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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-05-17

CHAPTER XVI.
ebert Bonner's Sons.

CHAPTER XVI.
"Those who are with me to the
death, come behind mel said Starne.
Less than half the crew obeyed. There
was shout from those who remained.
No kill the boy, we all co." said one.
The cub must die. Stand aside!"
q The pistol was raised again, and at
the same moment dozen other pistols
came into view. Starne's men had
some. and Rob's men the rest.
This is mutiny!" yelled Starne at
those who stood by Rob- II will have
you all in prison
Back in the group there was one OF
lighter shade than the rest. He had
quite an intelligent face. He had as
yet said nothing. In reply to Starne's
last threat this man stepped forward.
You lie," he said. "This is not mu-
tiny. A crew cannot mutiny only
against its officers. You have no bust
ness on this schooner. You have killed
our captain. We wiz not stand by
you.'
Then take this!" said Starne, firing
MS pistol at the man.
The ball took effect in his arm, and
he uttered a shout of rage. In an in
slant half dozen shots had been fired.
Several of the crew were wounded.
And Lemuel Starne lay writhing on
the deck.
i 1t was over in an instant The crew
as if suddenly bethinking itself of
what it was doing, stopped and looked
at Rob.
Men," he said, "this could not be
avoided. This man is wicked man
He killed Torrevo, and he would have
killed me. never did anything to
him. He wanted to kill me to get my
uncle's wealth. AS for that cause he
spoke of, 1t is as dead as Iofrevo, dead
as dead fish. If you stand by Elvn
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-05-17

had expected-before they heard he
was drowned-to see childish boy.
over whom it would be necessary to
keep a constant watch. Here was a
manly young fellow come to them aft
er strange adventures-not to be
watched over, but to save them and
the government
Rob soon told his story, and his un-
Gle hurried him off to see the president
Rob soon told his experience, and
was listened to with great eagerness.
An officer in uniform was called in,
and the story was told to him.
Rob went home with his uncle, and
they sat up late that night listening to
his recital, over and over again, of his
adventures with Starne and Elvin,
and on. board the BLACK Cat"
What panied them most was to learn
that Lemuel Starne, the man whom
they had trusted, and who had almost
succeeded in winning the regard of
Elsie, was such villain.
Rob told his. uncle of the promise he
had made to the crew of the "Black
Cat, and Mr.. Horton assured him that
it would be substantiated by the presi-
dent.
There was little need of proceeding
to any extent to identify Rob, for Mr..
Horton recognized him from the photo
graph sent from New York. And IL
any further Identification should prove
necessary, there was time enough for
that in the future.
Mr.. Horton had taken all Rob's
things from the Royal Mail" and he
was soon clad in a trim New York
outfit. AS he was taking leave of the
now soiled Spanish jacket he felt in
the pockets, and there he found the
three lists of names given him by Ell
vim. These were used by the president
at the trial.
All the conspirators were brought to
justice, and the stores in the cave at
Black Cat bay were seized Richard
Elvin was shot and Lemuel died of his
wound.
Not only was Rob received with en-
thusiasm by his uncle, aunt and cous-
in, but he was the hero of Buenos
Ayres. The president gave him gold
medal, on which was the date and the
story of the valuable services Rob had
rendered the government. The BLACK
Cat" was now the property Of the gov
eminent, and the president used his
influence, and this was also given to
Rob. 1t was very handsome little
schooner, none too large for yacht,
and Mr.. Horton accepted it for Rob.
and at once placed reliable crew
on it.
Many good sail has Rob had on
that schooner since that day, and
many stirring adventure has he had
while off on business for Mr.. Horton.
Mr.. Horton is delighted with Rob's
quickness in grasping the details of his
large business enterprises, and there
is no doubt that il Rob lives, he will
be not only true, brave man, but a
rich one as we'll.
(The end.)
Nations. like individuals. derive
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-05-17

surprising that the back yards Of city
houses are the forlorn, neglected places
that they generally are, at best being
only square grass plot utilized for
drying clothes, and narrow border
planted with a few struggling peren-
malls If there are children in the
family sometimes abortite attempts
are made at a flower ped. As the 1ne
jority of people who own town houses
seldom leave the city before the middle
Of June, returning by the middle of
September, and as the head and bread
winner of the family practically stays
all summer in town, it is wonder
that these back yards are not generally
made beautiful by little care and at
tention.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-05-17

