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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 27, 1905)
I r Hue Mystery 3 ftSne Lcte(ffl E&wdMo w va cuion. ill i ip T was my wonderful old It e nd. Knnoh Voyce, who first brought me (o On- notice of the polic. .Nut. li t nir tia -t ii to n,l 1 in tiny criminal capacity, t t 1 1 sin-ply fur the us.- -f my sirvics ns a phntou-rapht-r. Photography plays In tlc-sp It 1 1 r Jm a" t T rl'int i . t t In iTimin.il in st 'ir-i t in : and i' was to my -klll th.lt I nw. .1 tli.lt curious w lii' V hid for iti center a certain aristocratic known b Hifhhridge Spa. in certain midlands. Ami it b.gan In mystery, and. com. ni'-'l It nded in the h . v( mill mys.-lf were s i it r illy known. I nay my thut Kn ml vi nl ui i establishment rounty In th. so fares i hi- g-n r.il ml, lie w.-i Mini' fad ion. for onlv to Dm th- i-x'ri .rdm-i ry i-lri-tmisint'o.-si To ,nt II,.- t-r.-iM Mi- I. ill ily oyi-i i ri Mi- into toy studio nn- morning, ushering in Willi nn mr of importune. ;i tall. il.uk man. w ho, ev n as he lowed io uii-, i i mi il lo take In i vi-ry corner df the room nl,. I i In- fort-it nr.- mil to. in one sweeping glance. I J'ihiI'-'I a !i!ii- :it hearing liis name- Inspiotor Clair of Sl-oH in, I V;ir l. Th- Insp.-i tor was iifT iM'-. n ml quite willing to explain Ids busin- ss. 11.- l .i.l . i n km-wn to Knoeh. Voyee for hi -v ral yi-a r. and l h Iml n omn,. n-lod mr to his al tintion. A ,l on ki : plu-r ua n. uiriil tor some delicate work in cfinni'i turn wi'h a r, bu ry. 1 ml 1 ran- to under laki' It? II wa- a .,(,,.. n-iM.r, ami It might provo In ti n ?' ing. Th" ii, -p. to- iitnl. rt,MW tliat hi i-onl,i r'-ly upon my rli-, rn i, a,, (if . ,. n s. . a ptod : nn, llial was 11. beginning of a I,,;' n villi h look me that day Into tin- mi, Han, I, wi'h i-.i.o li oyoc ami tin- Inypii-tor for company. Having a ompai tin- nt to ourselves In th3 train, tin- inspector pro. .- ,.-,l to explain tin- circum stances, so far as 1 ti i - v.er- known to him. It cone, mod a 1 i. li i i i vi , I n.cklaci a thing of consldcr- fa ,,nti meeting place fir the guests of the linn I. and. uuring the time In which it couhi have turn possible fr-r tho r.x klai i- to havo !- n takrn. thp ycranila hail 1 tn crnwiii-il with fruepts. nnil thp window, thi ri fore, unap proin ha l.-. M r. I". atl. y H! h maswlyp woman, with n ronn l. In-non-ni, hal'Vish far-r. She put the matt.-r ch arly ! fori I h. insp.ctor. with I t fy. brows much rl.-vati'il. anil iii-i yous haml makltin f.-.-hlr Ki sturi-s. " It was most alualil-- ami 1 woulilti't lop. it for th w orliV 1 ha.l w , i n it i v, ry nlKht at dinner, and It had 1,.-. n tri-atly ii,lniir.;d," f-lu- said. "Not another I i k I' anywhere!" oorrolxirated Mr. 1'iatliy. a lit 1 1 loan Willi a bald head. "Only I wish ou hadii t wot n it po p;iblirl . my loyp." We pr i ,1 , to i xaniine ilie room. It was a wall nppotnti-.l In d'oori. eM , ,-diiiely well furnished, but with tiothliiK r. mark : I ! about it. Tin-re was but one door In It that door w ill one la r:ze V ill i ' i v . I roof of the v. rami a. the robbery took plio liae erawleil alou-; th.it vi i-anda roof tins.-, n o luard The il.inw a .-'earlx out of thi iues!ion onl- p,Ksib:lit was tint tin- woman had made son,, take as in tin- tine- at v I Irh he missed the iieckla,, that, after lie- li.nl I, -ft the yrramla, foiih on r-all ai-proarin d tin w'mlow by Its roof. In whi,-h na-e Il w mid have bt u -in eas mnU.r to ri-aeh In ,i h ind and sn-itrh the tl.ii'K from thi dii ssinir table, wli, ri- Mrs. l-'i at ii v a, know 1 ,1m , h,n inu left t he ne kin re. ju.si ,,ii-il upon that point, sl.p said nhe never troubled mui h about puttitiK things away, beeanse she had made a pra.the always of loekiim her room, and so transform ing it into on.