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colonefs stern, weather-beaten face
changed visibly and looked so grave
that Nellie felt quite convinced that
there was really an underground
monster beneath the fort, which was
trying 10 get out and eat them all
up; and she was more certain of it
than ever when she heard the old
colonel making Harry describe as ex-
actly as possible the precise spot
where the strange noise had been
heard.
Have you told anyone else about
this, my boy?" asked he, after hear
ing ali that there was to be told.
NO; thought had better report
direct to you, as commandant of the
garrison" replied Harry, doing his
best to speak in military fashion.
Quite right" said his father, with
grim smile. Pm very glad you
did. Now, I'll tell you what to do
Take Nellie with you and go and help
your mother to make bandages for
our wounded men, and mind you
don't say word about this to her
or anyone else till give you leave"
Away went the two children, still
rather puzzled, but feeling sure that
''it would all come right somehow"
for they both had unbounded conf
dence in Harry's father, whom they
secretly believed to be the greatest
soldier alive.
1t was drawing toward evening
when the colonel came back, pale and
weary, and with q broad bandage
across his forehead, but looking very
well satisfied for all that.
you've saved us all, my little sen.
tinels!" cried he, laying one broad,
brown hand on Harry's shoulder and
stroking little Nellie's golden curls
with the other. "These Hindu ras-
Gals were trying to dig mine under
the fort and blow US all up together,
but we've stopped their little game
for once, and I don't think they'll
have time to try it again.
He was right, for on the very next
day the enemy broke up their camp
and retreated, and they had hardly
disappeared on one side when the
bayonets of Gen. Roses soldiers came
glittering over the crest of a low
ridge on the other.-Golden Days.
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Very Likely.

Mrs. Bilkins-What a commanding
presence that lady has.
Mr.. BiIldns-Yes, guess she's mar
Yied.-N. Y. Weekly.
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WITNESS WAS EXCUSED.
Hut Not Until He Had Driven the
Plaintiffs Lawyer Almost to the
Point OF Distraction.

Witnesses, who despite all badger
Ing refuse TO come to the point and
give direct answer, are sometimes
the means of driving lawyer to dis
traction. A case of this kind occurred
in o Kentucky court. A horse had
been hired from livery stable and
died soon after being returned, where
upon the owner sued the driver for
damages. The question turned large
ly upon the defendant as hard rider,
and the first witness called was long,
lank stable boy. "How does the de-
PENDANT usually rider" he was asked.
"Astraddle, sir" came the answer.
"No, no." said the lawyer, 'I mean
does he usually walk or trot or gal
lop?" "Well," responded the witness,
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1901-06-01

