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14 Tim OJMAJJLA DJULk * Bjam SUNDAY , AUGUST IT , ISOO-SIXTEEN PAGES. /REXCII / INKERS IN A BDEL Eomo Mighty Good Stories About Men and Other Axlmali. KNEW WHERE THE HOSPITAL WAS , U'lint n. Birinrt Omlnc Did In FVIseo 1 Ijc > -c l Wont HMrt-KI * li Will K'lslit-Su'ml ' by a. A duel recently look place in a traveling clrcui te'nponrlly stationed hi a village out- tldol'arh , niiilvut ) cuilous were tlio cense quences. "Two acrobmV1 siy aulspatclito the linden IDally Dispatch , " ( luiurclcd , nnd rusoltcd to fight a duel. The phco chosen wn-ithe ring after the puWlo performance , of courso-thoionJItlons bcln/j tuo shots at twenty-llta pices. As usual , neither of the combatants \vro liurt , nud thilr wounded homrs btlng BiitislleU the Incident termin ated The duelists and their second * over looked tlio presence of two members of Uidr company , who weio tiulctly munching nuts In tuorncr. 1'hosocro two trained mon keys , wlio been tnuuht to ride around the ring dressed up asoldlTJ , uml to tire pistols ca route Tlio ino Koyssni\v the norformanco of their muster * , nnd when the viy MII elcar the ) icso'.vedto linltato It. 0 rarely loaJlii } ; their pistols ttioy Uccd oath othor-not ut twrnlv-JUo meet , but at flvo-iutd flrul. They belli fell deml , ono with its head nearly blown off nnd tlio other shot in the breast. At Hie boiiudof the shots the muter of tlio circus rwlifdlii nnd fcund the Ijodles of tlio liultiU\cdi.dstsln ! the ring vlth tlio itlll BinckliiK pistols Ijliifr Ij them. " Coiniiiiiitliii ? on thh inteiestliiK Item , the London Biitnrilay Hc\io\v \ obseives , "Jn a gloomy week two inonkojsitto ooiislder- ntoly aaulllcul themselves 011 the nltur of ajety. 'Tluio is souicw bat IMly lauslia- E Iti/iictoulhiK / to a PrciK'h tiltlc , 'invluit - ovtrconronisileatli. ' When wo'luiM ) heard whit mltth the tnotikns mule,1 It must bo deemed appropriate if , indeed. Iho story is notiui unwoilhj nspenlou on tlielutdliffeiieo of the anlinn's ' j\ccoidliiKto a correspond ent , two uerob its In tlio einus at Paris , had u ills pule , followed by jn affair of honor. The distance wo the nice eenUetimiily oiwof twuity-llvo jnces , at whlcheventi good | its- tel shot inivy miss an opponent vlth nwenpon iu nls hiinds At all c\euts , vhctlicr good shots or not , the lorubituuts did uih . 1'or- Imitstlicyvcio tu nervous as tlio tiimd duel ist whom M. Guy do Maupassant bus do- Bciibed tw ice , ono iu a volume of sketches aiidonic in uno\fl , Mlcl .Ami. ' "Now nuioiiB the tcmolns of this affair wtro two niics. 'Iho croiituro is Imitative nnd Ingenious , but never ha monUoj cauied imitation ami inRCiiulty further than the Purls uionkcjs. 'the famed upc of the ( iin- iion stoij lull no compurgiitors They only miido one dlltcitnco in Ibo arnuiRcmcuts wlilch they Ind observed tobosopieturcsoue , so safe , and to honor so consul ing. 'Jliey found v'stols ' and cnrtildes ( , ; they loaded ; tlicy stood up to c.icli other ut five twenty- f\\o yards distancoand tliey bkw each other toplccos Of all monkeys coiuei u ing hem history speaks , these ulotio nro dead on the Held of honor. How Iho details hnvo been clis-ovtied , as tlio monkeys chose uoseconds , docs not npiitir. Noils it known whether tlicj hml beiii IOIIR on 111 tcunso \ Vole for the tody' of tills qutirrtl in v.iln. "IVili.ipstliatls thowhurthiory which den - n U.s tint tlicupos had any hostile niotivo at all They thought , from -vib.it tlioy had ob served of tlio duello , that it was an exercise iiolessfiionJlv of 'Tlo SletpiiiR Beauty 'Per- rnult nukes the Beiuty'a litllo boy fence with a moul > oy. This Is , iiciluips , tlw nearest ton duel with clvlll/ed ivc.iwns that any SlniliiiHrontiirocvurwmo hofuie the mon- kijs of the l.ill ) > Tolcirniph The biboon is a belligerent iiniiuiil with military dlsclitllno and hols snlil to throw stones and do inuiv other stnt Uln tiliks of war. I3ut a duel vv ith phtols , iitula doubly fatal duel. . Is n link too muiy for liim" Possibly the moii'wys ' TouKhtoa Inpiuioso piinciplcs , v\hcra iult is duhonouiblc foi either combatant to return alive. Butue bavu no cvidctico about the nwit interesting notnl us who gnva Iho word to tire , vvhctbcr It ww notii bfirrlorduel , nnd so forth. AVe only huro the sul , phln fucts toiponk for themselves la tlio IJaily Tele- "Bow-wow , " barked the dog , and Dr. Wolf dropped li's piper to take a look at the cmimoslttinK ona rv nthls fiet. "Hello , what's tlui matter with you ? " The dog raised bis ilht ( fonpaw , nnd the whine ho uttered was dog talk for. "Look at it ; It hurts. " br. Wolf did look ntlt imQ found Imbedded In the under side of the ptw a lirjjo pieio of gliss , siys the Sail Fwnoiieo Examiner , "How clidrougct that < " Doggie could not answer except by anothci \ihluo ' "Well , como along , old fellow. I'll UK it for you" rfio dog limped pnlnfullv after the jihysi clan from the ofllco of tli Receiving hospital Into the operating