fight with tho Cheyennes under Roman Nose. Con, Forsythe, Lieut. Boecher and 47 men were surrounded by noarly 1,000 Indlnns. Two men, Charles Christy nnd Flotcher Vllotte. got through the Indian lines und event ually brought relief. Soon afterward thoy were detailed on tho squad to bury Lieut Bcecher. Both men wero at tho recent unveiling of n monument on Boecher Islnnd, and It was through them that tho long lost grave was lo cated and tho body recovered by tho relatives. nev. Charles M. Sheldon has re turned from Britain and will make his headquarters In Boston for a season. HIb church In Topoka somo time ago granted hlra olght months' leavo of nb eence. His now story will deal with tho Horvant girl .problem, and those Awho havo road tho opening chapters pronounco' it equnl to "In His Stops." A great Institutional church, mod eled after tho famous Metropolitan Tabernnclo of Now York, is planned by tho Methodists of Chicago, as n re mit of recent consolidations. BAiUU?00,000SHY FIRST NATIONAL OF NEW YORK THE LOSER. IRUSTED BANK TELLER THE CRIMINAL Utility Onn llml llrt-n In Ititnk' llmploj for Twenty Yrnrn, nnil HnRiinlril hi Almolulcly lloiii'Dt II11p Vfil lln linn Flnl to South America. Charles L. Alvord, jr., note teller of the First National bank of New York, Is a fugitive and a defnultor to the ex tent of 8700,000. The. announcement of the defalca tion, created the utmost excitement in the financial district, but the well known stability of the First National, and a statement by the bank had a quieting effect. This statement wax as follows: "Tho note teller who has been In our employ for innny years, Is a defaulter to a large amount. lW operations have continued for a considerable period and have been skillfully con cealed through u manipulation of his balance books. The discovery was niado by one of the bank's employes a few days after the completion of an ex amination of the bank by the United Ktates examiners. During the contin uance of his peculations periodical ex aminations have bcon made by several examiners icprcsontlug the comptrol ler's department, all expert account ants, and the. bunk has also hud fee qucjit independent examinations neither of which has developed any ir regularity. The aggregate of the false entries, amounting to 3700'000, has been charged on tho books out of the. reserve, without diminishing the surplus or profits of the batik, as re ported In its last publis bed state ment. It Is cxpeeted that the short age will be materially reduced by a substantial sum of which tlicie Is fair prospect of recovery." Alvord hutl been with the bank for twenty years, and was one of tho most trusted men In tho institution. Ill's stealings extended over a long period but no suspicion of the truth was known until ten dnvs ago, when ho Bent word that lie was 111 at bis home. After ho bad been away for a day or two the bank put experts at work and some Irregularities were found. Ah the experts delved deeper and deeper into A Ivortl's books the extent of the robbery began to dawn on the olllcer.s until they were overwhelmed to tiud that it readied the enormous sum of 7o,000. Whether that sum is all that he took Is not yet known. It has not yet developed how the note teller was able to put his hands ou so much mon ey, but one of the. directors is reported to have said that Alvord was enabled to take a largu sum, because as note teller he was In charge of the infill. This he opened every morning and he had ample opportunity to abstract notes, drafts and diodes, as well as money. Of course, he had to be espe cially skillful to make his accounts balance: This director admitted that he was at a loss to account for the all ure of tlm bank examiners to discover Alvord's irregularities at their last ex amination. What Alvord did with all the cash Is also a mystery as yet, except that as usual in Mum eases it is saui mat a J large amount of It went into stock bpceulatlon. t'umiultlix lii C'lilnu. tumoral Chaffee reports from Taku, China, the following deaths: Hugo C. Kraft, Fouteenth Infantry, dysentary; Joseph Lyons. Fourteenth Infantry, dysentary; Henry Kirklnnd, Ninth In fantry, dysentary. Tile war department lias received the following