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Copyright 1897 by Bobxst Bomrai Boat
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CHAPTER III Continued
Ho closed his eyes and in a few
moments was unconscious When he
awoke ho found tho strange hermit at
iis side bending over him and gazing
eagerly into his face Ho turned
slowly away and went back to the
fire
A moment later he brought him
some meat and said
You had better eat you are weak
This was quite a long sentence for
the hermit and he paused after speak
ing to rest Paul took tho broiled steak
and ate sparingly It was very juicy
and nutritious and he began to feel
stronger in a few moments after he
lad finished The hermit meanwhile
had resumed his seat on a large stone
in front of the Are
There was now another expression
on his face It was an expression of
sadness The more Paul studied the
features of this strange man the more
mysterious they seemed He lay for
a long time looking at him and ask
ing himself a thousand questions
Then he grew weary of gazing and
thinking and closed his eyes Con
sciousness had almost slipped away
when a movement In the cavern
caused him to again open his eyes
The hermit was preparing to leave
He took up the rude lamp in which
burned some kind of oil and went to
the opposite side of the cavern He
set the lamp on a flat stone and put
ting his hand into a sort of crevice in
tne rocky wall pulled forth something
It was in a roll He unrolled it and
gazed at it intently
From where he lay Paul saw that
the object when unrolled was part of
a tanned hide of some sort of an ani
mal
I hope he will leave it thought
Paul If he does I will examine it
There is writing on it and it may con
tain some clew to this Klondyke mys
tery that so nearly drives me mad
All the movements of the hermit
were slow and deliberate He went
carefully toward the entrance of the
cavern Long Paul lay on the couch
listening for the slight tread of the
maccasined feet but -he came not
back
He has gone said Paul
He rose to a sitting position and
gazed about the cavern
After a few moments herose to his
feet With a wildly beating heart he
began his tour of exploration The
oil lamp had been left burning on a
square stone and he picked it up and
went along the great natural corridor
for some distance until he came upon
a great chamber with lofty ceilings
He began to search for the crevice
in the rock where he had seen the
man place the skin on which was the
nvriting Paul found the roll and drew
it out
It proved to be a piece of walrus
hide covered all over with strange pic
tures and hieroglyphics such as the
Indian picture writers use It was
almost round and he could find no
beginning nor end to it
The report of a gun near the mouth
of the cavern caused him to thrust the
walrus hide into the crack and hasten
into the deeper recesses of the cav
ern
CHAPTER IV
Meeting a Friend With Bad News
It is necessary at this point in our
story to return to Clarence Berrys
party which we left on the top of the
Chilkoot Pass in a raging storm All
through that terrible night Clarence
Berry lay thinking of his young wife
whom he had packed away as com
fortable as possible in that terrible
height in the frigid zone Day dawned
bright and clear and he arose early
and called to his wife
Ethel Ethel are you alive
There came no answer until he had
pulled away some of the packages
that formed her apartment then he
heard her voice answering
I am all right Clarence
Thank God ejaculated the hus
band I feared you had perished dur
ing that terrible storm
Dick and Hemstitch the Esqui
maux were self constituted cooks and
prepared a breakfast of a pot of boiled
beans and a little coffee which froze
on the slightest provocation
When breakfast was over two sleds
were loaded with supplies and with
out dogs or any one to draw them
started down the mountain Two
weeks were consumed in reaching
Lake Linderman Here they were de
tained another week completing a
boat with which they could make their
way down the river
One night after a day of arduous
toll they camped at the foot of a
mountain protected from the north
wind by a steep precipice The dogs
had been unharnessed fed and lay
sleeping about the sleds The tired
Indians having had supper were
stretched before the fire Ethel at
tired in furs sat on a sled which had
been drawn up before the blazing logs
Her proud husband declared she look
ed like an angelic Esquimaux queon
Dick reclined on the skin of a musk
ox telling a story in which there was
blended Bowery slang and western
dialect Suddenly one of the dogs
started up and gave vent to a low
growl cutting the story short The
guide gave a sharp whistle and seized
his tine The others at once laid
X their hands on their guns and stood
on the defensive
rrz
A few moments later a largo object
could bo seen In the distance slowly