- larkfe safe for all her posseFslonu. At th Most eittalnly had bi-n loeked-jind low ti e sill of which was the iron It was utterly Impossible that, as In broad dayliKlit. any one could un Thc til is . and had i-T. Vi t r- if - - '!t-&ir '.' -J' .JD" d HUB -vS 1 ' 111 . V 1 1 H 11 i ', ! y 1 ! I is V 7 ' 7 s 1l- a able value, which bolonned to a woman staylns at HiKh bridne Spa. Ilitflibrid-Jrr Spa was a partietilary select jilace. and the most select hotel In it was known as the Cloister hotel, and from a room In it tin- necklace had disappeared. Tin- local police had been, of course, baffled, and Inspector Clair had been sent for. I was informed that It mlKht mean a iiuestlon of HuKi-r prints and such like matters. So far ns the Inspector had been inform, d. the woman stoutly asserted that the room had been locked from the time in which the necklace had In ell placed in it until the moment when, unlockinc It attain, sin- had discovered the article itmii-; so that, in all probability. It looked like frank burnlary by some one outside the place. "I should say myself that It Is the work probably of some expert London man, already known to us," Haid the Inspector coolly; " and, in thai case, it won't take long to lay hands on him." It was to take Ioiiki r than the inspector Imagined. When we arrived at tin- place, iinl. after tin Interview with :h.- manager, were at last confrontid with the woman who had lost t lie necklace, and with her husband, the inspector lienan to tlnd himself baffled. Mrs. l-'catley stink to h.r assertion that the door tiad been locked, and was hacked up In It by her husband. As a matter of fact, tin1 poor man had wanted to enter the room duriiiK the late afternoon, and had been unable to do so. owitiK to his wife's precaution. The room belnif on the first floor, th.- Insp.ctor turned his attention to the outside, and tin-re he met with repulse number two. Tin window mood alsive a broad, shaded veranda, the inspector's suffg-eKtlon t took photographs of various parts of the woodwork of the window Bill, and of the room Rene-rally. The room had not been slept In since the robbery, and the local police had left It undisturbed. A couple of scent bottles had been knocked over, and a hair brush was lyinR on the floor that was all. Hut In this latter connection we cleaned a curious piece of Information. A cardboard box that had contained chocolates had Wen half emptied of Its contents, and some of the choco lates scattered about the floor. The box had in en intact when Mrs. FYatlcy had left the room and locked the door, yet that was what she found on reentering it. " A curious burglar, to eat chocolates V exclaimed the inspector, turning to me. " Now, If it had ts-en a child " lie ilid not finish his senti nee. To ti ll the truth, he looked more puzzled than ever. Paring the time lie had been examining the room, I had seen Enoch Voyee p. i r Ing about curiously, like a wise old bird, with his gray head on one side; but lie did not seem to lie able to make any thing of It. We all came together out of the room, and the In spector proceeded with the work of questioning the guests as delicately as possible as to their movements on the afternoon In question, and the -servants not quite so deli cately. Put everything seemed clear and straightforward. There was no duplicate key anywhere, nor any key that fitted the room, and the guests seemed to be frankness Itself. 