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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-04-25
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SENSATIONAL SCENES.

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the Care of the sick and Prov Ing
the Wonder of the Century.
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Zgoda = Unity. [volume] (Milwaukee, Wis.) 1881-1901, 1900-05-10
No. 49,.

TRESC; Protok6i urzedowy Sejmu Nadz. = Jak sie
uczyc 1ak uczyc innych. - Ze wspomr len wiezien-
nych. Pokwitow.ne grup Zw. = wykaz skiadek
ma rzecz Wydz isfu wsparc. = 90 sfychacf Pre-
glad polityczny. = Dobra polka. = Kurjerk /. =
Sekta vi lkiege kufaka. = demt oiczy stej - Lo-
1alnosc czy Obj da.-Notatki. .-'Szlache ne wspom-
nieute. Ze swiata. - Eadnie sic bawia. -Polacy
ma obczyznie. = wesofy dzien - Ze Sszka. .
Wiadomosct zwi4zkowe. = Dzelny Puk Czwarta-
kow. Nedzncy. = Kronika miejscowa. Jeden
10 drug m. = Podzekowania ogfoszenia.
Zgoda = Unity. [volume] (Milwaukee, Wis.) 1881-1901, 1900-05-10
PrOtOk6f urzedowy
Sejmu Nsdzwyczsjnego Zwiazku
NarOdOwegO POlskiegO
Chicago, Ill.
(Ciag dalszy).

(Clag dalszy).
SIS przyjeto jednog}osnie.
S6 Przyjeto jednog}osnie re zmiana
slow: wv grupie ami Zwiazku' ma:
Wv Zwiazku W grupie te tylko kt6re
ME dotycza finansow".
81 przyjeto jednog}osnie.
w tenn miejscu zg}asza sic ma sale
adwokat Cummings; dla przygotowania
wieo materjalu kwestyj prawnyoh, pre-
zes odroczyl sesje godz. m. 10, a
po up}ywie 20 minut otworzy} takowa,
przyczem sekretarz Olszewski przed}o.
zy} izbie sprawe zakwestjonowanej H.
terry d S 1 Art. XIV. Adwokat ma in
terpelaoje izby radzi te czesc konstytu-
eli pozostawic bez zmiany, poniewaz
"Zgoda" uwazana jest jako urzedowy
prawny organ posredniczacy miedzy
cz{onkami wv. N. P. Zarzadem Cen
tralnym. Zaznaczy}, re wobec tego
wy}aczeh zadnych dla zon zwiazkow-
COW bye ME moze; dodajac jednakze,
re Zwiazek moze zniesc ,,Zgode", "a
stePujac prawne jej posredniczenie
miedzy cz}onkami Zwiazku sNarodowe-
60 Polskiego a Zarzadem Centralnym,
jakiemkolwiek innem prawnem zaw "a
domieniem. Orzeczenie to wywo1uje
d{uga dyskusje wielu delegat6w, do
ostatecznej jednakze W tym wzgledzie
decyzji ME przysz}o. w zamian "a to,
po porozumieniu sic adwokatem, izba
ostatecznie jednog4osnie przyjmuje:
ARTYKUk XVI.
3, 4, / 5 III |. a, tenn zastrzeze-
MEM, ze termin obowiazujaoy co do
wieku cz}onk6w od lat so do 60 up}y.
mac ma l wrzesnia 1907.
16 przyjeto temze zastrzezeniem,
t. j., ze Paragraf ten upada po up}ywie
terminu okreslonego W IL.
Nastapi}y inne jeszcze interpelacje
adwokata przez izbe co do kwestyi
prawnych odnosnie do niektorych ar
tyku}ow niniejszej konstytucji, a mia
nowicie W kwestji funduszu rezerwowe-
60, adwokat objasnia, ze fundusz ten
niema prawa tytu}owa6 sic rezerwo-
wynn, jezeli wed}ug Art. XIV s3z
funduszu tego bedzie czerpana jaka.
kolwiek suma miesiecznie lub rocznie
ma zmniejszanie asesmentow rozpisy-
wanych pro-rata ma cz}onkow. Radzi
Zgoda = Unity. [volume] (Milwaukee, Wis.) 1881-1901, 1900-05-10

