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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-02-19
CHAPTER VII.

In the deepening dusk Of the November
evening Lord Roseraye quilted the library,
in which he had spent the two hours that
followed his interview with Rene Laroque,
and crossing the wide and lofty marble
paved hall, that in all seasons of the year
alike was filled with flowers and shrubs, like
a conservatory, he moved towards the draw
ing-room, whence the sound of singing
reached him, leading HI sofotsteps thither as
by a magnet
Outside the ha1f-closed door he paused
moment to listen, his heart beating fast with
love and hope, then, pushing the door softly
with his right hand, he looked in.
In the crate the fire burned low, but the
red glow from it filled half the room, leaving
the other half in dim religious twilight. In
this sort of semi sat Odille Thorne
at the piano. From her shoulders downwards
the outlines of her figure was lost in the
shadow that hung like veil over the corner
where she sat. Out of this gloom her face
alone showed visible and distinct with its
perfect features, it's delicate pallor and its
brooding expression of unalterable Sadness
All! why was that sadness always there?
Lord RoserayeS eyes grew dim as he gazed
at her. rs
himself, 'to chase the shadow of melancholy
from that beautiful countenance?"
So profound was the look of despair in her
face at this moment, that the hope he had
felt on entering the room died within him
and a sudden chill crept round his aching
heart In spite of all that Rene Laroque had
said to him, he began to think she must have
some secret cause of sorrow, unknown to any
but herself, sorrow which he would be DOW
eriess to console, and which, notwithstanding
the love that instinct told him she felt for
hirn-which he had seen in her deep sad eyes
and in her rare sweet smie-this hidden grief
would rise like spectre between them and
separate them as by a gulf that nothing not
even his passionate fondness for her. should
he able to bridge over.
For few moments silence that was al
most deathlike filled the room unbroken by
any sound save the ticking Of the clock on
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-02-19
CHAPTER VIII.

Dinner passed very much as usual on that
Ieventful evening-the most eventful one of
all in Odille's life. Lady Lillian looked her
loveliest in a white satin gown, with pearls in
her hair and round her throat, and in her
beautiful azure eyes that light which love
and love alone can kindle Madame Laroque
had never been more brilliant and charming.
She laughed continually, and her glance when
she turned to her son was full of triumph.
AS for Rene, he appeared like man who
attained the highest point of his ambition
and has nothing left to desire.
If Odille were silent and pale, no one but
the earl, who watched her every movement
noticed the fact. Even her parents were &C
customed to her extreme quietude, and that
"a sort Of second nature. Lord Roseraye
being man of the world, had too perfectly
learned the habit Of self-control to betray any
sign Of emotion.
At the customary signal from Lady Lillian
the ladies-Mrs. Thorne Madame Laroque
and Odille-rose from the table and quilted
the dining-room together; and Odille- feeling
seated herself at the piano, leaving Mrs
Thorne and the Frenchwoman to their tete-
a-tete over the fire.
Half an hour passed by. 1t seemed like an
eternity to Odille who played mechanically
piece after piece, hardly conscious of what
she was playing; then at last the sound of
voices in the hall outside warned her that the
gentlemen were about to rejoin them and a
moment later they entered-the three of
them, the Earl of Roseraye Rene J,aroone
and Mr.. Thorne.
AS Odille rose from the piano. Lord Rose
rave approached her, and picking I'D roll
of music that had fallen, Whispered behind
it
Are you still willing to speaker is the
ordeal too CREATE"
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-02-18

