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SYNOPSIS.
I Lord Wilfred Vincent und Archibald
iTorhiinn nro Introduced at the opening of
the Hten-y. In England, tho Hitter relating
the tale. Till' liulf Oil lifl Olltlng nilHH
,thelr tndn uml miking recreation meet
"the llnuiirnlilo AKntlut Vyckhoff." Her
lliand Ih lunch sought nfter. bccnuio of
her wenlth. On vIslthiK tho Wycklioff
!cnistta they urn Introduced to two other
BlrlN. both known nH Agatha WyckliolT.
,At dinner three other Agatha Wyckhoff.-i
are Inttoiluccil mill llio pioi reveaicu.
JTho ilnccoiipil step-father. In an eccentric,
linoincnt, mtido his will so that tho real
(AkeUIiii. hclrem to his fortuno and tho
cantlc nt Wye. England, mlKlit wed her
jilllnlty. Thin Mrs. ArmlBtead, chaperon,
,wn In duty hound to keep tho real
'Agatha's Identity unknown nml suitors
iwerc Invited to tryout for the hand of tho
, llielrenH. An attempt by Terhuno to gath
er a clew from tho chaperon falls. Vln
Ircnt shows liking for tho chaperon's scc
retary, Miss Marsh. Terhuno finds old
hooks containing plcturo of a former
Itaronees Wycklioff, which Is exactly
llko AKatlin Sixth, whom in Im courtln:,'.
Vincent entertains them all and whllo
rlilliiK with Agatha Fifth alio confesses
her lovo for him nnd also that sho Is tho
real heiress, lie spurns her proposal.
"Ho wont upstairs," I Bald; "I don't
know far what." I could hear hlrn In
tlio dtstanco singing at tho ton of hlo
lusty young volco
"Qontlemen rankers nil nro wo-e-e "
till an enr-spllttlng shout from Agnthn
Second drowned tho Bong complctoly.
"Oh-h-h, Freddy," shrieked tho
young lady, with a lung power' that
equaled Vincent's.
I Bhlvorod with Indignation at tho
liberty. "Freddy!" Indeed!
At the third shout ho Jienrd her and
stopped singing to rond tho air with
an answering cry.
"For goodness' nnkc, what aro you
so long about?" sho called. "Do hup
ry up!"
"Coming!" roared Vincent, 'clatter
ing down tho two flights of stalrB llko
a wild horse, nnd I hurried out to
Join Agatha Fifth, my hands over my
cars. Young people aro so noisy nowa
days. Several evenings later Agatha Fourth
hnd arranged to givo ti progressive
dinner pnrty. She was to ho tho hos
tcss and tho rest of us wero her
guests. It was an evening-dress nffalr,
and I must say ns wo sat down to din
ner I never saw a prottler group of
girls.
Then the fun begnn. Agatha
Fourth's Idea In having n progressive
dinner party was for each of the girls
to move up one plnco with each courso
so that they could all havo turns sit
ting by us. It was delightful; really,
I don't know that I evor attended a
jollier dinner party. Vincent kept
nuotlng from tho Mail Tea Party In
"Allco In Wonderland," and tho girls
laughed at every Hlnglo thing ho said.
Mrs. Armlstcad, I am ashamed to say,
was not present; her head ached and
sho hnd dined In her room. I am not
naturally noisy or riotous, but tho
laughter nnd Jokes of thoso bIx glrlfl
wore bo Infectious that I was obliged
to Join In with them. Vlncont sat nt
one end of the table nnd I nt tho oth
er, with three girls on each sldo of us.
Tho Bccretary, of course, was not
present.
Agatha Fourth had decornted the
table with some of tho yellow roses
and wild fern that grew near the ens
tlo. Agatha Sixth ami I hnd found
them many times In our wanderings
and, by tho way, sho was looking es
pecially lovely that evening. The glrl3
CHAPTER IV.
