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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 11, 1902)
I THE OMAHA DAILY 11EE: SATURDAY, OCTOllEH 11, 1002. 0 tlDM 1 IVH AC K'VTCTlffV'T i FAIlJl LAJU A J LtiLjlJlLjIl Attractive Features of Agriculture at a I Pursuit with Profit SOME EXAMPLES TO PROYE THE POINT W. M. Oatraadrr of Philadelphia I Gives HI Oplalons aad Cites Facta t Sopaart Ilia Caa.-la.teaa. Mr. W. M. Ostrsnder of Philadelphia, one af tba beat known real estate dealer In tba United States, contributed tbe follow- Ing article te last week'a lasue of Tba Twentieth Century Farmer, from which paper It Is reproduced: To dlscuaa "farm land as an Investment" la an exhaustlvs way would Involve enough eubjecta. almost, to fill a book. I shall dlscuaa It in a general way only, omitting statistical reports which are atwaya, to the average person, more or less tiresome. la th first place It would be well to I consider a few general lacts. The total acreage for tbe entire country la 841, 201, I Hi. The total value of farm producta for I the year 199 la given by the census bureau at I4.TJM1S.752, of which amount $1,711,- 90,221 waa for animal producta. I The number of farms In the United State ha steadily Increased for the last fifty year. In 1900 there were nearly four tlmea aa many farma a In 1850, and 26 per cent more than In 1890. Since 1880 tbe total acreage of farma has Increased more rapidly than the number of farms, ao that the average alze of farma has In- creased Th. mo Important a, rlcuitural atates beginning at he east, are New York. Pennsylvania Ohio. Indiana Illinois, Iowa and Ml.sourl Tocher they em- brae 44 per cent of tbe total value of .farm Property and produce about 38 per cent OI me loini iarm..prou..i.. Beet Opaertaaltlea ia Jtewer Slate. I The Inference should not be drawn from the above atatementa that the elates men- tloned are superior to all others as fields for Investment. VVhll these states con- tala many of th finest farms tn th coun- trr, they do not offer the opportunities to large Investors that are offered by aome ef the newer states. For Instance, In the outh. aome section ef Georgia are now especially attractive to Investor. New railroads are now cov- ... U .... ,.,...A (a..llA.lDa ..a ,.,.,... bringing the.m within easy access of north ern market. The aouth Probably offer, larger field. aa laaraatvnHr 4 h k sa S Pt at AT HS StatSt f Inrl nf I for Investment than any other section of th country because of It numerous un developed portion. A great many thous and persona fa south each year for the sole purpose of developing land. Chicago la the center ot migration to the aouth and from there go many capitalists and laveatora aa well a seekers for permanent borne. Southern fruit growing 1. becom tng nor Important In proportion to the Increased and improved ahlpplng facllltlee. Th fruit I now landed in perfect condl- tloa In northern narkets, which, a faw year, ago, were totally Inaccessible. Fr.lt Orewl.g la Soath. Another interesting feature la the tact that thl. year for th. flrat tlma, fruit P'- clpally peachea) baa been grown more or lea. tlr among the large fore.t tre. Th. fruit tree, when grown In this way get enough .un to prtmote a healthy growU. while they are protected from th. froata which ao often prov. lnjurlou. For tbla reason aoutbern timber land often prove, a good Inveatment for farming pur- poaea tn eonnectlon with fruit growing. In 4h' far west land heretofore consld- red of little value baa recently produced soma surprising results. For instance, land adjacent to the Columbia river baa pro- duced a yield of wheat to equal or exceed that of th mlddl west ln some case nny-six ousneis 10 mo acre, t oes reauus, of courae, are due largely to Improved methods ln fertlllxlng and operating the land. Portion, of Wyoming, Montana, Colorado, Nevada, Arlsona and New Mexico bave ever been developed owing to the lack ot Irrigation. Should Irrigation facilities be f urnlahed by th government, that ssc- tlona would offer aome great opportunities for profitable Investment. Irrlcatloa aa Impartaat Fact. Irrigation ha been an extremely Import- ant factor In the past In developing certain aretlona ot th country, and In all proba- blllty will be Juat as Important In the future. In a recent report I notice that) "a comparison of the number of Irrigator and th number of acre irrigated at the beginning and end of tbe decade 1889-1899 bow that the hive approximately dou- bled." , Irrlgatlon baa produced many very re- markable reaults. In fact aome ot the most valuable agricultural land In exist- ne waa at one time apparently worth- jtM Dakota land, for a long time very quiet, luta