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He cooked his revolver and stood erect.
A torch flashed through the wood.
But even at that moment film came
over his eyes; he staggered and fell.
An interval of helpless, semi-con-
sciousness ensued. He felt himself
lifted by strong arms and carried
forward, his arm hanging uselessly at
his. side. The danlk odor Of the wood
was presently exchanged for the free
air of the open field; the flaming pine
knot torches were extinguished in the
bright moonlight People pressed
around him, but so indistinctly he could
not recognize them. All his conscious
ness seemed conferred in the burning,
throbbing pain Of his arm. He felt
himself laid upon the gravel; the sleeve
cut from his shoulder; the cool sensa-
ton of the hot and bursting skin barred
to the night air, and then a soft and
indescribable pressure upon a wound
hes had not felt before. A voice fol-
1owed-high, lazily petulant, and fannil-
lar to him, and yet one he strove in vain
to recall.
'sDe Lawdy-Gawd save us, Miss Sally!
Wot yo' dom dab? Chile! Chile! yon
kill yourself, shuah!'
The pressure continued-strange and
potent even through his pain--and was
then withdrawn. And a voice that
thrilled him said:
ssIts the only thing to save him!
Hush, yo' chattering black crow! Say
ANYTHING about this to living soul,
and I'll have you logged. Now trot
out the. whisky bottle and pour it down
him!"
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presence Of her acknowledgements to
be potent in nursing and herb-lore--
whom she had detached to wait upon
him. and he had returned politely for
NAL acknowledgements to her inquiries.
He had determined to continue this
personal avoidance, as far as possible.
until he was relieved, on the ground Of
that business expediency which these
events had made necessary. She would
see that he was only accepting the argn-
ments with which she had met his
previous advances. Briefly, he had re
course to that hopeless logic by which a
man proves to himself that he has no
reason for loving certain woman and
is as incontestably Convinced by the
same process that he has. And in the
midst of it he weakly fell asleep, and
dreamed that he and Miss Sally were
walking in the cemetery; that a hide
Gus snake concealed among some
lilies. over which the young girl was
bending, had uplifted it's triangular
head to strike That he seized it by the
neck, struggled with it until he was
nearly exhausted, Wnen u suQueHly
collapsed and shrank, leaving in his
palm the limp. crushed and delicately-
perfumed little thread glove, which he
remembered to have once slipped from
her hand.
When he awoke that perfume seemed
to be still in the air, distinct from the
fresh but homelier scents Of the garden
which stole through the window a
sense of delicious GOODNESS came with
the afternoon breeze that family trilled
the slanting Stats Of the blind with q
slumberous humming as Of bees. The
DIR, <Elnrv al . si1al .sont harn sun
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81 BRET HARTE.
COPYRIGHT. 1899. BT me AUTHOR

