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enry WI Mordaunt, said /, "the pris-
Les-.5r they were after"
"Ah, the prisoner they were after, "
said he, still surveying me with the
candle held high, while held the pis-
toll leveled
but I'm minded to get away. 1
don't believe, sir, there's any one in the
house you can call to, or else you would
not have closed the door"
II was fool )" said he.
mo, SIR" said l mot that. This
interruption was too startling. You
couldn't well have done otherwise. But
now
:" But now?" said he.
You'll try to prevent my escape So
must take you as prisoner.
Me-, " said he, las prisoner?''
Now, honestly" said then, chow
else can l do? 'Tis your duty to follow
me-"
"Yes," said he, my duty"
so you must come with me-.
"Where?' said he. "Where?''
Il must find that out" l said grim
ly, land will. "
"You are a Mordaunt?" he said.
"Of Maryland, " retorted
"You are like them, " he said, land
so gentleman. Don't you see that if
disappear they will say I've deserted
l, Nicholas Van Halo
Eyes, " said l. "But pom my honor
I'll say that you didn't. More than
that, promise to return you here to-
morrow. 4"
"You promise?"
Nevertheless his eyes were moving
about uneasily.
yet if you try to run, to fight, |
will shoot you down, Colonel Van Ha.
To-"
Eyes, your father would do the
same, he said.
"You knew my father?''
II was with him at Quebec"
"Ah, remember. I'm sorry for this
discourtesy, Colonel Van Halo. Yet I'm
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gle?"
THE colonel. sir, to
truth and that they sho
away.
Let us get away9" / a
Yes, you see l whispel
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while was gagging him. that L
wouldn't tie him tight.
"What dye mean, mann crleu'
"That's traitorous to us.
"Mr. Mordaunt, " he answered, once
when 1 needed money that gentleman
helped me out. That was before TINS
blessed war. In this case intended CIV
ing him chance.
1 said nothing, thinking 1T all over
while the spy went on
"If it were traitorous, can't snow
100 cases where I've risked my neck
Now 1 never can go into New YORK
again till congress holds it, "
Still said nothing, thinking it over.
"a man must be human, even in
war. 1 gave him only little chance.
He might have been drowned, but ne
took it." the spy went on with sullen
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THE VERMONT PHGNL

moment to breathe / as we'll mi n
to fly as to try to get away from b
land. These thoughts left MD
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forced toit. l have given you my word.
| Now snuff the candle and lead to the
| door | can see you by the moon.
He made some demur, but finally did
as l babe him. l saw he was one of
those strong men who lose their wit in
emergency. So he led as | ordered into
the hall. outside into the moonshine,
not once crying out, for, as had sur
missed, there was no one in the house to
answer.
ITO Pringle's, said i'll tremble,
for here was the new hazard.
"To Pringle's?" he said, turning
$50 said, colonel"
"You know the direction?''
You can mislead me, " said grim.
ly 81 know this town now that l have
my wits gathered
"You have been here?" said he as we
stood there, two figures outlined clear
in the moonshine.
"Once," said l, 'if in the rush of
fight l had forgotten it. But on, sir,
out of the moonshine. "