room , wbero Sttftiiril tliowin lifted him to the padded table Muu > on ICarr jirocuicd tbo pincers , needle nnd thread , drainage , tube , iodoforni , filter nnd lint , vhllo the doctor took tbo injured \rn\v inhls IniiHlundskilHuHy extiactcil tbo ulass. Then the wound was cleansed , tbo edges < owed tocethcraiultho | > nw bandaged nsLMivfullyiuiU sultiitUluiUy as though tlio Sitiont wcro a , human belnu.Noveru uhliio Id doirgloutNsr , butiislow inovoiucut of bis tall tothe light mid loft tcaUlluJ to bis gmtl- tudo. "Now , yon' ro til Tliiht , " Dovn trom the tJiule JunnieJ the pitlent vvlth a Joyous "bow-wow , " and nltor seam- j rhiMu-oiiud | tlio room n few times just to show that his pivv didn't hurt an > luoie lie scun led out to tbo street An hour Inter ho walked Into the hospital aiuin ; with a mourn fill expression In hlsovu nnd the bandugu KOIIO fiom his foot lr Wolf rubandagul tbo wound , uiado It secure , mid \vuy \ trotted thoilo ) , ' "Why tliil he coino lu horol" snKl tlio doc tor iiuospoiiso to mi inUirv ( | , 'Oh , 1 don't ' knohe's ; a tramp dog and hangs around hero iiearlj all tbo timo. He's ' seen many on operation performed lu this room. I suppose limtinet Uuipht him Unit ( His was the place to p.t his piw llxeil. 1 do hope , however , that ho won't go nnd tell nil the dop"i in town about It , iu the citj iiiuj bo forced toestub llsli iiciiuiuo hospital. " On the register of the liospltal the steward mndotlio intrj : .Tulj 28 , 1800 A cnuino lacerated wound of paw discharged ll'l ) u m. Kowu-ks ; Came to the buspitaluiiaecoinpaiilcd. In tbo hrollinc heat the other diy Ctmrles Hoblliib of St , Louis , vvns toiling up North Ninth street in uover.j iimlablo mood , when apiisstiiKieinaik about thoneuthor r.iuseil him to completely lose his temper. 'Jhis Ir- litaUllty lost him fJ5 In the iwlleo couit , liiysa dlspntdi to the New VoikVorld \ , Uoiisldcrliiir the nntuio of the offciiso Mr. Hobblns mny loiiBiutuhtolilinbolf hi pitting off so cheiplv , for by lila act u once liiipjiy Ninth atiwt fanillvU now fluiiKLd in grief , and a Ninth stieet shopkuoiw isobllsedto | xiokt a conslilomblo llnuiclal loss. Uchbins was trudpliiR aloiiK mopplni ; bh poisplrlughrowhen ho licivxia vokc cullIng - Ing nlr hi in : ' 111 , tlitio , jou blue-ev-ed monster. Is tbls bet enough foioul" Robblns looked up In n rugo nnd BBM u beautiful \xiJI \ parrot > ltll liU head cocked to ono ildo nulling' for a reply. Ho vnlniiod nut a io\olvoruud at tlio Urst shot killed the bliti The ucvt wint viilo of tlio mink nnd cnwliod Into aiT plato K-I \\liuiovv lu the ihopbelmv. A i > ollceiiiiinwiis among the Ursiof tbo big croud tbat gathered i-ouud the tOHtj Hobblns , uudlioaa \ soon tllsiiiriucd and locked up Mr , GwrgoKussell lives In u house on the rlvrrroud ojiposlto Billovlllo , lv' . J.a short dlHtancootjovo tno Jersey City wutcrvvoiks , tuyi the Kuw Voi k Sun. One afternoon list we 'lr , hli wife , Mrs. Mnry Ilussell , awoUo Jrornu tl ( o on the sofa In the p.irlor and 110- llrt-dwltli HOIIIU curiosity that twoyouni ? doj undue-lit , hcmsohoUl jiets , vverostaudiiig us If turned to atone * , ttartiig ut soiuu object In ( tin corner of Ilio room. Uookltigto see what Itvtui tlial had nppurintl panilyzed them , 1)111 ) mivvu blai'k tiuilii ) fully lt feet louu uKii ) tlio curpet , Tlio rcptllo Bcoineu toil r I lie , but It was jierfeilly still , and ( . Mm ICUHicll > : iyHvvero lit leu it mi liidi froiri tliefr socketi , ItlUlilly tl tliontui'lllc-diiiilmals. ' Alr , KuKNtrll ] iiniKMlfrom | thoBofuandcn- ( ViuvortHl to tri'dklbo [ K > 11 tbut boundthowit irKlllxi Aotc * \ > y itrlklnjf tliotn with a cloth ; UU t lUeiuli ( ] uu ittcutloa to her , nor did the > IK unnko seem to head her presence at all. jlio vvns nlono In the bouse , and slio ran out o call a neighbor. She was absent for about ftecn nilnutei , and when she returned , un- ccoinpaiilcd by anybody , the situation bad lot chnugwl n particle. The make' ' * glitter- ng oypswero still ilunely pitjtmdliur , and eltlier tbe cat nor the iloir Doomed cnpnlilo if tnovliif , ' Thou Mrs. Hussdl went Into the iltchcn , nnd , ROHR ! hack with htr husband's x , oho chopped the sn.iko's head off. As he icptile fell dead the animals It bnd fai- hinted reco\cied their volltloiinud movid away , Within the last month I have trnde nu In- croillng e < pcrltnint with n fowl , says n vrlur lulhe SiKjctator. So'no ihoito opgs jeitij } sent mo for hitehlnij twinosc * ( hiivlnif 10 hen at that time broody and uo Incubator ) determined to set one of my hens on thcso Kgs and keep her thereby force of incstncr- e power The egits weio not freihvhen I rcc'tlvcd tlu in , iunlto keep them with the xin- certain hope of a hen bceomlni ; bioodj might invclK'cn fatal to their luitchlnp. I , there- oi'O. went ngalnst niitura mid set my hen up on tncsce'gHjsho\vas ( \ In fulllnyat tbo time , nnd icmalnedso throughout the tbreo weeks die was sitting , lujlng , according to wont , wo out of tb fee