telegram from General Shaf ter at San Francisco: Following additional deaths have oc curred ou transport .Sherman: Privates .1. M. llalles, Thirty-seventh Infantry, chronic dysentary; .lames I'lehison, Thirty-ninth Infantry, chronic dysen tery: Klmor B. Werter, Thlrty-soventlt infantry, sub-iicute dysentery. General McArthur cables the follow ing casualties: Died from disease. David C. Whltnev. William O. Pnrhnui, Thomas David, Marlon C. Bennett, .lo.sph Barker Cuts, .1. Hush; Ralph C. Dunlap, Albert O. Bernard, Frank M. Linck, Corporal KdwnrdJ. InterhlUen, Robert Banks, Corpornl James B. Tansoy, Allen P. Adams, John L. Forblss, Corporal James L. Hickey, Corporal Schuyler Wlemar; William C. Wood, Seargent John Hubbard. Killed by comrade, Clarence T. Flem ing. Want Ijimt A gill lint l'nljKumy. The woman's home missionary so ciety In session at Chicago adopted a resolution askliig congress to submit to the states a constitutional amend ment prohibiting polygamy. The fol lowing oillcers wore elected for the en suing year: Presldont, Mrs. Clinton B. Fiske, New York; corresponding bee rctary, Mrs, Delhi Lathrop, Delaware, O.; recording beeretnry, Mrs. F. A. Aiken, Cincinnati; treasurer, Mrs. George 11. Thouipwn, Cincinnati. M. Landry, ac!garmnker,wns caught nt Minneapolis, Minn., In the act of robbing the poor box in the church of Notre Dame, by Father Andre, who had fitted a burglar key to the lock. Landry was arrested and placed in jail, where later he committed suicide by hanging, At Madison, Neb., u son of Will Kaul wp thrown from a horse, resulting in the fracture of the wrist bone. A son of Paul l'elerbou got in iho range of a horse's heel and had his collar bono broken. FOUR-YEAR-OLD-BOY SHOT Accident lluppcin tit Lincoln Opurii IhiiiHii Alter lliti HIioh' Little Harry Loiiy, the fonr-yenr-ofd son of Mr. and Mrs. J, (I. Long, Thirty llrst and Y sticets, Lincoln, was shot through the body at the Funku opera house, October 'S4. The shooting was accidental anil occurred while the child was in its father's arms. Tho accident was caused by the father dropping his overcoat, In the pocket of which a re-1 volver was carried. When the eoat ' dropped the gun was discharged, and the ball passed through the child's ' body, entering just below the stomach anil leaving the body on the right side. Tho wound Is an exceedingly danger ous one and may prove fatal. Mr. and Mrs. Long had gone to see the play at the Funke. When the cur tain went down on the last act the father was sitting in his seat with ills baby son in his arms. He got up and was preparing to leave. He picked up his overcoat and in turning around dropped It. The sharp report of a small pistol was heard and his child screamed with pain. The child was at once taken to Htelner's store aeross tho street and a physician called. Four physicians soon arrived. An examination of the wound was soon made at tho drug store. It did not bleed much, but from the eottrso taken by the ball it was seen that It was a very dangerous injury. The child with itH father and two physicians were taken In a cab to the family residence. RURAL DELIVERY EXTENDED Currier Appointed for Dlntrlct A run ml Mllronl. ' Additional rural free delivery lias been ordered established at Mllford, Seward county, with one carrier, T. W. Miindy, who will cover an urea of thirty-six- square miles, serving a population of tV.'O. The postofllco at Camden will be dis continued and patrons served by rural carrier. A further dividend of 10 per cent has been declined In favor of the creditor of the First National Hunk of Nellgli, Neb., making Ml per cent on claims proven, amounting to 308, Ml. Nebraska!! issued patents today: David W. Hoover, Lyons, hay stacker; Thomas I'. Owen, York, combination padlock: David P. Sims, Liucoln, valve regulating device for water motors; Herman Welch, Osceola, dump .Margaret Johnson, of Lincoln, has been granted a widow's pension of Si per mouth. STRUCK DEAD BY AN ENGINE I'ruil W. llulliiril Killed hy Union I'nclUo raasciicvr Triiln. Union Pacific northbound train No. Hi. struck and killed Fred W Billiard between O rnd D streets. Lincoln, Nob., Tuesday evening. Billiard was on the tiack and did not get off when the engineer whistled at him He was not seen until the engine was almost upon him and it Is believed thai he had been sitting by the side of the track and had got up and walked on to the track in front of the passing en gine, llullurd was a tinner by trade and for years had conducted a shop at .I'.'