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CHAPTER XVII.
An Underground Affair.

When the Mouse left the Rue Serpepte
the bombardment had shifted to the south
ern forts, and the southeast secteurs of
the Notifications were covered with ex-
| ploding shells. AS he skunk across the city
he could hear the fracas of the distant
bombardment, and ne gave the danger
zone wide berth. His mind was preoccu-
pied by two problems-how to conceal his
silver forks and how to get back to the
Nanterre fort.
The second problem could wait till morn
ing, the first needed serious study. He
already possessed one burrow. 1t was in
the cellar of the house in che Rue 'Ypres.
For, while doing menial service for Bourke
and Harewcod, he had managed to abstract
booty from neighboring windows-a spoon
here. a silk handkerchief there-nothing
much. but still modest little heap Of
plunder. which he had concealed in the
cellar of the house on the ramparts. There
| fore, his first instinct led him back TO the
Rue d Ypres, where, If the cachet.e in the
cellar remained undisturbed. he could fur
ther avail himself of it by depositing the
forks with the rest of the loot.
Thrift" muttered the Mouse, cannot be
too early acquired. Sapristi! One must live
in this world of bandits!'
AS he crossed the Boulevard Mortpar-
nasse he saw that the railroad station wus
on fire. For moment he hesitated-there
might be fine pickings youder-but prud-
ence prevailed, and he shambled on, scan
ming the passersby with crafty face half
averted. bludgeon swinging, cap over one
eye, the incarnation of communism milf
tant. Affrighted citizens gave him room
turned and looked after him as though
in him they saw the symbol of all that
was secret and dreadful In he city-the
embodied shape of anarchy-the onasrouY
prophet of revolution.
He passed on, staggering when nruSen.
cflnglng when the sentries of the guard
Facing the devastated streets, halted to
look after him. lanterns raised At such
moments he cursed them
cared sometimes, when far enough away.
ne would insult them with gestures and
epithets. gratifying to his vanity because
or the slight risk such amusement en-
tailed. EIe ratified the forks in his noehet
as he walked; once or twice he broke into
sons-a dogaerei Verse or two of some sem
timental bariere ditty that attracted him
because, like criminals of his type. he
adored sentiment-in song. He thought of
Hardwood, lying in the classmates OF the
Nanterfe fort Would he live or die? H,s
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wound had turnsd so4bad that tho SUR
geons began to look at-him In that musinS
way that even the dying understand.
The Mouse scratched his ear: dead or
alive he must find hisoway back to Hare
wood: for the necessity that he felt for
Harewood's company left him restless as
lost cur.
He thought often of, Red Riding Hood.
She was SO small and thin and so afraid of
him that he wondered why he thought of
her at ALL In his burrew he had buried an
Infants silver cup. This he decided to pre-
sent to Red Riding Hood when he could 90
SO without fear Of aspersions on his hon
esty. He chuckIed as he thought how it
would please that chiIdLshe would look at
him with those big eyes-she would per-
haps smile-Nom de Dieu!-what a droll
young one! And so he came to the house
on the ramparts in the Rue dYpres.
The cellar of the house was reached from
the garden through a flight of stone steps.
The heavy slab that closed the man-hole
had no paddock.
The Mouse, on bis hands and knees,
CROPPED about in the dark, stumbling among
dead weeds and broken cucumber frames,
pulling, and cursing, until. without any
warning, he almost fell into the man-hole
itself. Startled alert, he crouched breath
less by the slab on the grass. Somebody
had removed it; somebody then was in the
cellar!
Stealthily he crawed into the man-ho,e
and descended the first three steps. His
worn shoes made no noise; he crept three
steps further.
AT the end of the cellar, In the full light
or lantern on the floor, sat three men.
Two of them wore the uniforms OF officers
OF the carbfneers: the third was In civilian
oress. Their voices were indistinct, but
their features were not. and the Mouse
fairly bristled as he recognized them They
we're Stauffer. Mortier and Buckhurst.
The first thought of the Mouse was in
stlncuvely personal. They had come to
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again, and Bourke, deveured by anxiety,
questioned the Mouse until that young ban
dts mind was a hopeless chaos.
You csn't ask him to go, Hide i'm
ploreG her sister. "Oh, how can you ask
Cecil to go to the fort when you know
what they are doing out there? L can't
let him go-I cannot"
IF Jim is not in danger I can go out
with the next escort" said Bourke gravely.
IF he is, then must go at once.
The Mouse was vague; he didn't know
what might happen since they cut out the
bullet. His habitual distrust of doctors
of science in all It's branches, made 1t plain
to Bourke that there was nothing accurate
to be learned from him.
The Mouse fingered minute or two.
watching the sleeping child in the bed.
Bourke told him he might go and he went
as a dismissed dog goes, apologetically, half
resentful, half corciliatory, clutchng the
forks in his pocket with dirty fingers.
Hide turned and went into her room, clos
ing the door behind her.
Il must sleep with the child" said Yo-
lettei ''she wakes in the night and trem-
bles so almost fear she may die of fright.
Cecil, is there any danger now from the
shells?"
4 don't know" he said. "I will lie down
in the kitchen. If they lombard the quar-
ter again we must go to the cellar. To-
morrow 1 am going to take you and Hide
and Red Riding Hood to the American
minister's. And. my darling, before we
go you must marry me-"
'Marry-now!" faltered Yolette.
otherwise the American minister cannot
protect you. If you are my wife he is
bound to do SO. L can't stand this sort of
thing; the city has gone distracted, nobody
is safe outside an embassy. The Prussians
must respect our flag, dear, and anarchists
and kindred ruffians dare not enter the
embassy. Shall / tell you what has hap
pened in the Rue d'Ypres? A gang of
communists, cutthroats and thieves have
broken open our house and are carousing
in the cellar with our red wine. Stauffer,
Mortier and Buckhurst are there. and they
will do mischief if they have a chance"
down to his shoulder
'Wtll you marry rEe tomorrow, Yolette?"
he asked. 80 that 1 can leave you safe at
the embassy and go to my friend?'
Yes" she whispered, then threw both
arms about him in passion. of tenderness
and fear.
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Crimes of Coolies,
From the Ludgate Magazine.