dijs. Those v\ho uiuVr- land poultry will appreciate that no lieu \\II1 do ttifs. havlnff bccoino naturally bloody , although for the ilnt d.ij or two after being set ( n ogpj 1 have hud bins hy once or e\en twice. IVIuking thocg s I set her upon , 1 was ibleto know nnd vlthOmw the CPUS she Icqit iiyinir. The Ilrst dav 1 placed heron the eggs It took mo bulf un hour to hrlng bet * into hjpnotle condition ; but cnch suicnsslvo liiyiift , < .rlui\liig rousedherto dilnk mill oil , win able to tooth tier to drownj [ daclilltylii nuch leis tlino ; also tlicio woio iluys , wlicn h.id logo tober more than onuo In tbo dnj , shobphu'la a restless , ex cited stile , trying o Kit ol ! the nest 'Hie icsult has been , niuh to my o\vn \ lutoiilslmunt , that four out of sevenot these ciigs luvo liatibed and nio icnlthv , liappj little chickens. At night I nu still Influence tbeii mother to her mater ial duties , hut lu the day time slio takes uo lotlco of them , Louis rinltclstclii , a barber , and his poll p irrot wcro nriestcd the other day onu war- nntswoni out by 1'nt Uvvycr , a wpoiter for hoK'iuuM City Evening Star , uiuler In- triiUions from Colonel \ \ J. Is'elbon , editor and piopilctor of that piper The police and ill otheis avaro of the facts In the case real the matter sis n lingo Joke , but Colonel Celsoiiseciiisvoiyinin.il in cauicst , l ink- ls.tein'sb.irlxr snop | j oiiposito tbo Stnr fllco nnd the patrol's ctigo bangs in front , injs a special to the Globe-Demount. Of nto the blid seems to luvo selected Colonel Cekon as a special objirt of derlsonnnd for ho past few dnjs his been advising the olouel to "get Ills hair tat" mid to "souk his lead , " \vhencv or in hailing distance To bo , hus addressed whenever ho entered or lelt lisofllco annoyed tboa colonel , and he had rinkelbteiti uuestcd for maintaining a nuis- mto. rr.inltTeny , a Wells-F.irgo c\ press mcs- enger , Ms helper and. a hirgngo ( man had a Ivcly ejpericneo with , a mammoth seal on a Snntu Fo train at ICansaa City the other diy. There were Jour seals oidired fromthose.il slands In the 1'aclHc for the Ntw York oologicil garden They left San Fianclsco n largo w ooden tiges , says a dispatch to tbo New York "World Ihe heat mid absence of vntcr piovcd disastrous to three ot the soils. The Ilrst seal , a female , died nt Denver. On ho trnln between tint point and Kansas Jity one of the males went mad and attnikcd its mate , killing hoi almost instantly by ) itlng lier luad ncurlj off. IIo tavcd for sev eral hours , nnd the express messenger and other occupants of the car n era considerably rin'btciieel lest ho break the stiong lagoiuid eseape. Tbeuuinial was flnallj quieted and ? ave thomesicnpcr no fuither'trouble until Ywiitlne w is reached 'llieu ' he bccamo fuilous and , raising him self on his foiomost llus , used his tiil'ivith sudi foiee that ho brolto tlio cage into pieces u less time tb.in It taU'S to tell It , nnd then , > cllowinj ; loudly , inndo uu attuek on Uxpr ss Vlcssengcr 'lerrj Ho jumped on n largo pllo of evpiess mnt- cr , butvvas iiuieldy diivn fiom that posl- .ion. The inon nt list niadetheircseapo .hrough thosldodoorof the cai andeloscd it behind tbcra Iho seal raged for about five minutes nnd -hen dioppeildead. Iho carcass , weighing 518 pounds , was taken to Armour's packing hoi so stud skinned Ibo rcmamlncscnlvvus ciirefully watered and shipped on to New Yoik. Har\ey A. Smith had a desperate battle with u stallion , says a dispatch from Prcsquo Tsle , We , to the Globe-Democrat. The stal lion Is dead ; Smith still lives , but is In a sudly crippled condition. During last winter lodrovo a team In the lumber -woods , of , vhieh one iinimul was a stdllon thut no one jut Smith eould handle. This summer ho ins worked the stallion and his mntc on the farm. Today , while hoeing potatoes , the stallion became vlcloui mid iittukedhlsnuto \itli teeth and lioofs Mr , Smith , qulckl > un- nookcil the traces and h id sueceeded in uii- coui'lim ; thohones hen thostallionattaeked him. Ho Is n poweifnl and very resolute man , nnd after alleieostiupgle , In vvlikb ho was spverclj woilndcd in the hip bv thouni- mal's feet , ho sucewded in subduiiiB the noise , and Ic.ullnff him to the turn lie hitebed blm on the b.irn floor. Ho i-enioved the har ness and was proceeding to tnlto him to his stall \vhen. the vicious animal suddenly at tacked him Tlo iv Ind blow the birmloor shut and Mr. Smith found himself impris oned on the barn floor with the fiautle biute. For neatly half an hour ho fought him vvlth no weapon but his lists , leaping nsidoto avoid Lho assaults as much as possible , out being often Imoclred down and f cm fully bruised. Ho found his strength fmllnpand vvns just making up his nilnd that it was all up with hhn , when the horse , in ROIIIO way , olscn- gaficd a sled stake fiom the side of the mow and Smith siw It rolling towaid him on the floor. Seizing the stake bo swung It with all the strength of dospeintlon , nnd sulking the stallion