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The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1899-06-07
BLOW Al IhUSIS.
Report of the United states Immigran
iiap c;or.

liap c;or.
PITTSBURG. June 2.-R. d. Lay
ton, United States immigrant inspector,
has finished his report to T. V. Pow
derly, United States immigrant COM
missioner. This is the first report of it's
kind that has so far been made to the
commissioner, and it has many inter-
esting bits of information. Inspector
Layton has paid much attention to la
bar and it's conditions. During the past
month he has given the Pittsburg in
dutrial field special attention. both as
regards skilled and unskilled labor
While there is no lack of labor, his re-
port shows a rant in both conditions.
One startling announcement is prom
inently brought to the front. The in
spector claims that agents, book
Keepers and high-salaried men general
ly are plentiful, but few of these can
find employment on account of the for
nation of trusts, or combines, as they
are called, and that there is a warm
competition between superior and infe-
rior people to get the best that is going.
During the past month the inspector in
terviewed two persons in the employ of
concerns whose plants have since
merged into some trust or other, with
the result that they were thrown out of
employment. These men were receiv-
ing from $4,000 to $4,000 year. At the
present time they have large bills star
ing them in the face with little pros
poets of paying them. The formation
of trusts, it is asserted, is the cause of
all this poverty and inability to pro-
cure work. The report as a whole is a
blow at the trust movement, which
at the present time seems to be del
,,SinP fba rouptrv
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FOREST COUNTY OFFICERS.

Member Of Congress-J. X. p. Hall.
Member Of lSenate-A. NJ. Neeley.
Assem6ty-Dr. S. s. fowler.
3 PrssidentJwdge-W. M. Lindsey.
Associate Judges-Jos. A. Nash, A. J..
McCray.
Prothonotary, Register d Recorder, &c.
john II. Robertson.
>SherN.-Frank p. Walker.
IreGsurer-S. NJ. Henry.
CommtsSionerS-W. M. Coon, G. NJ.
Whiteman, Herman Blum.
District Attorney-S. d. Irwin.
Jury Commfssioners-J. j. Carpen-
ter, Geo. d. Shields.
Coroner-Dr. j. w. Morrow.
County Auditors-M. Il. Abbott, j. r..
Clark, X. j. Flynn.
County Smperintendent-E. Il. Stitzin-
gor.
Regular Terms of Court.
Fourth Monday of February.
Third Monday of May.
Fourth Monday of September.
Third Monday of November.
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KlDNAPER'S TRIALS.
An Effort Being Made to Bring the Ac'
cused Parties to Trial at Once.

cuseu Ihrtfes 10 Afihi ht OnCe.
NEW YORK. June 5.-The police
are busy making preparations for
the prosecution of the three prisoners
now under arrest on the charge of hav-
ing kidnapped Baby Marion Clark.
Captain McClusky will lay the matter
before the June gand jury and will ask
that indictments be found against G..
Beauregard Barrow, and his wife, at
present confined in Jail in New York
city. and against Bella Anderson, alias
Carrie Jones, the nurse girl who stole
the baby from Central Park and who
has been confined to the Jail in Eliza
beth, N. ].
Captain McClusky will also apply to
Governor Roosevelt for requisition pa
pers upon which the Anderson woman
may be brought from New Jersey here.
1t is expected that she will be safely
landed in a cell in this city not later
than Tuesday night.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1899-06-07
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
Summary of the Weeks News
of the World.

Cream of the News Culled From Long
Dispatches and Put In Proper shape
For tho Hurried Reader, Who Il Too
Busy to Read the Longer Reports, and
Desires to Keep Posted on Events.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1899-06-07
Miner., Wage. Advanced.

ALTOONA, Pa, June NEARLY all
the coal miaing companies in the Sec
ond bituminous district, which in
cludes Cambria, Bedford, Somerset.
Centre, Clearfeld, jefferson, Indiana,
Elk, Cameron, Clinton, Blair and Hunt.
ingdon' posted notices informing the
miners that the wages for pick mining
would be advanced on June from as
to so cents a ton.
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Robbed His Benefactor.

