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Red Cloud Chief.
rUDLISHCD WEEKLY.
SED CLOUD.
NEBUASKA
Lord Kitchener gels tho glor) and
tlio cash In the same package.
Tim Panama hat puts the old nruV
nt woman's expensive hondgeat out o'
use. .
: ,r i. -
Cecil HI)odrH hIII piolmbly never
forgive hlmsuir for not liolddi oh a
few whelm longer. v .
The Hhnh of IVthFu "has ii'iisaed mi
tip from Italy to (icrmnny. Italy Is
now linsy fumigating.
The dull season has settled down
upon Venezuela Only tlnce rcvolu
I Ions aio going on I bote ticivy.
Tttissoll Ham- declines that capital
and labor an closer now than own
before. Capital Ih. at any into.
Antiseptic paper colllns ate to bo
made by a new com em out in Iowa
Once try ono ninl ou will uso no
other.
That ImpeiidiiiK visitation of seven
(ciui-ycni locusts would not bo so bail
If they would cut out the orchestial
effects.
Norway is disposed to Insist on a
general adoption of the Idea that it Is
not n meie hyphenated appendage to
Sweden.
.Montana snlooitkccpois aie serving
what they call the "Mary .Mac lane
highball." It Is described as some
thing tleico.
When tho Meiers Ret back to faun
lug they will do well If they make fm
lows with the name lai 1 1 1 1 that the)
made hlstor).
Tho fashionable man now wears a
I'auama hat that tost him $1., but
lie can't alTonl to have meal moic
than once a day.
Alls Lease did not ask the couit
to icstoie hei maiden name .Mi
Lease might score a point lij having
bis own name (banned
Voiiiik KIiik Alfonso wants to sub
stiluto Iiuimi lining foi bull llcbts as
the national spoil ot Spain. We llilnl.
ping pong Is about their size.
A Chicago man was Hist to look
Into Alout I'elee's i inter. It must
have reminded him of the histotlc
spot wheio tho tunnel caved In
Uev. "Blgo" Rltmhei of Kentuckx
has been m tented on a charge of
(otinten rolling. A man with such a
namo Is sine to fall sooner or Inter
The fact that the coiintty Is oiylng
loudly lor small change would seem tu
indicate Unit the man with the lingo
toll Is licit having I'wn.vthing his own
w ay.
(ieoigo ,. Could advouitos athletics
as a pioventlvo ot dissipation, lint
eet one Knows Hint the oxen else of
lifting the high ball has mined mau
a man
A Chicago man went ein because
he inheiiteu $nuil s . iclotlt that
he would novel have been a Mm win
even If lie coiihl nave had Ploip's
i banc e.
The man who nets mad and stop
his paper Is in about the same post
tlon as the mini who stops his clock
Time and the papet lioth j, jllM
(ho same.
l'lctllles ot It.ioul S.titotit, the ouh
survivor or St Plotie bad the public
to feel happv In the thought that the
poor man Is not qu.tllllotl to t,,,,. thc
lecture platfoun
1'p to the horn ot uiK t ,,.S1)
Hetty (ircen had not loiw aided a re
ply to the lliltisli nobleman who ad
"iiim'h nun no wants to
rich Aniericnn woman
ui.ii i a
Since l'tesldeiil Itnosovclt hns had
bis J 1.000 IniiitliiK dog sent to the
White House, the lamll.v cat iloulnle.ss
has had a chance to learn someiliini;
about the si tenuous lite
Japan Is midtnivoilug i() negotiate a
loan ot $t milium) In Ameilia. It l
suspected that the ciowiicmI heads o'
the otlent aie piopuilug to make ,j
investment in Panama hats
King IMwattl has lonfetieii tho Oi
dor of the (latter upon two ninicWU h.
distinguished subjects. The ,, kill
mlght vary the decoi.itlons a lijt.li. v
the bestowal ot an me usloiinr pnii cil
hitspendets
It Is well to leniembet, however
that the New Votk law or whe
dropped dead while phtv Iiir" pint; pong
might have gone Hie .anto wa.v even
If It had been nothing mote' ileicc
than etoriuet
. t . ; i
Andiew Cm negio hps given aw a.
arly JTn.nolf.oiTfi iir".';.-,, j
near
biarfes and similar cutcipilscH, ami
still is not In sight ot a pooi mnn
death No wonilei ho Is thinking ot
tijIiiK Investment In a lew uiwspu
pet s.