just behind the ear , with ouo blow laid blm dead at his feet The doetors hav ing Smith la charge say that ho will iccover. One day w hilo wading and casting for bass in L.OHO Stone Inlto , Wisconsin , sajs a iviiter in Forest anil Stream , ! inadvertently stepped on thospuvvnlnK bed of nroc-lt bass , or "b'og- glo-03C , " as thcv are sonictimes called in the west. The fish ran out , and a moment later came back at mo and struck quite a sevcro blow on my leg as I stood in the water. I stood quiet , nnd the little creatuio it was only about a half orthrcoquartersof a pound in weight run at mv lof amln and ngaln , buntinR qulto forclblj with its bend. The whole demeanor of the lish was one of great anger. As the water cleaioil I could see Itvery plainly and it eouldsee mo aa well , but Itshovu-d 110 sign of moving off nnd ovl- dentlv meant fight. I stepped away from the nest Ihadunfoitunately tiodden upon uml Its possessor then iib.indoned the light. This was Juno 15. I bcllovo. Wo could see a good miiuj black bass ne > ts shining'on Hit ) bottom of the lake near the shore. 1'ho men of that couiitiv snld they often eaugbt bnss by leav ing the bull lying on the bed or "nest. " On Ihieling it tboro upon their return ono or tlio other of tbo ba s woulel seize It and cany it oft from the bed , and the llsh could then ha hooked. I caught only ouo boss here , a biR- mouth. The same affection that the ancient Romans felt for the KCOSO Unit suvrvl their impi-rial city and that the pcoploof Holland felt for tbo little fellow who stopped the leaking dlko with bis bund v\ ill from now on bo felt by four newspaper men of this elty for a , VOflferous bullfrog , whoso namols unfortu nately unknown , najs the New York Times. Several evenings iin'o , Jast befoio midnight , the four reporters lu question wera plowing thulnvivyut a tremendoiB pieo through the sand nnd vviro grass of the mentions sklitliig Newark bay back of Urcenvlllo , N , J. , to Investigate u story of n jneht tint hud been missing , with cloven men on board , for sev eral days Tbo hour was lito , the story promised to bo u long ouo. and much Mdin- blo time liuil been wasted in discovering the \niuno of the place fiom which the boit bad sailed , so the young men wcro pushing on In tbo dark toward the shore without stopping to search for footpaths. All nt once , from Just beneath their feet , a volco tint ww almost human croiUcd. "U'louk-kont , " and as the travelers stopped stopped short to take the advice a big fiorf jumped vlth a plunk Into the canal. Ono more step would have taken the jouiiff men Into Its muddy debths , vvhcro they would havp ccitalnly received a most unplcnsont ducking mid possibly have lost their lives , aa It would tmvo been no easy mutter to huvo ( limbed out up thejloldlng rlny vvalU of the waterway , 'Iho young mou thinfc strongl y of organizing a society for the cultivation und protection of the frog- . Dr. Dlriioj euros cutiinh , Dee ilo Inflammation of tlio Bladder Is promptly cured by the waters ol Excel- lior Springs , Missouri. BRAZIL AND HIS BRIDE. A ROMANCE OP MAAINKOCKKU LA KB. Cliluugo Ilerulil : They hnvo protly good story tdlora dcnui lioro In Indiana. I was sitting on the romulnof ouo of the llttloclub houses which now porch around Mnxlnlcuckoo l.iko , nnd was watching the bouts and tlio lathers iwloff mo. four inllcs to the south , ; hi'co miles ucros from cast lowest , wot'o the opposite shoioa , nncl all around \ui9 \ the broad drlvoivny on whtoli at cast half n hundred lohidos wcio speeding , or slowly following the cir cuit , while- scores of guests \\ora \ enjoy- ntr to tlio full all that was beautiful and cnclmnting in the mldsuiuinor dream. I liad been theio for half an hour when MI old miin ciunoup and asked motor a Iffhti My own clfjat lind gene out \vhllo . ' sat thcio , M I lighted a new ono with iltntmd oiKOiirajjod liim to sit donn \\lth inc. "Ever sco tills lake in a storm ? " ho asked. No , I nc\cr had had that doubtful .ilonsurc. . "i\orscoit : fiozo over ? " Ko , I never had been hero in winter , cither. "Well , when she is wild with nstonn on want to wutch out. And when s fio/.o over she Is as dmigoious. I ccKon , as Niagara Fulls himself. Ivo ivcd hcic on the bank for the hist forty , eus : gai ileh solllns' my ground to hobo fancy follo\\b \ that conio out from cmnto IIIIAO a Rood time. They pild no more for this little patch right ncio ) ii the fchoro thin they would for the jostncio of coin Innd I'vo ' pot on the iluce. Hut that's all right. They like t , and I ain't got no objection , Ohcs ; ; ! 