For a moment he looked at me, and
then he sprang toward me. Rage and
moment, and dropped my pistol. l
could not use it against him for all my
threat, for all the determination had
few moments before. l thought he
would raise a cry, but he failed to.
Rage had taken the power of shouting,
and we met and wrestled for moment.
He was strong man indeed, but was
more supple had that advantage, and,
having him down in a moment, Jump
ed up from him and seizing the pistol
stood above him.
81 am sorry" said, "but you must
go with me. "
Then spllenly he rose.
at seems it must be so. Butt He
paused Your promise?"
ITO see that you are returned if we
cross the river. 1t is given, sir. -
Then he rose and went on, l follow
ing, wondering at the chance of our
having aroused no one. l felt easier
presently, as we passed into the shadow
of the trees and pushed along into the
path and more quickly down the road.
The night was filled with its noises as
we thus silently passed on from shadow
to stretch of moonshine, and as the
slope fell we came ON the cobbler's
cabin.
was in cold sweat that moment.
wondering if Pringle indeed might be
there. What if he shouldn't be? But.
keeping my eye on my prisoner, l
knocked at first regularly and then
more insistently.
L no DO
him who dares, for presently a voice
sounded:
"Who's there?"
81, Mordaunt. You know me, Prin-
gle?''
He knew my voice indeed. The door
fell back, and little, wiry man looked
out ON us, at first starting at sight of
my prisoner
"The colonel" said I.
eyes, l, Pringle. I'll have you hung
some day"
"Not today, sir" said the cobbler,
motioning us in
81 am his prisoner, said the colonel
rather savagely.
''In New York, 4" said Pringle.
eyes, if you get away" he said.
TITS my business to attend to that"
the cobbler retorted. "As it is was
about to cross in an hour.
"Bnt your boatH" the prisoner asked
wonderingly.
:" IT'S down there in the bushes" he
said.
but the patrols9'
II know the password I'm on Sir
Henry's business -
"What treacheryI" he cried. "What
treaoheryP'
lyon can't depend ON men in a town
80 divided as this, Colonel Van Halo,"
the cobbler said grimly, land the lan-
ing of that word treaohery depeIe ION
the side you're on.''~ =
''I'ye found tina is
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leaving me the possessor of the uni
form. The color of my breeches would
not be observed, decided, and 1 had
ON his waistcoat, coat and stock. I saw
that some regimental disorder had been
In the town, necessitating the use of nv
Jail as guardhouse.
Now l went to the door and opened
1t and was in the dusky corridor. Down
It's length tiptoed, no one hinderinR.
and then was at an outer door.
Here the risk must be taken, and I
hurried, opening the door. The fresh
air struck my face, and sleepy sentinel.
musket on shoulder, turned about, star
ing. did not hesitate for a moment.
but summoning all my sang froid, closed
the door, as If my appearance were of
course.
I'm report you for sleepy knave,"
said, facing him. If my voice were
strange, he did not notice it, but only
saluted as if all were the matter of
course.
l can't account for that lax discipline
now, but / suppose he thought me sri q
hcer, and my authoritative word
'aaye him the sense to inquire. :
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-04-10
QUAINT AND CURIOUS.