I For the first time that evening a nerv-
tous sense of apprehension passed over
courtland. The impending Of some un-
known danger IS always more terrible
10 brave man than the most over
whelming odds that he can see and
realize He felt instinctively that they
had uttered no vague bravado to cover
up their defeat: there was still some
advantage on which they confidently
reckoned-but what? Was it only a
reference to the other party tracking
:them through the woods, on which
their enemies now solely relied? He
regained Cato quickly; the white teeth
Of the foolishly confident negro were
already flashing his imagined triumph
10 his EMPLOYER. Courtland's heart grew
siok as he saw it.
'.We're not out of the woods, yet,
Cato" he said, dryly, "nor are they.
Keep your eyes and your ears open, and
attend to me. How long can we keep
the cover of these woods and still push
on in the direction of the quarters?"
t4There's way roun' de edge O. de
swamp, sab, but we'd have to 60 back
spell to find it,"
600 on!'
"And dar's moccasins and copper
heads lying round here in de trail! Dey
don't go for us gineraly-but,' - he hest
tated, "white men don't stand much
show"
'Good! Then it is as bad for those
who are chasing us as for me. That
will do. Lead on"
They retraced their steps cautiously.
until the negro turned into lighter
'by-way. A strange mephitic odor
seemed to come from sodden leaves and
;naosses that began to ooze from under
their feet. They had picked their way in
silence for some minutes; the stunted
willows and cypress standing further
and further apart, and the openings
with clumps of sedge were frequent.
CORTLAND was beginning to fear this
exposure of his follower, and had
moved up beside him, when suddenly
the negro caught his arm and trembled
violently. His lips were parted over his
teeth; the whites of his eyes glistened,
he seemed gasping and speeches. with
fear.
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breeze. The whole events Of the night
might have been dream, but for the
unsupportable languor which nunbed
his senses, and the torpor OF his arm
that swollen and discolored lay outside
the coverlid on a pillow before him.
Cloths that had been wrung out in iced
water were replaced upon it from time
to time, by Sophy, Miss Dows' house
keeper. who seated by his bedside was
lazily tanning him. Their eyes met.
ssBrol1en?' he said interrogatively
with faint return of his old deli berate
manner, glancing at his helpless arm
s.Deedy no! connie. Snake bite!' re-
sponded the negress.
'.snake bite!" repeated CORTLAND
with languid interest, ''what snake"'
'tMoccasin o. copperhead-if yo'
doun know yo'sef which, she replied.
ssBut it's all right now, honey. De
pizen's draw'd out, and clean, done
gone. Wot yer feels now is de whisky
De whisky stays, sab. It gets into de
lubrications of de skin, sab, and has to
be absobed."
Some faint chord of memory was
touched by the 9lris peculiar Voesa p"l'
airy.
ssAh,'' said CORTLAND, quickly, you're
Miss Dows' Sophy. Then you can tell
me-
seNufin! sab! absomlutely nuffn!' IN
terrupted the girl shaking her head
with impressive official dignity. ITS
done gone fo'bid by de doctor! Yo're to
lie dar and shut yo're eye, honey she
added, for the moment reverting I'M
consciously to the native maternal
tenderness of her race, 1sand you're not
to bodder yoseH eff school keeps q not.
De medical man say distinctly, sab, >
she concluded, stern1y, realizing her
duty again, ..no conversation wild de
patient. !
But CORTLAND had winning ways
with air, dependents But yon viii
answer me one question, Sophy, and I'll
not ask another. Has he hesitated
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"What's the matter, Cato, said
iCourtland, glancing instinctively at the
ground beneath. 'Speak man! Have
you been bitten?"
The word seemed to wiring an agon>
lied cry from the miserable man.
s'Bitten! No, but don't you hear 'em
coming! Oar! Golly! don't you hear
dat?''
.What?"
'sDe dogs. de houn's!-de bloodhoun's!
Dey've set 'em loose on mep'
1t was true! A faint baying in the
distance was now distinctly audible to
Courtland. He knew now as plainly
the full, cruel purport OF the leaders
speech! :sThose who could go any
where we . tracl1ing their game!''
Every trace of manhood had van
Iished from the negroes covering framel
ICourtland laid his hand assuringly
appealingly and then savagely on his
shoulder. ,g~
.sCome! Enough of this! am here,
and will stand by you whatever comes
These dogs are no more to be feared
than the other. Rouse yourself, man,
and at least help me make fight for
it,"
ssNo, Mol" screamed the terrified
imam. ssLemme go! Lem1ne go back
to de massas! Tell 'em I'll come! Tell
lem to call de houn's off me, and I'll go
;uuiet! Lemme COP He struggled
Violently in his companions grasp.
With all Coartlands self control, hab-
Tits of ccolness and discipline, it is to be
feared there was still something of the
old Bersalzer temper. His face was
/ white, his eyes blazed in the darkness;
!; only his voice kept that level distinct
1 ness which made it for moment more
I terrible than ever the baying Of the
tracking hounds to the negro's ear.
3lsCato." he said, ssattempt to run now,
land by God! I'll save the dogs the
4 trouble of graphing your living car
.jcass! Come here! Up that tree with
lyoul ~ pointing to a swamp magnolia Oil
tssDon't move as long as can stand here,
sIand when I'm down--bnt not till then s1
Isave yourself the best you can. 4
81 He half helped, half draggeesst now
ipassive African to the solitary tree; as
The bay of single hound came nearer q 9 ::
4 the neprosco ulsively scrambled from
H Inn,1rtland,s knee and shoulder to the
4 fnrk aof branches d dozen feet from the
s'1srrou1,d Court land drew his revolver
h snyi stepping back = few yards into 70 the
s ao1,en tied the attack
Essss came unexpe from behind Ee IS
4 IN Ne III sof pantirlg cruelty and
!, u 4 q; tscn
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CHAPTER VII.