zuje sic dluga, goraczkowa dyskusja,
poczem prezes Sejmu, dla }atwiejszego
porozumienia sic delegat6w, zawiesza
sesje ma kilka minut.
Pc otwarciu sesji, delegat Kruszka
przedstawia izbie, ze del Rosenthal
zleoi{ mu diva mandaty or. 81 373.
Take del. Kwiatkowski gr. 3S4 "a
wiadamia zleceniu mu jednego man.
datu przez del. Goniakowskiego z or.
434 jednego mandatu przez delegate
Stypczyhskiego or. 29S.
Nastepuja uchwa}y co do ,,Zgody".
Izba g}osuje mad wnioskiem tresoi
nastepujacej: .Zawiadomienie roz-
pisaniu asesmentu pod}ug S 3 Art.
VIII, ma bye W ,,Zgodzie", jako orga-
ME z. N. P, lecz wysianie tegoz cyr-
kularza W ilosci egzemplarzy pod&ug
iozby oz4onk6w W kazdej grupie ma
reoe sekretarza finansowego rozdanie
takiego cyrkularza ma zwyczajnem po-
siedzeniu ma bye jedynem wystarcza-
jaoem zawiadomieniem kaAdego ubez-
pieozonego cz}onka tenn, ze podatek
posmiertny j wszelkie inne podatki 20
sta}y na}ozone rozpisane przez Zarzad
Centralny kazdy ubezpieczony ozlo-
mex ma przygotowanym blankieoie W
aplikaoji ma cz}onka ma sic zrzec oso-
bistego lub jakiegokolwiek innego "a
wiadomienia"
G{osowanie zarzad zono listy dele
gatow, przyczem prezes wyznaczy} ko-
misje del. Steczyhskiego, Kulawskie-
go i zioikowskiego, obok tego poru-
czy} sekretarzom notowa6 g{osy. Pc
obliczeniu g}osow i og}oszeniu rezulta
tu okaza}o sic, ze cyfry komisji sekre.
tarzy roznia sic o kilka g}osow; ponie-
waz jednak i niektorzy delegatow IL
by notowali g}osy, wiekszos6 oko}o
10 g}osow wszedzie byfa przeciw po-
wyzszemu wnioskowi, izba wiec og{a-
sza wniosek ten "a upad}y. Niekt6rzy
delegaci zadaja zamieszczenia W proto-
kole jak g}osowali; izba wiec poIeca
sekretarzom poczyni6 W protokole po-
trzebne W tym wzgledzie wzmianki,
czasie przerwy ma obiad.
Nastepnie izba uchwala, po d}ugich
debatach, wiekszoscia glos6w, przyjecie
litery d., 5 /, Art. XIV, dodaniem
kohou: VI przymusowy dla wszystkich
cz}onk0w Zwiazku Narodowego Pol
skiego, zastrzezeniem, ze tych op}at
wydawnicze koszta ,,Zgody" maja bye
zupe}nosci pokryte, t. J.. z Och cento-
wych-przez kazdego czlonka miesiecz-
ME oP1acanych lime fundusze ma wy
dawnictwo ,,Zgody" uzywane bye ME
moga
Przyjeto takze - wobec tego jed
nog}osnie j ostatecznie S 4 Art. XIX,
re zmiana jakiej nova przy przyj.
mowaniu owego Artyku}u.
Poczem przystapiono do odczytania
sprawozdania komisii do onracovan;a
Zgoda = Unity. [volume] (Milwaukee, Wis.) 1881-1901, 1900-05-10
ROk 10.

