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The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1900-02-17
CHAPTER XII.
Sequel to Our Adventure

~f"OA w Oui adventure.
Fol- two hours-they seemed an eter-
nifty to met would appear, the our
Spanish officers fingered over their
w~ine-fasks and cigars in the wooded
ravlne, their movements being duly
reported from time to time by n of
the outlaws, who stole to the cavern
mouth and peeped out.
At last they mounted, and rode off
when a fresh cause for wrath and de-
lay was produced by the announce
ment that a wagon, drawn by mules.
and attended by several laborers and
negroes, had broken down on the road
about a mile distant.
The irritation of our Spaniards-
some Of whom spoke of having a shin
to join-was now so great that I feared
they might end the whole affair bv
dlsposlng OF us In a summary manner.
This wagon being heavily laden
caused a delay for several hours. The
suns rays ceased to shine through he
assure above us; the grotto drew dark
by the increase of imperceptible shad-
oWs; the d1ngy faces of our olive-skin-
ned detainers grew darker still: and
their 1mpat1ence was only surpassed by
ours, for we, too, had a ship to re-
join.
Every minute of these hours-eycry
second of every minute-passed
slowly, like a pang of agony in my
heart; and every feature of that nat
ural vault, through which the dying
daylight stole-wlth the faces and
voices of the men whose victims we
were, and more than all, the ceaseless
and eternal buzz in the dark chasm
that yawned close blythe ventana, or
nostril of the Piton-are yet wildly
impressed upon my memory.
At last the darkness was so great
that a lantern was lighted, and its
wavertng CLEANS, as they fell on the
crystals, the spar, quartz, and CLASSY
blocks of black obsidian and ruddy
lava, which formed the walls and arch
of the cavern, on the dark ferocious
visages, the gaudy sashes, the naked
arms and feet, the scrubby black
boards, and brass-mounted knives and
muskets of the taciturn Spaniards.
who sat in a sullen group smoking pa
per cigaritos-all added to the gloomy
but picturesque horror of the place
and of the incident.
Antonio, que bora esq" I heard one
say, inquiring the time.
Las u y media, companero
milo" (half-past nine), replied the pos
SCISSOR of my gold watch, which he
consulted with considerable compla-
cency.
"Maldita!" growled the others, knit
ting their brows, for the dusk was
rapidly becoming darkness, and they
had no desire for killing us, II we
could be made profitable. l have often
thought since that had Tom actually
procured and returned with the requir-
ed ransom o. $500. they would have
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CHAPTER X.-(Contfnued.J

hNCNst
BAH" SAID the Spaniard, grinning
and showing a row of sharp, white
teeth, under a dirty and sable mus
tache; though l said SO, 1 knew bet
ter. A shipboy seldom has a gold
watch like this" he added, displaying
mT gold repeater. Now, we shall
keep you; and if this seaman-after
he has first sworn that he will not be-
tray us-does not return to us here
with $500 within two hours after sun
set, par el'-(here he made a dreadful
VOW in Spanish), 1--WE will toss you like
a dead dog into the ventana of the
mountain. Look down, and see what
a journey is before you," he added,
with a %diabolical smile, as he dragged
me to the beetling edge of the chasm
and forced me to look into it.
Our eyes had become so accus-
toned to the light of the gallery or
grotto that the rays of sunshine fall
ing through the assure above us were
sufficient to disclose a portion of the
vast profundity on the verge of which
we stood.
From the earth's womb, far, far
down below, there came upward a
choking steam, with a hollow, buzzing
sound, which deepened at times to a
rumble.
Tffs steam or mist rose and fell on
the { ~ents of air; sometimes it sank
so low that nothing but a black and
dreary void met the eye, which ached
in attempting to pierce it. Anon the
steam would rise in spiral curls from
that gloomy bed below, where doubt
less the fires of the now almost ex-
tinct volcano seethe their embers in
the waves Of the ocean.
The words have mercy were on
my lips, but l could not utter them;
nor would they have availed me. Ig-
norant of what the ruffian said, and
believing he was about tt thrust me
in, poor Tom Lambourne, in the full
ness Of his heart, uttered a howl of
dlsmay; n at that moment the SEN
tinel, whom the gang had left at the
entrance to their lurking-place, came
hurriedly on, with alarm expressed in
his glittering eyes,, and a finger placed,
as a warning, on his hairy lip.
Para! Paz! Silenzio!" (hold-peace
-silence), he exclaimed, and added
that four officers from the garrison of
Santa Cruz had dismounted in the ra-
vine, inhibited their horses and had
seated themselves under a tree to
smoke.
This information was received by
the band with oaths and mutterings
of Impotence; and by us with mingled
emotions of hope n agony-hope
that they might be the means of our
escape or rescue; and agony to know
that such e were so near, and vet
could avail us nothing; for on the
slightest sound being made by either
of us, there were the Albacete knives
of our captors on one hand, and he
ventana-that awful ventana-on the
other, to insure forever the silence and
oblivion of the grave.
Not the least of my sufferings was
from the cord which secured nv wrists
Already the skin was swollen. cut and
bleeding in consequence of the tight
ness with which these wretches had
bound me.
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DICK RODNEY:
; Or, The Adventures of
5 An Eton Boy.
5 BY JAMES GRANT.
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BY JAMES

