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As Jack swung off the ear, a small boy on
beer wagon yelled ''Scab!'
the door was opened, and Jack was hidden
rs this Mrs. Johnson"
Il was.
Well the paper wants good story Of
the remarkable achievement of your blind
son in studying law"
In the back part Of the house there was
a sound of connection.
TN tell him you are here" said the
matron, leading the way to the dining
room.
\ small boy. barefooted. GREATNESS and
excited, rushed into the room.
Don't YOU go out OF here. mister. A big
gang is waitin' for YOU up the street, an
they are eoin' TO beat you.'
Did you come down on a carr" asked
the mairon anxiousy.
Yes" answered Jack.
"oh. you should never have done that!
They don't allow it down here. They beat
people who ride on the cars"
Jack grinned. 1t wasn't a healthy.
whole-soued grin. but it was the best he
could do.
Never mind. sonny" he said to the boy.
I'm not in a hurry
''Oh. you mustn't go" insisted Mrs.
johnson.
Il shan't." answered Jack. AT least. not
until Mr.. Johnson has finished telling me
his story"
Jack caught himself marveling at the
ease with which bravery and even nom
chalence could be assumed. lie carelessly
sat upon the edge of the dining table and
swung his right foot. He thought how cool
he must be To notice that it was his right
foot that he was swinging.
Then he remembered that the villain in
the melodrama always sat on the edge of
a table and swung his foot--and he stood
up.
Through the back door came a woman
in red wrapper with queer little twist
ing line in it.
is that man here" she asked. And
then she saw Jack. "Oh, you mustn't
CO., she cried. There is a big mob wait
ing for you. / saw them from my window
and ] was SO afraid you'd get away be-
fore i could get over here"
Another woman came down the stairs.
She wore black skirt and a white shirt
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why he should be so calm. He carried
slender gOld-headed cane. and seemed 10
think u all right. Jack remembered
'.hot-alr'' story he had written about He
role Deeds OF ST. Louis Policeman, ana
was glad he had written it,
The Sergeant was very businesslike- The
small boy. whom Jack had been warned
agains, as a traitor. had found him. told
him OF scared reporter besiegsd. ana
shown him the way to the house Then
the small boy had returned 10 scout duty,
vi hon; waiting for thanks.
The blind man still had something 10 say
70 finish his interview. /. was a long time
before he had much chance TO say II. FOR
the Sergeant was the hero now. and. being
good talker. was entertaining the ladies ana
giving Jack uncomfortable shivers by re-
counting his experiences with MODS. He
had heen shot at fifty times and never MT
and he didn't have much respect for Zoe
who couldn't do better than that.
You needn't b. afraid Of a mob said
the Sergeant. Just put up bold front
and ;hey'll run. OF course. they may hide
and throw rocks or shoot at your back.
bat II they don't hit you. you're all right
Jack smiled cheerfuily at the business
like manner Of the Sergeant and felt glad
his back wasn't a broad one.
Then Jack and the. Sergeant left. Jack
begged pardon and put his revolver in his
coat pocket-where he jammed the muZzie
fun Of smoking tobacco and didn't know il
At saloon on the corner dozen men
came crowding out. But when they saw
the Sergeant they stopped. Sergeant Dor
sey has a reputation down there. A pa
irolman on the Corner saluied and the Ser
geant turned south with his protege- \
man in his shirt sleeves s.ouched across
from the saloon and took a good look AT
Jack The crowd at the saloon door
grinned when Jack turned his head. like
they say owls do. and kept his eye on the
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he wrote the jewellers that the rife was
going back where il came from unless all
the mystery surrounding the giyer was
cleared away. AS things were, he didn't
like IT,
The answer was a note from the jewel
ers ana another from the woman. The
latter begged that the boy might be al
lowed TO keep the rife. which ii had been
such pleasure to her to send but de-
Ginning TO give her name. and the jewelers.
again vouched for the good faith of their
customer
As their Endorsement is character in
Itself. Governor Roosevelt debated. and
decided that his son might keep the COW
eted gift. but he dispatched another letter
to the jewelers. wherein his ultin,atum
was delivered.
His son was TO be aIlowedsto keep the
rifle, but only on the condition tbas the
giver should send no more presents. While
the Governor appreciated her kindness, b I
did not like the mystery surrounding her
and would have no more Of IT. Would ths
firm communicate what he had said % I
their customer?
Presumably the firm did. Theodore IN
NOR still has his watch and rife, but 10 I
more has been heard Of the giyer. - :
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In for you. and when you go nut they'll
get you" shouted both boys in union.
Then Mrs Johnson insisted on everybody
going into the parlor-which Jack Thought
very foolish; for the rarlc- faced right on
the street. On the opposite sidewalk he
saw dozen roneh-iooking men. Some ot
them held their hands behind their backs
The lady In the white shirt wais; saw them.
too.
There are some OF them waiting for
you" she said
Let 'em wait" said Jack I'm enjoying
myself II the rest II YOU are. and / don't
have 10 get back in a hurry. y poll ,sman
will he along pretty sool. ana we'll call
him in
Are you armed?" asked one Of the la
dies.
Yes. indeed" answered Jack.
oh well, Won are all tight then, said
he blind man. who was pllyin.; the piano.
Jack wasn't quite sure of IL. He
membered the last time H. had done target
practice with his pistol. and he also reuern-
bered how the whole side Of the coal shed
which was the tarset-had escaped I'M
sclthed
But don't want 10 hurt anybody, he
said. 1T gives me a Gravity feeling M my
back TO think Of killing any one, and don't
want TO do it. Now. il some of you could
&c, word TO a policeman"
"Yes DO. Go ,ali a policeman" exclaimed
the lady in the white shirt waist. But no.
body volunteered for tina; duty.
"'The kids d git me-" said one of the
small boys. The other small boy "a, still.
The blind man played another tune or the
piano.
Presently the chair that had been occu-
pied by one of the small boys Was vacant.
No one had seen him leave.
You watch him. said the ether small
boy Hell come back and tell yru they
din't anybody around. an. youE 20, an
then they'll git you
"Mobs are cowards.'' said one of the la
dies.
Yes: but you can't tell what they will
do said another. They may hide in an
alley and shoot you in the back
There was a knocking al the back door.
and everybody jumped.
They going TO take you ont
screamed one of the ladies.
Jacks right hand went back to his re-
volver. He wondered how long n could
keep his back to a brick wall. And he won
dered II his gun would work.
But IL wasn't the mob AT the back door.
II was a police Sergeant-Ssrgeant Dorsey.
who had been the hero in the Miller street
battle a few days before.
AS the Sergeant came in. Jack wondered
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q Being q True Story ct StrikS

