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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-06-30

Another misfy OBJECT nuSancea 70 meet
it, ard then the two bocaine stationary
my friends from the Old world are
holdiGg council OF war. Twas my con-
clusion, for there was mol doubt that
they were the two whom had encoun-
tered in the lane. They are not likely
to acquaint me with their decision
had been in the tree so long that l
was quite sure they were unaware OF
my presence. Their action could not DO
explained on any theory Of my own.
They must have known what they
wanted Why, then, not enter the house
and demand it, as they had demanded 1t
of me when they had me down?
But had enough business of my own
without meddling with theirs. Still it
would be foolish to clash with them,
and waited among the branches I'M
til some minutes after they had stolen
around the end of the house and vanish
ed in the darkness. When it seemed safe
to do so. descended TO the lower limbs
and dropped softly to the earth
When my feet touched the ground.
another fact became apparent-there
were no lights on the lower floor Every
one in the house had retired for the
night, following the custom which gen.
orally prevails in the country.
A new apprehension arose The
treacherous Asiatics whom had run
against in the lane would remain near
the building until all within were sunk
in slumber Then they would enter and
make their demand upon Howard for
the secret, whatever 1t was. they had
sought to wrest from me. He would not
give it. They would insist, and dead
ly struggle would follow. Murder was
in the air.
was still convinced that neither Of
these men, with all their subtlety, knew
of my presenoe-a happy piece of good
fortune for which l could claim no
credit The advantage, if ! could keep
it, was with me. 1 would pit and pos
sibly prevent the contamination Of .
dark deed.
Between the tree which Ihad climbed
and the window was another tree, much
closer. did not use it because it could
serve me no better, and in the event of
any one of the inmates coming to the
window he or she was likely to discern
my figure among the branches.
l stepped back from the spot where
my feet first struck the earth and stood
behind a larger trunk, which took to
be that of an oak Its Size afforded an
effectual screen for MY body, and l
would naturally be on the outer circle
of the men whom l was trying to watch
II the two contemplated any evil Decd.
to carry it out they must enter The
house. The natural way to do that W.
through one of th9 doors or windows ~
the lower floor. But they were sure 20
be we'll secured, and an attempt to use
them was liable tb alarm the inmates
Nothing could bic more inviting than
the upper windows. which would MOI
be so we'll fasterId and were readily
reached by means of the trees growing
on all sides Of the house.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-06-30

DO mace. / knew inc distance IL was
from town and how long it would take
to reach it. Whether would come on
foot or in carriage was to be decided
later Ia short, I needed an hour or so
to settle upon the course to follow.
Meanwhile something might be gain
cd by few guarded inquiries Of those
who must possess d part of the knowl-
edge was seeking.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-06-30
CHAPTER XIV.

But which windo w would be used b
the cowans? -
That must be conjecture; but. since
the light had shone plainly from the
room l mentioned, and since its APP
probability struck me, it seemed like
ly that it would be favorably noticed by
the two figures providing among the
trees. II such should prove the fact. no
position could be better than mine. Sol
decided to await developments.
A soft rustling reached me. The still
ness was profound, and my acute hearing
told me it came from the other side Of
the house.
'They are working at the front; they
have found q better mode of entrance
there
But while the thought was framing
itself the rustling ceased. | waited for
its renewal, but heard it not They had
stopped working or possibly had effect
ed an entrance IN that event light
would soon show.
1t became evident this time that a
light was burning in the upper room,
from which my view had been shut of
It was dim, however, and only the out
line of the window showed little more
clearly. The lamp ON the other side Of
the curtains was at low point
''They have effected an entrance and
are moving around in that apartment :"
The light became a little stronger.
The outlines of the sash were more
marked, but the illumination remained
indistinct.
From between me and the house came
the faintest possible noise, as if scr-
pent was gliding over the withered
grass. The resemblance was deepenod by
several almost inaudible misses.
They were not serpents, however, but
the two men had stolen to the rear Of the
building and were standing between it
and me- If they had contemplated en-
tering the 'front.' they had changed their
minds
Not only that. but they meant to MSS
the window upon which / had fixed my
attention.
The low scraping sound which was'
next heard was made by one of them
climbing the tree which grew so close
to the stone wall that some of its
branches must have touched it. The
Asiatic intended to ascend to the win
dow and enter the house through il
even though the light showed that some
one was on the other side of the curtain
From my position behind the oak saw
the figure of the man rising slowly to
sight as he climbed the trunk until his
head and shoulders wero above the win
dow ledge. Then he braced himself
among the limbs md stood still Ii was
easy for him to step across the interven-
ing space, but he was waiting for his
companion to join him
The second head and shoulders ross
ON the horizon of my sight, and after
some shifting about the second secured
aposition beside the other. Then. steady
ing himself by grasping a projecting
limb above him, he placed his foot "a
the window ledge,
To be Continued Next Sunday.
--s----
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-06-30

