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Olllll. ..!. t V Ir W rffl T Hi r Red Cloud Chief. PUBLISHED WEEKLY. ilUl) CLOUD. NEBRASKA Everything comes to those who wait fong enough even death. At all cvcntH the President sue ecoded In getting SniedeH on tho inn p. Admiral Schley cannot bo held re sponsible for all the acts ot all tils coiibIus. A Montana train robber has been killed by n train which seems, after all, a just retribution. Tho Venezuelan government booh a way out of Ha financial troubles, by forming n debt trust. Andrew CarncKle'H Illness wub Just serious enough to remind hlui that ho Is still disgracefully rich. Of course I ho Alabama Is expected to Bhow Biich wonderful apecd only when It Is going toward tho enemy. Popo Leo's health Is not bo precar ious after nil. He is making engage ments to bo filled three yours hence. Tho stool trust in still running along without Mr. Schwab, although it Is sending hint a small check every pay day. Two cllglblcs have refused the crown of Iloumanla, and tho present owner Is puzzled to know what to do with It. Mr. Ogdcn Armour Is Bald to have handsomely recouped himself for Dr. i.orenr.s reo hy cleaning up $350,000 on wheut. Thcro aro those who think that tho nly proper way to break Into society Is to first break somo selected com mandnicnts. Minister Wu'a successor has sailed for this country with n retlnuo of "Ixty pernous. Is ho trying to beat our exclusion laws? A Now York judge has decided that women may smoke It they, want to. Tho decision is all right, but why should they want to? Complaint Is made that the hani real newly mined lacks luster untt fin ish. Tho lessons of adversity aro wholly lost on some people. It was clearly wrong Id the Yale Kleo club to greet 'Mrs. Natloa with nuch a ballad -as "Tell Me. Pretty irjou, Aro There Any More Liko 1 PM . Every 1 1 monttx American good abroad to sell goofW It is re- fn..ni1 4. rt am ImmmbI. Vht a lf of nervous persons thore must '2loJl inn wuriti. Much ns Uncle Sam would like to havo Venezuela agreo to squaro up with her honest creditors, ho may ilraw tho lino at going on hor noto for that purpose. In tho case of a hypnotist who gives exhibitions, a Knnsus Judgo has de cided that a man has a right to bury his own wife alive, but no man ought to want to do It. Prlnco MIrko, who may lose tho Servian throne through writing letters to nn actress. Is the Tntest fool to learn thnt love and politics cannot b mixed successfully. A mnnlae in Poughkeepsle, N. Y was restored to his right mind by hearing a Iloston orchestra. It seema to work both ways. Some orchestral drive people Insane. Tho Sultan of Turkey Is taking a peculiar way Just now to convince tho world that ho meant what ho said about Christians being as much to him as Mohammedans. Russian evacuation of Manchuria fcems to be taking the form of con centrating this troops In those parts of the "evacuated" province whuro they nre likely to lip needed by ltus- Hill. Rockland, Mass.. has shipped a pair of shoes Ti Inches long to bo worn by u negro down In Aiknnsas. It ho re ports that they are not big enough ho will bo respectfully advised to try on ho box. A Judge in Buffalo fined a man $100 for not appearing to serve on a Jury, and It was then discovered that the man had been dead for two years, Evidently they have queer Jury moth, oda In Buffalo. Tho nowc that J. P. Morgan has cleared up 9 12.0tHt.00ii In the past year will bo welcome to the friends of the financier, who feated thnt he would liavo difficulty In keeping the wolf from tho door. Why waste time hunting bear, ducks and rabbits when tho railroads out West are offering $1,000 each for defunct train robbers? That would icm to be tho most exciting game. A Chicago Justice has ruled that the face belonging to n young woman who lives In that city l not her fortune. The ago of chivalry Is past, 'tis dead. Tho proper way for Prof. Clark of Chicago to prove his piopositlon that a man cun llvo well anil save nionuy on $300 a yenr Is to try It uirasolf. MRS. GRANT DEAD Spark of Lifo Wont Out Ju3t Be fore Midnight HEART FAILURE THE CAUSE Ifml NiifTcrcil for Vi-ura From Vnltular DlftttiM! Hr DiuiiclitiT Present When the, S ii in mo im Cm me, Hut Three Noun Wrm Airtr A Washington, Dec. 14, dlspntch