For some days after that I was In n
quandary. Here, In tho fnco of my
discovery In the library, was Vincent's
punitive Information that Agatha Fifth
was the heiress. Reluctantly I de
termined thnt tho likeness between
Agatlin Sixth and the picture of the
baroness was accidental, nnd began
to devote myself to tho unfortuunte
Agatha Fifth. She Fcemcd much In
clined to dlscourngo me, but I perse
vcrod nnd wo booh became grent
friends. 1 found she was only 18, and
drew my own conclusions from this
fact. At IS one's convictions are never
vory deep-rooted, neither uro ono's
love affairs, and I thought It likely
that tile girl would soon forget her ill
prospered attachment for Vincent's
handsome fnco, and might begin to
think of someone else. Surely this was
a very natural belief! So tho first two
weekB of our May at the castle sped by
and I Baw to my satisfaction that I
was gaining ground with tho Honor
able Agatha every day, whllo poor
Vincent wasted his time lllrtlng with
each Agatlin In turn (he had taken
up Agatha Sixth since my desertion)
or in assisting Miss Marsh to wrlto up
a lot of old dead baronB who wero
much better left to a decent and dig
nified obscurity. ' 'i,
Ono day, toward tho closo of. the
Iwo weeks, I met Vincent hurrying
through tho hall toward the stairs.
Ho had on an old velveteon coat cov
ered with paint daubs, his luncheon
basket was' over his lihnulder. and f
finessed that ho was going on ono of
Ills sketching tours In search of fresh
woods and pastures new. v
"Where nro you going. Wllfrod?" I
n3kcd, as ho stopped, "and whero's
Agatha Second?" She usually nccom-
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AGATHA SIXTH.
all wore shimmering whlto gowns, sim
Hnr In design, with-silver ornaments,
but Agatlin Sixth's gown was cream
rolor with ornaments of gold, and well
did It bocoifio her dark beauty.
We had reached tho very end of the
dinner, nnd hnd Just mndo tho last
change of places, which left mo with
my favorite Agatha Sixth on my right
nnd Agatlm Third on my left.
Suddenly, ns tho talk died down
nnd a certuln contented Bllonco fell
upon us, Vincent rose to his feet, and
bowing to us formally, began to speak:
'Lndles and gentleman," ho said,
I. fished Vlncont afterward what ha
made of Agatlin Third's behavior.
"It looked to mo," said thnt young
person, "ns If thoso girls had them
selves so much In c.tnmand thnt they
would novcr betray tho secrot they'ro
guarding, no matter what you did."
"Hut didn't you sco Agatlin Third
get up beforo tho others did?" I Bald,
excitedly. "Sho gave herself away. I
toll you, Wilfred, Bho's tho real hon
orable, without a doubt. Thore can bo
no two wnys nbout It!"
"How keen you are!" ho Bald; "and
I toll you what It Is, Arch'bald" Vln
cont nlwnys calls mo "Ach'bald" with
tho "1" left out and tho emphasis on
"bald" when he's particularly affec
tionate or sleepy; ho was tho latter
Just now "I'm Just ns keen about
marrying this heiress an you nro; tho
only difference Is that I Insist upon be
ing In lovo with her into tho bargain,
and you don't. For I'm hnrd up, fear
fully hard up, you know, and tho gov
ernor's so awfully good, I hato to ask
him for another's month's allowance
Just now. I'm 'way behind as It is,
and I owo Jack Gordon for that prlzo
polo pony of his. I offered him 100
for her tho day of the Hurllnghnui
games nnd he sold her to me on the
spot. Jack's ns hard up ns I am
pcor fellow. And then, you know, it's
all perfectly fair. If wo only lid the
time, that's all. It's pretty quick work
to expect a man to And out the heiress,
learn to lovo her nnd tench her to lovo
him, all In kIx weeks, and propose on
the last day of "
"Hut that's Just it," I interrupted,
"you're not expected to find out the
heiress first. That's just what old
Fletcher lloytl wanted to prevent
when ho mado the will."