pocKeted 1t and then killed us both
me most certainly, as they seemed to
have other views for poor Tom in the
Southern States.
I'VE have had a long spell of this"
said he, in a low voice. 81 am going
to escape, if l can"
Escape! but how?"
Il don't know exactly how yet; but
we must first have our lashings cast
off,"
Would to heaven they were, Tom.
My hands are SO swollen and my
wrists so cut and benumbed that my
arms are well-nigh powerless," I
whispered in a low voice, like a groan.
Sit with me here, in the shadow of
this angle of rock; and now, as the
darkness is fairly set in, l shall soon
make you free
(To be C~ontinued.)
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To mcst of us it does not seem 90
very long ago since the heavy horses
Imported from France were grey in
color and even the quality of grey
that turns white with age. 1t was
about this time too that Shorthorn
cattle had to be solid red in color to
be considered fashionable and worthy
of a place in the pedigreed herds OF
the country. But how the fashions do
change to be sure, Almost instantly
in answer to the demand for black
French horses the imported Percheron
assumed a jet black coat such as had
old Brilliant and the grey horse seemed
to be a back number. Just about
then, too, the red Shorthorns were en-
countered by good old fashioned col
ored Scotch Shorthorns of red, roar
n white coats and routed, too, and
since then the solid red color has prac-
tlcally ceased to be considered an i'm
peratlve necessity. This was a com
mon sense move for it should always
De remembered that a good beast is
always a good color, whereas a fash
lonable coat may and does often hide
VI ~ II bNooN oLu DOhy
alike. We cannot say that a good
French horse was a better horse when
black skinned than was his grey col
ored equal, and now we are glad to
see that the ClyGesdale folk have de-
clded to admit to registry grey col
ored CIydesdaIe mares, many Of which
by the way were in every way equal
20 their bay and brown sisters as
proved in pillow and wagon. We pre-
sumo that this change of policy as re-
CARDS grey Clydes is partly due to the
TACT that in Great Britain just at pres
ent grey horses are in demand and
scarce, although it is but a few years
since a grey carriage horse was quite
vulgar in the estimation of the upper
strata of society who are the de-
scendants of the good old-fashioned
couples who simply would not have
thought of driving to church on their
wedding day behind anything except a
pair OF fo~ur-in-hand of dapple greys.
Grey horses, too, are in demand for
cavalry purposes in the British army
and this may have had something to
do with the return of grey into favor
among breeders n dealers who are
also not so particular now to reject q
horse because he is some shade OF
chestnut or so-callcd "sorrel." Prac-
tlcal results are after all the main OBJ
Jects of the breeder of any class OF
m and in our opinion color
should not be set up as a barrier to
progress so long as one particular
H. 80, ----l
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS and Hereford cattle)
is not the recognized peculiar charac-
teristic of the breed.
We welcome the grey horse back to
favor and will ever congratulate
breeders who see above and beyond
the mere fad Of color.
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way. Here, waiting to see the hunts
men take the double jump made by
the fences, were many spectators in
carriages. One countryman was
drawn unwillingly by his excited horse