THROUGH the lCindOlD Of the cab sdlD the
face OF u 1cOfnGn.
gazed 1t twas the young woman who
had registered at the Windsor as Mrs.
Darius C. Howard, Vienna, and she
was alone She looked at me for the
second she was in sight as she would
have surveyed a tree, horse or a COW.
She could have had no suspicion that
that well dressed man sauntering along
the highway and swinging his cane had
any more interest in her than the hun
dreds of other people whom she saw
every day.
was now on tho right trail, and the
sun was shining, great advantages that
had not possessed before Further, the
road was comparatively straight for
half mile, and there was no reason
why should be thrown off tho track
again
The cab ratified ON for furlong or
more and then wheeled into lane and
was partly hidden from sight as it
bowled between the trees toward the
dwelling at the other end of the avenue.
No mistake this time. l have run
you down, my pretty bird.
The astonishing turn of the business
now was that the dwelling to which
MH. Howard had been driven was an
almost pr act counterpart Of the scene
of my adventure of the LiIGt previous.
There was the long lane shaded by tall
poplars, the big stone hHuse SET among
a grove of trees, and even the piazza
along the front, precisely the same as
when Mr.. Hickman mistaken for Mr..
Howard) paced back and forth enjoy
ing his evening cigar Had not just
passed the first would have believed
that this was the same.
BY the time reached the mouth OF
the lane the cabman was turning out
Of it. He hardly noticed me, but l saw
the interior of his vehicle as he swept
by. II was empty.
decided 10 postpone my little game
of bluff until could think it over. So
l walked past the lane, with only a
glance at the broad, low stone building,
partly revealed through the autumn
trees.
had made some progress. had To-
Gated the house Mr.. Howard and his
wife were in the habit of visiting for
some purpose which at present could not
be guessed. In leaving New York and
Jersey City-that is, SO far as l had
learned--they took every precaution to
avoid being followed, even to the ex-
tent of not recognizing each other or
sitting in the same car. These precau.
tons were thrown aside when, tbsRf1
the train at Railway, probS
they were satisfied that
shadowing them and their car
less.
fixed the locality Of the
ly in my mind, SO that if
proached in the night no mis-
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-06-30

WATER YOUR GARDEN.
Garden hose from 8 cents per
GOT up. ALAMO IRON WORKS.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-06-30

tions were thrown aside whe'
the train at Railway, probSR
they were satisfied that
shadowing them and their ca
less.
l fixed the locality Of the |
ly in my mind, SO that if
proached in the night no mis-
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1895-05-31
THE PRESS IN GREECE.
The city Of Athens Has More Ncws-
papers than Our own Metropolis.