"Nevertheless, you yoursolf menu
to find out first, don't you, Arch?" was
Vincent's facetious rtjBponso.
I was disgusted and mado no an
swer. "Of course," ho went on, "I wouldn't
propose to any girl I didn't lovo, but
I'd llko tho chance to learn to love
this particular lady, the Honorable
Agatha. I feel that thero would bo no
troublo about her learning to love mo!"
Vlncont has few really serious faults,
but I don't attempt to deny that he Is
conceited.
"Tho trouble is," ho said, "they're
all so attractive I could lovo one as
well ns another. I wish, though, I
could just naturally fall in lovo with
one of them, and I'd proposo to her on
tho Inst day and tako my chances.
Who knows? I'm sometimes lucky. I
might win tho prize!"
"So you might," I said, "but as It Is,
wo haven't even discovered tho heir
ess ns yet "
"And I can't fall In lovo with any
of 'em," finished Vincent, "because
I'm madly In lovo with tho whole six,
and thero you nro!" and ho shook his
head hopelessly. "Come, lot's to bed,"
ho added.
"Not Just yet, Freddy," I said. I
never call him that, as I havo before
stated, but his hair was all rumpled
up ami his face Hushed nnd I felt
warm towurd him because he was so
dense. "Surely with a rival as unob
serving as ho Is," I thought, "I am not
heavily handicapped." For I had made
up my mind that Agatha Third was in
deed tho real and only Agatha. That
Involuntary rising of hors was proof
positive.
"I say, Vincent," I called after him,
"waB that a master stroko of yours,
givlug the toast that way? Did you
Intend to try to surpriso ono of them
into betraying herself?"
Vincent laughed sleepily.
"Good old Arch'bald," ho drawled,
"you ro always looking for jnnster,
strokes, but 'pon my honor' I novor
thought of such a Ujjng." And I might
have known thathe wouldn't.
(TO HE CONTINUED.)
TO CONTINUE AS SECRETARY
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T TRIP IN AIR
TWO WOMEN TRAVEL 126 MILES
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Urey Woodson, whose faithful services as secretary of the Democratic
national committee have won for him a reappointment to the position, is a
prominent Democrat of Owensboro, Ky. He will work hard for the election
of Mr. Bryan.
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HE STILL ENJOYS LIFE.
MAN WITHOUT HANDS OR FEET
HAPPY AND CHEERFUL.
Arthur J. Murray, of Portland, Ore.,
Victim of Blizzard In 1888
8tory of His Fight to
Reach Shelter.
HOTEL MAN HAD A CONSCIENCE.,
panted him on his sketching oxpedl-1 nmklng the Inst word pointedly sin
tlons
"Fainting," ho replied, concisely. Ig
noring my second question; "and
whero may you be going?"
"For a walk with Agatlm Fifth," I
answnrod, smiling at him a llttlo pity
ingly, pei haps. He had IobI such a
chance!
Vincent chuckled and his eyes looked
wicked. "Wish you luck. Arch," ho
said. "I've been watching your ehnr-
Ituble efforts to cut me out and bo a
father to my llttlo friend, Agatha Fifth,
with great admiration but I forgot to
tell you" ho lowered his voice, for
wo could see Agatha Second on the
voranda talking to Agatha Fifth "I
forgot to toll you that what Agatha
Fifth told me Isn't true!"
"Isn't true?" I repeated In conster
nation. "No; she confessed to me about a
week ago that sho only snld sho wns
tho real Honorable Agatha to mako
mo murry her. She thought, the fool
lsh little girl, thnt she only had to toll
me sho was tho helrohs to mako mo
love lior. And sho said she was sorry
and wouldn't do It again and cried llko
n child, and I forgave her and com
forted her. She'll get over it all
right!" nnd laughing hilariously the
young rascal ran upstairs.