They are queer crowd. these coolies,
whether on land or sea. Cunning as foxes
and cowardly as wolves, they resemble
the parish dogs of their own cities in point
of Inability to hunt any prey save in packs
l heard of an instance where a gang of
them, employed as navvies in the cutting
of railway, dashed their overseer with
shovels and fled into the bush. Nobody
was ever hanged for the crime. because
some forty of them were In it-and that
would have been rather large consign-
ment to condemn. even in the far east
where human life is so cheap.
There are a quarter of million Chinese
In Bangkok alone. and they do not appeal
to ones cordial emotions-very much the
contrary. And should this catch the eye
of any intending visitor to the far east,
l would Urge upon him the unwisdorn of
veEturing ot spend a night on a Chinese
junk without so much as a revolver TO
defend himself with. Occasionally a Eu-
ropean IS discovered by the marine police
fioatiIlg en- the water with his throat cut
1t such case IT is highly probable tsat he
has been foolhardy, as / was. But differ
ent people are born to different ends and
the Chinese contempt Of the European is
frequently justified by facts.
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'Why is it." queried worried -lookine
matron, that the colored ladies' who con-
descend to tear. fade and scorch our wash
ing can so completely erase indelible ink
markings, yet stand helpless befors a spot
of common ink? 1 ask in spirit of scien-
tifir research."-New Orleans Times Demo-
crat.
Browne: How surprised we would be IL
we could see ourselves as others see u.s.
Towne: Yes; but think how surprised the
others would be Ii they could see us as we
see ourselves. Brooklyn Life
"Bliffkin's boy has been made a major"
didn't know that he ever saw any SER
vice."
He didn't; he saw the President
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
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ed on the landing. Yolette opened the door
and Bourke entered
When he saw Yolette and Hide he could
not speak at first
Don't. don't" sobbed Yolette; eve are
an safe-all of us. 1t was you that feared
for. Oh, If you knew, If you knew"
Il was in the RUE d'Ypres," stammered
Bourke. 'The shells rained on the ram
parts, and 1 ran to the Prince Murat bar
racks. l never dreamed they were shelling
this part of the city until somebody said
the Luxembourg had been struck Then 1
came. Yolette, look at me, Good God,
what a fool vast
She clung around his neck smiling and
weeping, telling him she should never again
let him go away. Hide was silent The
slept.
Ihen Hide spoke of Harewood, of his
message sent by the Mouse. Yolette cried
out that she could not let Cecil go away
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CHAPTER xxvIII.
The Night of Atonement.