then got off before splendid residence
of brick and stone.
Horton lives nere," said the in
spector.
Mr.. Horton was with his wife and
Elsie eating supper, when servant
announced that two persons wanted to
see him on important business. He
went into the wide hall where the
two sat waiting, and looked at Rob
curiously. Rob was worth looking at
just then. His face was flushed with
pride and happiness, and the spirit of
American youth cleaned in his eyes.
What can do for you?" asked Mr..
Horton, kindly.
"Uncle David! Uncle David! Don't
you guess who am?" burst out Rob.
81 am Rob Cleverdale"
Mr.. Horton turned white and stepped
back.
you thought was drowned, but ]
was not" said Rob. "Lemuel Starne
threw me overheard, but was picked
up"
A great sob of joy-undoubting
blessed joy-welled up from Mr.. Hor-
tons bosom.
He clasped Rob to him, and tears
rolled down his cheeks. He was sc
glad to see Rob alive that he even
overlooked his statement about Lemue
Starne
Il have important news for YOU
said Rob ttI want to see Aunt Anits
and Cousin Elsie, then want to tel
you something"
The earnest air of the young fellow
impressed Mr.. Horton, and he led thu
way to the dining room. The in
spector, readily seeing that there wa
nothing for him to do there, had tn
grace to depart.
Rob was greeted With overwhelmin!
: caressea by his aunt and cousin, VIII,
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-05-17
Poisonous Dyes In Hiosierv.

New York correspond Cue.
Inter Ocean: The poisonfng OF
Quirk of Paterson, which 1t is all,
was caused by wearing socks MA r
not fast black and get rae 5ye
a cut on his foot, is t. gna 81 e
that hobs up periodical lhough
of these cases results death
Quirk's did. Many hospi.
however, have patient no
them with swollen am pois0uo
for treatment, and who almost in
ably lay the poisoning to their
gear. A doctor who has had somt
perience with blood poisoning
of various sorts said that it is
easy to blame it on the socks, BIT
his opinion one is not very likely
suffer dangerous poisoning from t
source. At the same time it is,
course, much safer to wear hose t
are either dyed fast black, or, if
wearer is unable to afford a good q,
ity, to buy hose that are not dyI
all.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-05-17

and his gang, you will probably be
shot. If they should by any chance,
win, what can you expect-after this ?
You will be shot by either side. Now,
IL you stand by me, and sail this
schooner to Buenos Ayres, promise
you not only safety, but money besides.
My uncle is rich. When l tell him
what has been done, the government
must know it also. You will come in
for a reward. The smuggling counts
for nothing. You are going to save
the government. You will be rewarded
for that, and all else will be forgotten.
What do you say?"
]; Some of the crew understood all OF
this, some a little, and few none at
all. But they talked rapidly among
themselves. Those who had stood by
Rob had the best of the argument.
Those who had been with Starne saw
their leader lying on the deck-prob-
ably dying. What could he do for
them? They gave in, and joined Rob's
half
!. I'VE co." said the light-colored fell
low who had been shot in the arm.
I'VE go with you. Torrevo dead, you
our young captain. You tell your
uncle we all good men. No one get in
prison"
Not one of you." said Rob. "Hur-
rah! Now see to these fellows who are
wounded. Then let's get to Buenos
.5Ayres."
In a short time the BLACK Cat" was
swung around, and went speeding up
the river. Rob was, of course, not
able to give any orders to navigate the
vessel, but he felt that the crew could
be trusted. He had frightened them
when he spoke as if the letter to Mr..
Horton had not been the only letter he
wrote giving the plot away to the gov
eminent.
AS they passed the entrance to Black
Cat Bay, Rob smiled. 1t was not so
Juggling bales of cotton, casks, kegs OF
powder, and feeling the sting of blows;
and now he was sailing past it, the
master of the BLACK Cat" and her
swarthy crew.
The BLACK Cat" sailed into the har-
Dor of Buenos Ayres, and an inspector
came on board.
Welt" he said, "it's long time
since the Black Cat sailed into this
harbor. What's the cargo!"
None" said Rob. II am here on
service for the government. must
get at once to Mr.. David Horton. Do
you know him?"
Horton, the millionaire? should
say did. What do you want with
him?"
II will tell him that" said Rob.
There is nothing to be taken ashore
from this vessel but me. If you think
i am contraband, come with me. But
warn you not to delay me-
4 The inspector was impressed, and his
curiosity was aroused.
"Come along" he said.
They were soon ashore, and Rob
was amazed at the fine streets and
buildings he saw. They got on an cleo
trio car something that Rob had sup
posed was limited to new York-and
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-05-17
TURK COMING TO AMERICA.
Ahmed Pasha to Visit United states as
Embassy.