nys: Mrs. Ulysses S. Ornnt, wife of President flrant, died nt her residence in this city nt 11:17 tonight. Death was duo to heart failure. Mrs. Mrs. Grant had Buffered for some yenrs from vnlvular disease of the heart, which wns aggravated by n scvcic at tack of bronchitis. tier age prevented her rallying from the nttneks. Her daughter, Nellie Ornnt Sartorls, was the only one of her children with her nt the time of hrr death, her three sons, who had been Bitmmoncd here, all being out of the city. There wub also present nt the bed Bide when the end came Miss Rose mary Sartorls. n granddaughter, Dr. Hlshop, one of tho attending physi cians, nntl two trained nurses. Denth camo peacefully, tho sufferer retain ing almost complete consciousness practically to the end. Word has come from Jcbbc and Ulysses S. Ornnt, two of the sons now In California, that they have started on their wny to Washington. The other son. Gen. Fred Orant. Is In Texas and he will hasten here ns soon as he receives a message telling him of his mother's denth. The remains of Mrs. Orant will be deposited In the tomb at Riverside Park, New York, where those of her husband now repose. Whether they will be taken thorn Immnllntnlv m whether the ceremony will be post poned for n tlmo could not be ascer tained nt the house tonight. Mrs. Grant, whose maiden name was Julia Dent, was born In St. Louis In 1820 nnd was the daughter of Frederick and Allen Wrcnshall Dent. She was married to General, then Pnntnln Grant. In 1818. During the civil war Mrs. Orant was with the general much of the time and remained as near as possible to him when he was cam paigning. 'She saw her husband twice Inaugurated as president and accom panied him on his Journey nround the world. As mistress of tho White house she gave liberally to all the charitable Institutions of the city. Miss Nellie, the dnughtcr who be came tho wife of Algernon Sartorls In 1874, has lived in Washington with her mother for several years. Frederick Dent Grant, the oldest ion, ia In tho army and two other sons. Jesse and Ulysses Sherman, live at San Iplego, Cal. i IN NATURE OF COMPROMISE 'Coniiiiliilon Settle MIourl-Nehruk HnumlHry IHnpute A Kansas CltV Dpremhpr 1! illo. patch says: The commission which has been nlttlni? nt tho Ml.ltnn.i Vmi io.,ncar arguments in tho Missouri-Nebraska boundary line case, adjourned today after making a decision which Is In tho nature of a compromise. Tho point at Issue wns the ownership of 15,000 acres of valuable land nt the point where tho two states meet. The dispute was caused by the changing of tho current of the Missouri rlvc-r. Formerly the river mado a great bend, and camo around ngaln, leaving only a Bhort neck of land. On July 7, 18CC, the river broke across this neck and since then the line has been In dis pute. The commission which wns appoint ed by the United States supreme court found that a lino drawn through the territory of tho old river bed, equally distant from each side represented the main channel of tho Missouri river prior to 18(50. and that nil land lying on tho Missouri Bide of tho lino be longed to the state of Missouri, and all land lying on the Nebraska side of said line belonged to that state. Tho river shortened its course fourteen miles by cutting through tho neck of land. SATISFIED WITH OUTLOOK Gernmn Communion I'lruKeil With Fx position l'rniprctn A New York, December 12, special snys: Th. Lewald, imperial German commissioner general to tho Louisiana puichnse exposition, who has been In St. Louis arranging for the German ex hibit "Mid who nfterwards paid n visit to Washington, Is here todny and will sail for Germany tomorrow. In nn In terview he expressed tho opinion that the exposition would be a very grand nffair. it Is his deBlrc that Germany shnil have nn exhibit worthy of her position nmong tho nations of tho world, and If his Ideas are carried out his country's building will be one of the r.ttrnctlons of tho exposition. Be sides the Industrial nnd art exhibit ho will suggest Jhat the social life of the country be portrayed nnd that the building be surrounded with German gaidens. Resides the allotment for the building, Mr. Lewal has secured space In Mio Industrial nrts building for a display of the decorative art of Ger mnny, and