80 far as we could Judge, there was no way Into that room save by the door or the window; and the window during the time suggested would have been impracticable, while the door was locked. As there was a dark room In l!n hot.! for the use of such amateurs as might require ,t. 1 retlr. ,1 to It. and developed the sermlnglv uninip, a I 1 nt i-.. toirraphs I had taken. IVisiness called Inspector Cliir Kt, k to London, and I was deciding to aeenmpatiy him. v. h 11 Knoeh Voyce drew me aside and suggested that we 1 , in a i u at hast the night. " I ve made a discovery," lie whispered hurriedly. I knew enough of the old man by that tinn- to trust myself absolutely to his guidance. -I then fore arranged that should have a couple of rooms thill night at the lot. I. and promised the inspector to send on tin- photo, graphs as soon ss thev ware ready. I eouh! not get from Kneel. Yovi-o any niiKWers lo my eager questioning He siinpl sin, ok hi" head and told me to wait. I found thai We Were objects i.f Intenst to the guests In tin- hotel, as ti.ing connected with the police, and 1 was able to turn my visit to advantage by taking several photographs. As the day wore on. Knoeh Voyce contrived to make himself agreeable to the guests. Me had a fund of anecdotes, and I was not surprised to find hiin. about lo o'elm k at night, the i-nt.-r of a little group in the smoking room a little group shaken by gusts of laughter. When presently people b gin to repair to bed. Knoeh Voyee still lingered, until he and I and a couple f other men w. r. the only ones left. And tin- other nu n were Mr. Featlej. tin- husband of the large woman who had lost the necklace, and n oung. bright looking fellow i in. re boy- named W'.il. sby. I utid-rstood that the young man's family mother and fatln r and sisters-w, re staying in th, hotel a',o. Naturally, wi'h F.-athy tier,-, the conv. t sat 'on twined again to tin robin ry. I think Ft Hi. y w.- a little si. k of it. and would have been glad to forg. t th - subj. ct. for that night at least; but young Wah-shv would u,t let It alone. He returned to it auaui and a-. -in. had all sorts of subtle theorhs to sug- st i. ac-,,ii'-.t for th-- i:sap pearance of the necklace; though! it might be possible that some one had taken an lmpr, s t,,n of tie- key and had had a duplicate niad- ; even t, it s,,me in. might have been seer, ted in tin- room iliiroig The te a- ii was locked. After a In il.- time discover-,1 that Knoeh Voyce was g, ntly leading tile boy on. and encouraging him to talk. Kvi n we broke no al l ist, and Mr Feath y went off to l il. Vo.vei ami I st.,ri ,1 for our toen.s. bat . v n then young I'hilip ah sb s. etm-d loath to part w ith us. He clung to Vo e. s arm. still propounding theories, ami si. 11 saying h , a " !.. a-''y sham--" it wis that a gu-st couldn't have ji welt) lo ked In her room in a respe. tal-N hotel witl.oi:! having It stolen. Altogether synii a ' ' . . ,, and kindly and nice, this young Philip ah shy. Yi r-ai -In ,! the head of the stairs, the time of ; and I Kiopp.d with the purpose of samg good nUiit to the bo . I'.ui , von then In- did not seem to care lo p n-l with us. Il-- iniiicn'.ed the door of his room, and l gid that, we would come in. if only for liw minutes. 1 was tlr. d and sb epy. bin Voyee accepted at once, and 1 felt obliged (o I', llow. We went ill. and the lad shut the door, ami seated himself on the side of his bed. and began again about the robbery. " If l il been upstairs, I dare say I should have heard foiih thing," said the boy. " because, you see, the door uf this room is right opposite the door of the Featleys' room." " Yes. so I noticed." said Knoeh Voyce. with a nod. It was at that moment that 1 became aware of a curious, sera tchiiig. shuffling sound in tin- room. Clonoing at Knoeh Voyee. I saw that he- had observed it. too. be cause he was looking curiously at me. The boy appeared unconscious of it. After a nioin, nt or two, how. v. r, Walesby looked up and gave a short, sharp whisile. The scratching ceased, and then, from the ton of a w irdrol.e, there sprang down on to tin- bed b- side ilie young man a small animal. I suppose 1 started in some surprise, for the boy laughed, and picked up th" animal and began to fondle It. " You needn't be afraid," he said. " It's only Poii.j ev." Thin I saw that the animal In- held was a small monkey, with a bright, eager. Intelligent face. It had clambered to Its master's should. -r. and sat there now. with one small hand lightly grasping the man's hair, and peering at us with its bright ey.