Ahmed Pasha to Visit United States as
Embassy.
CoNsTANTINopLE, May ls.-Fhe mat
ter of the settlement of the indemnity
claim is temporarily delayed Well
informed circles say that the Turkish
minister in Washington, Ali Ferrouh
Bey, has given assurances of the set
Element of the claim, but asks for a
short delay, which has been granted.
Ahmed Pasha has left Ccnstantinople.
He is going to the United States with
proposals, the object of which is the
settlement of claims in an indirect
manner In the event of the failure
of Ahmed's proposals, the United
States will resume negotiations with
the porte. The impression here is that
Ahmed will not succeed.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-05-17
Chinese Society of Boxers.

Eleven millions of men are 81 )
belong to the great Chinese Socig 1
Boxers, against which Uncle sa. d
connection with the great Eur, d
powers, may soon direct armed
This estimate was made by Oh.
man year ago in conversation vita.
a New Yorker who was then in China.
The Society Of Boxers, which pow
stands for lawlessness, robbery and
murder, was once respectable. 1t is d
good influence gone wrong. Originally
it was organized as protest and
means of defense against the bandit
with which the province Of Shan un1
was infested. 1t was. in fact. q laJ1
and order league.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-05-17
GATES AND LAMBERT OUT.
Resign from tho American Steel and

Resign from the American Steel and
Wire Company.
New YORK, May IL. The resignation
of John w. Gates as chairman of the
directory board and John Lambert as
president of the American Steel and
Wire company, is causing much specu-
lation and discussion. Gates is sue
ceeded by Alfred Clifford of Chicago
John Lambert, the president of the
company, resigned in favor of William
p. Palmer. All the new officers, di-
rectors and committeeman are said to
be in absolute harmony with Mr..
Gates and his policy
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-05-17

floral splendor dwell no lions, juguars
or leopards. Not even jackals or
wolves are to be found there. The
largest carnivorous animal is cat
about as large as dog of medium size.
But in their place the jungle is full of
insect eaters. lemurs, bats, birds and
insects. The true MAXI (the typical
lemuD is to be found only in Madagas-
car. No island is so rich in chame-
Icons.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-05-17
TWO PAIRS OF TWINS MARRY.
Ohio Brother. welded to sisters in tn.
city Of Columbus.


Columbus CO.. special correspond
ence Chicago Chronicle: A most UNI
ique wedding was solemnized at West
erville, o., this afternoon, when Guy
Omer Crabbe and Roy Homer Crabbe,
twins, married Aldren E. Dotson and
Edna A. Dodson, also twins. The
grooms live in Columbus and the
brides at Westerville, where they have
resided for about two years. The
grooms are 81 years old and the brides
is. During their lives they have never
been separated. The young men have
rented and furnished house at 40S
West First avenue, which they will
occupy, Guy Omer and his wife the
upstairs part and Roy Homer and +
wife the first floor. The apartnle
have been furnished exactly alike
kitchen to parlor, each correspopt
room the counterpart OF tue other
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-05-17
Chicago Claims 100000.

CHICAGO, May 1.-THE Times Herald
says:
work of the Chicago city directory
enumerators for 1900, almost com
pleted, shows that the population OF
Chicago is not less than {, 1000, 900. The
directory estimate is SO conservative
that the national census, which com
mences June and ends June IS, will
probably show higher figure than
this by 10000 more.''
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-05-17
Gilbert Defeats Elliott.

KANSAS CITY, May 14.-In contest
for the st. Louis Republic cup, Fred
Gilbert, of Spirit Lake, Iowa, defeated
J. A. R. Elliott, of Kansss City, killing
81 out of possible 100 live birds, to
Elliott's 90. Gilbert thus retains the
cup which he won from Elliott at the
Springfield, Illinois, shoot few days
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-05-17
cARNEc1E,s FIRST INVESTMENT
Bought $500 Worth of stock with
Much Trepidation.