bowlder that had fallen on its tail.
Now ofcourse 90 men of 100 would have
got club or a handful of rocks and
Killed the poor critter right there. But
that wasn't Jim. No, sirl Jim gets out
his handkerchief and wipes his eyes
and then rolls that bowlder off'n that
snakes tail just as gently as he knew
how.
We'll, sir, that settled it. Talk of
gratitude? You ought to seen the
gratitude of that rattler. He couldn't
make enough of Jim. Followed him
from one end of the farm to the other
jest like dog. Used to coil up under
Jim's chair at meals and eat out of his
hand. Every night when Jim went to
bed the snake crawled up on the foot
of the bed and slept there till morn
ing. You bet they wasn't anybody 90
ing to disturb Jim.
"One night Jim woke up feeling
kind of queer. He reached down at
the foot of the bed. No snake. Up he
hoped and struck match. No
snake. Not on the bed, nowhere in the
room. Well, sir, that minute Jim knew
something was wrong. He slipped into
his trousers, took his gun and went
downstairs. What do you suppose he
saw when he got down in the dining
room? Window wide open. Snake
coiled around a burglar on the floor,
and his tail out of the window rattlinp
for the police"
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apparently searching in the depths of
his memory for facts, "when he rides
a walkin' horse he walks; when he
rides a trottin' horse he trots; an
when he rides a gallopin' horse he gall
lops; when" ''Hold on!" shouted
the cross-examiner, angrily, at Want
TO know at what pace the defendant
usually goes-fast or slow?" "Well,"
calmly came from the witness, when
his company rides fast he rides fast,
an when his company rides slow he
rides SLOW" The lawyer was by this
time furious. "Now, / want to know,
sir" he said, with a threatening
frown, chow the defendant rides when
he is alone?" "Wen," answered the
witness, slowly and more meditative-
ly than ever, when he was alone
weren't there, so 1 don't know" The
attorney had no more questions and
the witness was excused from giving
any further tetimony.
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golden-haired Nellie-and at length
she came to spot where two great
masses of masonry had fallen in such
a way as TO lean against each other.
forming a kind Of low arch very
much like the mouth of cavern.
Harry will never find me here"
said she TO herself. triumphantly, as
Sta, .rept into the hole; and. finding
II Mt large enough to let her stand
upright, she lay right down upon the
ground, and remained as quiet as a
mouse, chuckling inwardly to think
how puzzled Harry would be when he
came TO look for her.
But scarcely had her ear touched
the earth when she became aware of
a strange. dun sound deep down be-
low her, like the measured beat of
oars or the noise which would be
made by some one humping hard
against padded door.
What could il be? 1t was certainly
not Harry, and there was no one else
down there except herself; but the
sound could not be merely her fancy
she was quite sure that she did
hear it, and what was more, il
seemed TO be growing louder and
coming nearer.
Then, for the first time. little Nellie
began TO feel frightened. Even in
the course of her short life she had
seen in the East Indian jungles so
many tigers and crocodiles and huge
snakes and other terrible creatures
that it seemed quite natural to her
that some unknown and fearful mon
ster should have its underground den
beneath the fort. and should now be
at work to dig its way out and de-
YOUR them ALL
Nellie scrambled headlong out of
her acknowledgements needing how
sorely her poor little arms and face
were bruised by the rough stones
and darted out of the vault in such
haste as almost to knock down Har-
ry. whom she encountered just at the
entrance.
"Oh, Harry" she painted, there's
a monster living there under the
ground, and it's trying to claw it's
way out and eat us!''
The boy looked puzzled, as well he
might, and at first seemed more in
clined to laugh than to be scared.
But he became serious enough when
Nellie took him back to the spot and
they both heard the mysterious noise
palmer than ever.
"Tl tell you what" said he, with
an air of decision, III Just go
straight to papa and tell him about
this. If there's anything wrong he
ought to be told Mt once, for he's
commandant of the fort, you know"
And away they both few to the old
colonies quarters as fast as their
feet could carry them.
The commandant, who had quite
enough to think of just then, for he
was in the very midst of an inspec-
ton of the failing provisions and
calculation how long they could be
made to last, frowned slightly at the
intrusion of the children, and was
going to order them out again. But
the instant he heard Harry's first
mention OF the mysterious sound, the
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PLOwBOY'S SONG.

The wind is blowing a song from me
Over the fields to Daisy,
And the birds are twittering merrily
Daisy, Daisy. Daisy"
4 follow the furrow up over the hill
turning the dead. gray stubble,
And l wonder II anywhere people are still
Signing or borrowing trouble?
On, the clouds are lighter and farther away
Than ever they used to be.
And wonder If anyone listens to-day
For the song that the wind is blowing
from me
over the fields TO Daisy?
On, the wind is blowing a song away
over the fields to Daisy.
And all that ever the blackbirds say
Is "Daisv Daisy. Daisy"
Inc hen hawk is watching and wheeling
high
And he scars and he dips and rises.
And l wonder why people will worry and
die
Striving for pitiful prizes?
The shadows that fan on the burrows are
long,
The meadows with mist is gray
II is time to unhitch and be done with nv
song,
1t Is time to be happy and hNrry away
over the fields to Daisy
5 E. Kiser. in Chicago Record-Herald.
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RATHER WAS GRATEFUL.
Col. Tutt, a TruthfuI Texan, Tells of
the Reward OF His Kind-Heart-
cd Brother Jim

I've heard a good many snake
stories since I've been up in these
parts" said Col. S. Houston Tut, of
Corsicana, Tex, who is in New York
representing oil interests, to Sun
representative, land I've seen lot
printed, but never one have l struck
that equaled in simple and touching
beauty the thing that happened to my
brother Jim down on our farm in Tex
as. This is the way it happened:
"You see Jim was about the kindest-
hearted chap that ever lived. One day
he was going along out on the farm
when he seen a siN-foot rattlesnake
pinned down on the ground by a big
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Cures
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ter years OF snrerlng from sexual weakness
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Wife Ito unhappy husband)-l
wouldn't worry, John. 1t doesn't do
any good to borrow trouble.
Husband-Borrow troubled NJ,
dear, I'm not borrowing trouble. pv.
got it TO lend.-Tit-Bits.
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Poll Tax in MississIppI.