hOA Js
dalszych paragraf6w Art. VII, co do
obowiazkow przywilejow Cenzora.
Sprawozdanie przeczytal ozIonek tel
komisji, del. Grabowski. Izba je przy-
je{a i, po krotkiej dyskusji, przyje}a
takze zmiany proponowane przez komi.
sic.
ARTYKUk VII.
3. wv razie naruszenia konstytucji
przez Zarzad Centralny, lub w razie
zajscia jakioh spraw nadzwyczajnyoh,
Cenzor udaje sic po opinje do Vice.
Cenzorow, gdy ME bedzie zadowolo-
ny tejze, zasiegnie rady delegat6w,
ktorzy swe zdania Cenzorowi nadeszla.
Poczem, opierajac sic ma wiekszosci
gfosow, ma prawo, po wyluszczeniu po-
wodow liczby g}osujacyoh delegat6w,
dane rozporzadzenie Zarzadu Gen.
tralnego uniewazni6.
5 a. Do Cenzora nalezy opieka mad
organem zwiazkowym, ktory ma bye
prowadzony sposob odpowiadajacy
potrzebom Zwiazku i dazeniom narodo-
wynn oraz Wydzialu Oswiaty.
o. Cenzor ma prawo przeglada6
ksiazki kasowe fundusze zwiazkowe W
kazdym czasie.
lzba takze przyjmuje polecenie ko-
misji, by zmienic uchwa}e Sejmu XIII
W Grand Rapids, Mich, wediug kt6rej
kazdy wice-cenzor6w mia}by prawo
co POI roku kontrolowac ksiegi fun
dusze zwiazkowe. Komisja motywuje
to wzgledami oszczednosci, usprawie-
dliwionymi obcwiazkowa rewizja CO.
roczna spraw zwiazkowyoh przez komi-
sarza asekuracji stanu Illinois.
Prezes odroczy} sesje godzinie IL
m. AZ, do godz. 1szej po po}udniu.
w czasie pauzy, do otwarcia sesji,
nastePujacy delegaci zawiadomili jak
g3osowali pred po}udniem co do pierw-
szego wniosku o ,,Zgodzie": r. Gra-
bowski, Piotr Kowalski, j. Nybak, j.
Przyby}owski, A. Skrzydlewski, A. Szy-
perski, S. Kwasniewski, J. Srohkowski,
w. Szlejchert, w. Pijanowski, A. Ra-
czyhski, K. Czarnecki, w. P{ociennik,
S. Jankowski, d. Hojnacki, J. Herman,
s. Bytohski, P. Jezierny, A. Rozewski,
!. A. Hoppa, b. Szczepahski, j. Kwiat-
kowski, S. Kolemba w. Grzegorzew-
ski - "a wnioskiem; j. Olbi6ski, N. ia
kimowicz, M. Pikulski, J. Mielcarek,
+. Gorski, p. Jaszewski, A. Ambrozew-
ski, L. Wrzeszcz, f. Kucharzewski, w.
Sturgolewski w. Borowicz - prze-
civ.
DNIA "a Marca 1900.
Sesja popo{udniowa.
Prezes Sejmu otwiera sesje godz.
m. 20.
Izba uohwala jednog{osnie, przez
podniesienie rak, rezoluoje tresci nsste-
pujacej;
(Ciag dalszy nastapi.)
Zgoda = Unity. [volume] (Milwaukee, Wis.) 1881-1901, 1900-05-10
p6hNoCNEJ AMER
Chicago, I'LL, dnia 1O-go Maja 1900 roku.

wiec, ably przez jakis czas zbiera6
wPierw fundusz rezerwowy 2oh ct. cd
kazdych $500 ubezpieczenia, DO nawet
samo prawo przewidzia}o i dozwala
tworzyc TAXI fundusz W podobnego ro-
dzaju jak I'm. P. asekuracyjnyoh in
stytucjach. Wskutek czego izba po-
stanowi}a po S 2 Art. XIV. wstawic
nowy 5 3 nastepujacego brzmienia:
.Fundusz rezerwowy niema bye naru-
szalny pred +. 191O". Wobeo tego
niema racji bytu S 8 Art. XIV, ktory
ma bye wykreslony zupelnie.
Sesja wieczo
Prezes otworzy} sesje godzinie s
m. 20, powo}ujac izbe do dalszego c4y-
tania konstytucji.
ARTYKUK Xxx.
Ss1i2 przyjeto jednog}osnie'
ARTYKUk XXI.
S 1 przyjeto ze zmiana poczatkowe-
60 s4owa ,,Sta}e" ma ,,Zwyczajne".
81 przyjeto jednog}osnie.
S l. Caly i jedyny paragraf przyjeto
jednog}osnie.
ARTYKUK XIII.
81 przyjeto jednog}osnie.
ARTYKUk XIV.
Il przyjeto jednog}osnie.
So przyjeto po kr6tkiej dyskusji
wiekszoscia gsosow dodatkiem ko6-
Gu: 20 lie to sic zgadza z S 6 Art. XIX
i z wyjatkiem grup niemajacyoh cz}on-
kow ubezpieczonyoh''.
$50 4 przyjeto jednog}osnie.
s5 przyjeto jednogsosnie re zmiana
s4owa: "glosujacych" ma ,,upowaznio-
nych do g}osowania".
Ss6, 7, 8, 8 10 przyjeto jedno
g}osnie.
ARTYkUk XIV.
sS1,2 2i3 przyjeto jednog}osnie.
50. Przy tym paragrafie debaty to.
cza sic prawie godzine, poczem ca{y pa
ragraf zostaje jednogiosnie przyjety, ze
zrniana cyfry (kaucji) $500 ma $50.
SIS, 81 7 przyjeto jednog1osnie.
Poczem prezes godz. 10 m. IL od-
roczy} sesje do godziny s jutra rama.
DNIA "a MARcA 1907.
Sesja poranna.
Prezes Sejmu otwiera sesje godzi-
q m. do, Powo}aniem sekretarza Olszew-
skiego do odczytania protokoIu ostat-
mich dwoch sesyj wczorajszych, popo-
3udniowej wieczornej, ktory jedno-
giosnie izba przyjmuje, poprawka, re
protokole sesji popo}udniowej opusz-
czono orzeczenie prawnika Cummings,
IL Sejm posiada prawo ustanowienia
gmin zwiazkowych.
Prezes przypomina, ze ME za}atwio-
no jeszcze kwestji nZgody". wywia-
Zgoda = Unity. [volume] (Milwaukee, Wis.) 1881-1901, 1900-05-10