recently taken a strong brace. The de- mand la principally tor farms of large aoruM. Kansas land with tha xeention of th more desirable portions, ha reached a very low ebb, and a heavy purchase of Ula land might result In Immense profit. wHhln th next few year.. Farm land adjacent to the large citle., rlnclpally ot tha east. I. always attract- principally lv to Investors and practically sure to prov profitable If bought at a lew price. All land, however, 1. liable to flustuate In value, and because ef this fact It Is neces sary for a man te be thoroughly wide awake I . tn order to be a successful land Inveator or I operator. Gaod Farming! AVecHa Prlees. While th value of a farm a an Invest ment la largely affected by local condi- tloo. It 1 also affectsd to a great extent by the way In which It I operated. A professed and which tbe distinguished rev farm may be bought for 130 per acre and erend clergy baa. on thla solemn occasion, after aeveral years under expert manag- ao ably-administered. meat aell for $40 or 30 per acre. I bave "I care not. though, for creeds la that la mind a man who recently purchased a unknown country 'from whoa bourne na farm of S20 acres ln Bates county. Ml- travslar returns' and to which his pure sourl. and has Just beeen offered $43 an spirit tends for I feel that tha goed man acr for It. This year his wheat yielded who aleepa la all tbs awful majesty of death IT bushels to ths acra and hla corn will yield 80 to 85 bushel to the acre. HI profit for the year look aomethlng like this; Profits on corn. 1S.0C0 bushels, da- llvered in December, $7,000; profits on fcoga sold. $1.b00; on hogs raised this year, about $1,100; profits on wheat, 1.(20 busn el. S1.10C: on flax, etc. about $1,000; snd . tb differs nc between the purchase price lot ths farm aad the price be baa bn offered for It. $3,840. Tb total profits will amount to about $15,940. or nearly $9,00 net profit la oae year, Just the price be paid for tha whole farm. Thl I tbs story .of a man who knew practically nothing 'about farming when he bought the proper ty, but who was an exceptionally good manager. ItlaatratUa at Ga4 Maaacesaeat. Thl Is simply soother illustration ot the fact that aay gocd farm Is a good Invest- meat under tbe proper kind f manage - meat. Ia nine eases out of ten, when a farm Is said to be run down and un profit- able, th cause can be traced to Inefficient management Farming la the true aens of tb word la a real acleace, but un- fortunately thl fact I not appreciated by th majority of farmer. A great many farmer with whom I have come la con- tact easts to thlak that very llul duca - tloa aad busts ability la needed U rsn f,rra 1 BTrr !" ob ot thl dm of men to be mora than ordinarily successful, while on ths other hand, the most highly successful fsrmers I have nwn have invariably been men f mora !, 'ouc,uon na """"" DU,,ne" Tut a shrewd. Intelligent business mas 00 00 or -od) farm and in ninety-nins case out or a eunarea na rill ba successful. Tn though hand!- caDOcd br entire lark ef exDerlenee. Rapid Increase la Yalaea. t am continually receiving report! from all parta of tbe country Indicating rapid Incraaae In tba value of land and great prosperity among tbe agricultural classes. One man wrltea: "Farm lands are now on the verge of tbe greatest boom In the history of tbe state of Missouri. Cropa are magnificent all through the state and tba farmers have been making money." Another man wrltea: "Farm land in Minnesota and Dakota have Increased very largely in value recently. The land la ex- ceptlonally fine in this locality and the crops have never been better than they sre Juat at present." .Thfse are only camples of scores of similar letters. Farm lands will steadily lncrea.ee In value for three reasons: Flrat Becauee of the greater Increaae In population than in the development of new land. Second Because of the Increasing desire of people to locate In statea which are 'Greedy settled rather than go Into a new territory. Third Because of tbe tendency of the middle and wealthier clas of today to buy country homes of largo acreage for tbem- aelvea. Tendency to Hold Onto Land, boun(, tQ ,n. Tn9 tend. . ' . ' ... . ..... the f-w arfer bor .,,, htm and n, , M concerned with the questions of protection and free trade than any other class of our people. If neceesary he can live absolutely Independent of any other class of people. Lan(1 TaJua ln i part f the country u affe.tea t0 , gr,at extent by local eondl- toni vIch are continually changing and th. who -oiDI, to Invest In land .haulA stch these conditions very eare- fu,ly Defore piunglng too deeply. ,. ...VI .,.. r hoiuv " ' " . " thtjt un(le. the present prosperous condi