directly on the trail. Over the first
fence came William G. Hayes, the
famous steeplechase rider, on a sleek
sorrel thoroughbred, and before he
could pull III or turn aside he was
right On the farmer. The thorough
bred solved the problem by jumping
clear over the farmers pony and
landing safely on the other side. Hayes
caught up to the bunch just before the
kill" which, by the way, was a genu-
inc slaughter. At the place where the
kip was scheduled to take place, on
the property of Mrs. j. E. S. Hadden,
a large flock of geese were eating corn.
The bounds pounced on the flock and
made short work of about fifty of them.
The remainder took to the wing, one
flying straight at the crimson coat of
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Vice pays, unconsciously, its tribute
to virtue. 1t is human nature to feel
a sense of satisfaction in having made
a conquest of one kind or another.
The man whose moral character is
deteriorating never feels that, in TAX
ing a downward step, he has made a
self-conquest. He never feels the
stronger for rolling down hill. He
may make a loud boasting of his vic
i%ousness, but he a no sense of salts
faction or joy as a self-conqueror or
overcomer. AS Prof. James finely says,
The who under the surgeons knife re-
presses cries of pain, or he who ex-
poses himself to social obloquy for
duty's sake, feels as if he were follow
ing the line of greatest temporary re-
s~istance. He speaks of conquering
and overcoming his impulses and
temptations. But the sluggard, the
drunkard, the coward, never talk
of their conduct in that way, or
say they resist their energy, over
come their sObriety, conquer their
courage, and so FORTH" They, like all
others, are sensitive to the joy of self
conquest, and know the noble delight
of overcoming. But the fact that they
W. speak in these charmed terms
of their v%iciousness is their tribute to
those virtues on which they have
turned their backs, to their own dam
age and misery's. S. Times.
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this kind without showing tlat 9
feel it. You know that girl 1 was tell
ing you about, whose father is the
vice-president of the p, D. & O. rail-
road" "Oh, yes. The one you met
down east this summer? Sent your
ring back, has she? Well, didn't tell
o from the first hat she would?
And thought o looked upon the
matter as nothing but a little lark.
anyway" Il did. 1t isn't the return
OF the ring that has upset me. She
has not only misspelled my last name,
but she hasn't got my initials right on
the box in which the ring was sent."
Chicago Times-Herald.
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When a French anarchist gets too
active, his government has the habit
of shipping him off to the lonely is
land Of New Caledonia, the accom-
panying illustration being from a re-
cent photograph of a group of these
same French anarchists in exile on the
island. The government rarely sends
to New Caledonia prisoners convicted
for the first time unless. of course, the
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offense is one for which the offenders
must receive a life sentence. Beyond
his enforced labor and confinement, the
life of such a French exile need not
necessarily be a hard one, since mar
riage is permitted on the island be-
tween the male and female prisoners.
Some of these marriages are extremely
happy, the French authorities assmm-
ing control of all children and their
education.
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Very Wet