dalszyoh paragraf6w Art. VII, co do
obowiazkow przywilejow Cenzora.
Sprawozdanie przeczytal oz}onek tel
komisji, del. Grabowski. Izba je przy-
Je4a i, po kr6tkiej dyskusji, przyje&a
takze zmiany proponowane przez komi.
sic.
Evening journal., 1900-02-28
Ruelan woIf storv.

Well said the red-faced man, the
most exciting case l ever had hap
pened a few days ago in Russia. One
night, when sleighing about ten miles
from my destination, ! discovered, to
my intense horror, that was being
followed by a pack of wolves. fired
blindly into the pack, killing one Of
the brutes. and to my delight saw the
others stop to devour it.
After doing this, however, they still
came on. kept on repeating the dose,
with the same result and each occasion
gave me an opportunity to whip up
my horses. Finally there was only one
wolf left. yet on it came with its
fierce eyes elaring in anticipation Of a
good, hot supper"
Here the man who had been sitting
in the corner burst forth into fit of
laughter.
.sWhy. man. said he, ''by your way
of reckoning that last wolf must have
had the rest Of the pack inside Of
him.
"Ahr' said the red-faced man. nov
l remember. IL did wabble a bit"-
London Tit-Bits.
Evening journal., 1900-02-28
roastinu the General.

At a family party where young peo-
pie predominated. the grandmother OF
a dozen lively boys and girls suggest
ed a game which had been in vogue
IN her childhood. With the substitu-
tion Of the name OF the President for
that she gave. the game was played
with great success and much merri-
ment
1t was called 'Toasting the Gen.
eral,' she said. "and was handed
down from my grandmother, who was
a contemporary of George Washington.
"The boys and girls were seated
around the table, and a glass of water
was placed before each one. The lead
er took up his glass. saying gravely.
I drink to the health of Cen George
Washington Then he nodded his
head once took one sip OF water and
touched the bottom Of his. glass once
to the table before setting il down
He then patted the table once with
his right hand and the floor once with
his right foot This formula went
around the table
Next the leader said, I drink for
the second time to the health of Gen.
George Washington. AS he took up his
glass he nodded twice took two sips
of water, touched his glass twice to
the table pattoa the table twice with
his left hand and the floor twice with
his left foot This again went the
rounds.
Then the leader raised his glass
again. saying, = drink for the third
and last time to the health Of Gen.
George Washington nodded three
times, took three sips Of water, touch
ed his glass three times to the table,
patted the table three times. first with
his left and then with his right hand,
and the first with his left and then
with his right foot.
This ended the game, save for the
forfeits which were called in conse.
quence of mistakes. And there was
scarcely a person in the room who
had not nodded or slipped In the wrong
order. or patted too many or too few
times. or with the wrong hand OF foot
so there was much sport
Fun, as we'll as history. repeats it
self, and the same old-time game was
nounced one of the best forfeit plays
the boys and girls had ever tried.
Evening journal., 1900-02-28
THE CUBAN HEROINE