tlona of o"r country, a Judlclou invest mont In faim land la one of the safest and pronUbIt investment, that can po. - . slbly be made. W. M. OSTRANDER. HIS DEAR DEAD FRIKSD, Mayor of Atlanta Speaks Faneral of Nearro. at th The funeral of Richard J. Henry, colored. for so long a t(me porter and private erv- ant of hi honor, Mayor Livingston Mlms. embodied ln Its program an episode that It too notable and too altogether pleasing to be omitted rrom a epecu commeui. ru,.. th,ti"t v Lp7hi; .aY.rvlc. had endeared blm ra - ,n, n,n. But J numerou company of white men who c.m. In contact with him. " B0My wer, entruste4 .un, (i f(Jr tr(LnRmlBaton to th bank, nd u ,B ,t,mated that In thla position he wri9i 0n hla person mllllona ot dol- ,Br M hl, runeral th respect and re- . f whlu Mmi ot thla admlr- .hl. . ..srywhere ' In evidence. Tney mad, . Urg. representation ln the lare8 aud)enCs. funeral, conducted by high official or uanrr'a own church and race, waa naot jmprte,tVe and full of high tribute to th character and record or tbe deceased. Tne ma,yor 0f the city and bit accomplished wjfa occupied front seat In th church dur. Ids tbe service, and when th. mlnlst.rlal offloee had progressed to a certain point th mayor of tbe city; who was also tba employer of th deceased, was called on to .peak. Without any special time for preparation and mainly upon th Impulse and suggestion of the moment Mayor Mlms, who has long been held one of the most accomplished and """J V'i" .k! ""T . "a Duru "ru" "uu ""' "Your call on me to speak on this occasion was certainly unexpected and yet while ao heartily commending all that ha been o feelingly and eloquently said ln reference to my dear dead friend my friend of more than a third ot a oentury I cannot retrain from expressing th genuine grief and sor- row that hi death has occasioned me. In- deed, a aorrow tnat my entire ramiiy anare. and I know, too, it will be felt by th large number of his frlenda and mine who knew him so well In th connection b had with the buslnes In which I have been en- '0T mn' Jara. and I might add nis many wmie u-.euu. m mis cuy wno respected and admired him for the spljndtl oualltle. that be possessed. He waa ever ou,u " " Pop'- " model busbsnd nl f4,her- a good cltlxen and a loyal and l ' . "To m. hi. office, of concern and thought- fulness were constsnt snd grateful.. In ths eourss of nature he should have survive! me, and I always thought that If he did there was po living man on whom I could better rely for' kindness and care for my can point to no one wboae dally life and character afford a better and more com mendable example to all men to emulate than th'a. "Ha well deserved all the comforts, bless- Inge and promise of th holy religion he In yonder coma carries with him accent I able credentials to .11 the happlneis that pertains to mortals atter death. His mem- ory win d ireaaurea. Tha Gratltada af th Helped. Chicago Record-Herald; Her husband's brother had through hi own effort be com very rich. "Now," be said. ''I will do something for her and tb children. I am under no obligation to tbem. but they are poor and I feel that It will be no more than light tor m to help them." Therefore he bought a comfortable bom fcr them and gave her the deed. Tbea he took her to th furniture stores and they secured carpets, beds, ebalrs sad other thlag 4hal were necessary te make I them comfortable, and be paid tor them. arter which he went about his awa affairs 1 rejoicing. I 8h sat la her new home, with ber hands I cla!ed in tar tap and a aad look on her I faoav "What la the trouble f ber neighbor asked I "I . was thinking of the elAshnea and meanness of some people." she sorrowfully I replied. 'Think of all th money he baa. I Y( .he la too stingy, to : narrow-minded I to even glv us a piano." An AH Baba of the Sierras Uy BRET IIARTE. (Copyright, 1902, by Bret Harte.) Johnny 8tarlelgh found himself again late for school. It waa always happening. It eemed to be Inevitable with the process of going to school at all. And It waa no fault "o' his." Something was always oc curring some eccentricity of nature or circumstance waa Invariably starting up in hla dally path to tbe school room. He may not have been "thlnkln' of aqulrrels," and yet the rarest and most evasive of that genus were always crossing his trail; he may not have been "huntln' honey," and yet a wild bees' nest In the hollow of an. oak absolutely obtruded Itaelt be fore him; he wasn't "bird catchln" and yet there waa a yellow-hammer always within atone'a throw. He had beard how grown men hunters alwaya saw the most wonderful animals when they "hadn't got a gun with 'em," and It seemed to be bit lot to meet them in his restricted