WASHINGTON, Pa, June 5.-R. W.
Haggerty was the victim of an impu-
dent robbery by which he lost two gold
watches, money and valuabes of Diff
ferent Kinds. He and his wife vent
out, leaving the house in charge of
Wliham Murray, a young man who
mas been employed by the family for
the past month. When they returned
the mouse was deserted and shortly af
terward they discovered that a rob-
Dery had taken place. Murray came
TO Haggerty about a month ago and
told piteous tale of poverty and hard
luck and was ragged and pennlless.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1899-06-07

GREENSBURG, Pa. June 1.-Six
carpenters employed on the new extern
sion being erected to the Kelly G. Jones
company's works, near here, were
hurled from a platform 20 feet high
and all of them were. badly injured
Contractor Thomas While most seri.
ously. The others injured are Abram
Slicker, John Whitesel, Jacob While
John Eisaman and John Steiner
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residence at Columbia, where he had
been an invalid for months, to his
plantation home in Marion county.
He was a descendant of Captain
Thomas Ellerbec of Marion brigade,
who came to this state from Virginia
in 1878. He was born in 1852 and edu-
Gated at Wofford college and Wander
bilt university. He was a planter and
merchant at the inception of the TILL
man movement in 1886 and was elected
comptroller in 1890. In 1896 he was
elected governor. carrying every coun-
ty in the state except one.
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RcuuInr Tcrms of Court .
Church and sabbath school.

Presbyterian Sabbath School at 9:45 a.
m. NJ. e. Sabbath School at 1000 a. IN.
Preaching in NJ. Il. Church every Sab
bath evening by Rev. r. A. Buzza.
Preaching in the f. M. Church every
Sabbath evening at the usual hour. Rev.
f. w. McClelland, Pastor.
Services in the Presbyterian Church
every sabbath morning and evening,
Rev. j. V. McAninch officiatirg.
The regular meetings of the w. G. II.
u. are held at the headquarters on the
second and fourth Tuesdays of each
month.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1899-06-07
Miners Accomplish No,b,nr.

CLEARFIELD, Pa, June 6.-Anothes
miners meeting has accomplished
nothing except agreeing to pay pick
miners so cents per ton for loading.
while machine men get 25 cents. The
bulk of the trouble seems to come from
agitators and locating the fight be-
tween the pick and machine miners.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1899-06-07
H.s.ian Fly Destroying the wheni.

GENEVA, N. Y. June 2.-Already
about tenth of the wheat crop in
this section has been destroyed by the
work of the Hessian fly, one Of the
worst wheat destroying insects known.
1t is thought that within a weeks time
a much larger part of the wheat in this
section will be entirely laid to waste.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1899-06-07

CARLISLE, Pa, June 6.-Smallpox
has broken out among the Indian stu
dents at the government training
school, Superintendent Pratt learned
that several cases of varioloid are
quarantined at the school hospital
THOMAS Marshall, an Indian, has died
from the disease. The Infection was
carried to him in a letter received from
his home in Dakota.
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Miners Meeting Postponed.

MONONGAHELA, Pa, June 1.-The
miners mass meeting which was an
nounced to be held here was practi-
cally failure, less than hundred men
being present. There were some heated
arguments between President Dolan
and some of the miners, and it was
finally decided to postpone the meet
ing until Saturday, June g.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1899-06-07

HARRISBURG. June 2.-The Fifth
United States volunteer infantry,
which served at Santiago after its cap
ture, was mustered out at Camp
Meade Thirty-eight members of the
command died Of disease since II was
mustered in, two of the deaths occur
ring at the present rendezvous.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1899-06-07
Troop. Arrive From Porto RIco.

NEW YORK, June 6.-The United
States transport Meade, which left
Ponce, P. r., on June g. has arrived at
quarantine. The Meade brought the
Nineteenth United States infantry,
Colonel Simon Snyder, commanding.
$50 enlisted men and so cabin passen-
gers. All on board were well.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1899-06-07
Next Congress Of Mothers.

PHILADELPHIA. June 6.-The on
GERS and executive board Of the Ma
tional Congress of Mothers have de-
cided upon Des Moines, Ia, May 20,
1900, as the place and time for the next
congress. 1t is expected that the con-
gress will exceed in interest and use
fulness any previous meeting.
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1899 ]
BOROUGH OFFICERS.
C. Heath.

BHiyesS.--K. C. Heath.
C0uRcitmen.-Joseph Morgan, j. IT.
Dale. w. +. Blum, Jas. d. Davis, Chas.
Clark, Il. Il. Armstrong, II. II. Shoe
maker.
Justices Ofthe Pedce-C. A. Randall, s.
J. Setley.
C0nstdble-H. Il. Moody.
COilcctOr-F. r. Amsler.
School Directors-G. w. HOleman, l..
Agnew, j. Il. Wenk, q. Jameson, j. G.
Scowden, Patrick Joyce.
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john Craig. Mnrdarer

GREENSBURG, Pa, June 1.-Coro-
ner j. B. Owens jury fixed the respon-
sibility for the death of John NJ. Craig.
of Allegheny, shot here on centennial
day, on Harry ]. Hannah Of Johns
town. As yet no move has been made
to locate Hannah, and there is not like
iy to be-
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UIicn lher.r Mnrket.