1 was really vexed with Wilfred
about this. I thought It was vory un
kind of him to keep mo In tho dark for
so long about Agatha Fifth's confos
Blon. What n lot of tlmo I'd been
wasting! I resolved that I would re
turn to Agatha Sixth at tho first on
portunlty, and I felt glad, oven Justi
fied, thnt I had not told him about that
album which had botrayed tho secret
to mo. At this moment Agatha Sec
ond appeared In tho doorway.
"Hullo, Mr. Terhuno," she naid,
"whoio'a Lord Wllfrod?"
gular, while tho girls all laughed, "I
think you aro all with mo when I pro
pose a vote of thinks to to er our
hostess" (I felt that ho had nearly
said "Agatha Fourth!") "our hostess,
for giving us so delightful an enter
tainment." Ho bowed to Agatha
Fourth and went on:
"If all progressive tea parties aro
termed mad 1 hope I may nttond many
such. Hut ns I look around me, gen
tleman nnd ladles fair, ncross tho rod
glow of tho candle thnt turns tho rosos
to redder gold, nnd iib I gazo upon the
youth and beauty hero assembled, tho
llko of which I havo novor before
looked upon" he mndo a courtly In
clination of his head that included
every maid at tho table, and they nil
sighed I heard them "as I look upon
this noble room, this oxqulslto table,
and think of tho grnclouBness of such
hospitality, I nm Inspired to proposo
a toast In which I feel confident you
will nil Join me." At this climax Vln
cont raised hla glass abovo his head.
"To tho real Agatha!" ho cried "to
tho real Honornblo Agatha!"
There was an Instant of dead bI
lence, nnd then to my surpriso my
loft-hand neighbor, Agatha Third, rose
to her foot, and, with quivering lips,
stnrted to say something. Hut sho had
hardly tlmo to rlso beforo tho other
llvo girls Bprung to their feet, nnd
raising their glasses, Agnthn Third
with tho rest, thoy cried with ono
volco: "To tho Honorable Agatha!"
and nlthough It seemed to mo that
Hla Letter, with Enclosure, Surely
1 Provedvthe Fact.
Whoever says that hotel mon aro
without conscience will havo nii ad
versary, In a young advertising man.
Ho was at ono plnco up In tho moun
tnlns tho other week nnd determined
to stay all night. Hoforo dinner ho
complained of a Blight hendacho to
tho proprietor, but tho remark was
passed apparently without notice. Ho
ato a big meal, but did not enjoy It
much because of his headache.
Next day ho moved on to his next
stop, and upon Ills return to tho city
was surprised to find a letter from tho
proprietor of tho houso where ho hnd
spent tho night. It said: "Through an
act of carclossuess on my part I al
lowed you to oat tho regular dinner
tho other night n dinner not suited
for a man with a headache. Now I
should havo prepared somo eggs and
tonst and tea for you, but I allowod
you to cat something you did not en
Joy. It Is, thorcforo, my duty to apolo
gize, and to mako restitution for tho
samo." In tho envelope containing tho
letter wbb a quarter.
Pittsburg. Although ho eats and
drinks with caro and dresses without
assistance, Arthur J. Murray, of Port
land, Oro., who was hero a few days
ago, has neither hands nor feet. The
members had been frozen In a Canadi
an blizzard and their amputation could
not bo avoided.
Murray is ono of tho' happiest men
on earth. His humor is sincere. He
is glad he docs not hnvo limbs that
ure racked with rheumatism. To the
man glum with brooding over 111 fate,
Murray's magnetic, uplifting conver
sation always puts things In a more
cheerful light.