HEN COErtland's
eyes ope n e d
again he was in
bed in his own
room at Red
lands. with the
vivid morning
sun occasionally
lighting up the
wall whenever
the C | 0 S e | y
drawn curtains
W er e lightly
blown aside by
the freshening
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1893-05-26
Inn Many kannarOos.

The kangaroo plague has always been
q great nuisance to the Australian squat
ters. for on an average these animals
consume as much grass as a sheep. 1t
is stated that on sheep run of $1,000
to so. 900 acres kangaroos were killed
annually for six consecutive years, and
vet their numbers remained very for
midable in the locality. In the colony
Of South Australia hundreds of thou
sands of k0ngaroos are slaughtered an
nually for their skins and the bonus
offered by the authorities. The NUM-
Der of these marsupials i'll New South
Wales in 1889 was estimated to be over
OOO. 900. and vet about 500, 900 kan
garoos and $50, 900 wallables were de-
stroved in the colony in that year.
A bonus of sixteen cents for each
kangaroo killed is offered in Australia,
hence the colonists are gradually
exterminating these native animals.
Over half million skins are gradually
shipped to England, and a large num-
ber to North America to be converted
into leather. The macropide include
several kinds of kangaroos and walla-
bles The progress of settlement in
Australia has driven these animals from
the more densely populated parts Of
the Australian continent, but in the
country and unsettled districts they arc
still numerous enough to cause very
considerable damage to the natural
grasses. So serious has been the in
jury thus wrought that the colonial
governments and runholders pay
small sum per head for the destruction
of the kangaroos. --Hardwick's Science
Gossip.
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One OF Ohio's Queer Colonies.

In Gean7a and Holmes counties
there dwells a religious sect who hold
as tenet the prohibition OF educating
children in the study of geography
and physiology. They hold that these
are mysteries that are sacred to the Al
mighty and regard it as a sacrilege to
delve into them. This sect is known
as the amish, and their other peculiar
ties in dress and language have given
them much notriety. The house has
adopted a special clause in the compul'
sorv education bill for the benefit Of
these strange people. They are com
munists, their property being held by
the church elder in trust. When it IS
attempted to collect fines or compel
them to give bonds to send their chill
dren to school to be taught English
and other requisite branches they
laugh at the efforts of the officers. As
a result there are grown up men and
women in these communities who have
not the faintest idea of the world or
the country in which they live and are
totally ignorant of the English Ian
guage. They read no newpaper or.
other literature save the Bible and re-
ligious tracts printed in Germany and
Pennsylvania. Cincinnati Enquirer.
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pistols with antique flint locks, daggers,
laces. brocades, cushions and table covers. In
another store are found perfumery, seraclio
pastilles. altar Of roses and sweetmeGts,
though these are rot hall as sweet as the
dreamy damsels who sell them to you. A
BedOuin camp. presided over by re0l Be
douin chief, who, OF course, would tut a
throat with no conjunction. is shown. The
dancing girls keep the hall crowded with
spectators,
JavaneseT 10 the number OF seventy, have
built a village in the style OF their country on
the Midway Plaisance It is made OF bamboo
poles, split bamboo and palm leaves. and
thatched with native grasses. A SCREEN Of
split bamboo and leeyeO encircles the village
10 keep out those who haven't paid The
Jayanese girls dance to the music OF an or
chestra and puff cigarettes. They are little
bits OF creatures with black shiny hair.
In the centre Of the settlement are two big
bamboo poles with holes cut through them.
When the wind whistles through these holes
a strange melody Is produced that makes the
Javans feel hOmesick and romantic.
With the Jayanese is an old priest named
Hadj, who has a great influence over his
flock. They ore very lazy race and get
tired OF work about once a day, throwing
down their tools and saying they have had
enough. But the old priest knows his busi-
ness. Just as soon as they quit he has Wis
ion in which it is revealed to him that il
they do not at once resume they will be de-
voured by red devils or develop horns and a
tail. Humility and paucty Of clothing are
characteristic Of the Jayanese and both char
acteristics have been carefully encouraged by
the Holanders who control the island. One
OF them. a real Prince named Raden SOekma-
dilaga speaks Dutch and German. but no
English. Some Of the dancing girls are
quite comey. They wear their black hair in
knots and cut away the bangs from the fore
head with a razor.
A remarkable display in the Plaisance ia
that OF feminine beauty. building has
been put up and in it are installed fifty young
women. who represent the style Of face Of VA
rious Nations and their fashions in costumes.
They were got together by a Chicago beauty
collector who spent some months in Europe
advertising for types OF the different races.
Minister Lincoln when the party were in
southampton notified them that they We're
violating the Contract Labor law in coming
20 America. which was not so. as Congress
exempted the Worlds Fair from the law.
After they arrived in Chicago all their eos
tunes were burned in fire that very nearly
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1893-05-26