possi bilities on tbe way to school. If nature was thus capricious with his elders, why should folk tbink it strange if she waa as mischievous with a amall boy? On thia particular morning Johnny had been beguiled by the unmistakable foot prints so like bis own of a bear'e cub. What chances he had of ever coming up with them, or what he would bave done If be had, he did not know. He only knew that at the end of an hour and a half he found himself two miles from the school house, and, from tbe position of the sun, at leaat an hour too late for school. He knew that nobody would believe him. The puniabment for complete truancy was little worae than for being late. He resolved to accept It, and by way of Irrevocability, at once burnt his ships behind him ln de vouring part of bis dinner. Thus fortified ln his outlawry, he began to Jook about him. He waa on a thickly JOECVNT SAW THAT HE "WAS CAUHYINO A HEAVY STONE. "WHATS TUB BLAME FOOL GOINO TO DO?" HH SAID TO HIMSELF- wooded terrace with a blank wall of crop" on on aide nearly aa high aa the plnea which pressed close against It. Hs had never seen It before; It was two or three mile, from tbe high rosd and seemed to be a virgin wilderness. But on close examination be could see, with tbe eye of a boy bred ln a mining district, that the wall of outcrop had not escaped the atten tion ot th mining prospector. There wer mark of hi pick ln aome attractive quart, seams ot the wall, and further on a more ambitious attempt, evidently by a party of miners, to begin a tunnel, shown In an abandoned excavation and the heap ot debris before It. It bad evidently been abandoned tor aome time, as fern already forced their green fronds through the stone, and gravel and tha yerba buena vine wa. beginning to mat the surface of the heap. But tbe boy', fancy was quickly taken by the traces of a singular accident and one which bad per haps arrested the progress of the excava tors. The root, of a large pin. tree grow ing cloae to the wall had been evidently loosened by tbs excavators and ths tree bad fallen, with one of Ita largest roots .till in opening th. miner, h.d made. .i. hli. .b- ... b. and apparently blocking the entrance. Tbe large tree lay. aa It fell midway across another but much smaller outcrop of rock which stood sharply about fifteen feet above the level of th terrace with Its gaunt dead limbs In tbs air at a low angle. To Johnny'a boyish fancy It sssmed so easily balanced on tbe rock that but tor Its Imprisoned root It would bsvs made a capital seesaw. This be felt must be looked to hereafter. But here hi. attention waa arrested' by some thing more alarming. Hi. quick ear, at tuned Ilk an anlmal'a to all woodland sounds, detected the crackling ef under wood la tbe distance. His equally sharp eyes ssw th figures of two men approach ing. But a. b. recognized tbe feature, ot one of tbem be drew back with a beating beart, a hushed breath and hurriedly bid himself ln the shadow. For he had seen that figure once before flying before the sheriff and an armed posse end bed never forgotten It! It waa tha figure of Spanish Pete, a notorloua deaperado and slulcs robber! Finding hs hsd besa unobserved, ths boy took courage, and bl. .mall faculties became actively alive. Tbs two men came on together cautiously, and at a little dis tance tbe aecond man, whom Johnny did not know, parted trom hla companion and began to loiter up and down, looking around a. If acting aa a sentinel for tbe desperado, who advanced directly to the fallen tree. Suddenly tha sentinel uttered an exclama tion, and Spanish Pets paused. The sen tinel was examining tbe ground near tha heap ot debris. "What's up?" growled the desperado. "Foot-tracks! Weren't here before! And fresh ones, too." Johnny's beart sank. It waa where be had Juat passed. Spanish Pete hurriedly Joined hla com panion, "Foot-track be !' be said scorn fully. "What fool would bs crawlin' round here barefooted? It' a young bar!" Johnny knew the footprints wer his own. Tet ke recognised ths truth of ths re semblance;" It was uncomplimentary, but he felt relieved. Tbe desperado came for ward inil Ia t Kit ttnv'a mrnrlM keffmn 4a climb the small ridge of outcrop until he j reached tbe fallen tree. Johnny saw that he waa carrying a heavy stone. "What's the blamed fool goln' to dot" he aald to himself; the man's evident Ignorance re garding footprints had lessened the boy s awe of him. But tbe atranger'a next essay took Johnny's breath away. Standing on the fallen tree trunk at Ha axis on the outcrop 'he began to rock It gently. To Johnny's surprise It began to move. The upper end deacended alowly, lifting the root In tbe excavation at the lower end, and with It