There is a certain amount Of com
fort in living al a place where you can
tell to q nicely just when to expect a
shower. This is the case at Panama,
where-so says the Churchman's
shower may be looked for every day
at about three O'Clock in the after
noon. This is the rule all through
the rainy season. The morning is
clear and the evening. after six
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A Double Twister.

What's the matter, old man? Come,
don't sit there looking that way.
Something's happened, but it won't do
you a bit of good to brood over it.
Let's go to some funny show and
laugh; that's the best thing to do
whenever any trouble of this kind
strikes a fellow. None of your folks
sick, 1 hope?" "Oh. no, it's nothing
of that kind, and | suppose I'm a fool
to give the matter a second thought,
but it's pretty hard to get a knock Of
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care what the reliquary thinks about
it. | am quite sure hat when he told
that large n about a lie not being
able to live he had just missed an
American and was o~ver-excited. He
told it about thirty years ago, but it is
alive yet; alive and healthy and hearty
and nkely to outlive any fact in his
tory. Carlyle was truthful when calm,
but give him Americans enough and
bricks enough and he could have taken
medals himself"
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Notes of

The technicalities of notes of con-
graduation and of sympathy are not
many. AS in all notes, the date and
sheet and number should be at the end,
unless the address is stamped on the
paper. 1t is poor taste to use fancy
note paper at any time, but particu-
larly SO when writing to a person re-
Gently in mourning. To see a letter
of coincidence written on bright blue
paper, with a white border, for in
stance, is shocking to refined sensih'li-
ties.
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Maxwell Stevenson, and, striking him
full in the breast, knocked him from
the saddle. One of the birds narrowly
missed Mrs. j.. l.. Kernochan. The
damage to the flock Immediately was
settled. The first to reach the geese
was Samuel Willets, on his prize hunt
er Winchester, closely followed by Mrs.
Kernochan on Vanity.-New York
Press.
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Statistics of Cheese Factories
Cheese inquiries are now occupying
the attention of some of the force en-
ployed at the nsu Office. Circulars
and letters are being sent to manager
directors and n of cheese fac
tories and creameries of such char
acter as will aid enumerators in com
piling useful and accurate information
regarding this important branch of
dairying. Heretofore the changes In
managers at the close of a season has
rendered the making of a reliable re-
mort impossible. Director Merriam
suggests that as this is the season
when the factories close, those in
charge prepare a detailed statement OF
the quantity of milk or cream pur-
chased and the amount paid over it;
the amount of butter or cheese pro-
duced; the amount received from the
sale OF each; the amount of capital in
vested in plant and machinery; and
the amount paid in wages. The items
should be varied properly to fit cases
where factories or creameries are CO.
operative. In an interview the direc-
tor stated, This information will not
be gathered before June l, 1900, and
as it must cover the year 1899 It is
hoped that factory managers or own
ers will preserve the statements unx
the enumerators shall arrive to I'd
them, next June"
Send only clean eggs to market.
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Asylum for Infrm Beasts.

A Calcutta paper contains an account
of the workhouse or asylum for infirm
beasts and birds that was established
some thirteen years ago by a society
of influential Hindoos. 1t is near the
Sodepur station, about ten miles from
Calcutta, and is under the control of a
with a staff of eighty serv-
ants and an experienced veterinary
surgeon.
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Poultry Notes.

One OF the essentials in the keeping
OF fowls healthy is to have the house
dry. This is particularly the case in
the winter, when the fowls have to be
indoors for weeks at a time. A wet
house is bad enough in the summer,
when the fowls have to stay in it at
night, but in the winter time it should
never be tolerated, partly for the rea-
son that the sun seldom has power
enough in winter time to dry up mois-
ture in the poultry house.
Science is all the time finding new
ways to take ere of surplus perish
able products. Desiccating eggs prom
Uses to be a favOrite way of dispos-
ing of them at times of the year when
they are too cheap to pay a reasonable
profit at retail. New machines for do
ing his work are from time to time
being invented, and perhaps the day
is not far. distant when the price of
eggs will be about uniform throughout
the year. If the men that are doing
this kind of work will simply be sat
ls1ed with what they can get for the
eggs as treated naturally, it will be I'LL
tlmately a great gain to the poultry
interests. Unfortunately we may ex-
pect that the manufacturers of pre-
~serVatives will get after the d~esicca-
tors Of eggs ana persuade them that
nothing will so ensure the keeping
qualities of the eggs as a little pre-
sentative added. The result Of that
will be that the public will find it out
and curtail their purchases in that di-
rection. But the honest employment
OF methods of drying might greatly re-
lleve the market at times of oversup-
ply. Sooner or later the farmers wife
will learn to apply the method and the
farmers table will be cheaply supplied
with eggs in the winter as in the sum
mer.
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Frisnd-Why do you have such mis-
spelled and ungrammatical signs in
your front window? Sharp Tradesman
People think Pm a Ounce, and come
in to swindle me. Trades booming!-
Stray Stories.
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willing to Take Calmette's Word.