Why, Of course. I'll tell the story if
you care TO hear about it, Don't sup
pose anybody better knows the details
70 the affair. The Acquackanock was
attached to our blockading squadron.
u. S. S. Acquackanock, according 10
the official register. but, in spite OF
high sounding title. only mean little
sea-going tugboat with a one-pounder
mounted on the roof Of thepllot house.
Ensign Duncan was skipper, and a
better seaman or cooler headed fighter
under fire, / never want to sail with.
One day we were running cOastwise
at half speed. None of the other block
adlng vess IS were in sight The part
Of the island which we were ciuis-
ing was practically untenanted, owing
to the Spanish concentration orders
and there were 10 fortitcations that
amounted TO anything for twenty
miles either way. With the exception
of those actually engaged in nayigat-
ing. our whole crew were taking II
easy, snuggled In shady corners and
otherwise recuperating after a night
Of incessant watchfulness. / happened
to be lying on ton of a lot Of commi1'
Evening journal., 1900-02-28
CADET MASTERS.

First cali for parade had sounded at
West Point and the cadets had gath
cred In little groups on the infantry
plain. laughing and chatting while
waiting for the drums TO roll OF the
''fall in" 1t IS the close OF rare June
day and the sun sinking behind the
ruined battlements Of old Fort Put
man. towering westward of the bar
racks. throws the slowly lengthening
shadow OF the old revolutionary relic
across the parade ground.
There is unusual jollity in ID" com
pany tonight The names of the cadet
officers for the coming year have been
announced. and OF the cadets who Will
wear chevrons a large number have
been chosen from the boys of this
command. The unlucky ones are busy
congratulating their fortunate fellows
and giving them the initiatory lack
slapping usual on such occasions. Al
together there Is a good deal Of noise
and skylarking being crowded into
that brief interval between drums.
At little distance from the rollick-
ing gray-clad groups stands a cadet
leaning ON his rife. He is taking no
part in the fun Of his fellows. John
Masters, that Is his name. Is a tall.
well-knit boy with a face that is per-
haps grave and thoughtful heyo
years. He has been at West Point q
full year now and Is a full-hedged
/ third classman. or ''yearling," as the
cadets prefer 10 call It. John Masters
is cut by nearly all his fellow cadets.
The few who speak 10 him do so only
on rare occasions fer the cadets have
/
he reported at the academy for some
weeks his course ran as did that OF
the other cadets He took his hazlng
/ good naturedly and there was moth
/ ing TO mark him different from his
comrades. Then one day by the usual
order from the superintendent the
new cadets were formed into two sec
tions for the purpose of taking dane.
ing lessons. The corps of cadets was
| something more than mildly aston.
lshed the next day when a special or
/ der from General O. O. Howard. the
| superintendent was read excusine
cadet John Masters from attendance
at the dancing class on account Of
expressed conscientious scrupies
against dancing" Such thing as this
had never happened before in the
| whole history of the academy. The
cadets laughed nt Masters a little and
most Of them called him 'milksop'
1t was not until a month after this
however, that the real trouble Of III,
new cadets life began. In accordance
with oldtime cadet usage it seemed
TO the body of the boys that a certain
class difficulty made it necessary fol
Masters to engage In n fight with al
upper .classman behind the rampart
of old Fort Clinton. which for eight
years had been the place where cadet
settled their difficulties with thei
Evening journal., 1900-02-28
InfIuenza caused bx ozone.

on one occasion the writer walked
to the edge Of Lake Michigan when
strong wind was blowing right from
the lake The bodily condition was as
near perfect as could be, and yet in
less than five minutes there was every
evidence of having caught an extreme
" hard cold. The severe influenza con-
tinued until, on walking away, in less
than 500 feet it disappeared as If by
magic. 1t is very certain that the tenn
perature had nothing to do with this,
nor the wind; but the influenza was
directly due to the abundant ozone In
the air BY inquiry it was learned that
hundreds of residents who had lived
upon the immediate edge Of the lake
had been obliged to move back three
or four miles in order to relieve them
selves from such experiences.
Physicians readily admit that it is
not always possible to say why one
catches" cold: it certainly cannot al
ways be because of undue exposure
or change in temperature. but proba-
bly, also TO changes in the electric con-
dition of the air. lilcts of this kind
should lead to the EXTREMIST caution
in studying any supposed relation be-
tween the weather and health.-Popu-
lar Science.
Evening journal., 1900-02-28
THE FUR CROP.
How AnimaIn Are Trapped In North
western Connecticut