'in \ \ hat they call an old settler. Used . o tiado with the Indians light hcie \\hoio > ou nro setting now. Used to jive tlicin blanlcots and ruin outfeido indinsido o\orioat' ; : < , wo used to sa ) or furs \vilUhoiiey. . "But I was going1 to toll you about the ako when .sho is f row o\or. Ami tlicy iln't no bettor \\vy \ \ to do that than to gi\oyou a little story that some folks iround hero was asAhifj me about the other day. You see , along in the hot lajsof bumm6r , when tlicbo women nnd heir men cmi't do nothing but lay in -heir - li.umnooks and diinU leinontido , hey try to find , out all the ghost stones indull the lobber atorica , and all th.it lOi-tof thing thcio iseoinicetedwith the ako. Well , this stmy I nin't ntMur told mrof / them , and you can have the lir&t vhack nt it ifou'll \ gho mo another ight. " AVe traded on that basis , though I may us well say right heio tint I had to give thopuichaso pilco o\er nnd over again while the story was telling. Ho could lot keep his cigar going , and I was lee nuch intcicfatcd in his narrative 0 stop him and icfubo to honor his Irnfts. As ho pioeccded so\ oral of the 'men and vomen" who weio collecting stoiieb eamo down the pith , and finding 1 it'gular Peter Pindar iimong them , stopped and listened. Giatlually the crowd growlaigor and long btforo he was done the audience v.is n good one , ind wasdispo&ed about him in the most jiclurosquo of fashions. Onthofoftbod , ig.iinst the great tiunlvS of tiees , in the s\\Jngsnnd the hammocks that voro nr- anged ovciyu , here , the paity listened .ill midnight till all the sounds on the alvo weie hushed and all the lights in the cottages and the pretty club houses weio extinguished , nnd onlx the stars wuo left to mirror themselves in the still water. "Ono time there was a farmer lived over there on the fur lank of the lake , ind his name was Toller. IIo only had ono child , and her name was IMInerva. She \\nsn't much , of nUiinghon she was little ; but bho gioucd up to bo tlio prettiest woman I ever see , and tlio prettiest thnt anybody ever bee in thia [ /holo section of tlio country. She had ialr just the color of the innplo leaves .11 the early fall , and her skin was as while as snow. No matter how much shu went out in the sun and the -wind , she never got freckled or black , nnd ilwaysstajcd just that pretty wo yojng tellows 010 wild about her most all the timo. It was a good while ago , and I wasn't inoio than twenty-live , but I didn't stand any more show \\ith Min- oiuv than any of the rest of thorn , though I lind the best piece of land on Lho lake , or near it , for that matter. But her folks xMisnotghon muclito funn ing , if they did own a likely place. Her rather was a great follow to tuip and libh , nnd when it canio to hunt ing there wasn't none of us young fellows that could stand it to tiamii through the woods with him. Ho would tire out the best of us in Ic&s than half a day , any timo. IIo Vis an awful handy man In a row , too , and them t imob that was n good thing to say about a man. lie wasn't cosy handled , and then ho could shoot farther and fchoot stuiighter than any other man on the lake , ando all know if ho got mad nt a man ho would just as soon lay for him some dark night and put a , hole through him that all the doctors couldn't sow up lu a your. "Minolta was a good deal like her fathoi in most things , nnd often went with him In his tramps , and I think she could stand a day's jaunt and carry homo more game at the cim of it than most of the youne follows that came to court her. And she could got mad , too ; and \\honnhedid \ I'd rather ha\e her father after mo than ha vo her after mo , any day I tell you that , Well , wo all tried to got on the soft side of the girl for a good while , 'cau&o I don't think thoio van a young man on the whole Pottu- watomie icservo that wasn't ' In lovowith lior , ButBra/il IlradloyIIB the onlv fellow that she beemed to warm to , and after a while no all got out of the way nnd let Biasllluuo the field to himself. JIoaa a good fellow , anyway ; thoio vnsn't ' a better young man fa the whole countiy than ho vim , and I felt , for ono , that if I couldn't ' liivvo her I would lather see him with liur tlmii anv nther inim I knotted , "Sho ami IJi.ix.llha'U'ocn engaged for most a year , and ono time right along in the edge of winter they wont un to the Yellow Diver country to a diinco , They coino homo In the sleigh , for the snow used to comoeaillor here than it does now , and they paired my fai m about 8 o'clock in the morning. I hoaul the bolls , nnd I looked out of the window to sco who It was , and I don't over ox- poet to see a iirottlor eight , not oven If jou put jollow Balls on every lioaton the lake , Bnuil waaholdin' that beautiful girl with ono arm , and was holdln' ' his cam down \\lth the other , and uho had her mittens off and was putting ono bare hand up on each side of his fate and was looking up into /his eyes and Baying something to him solemn and low. And whatever ho was answering ecoincd to satisfy her , Ixicuusohor face she was on the further sldo fiom mo was as bright as sunriEo. "I ain't ' no ludy'b man , and never was. bat she could ha\o had my land and all the buildings throwod In and welcome If she'd just look once in my face Ilka that. "Well , they -wont homo , and Hraill put her down at the door1 and bid hop good-night , and then ho