THE OMAHA DAILY UEE: HA'lUJtllAY, FEJJHUAHV 15, 1902.
DALE GEAR HEADS THE LIST
Frtiids.t aid. KV;ar af Ktaiai City
Amtricu Association Glib.
night at th Illinois Athletic clib. The
flht waa an tvrn affair all the war
through, neither man being able to gain
muc-n aavntae at any time.
Mowatt IDIttarfd tn he afrslH nf TlmmA
during the nrat round, but In the aecond
ne gained courage ana during the re
mainder of the tight waa an willing aa
Frond to mix matter. During the latter
Iart of the fourth round. In a anlrtted e-
change Uroad reached Mowatt a taw with
CFFiC AL ANNOUNCEMENT CF THE SALE 'h . The blow sent Mowatt
reet liw a second and had a shade the bet
ter of the fierce exchange that followed.
Broad went to hla kneea In the fifth round
I
"Yea, when hei aober."
"Not much ebaac to get 'rum up there."
The conversation waned and they fell
toek Ce-anpaay Bit Ik Fraaealee I
George , .Tebeaa laa Sr
Aselatla Mack Better
l. Loalayllle.
KANSAS CITT, Feb. 14. (Special Tele
gram ) OfAVal announcement of the nils
ef the Kan aa City American 9ctttrn
baa ball club by Oeorg Tebeau to a stock
company, which local capital will control.
waa mad today by Dale Gear of this city
nd A. JL. Buell of Berlin, Wis. Louisville
naedi a huttler and that la the reason why
Tebeau relinquishes b'a holding! her to
eitabllah a club In that city.
No chance will b madi In the plan
that Tebeau. mapped out for the local club
for the coming eea-oo. In turning ever 'hi
new. club to the new owners be relinquishes
II hold on th players undfr a Blues con
tract. The Kansas City American associa
tion club will b incorporated under the
Sana of th Kansas City Athletic associa
tion, with th following men In control:
Pale D. Gear, Q P. Hardesty, a drugglit,
who Is an of the city's oldest buslnees men;
Dr. W. H. Condtt, who all but bought th
club from Tebeau last summer; Charles M.
Howell, a lawyer, and A. L, Buell of Berlin,
Via. .!....
from a right punch, but recovered quicklv
and fell into a clinch. Both men tried
hard In the laat round to gain the ad
vantage,' but the milling waa o even that
the only thing the referee cojld do waa
to call a draw.
(Copyright, 1902. by Theodore Waters.)
As the sun dropped behind the nearby 1
mountain range the telegraph cperator j
01 Biirerdai cam out or her little oootni to watching th lights. 8om time theae
by th aiding to listen to th tommen's 1 would flicker rapidly; again ther would
of th station loungers who bad gathered be periods of continued light broken by
on th platform acros th track. She was J intervals of darkne3. None of th group
rot a beautiful girl, but ah was good to ; knew enough of electric lighting to sug
Icok upon, for th health of th Colorada j gfnt a possible cause of the trouble. Th
root nil la was in her race and form, and the
FIRST TILT OF TOURNAMENT
Dr. Mlal Protrate Aaalast a. Play
Mm J y Hla Opponeat,
Xarrla.
NEW YORK. Feb. 14 Th flret note of
diacord waa sounded at the cloee of the
night game of bllllarda between Dr. I I.
Mia I and Charles 8. Norrle. both of whom
are member of th Knickerbocker Ath
letic club, where the claaa A amateur bil
liard tournament la being held. Norrl out
pointed hla rival bv a score of 400 to HI
and on a aecond last ahot. when the ball
were cloae to the rail near the bottom
cushion, he made a pretty carom, and
when the referee. F. B. C. McKee of Phil
adelphia, counted. Dr. Mlal entd, "It'a a
ahove." Immediately the apectators atood
up from their eeata and looked in amaze
ment at the doctor, who atlll inalated that
the ahot wia a ahove and not a atroke.
Referee McKee waa obdurate and in the
opinion of nearly every one In the hall the
etrok wns a rntr one. 1 ne reieree iwa
Norrl to "play for one" and Norrle did so,
winning the game with a acore or x to
Dr. 'Mlal gtl.
80 far In the tournament wnaon n.
Slgourney of San Franclaco stands high
Ther la aatd to he no limit to th. ranltal navlng won five out or in six garneev
1 Hut
behind the, club and th promoters promise
tha.clty will b given th best that money
can buy. The aa) make th club a local
institution and on, In which Kansas City
will hsv a pride
Da! Gear Is to be president and manager
of th club and Mr. IUiell will be secretary
and treasurer. 'Mr. Buell has not bad much
experience In base ball, but ha 1 a buslneai
man of high atandlng In Wisconsin and tt
la believed by friends of the club that a
better man Jo handle the finances of th
club could not bav been ascured. (
President Gear, said today: "This almply
puts th club In tb hands of Kansaa City
But should Norrls beat Conklln tomorrow
it wnuM he tie for first Dlace. In case
Conklln beata Norrl there will be a tie be
tween Conklln, Norn ana Miai lor eecona
honors and th tournament not ended.