waist. Jack couldn't help admitting his
attention 10 details.
"Oh. there's awful mob out there"
she cried Il didn't know what was the
matter. Did you come down on street
carr
Yes. he did. and the mob's after him.
shouted another small boy. who had Just
come in. And they are going 10 get MN:
too IL he goes outside. There's thousand
of 'em. an they've got bricks and rocks
and clubs"
"oh. the brutesr came in chorus from
the ladies.
Did he come down on street carr
asked u small girl In a frightened whisper,
nodding her head toward Jack.
Yes. and mob's waitin' for him.. re-
piled a small boy.
Il saw EN-" said the small girl. There's
most hundred of EN-"
Hundred. nothn'"' snorted the small
boy. ''They's thousan'. Girls can't
count"
The blind law student had come into the
room and Jack was interviewing him. AT
least. the blind man was explaining lot
of things. while Jack was listening to what
was being said about the mob. Two OF
the ladies had left the room: the small boys
had done likewise. Jack wondered why II
was. But he continued TO talk to the blind
man. Presently the lady in the white
shirt waist came down stairs again. She
was plainly excited.
The mob has come on down the street
ant. IS almost in front of the house" she
said, in a subdued voice. and then ran to a
front window. You can see a big crowd
of men from here"
one OF the small boys came through the
back yard and up the steps In such a
hurry that he STUDIED his toe and fell. He
scrambled to his feet. and dashed into the
room.
They're at the alley at Broadway" he
said. They think you going To try to
get out the back way, and they'll catch
you then"
He fell into chair. put his stubbed toe
in his lap. and grinned with pain.
The other small boy came in. His en-
trance was after the hurricane order.
They're tat both ends of the alley. an
they'll get you sure il you poke your head
out"
He dashed back 10 his scouting post. and
the other small boy hobbled along in his
wake.
The neighbor In the red wrapper came In
again Jack thought how much 1t was all
like the war plays. where orderlies rush in
and tell the hero how the battle RACES.
Only there was no sound OF firing back of
the scenes.
They've gone to get the Shorty street
gang" excitedly whispered the neighbor.
That's the worst gang In South ST. Louis
you. I'm afraid they are going TO stone
the house"
IF they do I'll have them arrested" an
grily declared Mrs. Kelley. THE idea,
Stone my house. Not much of it,'''
The lady in the white shirt waist had
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HER WRITING DESK.