ho has arranged to meet In neriin Mr. Ives, director of nits for the exposition, now traveling In Eu lonc. to complete the details of tho exhibit. W liter Famine, nt Detrult Anrhor ice clogged tho Intake pipes of the Detroit waterworks system In Lake St. Clair during tho night and the city suffered from a water hhoitngo until nearly noon, my a n dispatch of December 12. It wan so jsrlous durint; tho carl; hours of the morning that n numbot of factorler wero conipolhd to Mispnl lor the. .lay for tho luck of water. It Is estimated that 3,000 or I.Odu men wero compelled to bo Idle und lose iih day's pay on account of the wnter tamlne, BIG HAUL OF CAME Iranian Hlmpklim .Scire Mr Shipment of Uimll A Fremont, Ncb Dec. 12, dispatch says: Two barrels of qunl consigned from Vcrdlgro ns nn express shipment to Ocorgo W. Linn & Co., Chicago, were seized here by Deputy State Gnme Warden George L. Cnrter this morning, while en route to their destination, nnd tho person who sent them will be placed under arrest for violating the stnte game InwB. The birds were shipped with the fenthcts on, and ench barrel was coveted with a layer of dressed chickens In order to hide Its contents. Warden Carter received a tip jovrral days ago that someone at Verdlgrc was quietly buying up qunll. and he laid his plan1? accordingly, Tho birds are said to bo so thick ulong two sternms nenr there thnt one can almost go out and kill them with u flub. Although their slaughter Ib forbidden until No vember 1, lOO.'t, hunters have been sub jecting themselves to liability for pro secution In Knox county by shooting thsm. The nnme of he consignor wns not learned, ap Local Agent M. A. Repass of the American Express company, who had the wny bill, went lo Omnha with It leaving the deputy warden Ig norant of the shipper's Identity. How ever, Mr. Cater established telephonic comnr.mlcntlon with Omnha and thus secured this Important Information. It has been known for three or four days that a shipment of quail would probably bo mr.du from Verdlgrc, and a Bccret service ngt nt In the state's em ploy hns been ouletly putting In his time there and at other points along the Fremont road. He was at Verdl grc this morning when tho two barrels of b h were placed aboard. Warden Carter had gone up ns far as Norfolk yesterday, ant! he met the detective there this morning. He boarded the train, camo to Fremont and went Into the express car nt this point and broke the bamls open. At first sight It appeared that the cargo wis not vhat the warden was looking foi, ns nothing but dressed chickens could be seen. Mr. Carter has been Ion? enough In the business, how ovcr, to know the tricks that arc some times resorted to. The Idea struck him. too, that the barrels did not seem heavy enough to hold dressed chick ens. He accordingly took off a few of ths circaises nnd found underneath a mass of smaller birds, not dressed, and with their heads on. They were Ne braska quail. The other barrel was found to bo similarly filled Mr. Carter at once took charge of them and ordered them set out on th plntforra. The train to Lin coln carried them to ihe capital city and Mr. Carter with them. The law provides that telmrca of game shall be distributed amongst the hospitals of the state, so that the quail will be put to goo use, thoi'gh they w;ro killed illegally. For killing quail out of Beason. or at any time prior to November 1 of next year, the .ogislature of 1D01 passed an net orovldlng punishment in the shape of $5 fine for each bird. Tho two barrels seized contained C37 qunll, twentv-nlne prairie chickens and ten pin tall grouse, so that if a clear case can be ptovr.n nralnst the consignor It will mean at lcost a $2,830 fine for him. The American Exprcsa company may also come In for a flno of from $25 to $100 for carrying the quail. Tho law specflcally fixes such a forfeit for re ceiving packages of fish or game for shloment unless the proper labels are affixed, and the Bame punishment 1e fixed for receiving consignments of fish or gamo that arc out of season. The mere possession of such packages In transit Is held to be prima facie evi dence of a violation of the statute. Warden Carter said that thlB seizure of quail was tne Inrgest he has made. The manner In which It wns