Much Trepidation.
1t was due to Thomas A. Scott that
Andrew Carnegie made his first invest
ment-ten shares of stock in the Adj
ans Express company, valued at $500,
says the Review of Reviews. This he
did with considerable trepidation. He
had labored hard for the money he
had saved up while he had worked as
telegrapher. 1t is part of railroad
history how the latter fell in with the
inventor of the sleeping car, saw the
enormous advantages which that man
ner of travel held out to passengers,
and promoters, and how he interested
others in the invention of Mr. Wood
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-05-17

return fri oceurred shortly afteA.ha
r nroh,ans pm Washington, When a.,
p pTue,1 OF r transportation were ~,
uppel9est in his mind. He % was syWx
on ne ro7d to success and d vas was nd
he then pictured eartb1r na wealth, as
The Pennf ylvania oil 49, possessions.
ers $50 eaess Nv. When Carnegie with oIb1
Non of the newly dt9gles in the direc-
In one year land purchased for $4O,OOU
increased in value SO that it paid
dividend of $1,000, 00O.-Chicago News.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-05-17

An Abyssinian Easter is a very
strange sight. The Easter of the land
Of King Menelik occurs just eight days
after that of the civilized world and
follows many days Of severest fasting,
and, in fact. two days OF total absti-
nance. The Abyssinian clergy then efn-
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-05-17

cially announce the resurrection of
Christ to the emperor, who sits, sup
ported by cushions, in a tent carpeted
with red and gold mats. The tent. is
put up on large platform, so that he
emperor may look out on the asst |n-
bled populace,
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-05-17

The undaunted Corporal Caithness,
so conspicuously daring in ''pinch"
could not do that. My only fear was
that we should all be killed before we
had time to win it,"
A French journal reports certain
unpopular and tiresome author as say
ing to an acquaintance: II should
like to do something which no one has
ever done before, and which no one
win ever do again" Easy enough, .
said the acquaintance. ssBut what
shall I dor Write favorable notice
Of one Of bur bOoks!n
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-05-17

Making Back Yards Pleasant.
Even if country garden is denied
us it is possible to obtain much pleas
ure with what we possess, and it is
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-05-17
AlNIMAl

ased her off. Tonight l shall hog
her, blindfold her and with the as
sistance of club milk her, gosh durn
her, to a anish.-Deadwood Is. d. Pi.
oneerTimes.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-05-17
FlLIP1Nos UNFnIENDLY.
Colonel Hardin Meets with Resistance
I'm Mashete

MANILA, May 1e.-Tbe islanders of
Masbete received Colonel Hardin's ex-
petition differently from those of
Martinique, when he left one COM
pany of the Twenty-ninth regiment.
On approaching the principal town,
Palanoc, the insurgent trenches APP
peared occupied. The gunboat Helena
bombarded them vigorously. One
Filipino was killed. Two or three
hundred insurgents hold the neighbor-
ing towns, and the natives appear un-
friendly.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-05-17
Germany Wasn't In the Deal.

BERLIN, May 12.-The report that
the European powers have sent col
lective note to President Kruger warn
ing him that his government would be
held responsible for the safety of the
Johannesburg mines, is untrue so far
as Germany is concerned. A high of
fetal of the foreign Office also asserts
that there is no truth in the report
that the European powers have sent
to President Kruger warning
note against DESTROYING the GOLD
mines.
Judge and Mrs. William III. Taft, of
OHIO, who sailed for the Philippines
last week, attended church one Sun
day morning, and after service Mrs.
Taft was the center of group of wo-
men who stood in the isle and held a
long and animated discussion on some
topic of feminine interest, as women
will. The judge grey impatient at
the delay and was rum on the
way home. At .1e said: '.Do YOU
know you chatteN. women reminded
me of Balaam's ass blocking the way?"
aOh, no. replied Mrs. Taft severely,
you are mistaken. 1t was the angel
blocking the way Of the ass. =
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-05-17
(The end.)

Nations. like individuals. derive
their yigor from noble sentiments only.
The Saint Paul globe., 1900-06-03
Short Story Of De Day.
ON HER MAJEsTY's SERVICE.