drove on toward homo. But about half way there Jeff Molor , ahoiso thief , and tlio wet it case wo over had in this country from the tlrno the first white came In Jo IT Molor ho clura In the hind part of Jiruvdl's ' deign -without Llm knowing anything nbout It , and the first ho did know was when ho was lilt over the held with a club and stretched out in the sleigh as t stlfl aa a imicheroh Then .Toll just I bound him hand and foot , and gagged ' him , and tied him ton tree so ho would I be found by somebody when it got day- llglit. "IVoin there Jeff went to Teller's place and bioko Into the house. How ho done It nobody o\cr kifow , for the old man was a good hunter , and easily waked tin , but ho did do It. IIo was on top of old man Teller and had him bound befoio the girl could conjoin to the room. When she did come In she fought like a tiger , and ho had all ho wanted to do In ticing her into a chair. But ho got it all done , at last , and then ho stood up theio and looked at her , and ho told her she was the handsomest women ho had over saw In his life , and for the Bake of her beauty ho wouldn't touch a thinir In the house if sho'd only gowith him , IIo bhoued her a lot of money inoio thnn she hud ever scon before and ho told her how ho lived at homo and vlmt Bho could liivo If she just bild the vord. .And then ho trot do\\n oil the stool where ho lind Leon sitting and looKed nt her and touched her hair and her white cheeks , and ho patted her hiinds and kept bogging her to go with him am\ llvohcio \ her looks would count for something. "And at last she said she'd go. She said honest , if ho wanted her and would untlo her slio would stall with him that light and go any place ho slid. So ho trusted her , and ho didn't touch n thing in the hou'-e , although she told him ivhtro her father had a lot of good gold : iid In abtono jar. JotV slid they'd liave lo leiivohei father tied , and she said she s'pcctedso , 'cause ' the old man wouldn't iiko it , her going iwny , and If ho got out 10 was likely to make tioublo. bo they eft him thcio on the bed , tied tightand cuislngoveiyboily in the whole country , is if that -would "cut the ropes. But it didn't , mid bo ho hid to wait till along ibout noon , when I went over to take 'oiiio ' powder homo , nnd hoaul him jell ing befoio I got within half a mile. "Well , when Jolt and Minerva stalled iwny , thej rode In Ihaxil Br.vdloy's bloigli , and'justleft the bells on as If it was tln.tr own ilg. Ihcaid them n-golng ind got up to look who that was , 'cause it was getting well along to daylight then , and there was that faaino gh fin the eutlur I couldn't bo mistaken about her and a man I took to bo Brazil by hoi bide. But they wasn't near so loving as they was when they went by at first , and I bald to mjself , bajsl , 'Hello , had , i til ! of bomosoit. ' .Atid'l wondoiedliy thoj lidn't go homo instead of riding around together when things didn't seun to go right. "But Minorca know just what she was doing. Not long nftei they left homo they came to Br.i/.il Ur.ullej thcio in the woods , tied uptight and fast to a vhito oak tree ; and they stopped long enough for Jell Molor to tell him that Miner va was going out of the country to li\o with liim , whoio people know how tonnpicciato lier beauty. Jeff laughed at him that way for awhile , and oven Mlner\a told him ho ought to hive boon watching out and not lot JefV lake ad vantage of him. Then they dro\e on , up through the thick woods and out on the stale ) road , and pulled for the coun try south. There wasn't no tologiaph then , and all they needed v is aboul thieo houis fataititli them herb s and and all the people in this countrj couldn't catch them. Jell had friends in the countrj just bouth of hero , and oven if the team had bee : : Hken howould lia\o dioppod out and some honest-look ing fanner would have had them and fivorc ho bought them of a trader ; Oh , the country was full of a good deal inoio ciookcdness than it ISHOA\ \ spite of all that the pioachors toll us. ' 'Jell was afiaid of Rochester , the first town south on the state load , and ho would have given a heap if ho could liayo dodged it , but ho couldn't without losing too much time , So ho put on a little more speed and was drnlng light down the middle ofthustreet and tliink- ing things was coming his way , when all of a sudden tliut joung woman thiowed both of her aims around his neck and rolled with him out of thcfelcigli. Slio yelled like a catamount as bho fell , and then buckled her arias tighter around him than over before IIo had to let the horses go , and finally had to make up his mind thvt hots trapped by tlio handsomest woman ho had over seen. Ho fought like a wildcat , but it didn't ' do no good , and the people came to the roul and took the job olT Minerva's hands They tent her and Hradl's team bick with a deputy shoiilT , and they all got homo about sundown. I had lot both men IOOMJ bofoio that time , nnd tlio girl's father \sas out after blood. Hut lie hud turned the wiongwaj whoa ho got out at the state load , and ho wouldn't ' have found hlb ghl in a hundred ycirs If hchad Rene on. But along about noou , when ho couldn't hear no more nbout her , ho turned and caino bick , and before ho yet hear the turn oil ho he-aid that Mole.