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THE FALLS C1TV TR1BUNL- , FRIDAY , JANUARY 18. 1907. CHAPTER IV. In other words , wo had departed the ttccne of festivities none too soon. I could readily understand why thodooi * Imtl lioen locked ; It was nojto keep us in the cellars ; rather It was to prevent any one fiom leaving the l > nll room by that route. Evidently our absence had not been noticed , nor had any seen our pieclpitato ' fl ht. 1 sillied gratefully. For several minutes we stood silent and motionless on the landing. At length I boldly struck a matcli. The llrst thing that greeted my blinded ; aze was the welcome \islo'n of a lit- lie shelf lined with steward's candles. One of these 1 lighted , and two others I stuffed Into the pocket ott.my , ' . . - - puchln's gown. Then we tiptoed noftly down the stairs , the gil tug ging fearfully at my sleeve. There was an earthly smell. It was damp and cold. Miles and miles away ( so it seemed ) the pale moonshine lilteied through a cobwcbbed winder. It was ghostly ; but so far as I was roncerncd , I was honestly enjoying myself , strange as this Htatement may ueem. Here was I , setting forth upon an adventure with the handsomest , wittiest girfl had over laid eyes upon. If 1 extricated her neatly , she would always bo in my debt ; and the thought of this was mighty pleasant to con template. "Do you know the way out ? " I confessed that , so far as [ knew , we were in one of the fabled labyrinths of mythology. "Go ahead , " she said bravely. "I ask only to die in your highness' service , " soberly. "But I do not want yon to die ; I want you to get me out of this cellar ; and quickly , too. " "I'll live or die in the attempt ! " "I see nothing funny In our predic ament , " Icily. "A few moments ago yon said that onr angles of vision were not the Mime ; I begin to believe it. As for me. I think it's simply immense to tlnd myself in the same boat with you. " "I with > ou had been an anarchist , or a performer in a dime museum. " "Yon might now be alone here. But , Iiardon me ; surely you do not lack the full allotment of. the adventurous Hpirit ! It was all amusing enough to come here under false pretenses. " "But I had not reckoned on any one's losing jewels. " "No more had I. " "Proceed. I have the courage to tnist to your guidance" "I would that It might bi- always - ways ! " with a hurst of sentiment that was not wholly feigned. "Let us go on , " impatirntb I Hhall not only catch my dPiith of cold , but I shall be horriblv compro mised. " ' My dear young lady , on the word of a gentleman , I will do tin b t I can to get you out of this c-HU If 1 have jested a little , it wab enl > in ( he elfort to give you courage , tor I haven't the slightest idea how we are going to get out of this dismal hole. " We went on.Ve couldn't see half a dozen feet in front of us. The gloom beyond the dozen feet was Stjglau and menacing. And the gieat grim whadows that crept behind us as wo proceeded ! Once the girl stumbled and fell against me. "What's the matter ? " I asked , start- Jed. Jed."I "I stepped on something that that moved ! " plaintively. "Possibly it was a potato ; there's \H bin of them over there. Where the deuce are we ? " "If you swear , 1 shall certainly ncream ! " she warned. "But I can swear In the most cle- cant and approved fashion. " "I am not inclined to have you demonstrate your talents. " "Aha ! Here is the coal-bin. Per- baps the window may be open. If so , we are saved. Will you hold the can dle for a moment ? " Have you ever witnessed a cat footing it across the snow ? If you fcave , picture me imitating her. Cau tiously I took one step , then another ; and then that mountain of coal turned Into a roaring treadmill. Sssssh ! Hrrrr ! In a moment I was buried to the knees and nearly suffocated. I tecame angry. I would reach that window "Hush ! Hush ! The noise , the noise ! " whispered the girl , waring the candle frantically. Cut I was determined. Again I tried. This time I slipped and fell on ray lands. As I strove to get up , the cord on my gown became tangled about my feet The girl choked ; whether with coal dust or with laugh ter I could not say , as she still had on her cambric mask. "Forgive me , " she said. And then I knew it was not the coal dust. "I'll forgive you , but I will not promise to forget" "Merciful heavens ! you must not try that again. Think of the noise ! " "Was I making any noise ? " rub bing the perspiration from my fore- bead. ( I had taken off my mask. ) "Noise ? The trump of Judgment Day will be feeble compared to It. Burely some one has heard you. Why not Jay that board on top of the coal ? " A good Idea. I made use of it at once The window was unlatched , but then1 was aieavy wlic-screcn I miik'd to the HI ( s outside. Theie 'was ' no getting 01' that wa > . The gods were evidently busy else where. "Nothing dolngu 1 mummied , a bit Mscoura/jed. / "And even If there was , yon real'r I could not expect me to ilsk my neck and dignity by climbing through a window like that. Let us give up the Idea of windows , and sivk the cellar doors * those./'int give to the grounds. 