advancing toward them Owing to
the dim uncertain light all at first
were of the opinion it was a bear
and one or two cocked their guns
and stepped out a short distance from
the light to get a better shot at the
animal Tho guide suddenly called
Hold Its a man
Course it is growled a voice in
the distance What did ye think it
was a walrus
A man clothed in furs holding a
rifle In his hand came forward and
advanced toward the fire
Ethel rose trembling with fright at
tho appearance of this strange appa
rition and clung to the arm of her
husband
Who is he she whispered
Where did that terrible man come
from
Though the question was not in
tended for the ears of this strange
man ho heard them and in a voice
like the deep tones of far off thunder
ho answered
I am from the Klondyke where
you seem to be going a place where
gold can be raked up by the handful
Who are you What is your
name Berry asked advancing
toward the Klondyker and extending
i nd toward him
T am called Glum Ralston he an
swered
What are you doing here
Hunting for a friend
By this time Clarence Berry had
clasped his hand and brought him
near the camp fire where he bade
him be seated and tell his troubles
I haint much at spinning yarns
the ex sailor answered My friend
was robbed on the Klondyke a few
months ago an at the same time
laid up for repairs
Ethel grasped her husbands hand
and mentally ejaculated It was
Paul
She listened with the keenest in
terest to the story of Glum Ralston
and tears gathered in her eyes She
knew the missing companion was
none other than Paul Miller whose
fate would perhaps never be known
Oh heaven poor Laura how shall
we break this terrible news to her
Clarence she sobbed
The young husband made no an
swer and Glum Ralston lighting his
pipe proceeded to smoke in silence
CHAPTER V
THE WALRUS HIDE
Paul Miller ran two or three hun
dred paces into the cavern until it
grew so dark he had to grope his way
and he came to a halt
From around a projecting stone he
turned his gaze back to the chamber
which was lighted by the lamp
He saw the hermit come at a run
toward the inner chamber three men
pursuing him They were so close
on him that he halted by the side of
the couch and turned at bay A third
man at this moment appeared on the
scene and seized his arms from be
hind and hurled him to the cavern
floor
Paul Miller had all along watched
the exciting contest He started
toward the chamber where they were
tying the hermltss hands with strips
of walrus skin and was almost near
enough to call out when he suddenly
halted and gave them a stare
They are tho robbers themselves
he gasped in a whisper What in
heaven does this mean He quickly
slunk away behind some masses of
rock broken from the side of the
cavern
Completely concealed from the act
ors in this singular drama Paul was
enabled to observe all that went on
There seemed to be only violence
enough on the part of the captors to
effect the capture of the hermit
When this was effected they began
pleading with him to do something or
make some revelation After a few
words the captive became silent and
sullen His captors plied him with
many questions and he refused to an
swer any of them At last leaving
him in charge of one man the other
two began to search the cavern
When they came near Paul he
crouched in the smallest possible
space and scarce dared to breathe
One of the two searchers was the
very man whom he had chased up the
mountain side
As they passed one of them men
tioned a name which caused him to
start so violently as to almost dis
cover himself to them It was Lack
land
Lackland was the wealthy banker
and speculator of his own town who
had been a rival for the heart and
hand of Laura Bush What did these
mysterious men of the Klondyke
know about him or what had he to
do with them
Almost maddened by despair Paul
fell upon his knees and furiously
beat his breast with his hands while
the captors led the prisoner away
They had taken up the oil lamp
and carried it with them and Paul
was soon in total darkness In his
fit of desperation he rose and fol
lowed them At the entrance of the
cavern he halted and gazed off after
the captors and prisoner A thousaad
tumultuous emotions swayed his
heart and again in despair he beat
his breast with his hands
Oh cruel cruel fate Why did I
not know he was my friend and de
fend him
He gazed helplessly at the little
party until they had disappeared from
his view and then threw himself upon
the floor of the cavern in despair
But his better judgment came to his
relief and starting up he seized the
lamp and started back toward the fire
to light it It seemed an age before
the faint glow from the dying embers
told him where the fire was He at
last reached the spot and with a pine
stick raked the living coals together
Laying on two or three smaller sticks
ho blew them into a blazo and lighted
the lamp