-s. Knoeh Voyce. who was si ated on a chair opposite, be gan to show the liveliest Interest in the IHth- creature, and ask.-d many questions concerning it -as to Its age. in telligence, and so on. The boy answered w illingly enough; and when, presently. Knoeh Voyce moved across to the tied, the monkey allowed him to take it up in his arms, and to fondle it on his ow n account. He set med. indeed, to give It up at last with reluctance to its owner. "(toes with lie- every w! re." said Philip Walesby. "They make a special concession on my account h.-ri. and allowed m to have it ill my room. 1 wouldn't part with it for the world'" Winn finally we shook ourselves free of the young man and went off to our own apartments. Knoeh Voyce came for a momi nt into my room. He stood there, with his head on one side, and did not l, k n I me. " W. 11." I said, "have you mad,- any discoveries?" " Yes." he said, quickly; " I've found the thief." "Who Is it?" I asked, looking at him Incredulously. "Ill t.-ll you tomorrow." he said, and chuckled, and went off to his room. I awoke the next morning lo find Knoeh Voy.H- seated on the side of my bed. From the gray light which tilter.ii through my window-, I knew that it must b quite early. I was a little surpi is. ,1. and. to tell the truth, a little an noyed at being disturbed. A moment's reflection, however, convinced ny1 that the old man had a strong reason for waking me at such an hour. " What's the matter?" I asked, starting up in bod. " I told you last night that I had made a discovery," said Voyee, rubbing- the side of his nose with one finger, and looking at me with something of a troubled air. " I want your help, however, befori I decide whether or not I am right in certain conjectures I have made. I suppose you have with you that instrument you once showed me for photographing microscopic en'argements?" " Yes, I have," 1 replied. come witli me lie said, and " 1 l-.'-n Hi t up and hurt i. ,1 out of the room, I iltistd histily, iin, joined Mm in his room. Tin light was good now. and 1 was prepared for anything he might snggtst. To my astonishment. In- drew from his pock. I a tiny leatlur ins.-, and from that a little f.-ld-d piece of oiled pap. r W aving me aside with his hand, he car.-f-.illv op m-d thi pain-r and deposited 11 on the table, drew another similarly fold, d piece from the little , ase and opened that beside the fitst. " I'on t l-rea'he too hard or you'll bhw 'em awav." he said. " 1 want you to t.ik,- a holograph of 1 microscopic i nlai g. -i.i nt of the small b lirs in eai h of these pat kids," "llilr?" I askd In amazement. " Ye and 1m- particular to photograph each packet s-pil lately." 1 set to work with that tblicate operation. Later on in the day 1 was able to go to him with th.- two photo graphs of the coarse looking spik-tl 'longs photographs of the enormously magnilied hairs. 1 eonfiss 1 was pitzl.-d as lo what In- wanted them for. I was more puizhd still that !' should have wished me to k- p the two packets s. pniat,. siting that the photographic results of each wt re identical. Knoeh Voyce viewed the rtsults with , xtreme satisfac tion. After survi ving tie- photographs for some tinn he sudd, nly put t lo on in his p,u kit. and n-tpn sted me to go for a walk wi'l- him. We left the hotel and walked away Into the seclusion of 111 sat down togethet. " Now. In Ihe m-st I began, " I ha ve rue' I have also !', ai a-1 1 h- ' ; that had b- -n o. cap ' 1 struck by the fact t . thing b. box tha only th. had l - lillo the n was mil bright th. i tak. n - ground.