swapping and snarling n yelping IN
their anger and excitement, a second dyna-
mite cartridge went whistling through the
air and struck thu cabin less than five feet
from where the 80 or more wolves were
congregated In a solid mass.
Instantly there came a flash and a roar,
lighting up The woods and filling the air
with dirt, fragments of the cabin and dis
WONDERED wolves. The three trees occu-
pied by the men were shaken like reeds in
. storm, and 1t was only by q miracle that
Ames, Dibble and Adams were not thrown
to the ground and killed.
When the debris ceased falling and the
smoke cleared away, it was seen that the
hut had been completely destroyed ana
that the fragments were burning. All
around lay the torn and bleeding bodies
of 20 or more wolves, while q few others,
badly crippled and whining pitifully, were
endeavoring to draw themselves into the
underbrush to die.
Only a few of the brutes remained I'M
harmed, and they were evidently too badly
frightened to linger in the neighborhood,
for by the light from the burning wreck
age they could be seen galIoping madly
away. each one with his tail between his
legs, for all the world like a whipped dog.
Most of the wolves were SO badly man
zied that the scalps could not be saved.
The law provides that in order to collect
the state bounty paid on wolves the ears
must be brought in. Nearly all the
wolves were facing the cabin when the ex-
plosion took place, and for this reason
nearly all of the heads were blown tc
atoms
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-02-18
RAILROADS OF CUBA.
A TANGLE OF POORLY MANAGED
AND LOOSELY CONNECTED LINES.

How American Capitalists Plan to
Unite the Roads Into One Big Sys-
tem-some Oddities of Transporter
tion-New Students of English.
American capitalists are already
working out schemes for getting control
Nof Cuba's railroad lines. The recent
sale of the Sagua railroad to a syndi-
cate is one of the first o W which have
been made. The line which has changed
hands is not important in itself. but 1t Is
a good paying property and VIII be
made the basis of operations OF a more
extensive character.
The central part of Cuba is most Curl
ously cut up by railroad lines which
seem to have been built Independently
of each other and in the most hap
hazard fashion. These lines make only
occasional connections. They do not fur
nish continuous transportation around
the shores of the island, and they do
not take you directly across it at any
place.
The management of the various roads
has been of Just such a diverse and va
ried character. Each road has had its
W rates and its own idiosynerasies as
10 time ToIiHS STOCK anu Tue
like.
The live American railroad men who
are now in Cuba with carpetbags full
of certified checks will soon change
these things. Plans for consolidating
all the railroads of the island have al
ready been formed by rival sy~ndicates,
and some of them will probably be car
ried out. Had these roads been in the
United States they would have long ago
been combined into n inteRigently
managed system. AS it is, Cuba has a
number of lines all out of proportion to
its size.
The Sagua railroad, which was re-
Gently sold, runs through the sugar
lands of Santa Clara province, in the
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-02-18
NAN FIGHTING WOLVES
Narrow Escape of a Hunting
Party In Minnesota.
HORRORS OF 4 SMALLPOX CABIN.

How Three Men Were Driven to the
Tree Tops ONLY to Face Starvation.
Means of Rescue, mt First Forgot-
ten. Finally Effective.
Some naturaiists claim that the Arneri-
san timber wolf is a cowardly brute, ready
TO run at the sight of a human being, u
such students evidently have never en-
countered the wolves of northern Mime
sofa, which hunt in packs during n Sc
we're winters. These animals, as large as
the average St. Bernard dogs and fully
a. powerful, come as near being devils IN
animal form as any animal on the face OF
the earth. AS swift as the deer, as fero-
cious when pushed by hunger as the lion
and equally as crafty as the fox, they are
feared int hated by settler II hunter
alike, and brave indeed is the man who
will single handed face a pack of the evil
creatures.
Recently, says a correspondent Of the
st. Louis Globe Democrat, 8 party COM
posed of Dick Ames, a reporter, and
Frank Dibbie and John Adams, his
friends, set out for the ledge. They be-
came lost and during their wanderings all
night came upon a deserted Indian shanty
bearing the f~orbidding sign of smallpox.
A casual examination showed that one or
more Indians had died within and the
flesh been eaten from their bones by
wolves. While the three men were still sttf-
ing at each other in dismay a mournful,
long drawn howl sounded through the for
est, followed a moment later by powerful
chorus Of yelps and sparls, as a pack OF
wolves came racing along the trail so late
~ covered by the party as it had approach
ed the hut.
"Woiyesl'' screamed Ames. SECT into
the shanty and bar the door. No; hold
on; don't go into the internal place. We
don't want to die Of smallpox! Take to a
treet"
Dropping their rifles, the men made a
jump for the nearest pine trees and had
hardly begun to climb when the shell
dogs Of the north" ann crashing through
the u~nderbrush and drew up at the door
of the hut. Then pandemonium reigned.
Baked of their prey, the hungry wolves
set up a chorus of blood curdling yelps and
howis which almost drowned the whis-
Ting of the wind as it tore through the
forest.
Gathering under the trees in which
Ames, Adams and Dibble perched, far out
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-02-18