That night, the zone of bombardment
having been shifted far to the southwest
Bourke went to the American embassy. 1t
was II o'clock when he returned, thorough.
iy discouraged. He had seen the minister
but that official could do nothing to protect
Yolette and Hide against the shell fire.
There was no room at the embassy. IT
was was not even certain fhat the embassy it
in some heat. denounced those responsible
Tor the bombardment, and promised to pro-
test against the destruction of foreign con-
sulates and embassies. So Rourke came
back to the Rue Serpente, worried and
anxious, for 1t was not possible for him to
go to the Nanterre fort and leave YoIetfe
and Hide alone, without the protection of
responsible people. He and YoIstte sal IN
late into the night discussing the situation
Hide lay on the bed, listening, perhaps but
she offered no suggestions About mid
night Red Riding Hood awoke, sohbing
from hunger, and Yolette comforted the
child, saying good night to Bourke. and
kissing her sister tenderly.
Listen, Hide" she said. Cecil is going
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Helping Them Out.

From the Chicago Record.
'.The Thompsons can't decide what to
name their twins"
Well, IL the twins resemble their .,thor
children they should call one yesavius and
the other Terror"
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The Hest He Could DO.

ffoIn Puck.
Johnny-"Wkat IS a contraito ps;.et
Papa-"r'm-l can't Define a contrak,o
Johnns. except Is the Mortal enemy sf AN
soprano. -
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The Peate Lens. for such it will undoubt-
edly be called, will be mounted as an euua-
torial in tube something over thfrty-two
feet in length.
The cost of so mounting It will run up
into the thousands of dollars. Telescopes
to be mounted as this one are called New
tonian telescopes, because of the priucipIe
of interior arrangement.
The mirror Is perpendicular to the axis
ana the rejected rays falling on a small
inclined-plane mirror at the focusing point
are turned out to one side of the tube into
the eye piece. The essential difference he
tween the Peate and the Yerkes lenses is not
only one of size. the former having q dIame-
ter greater by twenty-five inches than the
being a reflector and the Yerkes a refractor.
In other words, the heavens are sean I'm
the Peate lens. and through the Yerkes
Renectors are superior to refractors In
ease OF construction and cheapness in DOS
sible size and in perfect achroma tism but
they are inferior in the amount of light
that Is available. in definition and in per-
manence or durability. Refiectors are SUI
perior. however. in one most important
oranch OF modern astronomy. namelyi
Spectroscopic investigations OF the sun
stars and nebulae. including Photography.
In which respects a reflector. because Of
Its absolute freedom from color is far su-
perior to a refractor.
DR.. Peates mammoth speculum Is ex-
ceeded In size only by the metallic one IN
Lord Rosse's famous telescope at B!rr
Castle, Parsonstown. Ireland, which is six
feet in diameter 1t is not in use and Dr.
Peate's may be considered as the largest
IN the world. in so fer as service is con-
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Ths grinder DIR. Peate constructed is a
metal disc the size Of the glass to be
ground and in which the conyexity cor
responds fnversely to the figure desired on
the glass The surface Of this disc is cut
UP into hundreds of small facets no two
OF which are exactly the same distance
from the center. Upon these facets is
spread the mixture of pitch and rouge or
emery used to grind and polish
With this single TOOL Weighing 900
pounds, DR.. Peate in the late SUNNI ar of
1895 began the formidable task of reducing
the rough surface of his great glass. Al
first simply hard work and no great skin
WAS required, but as the glass wore down
close to the figure in which it was to he
finished, the work became less severe phy-
sieaily, ana began to tax more closely the
ability and manipniar skill of the maker.
After the rough grinding had reduced the
glass to that point where great skill ana
technical knowledge began to be required,
pr. Peats dispensed with the services of
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The schooner jerome b. Look, OF
which Capt. Fred Hodgkins, OF Lamoine
is captain, but which was temporarily in
command OF Capt. Mckenzie, Of New
York, was lost with all hands in the
hurricane on the coast OF South Carolina
Wednesday, Aug. 81.
The Caroline {. Foss'', Capt. Oscar
Crabtree, Of Franklin, in the same hurri-
cane, went ashore and has been aban-
doned.
The schooner Robert Mcfarland,
Capt. Horace Lord, of Ellsworth, was
caught in the same hurricane. The yes
sci WAS saved from going ashore by cut
ting away the masts, and with two an
chors out rode out the hurricane. She
reached Savannah under jury rig, and is
there now awaiting orders. She Will
probably tow to New York, or to Thomas
ton, Maine, her home port, to be fitted
out.
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Last year on American railways one pas
senPer was killed in accidents out of every
2.S27474 passengers carried That is to
say, that you can take a train 2,S21, 474
times before, on the law of averages, your
turn comes to be killed You will have to
travel =, 093, 1858 miles on the cars before
that turn comes, al i,54l,9i5 miles before
you are injured. II you travel twenty
miles every day for 300 days in the year,
you can keep on at it for 75S years before
your turn comes to be hurt.
If there had been railways when Christ
was born, and you had begun to travel on
the first day of the year A. d. /, and had
travelled 100 miles in every day of every
month OF every year since then, you
would still have Gin this year 1885 nearly
three million miles yet to travel before
your turn came to be killed.
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THE COUNTY FAIR.
CLOSING DAYS OF THE ELLIS
WORTH EXHIBITION.
THE RACING on WEDNESDAY AND
THURSDAY-TIIE TRACK RACE REC
ORD BROkEN-TWo MEN
KICKED.