After a short rest he was prepared
to travel but ho remembered the wal
rus hide with its mysterious hiero
glyphics and determined to take it
with him He was unable to make
out anything from the hide and roll
ing it up thrust it in one of his capa
cious pockets and taking some of the
provisions left in the cavern went out
and buckled on his snow shoes to
leave the place forever He tramped
until night and then spreading a
blanket on the snow slept soundly A
snow fell during the night and when
he awoke he shook off the white gown
of nature and ate some of the roasted
moose meat he had brought with him
For over a week he wandered about
in the wilderness subsisting on fish
he caught in the river and a deer
which he shot but not seeing a hu
man being Paul had no compass to
steer his course and was often lost
among the mountains
One day he came upon a fresh trail
in tho snow as if a party with Indian
porters dogs and sledges had made
their way over the snow toward Forty
Mile Camp
He sat down at the side of the path
to rest and think A slight crunching
of snow but a short distance from him
caused him to look up and he saw a
man coming on snow shoes a rifle on
his shoulder A single glance a
those familiar features and he cried
Glum Glum Ralston
The solitary traveler paused started
back in surprise clutching his gun foi
an instant as if he would use it then
dropping it on the snow gave vent tc
a whoop that would have done credit
to a wild Indian and bounding for
ward had Paul about the neck cry
ing
Crack lash alive by th trident o
Neptune
Where have you been asked
Paul
Cruisin about lookin for you he
answered Where you been
Paul told the story of his adven
tures concluding with his escape
from the cave
I have found the mystery about
me thickening all the time and this
walrus hide covered with strange pic
tures and hieroglyphics is the chief
of all mysteries
Glum Ralston took the walrus hide
unrolled it and gazing at it with
wildly dilating eyes which indicated
his strange interest demanded
Where did you get it
From the hermit
Th hermit the hermit the man
that owns this hide the man whe
saved you is my old captain cried
the excited prospector with a shout
Where is he where is he Its my
old captain Ill go home to Kate yet
Where is he where is he where is
he he shouted almost fiercely while
Paul was too much dumbfounded tc
utter a word
Be calm Glum and explain what
you mean cried Paul
Holding up the piece of walrus
hide Glum said
Ive seen this before
Where
On board the Eleanor
Who had it there
The red skin as had the stran o
gold nuggets about his neck
Pauls interest in the walrus hide
increased The old man continued in
a gleeful tone
Oh he lives he lives I will find
him tell him Ive been true to him
all these years and take im home
Suddenly he became more com
posed and turning his eyes on Paul
asked Where is he
I dont know
What you have seen him and let
him escape
I could not help myself they came
and dragged him away
To be continued
Biggest Cigar in the World
Paymaster General Bates of the
army possesses the largest cigar in
the world It is sixty three inches
long and as large around as a mans
arm at the thickest section
Its composition includes twenty two
classes of Philippine tobacco The
huge cigar is the gift of Major W H
Comegys of the pay department who
sent it to the paymaster general with
this note
I send you the largest cigar you
have ever seen at least the largest I
have ever seen It is made of a num
ber of the finest brands of tobacco
grown on the islands This was manu
factured at San Fernando do Union
in Union Province P I The case is
also a curiosity It may be called a
family cigar as all smoke it and the
grandmother is supposed to finish it
or the cigar to finish the grandmoth
er Washington Correspondence St
Louis Republic
Beautiful Mummy Blue
Hamlet reflected curiously upon the
fact that the body of a great ruler
might yet come to be used to stop a
hole to keep the wind away but mod
ern ingenuity has discovered more
useful if not more honorable uses for
the bodies of departed emperors
Manufacturers of artists colors now
often use mummies in making their
colors and it is almost certain that
a small percentage of some ancienf
Egyptian rulers went to compose
some of the colors used by various
R As in painting their portraits for
this years Academy Mummies were
usually preserved in bitumen or the
best pitch and this blended with the
bone of the mummy gives a peculiarly
beautiful tint especially in brown oi
dark blue The export of mummies
is now forbidden but one will last S
manufacturer for years The colors
so made are principally used by por
trait painters London Tatler
tjfB 1
EEPUBLICANS EEADY
WILL ACCEPT RESPONSIBILITY
FOR NATIONAL AFFAIRS
Unlike the Democratic Party the Re
publicans are Practically United on
All Great Questions and Have a
Record to be Proud of