WALCOTT LANDS A BAD ONE
Stops Jlaanay Haadter wltk Vlclaaa
Left Swing tn the See-'
d Rosas.
gold ef th setting sun waa In her hair.
Sha leaned against th jamb of th door
way, her eye halt cloaed, absorbed appar-
Htly In th glory of th fire-tipped peski.
but her ears were open to all that ceased
In th group, and one tb Una of her lips
straightened and th gray of her eyes
turned cold when Lem Olffort, the team
ster, spoke disparagingly of aomeon who
aa not present.
Tlsn't a square deal, I say," proclaimed
Lem, oratorlcally. "Tlsn't a square deal.
and Richards knows It, too. Her we go"
Lem constituted himself spokesmen for the
town board "her we go and give th fat
test mining concession In the township, and
in return he agrees to light the town free,
and now that he's got the franchise clinched
goe and hides himself on a mountain
her no on can get at him and gives us
th leavln'a of the power he uaea In ta's
amp mill. Look at them I'ghts now!
Look at them and a.?, la It square?"
Th tin of th girl's Hps softened Into
faint smile. It wss true that the electric'
lights of Sllverdale had been for several
Ighta past a flickering mockery. Thay
had fluctuated between full-head and no-
head ao constantly that it was hard to ray
whether they had been mostly on or mcstly
off. But the Idea of the town getting tb
leavings" of an electric current amus:d
her, and the contrast tn the characters of
Glffort and Richards was, flgura.tvely, miles
wider than the distance which than ac
tually separated th men. She thought of
this as she gaxed at th lofty little plateau
PHILADELPHIA. . Feb. . 14-Joe Walcott
atonned Jlmmv Handler of Newark in th
recond round of what waa to have been a
Ix-rounrt bout at the Industrial club to
night. There never waa a atage ot m
hnut whM the K'ftwtrk hnv huff chance.
peopl and should make th fom even mtra I Walcott simply contented himself by using
lnval to ua. Wi will retain all at tha old hla eft and landed it almost ai win. in
players and besides will add many new
on. I am now. negotiating with a number
ot promising youngster who bav boon
highly recommended, to m. Th prospeel
wer never better and every fan can b
assured that Kansas City will sea th fast
est" kind of ball when tn season opens
April, 28." ........
" -. will K , ..a .,11 .kni.a a IU kU.
rs," aald Secretary Buell. "He will keep WHITFIELD
up th work of, signing players and every
effort will ba.made to.giva Kansaa City a
winner. Thf players will ba Inatructed to
report April 1, as we have several sihlbl
tlon games scheduled for, early tn . th
month."
Prldnt Gear announced that the preat
dent wis hard at work preparing the play
Ing schedule and that the meeting for Ita
adoption would ba held la Chicago March 1.
the Anl round Walcott sent iandler td
the floor with a left on the wind, following
it Up with a left on the Jaw. Handler
took the count and went to a clinch. They
wero hugging when trie gong sounaeo.
In the aecond round Walcott dropped
Handler twice, the latter coming back each
time. walcott nnaiiy aroppea mm ior
good, with a left on the Jaw. Time of
round waa on minute and thlrty-alx sec
onds. .
INVADES PEORIA
Western Uatto Maa-aat afar -et
Lssi Team ta Illlaala
City.1
TOM JENKINS THROWS PARR:
Asnericaai v'Ckaanploa Pats Eacllah
Wreifler oa tha Hat
BUFFALO.' Feb.' 14. Tom Jenkins of
Cleveland, the champion American wrestler,
tonight defeated Jim Parr, the champion ot
England, in a match' announced to be for
tha International championship.
Jenkins won two straight fall, tha first
in M -mltra te-'Wrwl1 Ttr le-cbnd nd the sec
ond. In 21 mlnutee and 10 seconds. - Both
falls wer secured by the aam kind ot
hold, a crotch and a half Nelson.
Th men met 'at catch weight. It-waa
announced that Jenktna welahed 190 and
that Parr tipped the acatee at exactly 171
pound. Both had trained hard for th
meeting and wer tn perfect condition
when they faced each other at Convention
kail k.fnra fnltv .a Mi-li.lnri Jenklna
wVa ?IW.V" -IViT'L".-'" .1."" ""a, a. xjtln Mn hi
tEOHTAy Til.. Feb. 14. James Whitfield.
president of th Western league. Is In this
city looking over the chances for placing a
franchise here. H met Mayor Bryan
toriav and received much encouragement
At noon h addressed eevral buslneaa men
at the Creve Coeur club ana in me aner
noon he held a conference with the man-
element or tn atreet railway corawwiy.