detected shows that the man who Bets about to overstep tho law must proceed very cautiously if he does not want to bo caught. A Des Moines. Ia.. Dec. 12. dispatch says: Tho final report on the yield nnd value at current prices of the Iowa crop of 1902, was made public by di rector or tho crop service, J. R. Sage, having been held back two weeks In order to check the returns on which It Is based. The report indicates that the rains of the past season were more .llcnctrnlla thiltl HlP flmllth of 1001. Tho total value of the crop is placed at $215,722,339, or $60,000,000 less than tho value of the crop of 1901. The greatest falling off Is In corn. The yield this year was 295.950,230 bushels, valued at $118,000,000, last year. Last year the corn crop was all marketable, but this year only 137.000.000 bushels, or 47 per cent, Is marketable. The soft corn, in making up the figures for this year. Is given Its estimated feeding value. The next heaviest decrease Is In the value of the oat crop, the valua tions being $40,209,000 In 1901, nnd $22,297,900 In 1902. The value of tho wheat crop fell of $3,913,100. of bar ley $1,371,290, and ot hay. $1,925,018. Admiral Dewey. In a cablegram re ceived at the navy department, dated San Juan, December 11, announces the progress of tho fleet maneuvers by the combined squadrons under his com mand. Tho cablegram follows: "The combined squadrons nre now nssembled off Culebra engaged In ma neuvers. Tho search problem Is com pleted, tho Bquadrons under Rear Ad miral Sumner having been successful." Forty men of war are participating in the exercises. Tho operations aro being watched by official representa tives from the navy and war depart ment amhwlll continue until some time in January. Kumma rnnliuniter Ailvunrtxl Tho postofllco department has ad vanced 158 fourth-class postmasters to tho presidential class to take effect January 1 next. They Include tho fol lowing In Kansas: Hanover, Harjor da, Hill City, Hlllsboro, Madison. VlrMt Kalinin I.uw HI Work Tho Rev. R. P. West, one of the early pioneers who assisted In fram ing tho constitution of Kansas, died at his homo In Concordia Thursday. Tho body will bo shipped to Uellovlllo for Interment- 4..4-fr'l',M,-M' I! The Bow of Orange Ribbon I A ROMANCE By AMELIA E. DAR.R. j Author of "Fflend Olivia.," "I. Thou and th Othor Ont,MEt. H Copyright, iree, by DoM, Mood and Company. 2 ii144 CHAPTER V. Continued. Nell was intensely angry, and lis dark eyes glowed beneath their dropped lids with n passionate hate. Hut he left his father with an as .... ,,! PfihinnsR and calmness. The sarcastic advice annoyed him, and he wanted time to fully consider his ways. Ho was no physical cow ard; ho was a fine swordsman, and ho felt that It would bo a real Joy to Btand with n drawn rapier between himself and his rival, nut what If revongo cost him too much? What If he Blow Hyde, nnd had to leave his love and his home, and his flno business pros pects? To win Kathcrlne, and to marry her, In the face of tho man whom ho felt that ho detested; would not thnt be the best of all "satisfac tions?" He walked about tho streets, dis cussing these points with himself, till the shops all closed, and on tho stoops of tho houses In Maiden Lane and Lib erty street there were merry parties of gossiping belles and beaux. Then he returned to Broadway. Still debating with himself, ho came to a narrow road which ran to tho river, along the southern side of Van Heemsklrk's house. Coming swiftly up it, ns if to detain him, was Capt. Hyde. Tho two men looked nt each other defiantly; and Nell said with a cold, meaning emphasis: "At your service, sir." "Mr. Somple, at your service," and touching his Bword, "to the very hilt, sir." "Sir, yours to the same extremity." "As for tho cause, Mr. Semplc, here it is;" and ho pushed aside his em broidered coat in order to exhibit to Nell the bow of orange ribbon be neath it. "I will dye it crimson In your blood," said Nell passionately. "In the meantime, I have the felicity of wearing it;" and with an offensively deep salute, he terminated the inter view. CHAPTER VI. At the Sword's Point. Nell's first emotion was not so much one of anger as of exultation. "I shall havo him at my sword'B point," he kept saying to himself ns he turned