Senator Vest is not the only Demo
crat who sees more of party danger
than advantage in the election of a
Democratic House next fall Mr Vest
argues that the Democratic majority
In the House with other branches of
the government in Republican hands
could do nothing more than block the
wheels and merely obstructive tactics
usually bring upon a party a serious
weight of public odium The judg
ment of Senator Vest on this point
based on long experience in Congress
will not be disputed The Philadelphia
Ledger whose political position is
that of the Cleveland Democrats re
marks on the same subject Far-seeing
Democrats will be very well
pleased if the Republicans should re
main in control of the House by a re
duced majority as they will then be
wholly responsible for whatever may
happen in the two years that will
elapse before the next Presidential
election
Republicans are not afraid of that
responsibility Tney court it They
have shaped national policies for forty
years except during a brief period In
Clevelands second administration
when both branches of Congress were
Democratic The Wilson Gorman tar
iff law was passed at that time but
both Cleveland and Wilson regarded
it as a misshapen thing and the coun
try knows that it was a disastrous
failure At all other periods since
1861 when one party held the reins
it was a Republican era and to them
must be credited the legislative
achievements of more than a third
of a century From present appear
ances the Republican majority will
be increased in the next House and
the obstructive tendencies of the
Democratic party will be displayed
by the minority though without avail
The people do not see the wisdom of
halting national legislation for two
years by electing a Democratic House
next November St Louis Globe
Democrat
Agricultural Values
Tbte American Economist almost
alone among the press of the country
has persistently maintained that our
agricultural values have been esti
mated far too low We are pleased
therefore to see that our stand is be
ing vindicated and that the official
statisticians seem inclined to give the
farmer a more approximate approach
to the true figures The value of farm
products as given by the census have
been as follows
1850 1326961320
1860 1600000000
1870 2447538658
1880 2212540927
1890 2460107454
For 1850 and 1860 the amount is
estimated while the figures for 1870
are in currency and should be re
duced one fifth
Now the recently issued bulletin for
1900 gives the value for 1899 as 4
739118752 and if the census had
been taken last year it would no
doubt have conceded that the value
of our agricultural products was fully
6000000000 That is more like it
but still far from the truth The cen
sus takes little or no account of what
the farmer himself consumes He re
turns his cash product only while in
many cases he consumes more than
he sells The meat and vegetables
that go on to his table the winters
supply of potatoes and apples and
elder and ham and bacon the grass
and hay and fodder that are fed to
the live stock summer and winter
the eggs and butter and milk the
peas and beans and tomatoes the
cherries and strawberries and black
berries the wood for the fire the
straw for bedding the manure for
fertilizing in short things innumer
able that contribute to the living
comfort and happiness of the farmer
and his family should all be included
in the total value of his products
110000000000 would not seem an ex
travagant estimate 9000000000
would seem very conservative We
therefore insist on this latter sum
as the minimum value that should be
given to our products of agriculture
It shows what protection does for the
farmers
Divided Democrats
Even if there were some virtue in
a tann issue now would the Demo
crats reap the benefit How do they
stand upon it What do they advo
cate They spent the entire session
of Congress in fighting over the
Philippine question but they formula
ted no policy Every one knows how
the Republicans stand for they have
enacted their tariff views in the Ding
ley bill But who knows where the
Democracy stands Their only con
crete promulgation is the Wilson-Gorman
bill a bill characterized by Presi
dent Cleveland as a measure of per
fidy and dishonor Do they want to
go before the country with that
Among their leaders are Messrs Tel
ler Patterson Dubois and Gorman
who are all outright Protectionists
Will they follow them On the other
hand are Henry Watterson Mr Bryan
and most of the Southern Senators
who are outright free traders Will
the Democracy follow them And
again there are many trimmers like
Senator Jones of Arkansas D B Hill
of New York and their following who
are trimmers Will the Democracy
follow them And if it follows any
one of these three divisions will tho
other divisions follow it
Tho situation of tho National Demo
cratic party is most desperate And