From the Youths Companion
When Nancy Bell Washington came TO do
our cooking she was much impressed with
the library and particularly with the writ-
ing desk.
''Ah got mo- than An expect to use dis
side de grave she confded 10 one Of the
family. Two shawls ana half dozen
Bingham aprons, bur if All was TO have q
wish-and All ant got no discOntentment in
me nohow-it'd he 70 a writin' desk, all
fixed up like Miss Bcnny's.'
When Christmas cam. her desire was re.
membrred. \ writing portfolio was given
her. equipped with every convenience which
a scriVeuer could desire-paper, envelopes,
ink. pens. stamps. blotters-and Nancy Bell
went about i'm state Of eNultation.
Just See Miss Mollie!" said She Amt
il the rchfectcs: thing? All those envelopes
and pens-oh. my, Now, Miss Moliie, II I
could only write
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When Governor Roosevelt talked 10
Brooklyn school children several weeks
ago and said that in his opinion every boy
should know how to handle rifle. he was
preaching what he practices. His Older son
is an excellent shot and has been taught
TO handle a gun ever since he was old
enough TO understand il. and a rifle he has
now is the envy OF all his young chums.
II was given to the boy because he was
his fathers son. but beyond the fact that
the donor is a woman. who she Is Is
known only to her agents
Very soon after Colonel Roosevelt was
elected Governor and had taken his fam
fly 20 Albany, there came 60 Theodore
junior gold watch, calculated to fill the
heart Of any boy with joy unspeakablc. Ii
was sent directly from jewelers. in New
York, with Tote. saying they had been
ordered 10 send it by customer, who
said il was given In deep appreciation OF
Governor Rooseye;ts kindness during the
war to one who was dear TO her. No name
was given.
Governor Roosevelt was not willing that
his son should accept the watch in such
way and wrote to the firm, asking from
whom IL had come. In reply came let
ter saying that the jewellers were not at
liberty TO disclose their customers name'
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STORM AND FLAME IN A LIFE
AND DEATH BATTLE.


swear that no youngster ever did similar
trick. when in 1imped the Keniworth. on
fire. She had taken a cargo Of sugar ats
HiIo Hawaii for Liverpool via the cane.
and WAS making for the Horn when her
careo was discovered 20 be ON fire. Captain
Baker and his mate made heroic efforts 10
oueuch the fire. and both lost their lives.
being susfocated between decks. Young
Cenn.reux was second mate. and when his
superiors were carried out. dead. he was
called upon 10 take supreme command He
was lad 90 the right stuff He led his
crew wherever he ordered them TO go; ne
took his turn at the never-restins pump: he
che,red his men on. and seemed never to
tire: he was hopeful and even enthusiastic
when they we're nearest 10 hopelessness. He
threw seas os water into the smcke-flled
hold. and then pumped IL out that other
seas might be thrown in. All the while he
was steering the vessels course straight for
yalparaiso. The rest of the crew stole short
nerioSs Of rest but there was not mo-
rert of the whole three days that elapsed
from the time when he took command to
the vessels anchorage in Valparaiso Har-
bor and the subiugation Of the flames that
there was the slightest relaxation OF the
strain under which young 1ennereuS
worked And when ar last he sighted land
he was on the verge Of collapse
Bu, The Keniiworth was saved. and the
crew had a chance to go ashore and mix
with the crew of the Antioie While over
their mugs they argued which youngster
was the greater hero. The debate was
draw "They are the same stuff. and built
on the same lines from stem 20 stern and
keel to topmast." was the verdict.
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TEDDY JUNIORS RIFLE AND WATCH.