Tho Mat. viand man who seived lo
cust pie at a (Hanoi paity illumined
thnt his guests hadn't hi ought their
grasshopper appetite with them, hut
ho had the tointott of knowing that
there wab'enoiiish desseit left tot net
tlrno.
THE MILITIA RULES
Pawtttckf, R. I., in the Hands of
State Troops.
SERIOUS TROUBLE FOLLOWS THE STRIKE
Sin cl Cur l.'niiln i it nil Vlnln IIimiiimc
tdiitiiiiR, ninl Dnmtlc Virion n (
iiry In Aliilnliilii Onlcr Ollmr, 4
N-w- uf lull-nil.
.A Pnwliuket. It. I , .lime 12, dispatch
sa)s. Cor the Mist time in (lie hlstoiy
of the elt). ba.vouets In the hands Of
sojdlois oi doted out by the governor
of the state toi suppress ilotous dis
till bailees glistened in the sticetH of
I'awtuikel toiln.v The astonishing In
i lease III the unlabel of lawless acts
dlirct'd against the t'nlliil Tiaitlon
company, whose union men have been
on strike since .tune 2, and the In
ablllt) of the limited police fone ami
eleptit) sheiirfs to supple ss i luting In
dia eel (iovetnoi Kimball to tall out
the mllltla. '
Niiineious seems of disorder oc
elli roil (IiiiIiik the (ln and iniiie.thiui a
slorn of people vveie Injiiied, one fa
tally. In the ptesemo of about one thou
sand persons ami the mllltla this even
liii; Adjutant Ceneial Site Ice It toad the
i lot act The city was taken posses
sion id b the mllltla A provisional
icRlment was fonm d eomtioscd of coin-panle-s
fioni the I'iist ami Keiond icrI
ineiilH with the I'itst battalion of n
altv The icRlment iesponded to an
emeinency call piomulRatod by (!ov
eiuor Kimball and. IltlRadler (loueral
I let licit S Taniiei assumed lommuml
In the afteinoon oidits weie issued
callliiK out the tlilnl division of the
naval icserves and the machine gun
battel y.
BURCHERr ART. FRIENDLY
M'lt N u CIi.Ict llf IIiIiikh Willi lllll I-
I tit linn
Uepoiis fioni till the dlstrli ts say
that the IuiikIicis me ImioasltiRly
lileudly. states a I'letnila dlspatili.
The onl.v bltteniiM.s obsei able amoni;
the leading Items bete Is against
I tame and Ceinian.s. Tliev ckilaie
the war was piot tailed iiniiec issatlly
owing lo hopes held out bj the riench
and (torman pi ess
Some ol the Moors aie so intense 1
that thc.v have epiessnl the hope that
some dav tho will light on the side
ol the Mtitish against ono ol those
pov.'ois
The anticipated f- i tlcin between the
suiietideied lloets and their Humor
lomiades of the national si nut i has
not mateilallod to anv extent.
The Hoots admit they loeedved aiu
muultioii thiough Portuguese tertltoiy.
(loneial Do Wet sas the outigsters
weie bis best ilghtcis and liocniently
held positions alter the older buigliois
had c lcaml out
The Moots ol tho Orange Itlvoi col
ony aio handing In onl.v a small pcr
c outage ol theli aintnunltlon. They
explain Hint they used most of It
bunting game since the pcaio agi fo
ment was signed
Addiisslng the stinoiideted Moots
at Kioonstadt. Oinnge Hlver colony.
Ceneial ICIIIott said the onlv wish of
Mug IMwaid. his government and the
Mtitish people was to help the buigli
ois ami get them back to their latins
so soon as possible The king the gen
cinl added had telegiaphed tongiatula
tlons to the buigliois em the good
stand l In v had made This announce
ment was gieeted with lustv cheeia Toi
the king and (or Lend Kid honor
TO VISIT PHILIPPINES
Hep. Mi Cull ITki-s Aiii)liitini nl of Cimi
mllti'i' to I link Into lliinil AfTnlm.
ltoptesentalhe McCall piesented.