from Hyde to Van Heemsklrk's house. Katherlne sat upon the steps of the stoop. Touching her, to arouso her attention, Neil said, "Come with me down the garden, my love." She looked at him wonderingly, but rose at his request and gave him her hand. Then the tender thoughts which had Iain so deep in his heart flew to his lips, and he woo'd her with a fervor and nobility as nstonlslng to himself as to Kathcrlne. He reminded her ot all the sweet Intercourse of their hap py Uvea, and of the fidelity with which he had loved hor. "Oh, my Kathcrlne, my Bweet Katherlne! Who is there that enn take you from mo?" "No ono will I marry. With my father and my mother I will Btay." "Yes, till you learn to love me as I lovo you, with the whole soul. You are to be my wife, Katherlne?" "That 1 havo not said." "Katherlne, Is It truo that Capt. Hyde Is wearing a bow of your orange ribbon?" "Yes. A bow of my St. Nicholas rib bon I gave him." "Why?" "Me he loves, and him I love." "You have more St. Nicholas rib bons? Go and get mo one. Oct a bow, Katherlne, and give It to me. I will wait here for It." "No, that I will not do. How false, how wicked I would be, If two lovers my colors wore!" "Well, then, I will cut my bow from Hyde's breast. I will, though I cut his heart out with it.". He turned from her ns he said tho words, and, without speaking to Jorls, passed through the garden gate to his own homo. In tho calm of his own chamber, through tho silent, solemn hours, when tho world was shut out of his life, Noll reviewed his position, but ho could find no honorable way out of tho predicament. He was quite sen elblo thnt his first words to Capt. Hyde that night had been intended to provoko a quarrel, and ho knew that ha would be expected to redeem them by a formal defiance. However, as tho idea became familiar, It became Imperative; and nt length It was with a fierco satisfaction he opened his desk and without hesitation wroto tho decisive words: "To Capt. Richard Hydo of Ills Majes ty's Service: "Sir A person of tho character I bear cannot allow tho treachery and dishonorable conduct of which you havo beon guilty to pass without pun ishment. Convince i me that you are moro of a gentleman than I have rea son to believe, by meeting mo to-night ns the sun drops In tho wood on tho Kalchhook Hill. Our seconds can lo cate tho spot; and that you may havo no prctenso to delay, I sond by bearer two swords, of which I give you tho privilege to mako choice, "In tho Interim, at your service, "Neil Semplc." He had already sclented Adrian Doekman as his second, a young man of wealth and good family, neekman accepted tho duty with alacrity, and, Indeed, so promptly carried out his principal's instructions, that ho found OF NEW YOR.K $ Capt. Hyde still sleeping when ho wnlted upon him. Hydo laughed light ly at "Mr. Semplo's impatience of of fenso," and directed Mr. Beekmnn to Capt. Earle as bin second; lenvlng tho choice of swords and of the ground entirely to his direction. Lightly ns Hydo hnd taken the chal lenge, ho was really more disinclined to light thnn Nell wns. In his heart ho knew that Semple had n Just cause ot anger; "Jnit then." he argued, "I would not resign the girl for my life, for I am sensible that life, If bIio Is another's, will be a very tedious thing to me." All day Nell was busy In making his will nnd in disposing of his affairs. Hyde felt equally tho neccBBlty for some definite arrangement of his busi ness. He owed many debts of honor, and Cohen's bill was yet unsettled. Ho drank a cup of coffee, wroto sev eral Important letters, and then went to Fraunco's, and had a steak and a bottlo of wine. During his meal his thoughts wandered between Kath erlne and the Jow Cohen. After It he went straight to Cohen's store. It happened to be Saturday, and the shutters wore closed, though the door was slightly open, and Cohen was sit ting with his granddaughter In the cool shadows of the crowded place. Miriam retreated within the deeper shadows of somo curtains of stamped Moorish leather, for sho anticipated the im mediate departure of tho Intruder. Sho was therefore astonished when her grandfather, after listening to a fow sentences, sat down, nnd entered into a lengthy conversation. When at last they rose. Hyde extended his