1 ( ijzelnro"/ / shall leave by no other oxli.v "It was very 'kind ' of you to let mo nnke an ass of myself like that. W. v didft .von trJ' me be forehand ? " "Perhaps It's the angle of vision \again. \ I can H > C > Hint wo shall never agree. Seriously. 1 thought that If yc" got out that way , you might lind the other jxxit for me.am sorry If my laughter ni.noyed you. " "Not ot all. not at all. Hut wouldn't it be wise to S.IM > a little laughter to n.ake merry with when we get out ? ' ' 1 stepped out /if the bin lind re lieved her of Hie candle ; and w.o wont \in. "You did look ' .uniiy , " she said. 'Please don't ! " 1 begged. Soon Wf c-ar.ie In a bin of cab- baijcs. , I peered in philosophically. "I might lind n I utter head In there than mine , " I suggested. "Now you are trxint ; to be sarcas tic , " said the girl. We went on. "Walt gi moment ! " she ciled. "Here's a bin of nice apples. " Apples ! Well , my word , she was a cool one ! I picked up one , polished It on my sleeve , and gave it to her. "I'm hungry , " she bald , apologet ically. "And plucky , too , " I supplemented , admiringly. "Most women would be in a weeping state by this time. " "Perhaps 1 am waiting till It Is all over. " "Yon had better lake off your mask. " In fact I felt positive that the sight of her exquisite face would act 'like a tonic upon my nerves. "I am doing very well with it on. I can at least keep my face clean. " She raised the curtain and took a' liberal bite of the apple so nonchalantly that I was forced to smile. "Hero's a box , " said I ; "lets sit | down while we eat We are safe enough. If any one had heard this "Proceed. I Have the Courage to Truit to Your Guidance. " racket in the coal bin , the cellar would have been full of police by this time. " And there we sat , calmly munching the apples , for all the world as if the iron hand of the law wasn't within a' thousand miles of us. It was all rery amusing. "Are are you the man they are hunting for ? " she asked abruptly. "I never stole anything more terri ble than green apples and ripe ones" with a nod toward the apple bin. "Pardon me ! I feel very guilty In asking you such a question. You haven't told me your name. " "Haven't I ? My name is Richard Cornstalk. My friends call me Dicky. " "Dicky , " she murmured. "It's a nice name. " "Won't yon have another apple ? " I asked impulsively. "My appetite Is appeased , thank you. " An idea came to me. "Hamilton said there were three tens of hearts. That meant that only one was out of order. Where did you get your card ? " "That I shall tell you later. " "But are you really an Impostor ? " "I should not bo in this cellar else. " "You are very mystifying. " "For the present I prefer to remain so. " We tossed aside the apple cores , rose , and went on. It was the longest celler I ever saw. There seemed ab- 'solutely no end to it. The wine cellar was walled apart from the main cel lar , und had the semblance oi a huge cistern with a door opening iuto it As we passed It , the vaptie ptrfume pratefully. "It seems strange that nobody - , body should ho in the collar on n night I like this Hark ! They arc playing i.