Tbuisday. a memoilal to the house
asking lor the nppolntnn nt of a com
mittee to Investigate conditions In the
Philippines This memorial Is piesent
ed in liohnlfof Chatles Prune Is Adams,
Nniltfw Cainoglo, Carl Si hut. Ilorbeit
Welsh and IMwIn Muiritt Smith, who
ti pie suit "a committee of poisons. It-ii-iieetive
of patty. Intoiested In the
pollev of tho Pnltod States tovvaul the
Plilllpplms" The wilteis admit the
linpoitatice of the Investigation tai
ilid on bv the senate committee, but
contend that It is not lai-reai lilrg
enough ami that "the inquisition nni.st
be made on the spot and among t.
people uiineitml
KILLED BY A TRAIN
llinlKi' ( iiiint) I'lirini r Mi i Is it I lorrll.lt
Hi iilli.
Cliaibs PcHgler. a fat hum living tour
tulles southeast or Dodge. Noli met a
liotilble death a mile and a hair west
ol Sn.vilet Ills liodv was toiind on the
P.lkheiiu inllio.ul Hacks this luoiiiiug
b a ricvv on boatd a westbound tiuln
It was mangled Jn tcanul tasblon.
evei limb In lug seveird and bioken,
the' htttll crttMioll n pU,,. n,o tiiink
cut Hi pi(nes and Jntornal otgans toin
ltmi their fastenings Poogler had
been to town doing noine Hading and
while heio ili.ink a good dial Ho was
Intoxliateil when he. stalled to walk
to his home and it is supposed
that he la down to sleep on the tiaik
wheio an tastbouiul train struck him
IVi'ij.twmiiiu would Ue lopL-. but
mo woman would glow old
i ,-fi . H'lllltml lo l.,ij,i HI,,,,
A Scianfon.' Pa . Ilime 1.'. dlsia'tch
sas- With a tope liibtPiicd about his
neck and a howling mob diagglng him
to n ttee. wheio n well ptannei! lnoh
lug boo was to be held. .Mlihael (h.
laghei was icsciteil by the police this
morning Just In time to save his life,
(lallagher Is a non-union man em
ploed in a eollloij on tho IJrlo com
l'an While icturnlng home he was
attacked b a mob. A rope was tied
aiouml his neck nnd the other end
bvvung ovet the limb of a ttoe befoio
tho iiolleo succeeded in cllbpeislni; the
mob and iibiulng him.
TO SHUN THE CITIES
IliU In Wluil lluiihrr T. U nliliiBtnB
I'riC I In- Nik-iim In llo,
I 'or the lint time In thc hlstoty of
Nebraska, for the Hist time In the hls
toty of the west, a colored orator haa
held the center or the stage at a stato
university commencement And never
before hns the Lincoln amlltoiltim been
literally packed and Jammed with eager
llsteneis, never befoio has a om
iiieiieomcn! otntor held the bieathless
attention of the nudlenee for eveiy
moment or the time allotted to him.
This Is what Hooker T Washington
accomplished Thinsday motnlng at tho
aiidltoiltim. "The Ilacu Problem" was
his theme, nnd he had for his hearers
every man, woman, child and tttidunt
mat could possibly get Inside ' the
building 11 wine oppressively hot. No
one notlieel It, apparently. All were
listening Intently to the visitor, who
eloqitentlj depicted the condition of
the coloifd inee and outlined a scheme
or Its salvation nnd elevntlon through
the education of the hands. '
The following aio exttints from Mr.
Washington's address:
"The time has passed when anything
can be gained for the black man or for
any icetlou of our cotintiy by mere
abuse or one into on the pint of the
other or by more passing of words, of
londemiiatlon between one hoc tlon of
tho count i y and another."
I believe Hint for ytais to come out
line will find its grentest usefulness
ami most scenic foundation In ovvnei
sblp and e iiltlvatlon of the soil Down
nt Tuskegoo wo are teaching them so
thnt they will return to the farm lather
than vledd to the temptation to go to
the cities and live by their wits. Those
who would help save my people should
use their Influence to keep them out of
large cities, especially In the north "
"Out of our vailous schools are sent
gi initiates who aie bringing about it
new eta of icconstritctlon. not the old
eia that cmphaslcil lxilltlis and hatted
or southern white, but that which em
phasizes buying or land, building or
hoiiies. ct eating of schools and
stieiigthonlng or the bond of friendship
between the two taces."