hand. "Cohen," ho Bald, "few men would have been ns generous and, at this hour, as considerate as you. I have Judged from tradition, and mis Judged you. Whether wo meet again or not, wo part as friends." "You havo settled all things as a gentleman, captain. May my white halrB say a word to your heart this hour?" Hydo bowed; and he con tinued. In a voice of serious benignity: "The words of tho Holy Ono nre to be regarded, and not the words of men. Men call that 'honor' which He will call murder. What excuse is there in your lips If you go this night Into his presence? There was no excuse In Hyde's lips, even for his mortal Interrogator. Ho merely bowed again, and slipped through tho partially opened door Into tho busy street. Miriam returned to her place and asked plainly, "What murder Is there to bo, grandfather?" "It Ib a duel between Capt. Hyde and another. It shall be called mur der at tho last." "The other, who is ho?" "The young man, Scrapie. Oh, Mir iam, what sin ami sorrow thy sox ever bring to those who lovo it! There nro two young lives to bo put In death peril for the smile of a woman a very girl sho Is." "Do I know her, grandfather?" "Sho passes hero otton. The daugh ter of Van Heemsklrk the little fulr ono, the child." "Oh, but now I ant twice sorry! She has smiled at mo often. Wo have oven apoken." Cohen, with his hands on his staff, and his head In them, sat meditating, perhaps praying; and the hot. silent moments went slowly ..way. In them, Miriam was coming to a decision which at first alarmod her, but which, as It grow famlllnr, grew also lawful and kind. A word to Van Heemsklrk or to tho Elder. Semplo would bo suf ficient. Should she not say It? Perhaps Cohen divined her purpose, and was not unfnrorable to It, for he suddonly rose. and. putting on his cap, said, "I am going to see my kins man John Cohen. At sunset, set wide the door; an hour after sunset 1 will return." As soon ns lie hud gone, Miriam wroto to Van Heemsklrk these words: "Good Sir This is a matter of life and death; so then, como nt once, and I will tell you. Mlrlnm Cohen." It was not many minutes before Van Heomsklrk's driver passed, leading his loaded wagon; nnd to him the gave tho note. That day Jorls had gone homo earlier than usual, and Oram only wns In tho store. Ho supposed tho strip of papor to refer to a barrol of flour or some othor household neces sity. Its nctunl messago was so unusual and unlookqd for, that It took him a moment or two to realize the words; then ho answered tho summons for hlB father promptly. Mlrlnm proceed ed at once to glvo him such Informa tion ns sho possessed, nram stood gazing at tho beautiful, earnest girl, and folt all the fear and force of her words; but for somo moments ho could not rpeak, nor decide on his first step. "Why do you wait?" pleaded Miriam. "At sunset, I toll you. It Is now near it. Oh, no thanks! Do not stop for thorn, but hasten away at once," Ho obeyed llko ono In a dream. Somple was Just leaving business. He put his hand on him, and said, "Elder, no timo havo you to lose. At sunset! Noll and that d English soldier a duel aro to light." "Eh? Whoro? Who told you?" "On tho Kt-lchhook Hill, stay not for talk." "Run for your fnthor, nram. Run, my Ind. God help mo! God spare tho lad!" At that moment Nell nnd Hyde w. ro on the fatal spot. Nell flung off his coat and walstcoa and Btood' with bared breast on tlm spot his second indicated. Hyde ie moved his line scarlet conainl ban ed It to Capt. Earle, and would tin u have taken his sword; bij Ueekniati advanced to remove also his wain, coat. Tho suspicion Implied by tb . act roused the soldier's Indignation and with his own hands he tore- otr tho richly embroldcreiLiiatln garment nnd by bo doing expos what perhapi somo delicate feeling had made him wish to conceal a bow of orange ui bon which ho wore above his heart .Tho sight of it to Nell was like ., i flung upon flame. Ho could scarcer restrain himself until tho word 'go gavo him license to charge Hyde. Hyde was an excellent rfwordsmaii and hnd fought several duels; but he was quite disconcerted by the deadly reality of Nell's attack. In the sc ond thrust his foot got entangled in a tuft of grass, and, In evading u lunge aimed at his heart, ho fell on his right side. Supporting