Recently this mnn stnrted giving
lectures in small towns. Ho appears
in tights showing the arms extending
Just below tho elbows and the legs
just below tho knees, then proceeds to
drcs3 after applying his artificial mem
bers. Fully attired ho can run and
ovon danco n bit and swings along tho
Btreot with carelosa grace. Knives,
forks, spoons, matches, hooks, pens
or the llko are easily slipped Into open
ings provided In tho wooden wrists,
which practice has enabled him to
govern accurately. Tho hooks, handy
In dressing, aro used more than uny
of the other attachments.
Murray says that In the 41 years
of hla life ho has never taken a drink,
but ho chows plug tobacco Incessant
ly. Ho seldom smokes, disliking to
handle fire. -Ho tolls an Interesting
story of hla life, which, follows Jn
part:
. "Llko ovory one else, I learned the
boneflt of my blessings only after I
lost them. In the big blizzard that
swept somo of tho northern Btntes and
Manitoba on January 12, 18S8, thero
wero many pitiful deaths among teach
ers, school children and settlers. In
Omnha a school teacher named Miss
Freeman lost her four limbs Just as
I did. When the roof was blown from
over tho heads of tho children huddled
Inside the school house she had the
presence of mind to tie the children
together Instead of turning them out
to seek their homes separately. That
would have been sure death.
"After fastening them In pairs sho
connected all with strips torn from
her underskirts and started tho line,
with the oldest in the lead, to tho nenr-cat-
home, a half mile distant. Sho
brought up the renr and picked up
some that fell. A Dakota schoolmas
ter sent his pupils to their denth In
the storm and remained himself by the
fire, keeping comfortably warm burn
ing seats and flooring."
$10,000 UP ON WOOD CHOPPER.
Vermont Senator's Son Backs
ployc for Five Cords a Day.
Em-
Amsden, Vt. With wagers of over
$10,000 on deposit In the treasury of
the United States, Maxwell Evarts, son
of the late Senator Kvarts of Vermont,
nnd chief counsel of the Southern Pa
cific railway company, will bring 20
guests hero on September 26 to prove
that a Vermont mnn Is the greatest
wood chopper in tho world, and that
ho can chop, split and pile five cords
of wood tn a day.
The wagers were mado In Washing
ton a few days ago. Mr. Evarts, who
is interested In several big timber
propositions in Vermont, was boasting
of a man. Ed Moote by name, who
worked for him and who could chop,
split nnd pile 30 cords of wood in a
week.
"Nonsense," was tho response he
met with.
He stood firm, nnd soon qffers to
bet were made, CharloB H. Trent,
treasurer of tho United States, took
$5,000, several senators took between
$5,000 and $10,000 more, and Treasurer
Treat agreed to keep tho money In tho
United StatcB vaults until the wager
was decided.
Are Enthusiastic Over Their Exhllc
rating Experience Ascend at
Philadelphia and Land Near
Elkton, Maryland.
Philadelphia. After a successful
flight from t,rils city to a point 9,000
feet in tho air abovo Lancaster, Pa.,
and tUenco southward, tho balloon
Philadelphia, which sailed from this
port at 10:34 o'clock ono Saturday
evening, recently landed quietly nt
9:15 next morning four miles from
Elkton, Md. In this ship of tho
skies wero two women, among tho
first to mako a balloon trip in Amer
ica. Miss Minnlo Applcbach and Mrs.
M. E. Lockington, both Phlladclphlans.
They camo down enthusiastic, con
vinced ns ono of them put it:
"If horsornclng is tho sport of kings,
bnlloonlng Is the sport of emperors."
It was under the auspices of tho
Philadelphia Aeronautical society that
tho ascension was mado. Tho pilot
wns George II. Simmorman, assisted
by Dr. Thomas E. Eldridge, both ex
perts and both with Mrs. Lockington
aboard the samo balloon when a few
weeks ago Its ill-starred flight was
ended by a swift descent in tho
Schuylkill river.