"I cannot emloise the stnt-Miient thnt
tho tolatlons between the two races In
the south ate becoming tnoio strained
ve'nr by year During the Inst few
veins we have been gt owing Into now
lelntlons Tho negio comes Into con
tiut with his former master ns a buyer
ot pi openly, as a tenant, ns a bank de
positor as a labotor. not as a slave, a
teacher or a minister. While we uie
adjusting ouiselves to these newer con
ditions wo should bo neither sin prised
nor diseoiiiagod If now and then thoie
Is Irlctlon nnd dillkiilty that to the
supoi fldal obseiver might indicate a
widening ol the breach "
"Whenever I have gone in the south
I have round that tho negio who has
eduiallon. who has seemed propotty
and has high chai actor Is. with few
exceptions, icspected and honored bj
the nienibeis of both iaees"i
"What the negio wants to do Is to
make himself of value in the com
munity so that It will be fedt that It
cannot dispense with his services and
picsence."
STAB3ED AND BEATEN
Trump AhhiiiiIIh a line, Hub lllin, line!
l.c'itve llliu for Ileiiil.
A dastaidly ft line was committed
lust south or Ciiand Island. Neb..
Tbuisday Walteimer Hnrbold. aged
llltoen, was tiavollng rrom Saintoga,
Wvo. accompanied by Charles Evans,
aged about twenty-live Hat bold had
$H..(iO. which nut was known by
i:vnns. The hit tor. ho says, enticed
him oft' the main load to the It. &. M.
bolt lino, ami when at a lonesome phie
oast ot the Kochlor lakes tloniandeel
ol Hai bold that he deliver the money
The lad letttscd Evans lopoated the
demand with the tin oat that he would
kill him Appatontlv tint lad again
ionised, vvheieupon Evans assaulted
him. He toed; a small knife tiom him
and stabbed him between twenty and
thlit.v times and beat him into Insensi
bility with ii dub. When tho boy
locovoiod consciousness he crawled to
the Koehler ice house, wheio he was
dun owned by some emu. who immedi
ately notlllei! tho police.
Hin bold was taken to the hospital,
and his parents, who aio well-to-do
people of Campbell, went nt once to
his bedside. While the Ind Is In pietty
bad shape, it Is expected he will le
eovor. WHEAT CROP ESTIMATE
Nnrllitii'stiTii Miller Put i lirimkn In
I'riinl Itunk.
The following estimate Is made of
tho winter wheat crop of the piesont
ear by tho Noithvv ostein .Miller ot
.Minneapolis.
Estimated
liiOl Ctop. UlOJCtop
Kansas !i,-..000,ooo 50,000,000
Oklahoma 20.ooo.ooo IK.OOO.OOO
Missouri li.l.fiOO.OOO :t:i,ooo,ooo
Illinois '.'li.noo.ooo L's.ooo.ooo
Iowa 18.000.000 JIO.OOO.OOO
Nelu aska 17.000,000 50.000,000
Michigan ILTiOOOOO 12 000,000
Indiana iiiitioo.000 20,000.000
Ohio 2S.OIIO.000 25.000.000
Kentucky ll.UOii.OOO 8.000,000
Tennessee KI.OOO.OOO 7.000,000
Texas 1.700,000 0,500,000
Coloiado ... 5.250.000 5.000.000
Tho Nebiaska figures Include n little
spilng wheat, while all of the lest of
the liguioB are tor winter wheat onl.
Tho people of this stato will bo glad
to sie that this estlmato places Ne
biaska at the very ticmt lank In wheat
ptodtiitlon for the present jear. Since
the estimate- was made the condition of
wheat In this stnte bus greatly im
proved THE NEWS BOILED DOWN
' . ' ."i t ;,, ..
HcshIo Monehlll, the netrcbs, in dying
In London
The Oiegon convicts, who recently
escnped, aro still at large.