In the Philippines they have butter
flies as large as bats.
Professor Proctor asserts that 10O,-
900, 900 people lived and died in Amer
lea before Columbus discovery.
No bird can fly backward without
turning. The dragon fly. however,
can accomplish this feat and outstrip
any swallow.
AT the annual dog show in the Crys-
tai Palace, London, the fox terrier
class was so large that it took all of
one day to judge them.
There are 506, 900 persons in Wales
who cannot speak English. In Scot
land there are 1000 who only speak
Gaelic, and in Ireland 20, 600 who
speak only Irish.
In an article on Pekin DIR. Goldbaum
declares that a pawn-shop, where he
can put up his wardrobe, seems to he
an indispensable institution to the
Chinese merchant.
Mrs. Tan Jiok Kim, late of Singa-
pore, is buried in $50. 900 coffin. 1t
was decorated with silk, gold and pre-
cious stones, and was tho most costly
coffin ever constructed in the Straits
Settlements.
A determined bridal party at Strood,
near Rochester, England, on reaching
the church found that the building
. was on fire. 1t waited around till the
fire was put out and made the pastor
perform the ceremony in the ruins.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-04-10

neighbor as myself. I will use, hold
or dispose of all my property, my la.
Dor and my income according to the
dictates of love for the happiness OF
all who need. 1 will not withhold for
any selfish ends aught that I have
from the fullest service that love in
spires"
The Christian Commonwealth is in
corporated. 1t has it's constitution
and bylaws. 1t was originally incor-
porated with thirty-three members.
Features of the constitution and by
laws are:
Members must be loving, unselfish
and in sympathy with the movement
A majority of the colonists rules, and
all labor and property are consecrated
without reserve to the service and
obedience of Christ. to be used freely
and in such a manner as shall satisfy
the society as to eligibility and fitness
for membership. Children have every
privilege except that of voting, a priv
ilege which they attain at Is years of
I age. The society reserves the right
to terminate the membership of any
person by majority vote, providing
that the person has had an open trial
by special committee; any one with
drawing or being expelled from the
society shall have no legal claim to
reimbursement. No part of the real
estate belonging to the Christian Com
monwealth shall be encumbered ex-
cept by a two-thirds vote of the mem
bers. 1t takes a majority vote to con-
stitute debt. The official signature
of the corporation is that of the presi-
dent. The officers are chosen annu-
ally. The officers are president, vice
president, secretary, treasurer, direc-
tor of labor, health officer and a board
of management.
The colonists have lumber mill,
where they make the necessary lum-
Der to build their houses, factories,
etc. Their printing outfit is valued
at $1,000 A cotton factory is among
their contemplated enterprises of the
near future. The colonists put nearly
all of the money they get into tools,
implements and machinery. The nur-
sery consists of so, 900 or so, 900 trees
of different variety. The colonists
have the power Of starting branch
colonies in any state of the Union. In
the colony every one works according
to his ability under the direction o.
the head of the departments. Mem
bers receive for their labor clothing,
food, medicine, medical attention and
education.
There have been many criticisms OF
the scheme. One is that it will kill
ambition another, that it puts pre-
MUM on laziness. Another, that it is
not just to require people who have
property to divide with others. An
other, that the government is paternal
in its nature. The colonists have
answers for all these points. They
say that Christian socialism will solve
the problem Of the day and will dc
away with nine tenths OF the crime.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-04-10

Professor Ripley has stated in the
Popular Science Monthly that if one
hundred Jewish infants and hun
dred American infants, born, say in
Massachusetts,, begin life the same
day, half of the Americans will have
died within forty-seven years, while
the first half of the Jews will not be
gone before the end of seyenty-one
years. So Lombroso says that of 1000
Jews 217 die before the age of seven,
while of 1000 Christians 453 die be-
fore that age.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-04-10
PEARLS OF THOUGHT.

Success is fruit Of slow growth. -
Fielding.
Nothing isimpossible is to industry. -
Periander.
The conditions of success are tact,
push, and principle. e.-Sam Budget.
A mans manners are a mirror in
which he shows his likeness to the in
telligent observer. r.-Goethe.
Reason is the director of mans will,
discovering in action what is good; for
the laws OF well doing are the dictates
of right reason.-Hooker.
Yesterday is yours no longer; to-
morrow may never be yours; but to-
day is yours, the living present yours,
and in the living present you may
stretch forward to the things that are
before. F. w. Farrar.
The everyday cares and duties
which men call drudgery are the
weights and counterpoises OF the
clock of time, giving its pendulum a
true vibration, and its hands regu-
lar motion. n.-Longfellow.
overcoming the world implies over.
coming state of worldly anxiety.
Worldly men are almost iucessant V in
fever of anxiety lest their worldly
schemes should fail. But the man
who gets above the world gets above
this state of ceaseless and corroding
anxiety.-Charles G. Finney.
Books are guide in youth and an
entertainment for age. They support
us under solitud", and keep us from
becoming burden to ourselves. They
help us to forget the crossness of men
and things, compose our cares and our
passions, and lay our disappointments
asleep. When we are weary of the
living we may repair to the dead, who
have nothing of peeyishuess, pride or
design in their conversation. y ell emv
Collier.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-04-10
ROkD-MAklNG ANIMALS,
The tails of Sheep and Musk-oxen Have
Legal Recognition.