a masa of. rock, and revealing a cavern behind large enough to admit a man. Johnny gasped. Tbe desperado coolly dop-lted the heavy atone on tbe tree be yond Ita axis on the rock, ao that It would keep the tree in position, leaped from the tree to the rock, and quickly descended. At which he was Joined by the other man, who waa carrying two heavy chamois leather bags. They both proceeded to the opening thue miraculously disclosed, and disappeared In It. Johnny sat breathless, wondering, e pectant, but not daring to move. The men might come out at any moment; he had seen enough to know that their enterprise as well as their cave waa a secret, and that the desperado would subject any witness to it, however Innocent or unwTling, to hor rible penalties. The time crept slowly by; he heard every rap ot a woodpecker In a distant tree, blue Jay dipped and lighted on a branch within hla reach, but he dared not extend hla hand; hla legs were Infested by ants, he even fancied he beard the dry, hollow rattle of a rattlesnake not a yard from him. And then the entrance to the cave waa darkened and the two men reap peared. Johnny stared. He would have "out-rubbed his eyes If he had dared. They were not the earns men! - Did the cav contain other who all th while had been shut up ln lta dark recesses? Was there a band? Would tbey all swarm out upon him? Should he run for his life? But the illusion was only momentary? A longer look at them convinced him that they were the .am men In new clothe, and disguised, and aa one remounted tha outorop, Johnny'a keen eye. recognised blm a. Spanish Pete. He merely kicked away the atone, the root again deaoended gently over tbs opening and tba tree recovered Us former angle. The two hurried away, but Johnny, noticed that tbey were empty handed. The bags had been left behind. Tbe boy waited patiently, listening with his ear to the ground, like an Indian, for the last rustle of fern and crackle of un derbrush, and then emerged stiff and cramped from bis concealment. But he no longer thought of flight; curiosity and ambi tion burned In hi small vein. He quickly climbed up th outcrop, picked up the fallen stons and in spits of Its weight lifted It to the prostrate tree. Here he paused and ' "' k. , . . . . p7. . I Th '"m " ,oofk,d0 I The aolltude was profound. Thei profound. Then mountUg the tree and standing over its axis be tried to rock it as the others bad. Alas! Johnny's beart waa stout,' bis cour age unlimited, hla perception all embrac ing, hi. ambition boundless, but his sctual avolrdupoi. waa only that of a boy ef 10. The tree did not move. But Johnny had played see-saw before, and quietly moved toward Its highest part. It slowly de scended under ths changed center ot grav ity and ths root arose, disclosing the open ing as before. Yet here tba little hero paused. Hs waited with his eyes fixed on the opening, ready to fly on th sallying out of anyone who bad remained conceal 1. He then placed tb stone whr be bad stood, leaped down and rsn to the opantng. Tbe change from the dnirllng sunlight to the darkness confused him at first, snd hs could see nothing. On entering he stumbled over something which proved to be a bot tle In which a candle wa. fitted, and a box ot matches, evidently used by the two men. Lighting tbe candle, be could now discern that the cavern was only a few ysrds lung ths beginning of a tunnel which tbe ac cident to the tree bsd stopped. In one corner lay tha clothes thst the men hsd left, snd which for s moment seemed sll thst the cavern contained, but, on remov ing them, Johnny ssw tbst they were thrown over a rifle, a revolver and the two chamois leather bags that tba men had brought there. Tbey were ao heavy that the boy could scarcely lift them. His face flushed; his banda trembled with excite ment. To a boy whose truant wanderinga had given him a fair knowledge of mining. he knew that weight could bave but one meaning, Gold! He hurriedly untied tbe nearest bag. But It waa not th gold of th locality, of tha tunnel, of the "bed rock!" It waa "flake gold." the gold of the river. It had been taken from tho miners' sluices ln ths dlstsnt streams. The bags before him wer the spoils of the sluice robber spoils that could not be sold or even shown la tbe district without danger spoils kept until they could be taken to Maryavllle or Sacramento for disposal. All thl might have occurred to th mind of any boy of the locality who had heard the common gossip ot bis elders, but to Johnny's fancy an Idea sas kindled peculiarly his own. Here was a cavern like (hat of the "Forty Thieves" In the story books, and he was the Alt Baba who knew Its secret! He was not obliged to say "Open, sesame." but