Th railway company promise a park
f ra. .nil a r a mH Buhiicrlntlon.
Whitfield asks that a atock company be
organised with a capital of 110.000. He will
remain ner tomorrow ana win hm mpi
to organise .he company, n ne is aucceaa
ful Peoria will get the franchise.
ARMSTRONG WINS ON FOUL
Get Declsloa la Seveath Bessf over
Kid Parker of
.1 :-! - ueaver.
TJENVER. vCol Feb. 14.' Billy Armstrdnj
rt r.Hfnmlr won from Kid Parker oi
Denver n -a foul tn the seventh round of
what waa to have been a ten-round go
at the Denver Athletic club tonight. Con
trary to agreement, raraer nn Anwiron
in a r'.lnch and the referee dleouallfie
Parker - and sav tn decision to Arm-
Thfj agreement io Dreaa ciran wonra
to the local man. In
favorite tyl, Arm
I -. - Ulm Mt.lt., at lnn.nM KMT.
Jenkln -took th aagreaalvo from, th V ,.nad aeveral hard ivlnn on
n Of tn I immA niittlna- him to tha floor.
atart and Parr proved to b on
aadvanta
fa
cleverest onoonent the Cleveland man
ha ever met. - Th way In which he broke
eemlngly aaf hold and allpped out oi
dangerous position tn hla atruggla ot
nearly an hour brought forth great ap
plause.
Dan McLeod. tha Scotch wrMtler, chal
lenged Jenkins for a match for a aide bet
of $2.(00 and the largeat purse offered by
a reputable club. -
RAIN PREVENTS GOOD RUNS
Track la Wet . aa -Heavy aad Oaly
Two Favarttea Laad
" ' - Flrat.
BAN FRANCIPC'O, Feb. 14.-Only two
favorltaa won r Oakland today. Rain fell
continually and the track waa very aloppy
Several of the winner opened up big gaps
and th floida could not gat near them. The
urprls of the afternoon was Barneto. He
Parker's head, putting him to tb floor,
one for eight seconds
wea quoted at 40 to 1 In the mile race and
won from Conatable and Formero. Imp.
Mildred fichulta waa played from 30 to 1 to
a tn l in the onenina event, but Annie Max
cloaed faat and beat her. In the last race
Bard Burna beat Ouato ' a neck after a
drive, i Reaillta:
rirei race. eieven-aiaieenwiB ui.k ninn.
leltlnc: Annie Max won, Imp. Mildred
Hcjiult second, Oratoeaa third. Tim
8cond race. aevn-elghth of a mile, sell.
Ing: urariar won, Kuenneia second, vaa-
Tln thlnt. Time I 1:XM.
Tklrrf race, eiaven-ainteenth of a mile.
selling: Quia II won. Kldred second. Patay
uoian tnird. .Time: i:io.
Fnurth race, aeven-elghtha of a mile.
aelllna: Sharp Bird won. t'olone! Ballen-
tlne aecnnit. Mlaalon third. Time: 1:31.
Fifth race, on mile, selling: Burnato
won. ConsiaU aecond, Formero third
Time! 1 . ' .
Hixth rac. thlrteen-alxtnth of a roil:
Purd Burn weti Qusto aecond, Dunblane
third. Time: in.
FIT? WILL MEET JEFFRIES
lartti t Taraaa. gabaaltted for a
. .' .1. Flalak Ckaaapleaaklai
:. not. "
WKVt YORK, F. 14-Robert Fltaalm-
anona raid today that he would accept a
proposition made by Jamla Jeffries for a
nnl
Twa Pavorttea Wla.
a. , v. maWMT tt r Vat. 11 Ta.a
fevnrltea. Radln Southwell and Tambourine.
were winner at tn e,xpoiiion iraca loaay.
Th other winner were cioaeiy piayea c
v..-. . . . . .
Flret race, -year-oiaa ano opwara, nva
furlonga. aelling: naaie nouinweii won.
Chinook aecond, Lulu Hammond third.
Tl .a 1'lat
Second race, -year-oiaa, nve luriunjt nu
half, ael Ina: lamDOurme ll won, 1.111-
ton aecond. Hattle Davla third. Time: 1:12.
Thim mm a-veitr-oiua inu uuvira. er.ii-
I no- one mile: - Handcurr won, Aoorigin
second. Salome third. Time: 1:47H- .
Fourtn race, S-year-oia- ana uywaru, eis
fuelnnca aelling: t. eriain won, uueen
relle fee third Time: 1:19.
Fifth race, s-year-oicw inu upwim,
furion. aelling: Cathedral , won. uroeai
second. Sly van Dell third.' Time: 16.