The weather of the last two days Of the
county fair continued good, except for
the dull wet morning OF Wednesday
which kept down the attendance on that
day. The attendance of Thursday was
about the same as that Of Wednesday,
but it was an Ellsworth crowd, compare
lively few from out-of-town being in
attendance
Though every race during the fair was
decided II straight heets, there were some
sharp battles Tor pace. Thursday fur
nished the best days racing. The race
with wcmen drivers WIS the best during
The faiF, though there were only three
starters. la the : % class, Do-tmont
lowered .De track race record.
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NOW FOR BLJEHILL.
Mountain Park Next Week VIII Draw
Big Crowds From Ellsworth.


Next in the list OF fairs in Hancock
county, is the fair OF the Hancock county
agricultural society at Mountain park
Bluehil. The Bluehill fair never fails to
draw big crowds from Ellsworth and
this year will be no exception to the rule.
The association offers an attractive pro-
gramme.
Mountain park 5 excellent track always
furnishes good racing; in fact, Bluehiil
luck IN giving the public horse trotting
that Is exciting, is proven bal among
horeenen and horse lovers.
The raclng events announced for this
year are on Tuesday, the first day OF the
fair, three minute and 81 classes, purse
Sl00 III each. On Wednesday, three-year-
old Glass, purse so; 80 class, purse S100;
and 2.29 class, purse 800. Thursday, . 10
class, purse, 500 free ior-all class, purse
$50
The parade OF stock is always one Of
the features OF the Bluehlll fair. Some OF
the best working cattle owned in Maine
are in the vicinity OF Bluehill, and they
are seen at their best at the Biuehill fairs.
10 amuse those people who will remain
in Bluehill during the three days Of the
fair, there Will be q ball at the town hall
each night. Monsghan's orchestra, of
Ellsworth, Will furnish music.
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WEST ELLSWORTH.

West Ellsworth was represented at the
Hancock county fair by fine herd OF
cattle by Harry L. Hooper.
lnez and Isabel Hamor, of Salisbury
Cove, are visiting their grandparents,
Alexander Barron and wife.
Lester Gaspar, OF Surry, spent satur-
day and Sunday with his grandparents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Asa S. Barron.
Miss Matte Hooper and her friend,
Miss Byran, of Melrose, Mass, spent last
week with her grandmother, Mrs. Martha
Dollard.
Mrs. Amanda Meader left Monday for a
few weeks visit to her sisters Mrs MART a
Hartman, of Prospect Ferry, and Mrs.
Caroline Dow, at Munroe.
Mrs. p. L. Barron was elected superin-
tendent of the Free Baptist Sunday school
Sunday. The school mum bers thirty-six.
with an average attendance of twenty-six.
Mrs. Elinor j. Hooper, since the death
OF her husband, Albion K. Hooper, will
reside at East Orland with her aged
brother, Simeon Higgins, who is in fail
ing health.
Mrs. Grace w. Barron spent part Of last
week at Green Lake, and accompan led
her father, Lorenzo Wilbur, to the
Wilbur reunion at the home of her
grandmot her in East brook. She was one
of the five that represented the five
generations OF Wilburs, who were photo
graphed by B. F. Joy. Over 100 relatives
were present.
Sept. 10. b..
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THURSDAY.