Germany has village in which the artis-
Tic and mercantile tastes OF her people are
combined. The Germans have put up a
model Of town Of the Middle Ages. and
there are houses Of the Black Forest and the
other divisions Of the empire The houses
are filed with original furniture. DR.. Uric
Jahn. OF Berlin, manages a German ethno-
logical museum.
The ferris wheel is the real triumph Of the
Midway Plaisance. II represents better than
any other exhibit the genius OF American IN
vention. II looks something like the paddle
wheel OF steamer. multiplied, however. a
hundredfold. Instead Of the paddles it bears
passenger cars. and when it reyolves the
passengers get something OF the sensation
that hy must have that sits on the side OF n
cart wheel and feels il reyOlyc.
The wheel is 2Gl feet high and 254 feet in
diameter. IL bears thirty-six passenger cars,
each larger than a railroad coach, and with a
seating capacity OF sixty persons. When the
wheel is "loaded" il contains 2i60 citizens.
They are carried up and then down like birds
sitting in their nest.
II is steelthroughout and is not unlike BIZ
cycle wheel revolving between two huge
towers. There are really two wheels placed on
the same axle and 2Sil feet apart. and heldto-
gether by struts and ties. The ears are built
Of wood and steel, upholstered and artist
cally finished. and each weighs 10 tons The
great axle, II is said. is the largest piece Of
steel ever forged. II is 33inches in diameter,
As feet 2 inches long and weighs Sc tons.
Arranged in groups on the rods around the
crown OF the wheel are 5000 incanieseent
lights Of various colors, which are extin-
guished and relighted at intervals as the wheel
revolves, producing at a distance an effect
like that Of huge fireworks. Six cars can be
loaded at a time from the platforms. The
wheel takes ten minutesto make revolution.
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A model Of st. Peters at Rome. which was
begun in the year 1900 and finished in 1900,
Is exhibited in the Midway Plaisance by l..
de B. Spiridon. It is Of carved wood. coated
with substance in imitation OF marble,
and is constructed on a scale Of one-siXtieth.
This makes it about 80 feet long. IS feet wide
and - feet high. 1t is placed in building
Of Roman style. which contains besides the
model the portraits Of many Of the Popes.
Then there are models Of the Cathedral OF
Milan. the PiombinO Palace. st. Agnese
Church and the Roman Pantheon Of Agrippa.
The attendants in this building are dressed
in the uniforms Of the Vatican Guard.
Carl Hagenbeck. Of Hamburg, has besides
his large assortment Of performing animals
an chronological collection consisting 0farms.
implements. household goods. theatrical
goods and utensils. or these 490 numbers
come from Africa 373 from New Caledonia
30 from New Guinea. 406 from Islands Of the
South Seas. s23 from British Columbia, so
from Greenland and 128 from Ceylc'l, max
inc total Of 2340 There is also an artiii-
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collies at Work.

At 6 o'clock this morning I saw a
mountain-shepherd stand at gate on
the hilltop. Seven sheep were on tho
outside of the gate--six of the shep-
herds flock, the other a strayer. The
man wanted his own sheep in; so be-
fore opening the gate, he quietly said I;
"'Rob' catch the strayer." In an In
slant "Rob" pinned the sheep, holding
him, strong and wild as he was, as
though he were in wise; and then, by
another word, "Gled" was told to bring
the others in through the gate nov
opened for them. Although "Gled'
brought his six wild sheep right over
''Rob" and his strayer, the sheep wai
held securely till the gate was closed.
and the order given to '1et it gang
London Spectator.
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The Queen Carried the Fagots.