Fear Haadred aad Prlaee. .
vfw npi.TlVI) Feb. 14. The Fou
Hundred and Egyptian Prince were the
Mnln favnrit-l lOllAV. ReBUltS:
First race.- seven furlongs: Th Four
Hundred won. Panther aecond. Chickadee
third. Time: 1:.
Second race. z-year-uiuH, iiirwn lununn.
and a half: The Don won. way Alien c
Dau.i rtaoaiver third. Time: 0:41. .
Thlrd race, aeumg, cm itiu
teenth: Zack Phelps won. l nci Tom ac
ond. Elmor third. Time: 1:494.
VAn,ih eeie ninnna 1 iui mil,.
Maria Bell won. Ben Hullum second. The
Uv...an third Tim 1:1314.
L-irth rmtk 1 1 1 ri . una iniiv. n-in'-
won. Blue Ridge second, Choice third
Tim.' 1 'KM
teenth: Egyptian Prince won. liinqeneua
second. Balloon third. Time: 1:41.
Keea tk Lead In Race,
NEW TORK, Feb. 15. Hegelman
Between the Flisties
Hy THEODORE WAI'EkS
a) - ti
i
r
4
th hills on th way that bad been biased
by th pole planter-, but on th mountain
Itself they were compelled to tske th trail.
' They tied themselves tog-tber with a long
, rope, which they had brought for the pur
pose, and went at It like Swine moun
taineers, pushing and pulling one another
up th face of rocks that rose sheer from
where the landslides blocked the gullies,
through mssnes of snow, in which they
' floundered to their armpits, along ledges
from which the Ice threatened to send
! them hurtling downward to join the skele
; tons of the burrows lying stark in the
1 gulch; through forests, v. here the angle
- of the ground dipped to 45 degree aud
ala.1 'a . V J - , I WOCTO IDCT Did tU UBU UUt eutJlUPr ITUUI
girl in tte doorway still gaied pensively I . i,t .frre d.w ts-reche.i
tn-..-d ik. i.i.iKi .tra to tree. Jurt before dawn they reached
i the "hermll'a acat," which Is a 1st rock
toward the now Invisible mountains,
It . .hll. at.a alaJ ik.i. that ,ka
. . . I lutttng out above the second plateau, and
men saw her atart violently and Imme- ' . . .. ..... . ..
dlately afterward take to gating around
her atrangely, a though aeeklng the cause
of her alarm. No one spoke for The mo
ment. Then she called to ih sheriff:
"Mr. Black! Oh. Mr, Black!"
He atrode toward her. - ;
"Yes yes Miss Coyne. ' What Is It?"
"Oh. the lights! Look Look!"
He gsxed around and then back to her,
mystified. "I ic nothing wrong," be ssid.
The men crossed the road and gathered
around wondering. Bhe pressed her hand
to her forehead and stared at tb light
above the platform. She spoke almost in
coherently, as though doubting hei own
mind.
"It may b? only an Idea but 1 thought
I ssw a r.tgnal the lights"
Suddenly she grs-prd B!sck by the arm.
and, pointing to the flickering bulbscried:
her they built a Ore, that those tn tb
village might not 'heir progress. When
dsy brok they could ses the pipe line
which led the water from tha falls to the
canyon, covered with snow snd ice and
gleaming Ilk a anake In the sunshine.
They followed the pipe as long as they
could and th roar ot tha water within
guided them whenever the big tube dipped
out of eight In a snow bank. But presently
It got away from them altogether, v. hen It
ran out on the high trestle that spans tha
gully between the upper spurs, for the can
yon opened out of the opposite side of this
gully and they had io descend below th
trestle.
"It would be a short cut If we could
cross that trestle," remarked Lem Olffort,
who made one of the party. They were
slipping and sliding down the slope and
the pipe, riding on the alender framework.
1 IWJLY" 111
V ae jfiAlJllVl
Sroodf
m (grout?
it
Cronp attacks a child without warning and needs very prnmnt
at rent inn or it may prove serious, even fatal. If you notice any symp
toms ot croup, giv baby a small done ot
Dn. BULL'S COUGH
airrr ItwilrelleTitlntAnt!Tand
aVlilll' erlirna night. Nodangcr
VIIIUI from choking after rou bar
given bahr ont or two done.
Every mother should ker a bottle of Dr. Bull's
Couga Byrup In the house to be prepared for sud
den attacks ot croup. Thouranda ot letter ara
received from grateful mothers, Vbo say their
babies' lira have been saved bv Dr. Bull's Cough
Bttub. Bcarehilandsee that yrni get the ges
ajiaaj donotretananrellabledealrrsell you soma
cheap preparation that he soys ts " just as Kood aa
Dr. Bulla." H is thinking of his proflu onlr,
wot of your health or the bealtb of your bahy
8e that the"Bull'a Head" la on the package, then
Jon know rt is th gwnnln. Pr. Bnll'a Cough Syrup is meecrll-xl b? all doctor and usei
i leading Hospitals exclusively Largo bottle at all drugguta. 2V.