An anxiously expected monsoon vis
ited India Wednesday, assuring good
ciops In that country.
A tight occurred at Kin'zersburg, Capo
Colony throe days after penco was do
elaied. Pour men woio killed.
A Cologne dispatch nays Uaroti
Oeotge von nielchroder, a fnmotts
sportsman and llnander, was killed in
A WARRIOR BOLD.
nv st. ai:onGt: uatuuoiine,
Avthorof "l.Uttt Ul$$ itmici, Tht Spldtr't
Wib," "Dr. Jatl't Wtttou ' "Mm taprict," tte.
Otpytlghl. HOI, Street anJ biolth. Ne Votk.
'CIIAI'TI.K .
The (Inmc of P.ix and (Seese.
Events were eiowdlng upon oath
other's heels.
Chnrlle, whlk'Hbrewd. bail seen
something thnt gave him eittlte a start.
Thls'wns nothing morn nor less than
a loyelyiwcunijn with golden hair and
blue eyes In ii eari lager, tailing an air
fng. Whtle'Tit her side. Miff and stern
looking, tho bnron snt.
Charlie bowed politely. The coun
tess gave him a look of cinloslty and
no or her lavishing smiles.
So she passed out or his life hioky
man. , v
The sight of Chnillo recalled to the
baron's mind the piomlse he had made
with regard to Cupt. Mtand
Accordingly he took advantage or
hjs first hour off to set the wires In
motion, and learn certain tacts regaiel
Ing tho worthy captain.
Charlie, relying on the bin on to cor
ral the captain, had made arrange
ments for sailing upon the next turns
Atlantic steamer.
He had engaged passage for Arllne,
her companion, Artomus and himself.
The captain, having paid a man to
hoop upon Stuait's Hack, round out
what was In the wind.
He lent nod that tho eilsls had ar
rived. Whatever lie pioposod eledng
must he put through with all possible
speed, since, ore mun houis clnpsed,
those against whom his schemes weie
directed would be upon the sea, and,
mayhap, bejond his leach.
Artemus hnd heard enough to know
tho three schemeis were planning to
do his friend an evil tin n. but, strain
his ears as he would, he had not been
able to catch the paitleulnis of the
game, owing to certain sounds In the
hotel that muffled even tho bold voices
ot Captain Mrand's ohnnipagno bibbing
friends.
All he could do was to wain Sttunt
on genrrnl prii.e'plos, and it enn be set
down as nn assured fact that he car
ried out this dramatic little episode
quit" to the qvoon's taste
It would not have been Artemus oth
erwise. Charlie promised to kee his weath
er eje oM'ti lor seiunlK
He hoped his e.uly depaittire from
Antwerp would serve to entltely ills
conceit the beggnrly plans or his ene
mies, and leave tho fellow In the
lurch.
About this time there was consider
able hustling being clone nmong the
various forces circling around Aillne
Brand, Just as the planets vvhlil about
their centinl sun.
The baton tried to drive from his
mind the startling phantoms that had
been onjured Into being by thc mys
terious power of Isolde, Countess of
Hrnbant. and, as this could only be
clone by means of work, ho gave him
self up to the mission of the hour
with ledoublod zeal.
It was really a question what the
sctamble would losult In whether
Charlie or thc ledoubtable captain
would come out of it In ci editable
shape, nnd how Ai tenuis might fnie in
the sliutno.
Lady Aillne had an Interview with
her alleged papa, during which she an
nounced her detoimlnatlcm of crossing
the Atlantic on business, nnd that she
had piovided liberally for him dining
her absence, as he would find upon ap
plying In person to her banker In Lein
don.
The Interview was possibly not de
void of dinmntle; featuios. Artomus
was on guard near by, and heaid the
old sea dog blustering moie oi less In
his usual way.
Hut ho had evidently lost much of
the power he foimerly possessed over
Lady Arllne. He came .'oith trom tho
rooms looking like nn enraged hyena,
because diplomacy had uncoil him to
bottle up his wrath.
To Artemus Chaillo delegated the
task ot seeing Lady Arllne and her
maid aboard the ocean gieyhotind.
where he would join them l'ter.
It was night again.