It will not bo Improved by adopting
the tariff Ibsuc Sioux Falls Leader
The Issue Is Hunting Them
Where Is there a better campaign
document for the summer and autumn
of 1902 the marvelous year in tho his
tory of Americas material progress
than the speech on prosperity which
Senator Gallinger delivered about a
week before Congress adjourned
Therein are the figures therein are
the statistics of production consump
tion and wealth which prompt Dr Gal
linger to say
Every man woman and child in tho
United States is equal to ten persons
outside of the United States particu
larly as consumers of our own and tho
worlds products of agriculture min
ing and manufacture The farm labor
ers of Europe do nine times tho work
and get double the result of the farm
laborers of the United States That
Is it takes four and one half Euro
peans to equal one American Extend
the comparison to Asia and Africa and
we find that the average United States
producer is equal to ten the world
over outside of our country The
comparison is emphasized by our coal
consumption and steam power and
finally by our products of manufac
ture We are to day practically inde
pendent of the rest of the earth In a
few years we shall raise our own su
gar and fibers manufacture our own
silk and in fact we shall produce al
most everything used by mankind Tho
conclusion then is warranted that In
another generation if the present sys
tem of protection is continued the
people of the United States will equal
or surpass in production consumption
and wealth tho peoples of the rest of
the world combinod
Here is Dr Gallingers diagnosis of
the political situation
Our friends on the other side are
looking for an issue They need not
worry the issue is looking for them
Prosperity is the issue and all other
questions are secondary
Whether they find an issue or not
this issue is sure to find them not
later than the fourth day of Novem
ber New York Sun
The Hunt for an Issue
The Democrats are afraid to tackle
the tariff question outright again Tho
memory of the dark days from 1893 to
1897 and of the mongrel measure
which President Cleveland refused to
sign and was afraid to veto is still too
fresh in the peoples minds The state
ment issued after the caucus of house
Democrats in Washington last Friday
night although designed to confuso
voters on leading questions makes tol
erably clear the policy they have de
cided on They intend to attack the
tariff from behind the trust and Cuban
reciprocity breastworks They know
the people remember the Wilson-Gorman
law but they hope they have for
gotten that the Democrats were de
nouncing the tariff as the mother of
trusts before they enacted this meas
ure The scheme will not work Tho
country has not yet exculpated the
Democracy for its disastrous anti tariff
work of the past The discredited
party is in a crystal maize and it will
think it has found a way out many
times yet before it finally gets out
Kansas City Journal
Immigration Laws
Eighty thousand immigrants were
dumped into this country in the
month of May They were mostly
from Southern Europe and of a class
the United States can get along with
out Shell Rock Iowa News
On the foregoing the Ackley Iowa
World comments without a blush
The Republican party rejected the
immigration law proposed by th3
Democrats
A few years ago Senator Lodge of
Massachusetts introduced a far strietr
er immigration law but the Demo
crats raised such a howl against it
that they induced just enough Repub
licans to oppose it to defeat the ex
cellent measure Moreover at the
last session of Congress the Repub
licans strenuously endeavored to
enact more stringent immigration
laws and especially to prohibit the
immigration of anarchists but such
was the opposition by Democrats that
they would not allow the bill to pass
Promises Redeemed
The deposits in American savings
banks have increased from 1810
597023 in 1895 to 2845691300 in
1902 This is only one of the many
forms of saving in vogue in the
United States and represents a com
paratively small part of the surplus
earnings of the people The figures
however speak eloquently of the re
demption of the promise made in the
first named year by the Republican
party to restore prosperity San
Francisco Chronicle
A Strong Position
The only objection Republicans
would have to the bringing forward
of the tariff as the grand issue of the
next campaign would be that it would
make the fight too easy for them The
object lesson of the past six years as
compared with those of the preceding
four would render very little of the
customary debate necessary The tar
iff is an issue whereon the Republican
party is too well fortified to make the
discussion interesting St Paul Pio
neer Press
Jekyll Hyde
When out of office Democrats do
much talking about the offensiveness
of trusts but when in power the par
ty does nothing to curb trusts Talk