III" city Of Athens Has More News
papers than Our own Metropolis.
No study OF the living Greek would
be complete without a word about the
press. Though Greek is understood
to be n dead language. Athens runs
more daily newspapers than does New
York. They are written In Greek with
which any reader OF Xonophon or the
New Testament would readily find him
self at home. The range and versatility
OF writing In remarkable. and II IN often
very fresh and fascinating. But when
II comes TO hot campaign. then the
columns smoke. Athens IL In open
revolt" shouts the Ephemcrls on tho
eve OF Trikoupes' fall; 1.-THE govern
mont Is In open revolt against the con-
stltution"-and then the lurld thunder
rolls. For unmltlgated scurrility the
old Greek orators-the journalists OF
their day-were hard to distance. but
the living Greek doesn't moult a
feather In comparison. Nor does he
lag much behind the greater Greek In
downright foollng. The Acropolis. the
leading paper OF the kingdom. appeared
one All Fools Day with It's proper
head on and new one displayed-Tho
Gortynian-and In It's leader explained
by the announcement that Dellginnnes
had sold the real Acropolis to the Eng
lish and shipped Il on TO rcjoln tho
Elgin marbles-so neccssitating the
change, Fancy whltelaw Reid taking
down his Tribune head and running up
The Hogan OF The Plat-forml But
there may be tragedy as well. Last
summer the Acropols was keeping up
steady fire upon the army. when one
fine day some scores OF commissioned
officers marched from their club In
broad daylight q y. M, with a squad Of
sappers and miners In the lead. and
completely wrecked the Office and edit
tor'sresidenoe-thus anticipating what
has Just taken place at Madrid. There
was long inquiry, then a trial befor,
n military tribunal, and the officers
came OH with an immediate and trium'
plant acqulttal. while the unlucky edi.
tor was threatened with libel proceed.
ings.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1895-05-31
FOR CURE OF INSOMNIA.


Mr.. Uidblo's Curious Device for Produc-
tug v Hain-on-thc- ttuaf EJECT.
"My old friend Hiram Gldblo. form-
erly Of starksville Center. VI, but now
OF New York city" said Col. Calliper.
was born and raised on a farm. but he
came later to the city, went into trade.
got rich and retired. After a lifetime
OF work be thought he would try the
pleasure OF ldlcness." quotes the New
York Sun. But somehow Il didn't
work; the first thing he knew he was
troubled with insomnia; he couldn't
sleep nights. lie tried counting OOO.-
900 backward. thinking about pleasant
thingB. and all that. but II was no use
he couldn't sleep. Then he thought OF
something. lie remembered as a boy
he used to sleep under the roof whore
he could hear the rain. He rcmcm-
berod well how the time and after a
day Of hard work he had gone to his
bed In the snug. dry garnet and had
fallen delightfully."- asleep listening to
the raln upon the roof Well. Mr.. CID
bio had EN- tx mp over his bed in his
wy hHNHf u hutNN-NoN lAlh UNA WHY
deep, In the top Of which there was
fitted a shallow shoot-lron pan with a
perforated bottom something like a
great nutmeg CRATER Mr.. Gidblo's idea
was to run water into this upper pan.
whence through many pcrforations Il
was to fall unsteady into the tank be-
low. like raindrops. reproducing the
soothing sleepy pattcrlng OF the rain
drops on the roof. Well, II worked
beautifully the first night. so far as put
ting him to sleep was concerned. but
some time In the night he kicked loose
the conductor that carried OFF the rain
water from the tank. and before no
could get the pipe back into place the
room was flooded and he was wet and
tired himself lie tried the rain ma
chine for awhile. but II never did him
any good after that. and he had II
taken out. lie tried other things. and
finally he tried going back TO worl,
again; and In his work he found. as
many another man has found. relief
from many ills. lie slept again nights,
well and restfully. and was grateful
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1895-05-31
ROMEO AND JULIET.


Tho sIatinee Girl Pound II Duii aud Not
Upto the Times.
"Did go 20 the matinee?" said the
blonde Girl with the red ribbons on
her hat to her companion In the street
car. Eyes. I did. and II was the most
iiresome thing I ever sat through. Yes.
1t was Romeo and Juliet I've heard
great deal about shakspourc's plays.
but never saw one before. and
dont care ever to see another. Why.
there nothing funny in it. laughed
more in ten minutes at the Hanlon8
than / did In this whole play. Glass
zeal? Oh. suppose so. but | tell you
Shakespeare was not up to the modern
ideas OF what makes a good play. His
plays ought to be rewritten and a little
more fun thrown into them. Why l
noticed several places where they
might have rung In a modern idea or
two and made great Improvement.
For instance. there was that dai
that they do In the early part Of the
piece Now how much prettier II
would be to have ballet come on in
stead. or. II they were going to have
one Of those slow poky old dances.
why couldn't they have turned on diff
ferent colored lights? Then there was
that balcony scene. whore Romeo and
Juliet throw kisses and talk iibberish
at each other. Now. that would have
been real funny n they had had CO.
median hiding behind the Bhrubbery
watcl ing them and cutting antics over
them And then at the end OF the
piece. where Romeo Kills Juliots other
lover and takes poison and then she
wakes up and stabs herself that was
horrible / can't bear TO see such
things. And to think OF their ringing
down the curtain on It and making
that the end OF the plecel II I'd been
Shakespeare | would have added an
other scene, In which they all came to
life again and have nice wedding
march. Or, n they could not do that
II seems TO me the people who stage
the play might have the two torch
bearers who retire to the wings while
Romeo and the other lover fight their
duel do wing dance ut the side OF the
stage. Just dote on wing dances.
Then the people who did not like to
see the horrid part would not have to
watch II. They could watch the wing
dance. And the people who like death
scenes could watch that, and 80 every
body would be pleased. Don't you
think so?"
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1895-05-31