Time and tide wait toi no mini, and
ocean steanuns have to put out very
f i cement ly at unreasonable hours, In
ordor to enoss the bar on the flood.
The bnion nnd Captain Hi and played
a game or cross-purpose;, as it vvote,
tor, whllo the ox-sallor shadowed Char
lie, with Intentions that weie bothdaik
and despeuate. he was, at tho same
time, under the sutvelllnnco or Peter
hofT's emissniv-tho baton hlmseir be
ing too busily employed catering to
the comfort or IiIb lair prisoner In
reality his captor 'to personally Inject
his individuality into tho game.
Captain Brand knew ho was fol
lowed, and perhaps could glvo a rough
EUC88 ns to the why and wherefore.
Hut It was not his nature to be tie
snondent. He believed In utliz.lng whatever
mme In IiIb way as ono of tho fc .?
tlint might bitng success.
' When a man can thus .twist throat
enlng disasters into fawning factors
he is indeed hard to beat In the game
of life.
Charlie wns feeling unusually bold
nwl light-headed, on tjils nlgfit, which
he supposed would "bo his Inst on Eu
ropean soil.
Presently ho expected to be on boiud
a stnneh German liner, viewing tho
low shores of the old world with com
placency for nt his sldo would bo
Lady Aillno; nnd left behind as a
memory or the dead past, such persons
ns the proresBor and hla wire, Haron
Peterhoff, Isolde, Countess Hiabant,
nnd Captnln Brand or the Hespasln.
He intended giving Capt. Urand the I
full worth of his money, anil then, by
n fluke, dropping him In some section
of old Antwerp, while ho himself took
a fly and drove to the lnndlng stage In
tlmu to catch thc steamer.
Peihaps this might hnve ben car
lied out had clictims'unces not united
to nitange events In tho captain's
fawjr.
Charlie had his fun.
Ho dreggod his p'Tslstent pursuer
owr a good part ot Antwerp now
the woio on root and anon chasing in
vehicles at n pace to sot the staid old
burghers agog with btirprlse and con
stcn nation.
Otttslde a eleslio to have a little
spoil with his friend, the captnln, his
solo pmpose In leading. Urand this
wild goose chase was to keep his at
tention upon himself, while Lady Ar
llne nndi Aa4emus.left t,he hotel; for
somshow Charlie hnd a vague fear lest
the resotiieeful x-sallor might use
force to pi event his supposed daugh
ter from departing, ndvancing some
dailng plea that her mind was nffeeted
and having liiied cxp'-rts, who would
pen haps decree that she should be In
caiceiutod In an nsvlnn.
These things might appear ridicu
lous, but such happenings hnve come
to pass ere now", ami he chanced to
have personal knowledge of at least
one similar case.
Whether or not Chaillo were foolish
In thus conjtning mi phantoms that
could not exist, was a question that
should not bo decided hastily
He believed Brand to be n despetatc
man, against whom he could ns yet
haiclly appeal to the law, since Arllne
would not give her consent
U was convinced that Bland did
not deslro the boh ess to git beyond
his loach, and would hnrdly hesitate
at any end In otder to hold her until
his sinister plans could be woiked out.
Hence It was, after all, In n spirit ot
seir-Bnenlflco that Chaillo undertook
to hnve a little tun with Cupt. Hi and,
and led hint this flue chase up and
down the ciooked stioets of Antwerp
All would have been vvedl but for
two etonies ol Hi and. Thoj chanced
to bo standing at a datk coiner where
the other had agteod to moot them,
and, heat lug his signals, spuing upon
Chaillo cue bo eoinptohondod bis dan
ger. As a ii'sttlt ho was stittck senseless
by a blow tioin some blunt weapon.
When Capt. Brand arrived on the
scene his Hist act was to spilnklo a
powdorv white pigment in tho voting
man's hair, to give him tho nppoar
ance of age. and to smear his lace with
a little stioot dirt in older to disguise
his features
Then, tor tho benefit of the man
whom ho know hovered neat b, a lit
tle one-act iliama was can led tint, the
two men chasing Miami hither and
yon then, as the baton's sp.v catne In
sight, two men running away, while
a foint lav on the stioot.