-. loiind a seat, and my dcr Hal tt nbuiA ." he n 'vio has tin- necklace, ami ;. Win n I i xamitied iht- room i .'rs i-', it lev yesterday 1 was !lio- chocolates were the only Hi it had b- - n taken. A Jewel o. k'-tl had not been disturbed; tin aniiiiit could sw.11,11 Young Willi shv would rely on the fid thai the monkey woo-1,1 seize II,. sparkling thing f o-te it caught his tit-, Thi whistb to which it was so oh .t . n t last night would tinmediali ly bring him lii.-k tl rough tl . ventilator with his prise. Tin- chocolates would tempt lie rfiii'iiHl. and at the sound of the whistle he would kn H k them oy.v and scatler the things on the dressing lil-!- .Iu1 as w,. a w for ourtl.s. My tbar Haiti nhii! v, the thltf Is Philip Walesby. and I'm going to have an in'.-iiew with that young man" Without atioth.-r word wa walked bat k to the hot. I. The iruii were lounging on the veranda, and we look, ,1 sharply about In ouest of th,- young man He was nowhere lobe seen. I saw his mother seated lilt re. Knowing what I knew. I felt sorry, for her In a moon nt or two Via iv came bat k to me. and whisptred a startling piece of in telligence. " He's gone." he said "The chl.-r Walesby says that ihe son has b. en calhd sud-h-nlv to London on business, and we know- lie carries that necklace with lutn. There are not many trains, we mav manage to find him yet. let your things togt-t her; t li- re s no I a moim nt to tie lost. " We paiil our reckoning and departed The last thing I r. inemhi r he-irlnir is Mrs. Featlev bi wailing to a group ot friends hi r loss, declaring "'al she was m ver likely lo see the necklace again. And there, grinning at In r from the shoulder of one of young Walt-shy s preily sisters, sat I In inonki ' Tin train had n in lesl the platform ns we got to the station. We had a run for l! On lie- journey up we dis cussi d the in ittei- from ari,.us points of It w . ami 1 could see that r.no, h ',ot-e was 1 u.zh d as to what his 11. xt move should be lie had secured Wlb shy s addles from the visitors book at the hob I; but he cvhlentlv had no hope of I'm, Inn; the bin- at his lather's house. Fortune favored us. however, lor at tin- Loudon I. rnilnus. as we rose to have ihe carriage. Knoeh Vovee suddenly pulled me back, and pointed with an exclbd forellnger. Philip .n-;. 1-: that Is Xi to ised on the tin y . bt vend the ssiug table chocolates Walt way sby was walking ,,uitkl to the barrier H I id past tin actually window on tr.iviltd in his the j f . R - a "11 P ' rr f -av m.;:f -v E ;' . . T" i - V . Clearly, then. Ihe thief had been a child, or some animal to whom the sweets proved Irresistible. The Idea of the child was lu gativid ut unci : it could not have got into the room. Hut an animal might have done It." P.t-ini mbi -r'ng tie- v -nl.-- of the prcvlouii night. I gas)M .1. and look, d at hi-n womb ringly; but I said nothing " 1 found on the dressing table a few short, grayish hairs I managed to pick up thi-i e or four of them." went on Knot h Voyee. " I was puzzled about them, becausit tin y welt not long Hough to be tl.-- hairs from a woman's head, or i ven from a man'r. I k.-"t my discovery to my. self, not 'hitikin-; m-e-i, of it -!'