- vas in jail and that Minerm AUIS at homo. "But you could never make Brazil believe - liovo that Mlnorwi didn't \ > nnt to go with that follow , and ho wouldn't luuo anything moio to dolth her. I3o said she made fun of him when ho was tiul up there to a tieo , and ho was done with hor. Then after a while we otherjoung follows tried to iniko friends with her again , but it didn't go. She bald she loved Bra/aland would as long as faho ll\ed , whether hoover thought different about her or not. Tint hut to heltlo it , even If it broke our hearts ; and some of us thought her heart was broke , too. " \Voll they give .Toff Molor a fair trial and sentenced him to ton yeirs in the penitent ! iry. IIo took it just as iasy as iilo. I was down at the slate load when he went through on the coach. Lots of people voro there , too llvoiybody wanted to sco him , for ho had been a terror for many a year. IIo boon mo as ho passed and wa pd both hands at mo couldn't wave onq at a time on account of the handcufls and ho Bi\t , sajs ho : 'Hollo ' , Uob Kennedy : I'l coino back and call on you before this time next year. ' 'Well ' , you won't oatch mo in bed when jou do come , JotT.l Ibiidand ho laughed and said , 'MaybeI won't'and rodoaMay as pleasant as you please by the bide of Sheriff Bain "Just about a jpur after that wohomd ho had biokcn ojt of the pcnitentiaiy , and thoio couldn't anybody lind him. And right then , when oveiybody was talking about him and vonder- Ing If ho was really coming back heto to Jhixlnkuckeo , Brazil Bia'lloy got marilcd. Ho mot Minoiva In the road the morning after lie had been up to his father-in-laVs lioiibO , and ho shoved her the preacher's coitlflcato , and ho told her Unit she could go with Jolt Moler for good and nil now , If she wanted to , for ho heard JolT vas out and coming this way , Minerva no\ornn- sweied him at all , but her father slid he'd u' shot the stullin' out of Brazil if ho liad hoard him say it. "That winter was uncommon long and cold. The lake fioio ever so solid that people drove across it with loads , and kept it up for months. It got so that no ono thought ol going any other wa } to the cast or vest. Hut spring ciuuoat last , and ivhon things weio thawing every whore else wo looked for the ice to break up In the lake , and none of us tried to go across any inoro , oven if wo were only afoot. Ono evening , justbo- fore sundown , Mnoivr. vaa doing upthe woik in her fothcr'B homo , for Lor mother was dead long bofoio they moved to this country , when she hoaul someone ono outside call for help. She listened a\\hileiuul then she nent to the door , and ( hero , ns plain as I am talking to I y m now , she could hear Brazil Bradley 1 calling for God's sake como and help him. She rundown * lo the edge of the lake , and out there in the vciy center she saw the man that had won her and then throned her away , and beside him was the woman ho hud married and braggul about to this girl this gill that any of us would have died for any day. " \ou sro , nq the warmer weather came on , the Ice got softer , and ttion there Is a lot of springs down there in the bottom of the hike , and they help the ic to go away In agreat hurry when it docs stai U Thorn spi Ings are beattorcd hi a sort of clifilo , and the water from them Is BO much wanuorthan the water that has been in the lake all the time that It melts light above them , so that every season jou will sco , if you como down eaily enough , that all the sliorowlll bo Holld with ice , soft , yet Htiong enough to be if up most any weight , and the ctntor of the lake will boco\ered with a round * Islalul , thick and solid , too , while between this island and the shore Ice will bo a gio.it broad ring of open water that lic < right over them springs in the bottom Of cout-bo tlio'ring of open vater don't come all at tlio same time. The springs on the west bldo seem to bo weaker than am- wheroolho , and that gioat big island in tlio center of the lake will be con nected to the west shore by a narrow nick thuthangs onjustus longns it can. "Bia/11 and \vlfodro\o \ right donn there onto the ice , the same aso all had been doing all winter , and it being piuttynoar dusk and him being busy talking about other things , ho dhln't see the ojjcnuitoi them siliead of him , and didn t think of danger till ho heaid the ice crack under his horse and saw that ho was on the little strip , too nar row to tin n round on and too weak to hold him un. He whipped up and tried to get on tlio center , but that brought the ciash , mid thcio ho was with his \\lfoaifd a hor&o and sleigh in about sKty feet of water , "Bia/il was game and ho took the woman under his arm and pulled for