Not ono mishap, however, occurred
to mar tho present trip. The highest
altitude nttuined waa 10,300 feet nt
eight o'clock in tho morning, while the
balloon was crossing tho Mason and
Dixon lino Into Maryland. The tem
perature wns never bo low an to cause
discomfort and the descent ias mado
with scarcely a jolting of tho car.
"It wns the most exhilarating experi
ence of my life," emphatically declared
Miss Applcbach.
"It Is the Bort of thing," supplement
ed Mrs. Lockington, "that will mako
the most wretched forget all troubles.
Wo traveled 126 miles In nil, and
though I have traveled a good deal on
earth I never enjoyed any Journey so
much or anywhere nearly bo much as
I enjoyed this ono."
"At tho start as tho ropes were
cut," said Miss Applebach, "wo shot
ctralght up. The moon had not yet
risen; the stnrs were obscured and It
seemed as If wo were taking a sudden
plunge into an unknown world.
"As soon, however, as we had gained
an altitude of 2,000 feet wo struck a
strong current of fresh air and it be
gan to carry us northeast.- Tho cur
rent continued for the better part of
tho night nnd brought us Into tho
neighborhood of Lancaster, Pa,., and
no ono can appreciate by hearsay the
wonders of the ride.
"About four o'clock, Just as wo ap
proached Conestoga, tho sun .leaped
Into view. We wero between 2,000 and
3,000 feet above tho surface of the
earth. As tho sun rose, Hb rays
warmed tho gas In the balloon and wo
ascended until we reached an altitude
of 9,000 feet. It was then that wo
came Into a now current of air that
carried us southeast nnd landed us
without Incident on a farm near Elk
ton, Md."
TO SAVE LIVES AT SEA.
MESCALE BAD FOR INDIANS.
-
Let the Whistle Blow.
Did you know that a short whlstlo
from tho mouth would stop a rabbit?
It Biiroly docs. Next tlmo you see llt
tlo molly cottontail leap from her
burrow and mako off, don't shoot;
just whlstlo. Whethor from fear or
curiosity I cannot tell, but sho will
stop still in her tracks. An antelopo
' lias been known to do likewise. An
African huntor onco Bald that tho ele
phant Is tho most timid of nil nnimnls,
und can bo frightened into a cold
sweat by a mysterious noiso.
Shocking,
Agntha Third had vory nearly let tho "Whoro havo you been, Clomontlno?"
cat out of tho bag by rising, ns If to
asked tho aunt.
"I havo boon down to tho falls play
ing with tho eddies," replied tho protty
girl with wet flngors. Tho old lady
wero still somewhat at n loss , wu horrllieu.
tho Identity of our fair and "Hiat? Playing with tho Eddies?
acknowledge tho courtesy, yet by tho
promptness of tho other girls tho day
was partially retrieved, and Vincent
and I
ns to
wealthy hostess.
lAud wunout a chaperou?"
New Drink Threatens Extermination
of Wlnnebagoes.
La Crosse, Wis. Cultivating a habit
of imbibing a strange new liquor of
groat power, which leads to insanity,
tho Winnebago Indian race in this
vicinity la threatened with a rnpidly
growing form of degeneracy which in
tlmo, it is behoved, will wipe out tho
trlbo.
For tho purposo of appealing for
congressional action to stop tho traf
fic in tho now drug, John Stacoy, a
Winnebago Indian who Is assistant to
Father Stuckl, in chargo of tho mls
Blon at the reservation, In Jackson
county, camo to La Crosso and laid
tho facts beforo Congressman Esch.
Tho report ho had to mako wan of u
startling nature, and so serious as to
warrant tho assurance- by Mr. Esch
that tho fnctB would bo presented to
tho Indian commissioner nt Washing
ton at once, nnd an Investigation or
dored. Mr. Stacey reported that, owing to
tho dlfllcultles encountored by tho In
diuns In endeavoring to secure liquor
In tho towns near tho reservation,
thoy had finally, through tho assist
ance of the Nebraska WInuebngoes,
secured knowledge of tho qualities of
tho "mescalo buttons," tho flowor of
a plant belonging to tho cactus family.
which thrives in Now Mexico nnu
other southwestern Btates. This flow
or, stowed Into a ten and allowed to
cool, makes n drink which Is highly
Intoxlcntlng nnd leads to Insanity of
violent form. Tho drink saps tho
1 montallty of the Indian cad soon
nmkPB him a hopeless Imbecile, If
used to excess.