MAP SHOWING RAILROADS IN CENTRAL CUBA.
center of the island. It begins at Port
Isabel, which is the port of Sagua la
Grande, and runs south to Las Cruces,
within 20 miles of C~ienfuegos. A branch
also runs from Sagua and forms a con-
nection with the Caibarien railroad,
heal Remedies. The line has been kept
in fair condition during the insurrec-
ton.
Then there is the MatanZas railway,
which has a number of lines running
southwark and eastward through the
sugar district. One of the best systems
on the island is the one controlled by
Cuban money known as the Cardenas
y Jucaro railway. 1t uns as far west
as Esperanza and has lines running to
the important sugar centers of the in
tervening territory. In addition to this
in the middle western district are the
Sagua la Grande railway and the Cal
BARREN railway.
These lines form a perfect network
by reason OF the many spurs in the mid
die of the sland. These spurs run off
to sugar plantations. Inasmuch as the
large duty Of these roads was to take
care of the sugar output there was very
little necessity for interchange of traf-
fic. Each road had its own seaport. On
general merchandise there was some IN
terchange, but as there was all the time
in the world to do the transporting q
little delay made but small difference.
The largest system in the matter OF
mileage is the United railways. At a
comparatively recent time it passed I'M
der the control of English capital, and
Representatives of English money are
managing the properties. This compa-
ny has plenty Of money at its command
and as soon as circumstances will per-
NIT will bring material into the u
try and improve it's rolling stock ana
equipment. 1t has a line to MatanzaS
and from there on to Jovellanos. In q
| southern direction it runs down to Ba-
| tabano and has a line parallel to its
northern line running to Guines and on
to Union.
The operation of railroads in the is
lands is a very expensive matter. The
| coal used costs at the yards 81 a ton
and sometimes a little more. An engi-
neer, who must also be a mechanic. is
paid $3.50 a month in gold.
The first request of the American mil
itary commissioner somewhat dazed the
Spanish and Cuban railway officials.
1t was to the effect that all writing, all
bills of lading, all negotiations, must be
lone in English. When this paragraph
was read to the assembled managers
and presidents, they threw up their
hands and said it would be impossible.
To this the representative of the
American government was equally firm.
He further said that there was no
need of temporizing on the subject,
as it was only a question of time until
the business would have to be done in
English, and they might as well make a
start then and there. At last accounts
the Cuban railroad employees were
struggling hard with English. :
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-02-18
cot uar MONEYS worth.

Bridget Rafferty, had served the best
years Of her life as a cook, and now that
she was sswearin AVA" and an operation
became necessary she haughtily declined
to go to a ward, but took n of the best
rooms in the hospital. The operation was
successful, but the patient was allowed
very little food. During her conyalescence
she made frequent use of the electric bell
al her bed, to be greeted with some
trif1ing question o. the remark, II only
wanted to know If you were there. As
such frequent use of her bell suggested to
the matron ON the floor that the nurse was
neglecting her patient, the nurse remon-
strated and received the following unique
explanation: "Well, you see, miss, here l
am paying $50 a week, and I'm not seeing
anything, I'm not hearing anything, and,
miss, I'm not eating anything, so l just
ring the bell to get my moneys worth,
and, anyways, 1 enjoy hearing it ring
San Francisco Argonaut.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-02-18
4 Gentle Hint.
nnhada