Biackwood's Magazine.
Old John Morgan and his wife were peo-
pie of some repute in the village The
repute was not due to social position, for
social position was not a factor in the
life of the community; nor. yet was 1t
due to the fact that John Morgan's craft
ead dwelling house were somewhat more
pretentious than those OF his neighbors
IT was due to the striking originality OF
John Morgan's personality and character,
and to that only. 1t is true that John
Morgans wife shared her husbands dis
tinctiOn, but that was because she was
John Morgan's wife-a quiet, motherly
little woman, she reflected John Nor
gan's greatness as the moon reflects the
rays Of the sun. by doing nothing but
passively allowing King Sol to shine upon
her
Mrs. Morgan's passivity, however, did
not have the effect of causing her to be
a nOnentlty in the Morgan entity-not at
all: she was the means of completing it,
and John Morgan without his wife would
have been like Punch without his hump,
only half a personality.
John Morgan was energy personifed.
His work was performed with all the
vigOr of a STRIPPING in his twentles, and
in all matters affecting the public veal.
concerning which men debate with the
freedom Of irresponsibility, his voice was
continually heard It was his unfailing
power Of silencing an opponent that made
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apologized for not being prepared for
company, at the same time STOPPING to
turn down the trousers, which had been
we'll rolled above his shoes and a gem
erous length of white socks.
An air Of simple cordially lent dignity
to his homely surroundings, and in his
manner were both modesty and pride as
he related his experience of long ago.
a PROUD DAY.
1t was on May q. 1925, that the first
locomotive In America made it's trial trip,
but in spite of the intervening years that
day is still fresh in the memory of the
old engineer as he tells of the run be-
tween Albany and Schenectady, with
ThurIow Weed, Gen. Scott and Com
modore Vanderbilt among the passen-
gers.
"Oh. that was a day-a proud day for
all OF US, and when the handshaking be-
gan at the end of the line, Gen Scott
stepped up and shook mine the hardest
of ALI 1t was a great run. but there's
no one left that made it but me-"
The old man closed his eyes, and softly
stroked one thin hand over the other.
as he Travelled back along the route now
leading him so near to the terminus
THE LADS AMBITION.
81 began life as boy down in the old
Dry Dock bank, but I didn't stay there
long, Id heard a lot~of talk about rail-
roads and engines. tilf the wheels got
into my head. l wanted to go-off and see
what was in the world and nany's the
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was obvious. A ship represented upside
down assurediy meant ship wrecked,
whatever the printed matter might say
TO the contrary. Such was the tale; but
John Morgan went on his way unnotic-
ing, and left to his many believers what
task of actual verbal refutation might be
necessary
IT was a matter for regretful reflection
to John Morgan and his wife that they
had been but meagrely blessed in the
matter of a family. There had been born
to them q son and daughter, but the
daughter had passed from them even at
the age when her presence had become
a necessity to the old people, and al
though years had sped since then 1t was
known that the mother had never ceased
bitterly to mourn her loss; in secret, II
is true, for with all the energy of his
energetic nature John Morgan had
fought against his grief; he would drive
it away from him and from others, too.
To sorrow was useless, he rOared in
wrathful grief reasoning with the un-
convincing Logic of blurred common
sense; it was worse than useless, 1T was
vain, II was-ah, God! and then he, too.
broke down.
The boy had gone into the army. Some
people said that the step was a necessity
of his failure in the more conventional
walks of life, but that could scarcely be,
seeing that John Morgan himself was at
the time daily impressing people with the
fact that had he been allowed to choose
his career as a boy the trade of arms
would have been his choice; that was a
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Of those persons to whom a medal OF
either class may be awarded shall be
published in the Gazette Of india. and IN
the Gazette Of the local government
under the jurisdiction of which the serv-
ices were rendered. and shall be entered
In all civil and official lists. and that a
registry Of such names shall be kept in
the office of the home department of the
government Of India.
Eighthly-It Is ordained that If any
one. after having received either of the
medals again renders such service as IL
he had not received such medal. would
have entitled him to it, such further serv-
leo shall be recorded by a bar attached
to the ribbon by which the medal is sus-
pended: and for every such additional
service an additional bar NAV be added
LaStly-We reserve to ourselves. our
heirs and successors. full power OF an
nulling. altering. abrogati augmentirg
interpreting or dispensing with these e
, ulations or any part thereof by a nOtid-
cation under our royal sign manual.
Given at our court at st. James this
tonth day OF April. one thousand nine
hundred. and in the sixty-third year OF
our reign.
BY Her Majestys Command.
George Hamil ton.