he cnuld say It If he liked, If he was D anybody. Yet alas! he also knew It was a secret he must Veep to himself. He bad nobody to trust it to. Hie father waa a charcoal burner of small means; a widower with two children, Johnny and bis elder brother Sam. The latter, a flagrant Incorrigible of 22, with a tendency to dissipation and low company, had lately abandoned his father's roof, only to reappear at Intervals of hilarious or maudlin intoxication. He had always been held up to Johnny as a warn ing, or with the gloomy prognosis that he, Johnny, was already following ln hie tor tuous footsteps. Even if he were here he was not to be thought of as a confidant. Still less could he trust his father, who would be sure to bungle the secret with sheriffs and constables, and end by bring ing down the vengeance of the gang upon the family. As for himself, he could not I dlsDcee of the Bold if he were to take It. The exhibition of a single flake of It to ! ... .. . ... .. and as It was Johnny hard fste to be al ways doubted, he mlaht be connected with the gang. Aa a truant he knew he had no ' moral standing, but he also had the super stition quite characteristic of childhood that being In possession of a secret he was a participant ln It criminality and bound, as It were, by terrible oaths! And then a new Idea seized him. He carefully put back everything s he had found It, extinguished the candle, left the cave, remounted the tree and closed tbe open ing again, as he had seen the other do It, with the addition of murmuring "Shut, sesame" to himself, and then ran away as fast as his short legs could carry htm. Well clear ot the dangerous vicinity, ha proceeded more leisurely for about a mile. until he caem to a low whitewashed fenca, enclosing a small cultivated patch and a neat farm house beyond. Here ha paused, and, cowering behind the fence, with ex traordinary racial contortions, produced a cry not unlike the scream of a blue Jsy. Repeating It at Intervals, he ws presently relieved by observing the approach of a nankeen sunbonnet within the enclosure abovs the line ot fence. Stopping before him, the sunbonnet revealed a rosy littles face, more then usually plump on one side snd a neck enormously wrapped In a scarf. It wa. "Msely" (Amelia) Stryker, a school mat., detained at home by "mumps," a. Johnny wa. previously aware. For, with the famous indiscretion ot some other great heroes, be was sbout to entrust his sscret and his destiny to ons of tb weaker sex. And what wer the minor possibilities of contagion to this? "Playin hookey agin?" said the young woman, with a cordial and oven expansive smile, exclusively confined to one aide ot her face. "I'm! So'd you be ef you'd bin wbar I bev," he said, with harrowing mystery. "No say!" aald Meely, eagerly. At which Johnny, clutching at the top of the fence, with hurried breath, told bl tory. But not all. With the Instinct of a true artist,., he withheld the manner In which the opening of the cave was revealed, said nothing sbout the tree, and, I grieve to say, added tbe word "open sesame" as the Important factor to the operation. Neither did he mention the name of Spanish Pete. For all of which he was afterward duly grateful. "Meet me at tbe burnt pine down ths cross roads st 4 o'clock," he said, in conclusion, "and I'll show ye." "Why not now?" said Meely, Impatiently, "Couldn't. Much as my life Is worth! Must keep watching out! You come at 4 And with an assuring nod he released the fence and trotted off. He returned cautiously in the direction of the cave; be was by no means sure that the robber might not return that day, and hi my terlou rendesvous with Meely veiled i certain prudence. And It waa well. For as be stealthily crept around the face of the outcrop, hidden in the term, he siw from the altered angle of the tree that tbe cavern waa opened. Ha remained motion less, with bated breath. Then be heard the sound of subdued voices from the csv em. snd a figure emerged from the open ing. Johnny grasped tbe ferns rigidly to check the dreadful rry that rose to hi Up at its sight. For that figure was hla own brother! There was no mistaking that weak wicked face, even then flushed with liquor Johnny had seen it too often thus. But never before as a thief's face. He gave a little gasp and fell back upon that atrang reserve of apathy and reticence. In wh en children are apt to hide their emotions from n at such a moment. He watched Impassively the two other men who fol lowed bis brother out to give him a small bag and tome Instructions, snd then re turned within the cave, while his brother walked quickly away. He watched h'm dlaappear; he did not move, f r even If i had followed him he