.'i South Ninth street. The shop was damaged by tiro about one year ago, and was moved ofV the street sometime ago. Since then Billiard has been traveling over the city repairing tin ware wh-'re lie could find work to do. FAIL TO BREAK THE VAULT Hunk llohlmrN ut AiIiiuih MiiUh ii Wutor lliml. Ail attempt was made at Adams to rob the State bank. The robbers se em etl a crowbar from the railroad and other tools from the blacksmith and wagon shop of II. Oillett ,fc Son. They pried open the back door of the bank and removed some brick from the back wall of the vault, but did not succeed lu entering the vault. It is thought they must have iieuntllsturueu in tneir work or they would, have accomplished uioru than they did. II. II. Noreross, eashier of the bank Is of the opinion that It Is the work of Inexperienced hands at the business. The hounds would have been scut for, but it had been raining through thu night and was raining some this morning, so that It was thought the hounds could not follow thu trail. TROOPS SOON START HOME l.'nd of KnlUtiniiiit l'crloil for Men In l'lilllppliie. At military headquarters in San Francisco it is stated, says a dispatch of October ..'D, that the lirst installment of the volunteer army now in the Phil ippines will leavo Manila November 1. From that timo until next June tho transports will bring home about S5, 000 men nt the rate of from 4,000 to 5,000 a month. Tho sick will, if possi ble, bo shipped on earlier transpoi ts, that they may travel without crowding. The various regiments will be mus tered out and paid as soon as possible after they arrive here. By tills ar rangement the camps now at the Pre sidio will be sutlleient to accoinmodato tho entire army. Cow Canc Wreck. A locomotive and several cars wero thrown from the trnek near Center county, Pa., ou tho Bald Bagle rail road, by running over a cow, The en gineer, John Foster, nnd his fireman, Daniel Snyder, both of Tyrone, were killed. Win, Welser, a braUeman, waa seriously injured. The Spanish Kovornmou', has decided to postpone the rcopenlug of the cortex on account of tho Spanish-American congress which meets November 'ii and lasts until November '-J7. . . j I. . . . . X -A Sacrifice To Conscience " T I" ' T ..XI.. . 4- .. 4.1 T I J. .... I . . X I. . . 4- . . x. I. . . . a. . . 4. 1. 1 . . 4. . -f. I. . . 4- .. J.I. . .. J. . . XI.. .. i YWW.. CHAPTER VIII. (Continued.) Ho paused. His story had been told weakly und slowly, with many halts and failures! but it was dono nt last. Jasmine, still supporting him In her arms, looked ghastly pale, and her dark eyes were heavy with unshed tears. Oh, tho pltlfulness oflt, that sho hnd never known this terrible bo crot burden her father had borno until now, when ho was going away beyond her reach of help, of sympathy! Knderby had written every word rapidly, though his face, too, had 'Town paler as ho went on, and his lips became stern and sot. How llttlo ho had understood the mystery of this mnn's life, tho mnn who had literally given hlB life for his friends and such friends! Sir Henry Lennox, tho unlmpeach nblo, tho revered, whom ho himself had looked upon as tho ernbodlmont of ull that was highest and noblest In man, hnd permitted so cruel a llo to be per petuated, so frightful nn Injustice to continue, In order thnt ho might save himself from disgrace and loss. It waa appalling! Paul Euderby, lotting his faco droop for one moment on his hands, asked himself if thoro could bo any honor or righteousness among men when this man hutl been guilty of so groat a crime. But no time wns to be lost; already tho light ln'Davltl (ierard's eyes was waxing dim. Endcrby roused himself with an effort, and put tho pen Into tho weak, dying lingers. "You must sign your name; It Is the only thing you have to do now, Mr. Gerard," he said. In a voice which was full of an agitation he could not con trol. Guiding tho weak tlngeis to the spot, ho