How Animaln Are Trapped In North
western Connecticut
The method Of trapping foxes near
Winsted. Conn, is unique. large
stone is placed In the centre OF pool,
Just out Of the foxes reach. on the
stone IS a piece of meat for bait ln
the water nearby a steel-iawed trap ls
hidden and a piece Of green moss four
OF Ave inches square put on the pan
OF the trap. The trap Is under water
and the green moss hides It. The iox
doesn't like going into the water IN
this weather and when he sees the
bait he figures out that he can get II
byjumplng on the moss, but he doesn
succumb all at once. He begins to trot
around the pool trying to md some
other way Of reaching the bait. II ne
is very hungry. or very young he VIII
stop after a few laps and, standing
on the moss, get himself Immediately
caught.
The trap is not fastened to any
thing, and the fox carries It out, but
he cannot go far with 1t, owing to the
pain inflicted by the jaws and to It's
weight. He is soon tracked down
and captured by the hunter.
The old willy foxes are not deceived
by the green patch of moss. Some
times they viii trot around the pool
until they have worn a path about IL.
A coon which has less intelligence
than a fox. can always be trapped by
the pool and moss game, but even
when trapped he is not always caught,
for he will gnaw his leg on, and. leaY-
ing it In the trap, get away with the
rest OF himself
The quotations in the market this
year are as follows. Raccoon skins,
from 90 cents to 25 cents; mink, from
$3.50 to so cents; red fox, from $500
to 60 cents: beaver, from 500 TO
$3.50: skunk, from s1.50 to As cents;
muskrats, from IL cents to cents
gray fox, from 81 to 40 cents; black
bear, from $25 to SIS; black bear cubs,
from S12 to S6; otter, from $40 to 81;
fisher, from $S to Sc; silver fox, from
$3.50 10 $50; cross fox, from $40 to
SO: lynx, from $40 to S5; wild cat,
from 35 cents to 20 cents; tame cat,
black, 80 cents; badger, 40 cents;
civet cat, 80 cents.
Now and then a lynx is bagged on
the New York border, but not often.
But foxes. red and gray, a few cross
foxes, minks, otter, skunks. wild cats
and 'coons are plentiful enough, and
are shipped from all the towns here
abouts in large quantities Nearly all
the minks and many of the other an
imals are secured by trappers
Evening journal., 1900-02-28

ing cannon and ailght uninjured on
the ground.
Cadet Masters is about to follow
them. His right hand is on the flank
Of the nigh pole horse and he makes
ready to leap forward beyond and to
the left OF the crunching caisson
wheel Then for moment he looks
ahead. In the direct course OF the fly
ing horses are the hundreds of gath
rred spectators for the great part wO-
men and children. They are sitting as
81 paralyzed by the sight OF the runa-
way. Masters thoughts act quickly.
There is no time here 20 spare He
stands upright on the pole between
the rearnost two Of the maddened
horses. He makes his way slowly for
ward. his hand now upon the back OF
one. now upon the back of the other
One slip means instant death beneath
the hOOfs or the grinding of the gun
wheels Masters body sways as the
animals dash over the rough ground
or the drill plain. He looks ahead once
more. Many of the crowd have sought
safety I'm flight but scores of women
and children are stlll In the direct
line of danger. Reaching the end OF
the swaying pole Masters stands for
one instant erect. Then, just how no
one ever knew. he made n flying leap
and landed squarely astride one Of the
frenzied leaders. They are within thir-
" yards of the group Of frightened
onloOkers. Masters leans forward.
well over the neck of his mount
grasps the bride at the right side
near the bit and by a mighty effort
brings the leaders head TO the right.
As III in obedience 10 the enforced
movement. the other leader complies
and there is a slight change Of dlrec-
tion. Once more the cadet brings his
whole force to bear upon the bride
and still further do the runaways
change their course. They are almost
upon the terrified groupof people One
more tugging effort The leaders are
turned still more and the children un-
der the shade of the elms are saved
With speed unchecked the horses
dash on Almost I'm their path stands a
great tent post. Masters makes an ef.
fort TO bring them clear. but only half
succeeding, the wheels crash into the
obstruction and the boy is thrown
headlong to the plain, stunned and
| bleeding.
When thought IN some degree comes
/ back and objects shape themselves
once more 20 his eye he becomes con
scious that a cadet is bending Ovei
himf and saying: Masters. | was the
first one TO call you n coward You've
got more grit than the whole corps OF
cadets put together" A cheer thai
| came as an echo 10 the words tolC
John Masters, coward. that he hai
won his case with his comrades-Chi
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