SMALL DOSE. PLEASANT TO TAKE.
FREE. A Beautiful Calendar ami Medical Booklet sent free postpaid to any on who
will write A. C ntYEK dt CO , Baltimore. rUrylaod. and mention this paocr
"THE ONE THAT CURES."
'RICHARDS. WITH A NIMBLENESS BOH IT OF HT5 rTiflTlC LOia.iga.to ES tfWTT
GRIP OF HUTCHINOS AND HURLED sTTItraitT.r TmUETELr BXEEXAMnr
and
rtriniiiih keeD their lead In the alx-day
walking match. At I a. ro., the racere
stood: Hegelman-Cavanaugh. 6jh.7: Bhcl-ton-Querrero,
Tl.; Fahey-Metkua. M.S;
Oolden-Tracv, S44.I : Gllck-Howarth, Af.
Noremack-cariwrigni. ora.vi w rrnwr-r -
ney, oiao: r eiiaer-Buiiivn, uoi.i, xo
Carroll. 657.S; lean-Campbell, 564. Beat
previous record for 12S hours. 645 miles.
BwltaT Taaraaaaeat Paataaaed.
Becaua of the Illness of two of the con
teatanta the flret round of the two-man
. Kaallnv iiiurMinrnt. which WS to
hav been played at Clark e alleya laat
night, waa postponed at the laal minute fur
another week. Ten teams ara entered. The
nl.h rrtnteat between them, the winner to
tak (0 per rant and th loeer 40 per cent of
the puree, ritxaimmona eaia n was win
ing to sign articles at any time, avnd the
only atlpulatlon
that the wti
piciiirw piiiia i"""--- ""e." I commence
tvriii. ill. .a. a, r . . ' ... a
Jeffriea expreaaed hlmaelf aa well pleased
L 1 i . A A L'U . . I in rrw.n a' Infantum
K. arranaed to meet Fltaalmiion tomor- I NEW YORK. Feb. 14. COTTON pot
j la tlon he wlahed to., make wi V" COntlnu five week, each team
winner ahould bav all of tha I ' ;rf.in Ve rumn. Th tournament will
Ivllege proceeda. Ha thought the f0m;e without tall next Frldr y night
u Celtea Markai.
row t algn artlolea, H tld h would b I quiet: mlddllivg' upland, Sc; middling gulf,
i .. .ki in Anrtl nr ur tha battle a... .a 1,'ut urea cloaed etead y: Febru.
ground will prooaoiy am on in t-uciug ary, wc; saarcn, "rui. -?n..t
.. . .IIMc: Jun and July. .49c; Augjat. I2SC,
,. -.. .... " ' Baptember- 1 Wc; October. I.Kie. Th mar.
WILL NOT FOLLOW JIM HART fT? o'Z (Z'nS.Ft:tl
point higher. At uw c.oe mi m
waa teady, with prlcea I bolnta higher to
I points lower, near months showing tha,
Baa Jehnaoa fays Aiaerlcaa Leaf
Win Make Its Owa
Ralaa.
rwtrififi Fab 14 Ban Johnson. orsl-
dent of th American leagu, today atated
that th American tfagu wuld not abide
-V tha compromise rWa alopteo at a re
,'Xtt eonferenue ,ot. magaaiii. t Buffalo.
rl''rUnt Jim Hart admit th failure ef th
rule tn meet execution we will, make our
cwn rujee and nubilah our own pulde book
free. Ther will be a further attempt to
barmoals th playing rul-s."
FIGHT SIX ;R0UNPS" TO DRAW
Ktd Bread at Clevelaad aad Ysasg
Mowatt mf t hUaga Evealr .
' ' Matched.
CliC'n' F. 44. KM Broad of Cleve
land ar.dTouog MownU of Chicago fought
aU faat and viever cvuxids to a draw tu-
I an r.a-eV Ult t t ft.
SEW ORLEANS. Feb. 14-COTTOV-8teady:
silee. 4 6 balec: ordinary, s l-16c:
good ordinary. T Me; low m dillng, T lj-lfc;
middling. 8-16c: good middling. -6e
mlddlina lair, w -" "f -. .. -.
atock 5T.J63 balea. Futurea, qu'.et; Febru
SVy IMc; March. .l,.lc; April. S.'vJ
t24c- May. s.SiUlllc; June. $tQ.:7o; July,
.;r.o. luiuct. H.ITirt .2so. jiawrrtarv
Heater's atatement of the worlds vlaible
uddIv of cotton Showa the total visible t
be 4 454 1W b1'. of which .M.1I wer
Americau .cotton.