UTICA, n. Y, june ,.
CHEESE-At the Utica Board of Trade
today the following sales were made: lH
boxes large white at 7iac: 2sg1 boxes large
colored 7Ikc. Sg7 boxes large colored.
nc: $50 boxes large colored rsc; a
boxes small white. 7Ac. 70 boxes small
white, Sc. 3i7 boxes small. white sac;
4GO boxes small, colored. TIC; 106 boxes
small colored. TIC; li2 boxes on com
mission.
BUTTER-Sixty packages at lsc;
lSc: o. l7c. and q. i6iae.
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Bad Shane FInnncInlir.

GLASGOW, June 6-At meeting Of
the creditors of Nelson Bros, the
important firm in the iron and steel
trade whose failure was announced
May 26, showed the liabilities to be
$3.50, 900 and the assets $4,000.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1899-06-07
EIectrle Line Improremsnt.

UNIONTOWN. June 6-The Union
town Electric railway has ordered 100
tons Of GO-pound rails. to be used in
extending its lines down the Cool
Spring road TO Lemon. Work will be
commenced as soon as the rails ar
rive.
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LITTLE FALLS

LITTLE A-l4S. ~ t. June D.
CHEESE sales were made: lG
boxes large colored 1.c: 6j boxes large
colored 7stc: iO0 boxes large colored az
private terms: 70 boxes large white, Iac;
1920 boxes small white and colcrei. Fsc
7bO boxes small white and colored. Ac
BUTTER-A few packages dairy but
ter. leQl1c.
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DILL. EMERT

FANCY BOOT q SHOEMAKER.
Shop in Walters building, Cor. Elm
and Walnut streets, Is prepared to do all
kinds of custom work from the finest to
the coarsest and guarantees his work to
give perfect satisfaction. Prompt atten-
ton given to mending, and prices rea-
sOnable.
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MA KFT REPORT
New Iorh oncy Market.
NVHxT UnnT- -

INV lOhN, JUHt o.
Money on CALL 2d2l9c.
Prime mercantile paper, 3hG4 per
cent
Sterling exchange: Actual business in
bankers bills at A.S&d4.SS for demand;
and $4.S5N4.S5I2 for 60 days Posted
rates, AS612miS9
Commercial bills, N.S4&d4S5A.
Silver certificates, eOlaQ6l1ac.
Bar silver. 603sc.
Mexican dollars, 4SAc.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1899-06-07
zig Firm Incorporated.

DOVER, Del, June 6.-The secretary
of state issued a certificate of incor-
poration to the Liquid Air Refrigera-
tion and Power company of New York.
Capital $lO.OOOO0O.
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WITH IFS PARENTS.
Arthur Clark Reaches Home With the
Kidnapped Child.

Kidnapped Child.
NEW YORK, June Arthur Clark,
the father of the abducted child, Mar
ion, accompanied by Chief of Police
Devery and Captain McClusky arrived
in this city. bringing back the infant
which had been missing for II days.
Hundreds of people were gathered
before the Clark house and the party
with the baby had to struggle through
the frantic crowd. There was contin-
uous cheering from the people banked
around the carriage as it drove up to
the door and in spite of the efforts of
the police to keep the sidewalk clear,
the child was almost suffocated in the
crush of the people who were so anx-
ious to get a glimpse Of theAy
A great cheer went up as Mr.. Clark
emerged from the carriage bearing the
little bundle of humanity in his arms
He had to - bis way up the steps,
followed by - Police Devery and
Captain McClusky.
Mr.. Clark rushed up the inner steps
and met his wife at the top. The mother
took the child in her arms and wept and
sobbed.
The crowd on the outside yelled to
see the baby and Mr.. Clark held the
child up to the window so that all could
see it. This was greeted with great
cheers. Then they cried for Mrs Clark
and the child Mrs. Clark appeared
holding the baby in her arms. This was
more than even the least emotional
ones of the crowd could stand and they
yelled frantically; some sobbed hys-
terically. some laughed and many
simply shouted themselves hoarse.
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Lived 90 Years.