but assuring the Governor of her entire
responsibility.
After some discussion the matter re-
suited IN Theodore junior being allowed to
keep the watch, and the boy Immediately
sat himself down to write his jubilant
thanks to the giver. 1t was a characters
tic boy letter that he concocted, but he
did not content himself with mere formal
titles. He proceeded to tell Of some of the
things that ne did; what sport shooting
was. and how detestable the drudgery Of
school. With parental approval the letter
was dispatched to the firm to be for
warded. and beyond that no more was
thought Of the matter.
Judge, then. Of the establishment of
the Roosevelt family when. about a
month later. an express wagon deposite!
al their door a case addressed to Theodore
Roosevelt, Jr., which, when opened.
proved to contain a shining rife. Theo-
dore junior nearly lost his eyes in con-
temptation. but Theodore senior began TO
have grave doubts and distrust of tho
person who had constituted herself the
fairy godmother of his older son. With the
rifle was a note from the jewelers. saying
that their customer had ordered 1t made
and sent to the boy.
Then up rose the Governor. Forthwith
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had signaied. 1t stretched across the street
near Broadway. and had its hands behind
its back. The Sergeant probably saw all
this. bur he venr on with his story. He
turned west with his back 10 the crowd,
which had now begun to jeer family. and.
after saying: I'VE opened up the Sixth
street line to-day. and a car will be along
pretty soon" stopped IL the middle Of the
sidewalk ard With his cane drew a dia-
gram OF the Miller street. battle-ground.
That was the end of the Miller street bat-
tie story. for just then 4 car came along
and Jack got aboard.
The crowd a block away jeered. Jack, In
vague way. fslt disappointed at the cli-
max. But all the way up town he Won
dered how Il would have been had. Mrs.
Johnson refused TO let him into the house.
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Jack remembered hot air story he had
written abnu, Heroic Deeds OF ST.
I.r'lis Policemen and Was glad he had
written II.
look anywhere hut straight in front of
him.
The Sergeant was telling Of the Miller
street battle. II was a long story. and be-
fore II was finished he and Jack had gone
south two blocks. west one block and north
two blocks. At shorty street the small boy
who ha.: found the Sergeant trotted out
from behind the corner building He looked
toward the Sergeant and Jack. carelessly
swung his arm and nodded his head toward
Broadway Jack strained his voice 10 a
tone of carelessness, and said:
That's one of my scouts He says a
crowd is waiting for US"
They won't do anything" said the Ser
scant. And he went on with his story.
The crowd was there. as the small scout
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QUEEN AND CZARINA.