Maat Aaawer far Laat Llvea
BT LOl'18. Feb. U Bummona baa beea
Issued againat E. W. Uilham. proprietor
of tha Empire hotel. In which eleven per
.na their llvea last Sunday, command'
i ki. i., nmv-ar In the Flrat dlatrlct
..Tia mini Thtiradav. February 2u, and
ihow caue why he ahould not be punished
f,,r violating ectioo of tha city ordinance
which require fir eacapea on houla three
a. amriea hlah. Aselsiant City At
torney Branton said that formal eoaiiiUuuJt
was oiJ oy llaor siia.
on which, when th day waa tin she could
see the glim of a waterfall and In an of
whoa canyona aha knew Richards muat be
at that moment superintending the dynamo
which supplied th town with light Th
glint of th waterfall bad dtaappeared with
tha clos of th January day, and Richards
waa cut eft from the world without th
canyon aa ha bad ever been sines the winter
scows block tha trail.
Thar bad been a telegraph line over
which aha bad carried on certain con
versation with tha man In th canyon,
but th big December atorm bad blown
down th wlr and It would be spring b-
fors it could b repaired. Tha lamp wires
withstood th atraln and ah could follow
them with her eyes out of town and bait
way up tha flrat hill, tha insulatora from
which they bung shining Ilk a row of
white button against the dusk. That Una
waa charged with tha might ot thunder
bolts, but It energy emanated from tha
earth Itself, for Rlcbarda had harnessed th
distant waterfall to hla dynamo In the can
yon and tha resulting current was trans
alttad ten miles across country to th
town.
Lam Olffort continued bta harangue and
la tha increasing darkness ot the evening
bla gesture wer alternately revealed and
obscured aa tb lights went uncertainly
up aad down. Other' cltliens Joined tha
group and among them came Sheriff Black,
aa ardent supporter of Rlcbarda. Ha ar
rived at a period ot darkness and when
the light went up surprised Lem in the
midst of a most virulent speech. Black
waa a large man and his intellect was
vigorous rather than acute. But hla opln
Ion had weight tn the community and h
opened oa Olffort without ceremony.
Bay, Lem Glffort," be began. "For a
yahoo that'a been brought up on candle
and coal oil. you mk m tired. Tou
never saw an electric lamp before Rich
ards, brought 'em to town. If I wef) you
I'd keep my head shut about It. He'a
done mors for this town In six month
than you've don in your whole Ufa. And
because be had tb pluck to put hi scaem
through, you go camptn' on his trail and
anappln' at hta heels Ilk a coyote after
a wounded buck. But Bob Richards Isn't
down yet. you take my aay ao for It. Any
man that'll put hla pile Into a game like
thla and put up the wlrea with, bis own
hands like he did, 'cause he couldn't afford
to hire the work done. Isn't going back
of whst be agreed to stand to. The light
.rn't right, but he don't know It, or you
bet they would le."
The girl in the doorway purred softly
nd one cf Its bystanders swayed by the
sheriff's posltlveneM exclaimed emphatic
ally, "That's what!" Lem Olffcrt. gazing
t the ground, aald somewhat deprecating:
'He'll make a fortune out of It."
'Well, and v. at If he does?" returned
the sheriff. "Doesn't he divide It, That
reservation laud laid Idle tor yeara and the
township never made a cent out of It. It'a
got tome silver In It to be sure, but you
know th money that was sunk years ago
trying to get It out. It cost them $10 a
ton to haul coal In bags up the trail en th
backs of burro and Icoit at the 11ns of skel
toe ther In the gulch where th beaa's
used to fell ever th edege of tb trail,
There wasn't a week they didn't lose a
mule that way. But Rlcbarda don't need
coal. He bad th sense to msk th water
fall run his srschtne and he gives tb town
light fre. What more do you want?"
"Must bs kind ef lonely itayln' up ther
In the canyoa three months without word
from the eutslds."
"Well. Jee Hutching Is with him. Hutch
ts good tompsoy " '
"Yes yes look it is a elgnal ha Is
calling to ua tor help there one two,
three, tour (the lights of the town flashed
up and down a ahe counted) that la H.
There goea the alngle flash that la B.
There see that long-drawn-out flash-
that Is' U and there, five quick flashes
that la P. Oh, he la calling for help. He
haa been calling for days and I never
guessed It; Oh, I never guessed!" .
Tha faces ot the men remained blank,
and even the sheriff did not quite grasp her
meaning ."Who is calling. Miss Coyne?" he
eald. "You do not mean "
"Yes yes from the mountain. It Is the
Mora code I taught him, you know he
ba bean flashing those light up and down
waa then 200 feet above their beads.