The haiis OF sheep and Musk-Oxen Have
Legal Recognition.
In note on tresspass by animals
the editor of Country Life states that
the Welsh mountain sheep have OBJ
tanned legal recognition of their capac-
ity to distinguish boundaries and as
sert rights of way. On certain farms
the focks know the boundaries of
their mountain pastures, and presum-
ably transmit this knowledge to their
lambs. They also maintain their
rights against intruders, and if they
meet trespassing sheep on the paths
which generations of focks have worn
on the mountain side they do battle
for the right of way, and if possible
knock the intruders down the hill.
This sense of locality augments the
value of focks bred on these hills,
and the enhanced value was settled at
Dolgelly Assizes as half crown per
sheep.
We should expect this assertion of
rights of way by sheep, though their
knowledge of boundaries is more diff
cult to account for. Sheep have for
unknown ages been the great path
markers on mountains and downs, and
have left their mark on the faces of
the everlasting hills. The sheep
walks are only made Intentionally in so
so far that the focks having once
settled which is the shortest, easiest
and best route across these roadless
hills never seem to abandon what
their reason has decided to be the
best. Out on the hills these animals
are almost in their primitive condition
before domestication, and not the
least interesting feature of their con-
duct in this relapse to the wild state
is that, in spite OF the highly artificial
conditions in which they live to-day,
they retain the primitive instincts of
their race.
That this 'peremptory and path
keeping impulse is part oftheir early
instinct is clear from an account of
the habits of the musk-ox recently
written by the London Times cores
pondent in Canada. The musk-ox,
the ovibus, is as much AKIN TO the
sheep as to the bovid@, and in habits
more like what we imagine the unde-
scended great original OF our sheep
was than are the wild sheep OF to-day.
1t naturally assemblies in great focks,
and Is migratory, just as all the do
mesticated focks of Spain are, and
those of Thrace and the Caspian
steppe. These focks always return
from the barren lands in the Far
North by the same road and cross
rivers by the same fords. Nothing
but too persistent slaughter at these
points by the Indians who beset them
induces them tc ,esert their ancient
highways. Pictures and anecdotes of
the migrations of these animals, and
of the bison in former days, represent
them as moving on broad front
across the prairie or tundra. The ex.
amples of all moving multitudes sug-
gest that this was not their usual
formation on the march, and their
roads prove that they moved on mar
row front or file.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-04-10
A NATURAL DRY DOCK,
One Has Been in Use in Maine for Some
Time.


Time.
We are indebted to T. Hodgsou of
Bedford, Province of Quebec, for a
description of natural dry dock and
the manner in which it has been utiI-
lied. This dock is on the Maine side
of the St. Croix river, between Calais
and Passamaquoddy bay. At this
point small brock has cut channel
of sufficient width through the river
bank down to about the level of low
tide, the difference in the levels at
this place being nearly twenty five
feet.
AS there was considerable amount
of shipping owned in the neighbor-
hood and docking facilities were alb
sent, some ingenious Yankee conclud-
ed that he would utilize the cut made
by the small stream, especially as the
high range of tide provided all the ap-
pliances needed to fill and empty the
dry dock. Starting several hundred
feet from the river, ON Il small tribu-
tary, a cut was made across the bed of
the stream extending into each bank,
and ten-foot wall of stone laid in
cement was built. At the centre open
ing the top of this wall was about on
the level OF the stream, but at the sides
it extended above the highest tides.
Sills were laid in the opening and a
pair of ordinary lock gates were put
in place, opening outward. A pipe
controlled by valve was laid i'll the
centre wall level with the stream bed,
and carried Off any water intercepted
by the low wall and the sills, and a
ditch, cut above the level OF high tide,
provided an outlet for the small
amount of water usually coming down
the brook channel. A few well-bed-
ded cross timbers for supporting the
keel of the vessel completed this SER
viceable dry dock.
The operation of the dock was very
simple. The vessel came up the river
on the food tide and was hauled into
the dock and held in position over the
keel blocks as the tide ran out. As
the water level lowered shores from
the banks kept the vessel upright,
and these are found sufficient for the
class of vessels using this dock. When
the tides had run out the gates were
shut and the water was kept out until
repairs were completed. To unlock
the ship the gates can be opened at
low tide anl the water thus admitted
on the rise of tide will float the ves-
sci, and she can pass out and down
stream on the ebb tide This dock
has been in successful operation for
some years, and is an interesting ex-
ample of the utilization of existing
natural conditions for securinga much
needed convenience. = Engineering
News.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-04-10
Origin of the Alphabet.

The origin of our own alphabet is,
according to Dr. Rouge's theory, de-
rived from the Phenician, winch was
itself taken from debased form of
the Egyptian hieroglyphics, has until
now held the field, and has been
adopted by, among others, Canon
Isaac Taylor, in his standard work on
'"The Alphabet" But Mr.. Arthur
Evans, the keeper of the Ashmolean,
has discovered in Crete a system of
linear signs, which he assigns TO the
prehistoric Greek or "Mycenman"
age. These signs have been very
much in evidence in Professor Film
ders Petrie's just concluded lectures
at University College, and the Profess
sor has gone SO far as to assert that
there was about 1000 B. G. regular
system of signs used in Crete, Cyprus,
Libya, and, in fact, all the countries
bordering on the Mediterranean, full
filing, in some degree, Che purpose of
correspondence. If this be so, we
should have another source for the
Ph@nician letters quite Independent
OF hieroglyphics.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-04-10
French LOYALTY.