-, ling, indeed, that a stray cat from tin- hob I might have got into the room ami performed her toilet on the dressing table. Iast night, however. I was struck by the deep anxi tv shown by young Wahsby concerning tin- robbery, and tin- moment 1 saw the -monkey. I had the ch w." ' " Then the two little pack- Is of hair -" "The one contaim d (In- hairs picked up on the dress ing table; lie- other certain hairs picked from my sleeve aftir I had nursed tin monk' y. As you saw by the photo graphs, tiny are exactly the same; more than that, the rounded point of each si ows tiny --ame from an animal a nd not from a human being. Tlu-v have never been cut. Ob viously, thi refore, the im-nki y has at some time or other bis n in that room, and I think 1 know in what way." " What is your theory?" i asked. "Above Ilie door of the room is a little swing venti lator." said Knoeh Voyee, laying a hand on my knee, and looking at nn earnestly. " It would be an easy thing for young Wabsby to put the monkey through that. There's a portiere over the door inside, down and up which same train. The lad was on the point of hailing a hansom, when we took hold of him by an arm apiece. 1 do not think I have ever seen ary one more asionished in my life. lie pre tended that he was glad to s, e us; but his lace was as white as death. Ill a low ymci Knoeh whi p red what our errand was. and what we knew, ami from the look in Knoch's face the boy saw that the game was up. "I wanted 11 for a woman." he splutt, fed afterward, when we were seated w ith him in the corn- r of a restau rant, and he was pretend, m; to -it mho. Inn, h "People say hard things about h-r. arid call leT an a I .a nt uress. She's older than I am. She's married most unhappily married but I love her. 1 saw that woman l-'eaihy wear ing the thing, and I was tempi, d. I didn't think any one Would ever suspi et aboil' Ponipey." " My boy." said Kn n-l: Voyei , almost tenderly, "you've got a long life before you. wi'h link; and you've got a mother and sisters v. ho w orship the ground you tread upon. If tin y knew of this - as tin y ought to know what would happen, do you think'"' The boy bit his lip. 1 saw the tears start to his eyes. Hut In- did hut sp ak. " You're -i gentleman, and so I put you on your honor," went en Knoeh Voyee. " I'm compounding a felony, but I'm doing that for the sake of your people. Swear to me that you will never sec this woman again, and I and my friend lure are silent, and no one will ever know-:" Kagerly enough the boy made the promise, and, I be lieve, he kept it. And Mrs. Featley to her astonishment, r should Imagine received a registered packet the next day containing the necklace. w w w s w m mim w . m t -rN . www w ww ww ww m m- w m w m m w- m wwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww www V From the JaYfis of Death. TWKILLI&CG STORY OF ACE WITH TRAIN WITH CHILD'S LIFE AS STAKE. . T WAS Tuestlay, the busiest day in the week in many collage homes. Mrs. Thomas was bending over the washtub, hard at work. Playing Willi In r doll In the kitchen was Rosle, t lie little ;i year old daughter of the house. " Muvver," she lisped, "me wan.s oo to pay horses." "Mother'! busy, darling," was the reply. "Play with dolly a little longer." Kosie took Mrs. Thomas' advice, and continued to play with her doll for a time; then, when mother's back was turned, she toddled out lo the garden behind the house. Along the foot of the garden ran a branch line of the Lon don and Northwestern railway, the two being separated by only a poor hedge full of gaps. With herdollie under her arm. Kiie wa tided her way dow n the garden path until she came to the hedge. Ijs,king through this, she espied a kitten banking In the sun on ihe railway hank. " Kitty," called Rosle; " Kitty, turn here." Kitty took no notice, so Rosle toddled through a hole In the hedge, dropping her doll In the process, and was Just going to stroke the kitten when II woke up and strolled off. Rosie follow. -d It along the bank. Then the kitten wan dered on to the line. SHU Rosle followed, all unconscious of danger. Mrs. Thomas had now looked up from her work and missed her little one. " Kosie! Rush-!" she tailed. Hut there was no amvi-r. Remembering the railway, she rushed out into the garden, and there by the hedge