watched them as they feebly scrawled "David Gerard" In weak, trembling characters across tho p.igo. Thon ho signed to Jasmlno to lay down her father on tho pillow, and wrlto hor own name below her fa ther's; and he added his own the only steady nnd firm one nt tho foot: "Paul Enderby; barrlster-at-law." Whon ho raised his head he saw that a great change had come over tho dy ing man's face. "I am going," he whispered feebly. "Mr. Enderby, I shall dlo In penco If you toll mo ull will bo mado right for my little Jasmine. You you will not forsnke her?" "I will not, as God rs my witness!" said Endorby, and thoro was a strange solemnity In his voice. "Mr. Gornrd, will you trust her to mo? I shall see thnt your namo Is cleared; and your dnughter will be cared for. If you wish mo to take upon myself tho namo of hor guardian, I shall do so." "May God Almighty bless you! Now, indeed, 1 can die In peace," said tho sick man, with sudden energy. "Jas mine, my dear llttlo one, where nro you? Give mo your hand. Ah, that Is right. I fed It In my own. I nm not afraid to die. I trust mysolf In tho hands of tho All-Merciful, who Is tbo Father of all men, and loves His child ren as I do mlno. It Is durk very dark! I wuinot see your face, Jas mine, but I can still foel your hand. It Is the Dark Valloy; but thero Is light beyond thero is light " Tho feeble voice trembled away Into Bllenco, there wns a moment's agoniz ing struggle for breath, then n long, long, sigh, and afterwards silence. Enderby bent down nnd touched Jasmine on the shoulder. "God hns sent him u peuceful end," bo said, In a low vnlca. "It Is nil over, my child. 'At evening tlmo there shall be light,' " And nt that moment tho red rays of tho setting sun fell athwart tho shabby llttlo room, and touched tho dead man's faco with a glow of golden light. It was about ton minutes after that Doctor Bunthorno arrived. Enderby drew him Into the ompty llttlo sitting room. "It Is nil over," ho said. "Tho pa .tlcnt Is gone." Doctor Bunthorno for oneo showed a brenk In his Imperturablo calm. "It Is a bad business, I'm afraid, Eu derby," ho said hurriedly. "That bot tlo of hypophosphatcs which you gnvo me has been In my analyst's hands" "Yes?" aiild Endorby, as the other paused. "And besides tho small quantity of hypophosphatcs nt the bottom, ho de tected un almost invisible sodlment, tho dregs of nn India distillation llttlo known In this country, but whoso properties nro recognized by eminent scientists as euro and deadly." "Good gracious! Not poison?" En dorby whispered, in Bhaken tones. "Yes, poison. Not a poison which destroys physical life, but n far moro subtlo one, which nets upon the brain, and through slow, but certain process es destroys a certain part of tho tls suo of it, nud leaver tho victim a hope less lunatic, Endorby," CHAPTER IX. "So you have como for your reward, Lyndon?" "Yes, Sir Honry," Dundos Lyndon seated himself opposite tbo great I Queen's counsel, whose faco looked old, grey and worn. "I think I bare ay H. B. Welsh won it fairly. Tho man who should take his place In tho dock a fow weeks honco ns tho thlof of Iidy Brownlow's jewels Is it hopeless Imbecile. Thero's no doubt whatever on the subject." "No?" Sir Henry raised his head, and his haggard eyes looked Into tho cold ones of Dundns Lyndon. "And your reward, Lyndon?" "Is, as I dare say you have guessed, Sir Henry, the right of winning Miss Lennox as my wife," replied Lyndon deliberately. Sir Henry hnlf sprung from his chair, then snnk Into It again, and looked at tho man beforo him without speaking. "You seem surprised," snld Lyndon coldly. "I thought you had guessed long ago, Sir Henry, the caiiBO of my enthusiasm In tho affair. I nm an ambitious man, as you know, nnd I have risked a great deal "in this mat ter. Wero but a word of this to get ubroad I should be a ruined mnn. In a worse plight than the poor wretch whom we know; but I thought tho gnmo worth the candle. With Cecil Lennox a my wife and Sir Henry, tho great Q. C as my fnther-In-Iaw, my future success Is secured. Now, I have spoken frankly, and I. expect u frank nnswer." Sir Henry looked at him for a mo ment, then with a shudder ho bowed his head on his hands. Nover