could not bear to face him In hla sbarne. Then out of hla sullen despair isms a boyish Idea of revenge. It was those two men who bad made hla brother a thief! He vil very near the tree. He crept stealthily on bis bands and knee through the bracken and as stealthily climbed tbe wedge of outcrop, and then leaped Ilk a wildcat on th tree. With Incredible ac tivity he lifted the balancing atone and as tbe tree began to move. In a flash ef per ception transferred It to the other side ef It axis, and felt the root and debris, under that additional weight, descend quickly with something like a crash over the opening. Then he took to bis heels. He rsn so swiftly that all unknowingly he overtook a figure, who, turning, glanced at him and then disappeared ln the wood. It was hla second and last view of his brother as be never saw blm again. But now, strange to say. the crucial and most despairing moment of hla day' ex perience had come. He had to face Me?!y Stryker under the burnt pine, and the promise he could not keep, and to tell her that be had lied to her. It was the only way to save hla brother now. Hla small wits, and, alas! hla smaller methods, were equal to the despairing task. A coon a he "w n'r waiting under the tree be Ml 10 eP"ng ana aanclng witn an extrava- f"nce ln wh,ch hysteria hsd no amall part Sold' Sold' B.nM inln ann n (hi 8old! Sold again and got the money!" he laughed, abrllly. The girl looked at him with astonish- n,ent- hlrb- changed gradually to corn and then to anger. Johnny's heart ssnk but he redoubled his antics. "Who's .old?" she said, disdainfully. "You be. You awallered all that atuff about All Baba! You wanted to be Morgy Anna! Ho! Ho! And I've made you play hookey from home!" "You hateful, horrid, little liar!" Johnny accepted his punishment meekly In his heart gratefully. "I reckoned you'd laugh, and not get mad." be said, sub missively. Tbe girl turned, with tesrs of rage end .vexation in her eyes, and walked away. Johnny followed at a humble dis tance. Perhaps there waa something In stinctively touching In the boy's remorse, for they made It up b(fors they reached her fence. Nevertheless Johnny went home miser able. Luckily for him, his father waa ab sent at a vigilance committee called to take cognizance of the late sluice robberies, and although this temporarily concealed hla of fense of truancy, the newa of tba vigilance meeting determined hlra to keep his Hps sealed. Hs lay all night wondering how long it would take the robbers to dig them selves out of the cave and whether they sus pected their Imprisonment was the work of an enemy or only an accident. For several daya he avoided the locality, and even feared the vengeful appearance of Spanlab Pets some night at hi. father's house. It wa. not until the end of a fortnight that he had the courage to revt.lt the .pot. The tree wa. In It. normal poaltlon, but Im movable, and a great quantity of fresh debris at the mouth of the rave convinced him the robber., after escaping, bad abandoned It as unsafe. HU brother did not return, and either the activity of tbe vigilance commit tee or th. lack of a new place ot rendesvous .eemed to have dispersed the robber from locality, for they were not heard of atn. The next ten years brought an Improve ment to Mr. Etarlelgb' fortune. Johnny Etarlelgb, then a student at San Jose, one morning found a newspaper clipping In a letter from Mies Amelia Stryker. It read aa follows: "The excavators in ths new tunnel in Heavyston Ridge lately discov ered th skeletons of two unknown men. who bad evidently been crushed and en tombed aom ysara previously by tha falling of a large tree over tbe mouth of tntv tem porary refuge. From aotcT, river gold found with them they were supposed to b part of th gang of sluice robber who infested the locality some year ago and wer biding from the vigilant." For a few day thereafter Johnny Btar- leigh vaa thoughtful and reserved, but be did not refer to tba paragraph In answer ing tb letter. He decided to keep It for later confidences, when Miss Stryker should become Mrs. Starlalgb. - Mortality Statistics. The following births and death wer re- Sorted at the office of the Board of Health urtng the twenty-four hour ending at noon Friday: Death Mrs. Katie Bwinarskl. 2718 South Twenty-fifth street, aged 44 years: Mrs. P. P. Schmidt. 1941 Boulh sixteenth streot, aged 66 years; Peter Benson, KM South i weniy-secona sirei, sgea u years; Mra. Eleanor Jones. 248 North Twenty-eiehth street, aged 74 years; Mrs. Mary J. Tlarnan, uiannaa, ia., ageo. za years. uirins winiam aiaranam, ixm ivooust street, girl; John Luidholm, 3223 Charles street, girl. 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