-.iln up Ktniia In the ball room. " \n \\otiderliin l a whole lot whpro that third ten of heart * has KOIU\\\J ' ( Hut , listen. How arc we to aeb l liacK to thi ) trolley ? \Ve certainly < an not walk tin.rjMnnce In thcsfc clothed. " 'Oh. that carryall ylll como to our i ve < < ; ue.Vo are weary and are leav ing early , don't you know. That part Is simple ; the complicated thing Is to I sr.ke the dust uj' this cellar. " s ! "What a big ' ' 'furnace ! " she ex claimed , as we came into view of tlu hugo heating apparatun. "And there's more coal. " A man stepped out from behind tji 5 fiirnacv. and confronted us. A red bandana coveted the lower part of his fo.ce and his hat was Bulled down over his eyes. But 1 rccogWlz'cd him in stantly. It was the fellow with the villainous pluo ! Sc..uothing glittered ominously at the end of his out- stretcfied arm. "If you make any noise , sir , I'll have to , ilug you , Hi.1 , " ho said in polite but mullled tones. The candle slipped from my lingers , and the three of us stood In darkness ! of the grape drifted out to us. "Let's have a bottle , " 1 began. "Mr. Cornstalk ! " "By absent-treatment ! " 1 hastened to add. "You will make a capital comrade if we ever get out of this collar. " "Trust me'for that ! " 1 replied gaily. "Be careful ; there's a pile of empty bottles , yearning to be filled with tomato catsup. Give mo your hand. " But the moment the little dibits closed over mine , a thrill seized me , and 1 quickly bent my head and kissed the hand. It was wrong , but 1 could not help It. She never spoke nor withdrew her hand ; and my fear that she might really bo offended vanished. "We are nearly out of It , " 1 auid "ec- uluyitly. "I see the cellar stairs on ahead. If oilly those doors arc opt-i' " "Heaven Is meiciful to the InH > ' we are a pair , " she Training The Youth In Citizen ship. IndueVilliril3rovn of Indian apolis. who Drummed the Ameri can Anti-Ciynretie. League , lias a novel mif ] unique plmi for i-ducii- lin thp American youth in tin ; duties of uitixtMiship. lie propo ses to establish what lie calls a "Boys' City. ' * in Hie nature of n Ghantauqnn. One of its purpos es is to brimr hoys from twelve to eighteen years together in a wholesome1 atmosphere and ive them training. Woven into the work ifi a nati ou'il association of juvenile court judges , who are now without any oriranixution for the \\elmntre of idens , and there will be establish ed at Winona Luke , Jiul. . a sum mer school , where Sunday-school t 'idiere. Y. Al. 0. A. , workers i" . ' nil v. lie are interested in bov ' and boy problems tuny men' air ) dis'MiSf , phases nf the work ii which they are enua ed , and at the pame time may study juvenile lifta& they find it in the I3oj's City. City.The The Boys' City is not to be. made up of street Arab ? , but of boys froin the Sunday schools of all denominations. Geographical ly it is to be a model city , with its hundreds of tents arranged iif streets. Tt will have its park sys tem , its athletic fields , and the lake will provide facilities for boating , bathing and fishing. The city will have its snnitnry system , it will have its forces of boys , who , by alternating in this service will keep the city clean , but it will be a city without police officers , police or juvenile courts. Every boy will ben citizen on his honor. The city will be divided into wards and each ward will elect a repre- eontative to the city council. The municipality will have a boy mayor - or , to be chosen by the youthful voters. The idea is a good one. It aims at the education , along correct - rect lines , of the future real citi zens of the country , and its influence - fluence upon the youth must be beneficial.V e have no such thing as training for citizenship in this country. The only exam ple youth gets is from politicians and this example is by no means always good ; indeed , it is more apt t to be the reverse. Hence any step that will inculcate proper and wholesome principles is to be welcomed. "Red Pepper ! " It's a hot one ! For sale at the Falls City Music Company. LOYALTY WON FORTUNE. Rnllrond Man Leaves Gcncious Be quest to His I/ong-Tlmo Assistant. Eighteen yonru of unswerving devo tion has brought its rich reward to John Smyth , of S7 Crawford rond.N. 12. , once u Now York "cabby , " now the heir of a railroad man of wealth. For that length ofitlmo ho served the late George liur- ttclto Sprlggs , formerly general freight agent of the Nickel I'lato system , In the capacity of valet and confidential sccre- tavy. tavy.For For live year prlor to his death Mr. | Spriggs was an invalid suffering from an , Incurable malady. During that time Smyth hovered over his beside , forego ing all his pleasures. For weeks at a ' tlmo the falthlul valet was seldom nblo to take off hlr. clothes and was forced to snatch his slcrp In u chair by the bed of his atlllctcd employer. Mr. Sprlggs dio-1 a few weeks ago ; but ho did not forgot the self-sacrificing de votion of the man who soothed the'last hours of his lonely life. The former "cabby" from New York is now heir to real estate and moneys representing bequest of more than ? 