WliltnE TO rake Calmette'S word.
When DR.. Albert Calmette, director
of the Pasteur Institute at Lille, re-
turned from fighting the plague at
Oporto a day or two ago, he drove
straight to the Figaro office TO shake
hands with his brother M. CASTOR Cal
mette, before leaving for Lille. He
was welcomed by several journalists
who happened to be present, among
them NJ. Emmanuel Arenc, who gives
a description of the scene in Eclair.
DR.. Calmette had left his luggage
downstairs in a cab, but he carried in
his hand a little tin box which he put
down carefully on the mantelpiece.
Conversation became general. The
doctor declared that all his expert
ments had been most successful. so
you know exactly what kind of plague
you had to deal WITH" asked one OF
the company. "Of course l do" was
the startling reply, "for l have brought
it back with me-" and the doctor calm
ly tool the tin box off the mantelpiece
and somewhat to the horror of his lis
teners, began to open it. He took out
a little glass tube Theoretically sealed,
which contained something that look
ed very much like clear glycerine.
There were millions of microbes in it
though they were not very easy to see.
You have only to dip a pin in this
and prick yourself" he said, ''and in
ten hours you would have the plague;
in five days you would be dead. But
he added, smilingly, and every n
ch%eerfully diI"
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PERILS OF THE CHASE.

As Illustated by the Drag Hunt OF the
M~eadowbrook Club.
A big flock of geese figured promin-
emily and tragically in the drag hunt
of the Meadowbrook club recent. The
usual coterie of enthusiasts were in
the saddle, and the throw in was at
East Meadow. The first exciting in
cident was at the crossing of a high
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the case OF some people, seems to
make up for the heat.
Connecticut western news., 1900-06-21
CORNWALL BRIDGE.

Tobacco setting has been commenced by many of the farmers here. The cut worms are on hand and are very snpoy- ing, but as we have always had good average crop of tobacco we expect 1t this year.
 Rev John Nash preached another very interesting sermon Sunday last at the M. E. church, taking his text from lst Samuel, 2lst chap, part of lst and 9th verses.
 The 18th annual convention of Litch- field County W. 0. T. U. was held in the NJ. E. church in this village Juna 13 There was large attendance and great interest was taken in the meeting. Speak SITS from other towns were pres ent and their remarks were very appro- priate. The ladies were very much in terested and served refreshments in the A. o. U. W. hall.
 The rains have greatly improved the grass; corn looks good and rye is very promising SO far.
 Miss Amelia A. Warniok of Kent wis tied friends here over Sunday. Miss Laura l.. Comstock is quite sick with pneumonia. Dr Curtiss attend, her
 Dr and Mrs Wm. NJ Curtiss were 1T New York last week.
 Mrs w. P. Sturges is having her resi- dence painted and it looks fine. Mrs Charles Wells and children o Southport are visiting friends here an in Sharon.
Connecticut western news., 1900-06-21
CLAYTON.

Mir and Mrs Rollin Rood of South Manchester, Conn.,, have been guest of his parents several days. They were accompanied by MT and Mrs Hills of South Manchester. The party of four drove through from Hartford on Friday and Mir and Mrs Hills spent Sunday with friends in Housatonic, Mass. On Monday all spent the day in Millerton, N. Y.
 Last Saturday game of baseball was played on the lot of Wm. Ferguson by the men of Clayton. married against unmarried men. Married men beat and the young men had to pay for the ice- cream, and the ladies furnished cake.
 If not stormy, ou. Sunday school will picnic at Gibson's grove Lake Buel, on Wednesday of next week. 27th inst.
 June 23 we have an ice cream social for benefit of chapel from 6 to 10 p. m. near the depot.