himself however, on IiIb sword hand, he sprang backwards wltli great duxtei Ity, and thus escaped the probable death-blow. But, as ho wns bleeding from a wound in tho throat, his sec ond Interfered and proposed n recon ciliation. Neil angrily refused to lis ten. Ho declared "he had not come to enact n farce;" and then, happen lng to glnnco at tho ribbon on Hyde's breast, ho swore furiously "Ho would make his wny through tho body of any man who stood between him and his Just anger." Up to this point thcro had been In Hyde's mind a latent disinclination to slay Nell. After it, ho flung away every kind of memory, nnd tho light was renewed with an almost brutal Impetuosity, until there ensued ono of those close locks which It was evi dent nothing but "the key of tho body could open." In -the frightful wrench which followed, the swords of both men sprang from their hands, flying some four or five yards upward with the force. Both recoverod their weap ons at the same time, and both, bleed ing and exhausted, would have again renowed the fight; but nt that mo ment Van Heemsklrk and Semple, with their attendants, reached the spot. Without hesitation, they threw themselves between tho young men But there was no need for words. Nell fell Benselcss upon his sword, making in his fall a last desperato effort to reach tho ribbon on Hyde's breast; for Hyde had also dropped fainting to the ground, bleeding from at least half a dozen wounds. Then one of Scrapie's young men, who had probably divined the cause of quarrel, and who felt a sympathy for his young master, made as if he would pick up the fatal bit of orange satin, now dyed crimson In Hyde's blood. But Jorls pushed the rifling hand fiercely away. "To touch it would be the vilest theft," ho said. "His own It is. With his life he haa bought it." CHAPTER VII. At "The King's Arms." The news of the duel spread with the proverbial rapidity of evil news, nntavlus heard tho story from many a lip as ho went homo. Ho was bitterly indignant nt Katherlne, nnd hot with haste and nnger when he reached Van Heemsklrk's house. Madam stood with Joanna on tho front stoop, looking anxiously .down tho road. Just ns Dlnorah said, "Tho tea Is served, madam," the large figure or Datavius loomed through the gather- k lng gray hobs ; and tho women wnlted for him. He came up tho steps with out his usual greeting; and his face was so Injured and portentous that Joannn. with a little cry, put hor arras round his neck. He gently removed them. "No time is this, Joanna, for em bracing. A great disgrace has como to the family; and I, who have always fltood up for morality, must bear it, too." (To bo continued.) "BAIT" FOR WILD TURKEYS." Hundreds of the Blrd3 Have Fallen Before Gun of Expert. Wild turkeys nro still quite plentiful In feomo portions of North Carolina, as they also nro In Arkansas, Toxas, Indian Territory, Oklahoma and South ern Missouri, says tho American Field, but Just how long they will bo plenti ful In any of these states Is a question, If the states possess a Gil McDufllo, as does North Carollnn, who, It Is said, only a short tlmo since killed seven turkej-B at ouo shot. It Ib claimed that McDufilo haB killed 1,500 wild turkeys and 700 deer In his time, besides countless numbers of smaller game. The way ho makes his war on turkeys Is by "baiting." Ho finds where n flock of turkeys uso and ho lays a train r,t corn to a locality whero ho can nrrnnge n good blind. Tho blind Is made a'nd corn Ib put out In Ktoil quantity for tho turkeys not far away, he being enreful to placo the corn In such shape that when tho tur keys feed upon It they' will bo well bunched. Ho then secretes himself In his blind nnd lies in Iftilt for the turkeys. When they como and get bunched up over tho quart or two or rorn, ho turns looso with a shotgun, "Jd tho slaughter 13 tremendous. Fence of Elks' Horns. A fence nearly 200 reet long at Liv ingston, Mont., Is mado cntlroly or horns of tho elk moro properly called wapiti. These animals, like tho oth ers of tho deer family, shed their horns oneo a year and grow now ones. Tho old horns nro found in Inrgo num bers In tho forests and nro used for various commercial purposes. is"'.. SVC." "V- . m&y aaagirara.; wm&& r i ilfiiiifcUl II Mill Till II til I 1 1 I -