the island in tlio center for it was an island now to Keep out of the way of the horse , no got thoi o ind at last ho was able to push her up out of the water , so she could crawl \\horo \ it was thicker and safer. Then ho got out himself , though ho had to light with tluithor&o and drive him away , or ho would have pounded man and woman both down under water with his feet. When Minoiva seen Lha/.ll be was standing there on a little cake about twenty foot across , holding up the woman , foi she had fainted , and tiyine toscaio that horse away.The colt mid his fore feet up on tho'cdgo of the cake and was trying oveiy little bit to climb up , tiud was bicaking off great big pieces every time. Then ho would fill back in the water and swim up , dragging the cutter , and try it again. 1'mnlly , though , the hort > o couldn't .stand it no longoi , and hebunk and was lo t. t."But what could Minciva del She vis a good gill , and so she didn't wait a rainuto to think th.it this was the mm and the -woman that she ought to hate ; nnd jot there was not a mm in honing , and no ono likely to como for an hour. Sue run out towaid them as fu * as she dared on the shore , but that didn't do thorn no good , and so bho stalled to the liouso to pull the boat down thoio , nearly half a mile , to tlio open watoi1. She knew that was just hopeless , but it was the only thing theio was to do. Well , sir , right at the edge of ttio laKe , as she was climbing tip the cliff , a big , tall man rushed past her and bounded over the fence at her father's barn. IIo wasn't ' gone no time at allwhen , ho canio out again , just taking that staLo-and- iidoi fence Iiko a door and carrying a spool of his line binding wire they use on harvesting machines. Then she saw- It was .Tolf Jloler. It pretty near puui- ly/ed her , but bho followed the uibbor , and when ho unrolled ono end of tlio wire she took it and stood there on the b.ink and watched to sco what ho was going to do. 'Just as soon as ho had put that who in her hand ho started and run around the shoie , carrying that spool In his hands and uniolling it as ho inn , calling out to that man and woman on the ice to keep up their com ago till ho could get around , and then he would gel them out of all trouble. And lie did IIo run clear half way aiound the lake and by that time , of couiso , the wire run right across , and vas so close to Biazil's hand that ho could roach out and get it. jo c.illcd to Jell Molor when ho had caught hold of the vire , and then .Toll ho wont b.ieUto wlioio he had loft Minorui and ho took hold of the little thin wiio that jou wouldn't think could hold uu no weight at all , and lie commenced draw ing , hand over hand , and calling to Bra/11 to brace his feet and lie would pall him ushuic.Voll , bir , ho done that vorj thing. "Jlnr/ll just wrapped the wire around him , and that man , pulling thereby the bide of Miueiva , hauled tint f ice/lug couple cloaroatof themlddloof Iho lake and brought them sifo to the shoio. Then ho stajed thoio and helped thorn up to old man Toller's ' place , 'cauio ' that wastho noaicst , and they couldn't ' wnlt to go on then to Bra/11's own homo and then .Toll Molor just grabbed iMinorva mound the waibt and kissed her once on the cheek and ho was gone , and wo didn't none of us over hooliiui again fiom thatdaj to this. " "What came of Minerva , finally , " asked ono of the voimg ladies. " \\Tell \ , sir , wlion her father died she sold the place and wont out west , and I've hoaul she mot JefF Molor and mar ried him , and is li\lug with him bomo- whtio in Kansasor Utah , or somewhere out thoio. " The -women were In ocstuclcs over the "pji'feetly beautiful" story , and were proligal of thanks to this Indiana min strel. I silently g.i\o him a fresh cigar , for ho had chewed the other up in 10- ponlod lightings , and thonono of the men broke the silence that had fallen since the women had gathoied up their wraps and went away to their rooms in club house or cottage. "How long ago did that rescue occur. Bob ? " It was ono of the men and I could luuo tluottled him. "Muht bo forty year ngo this winter , ' replied Mr. Kennedy , rolloctlvuly. ' 'Well ' , there weio no self-binders , no wiio-twino machines in this country for twenty years after that nor In any otlior country. They \\oro \ not yet in vented. " Toor Bob looked as blank as the face of the Inko fora moment , and then ho said : "Well , don't say anythlnjfabout that to the women. 1'lioy wanted n. good story , and they got It , didn't they ? " Wo nil laughed and admitted they had : and then wo wont to bed. Jlut I still think this is the plaeo wlioro they breed romancers. Dr. Ulrnoy cures catarrh , Bee Bldg. A Notnblo Itrpoit. Tor disordered monsturntlon , annrmla nnd sterility , it mny properly bo termed a BlCClllC , " Extract from Dr. AV. P Mason's report on tuo waters of Excelsior Springs , Missouri. Dr. Blrnoy curoa catarrh , Boo bldj . 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