50,000. It was on a dull November morning , IS years ago , that Oeoige nnrdotto Sprlggs met John Smyth , cabman , In the lot by the Hoffman house , New York. "Cab , sir ? " Inquired Smyth of the magnate , Sprlggs ttirntd and looked at the "cabby. " "Is this the man you recommended ? " he aslfcd , turning to the hotel clerk at the desk. The clerk nodded. "Son , would you liketo go to Cleveland - land with me' . ' I have just discharged my valet , and C'allahan here tells me you are honest and trust wet thy. Will yon come ? " It did not take long to strike ilia bar gain. The promise of travel and the In ducements held out were too strong to bo resisted by the neophyte who wished to plunge into the baptism of life real life by "seeing the country. " And the arrangement was never regretted , cither by the busy man of railroad affairs , who had neither wife nor child to brighten his life , or by the former cabby , who left llttlo behind , and who is yet in the full tide of young manhood , -with the means at his disposal to pursue n crowning de sire. "lie never treated mo as a servant , but rather as a companion , " said Smyth. "Mr. Sprlggs wan 0110 of those men whom the possession o wealth doen not spoil. He was liked by every person with whom ho came in contact , by his serv ants as well as by his business asso ciates. "Tho property he left me was entirely unexpected. Before he died ho told mo I should be taken care of in his will. But what wab left to mo was so much beyond my deserts or expectations that 1 was overwhelmed. I tried to do my duty while I was in his employ , but really I did nothing more than what 1 was very libm-ally paid for. " Cicorgo Bnrdette Sprlggs w.'is 71 years old when he died , lie had railroad and other interests In Canada and on the continent as well as those In this coun try. By his will IIP left $300 to each of three other employes and some of his real estate to a niece in niouccstorshlre , England. The roM of his estate ho be queathed to John Smyih , once cabman , then faithful valet. WEATHER AFFECTS RATES. i Conditions of Temperature May Force Railroads to Radical Re ductions. Weather conditions arc frequently of striking inlluenco upon rates. To start with , writes Samuel Spencer , In "Railway Rates and Industrial Prog ress , " in Century , the seasonable topic of ice , there was in a winter not long past a total failure of the ice crop on the Hudson river and the lakes and streams in New Jersey and eastern Pennsylvania. It was suddenly re alized that distant sources must be utilized for the supply of Ice for New York and the populous adjoining re gion for the coming summer. Lake Champlaiu and Lake George , several hundred miles away , seemed most available , and rail transportation had to be arranged. Here was a now sit uation , and a new and exceptional traffic , for which no rates had over before been needed or established. The emergency was quickly met. The necessary low rates were made , the Ice was transported , and the deficiency supplied. ' , A year or so ago the weather gave another aspect to the Ice problem. A I particularly cold season left a large ' surplus stock of Ice In the icehouses in the vicinity of New York city. This depressed the Ice so as to affect injuriously the business of those lakes In Pennsylvania which regularly shipped Ice to New York. To repair as far as possible this unexpected inJury - Jury to a regular , established business , the railroads leading from Pennsylvn. nla made a substantial reduction in their rates for ice transportation In order that their patrons during the emergency might reach other more distant markets. Reed'a Hide "Round the Horn. " Tom Reed , accompanied by William Dryant , a well-known politician in Waltham , took a Watertown branch ( Fltchburg railroad ) train ono oven- Ing a few years ago for the watch city , where he was booked to speak r.t a Republican rally. It was Reed's flrst experience going "around the horn. " Stop after stop was made , and finally the brakeraan sang out : "Bleachery ! Bleachery ! The next station Is Chemistry ! " "Say , Bill , " drawled Reed , "this train Is taking a u'gular high school tourse. " Boston Herald. OCTOPUS UNCANNY THING. Cuttlefish Hnvo Boon round with n Reach of Thirty-Eight Feet Kill VictiniB. Of all the big game of the deep ] pea thai have been taken by man the cnUIellslios arc the most dia bolical in shape and general ap pearance. 