she saw the doll. Kosie must have strayed on to the track, and she could hear a train coming. She wasted no time In crawling through the hedge, and then, to her horror, saw Kosie some distance ahead, walking cilmiy towards the approaching train. In anguish the mother started at a run waving her apron the while In order to attract the attaction of the engine driver. Hut was it possible to stop the tram In time? Nearer and nearer came the snorting monster, hut still Kosie pursued the kitten. Tlie mother, her steps hastened by terror, sped on down the track, flying before the engine. The rush ut wind from the non monster brushed her aside into the ditch. She shut her t , s to close out the horror, her breath seeming to stop. Al last the terror ilricken mother heard the brake applied, and the train begun to move more lowly. Rosle had been seen, but she was not out uf danger yet. Then from the footplate there leaped the fireman. At top spied he ran. and. rat lug the engine, snatched the little one from the line just in lime A moment later Ihe train passed over the spot and came to u standstill, crushing the kitten ben.ath its ponderous wlietls. Koj-ic was restored to in r mother unhurt. r . i, ' -V "i-SJtl I, W I Ml TT7T i&7 jrry.'-- Gallant Act by Russian Hero ha. CROW T of hostlers, white faced and trembling, burst unceremoniously into the I chief tamer's room. f I "The lion has broken loose!" one blurted. I ' A.a .1, tl. ..... II..,...l. -...u ..i, t.-..ll " ..t. ,1 .1 ll,.d i,i a l.,..alli glancing furtively down the passage, as if fearing that ihe animals were on tlielr track. In dislointed and startled sentences thev poured their story itito thi- bewil dered tamer's ears. They had Itet-n working in the stables when the lion hurst suddenly Into their midst, followed cli,s, Iv by thr, e lionesses. Terrilied at the sight, ti.ey had all th d 10 the far end of the stable, and there had seen the lion aitavk Roberto. Roberto! The tamer paled as he heard the name, for It belonged to the most valuable and accomplished h u se that the l vigue circus of Odessa possess d. More he did lud wait to hear. Seizing his heavy thonged whip, he rush.-,! from the room. A few yards down the passage h met I tie manager of the circus, who. having heard of tin- animal's escape, had armed himself with a double barreled gun and a pocket full of blank cartridges. Together the two men hastened to the stable. There a terrible sight tn, I their eyes The rti r.-e and hiiugij animals hail Imriie Roberto to the ground. The a'r was tilled with the screams of half a hundred terrilied horse.-, who seemed conscious of the danger n--.il-them. Raising his gun Ihe manager tired two sleds in the face of the nearest lioness She cowered, then with a howl, tied from the stable, followed by the other two. Only the lion remained. Again the manager tired. A r,mr of rage shook tfie stable, and the infuri-.ted animal, forsaking the horse, sprang towards him. lint the manager was ready, and. bring both barrels, he clacked the threatened rush Hy this t ine the assistant l.inur had arrived, and, together with the chief tarn. r. stood awaiting the nuim-nt when the Iw-n should I .insufficiently rowed for tin in to drive him t-. his cage. The manager ceased tiring. The limi crouched Instantly. As long as tiring had con tinued It had stood iiiotioi.lt ss. but for the great tail that lashed uiiiuiuucly up and down Pang, bang! Liolh barrels spoke as one. and the lion 1- aped backwards with another loud roar. The manager t-iubbt J his rifie. A ll-.i ill of hol l ar ,.,e,,! over both Uuin b ' What Is wioug? " i hey cried " 1 have tiled in last cartridge!" As if knowing that u-tory ai within its gi.isp, the li ,u advanced Step by su p. as a cat stealing upon a bird, it drew w ithin five )ards. then i riuehced. us h-ng. shaggy malic bristling with fur Pale, but determined to tight hard for his life, the inanagt r awaiud Ihe onslaught, lie could s. e ihe muscles quivering b.ii.