The Queen Regent of Spain is ac'
customed to ride out frequently in the
country about the capital, which is
bleak and deserted to the last degree.
Madrid was built, indeed, in the midst
OF desert
On such expeditions the Queen is
generally accompanied by the Infanta
Isabella, the young Kings aunt. One
dav the driver of the royal carriage be-
came lost in the montonous plain and
spent two hours vainly in trying to find
the way. The Queen and the lnfanta
we're somewhat alarmed.
All at once they came upon an old
woodcutter, who, with a bunch of ia
oots upon his back, gathered labor
iously from the stunted bushes to be
found here and there, had sunk down
to the ground evidently for mo-
ment's rest.
"Ho, my good man. the driver OF
the royal carriage called out. "Wll
YOU tell us the road to Madrid:'
NO." said the woodcutter, i Will
not, except on one condition.
"What's that?'
THAT you take ne in and carry mo
back to the city.
The coachman declined to do this.
''Very well, then, find the road your
SELF" said the woodcutter.
The Queen here intervened. She
ordered the coachmun TO let the man
tie his fagots at the back of the coach
and to take him upon the drivers seat
and drive him home.
The man tied his rough fagots at the
back of the royal coach, mounted the
box. and the road to Madrid was soon
found.
When the royal carriage entered the
city in this queer state there was great
sensation, as the people recognized the
eouipage. The woodcutter sat proudly
on the box When his quarter was
reached he got down and unfasted his
fagots. The Queen put her head out
of the door.
$50 to the royal palace tomorrow,
she said, "and your service will be re-
warded."
The old man, suddenly perceiying
whose passenger he had been, was over
come with humiliation He stood bow
ing, rubbing his cap between his hands
and uttering exclsmations of astonish-
ment until the carriage was out Of
sight. Minneapolis Tribune.
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But he gazed at Mr.. Harrimans
niece with his handsome face eloquent
with many emotions.

But he eazed at Mr.. Harriman's
niece with his handsome face eloquent
with many emotions.
'I'm SORRY" she said, very sweetly'
very prettily. 81 did mean to tell
you, indeed I was going to say who l
am, only you were $3.50 short with
me that I was almost frightened.
"And you thought you would pay
rae back "
'No, Miss Wingate protested.
''But you did. And I'm glad you
did. don't feel so miserable about
NV behavior. think, Miss Wingate,
that we are square, aren't we? EvenF
Miss Wingate. rising and pretending
to stretch tired hands, looked up at
him with vivid little smile. And
again that odd confusion seized upon
Mr.. Buckley-that feeling such as he
had never known.
eve are going to keep Kitty, You
know" said Mr.. Hartman, who was
looking for means of turning on the
heat which Mr.. Buckley's touchiness
had caused to be turned off. "Her
aunt and 1 are lonesome, and we're 60
ing to keep her. "
But Mr.. Hartman, few months
latter, sitting in his cosy, firelighted
square hall, his wife being beside him
and his niece and his partner being
somewhat close together on the corner
sofa, where the light fell dim-Mr.
Hartman recalled that same remark OF
his.
81 said we were going to keep her,
eh, Buckley? Recollect it, he de-
manded, with seeming wrath.
''You said 30" said Mr.. Buckley
calmly, pressing Miss Wingates yield.
inc hand between his own, "but | knew
bctter-I knew better. Saturday
Night
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Prevention Of Hytrophobia.

With many persons dogs and hydro
phobia are closely associated mentally,
and L recently read an article in which
the author spoke of the dog
as the "breeder of hydrophobia. "
The societies will do good by pub
fishing actual statistics and other
details bearing ON the nature of this
dreaded disease. l have also read ar
guments for the complete extirpation
of dogs based on the fact that some
sheep we're worried. The plain pre-
ventive for rabies is the proper care
and management for dogs; and fo1
sheep-worrying, the confinement OF
dogs at night, which would be, indeed,
aproper proceedingi if no sheep existed.
A roaming dog is no more desired than
a human tramp; but no one has advo-
Gated the destruction of the human
race to get rid of tramps. In attempt
ing to spread sound views in regard to
diseases that are common to man ana
our domestic animals, such as rabies,
indirectly much information will be
given to the public about the care o.
dogs, with view to avoiding condi
tions that simulate this terrible mala
dy. The "mad dog" of the streets Is,
we know, rarely rabid, and usually
only needs little judicious and kindly
assistance to restore him to health.
1t is Just about as reasonable to pounce
on and kill a human being that falls II
an epileptic fit, as the majority of tht
dogs that are attacked and killed by
an excited crowd. Popular Scienca
Monthly.