till this moment, had tho wretched man, who had years ago entered on a courso of deception and cruel wrong, realiz ed to tho full that "tho way of trans gressors Is hard." His sin, at first a cobweb, had becomo a cable. He was In tho power of nn unscrupu lous villain, und ho could never hopo to extrlcnto himself from It. Ho looked up ut last. "I cannot use compulsion In such a case," ho said, In a hard, dry voice. "Cecil may not be ngreeable to to this proposal of yours." Lyndon smiled grimly. "Jk think Blio will bo when I tell her the consequence of her refusal, Sir Henry. Ono word from mo, nnd tho whole world will know tho real char acter of the man It has been accus tomed to regard as faultless." "And tho character of tho mnn It has trusted as an honorable physi cian!" said n voice behind both men suddenly. They wero sitting In Sir Henry'sll brary with closed doors. Neither ' of them had heard tho door which con nected the library with Sir Henry'B private office softly open; but as both sprang round, us If simultaneously, a figure moved forward from tho door, which had not closed again, and stood fnclng them. It was that of Paul En derby. Lyndon's face assumed an unpleas ant hue nnd an ugly curve In his up per lip showed the gleaming teeth behind. Sir Henry, however, with an effort recovered his usunl dignity, and rose to his feet, bowing gravoly. "This Is an unexpected visit, Mr. Endorby. 1 shnll not call It an Intru sion. It Is, however, rather unusual for my visitors to enter unannounced." Enderby wns very pale, nnd his wholo faco would have given any on looker tho Impression of ono who has braced himself to n terrlblo task. Ho leaned his hand on the tnble, and his eyes did not falter from their fixed gaze on Sir Henry's face. "Sir Henry, my mode of entry is of llttlo consequonce In comparison with tho tidings I bring. I havo como strolgth to you from a death bed. Da vid Gerard, otherwlso David Lloyd, died at C o'clock this evening." A Btrnngo sound half gasp, half cry left Sir Henry's lips. Ho tottered a llttlo, as If ho would have fallen; but tho next moment, making another grent effort, ho recovered, and drew himself erect. "What do yon menn, Mr. Endorby?" Who Is this mnn, David Lloyd, whom you so glibly Identify with David Ge rard?" "Sir Henry, subtorfugo hero 1b abso lutely valueless," said Endorby gravo ly, and not without a certain huskl ness In his volco. No man can look on a broken Idol unmoved. "Whnt I have to say had better be said hrlofly. I nm glad to have found this man" ho glnnced, with a chango of expression towards Lyndon "with you. "Accidents brought the Gcrnrds 1 knew them as the Lloyds ncross my path. From MIsa Gerard I flrs henrd the name of Doctor Lyndon. I visited them. Whon I heard your Btory of David Gerard's crlmo my suspicions wero aroused. TheBe are now con firmed. "David Gerard died today; but bo fore dying bo left a full confession, signed by himself, of tho Brownlow penrl nffalr. He left with mo tho ono proof an absolute ono of his Inno cence, nnd another's guilt. I have promised the dead, and I mean to fulfill that promise, to see bis name, and that of the daughter he haa left, cleared. "Sir Henry, you will have to per form this net of tardy Justice I would save you If I could, but it Is ImpoaFlblo. Tho foarful wrong don this Innocent man and moro, tho hor rlblo crlmo which brought him to his death must bo atnnod for. I domantl of you, In tho namo of Jnatlco and res titution, to mnko a public confession of David Gerard's Innocence, and the gnllt of your wlfo." A low cry broko from tho man's lips. He fell hack in his chair, and bont his head on tho tablo, presenting n heart rending picture of a broken nnd crush ed man, whose long-cherished sin has at last found him out. Enderby, look ing down on him, felt n pity that al most choked him rise in his heart "It is n fearful reparation, hut God nnd Justice demnnd It of you!" ho said slowly. "Sir Henry, henvon Is my wit ness; I would have saved tho dead from this terrlblo exposure If I could. There may be a way by which Justlc can be done and hor name spared; but Justice must bo done." lie paused. Sir Henry did not move. Then, slowly, nnd, with evident re