A curious evergreen tree was found
growing In Detroit sewer near where
a mnnholo lets In a little light. The
body around the roots is two feet In
diameter. and the length OF the tree
above the roots is Ave feet, The roots
were In connection to the public
sewer. and had forced themselves
through a Joint into the surrounding
earth. The young tree had grown from
the connection into the main sewer.
and had ologged the smaller sewer
up. A rich soil had formed around the
roots which. with the warmth OF tho
sewer. had forced the growth OF the
young tree.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1895-05-31

Big debts come from big promises.
Leaks In business are like gimlet
holes In barrel.
Little ideas and big successes never
go together.
A careless merchant will have care
less customers.
A neat store and neatly printed sta
tionery go together.
II excuse had a money value, some
men would be wealthy.
Success is very coy and will re-
main only when treated well.
Place your confidence upon actual
cash and you didn't misplace It.
Some clerks cultivate their mus
taohes more carefully than they do
business sonse.-Shoe and Leather
Facts.
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MAPLE SUGAR.


the syrup n Handled.
A properly conducted maplo.rpgar
camp IN Vermont ia well worth seeing
Many improvements have been iptro-
duccd during the last few years In
the center Of the orchard" or "brsh "
as II usod to be- called Is a commodlous
and wcll-equlppcd sugar-house In
which all the utensils are stored ebon
not In use The process OF sur,r-mak-
Ing. a8 now conducted. IL practically
as follows: First two or three men
tap the trocg. One goes ahead and
with a three-lnch bit. makes an incis-
lon about an inch deep on the lee side
OF the tree. A second man inserts a
round. double tin Spite. or spout. about
three inches long In the aporaurc The
spout not only conducts the san but
has an arrangement FOR suspouding
the bucket beneath Il. I.aatly. "a man
hangs the buckets. which are either Of
wood or tin. Gathering the sap has
been much simplined. The Old way
was TO hitch u team OF stout horses to
o. short sled carrying the holder" a
large wooden tub. holding several bar
rcla. In which the sap In the buckets
WIS p1ured Now leaders or wooden
Cutters are all run through the orchard
cmptyIng into a large storage tank at
the sugar house. In n brick Framework
10 the sugar-houso Is set an iron arch
with q square iron chimney. For a
large orchard OF 1000 trees the arch Is
about 5x2O feet In arcn. 2is feet deep In
front and 10 lnche8 deep In the chin
ney end. In the arch are set the evap-
orators a deep boiling pan In front
and four smaller and shallower pans
| further back. The bottoms Of the
oyaporatorH arc deeply corrugated
nearly doubling the surface exposed to
the heat. The boiling IL done rapidly.
aa rapid boiling improves the quality
OF the sugar The sap flows from tho
tank through hose with a stralncr at
tached into a regulator. which allows
only n certain quantity TO How into tho
ovaporator. Al n certain point the sap
Is drawn by siphon from the large
/ cyaporator into one OF the small ones.
the scum and settling being left be-
hind. In the last pan the liquid Is
cyaporatod to tho syrup Of commerce.
Weighing eleven pounds TO the gallon.
The most interesting process Is sugar
Ing on" The syrup 10 slowly boiled In
the large pan until the experienced
sugar. maker knows II IL done" The
pan II then lifted on. and the mass Is
turned into tubs. holding from ten to a
hundred pounds. II II IL to be made
into cakes, II Is stirred longer, I'LL II be-
comes dry enough to retain rs shape.
The Wilderness OF maple syrup does not
determine It's price II Is due some
what TO the differences OF soil aud the
amount OF rain that has fallen into the
sap. Pure maple sugar In a brownish
amber In color. with n flne grain. II
the grain IL not fine. and II there are
air holes In II II has probably been
adulterated by cane sugar. glucose or
clay By some wicked dealer. says the
sugar-makor. The ayemgo yield per
tree Is about two pounds per season.
the season lasting from four 10 six
weeks. until frosty nights cease and
the buds begin TO swell. when the sap
tastes strong and ceases to flow.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1895-05-31
RIGHT UP TO DATE.
what shay nc Expected {. u Result OF
the Trance Rad.