-uth ti e long fa a n t a k I lie spring was near. Suddenly the assistant tamer leaped forward. As l.e did so the I i- r sprang- Rut the tamer alr.ady had seized the tin. k man. . And the li,-n f. 11 heavily to th.- gr-,ur.d. ii.o-k, half dragging, half hfta.g. tie lamer drew the struggling an mi! Th. n follow . d a s,-.-t , th it in t ir.-as I ft h.,s never had its eon ., !, The m in l ent d-.w u and picked the !ton i.p as if ! ra.1 '.nn i lan.lv 1 n vu in t h-- .- , a g it- i i ur ra r ! t I struck furiously with it.- paws. The t.ini. r in 1,1 i: in a ..-el:k gi if, Right a,-r t e courtyard into the arena l.e bore the l.on, and then, gathering Ins muscles 1,-g. tlo r, he nurled Ihe animal through the doer back into the Ui.. On Treacherous Ground. FEcARFUL EXPERIENCE OJ HUSNJEH TRAPPED IN QUICKSAND AND SAVED. OF must be careful of your ground," my host tT I warned, as. gun In hand. I was about to set out jT I lor a ft w hours' shooting. I laughed. v on n kioiioiis auiTiiiiiiii nt nut- me i u-ii my -piriis rise. There was a ensptu-sx In the air that in tl-d well for sport. Ktn.aiti my feel the ground hiaV'd and squirmed as when one treads upon a sponge. Hut 1 cart d not. for where the grass grew short and thickest there 1 km w the ground would bear. Presently a sharp screech si nt an exultant thrill through Me. and twenty yards ahead two snipe ros, . darling off In zig-zag Might at a tr.-m. nd"Us pace. Having vainly expended two rialri,!, upon tin in. 1 ileti.liil to mak' a long elrci.t which, according to my t ulculat ions, would brite? me ho.ne by dusk. Tin d but satisfied with my sport. I had airivid wl'lun a quarter of a mile of I he hog's edge, when from a clamp of ru.-t s a loud quacking- told me that din ks were mar. Hy their splashing I judged that there wi re st viral, so. crouch ing, 1 approached stealthily. Whether the birds saw me or not I cannot say. but of a sudd, n liny rose. Thinking to gel a belter view of them I moved some yards to right, and gave them tin- coni.-nts of both barrels. As I ,11,1 so my right loot sank Into the ground. In a Hash It passed tl rough my mind w hat had tie, urrcd. I wrenched it fiie. The mud guigled. and tin- effort sunk my left l.g to the kn.-e. Again I struggled. This time 1 found It impossible to raise either leg almve Ihe ground. in the first horror of my plight I had not noticed that the mud was slowly drawing ni.- down. Now I was submerged to the waist. Tins bog wan going to lie my grue! The mud soon r, a. lied my ellsiws. 1 li i. d to collect my thoughts. My , yes fell on my gun. Hi tter far to end my s iff. ring- quickly than to feel the cold mud oozing about mv tuck, then tret ping up, ley as a Sereut. towards my mouth nd then I loaded my gun. A- i-oss the bog the lights from my friend's house gleamed. I recalled Ids promise to meet me. Perhaps even now he was on bis way. The horrible sensation of sinking had ceased. Fndt-r my teet it s.ellieil to be solid ground. Ly th.s time th, sun had sot. My limbs ach.nl with cold and my n- rvel. ss tint;ers could scarce retain their hold ujsin the gun. Was it a i-hout that I heard, or was it some wild freak of faiiy'.' It Willi- from bi hind me. With an effort I looki tl i..-r n,y shoulder. saw a light -a bright yellow light P tired iii.v gun. A .-ore of st.-rtl.,l ducks rose and viin- i ie -I uoisii-.- int,. lie dttktn-ss. The liert drew- nearer and a ii . iniioiti 1 1 1 1 i to n,y jo-. . I h- I my f'-ien-i's ch t r vo-t.. With th.- In !p of ropes ami plank.- I was soon rescind frot-i rny perilous ,,ni, n l alf frozen with cold a .rV -v S ' 9,- h mn a ' ' - A. M 1 Mr 1 t ' I aw - A - - VA-.t