ing and acting are two different
things Terre Haute Tribune
GRAVES OF ANCIENT RACE
Piehlstorlc Remains Expooed by the
Freshets In Tennessee
Floods that provailed In Tonnossoa
recently washed up what had been
called an old Indian graveyard Sci
entists however who have glvon their
critical attention to tho find are now
inclined to tho opinion that It waa
tho resting placo of prehistoric men
the mound builders
Tho graves were very deep The
green knoll under which they rested
gave no evidence of covoring such
grewBome relics Thero has been nc
indication of a graveyard in the lo
callty within the memory of tho pres
ent Inhabitants and no record of it
In history Before tho flood the Held
was worth 60 an acre and produced
fourteen bales of cotton
But this year tho creek spread over
the bottoms as never before causing
much destruction The soil wns swept
away in the torrent and when th
water finally receded thero were left
exposed twelve graves Some evi
dently were the graves of adults and
some tho graves of children
Now these graves were evidently
not tho remains of Indians They
gave evidence that the dead had been
burled thero with much care whilo
the Indians were wont simply to wrap
a blanket about the body and lay it In
a shallow grave
HE FILLED THE BILL
How the Athlete Won the Educated
Woman
Why he asked when they had
seated themselves alone at one end
of the porch do you suppose Is It
that educated women do not marry
But educated women do marry
she replied I know of three or four
educated women who have been mar
ried within the past month or two
Oh yes of course some of them
marry But why do many of them
remain single
Perhaps it is because tho educated
womans horizon is broader than that
of the uneducated because she de
mands more
Then it is not because she looks
upon marriage itself as a bad thing
Oh dear no
And you have declined proposals
because you have demanded much
She tied and untied her dainty
handkerchief and looked down and
blushed and faintly answered
Yes One of them was five feet
and three inches and the other
couldnt have weighed more than
ninety pounds
Being six feet tall in his socks he
then spoke out and got her
JOKE BY PIERPONT MORGAN
What Great Financier Thought of the
Coal Outlook
One morning several weeks after
the coal strike began Russell Sage
and J Pierpont Morgan were riding
down to business on an elevated train
says the New York Times The con
versation naturally turned to the coal
strike chances of the output prices
coal would bring etc
Mr Sage was telling of their good
luck in procuring a lot at a moderate
cost per ton Mr Morgan bantered
him about the quality claiming he
did not get the real article at the
price he mentioned
Oh yes said Mr Sage that coal
is all right the real article I know
it for each piece is stamped Le
high
Thats a good one answered the
arbiter of finance but Im a think
ing Uncle Russell as he slapped tho
sage of Lawrence Beach good natured
ly on the shoulder Im a thinking
that the next lot you or any one else
will get instead of being stamped
Lehigh the chances are that each
piece will be stamped D high
Two Golf Stories
A capital golf story going the
rounds just now is told of a well
known London music publisher and a
popular actor They had to play over
a hill but one sliced and the other
pulled Lost to sight of each other
for half an hour they eventually met
near the green How many are you
old chap gasped the perspiring pub
lisher Oh like as we lie replied
the actor Lie as we like mur
mured the publisher as he chucked
the game and made a bee line for the
clubhouse and the bar
The bogey of the Acton Golf Club
is 76 A well known dramatic author
playing over the course recently re
turned to the clubhouse flushed with
victory Well how have you done
asked a Thespian senior of the au
thor Ive done a 77 mildly re
marked the author who had never be
fore been known to complete the IS
holes and who was a limit handicap
man Youve done a what roared
the incredulous senior Seventy
seven softly repeated the scribe
and if I had time to do the second
half it would have been my record
London M A P
Curious French Heirloom
A womans hand is the curious heir
loom of the De Fleydeau family one
of the most famous houses in the
French aristocracy and now headed
by the Comte de Fleydeau On legen
dary evidence it is said that in 1393
the family castle surrundereu to the
King after a siege of three years
and in order that the inmates- should
have their lives spared the countess
the most beautiful woman in France
submitted to having her right hand
ut off The gruesome relic in a
mummified condition is still preserved
in a gold casket at the family man
sion on the Gironde and needless
to add is kept proof against thieves
since the fortunes of the owners are
fully believed to depend upon it
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