"Yes," remarked the aherlff, drily. "I
can think of no easier way of committing
ulclde,
They followed the torrent that crossed
th gully and aa they entered th canyon
they abouted all together to make known
their arrival. An answering ahout came
back, reverberating like the echo of their
own.
"My God look there!"
It waa tha sheriff and he was gazing
straight upward at the pipe on the trestle
wher If left the embrasure In the canyon
wall. There on tne brink two men were
struggling pulling one another backward
and forward, apparently obllvloua to the
peril of their situation. One of them was
actually aatrlde ot the great pipe, hla lega
clasping it aa they might the aldea of a fat
horse. Tha other awayed over blm, some
times on the pipe, sometimes on the can-
yon wall, and seemed to have him In a
powerful grip, which he endeavored to
shake off. They panted and cursed and the
noise they made came down with the peb
bles that rattled on tha beads of th men
in th gulch, Th aherlff was quick to act
'It la Richards and Jo Hutching," he
cried. "They've had a run in after me,
boys! To th top, to the top!" and with a
stentorian yell to the men on the trestle he
ran up the slope, hla party following perforce.
Evidently their coming put . new energy
Into th men above, for the latter re
doubled their effort. Once it seemed that
the man astride tha pipe, who was Hutch-
Ingt, had conquered, for with a powerful
Ice-covered pipe. The .watching men
trembled for him, but he seemed devoid of j
fear. When half way over be stopped and
looked back. The sheriff entreated blm to
return, assuring blm of their good will. Bat
he only cried out mockingly and continued
on his wsy.
' Follow me. Bob Richards!" he celled,
f ollow me now. No? Well, I take your
best wishes to ber for 'a aneaktng hound."
The rescue party climbed down the slop
and ran across tb gulch In tha hope of
besdlng him off, but th distance was too
great. He got to the other end of th
trestle ahead of them and disappeared In
the woods.
He took the abort cut hey?" exclaimed
Lem Olffort, superficially.
"A sane man could not hav dona It," re
plied the man next to him.
The sheriff drew Richards aside. "What
did he mean by 'taking your .best wishes
to her?' " he naked.
Richards dropped hla eyea and seemed
reluctant to reply. "Oh, just a crazy no
tion," be said, evasively.
"No, that won't do. Bob," replied the
sheriff. "I've got to know what has been
going on up here."
"But, on my word. Black," replied Rich
ards, "It Is only that the man la daffy.
You see, we've been alone tip her together
for three month, without a soul to speak
to and with no word from the outsld after
the wire broke. It wss enough to drive
any. man off, and poor Hutch waa blu from
(he first. We quarreled about trifles and
afterward called each other fools, and
made It up again and again. At first we
had the wire, but well, you aee, I knew
little of the code and I used to taic to the
telegraph operator tn town Miaa Coyne,
you know Just to pass the ' time away,
you know and that used to make him wild,
although I did not discover It until after
ward said I was making love to her over
the wire"
"Which, as a matter of fact, you were,"
Interrupted the sheriff.
"Now, Black, aa a friend, you must prom
ise not to bring her name Into thla.
merely, eh talked to ber on ordinary topics
and Hutch went off about It. Perhapa
it waa the December storm, but I always
believed that be broke that telegraph wire.
tie seemed greatly amused over It used to
ask me each morning afterward what waa
the newa from the atatlon. . He got vlolen'
about a week ago. One night he bauled
me out of my bunk Just after I got to aleep.
H had me by the throat and we mixed it
up for an .hour before be quieted dowu.
I had to' be always on guard against him.
I could not leave him alone and the loaa of
sleep waa tiring ma out. ; Then I thought
of anapplng the switches In and out to at
trac. attention In town. ' I did It for sev
eisl night before h saw through It. Last
night, while I was aignalllng. bs Jumped for
me. 'Ah,' he raid. 'At It again, are you?'
The current went oft and we had It out la
the dark. I saw your Are and knew you
were coming. But so did he. Then h
tried to get away. I barricaded him In
the awltch room, but be broke out just aa
you arrived. You aaw . what happened oa
the pipe I thought It was all over, one
but you will not mention Miss Coyne's
name In the matter, will you. now?"
."My boy," answered the aherlff, "I don't
believe It will be necessary to mention tha
lady'a nam."
"Thank you. old man. I
"Yes," continued the sheriff. "It will
not be necesssry. She told m all about
tt before I left."
What?"
'Yes, you must bsve kept tha wire hot
between you. But how a man can make
love by long distance transmission beats
me I'd went to get nearer than trn m li."
Rlcharda grinned. ,
"Ther wss another thing." aald the
aherlff.
Yes?"
'Yes. It seems that Hutch proposed and .
wss refused just before he came up htre
last fall."
'What? Well, why didn't sha tell m
that?"
"How could she, and him atgndlng at your
bark all the time?"