pugnanie, Enderby turned to tho other man. "Ah for you, Dundns Lyndon, I have nothing to say to you. What has to be said shall be said by other than I." He stepped to the outer door and opened It. A man In plain civilian clothes entered. Enderby turned to Doctor Lyndon. "Suspecting that you might bo here, I took tho precaution to bring a dotcc- tlve with me, Doctor Lyndon. Inspect or, do your work." Lyndon started and gbintPd wildly around the room. A look hnd flashed info his face a look which arresters of criminals know well, and which warns them to look out for their own safety. Duudas Lyndon wns desperate, and the detcotlvo saw him slip his hand Into his breast pocket. But Inspector Green was a smart man. "None of that, sir!" he cxdalmcd, striking Lyndon's hand down "else I shall have to use these!" And he held up a clanking pair of hnndcuffs. "You arc charged with practicing on the reason and life of Mr. David Gerard by means of a poison introduced into his medicines. Now, sir, any nothing; it's snfer, I warn you. You had much bet tor reserve all you've got to say for the defense." A year had passed. It is once moro May, "the sweet o' the year" as swcot nnd warm a May as that in which Jas mine Lloyd hnd first crossed the vision and tho life of Paul Endorby. Llttlo or much may happen In a year. Much hnd happened to Paul Endorby. Sir Henry Lennox cleared the namo of the dead man, Gerard, but with En derby's consent ho had saved that ot his dead wife, taking, however, full blame on himself. His fall was as great as his reputation had been high. In a few months, u broken and, En derby believed, a truly repentant man, ho left London, nnd went abroad to live -there on tho slender income his Investments gave him. (To be continued.) ODD SPITZBERCEN. I.rtnil of Northern I.lf;htit In (Joeer I'liiee. Nowadays when people travel so far and fast a trip to Spltzbergen may not sound remarkable, yet many persons have but hazy Ideas concerning the land of northern mysteries. Tho only building nt Spltzbergen Is a tourists' hut about S00 miles from civilization. In tho tourists hut arrangements aro unique for the reception of travclors. It Is supposed to accommodate thirty people, but tbo sleeping places are not ns largo as ships' cabins and each has two berths with barely room to stand. A misguided woman visiting Spltzber gen last year took ulong an India rub ber bathtub, but sho was never able to use It thore was not room to set it on tho floor! But tho llttlo rooms are lofty and therefore airy. Tho walls do not reach the celling, so thoro Is no privacy, for every word spoken can be heard In the next rooms. UpstalrB Is a sort of loft with seven berths and more room, but holes In tho walls ad mit the ley ulr. One compensation Is that tho whole house, or hut, is kopt moat clear. Meals in tho land of tho midnight aun aro always orratlc. One loses count of the hours nnd becomes vaguo about the days of tho wook. It seems natural to breakfast when you will, dluo at 3 or 4 o'clock In tho after noon, have supper at 10 and go out and view tho scenery from midnight till 2. It is then tho wonderful light? and shadows play around tbo mountains and mado them a verltnblo fairyland. Many rock plants flourish on the marshland surrounding the hut. These may be found In different colors red, pink nnd white. A dninll Iceland pop py grows In profusion, but tho pretti est of all Is a creeping plant with small, bell-shaped blossoms not unlike tho Illy of tho valley, which glve3 oat a delicious fragrance. -Chicago Nowe. Am lent nntr for lrucrli. For about 3,000 years China has had a text-book on iho art of war, and the Mongogllan general of 1000 B. C. was instructed In a stylo which might al most fit this day of magazine rifles and smokeless powder, as will be Been from this extract: "If you are ten times more numerous than the enomy, envelop him; If you are five tlmoa more numerous, dlapoBo your urmy so as to attack him on four sides; If you are only a little stronger, content yourself with cutting your army In two (on tho principle of reserves), and if you are weaker than the enemy, try to socure cover." ' Ono good nctlon is worth moro than a hundred good Intentions. A r tf V ' K Ivt n