During the rejoicing at Paris for
the return of Louis XVIII, Royalist
exhibited a transparency with the fol-
lowing words: 81 have four millions
at the service of the King" An
officer of the Kings household seeing
the transparency went into the mans
house, and with much politeness asked
if it was really his intention to realize
the offer his transparency announced; );
if it was he could promise him marks
of royal favor. "My lord" said the
man, "the offeris sincere. My name
is Million, and L have four sons all
reedy 70 serve his majesty. They
oG-s -9sit for good appointments.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-04-10
EURoPE's HERMIT SOVEREIGN.


Prince of LicchtenStein Has Been In
visible for Forty Years.
Hidden away in the exquisitely
picturesque and magnificent castle Of
Eisgrub, in Moravia, and an old world
ruler has just celebrated il solitude
the fortieth anniversary OF his Access
sion to the throne. He is not insane.
On the contrary, he is one OF the most
Intellectually brilliant as well as the
most kind d-hearted of European sover-
eigns. Yet during these forty years
he has been practically invisible to
the world. No one save his only
brother and his confidential secretaries
and servants know even what he looks
like, and his subjects, like the rest of
the people on the continent, can only
form conjectures as to the nature of
his appearance.
This hermit ruler is the reigning
prince of Liechtenstein, an independ-
ent sovereign, who, theore ically, is
still in a state OF war against Prussia.
For, when, in 1865, the various sover-
eign states of Germany were called
upon to array themselves either on the
side of Austria or of Prussia, the
Prince of Liechtenstein cast in his lot
with Austria, boldly declared against
Prussia, and put on a war footing his
army of about 800 men.
After the conclusion of the cam
paign Prussia concluded peace with
the various states that had taken
part in the conflict. But somehow or
other the plincipality of Liechten-
stein was overlooked or forgotten by
Bismarck, and as if his attention had
been drawn to the matter it would
have resulted in demand for indemni-
ties, the prince naturally forebore to
call the attention of Prussia to the
neglect. No peace having been con-
cluded, therefore, between the two
countries, they are theoretically still
in state of war.
Few people are aware of the reason
for this mysterious seclusion of the
Prince OF Liechtenstein, who, in spite
of the smallness of his dominions, is
one of the very wealthiest rulers of
the world The fact of the matter is
that he is afflicted with an intestinal
ailment OF such a character as to debar
him from the society of his fellow
creatures, and to render his isolation
necessary.
He entertains large parties of guests
at his various castles during the shoot
ing season, and likewise in his palace
at Vienna during the carnival week.
But while his guests are never per-
mitted to want for anything, and are
simply overwhelmed with delicate at
tentions, they never set eyes on their
host throughout the entire time they
are underneath his roof, and if they
have anything to communicate to him
they must do so by letter.
1t is very sad life, and yet that it
has not rendered the prince a misan-
tbrope is shown by his boundless
charity and philanthropy and by the
number of his scientific studies and
works which have won for him the
honorary membership of the Imperial
Academy of Science of Austria. He is
close upon sixty years of age now.
His next heir is his brother, Francis,
now Austrian ambassador to st.
Petersburg, and who will succeed not
only to his vast estates, but likewise
to his sovereignty of Liechtenstein
and to his dukedom of Troppau.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-04-10

Professor Hugh Scott says that Pro-
fessor Henry Drummond, when boy,
discovered that he could hypnotize
people. At birthday party little
girl declined to play the piano. Drum
mond happened to catch her eye, and
said "Play." To his surprise she rose
at once, went to the piano, and played.
At another time he hypnotized boy,
and gave him poker for gun.
"Now," said Drummond, I'm a
pheasant; shoot me-" The boy did so,
and Drummond fell to keep up the IL
Iusion. whereupon the boy, seeing the
"bird" move, was about to hit it over
the head with the poker. The hypno-
tizer had just time to stop the mag
netized sportsman.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-04-10

France has paid it's last pension to
Napoleon rs soldiers. In 1869 q law
was passed granting $50 year to all
non-commissioned officers and privates
who had served ten years in the armies
of the First Republic or of the First
Empire and had received a wound.
For the first year the payments
amounted to $500, 900; last year tho
sum was $50, and the last recipient is
now dead at the age of 105 years.