It woiked like a charm. Tho emis
sary ot Baton Peteiholl hastened up us
people began lo open tho windows ot
houses to le.nn what the distill banco
might mean. There bo round one who
appeal eel to bo the old tellov. ho had
been .set to watch
The man called a vchli lo placed tho
limp llgtiio in its Intel lor entered bliu
seir, and then stalled to toport the
astonishing losult ot his espionage to
Bnion Petoihon himself
While Capt Miami, lejolnlng his
coufieuos down the shady stioot set
off In hot haste to get aboatd the
steamer, which. In another hour or so
would bo moving down the Hivoi
Sheddt bound foi tho tar-off distant
shoios of Amen ic-a
Artemus stood on the hurt leanc-deck
or tho gioat Mod I) ocean liner and
looked back In the moiulng sunlight
to tho distant and rast leeedlng coast
or Belgium.
Homcwaiil bound'
Thoie Is always a pleasure in this
thought and Ai tennis oxpeilencod it
with enthusiasm
So lat as lie know. Charlie's plans
hail ptogtossed all light, the ogie was
lolt behind, lamenting In the laud of
the Belgians, and clear sailing seemed
alienil.
Then his thoughts inn bin k to the
events of tho piovlotts night. He
chuckled to lemomber the ndioitness
with which he had seen Lady Aillne,
her companion and their luggage on
board the1 waiting steamer, while' Char
llo was loading the ogre a wild goose
chase at mind Antvvoip, paitly to
amuse himself and nt tho same time
Keep Brnnd occupied up to near the
sailing time
By the way, wheio was Chaillo'' It
was stiango thnt bo lulled to show
up In time to see the last ot Belgium's
shores.
Lady Aillne and her companion
woio walking tho dock with Jen soy and
golf cape to keep oft the stinging chill
'I'll go and atouso tho sluggaid,"
Bald Artemus to himself 'His little
Juunt about town must havo vvoin him
out not tho (list case of Its kind, I
rather guess,' with a sinlstei leai at
his wit.
So ho wont below.
Tho door of Chaillo's Mntcncmm wns
Just opposite his own a single step
across the little passage.
As ho approached ho heaid the
sounds of loud miming from within
On thu spur of tho moment ho do
elded to arouse his tilend with n and
den shout, ot by the advent of a con
venient shoe tossed acioss tho little
loom. Artomus had novel wholly out
grown his e.qllego dajs. when ho
gained tho reputation eif being tho
chnmplon ptactlcal joker or his class
So ho quietly opened tho door, which
was conveniently unlocked.
Thiough the bull's-eye windows
enough of tho moinlng light ciept to
allow a fair survey of tho nilulnturo
apartment.
Ono of tho lirst things Ai tenuis sw
was a shoo that had boon tossed
aside.
As he seized upon it eagerly he
failed to note Its generous proportions
as contrasted with tho neat footgear
which Chaillo Stuart affected such
trifles do not .mpross themselves upon
the mind when weluhtlor things aro
demanding recognition.
Now for a center shot.
He turned his nttentlon to the lower
berth, which was occupied by a human
rorni.
Just then the rasal sounej 3ie to
a sudden stop with n savage frTA, and
the sleepet whliled over on his sldo.
Tho act bioiight his race directly
within tango or the morning light that
struggled thiough the small openings
hoybnd.
No wonder Artemus crouched thcn
as ir frozen.
Talk about the magle touch of tho
gent I When had such n wondetful
trnnBroi mutton ever taken place be
fore? For one to retire ns Prince Charllo
Stuart, gay, handsome and debonair,
to awaken in tho guise of gilm and
grizzled old Captain Biand wus alios
U'fy that almost paralyzed the seeker
alter sensations.
Ai tennis took one last fearsome look
at the smooth ami ted physloguom.v of
the sleeper, passed out, and then soft- "
ly closed tho door
Only when sure within his own loom
did ho glve vent to his ov or vi ought
feelings in a whistle.
"Oicat .lupltei' Thnt beats ovoty
thing I evet saw Instead of Chaillo
the ogre' What does It moan'.'
There Is tioachery afloat. I seem to
deteet It In tho very air around. But
tho question nilsos, where Is Charlie?