Thursday was the best day of the fair.
The weather was delightful, and the
racing was the best of the three days,
though all the races, as on the previous
days, were decided in straight heats.
In the PIG class, the third heat in 2.19b
by Dustmont, broke the race record for
the track-2.21h made lsst year by the
same horse. There have been faster miles
made on the track, but this is the race
record. The race with women drivers
was the best of the fair.
There were two accidents at the park
Thursday, both due to little bad temper
shown by the black stallion Ellsworth,
owned by E. H. Greedy. In the morning
Trainer E. L. Fisher, who has been hand
ling Mr.. Greely's string, was kicked by
Ellsworth, and quite badly injured. In
the afternoon, F. d. Mills, of Bangor, one
OF Charles G. Andrews stablemen, was
kicked by Ellsworth. He was struck on
the hip, and received bad bruise and
flesh wound. A collection for his benefit
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was taken up on the track, and COM
Portable sum was received.
Following is summary Of the races:
2S5 CLASS. PURSE Sll0.
Petronel, b N, \ o Ripley, Unou...... l
| Scott, b z, c c Andrews. Bangor $50. 5 ; :
Cricket, b IN, W l. Barrows. Union,... : 5
Daybreak, br &, c \ Weaver, Bar Har.
Dor...... ....,.............
Time, 1921, 2.3l'4, 236.
2l9 CLASS. PURSE .sl25.
Dustmont, hr = c Il Andrews Bangor, ! !
Eben L, Il Z, + c Body, Brooks........ , >
Ellsworth, Blk :, f II Greedy, Ellsw'rth 3 3
Time, 49,, 22S 2.l9Ai.
30 CLASS .(woMEN DRIVERS. PURSE slO0.
Henry Clay, oh g, Mrs + Lord,
Charleston. 49,. ....t....... ! !
Index, hr :, Mrs Nelson, Bangor....... 3 > :
Harry Y, br &, Miss Moors Bluehiil... 3 8
Time, S7ls. : sS'. eS2h.
During the afternoon A w. Ellis
three year-old bay gelding, Salinas, by
Donum, was sent an exhibition mile. He
went the mile smoothly and evenly,
paced by Bonum, in . 30h.
ATHLETIC EVENTS.
The 100yard dash, in which John
Montgomery, OF Bangor, and Fred Flynn,
OF Ellsworth, started, was declared a dead
heat ~ the judges. Time, TO-, seconds.
Montgomery declined to run again. and
thereby forfeited to Flynn.
The baseball game on Thursday be-
tween West sullivan and Ellsworth
mines, was the bes. Of the fair, in fact,
the only real sharp game et ball played
in the three days. Ellsworth had good
lead early in the game, but the visitors
pulled ii down and the final innings OF
the game We're exciting. Ellsworth won;
score, 10 to y.
The game WAS well played throughout,
but there was batting enough to keep
alive the interest OF the crowd. Willy
and Brady were the Eilswort battery,
while Sproul and Msttocks took turns
pitching and catching for the visitors.
Some OF the features OF the game were
Brady's center rush through the crowd
and capture of hard foul; the capture
OF two hard flies in left field by Higgins,
of Ellsworth; a home run by Webb. of
West Sullivan, and three bsggers by
Brady and Dunn. OF Ellsworth.
DRAWING OF HORSES.
The drawing OF horses took place
Thursday morning. Daniel Mckay, of
Hancock, won first, his team hauling
1850 pounds; John Fox, OF Ellsworth
Falls, second, 1885 pounds; Moses c.
Smith, OF Ellsworth, third, 1855 pounds.
PREMIUMS.
A complete list OF the premiums
awarded at the fair appears elsew here in
this issue.
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MOUTH OF THE RIVER.

Mrs. Elmira Joy and her two dau ghttI
have returned to Massachusetts.
Mark L. Milliken, jr., and wife, of Bar
Harbor, visited his parents last week.
Mrs. Hooper, of Franklin, visited her
daughter, Mrs. e. A. Fullerton, last week.
Walter Gatchell, of Bar Harbor, is visit
ing his grandparents, Mark Milliken and
wife.
Mrs. Stella Saunders, who has been
working for Mrs. John Whitmore the
past two months has returned to her
home in Trenton.
Sept. y. VICTOR.
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How Americans Fought,

wv hen we fired a volley," one of the
prisoners said later, "instead OF falling
hack they came forward. That is not the
way to fight, to come closer at every VOL
ley And so, when instead OF retreating
on each voley, the Rough Riders rushed
ut them cheering and filling the hot air
WITH Wild cowboy yells, the dismayed
enemy retreated upon Santiago, W here he
announced he had been attacked by the
entire American army. One OF the resi-
dents of santiago asked one of the SOL
Gier7 il those Americans fought we'll.
Well. hs replied, ''they tried o catch
Us with their hands. n-Riehdrd Harding
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