SYRACUSE. June 6.-Mrs. Anna
Elizabeth Butler of this city died here.
aged SO years and S months She had
been in good health until five weeks
ago.
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WILSON'S PAST RECORD.
Something About the Man Connected
with the Clark Kidnapping.

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. June 3.-GeOrge
Beauregard Barrow alias J. A. Wilson,
the man arrested in New York state
charged with kidnapping little Marion
Clark, is well known in Little Rock
and the news OF his arrest is the sensa-
tion Of the hour George Barrow be-
longs to one of the most prominent
families in the state. His father. Judge
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1899-06-07

GARNERVILLE, N. Y, June g.
Marion Clark, the 2l-months-old infant
kidnapped from her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Arthur Clark of New York city,
on May 21, was found two miles south
of Sloatsburg. village about eight
miles from here. She was found at
farm house Of Charles Youman's, and
was in the custoday Of Mrs. Jennie
Wilson, who took the baby to the
place during the early part OF last
week. Mrs. Wilson was accompanied
by her husband and stated to Mrs.
Youmans that she wanted board for
the little girl for the summer. Mrs.
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CENTRAL HOUSE,

TENTRAL HOUSE,
" II. w. HORNER, Proprietor.
Tionseta, Pa. This is the most centrally
located hotel in the place, and has all the
modern improvements. No pains will
be spared to make II a pleasant stopping
place for the travelling public. First
class Livery in connection.
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TTOTEL AGNEW.

IL CT. WEAVER, Proprietor.
This hotel, formerly the Lawrence
House, has undergone complete change,
and is now furnished with ali the mod
ern improvements. Heated and lighted
throughout with natural gas, bathrooms,
hot and cold water, etc. The comforts of
guests never neglected.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1899-06-07
East I,ufhIo Live stock Mar.et.

CATTLE-Extra export steers, t5.55d
SIS: good do. S5.25d5.35; choice heavy
butchers. A.eOq4sO; light handy o. $50
40. cows and heifers, extra. s.2Ou33g
calves, heavy fed. sSS5aL25; veals, 5000
$50
SHEEP AND LAMBS-Cholce to extra
wethers, S5.25a5.35 fair to choice sheep,
81 g0a5l0: common to fair, A.i0dI75:
choice to extra spring lambs. s650a6.7O:
common TO fair, tGOJg615.
HOGS-Heavy. A0jailO; medium and
mixed, N.O0a4O5; Workers. S4.O5q4l0; pigs,
Ai0q4l5.
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nR j. c. DUNN,
IL PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON.
Office over Heath &c Killmer's store,
Tionesta, Pa. Professional calls prompt
responded to at all hours of day or
night. Residence-East side Elm ST., 3D.
dore above Jail building.
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Buffalo Provision Market.
nVvrsr.AT -.

WHEAT No. 1 hard, none; No l
northern, size Winter wheat, No. 2 red.
soc.
CORN-No. 2 yellow, 3Sc; No. yell
low, &c.
OATs-No. white, 3lc; No. mixed.
&c.
RYE-No. 2 65c.
FLOUR-Spring wheat. best patent per
brl., $425q4.5O; low grades. S2.OOQ2.50; win
ter, best family. SS.15a4OO; graham. $3.50
Q375
BUTTER - State and creamery. 1slld
lsc; western do, 17l5dlsc.
CHEESE-Fancy full cream, 9IkGl0c;
choice do. 9d9lac; light skins, 6qSc.
skins, jg6c.
BGGSt-State, l41kd15c; western. 1ta
16c
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W. MORROW. NJ. D.,

Physician, Surgeon & Dentist.
Oflico and Residence three doors north
of Hotel Agnew, Tionesta. Professional
calls promptly responded to at all hours.
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MARION CLARK FOUND.
The kidnapped Child Returned
to Its Parents.

All the Parties Connected With Its Alb
Will Fight Extraditlon, but win Prob
ably Be Taken to Ns& York and Tried
ms Soon ms Possible.
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RnfAIo Hay Market.