And shnll 1 have to take his place as
her wan lor bold, and will It bo neces
sary for me to give- up my llbort ?" -y
Poor fellow !
llo did not know whether to look
on It ns a huge Joke or a grim reality.
He thought of warning Aillno; she
ought to know her dear papa was on
board, and that he had lofttsod to
break the paternal bonds that had bo
come so veij tttong since his letiirn
f i om exile.
Aitennits buckled on his armoi.
ir he wns to bo pitted against the
old ogio. it would be a pietty light.
Capt Brand might have succeeded in
outwitting Chatlle. who was too tiank 4
Tor deep diplomacy, but he would find
It quite another thing when he inn up
ngalnst the now knight who had shied
his castoi Into tho ilng.
Ah' A gentle tap at tho door.
Ai tennis almost tell even himself In
his oag'-rnoss to open a satchel and
clutch a little affali ot stool and nickel
which ho can led thoie, and aimed
with which be called:
'Come'"
The door opened nnd a llguio whisk
oil In, Immediately e losing tho same
again.
Artomus guve a cr the half-iaKcd .
arm fll unless at his side. -f
Thoie was more witcheiy. lie had
expected tho old ogie, aimed with a
shoe, and bent upon tinning the tables
upon him
Instead he .aw why, Chaillo, or
course, though at first Ai tenuis leek
oned it his ghost' Chaillo, with a fin
ger piosiied msterlouslv 011 his lips,
n la Ai tennis' f.uoilto stle ot com
municntlng a secret, and his face
w loathed in what appealed to be a
broad grin.
At an 1 ate. Bainnby was delighted
to see him in tit- flesh, and as soon as
ho could got bis wits Into thinking or-
dor he dropped the weapon and hold
out an eagei hand
This Is n Heat, mj dear boy after
seeing that glim old Trojan in your
hunk What have jott clone? Bi ought
him aboard a ptisoncr, I teckoti? Ah'
1 didn't glvo xott enough credit, I fear.
You see. m.v Hist Impiession was he
had outwitted .von and tin nod the ta
bles on you "
Ai tennis was boiling over with call
osity legaidlng what bad taken place
ashore, especial!) when his trlond do- 4
claiod. with a wiy taio, that Capt.
Brand hail Indeed come near pioving
too much for him.
The stoi was soon tedd.
(To bo continued )
KING OF SWEDEN AND NORWAY.
Oscar One of the Best Rulers Who
Ever Sat Upon a Throne.
If all enithlj 1 tilers and potentates
weie of tho ohm actor and temper of
King Oscai or Sweden, tho lino about
the iiuias.v heads that weai ciowns
would lose a good put t or its slgnill
came Kinc; Oscar Is noted as being
not onlv one or the best nionarchs who
ever sat upon n throne, but ns ono ot
the hniulsoniest, most 111 bane and
cotntlj ot mon. Neaily, if not quite,
six root six inches tall, finely built nnd
stated), like King Saul, he towers
'head and shoulders" above most of
his subjects. Now nearly .seventy
)oais old. foi thlit) )enis bo has
been the beloved 1 tiler or tho stttidy
noithmen The king s n deeply 10
llgiotis man. but his consort, tho
queen, is oven mote dovotit. She Is lit
tensol) lellglous. sympathising with
every good . efiort, while his second
son. Prince Bornadotte, is noted
thioughoitt Linope for ,s v.au.
thiop) and iillgious .onl. He- is tho
pioBldent of the Young Men's Christ
ian Association or Stockholm, tlio
chnlrman of a mlsslouaiy society, and
ot mini) like Institutions. Ho has
himself oigiinlzod a mission to tho
Lapps, to whom he ptoaehes tho gos
pel, as ho liequontly does to others
when he has nn opportunlt) When
it Is lemcniboioil thnt King Oscar is
tho grandson of Bornadotte. a wen
Known marsnal of the fhst N,uJenn
and the groat grandson of thuffhv
pi ess Josephine, whoso daughter by
her first husbnnd mnrriod Bornadotte
tho religious character of this rovnl
family may hewn tho moro remark
able. King Oscar has groat llteiaiy
Rifts; he nas published moro than 0110
volume or verse, nnd ho Is novor Imp
pier than when surrounded bv nto
irrounded by literary
pcoplo.
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