Through the Nebraska Indians, Mr.
Stacey reported, the Jackson county
Wlnnebagoes havo secured a steady
supply of the mescalo buttons, and
tho habit of drinking tho dangerous
tea is spreading with great rapidity in
tho tribe. Efforts of Father Stuckl
nnd his assistant to check tho truffle
havo proven of no avail, and It was
finally decided to havo tho govern
ment interfere.
TRACED TO A BULL CALF.
Experiments with Life Line Guns for
Ships Show Good Results.
.New York. According to Capt. Ar
thur Mills of the American liner Phila
delphia, the experiments carried out in
Liverpool recently by tho advisory sub
committee appointed by tho British
government to report on the question
of .British Bhlps compulsorlly carrying
llfq lino throwing apparatus were suc
cessful, and may have important re
sults. The experiments were conduct
ed with kites, buoys, and different
styles of guns and rockots.
"Tho cannon," said Capt. Mills,
"throw a lino a distnnco of 1,860 feet,
which was a remarkable feat com
pared with the old life throwing gear.
The gun is loaded with a projectllo
and Is fired by friction, which propels
the projectile a certain distance, and
from that point a rocket Is discharged,
which carries tho lino to destination.
One of tho features of this now gun is
that during tho daytime tho smoko in
dicates tho direction in which tho lino
is carried, und at night the fire of tho
rocket nnswers tho same purposo.
"The shoulder guns mado a good Im
pression on tho Bub-commltteo, as thoy
are light, easily handled, and may bo
fired from any position by man or
boy. Of tho two shoulder guns that
wore tested tho moro powerful ono
carried a line 345 feet and tho other
342 feet."
Wild Animal Mystery in Indiana
Town Has Satisfactory Solution.
WIDOW WILL SINK WELL.
Boonvllle, Ind. Tho wild beast
which bus been frightening tho peo
ple In the vicinity of Uullocktown, this
county, proves to bo u bull calf owned
by Cnrdln Hlco.
It develops that G. W. Iludley. a
peddlor, amused himself nnd confi
dential friends by catching tho culf
after nightfall, tying a brush to its
tall, and permitting tho frightened ani
mal to run through tho woods, bawl
ing with every Jump.
Ono night whllo threo of the
"jokers" wore trying to catch the calf,
tho animal jumped n ditch, Into which
its pursuers fell, and thoy nearly
drowned beforo they could scramble
out.
Several men, who wero trying to
solve the Btrnngo nnlmal mystoy,
were wltnessea of their plight, nn-i In
this way tho secret becarao known.
Tho bull calf is no longer figuring
la the role of a strange wild tnlrcni.
Boring for Oil on Strength of Dream
by Husband.
Lebnnqn, Ind. A drenm is being
tested nenr Whitestown In nn effort
to Btriko oil. James Webster, Homo
yoarB ago, purchased a 40-acro farm a
half mile east of Whitestown. Ho lived
in Ohio, and died thero two years ago.
Ho had a dream thnt thero was oil
on hla Hoono county farm, and whon
ho next visited tho placo ho drovo n
stako In tho exact spot Indicated in his
dream bb tho oil well Blto. He willed
nn interest in tho fnrm to his twin
brother, with tho provision thnt tho
latter sink tho well. Tho brother has
mado no effort since then to drill tho
well. x
Tho widow has now taken tho mat
tor up, and, on behalf of horself and
tho brother, will sink the well. Uur
home is In Sandusky, O.
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