Polish yourself up, madam. You had a
pretty wit once, a pleasant laugh, a con-
versation that was not confined exclusive
" to the shortcomings of servants, the
wrongdoings of tradesmen. My dear
madam, we do not live on spotless linen
and crumbless carpets. Hunt out that
bundle of old letters you keep tied up In
faded ribbon at the back of your bureau
drawer pity you don't read them
oftenerl He did not enthnse about your
cuffs and collars, gush over the neatness
Of your darning. It was your tangled
hair he raved about, your sunny smile
we have not seen it for some years,
madam. the fault of the cook and the
butcher, / presume-your little hands,
your rosebud mouth-it has lost its shape,
madam, OF late. Try a little less Of scold-
ing Of Mary Ann and practice a laugh
once a day. You might get back the
dainty curves. It would be worth trying
Ii was q pretty mouth once.-Jcromc x.
jerome.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-02-18

spirit may noB Us seized By tbs evil de-
mons. Various prayers are said over this
grewsome relic by the priests, after which
it is buried for several weeks, until it
shall have been visited by the gods. 1t is
then disinterrcd and adorns the ridge pole
of the dwelling belonging to the success
full claimant for it's ownership. The head
is supposed to contain all the proYess and
virtues of the deceased and is preserved,
the body either being buried or cremated.
The ownership of q number of these heads
is a token OF Importance and assures their
fortunate possessor a high standing.
The Vitsayos, in common with most
savage races, arc firm believers in the po-
tencyf of the devil dance for the exorcism
of evil spirits. If IN epidemic of smallpox,
cholera or other disease occurs in q village,
it Is attributed at once to some evil spirit
who has taken up abode in a banyan tree.
The search for this undesirable visitor is
made at night by the priests, who are IN
failingly led to the right tree by the in
fuence of the good deities. When the
right spot is finally discovered, the
'tuklars'' arrange themselves around the
base of the tree to keep the spirit from es-
Gaping, while others return to the village
to bring the men of the tribe to aid at the
ceremony.
Then a horrible din begins, and the tom
toms and other instruments are beaten
with fanatical fury to drown the cries OF
the prisoner spirit from reaching the ears
of his fellows and bringing help. The
chief priest takes his position in the center
of the circle, br~andishing a saerificial
knife, with which he stabs the inanimate
form of the tree time and time again.
Swaying gradually to and fro, he works
himself to a state of frenzy, all the time
grooming powerful lamentations. Suddenly
he leaps nto the air, proelaiming that his
body has been entered by the gods who
are directing his movements, and slashes
himself with the knife, while the assem-
bled natives offer their sacrifices and pray
to be relieved from the evil spirit. The
priest, smearing the end of a stick with
his own blood, draws a circle around the
trunk of the tree a few feet from its base,
above which the evil spirit cannot rise.
Then the natives attack the lower part
with hatchets and spears until in the judg-
ment of the "uklars' the demon has been
conquered, when the ceremony comes to
an end with much feasting and dancing.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-02-18

very strongly opposed. They took refuge
in the house of the plantation manager, a
thin wooden structure, which offered no
more resistance to the heavy Snider bull
lets than If 1t not been built of paper. All
through the night the Samoans kept up q
constant fire on the house, while the Ger
mans, having nothing to aim at, were TN
able to return the compliment.
All through the night this dreadful car.
mage went on, the Samoans recklessly
shoyyerlng their bullets on the devoted
dwelling, sure that some at last would
find their mark. Now and again the Ger
MAJ sailors, driven to desperation at the
idea of being killed like rats in a hole,
would rally and make q determined sortie,
driving the Samoans out of the garden
which surrounded the house, but in the
darkness they were unable to venture far,
for as soon as they got a few yards away
the Samoans would close up on their
TANKS, and when morning dawned 1t was
found that out of a force of 40 blue
Jackets engaged Sc had been killed or
wounded, an enormous proportion of 40
per cent.
1t was the first time in history that
Samoans had ever defeated white men,
and the Germans to this day speak OF the
affair with justifable reluctance. Vet
they nave forgiven Mataafa and actually
arranged with England and this govern
ment to bring him back to Samoa.
The reader u~nacquainted with Samoan
intrigue will naturally ask the reason
why. We have not far to seek for an
answer. For years the Germans have pur-
sued a consistent policy. Their n aim
has been to stir up d~issension among the
natives in order to give an excuse for
armed intervention, which might be fol-
lowed by annexation, or at least by a re-
vision of the Berlin treaty, which would
give Germany q greater hold on the group
thar she has at present. Mataafa hap
pened to be the most convenient tool at
hand, and, as events have turned out, the
Germans have succeeded far beyond their
most ~sanguine expectations. They could
not have anticipated the %opportune death
of Malietoa, which gave them their
chance of bringing forward a rival can
didate to the throne, yet by secretly sup
porting Mataafa, by defying the authority
of the American chief justice, the German
president and consul have managed to
throw the whole islands into a condition
little better than anarchy.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-02-18

