Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1894-08-17

looking at her in puzzled manner. At
last be exclaimed: 'By George, know you
nowi How under heaven did you get here,
MollieS"
Sir" said the woman, deadly pale, but
drawing herself up proudly, what do you
mean by this insult"
''Oh, stuff, Mollie. You can't fool me-
AS soon rs | saw you knew had seen you
before. But it seemed so queer that Mollie
Flanders-Moll of San Francisco-should
have turned up here of all places in the
world. Pretty at ever, Moll. / see. Give
us kiss for old times sake"
Grasping her suddenly in his arms, he
kissed her again and again. Finally she
tore herself loose and fled, white with emo
ton Was she Mollie Flanders or was she
notf Lee was sure of it, but mistakes OF
Identification do sometimes happen. At
any rate she acted as if innocent
Sitting down, the woman wrote letter
to her husband telling him how she had
been insulted and demanding reparation.
This letter she sent by a native to the neigh
boring village, where her husband was Wis
iting.
That night the trader took advantage of
the moonlight to pursue his journey, and,
as fate would have it, he and the letter
reached the village and the missionary at
the same time.
The missionary was man of sudden
and violent temper. He loved his wife
dearly and the news Of an insult to her
broke down all the barriers he had built
up by constant training. Urged by him,
the chief of the village sent men to seize
the trader. Surprised without his arms,
Lee was made captive and carried before
ete .safo or,A tho missionary xuhara ha WI
sentenced to receive 100 lashes on his bare
back unobserved by the guards.
The trader heard his sentence calmly. He
made no defense to the charges and begged
no mercy. He merely asked that he be
given an hour to put his affairs in order in
view OF the possibility OF a fatal result
from so tremendous beating. This priv.
Iege was granted, and he was placed upon
the seat of the wagon, with his feet Sc
cureiy tied.
Once upon the box, Lee took out his writ
ing materials and wrote two letters, which
he sealed and threw upon the ground.
Then he reached down below the seat and
quietly drew the plugs from the powder
kegs The powder flowed out into black
heap.
Lee then lighted his pipe and quietly
leaned back to await the expiration of the
hour. When It was nearly up, he bent down
and began to unfasten the bonds upon his
legs The missionary, seeing his prey try
ing to escape, rushed toward him, followed
by the whole assemblage of natives. Lee
waited until they were nearly upon him
and then emptied the glowing contents OF
his pipe upon the powder
A sharp cry of horror from the mission
AIRY was lost in burst of flame and roar
like thunder. Then volume OF heavy
white smoke rolled and spread about the
scene like thick fog. When it had cleared
away, trader and missionary had both gone
10 carry their disputes to higher tribunal.
Only two blackened masses, hardly human
Ia form, remained to show that they had
eVer lived OF the natives Is lay dead or
dying upon the field.
Cause and Eject.
May-Don't you think that Miss Go
lightly is perfectly charming?
Mamma-It struck me that she was a
little bit giddy.
May-Why, mamma, she moveslin the
best circles.
Mamma-That accounts for it. Nov
ing in circles will make any one giddy.
New York Herald
a rarsignted MAN
Fogg-Munniworth was always a far
nehted man, and his ventures were
almost invariably successful.
Bigg-But what good is he TO society
He will give money for the heathen,
tnonsands Of miles away. but he never
can see the suffering right at home
Fogg-I said he was farsighted man.
Ill., tr,afon TrangcriDt