No. 1 timothy. per ton. ti2.OOdl3oO: No.
Q do. sl0.OOQllOO; baled hay. ilOO0Gli. 90;
baled straw. t5OOa6.OO: bundled rye. 5000
dl2OO
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es1S S R1nt RBT o% sSGd 3 dSls sGdres m' Hs Be
PATENT RECORD, Baltimore, Nd.
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T f. ZAHRINGER,
J.. PRACTICAL MATCHMAKER

and Jeweler of 25 years expRyience, is
prepared to do all work in& line on
short notice and at reasd Bile prices.
Always guarantees satisfaction. Watch
es, Jowelfy, &C., ordered for parties at
the lowest possible figure. Win be found
in the building next to Kelley Club
Room.
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TB. SIGGINS, M. D.,
y. Physician, Surgeon & Druggist,
OIL CITY, PA.
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D. BOWMAN, M. D.,

q. BUW MAN, NJ. De-
IL. Physician d Surgeon,
TIONESTA, PA.
Oficein building formerly occupied by
DR.. Mason. Call promptly responded to,
night or day. Residence opposite Hotel
Agnew.
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WASHINGTON CAMP, No. 42O, p. o.
w s. of A., meets every Saturday eve
ming in A. o. U. w. Hall, Tlonesta.
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BUSINESS DIRECTORY.

'NIONESTA LODGE, No. 1863, I. o. o. f.
i Meets every Tuesday evening, in Odd
Fellows Hall, Partridge building.
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lroREST LODGE, No. 1874, A. o. U. w,
L Meets every Friday evening in A.O.U.
w. Hall, Tionesta.
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CAPT. GEORGE STOW POST, No. 274
~ G. A. r. Meets LIST and sd Monday
evening in each month, in A. o. U. W.
Hall, Tionesta.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1899-11-01
cOPvn'Orr 1000 az The pHoorra. OAsutr Co CINCINNATI
Pointers on Cellars.

The cellar. we'll drained and aired.
must be kept free from rubbish, and
especially from decaying vegetables
and other foods. Frequent cleaning
out the corners and sweeping the walls
are essential. All kinds of food, in
Guiding vegetables, should be kept from
the light. Jellies and canned fruits
ought to be stored in dark cupboards.
windows enough to air the cellar and
screens for all of them are essential.
II the sashes are opened at sunset and
remain so until the next days heat.
then closed to keep in the fresh air, 1t
will be much cooler than IL open all
day. But to remain closed continually
is to breed foulness and disease. Lime
scattered in the corners will conduce
to keep a cellar free from mold. A
damp basement is misunderstanding
spot.-Evening Wisconsin.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1899-11-01

his pocket long fuse, placed one en- d
in the powderkeg, and wound the
other about one OF the tallow candles,
an inch from the burning wick. Then
he placed the candle in front of the
spy's face, where he could almost
touch IL, and turning, went to the
door. At the threshold he paused.
"Your fate will be lesson to your
llow.spies," he said.--and was gone.
The spy heard his steps ts he went
down the passage. He counted them
till they died away in the awful silence
of The night. Then he looked at the
candle. How long would it take an
inch of tallow to burn? The police
would not come till nine. He looked
at the clock. Twenty minutes past
eight. Would that inch of tallow last
40 minutes? If IL should not, would
being blown up be so painful?
lie looked at the clndle again. IL
seemed to melt away before his eager
gaze. He tried to shrek, but could
not. He became unconscious. He
/ dreamed of his mother, dead years
before. He thought that he was n
child again, and that she had taken
him on her lap, and was telling him
the old stories that he loved. 1t was
summer, aud he could hear the reap
ers singing. He laughed with happi-
ness.
He opened his eyes, The darkness
of the room frightened him, and lie
tiled to call his mother. The gag was
still in his mouth, and, like fash,
| the whole dreadful, sickening truth
came back to him. The hands of the
clock pointed to 90 minutes before
nine, and the candle was more than
half burned.
Again he looked at tho clock. Ten
minutes before nine. The candle
seemed to burn lower. Would the
police come in time? He strained his
ears to hear their coming, but there
was no sound.
II was five minutes to nine. He
tried to pray. At last he could hear
the soldiers approaching, but the
clock was striking nine A knock on
the door and the fame had touched
the fuse. He watched the spark as it
crept, like a snake, across the floor
nearer, neare", to the keg. He tried
to scream. The sound OF door being
broken upon! The footsteps of men
! on the passage, outside the door, but
the spark had reached the keg. A
flash
A second later, when the soldiers
entered, they saw sight that fright
ened even them. A dead man, bound
and gagged, lay upon the floor. His
face was green with terror, his hal,
snow-white. and his eyes red, staring,
and protruding. On the floor was the
black mark where the fuse had burned,
and in one corner was powder keg,
empty The spy had died OF fright.
| Answer.