1 have handled and measured one that was ! ! S feet in length , a weird , spidorlikc crea ture with two antonnat'like arnin JIO feet in length , says a writer in Metropolitan .Magax.ine. Speci mens of these animals have been caught 71) ) foot in length , I he cap tors lighting them with an it.x , cut ting ( lie arms which soi/.cd mid held the boat. Oil' the I'oaHls of California and Alaska ( here is a big deep sea all.v of ( his animal a bif ; spiderlike octopus--thai Imnnlis ( he deep banks , proving U'on ] the ilshes most esteemed by lishcrnicn. It i found oil' Hie Kari-aloiii's on rocK hot torn and at t hues I he llshcrnu'ii haul in their lines thinking thai they have fouled a stone o" rock , HO heavy is the \\eiglil. lm ( when the surface.is reached long , laid inns shoot alio\c ( lie water , sei/.c i he boa ) and the men an * forced to light with knives and liiilchetu the ucird. iiiicamn game that has , i radial spread of ; tl ! feel , its eight . ncker-lined arms being lu feet in length and possessed of "x traovdinary power. A sperimi'ii taken oil' the island of San Cle inciilc had a spread of about ill I I'cet and gave ! < ' 1u..ilmi > n a liai > 1 battle to sever it- ll\iiiLri , ! u. s Nothing more diabolical can In conceived than this spiderlik' giant of the deep sea , livingamoni. the rocks ( ! ( ! ( to 1.001) ) leel In-low the surface. An individual of moderate six.e which I kept alive displayed the greatest pugnacity. The moment 1 approached it would literally hurl itself a I my arm , winding its long tentacles about it in a manner suggestive of what a large individual might do. Indeed , Dr. A. K. Packard , professor /.oology at JJrown uni versity , says : "An Indian woman at Victoria , Vancouver island , in 1S77 , was seized and drowned byanocfopus , probably of this species , while bathing on the shore. Smaller specimens on coral reefs some- limes seize collectors or natives , and , fastening to them with their relentless suckered arms , tire and frighten to death tin- hapless vic tim. " REYNOLDS AND HIS RIVAL. Contrast Between the Two Artiste Difference Between Art and Nature. The contrast between these two urtists is almost the diU'erencc be- ( ween art and nature , says St. Nicholas. Reynolds wa . learned in what other painters had done , and had reduced his own art to a sys tem. Gainsborough found out ulniost everything for himself ; never lost the simple , natural way of looking at things and people ; and painted not according to rule , but at the dicta I es of what he felt. Reynolds planned out his effects , Gainsborough painted on thespur of the impression which the sub ject aroused. Reynolds' art was based "bu safe general principles ; Gainsborough's was the fresh and spontaneous expression of his temperament depending , that is to say , on feelings rather than on calculation. His temperament , or habit of mind , was dreamy ami poetic , gentle and retiring , includ ing a small range of experience. Reynolds , on the other hand , was a man of the world and of business capacity ; intimate with Samuel lohnson , Oliver Goldsmith and other celebrities of the day ; a raai of knowledge and clever couversa tional power , whose pictures b \ their variety prove his versatility Consequently when the Koya academy was established , in 1708 hewas elected president by ac claination and was knighted b. > George III. , an honor that has ever since been bestowed on the holder of this office. These two men were at thchcai of the group of portrait painter who , in the latter part of the eight ccnth century and in the earlj years of the succeeding one , addei luster to thojiew growth of art ii England. JJunyan in 105 Languages. One book alone , the "Pilgrim' Progress , " holds the record fo English literature , having been n produced in lOndifl'erent tongues TO EXTEND YOUR LIFE. Thinking an Exhaustive Process nud the Need the Brain Worker Una of Repair. According in the theories propounded od recently by Ur. Wllholm Ostwald. of the University of Lolpslc , In hU octuro before the students of Gohnu- ila university , the length of human Ifo dopcndn upon the store of paychic norgy which in within the body. The irolongatlon of llfo nt pleasure , nc ordlng to his theory , should bo more y a question of revitalizing the body occasionally with thin mysterious orce , which travels through the ncrv us nystcm , and which experiment ha ? hewn to bo closely nltln to electricity Dr. Ostwald said In part : "Thinking Is the nmnt cxliuusth dud of work , because