"Poor Hutch. If I had enly known."
"Well, go lnsld now and flash down th
news to her that everything Is O. K. She'll
be waiting. What'II you say? Well, tt
you doa't know I can't tell you."
Then, turning to hla party, th sheriff
aald:
"Come, boys; we've got to find poor
Hutching."
Moitallty iHatlstlea.
Deatha Richard D English, 3(51' South
Fifteenth street, aged 1 year; Thomas M.
Wilson, Immanuel hospital, aged b8 years:
Marl Morrissey, 1922 South Thirty-third
street, aged 17 yesrs; Mr. Charlotte
Ramge, 3U3 South Nineteenth street, aged
40 yeara.
BIrtha Ch irlea Wallen. 60S South Seven
teenth street, boy; Walter T. Dlnnlck. 251
North Thlrty-firat street, girl; Joseph
Hughes, 1920 Capitol avenue, girl; Peter
Grant. 626 South Twenty-sixth avenue, boy;
M. Total, 1212 Davenport street, boy; Frank
Mualeln. Kl Cuming -treat, boy; Henry
Knscorshek, 308 North Thirty-fourth street,
boy.
Marriage l.leenaes.
Marriage licenses were Issued yesterday
to the following: i
Name snd Residence. ' Age.
Christ Steen. Douglas county. Neb 29
Mary Glaaahof, Douglaa county. Neb., ....22
Nlela O. Peterson, Pottawattamie Co., Ia. 30
Rosalna Larson, Omaha 2o
and calling to us for help all these nights
and no ono has heeded It. 8ee H-E-L-P effort be got Rlcharda off hla feet and there
there, do you believe It now? ,. Oh, dear, Wee only a loosening grsep between him
what ahall we do what shall we do?1
Her condition verged upon . hysteria. It
affected tha men variously. . Lem Glffort
grinned, a weak ' men sometime do In
aerloue emergencies. One ot the men aald,
"Oh, pshaw!" In a doubting tone, but It
waa essy to see that he believed all he had
heard. Another ran oft down the main
atreet ot the town, telling the news to all
whom he met. The sheriff was dumb
founded. The girl looked from one light to
another, reading the message as It flashed
and telling herself sgaln and again that It
was "her fault all her fault!"
"Your fault Miss Coyne V said the
sheriff at Isst. "Just ao but how?
Bscauae because I should have known.
I ahould have aeen because O, they are
up together and something ' dreadful has
happened O, can you not do aomethlng?
Must you all stand around helpless when
perhapa see, you can read It for your
selves!"
She turned and ran into the booth and
began a wild search for ber code book
It did not occur to anyone that her salt
tion was out of proportion to the degree of
Interest which she might be supposed or
dinarily to feel for the men In the canyon.
Tbey were all too startled by th revelation
of th light to think of that.
Eh cam out turning over the pages ot
the book and tearing aome of them in ber
excitement. 8!e held up the alphabet
where all might aee and the thickening
crowd followed her finger as she pointed
spelled out the meaning of the flashes for
themselves. Many spelled aloud like chll
dren learning a lesson, and the effect ot
the voices ringing In unison at every flash
was atrange Indeed. But it waa stranger
still and awesome when "a new word
cama forth a word which opened with
the letters - M-A.-D and then terminated
suddenly, leaving the crowd which had
been apelllni sturdily and the town
In darkness. The women took upon
themselves something . of , the girls'
hysteria when this happened and the men
went about asking one another what tb
troubl could be and urging tha necessity
of doing something. -'
What the aomethlng might he waa not
readily apparent. It was tea miles to th
caoyun and tb way over, th foothill was
yup and up. Tb mountsln itself was a
hard climb in summer and no on had vcr
attempted It in winter, for drifts filled the
passes and landslides often blocked the
trail. Yet they wer not a people to atop
I, short of Impossibilities. They built a greet
Br on a neighboring hill la tb hop that
It might b seen by th men on th moun
tain and give them courage to bold 'out
until help arrived. Then tbey organized a
relief party aad be for midnight a dose
men. led by Sheriff Black, -wer half way
to th mountain' foot.
- Tory followed th wire straight across
and eternity, bat Rlcharda, with a nlmbl
nes born of hi peril, loosened hla own
grip of Hutching and burled himself vio
lently backward and clung sprawling to the
wail. Instantly Hutchtngs turned over and
on hla hands and kneea started to crawl
along th pipe out over the abyss.
'My God. Rlcharda, what la it all about?"
cried Sheriff Black, as ha hurried up.
Mad." replied Richards. "Stark mad."
Been ao for a week. Tried to kill me and
hlmaelf several times. Now It's something
else. I waa cloae to It that time. Look
at blm; he'll go off there before be Is bait
way across."
Hutching crawled ateadily out on the
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