II is rot the most enviable fate in the
world FOR q woman 20 be born to wear a
crown. hut if one had to choose among
such positions. one would surely elect to
step into the shoes of the young Queen of
Holland rather than into the more stats<4
position OF the Empress of Russia. A corr
respondent OF the Watchman says OF tha
Russian Empress that the beauty of her
face is so overshadowed by an expression
Of patient. pathetic melancholy. that she
arouses sympathy ana curiosity in all who
see her.
Russian empresses have little enough ia
inspire content. and this pale. pretty woIn-
an. with the sad eyes and mouth. endures
daily such trials Of physical and moral
strength as few American women would
consent 20 undergo.
Her husband is kind and amectionate, but
he cannot relieve her from the severe and
even cruel Russiars court etiquette. Again
and again she has tainted at the receptions.
balls and reviews. through which, in spite
of Illness che is Obliged 10 stand r---- &c
Notwithstanding he's beauty and her vir-
tues, the Empress is not loved by the Rus
sian people. nor consulted and confided in
by her husband. as was her mother-in-law.
the DOwager Empress. She has neither the
robust physique nGr the ambitious charac-
ter OF the clever Dowager. and court in
trigues squabbles and etiquette distress
and fatigue her. The only true comfort
she finds in her dreary splcndor is the
personal service and attention she is al
lowed TO lavish on her tiny girls. There the
mother heart finds sOIace.
In sharp contrast with the fate of this
sad-faced Empress of the largest Domain
in EurCpe is the life ot the young Queen
Of the clean free little Kingdom OF Hol-
land. She lives far moro IKE popular.
petted belle OF society than like a SOW
ereign- White the Czarina never sets her
foot out Of the doors of her palace With
out the heaviest guard. Queen Wilhelmina
goes shopping. walking, skating and riding.
whenever the within seizes her.. with a
sirgle attendant. and that one often only
a favorite lady in waiting.
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been his sailing companion for score and
more OF years.
The command then devolyej upon the
first mate. a good seaman and rs tough
tar ~ ever stood at a wheel. But even he
could not stand the terrible beating that
the storm gave him. and the flying piece
of mast that one night caught him in the
side and knocked the breath from him was
merely the coup de grace administered
by the storm king who had been playing
With a tortured victim.
Then the command deroived upon Gem.
He was a stout slip OF lad. for all that
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and waves. which beat and buffetted her'
wea,herPd the storm for nearly a week
one night, when II was dark a. pitch save
for the lightning that now and then rent
the heavens. Captain Murray was AT the
wheel There came = sudden bias; OF WIND
that even the good AEtioIv could not wholly
withstand and the foreyard was set adri:;.
The brace caught Captain Murray as it flew
and rendered him unconscious. He was
caught by a sailor just SIS a huge wave
was about TO wash him overheard. and
was taken into the cabin. where he was
put under the care os his wife who had
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he was scarcely turned 81; and II was
stout heart that beat back OF his
oil jacket. Had il not been stou, hear;
II would have quailei before the task. The
vessel was almost n wreck. Broken nests
lay scattered about the deck. held from the
angry sea by wilderness Of tangled ropes.
Gem saw the danger that the :essel was In.
IL could not live with such burden chok-
ing IT, He seized an and began 10 cut
away the broken spars. II was dangerous
work. for the disabled vessel was rolling
heavily and huge waves were beating
over Il every moment. But the crew, pre-
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speciai co-responaen,s Of The Sunday Republic.
San Francisco. Cal, June 2--N ohueflui
tales Of .he heroism 81 yea OF two boys o.
rear the same age and under raufh inc
same circumstances, are brought 10 ms
port BY the crew OF the British ship AhtIope,
one OF the young heroes is George hc"iFu
Murray, born aboard ship IN the port OF
Valparaiso. Chill. and now first mate on
the Ant,ope. The other is San Frances
20 lad, Alfred Geunereux. first mate and
soon perhars to be captain of the An
,,ope,, sister ship. the Wentworth. The
lads are each Just q; the Antiope ana the
Kenilworth were built IN the same yards.
on exactly the same lines. and in the same
wear. Murray. then second mate Of the
Aotiope, took his sto-rn-wrecked vessel into
the VALPARAISO pert a day before Cen
nereux, then second mate OF the kenil-
worth. took his burning ship into the same
port. In the frs. case. the captain had
been seriously injured. and the first mate
killed; in the second case. both the captain
and the FIRST mate had been sufocated. In
each case the ship and crew were saved
by the promptness. viSor and courage Of
the boy upon whom sole command had de-
volved.
Some months agn the Antiope lef, Havre
France. with a cargo % NICKEL ore for New
Caledonia. The, route Of the vessel lay
around Care Horn. Captain George w
Murray was in command. and his son,
George. Jr.. who is nicknamed Gen. be
cause that is the word his initials spell.
was second mate. Just of the cape the
vessel ran into the track Of a terrible
storm. The vessel wis stanch, and al
though driven from her path by the wind
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ACKNOWLEDGMENT.

The Sunday Republic Acknowledges II
courtesy OF the Mcclure Magazine, Mex
York. in permitting the republication on
page = of this section. of extracts from
William Allen Whites article on Me-
Bryan.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1900-01-02
Drying Preparations

simply develop dry catarrh; they dry ur
the secretlons which adhere to the mem
brane and decompose, causing far
more serious trouble than the ordinary
form OF catarIh. Avoid all drying in
halants and use that which cleanses,
soo,hes and heals. Ely's Cream Balm
is such remedy and will cure catarrh oil
cold in the head easily and pleasantly
All druggists sell it at so cents or .it will
be mailed by Ely Brothers, So Warren
ST., New York.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1900-01-02
Last Nights Ball.

the ball given at the Assembly Rooms
las, night by the knights of Pythias was
a grand success. A large number oi
representative citizens, members of the
Older, their wives and daughters were
present. and enjoyed the dance to the
music of portion of the Naval Acade-
my orchestra, under leadership OF Prot.
Henry Schreyer. A delightful evening
was enjoyed and this ball was. like all OF
its predecessors given by the Knights OF
Pythias, a grand success.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1900-01-02
Cold Ste ell Or Death.

There is but one small chance to
save your lie and that is through an
operation. was the awful prospect SCI
before Mrs. /. B. Hunt, of Lime Bridge,
Wis. by her doctor after vainly trying to
cure her OF frighiful case OF stomach
trouble and yellow jaundice. He didn't
count on the marvellous power Of Elec-
trio Bi,ters 10 cure Stomach and Liver
troubles, but she heard OF it. took seven
bottles, was wholly cured. avoided sur
geon's knife. now weighs more and feels
better than ever. It's positively guaran-
teed to cure Stomach. Liver and Kidney
troubles and never disappoints. Price
so cents at Feldmeyer Bros. City Drug
tore.