It consume-1 nero of this force than any phynlca ! iroccss. It has often llcon found lion stopping the process of thought hat this energy la transformed into' cat In the body , and at the same tlm hero is loss need of rccnforccment of ho Bupply of energy. When I am on- ; agcd in aovcro mental labor , us I have > con ninco coming to America , I cat wlco as much nn I do when I am note o engaged. Thin only Hhown that the rain la conatnntly using up a supply f the energy , and to keep up brain vork wo must keep mipplylug the en- rgy from tlm outside. "Most of this energy conies in lirough the food which we cat , but very ficnso impression , mich as see- ng , hearing or fooling , convoys n cor- aln amount of force into the bed > Vhcn the body once rccolvcu the en- rgy , It acts just llko any ollior inn- hlne In itn transferences. The qncs ion of long llfo ( lion IB nlmply n < iuc.s Ion of keeping up the supply. A < eng as the vital organs are nblo to sslmllato properly , thus providing ho body with the force that Is used ii | In mental and physical processes. person should remain young.Bov on IJudgPt and lloacon. BLANKETS AND WOOLENS. low to Cleanse Blankets the lliglit Way and How to Put Away Woolens. Washing Ulnnkets. When my lit- lu neighbor washes blankols , it is L pleasure just to sit by and watch .ho pretty , soft , fluffy things blow ng on the line. The process is so ilmplo that I hnvo learned to do it mysolf. Cheese a warm , sunny , but vindy day. This IB Important , if the icst results are wished , While dry , ook over them carefully , and put n uafcty pin In the center of the jpollod upotB. Kor ono pair of. blan- ccts , prepare a suds with half a cake of any good white neap , with one ablespoonful each of borax and am- nonla. The nuds must bo as hot as you can bear the hand In. Lot the ilankets stand in this for an hour , and if the water Is too cold , add inoro hot water. Then look tip the ; > laccs where the pins are , remove ihoso and rub between the hands mtll the spots disappear. Do not rub m the board , and do not soap on the Jlnnkot direct ; hnvo ready a second ub of suds , and paddle thorn around n this , squeezing and pressing be- wecn the hands ; rinse In not less han three waters of the same tem perature , running them through the vringcr each time. Fasten with at east a doxr.n pins to the line , and shake frequently whllo drying. . Storing Woolens. Thla is the sea son for putting away woolen clothes ind furs. No moth balls or other vilo-smelllng subxtanco will bo needed f the garments arc hung on the line n the sun , whipped with u ifglu switch , and in the cnso of clothes all ho soil spots carefully cleaned. Then tie up in'clean pillow cases or , better still , fold over the hems and run along on the machine. A chaln-stltch nnchlno Is best for this purpose , as it s easily ripped ; but it a lock-stitch s used , have the bottom thread loose. Country Gentleman. Whole Wheat Bread. Scald one cupful of milk , add one cupful of water , ono teaspoonful each of salt , sugar and butter. When thlsi is lukewarm , add one-fourth of .t ycact cake dissolved in one-half of a cupful of lukewarm water , and enough whole wheat flour to make a th'n bit ter. Ilavo this done uy six o'clock am' set in a warm place until ten o'clock. Add enough Hour to make a soft dough , kneading well. Let it rise until morning. Then stir down and pour into well-greased pans and let It rise half an hour. Duke one hour la u moderate oven. To Renew a Mirror. Keep for this purpose a piece of sponge , a cloth , and silk handkerchief , all entirely free from dirt , as the leasi grit will scratch the fine surface o' the glass. First bpongu it with a llttlo spirits of wine , or gin and water , to clean off all spots ; then dust over It powdered blue tied in muslin , rub 1 * lightly and quickly off with the cloth , and finish by rubbing with the silk handkerchief. Do careful not to rub- the edges of the frame. * Moth in Carpets. U the moths have got Into a carpet It must be taken up , thoroughly shaken , and pressed with a flatlron an' ' hot as It will bear without scorching. | Then liberally sprinkle the floor where It is to He with spirits of turpentine , pouring It into any cracks there may be between the boards. Tor Washing Brushes. Dissolve rock ammonia in the pro portion of one ounce to two quarts of water. Dip the bristles lightly In this and move backward and forward. Rinse thoroughly in cold water , shake and dry In the sun.