what May iie Expected a. u Result Of
the Trance Fad.
Now that hypnotism Is In the air.
Punch says, our conversation books will
have TO be remodelod, as thus:
Good morning. Have you hlbernated
wcllg
Yes. | have had most successful
trance this winter. Have you laid up
at all?
Only a few days at Christmas. Just
90 escape the bills
Well. you take my advice. old man.
and rent a private catacomb on the
three years system. Il comes much
cheaper In the end, and YOU save all
your coal and gas, to say nothing Of
clothes.
We've started n Nryana club In our
neighborhood on the tontlne principle
The last person who wakes gets the
prize. unless the first who comes to
makes on with IL.
II Is capital anyway when you are
making tour Saves all the trouble
OF Sightseeing. You nre Just packed
up and forwarded from place to place
with an automatic kodak. which re-
cords everything you visited. Try It!
Will some day. by Joye. must be
on! I've got TO attend an anesthotic
concert, absolutely painless.
Aud I've got mesmerlc dinner party
on tonight All the bores will be put
In glass cases and fed mechanically.
Good bye. then. Sleep we'll!
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unused on the power exercised over her
by her moody brother. I became morbid
In my lmaginationa. The Isolation N
the place occurred 10 my mind. and
added reason Tor the thought that
some cvll deed had been committed l
was moditating upon tho probability NJ
my being In danger, when the head ~
the house again appeared. l WINS Hus-
piclous even % his hearty franknesa.
as he addressed me, ana I determined
60 be- watchfui during the night
His son had scarcely rciOlnpd him be-
fore he limited at bedtime. They were
wont 90 retire early. and supposed I
must be weaned, l slgnihcd my will.
ingnrrs to retire, aud was shown by tho
younger man TO large apartment on
the floor above l observed with dread
that three doors opened into II. and felt
glad that had carried with me "A
valisc Ia which was my revolver.
My escorts manner was certainly
very eurly There seemed 20 be- "a MALI
cloua, threatening glance IN his eye as
he bade me good night"
could not sleep. tired as l was. AZ
ter an hours fovorish tossing on my
couch. / rose and examined the doors
OF the room. The one by which | had
entered had bolted behind me; "a
second opened into an empty closcti the
third seemed 20 communicate with
another room. II was locked. and from
within l heard voices.
They were those OF the two men. and
thanks 60 the stiffness OF the night /
heard every word. and soon recognized
third voice--that OF the ola lady.
~ shall not be done said she.
1T must be done mother" responded
the son.
Henry n right--the scooter over tho
better declared tho father "Itn al
the hope there ~ Tor her, wifc-you
know that"
"Oh. it must not be- done" sobbCd IA,
mistress OF the house"
1T must, mother" said the younr
man, somewhat stornly There was sil
ence after this. Ny Imagination picture,
plot against myself | had not un
dressed. and now l seized my revolver
and awaited an attack. But hour sue
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There are kocpsakcu. valuclcss In
themselves. but morc precious 10 the
heart than Jewels. because associated at
some tlmo with those who have never
TO return. An elderly lady once de-
posted Ia the keeping 81 safe deposit
company small box containing a
child'a primer. two or three picture
books and fish hook ana line. Two or
three tiwes year she paid visit 90
the safe. and examined the contents. TO
see n they were all right she was the
mother OF the child which was dead. ana
she seemed TO take "A sad sort Of pleas
urc In gazing upon the things that had
amused her little one In years gone by.
Finally she ceased her visits. and when
the time came for the renewal OF the
lease of the safe. the oniclals made In
uuirics and found that she was dead
soon after her husband came and took
away the little box containing his dcad
wifoH treasures.