republic gradually forgot the outrage
by redcoats in the enjoyment of dearly
bought freedom and equal rights.
1t has remained for the Society of the
Sons of the Revolution to renew inter-
est in the massacre, and so on March
4. as the 5th comes on Sunday this year,
many of the Sons wiz climb down from
the heights of their genealogical tree
tops, gather in Huntington hall and
tell again the story of how the first
blood was she for freedom.
Everything possible will be done to
make the occasion n Of historical and
literary Importance. DR.. John Fiske
will deliver an grafton on the massacre,
his services having been engaged a year
ago. The exercises will begin at 2:30
o'clock in the afternoon. 1t was a dis
appointment to the society that these
could not be held in the Old South
church, where former observances OF
anniversaries were held, but this was
impossible because of necessary repairs
upon the church.
The society feels that the annual
commemoration of the Boston massa-
ere should never have been omitted,
and it hopes to awaken public spirit to
such an extent that future omissions
will be impossible. The massacre is re-
garded by the most reliable historians
as the real foundation of the rights and
liberties of the American citizen. HI
true political significance of the massa-
ere was indeed in a measure realized
even by the thoughtful men who were
contemporary with it, but the fullness
of realization was to come later. John
A .-.- ,-rota Of fha naoccanrp.
ION that night the formation OF
American independence was laid" AT
a still later date Daniel Webster said,
From that moment we may date the
severance of the British empire"
The Boston Gazette and Country
Journal, in the issue of March IL, ITO.
describes the massacre in the following
graphic way after telling of the cir
cumstances leading up to the event:
Thirty or 40 persons, mostly lads, be-
ing gathered in King street, Captain
Preston, with a party of men, with
charged bayonets, came from the main
guard to the commissioners house, the
soldiers pushing their bayonets, crying,
Make way, They took place by the
custom house, and, continuing to push
the people off, pricked some in several
places, on Which the people were clam
orous. and, it is said, threw snowballs.
On his the captain commanded the SOL
diers to fire, and, more snowballs COM
ing, he again said: Fire, 49, you. Be
the consequences what they will? One
soldier then fred, and a townsman with
a cudgel struck him oyer the hands
with such force that he dropped his fire.
lock. The townsman, rushing forward,
aimed a blow at the captains head,
which grazed his hat and fell pretty
heavy upon his arm. However, the sol
diers continued the fire till Z or s, or, as
some say, II guns were discharged.
by this fatal maneuver three men
were laid dead on the snot and two
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-02-18
The Creation of "oliver Twist"

The true story of the origin of "Oliver
Twist is not generally known. After the
amazing success of ''Pickwick Papers'
Dickens happened to visit the studio Of
George Cruikshank and was shown some
drawings the latter had made illustrating
the career of a London thi&. There was
a sketch of Fagin's den with the Artful
Dodger and Master Charley Bates, pictures
of Bill Skies and his dog and Nancy Skies
and, lastly, Fagin in his cell.
Dickens was much affected by the power
of raese character sketches, and the result
was that he changed the whole plot of
Oliver Twist. He introduced him into the
thieves den in London and showed up
their life of sin, but brought his hero
through Undecided. Thus George Cruik-
shank, not Dickens, was the originator of
the leading characters Of the wonderful
story.