The man in Mississippi who does not
pay a poll tax cannot cote or serve on
juries, and official returns show co.
s71 white citizens have neglected to
pay up this year. This neglect disfran-
Shises them for two years.
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Truth crushed to earth will rise again
In manner that's quite rash; A
For II no sooner gets upon fits feet
dhsn IL gets another smash.
Chicago Daily News.
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Plenty of Time

He-And now, darling, when do YOU
think we should better announce bur
engagement2
she-oh, there is no hurry, dean
ANY time within the next "a houra
=HarpsE,s Razar.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-05-16
EXCHANGE FOR WOMEN'S
WORK OPENS ITS FETE.

same role at the Waldorf last winter
After the japanese monoiogue MISS y,pp'I yYp
son gave an English monolosue Wv .nls,J1u ~
"A Quarter of an Hour, ana then iol-
lowed several recitations charmingly CIV
en- At the close of the entertaihihehl y
Japanese tea was server IN tle , rw'
adjoining by ladies i'm japanese costumes.
and from "a JapaneSe table decorated VIII
Japanese trays and china. In fact, VeIs-
thing was distinctly JapanSsqe rns r,as
tea was presided over by Mrs. charles
Briggs assisted by the Misses Allen anu
the Misses Briggs. Two men IN Jhpah
eSe attire served the tea. Al tne ris,l
of the hall was the drawing room In It's
holiday dress OF palms and blossomlhg
branches and the walls richly drapeu
with American, fiags, Here ice SreHlh. ashI:
room was I'm charge of Mrs. Charles ~
Longley Mrs. James A. Potter ana Mrs.
James u. Arnold
toned I'm this room in charge or MISS
Louisa A. Sweetland. Dolls and all sorts
of fancy articles here found ready sale.
A well stocked candy table occ'/led a
corner I'm the hall, which was III charge
of the Misses Foster Nearby WAS the
grab box. presided over by Miss Harriet
c. Balch assisted by Master H. M
The lemonade table. always a centre of
attraction. was in charge of Mrs. BenJa-
min II. Vaughan.
The special feature for tomorrow after
noon will be "A musicale. This VIII IN
clude selections by the Brown university
uuaftette. SOLOS bt MISS AIEfl6
Hutchison and violin solos by Mr.. John
Hanna of the American band. SATURDAY
afternoon has been designed especially
for the children and will be i'm charge OF
Mrs Charles Briggs Through the kind
ness OF Mr. Wendelschaefer Prof. Prior
of Boston has been engaged 10, present
his incompa rable Punch and Judy
show Prof ID. Alvin OF Providence mas
also been engaged to perform his feats
of magic A doll show with Miss
Anita Baker and the Misses Briggs IN
Charge will also delight the children and
all who attend are invited TO bring their
dolls. Prizes will be given for the pvt
tiest and best dressed dolls. The sue
cess Of the fete. as "A whole, Is due TO the
following of the board OF managers OF the
Exchange for Women's Work: Presl-
dent Mrs. Charles Bailey; vice., resi-
dents, Mrs Charles Briggs Mrs. NNliam
Ames Mrs X. s. Washburn; honorary
vice-president. Mrs. Philip Allen secre-
tarv. Miss Louise &. Hoppin; correspond
Ing secretary. Mrs. Frank Martin: treas
nrer. Miss Louisa a. Sweetland: man
ayers. Mrs r. NJ Smith. Mrs. u. G. Lit
tlefield. Mrs. Henry Pearce. Mrs VIM.
GrOsvenor, Miss Balch, Mrs. u. =.
Vaughan. Miss Lyle Q. Foster. Mrs. c.
w Carr. Mrs James y. Arnold Mrs AL
fred NJ Coats Mrs. ". y. Harris, Mrs.
Walter A. Peck, Mrs. James NJ. Scott.
Mrs. G. T.. Longley, Mrs. James E. sui
IiVan Mrs. Cyrus NJ. Van Slyck. Mrs.
William c. Rocker. Mrs. Wallace Chand-
Ter, Mrs. J. Herbert Foster, Mrs. James
A. Potter
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-05-16
WATERING STREETS.



appears TO be two suggestions. One of
these is that the city OF Providence
should provide the water necessary and
that the Union Railroad company should
furnish the tank ears and operate them
under. OF course, the direction of the de-
partment of public works.
The other suggestion, and one that
seems 20 be the moet In favoris that the
city should furnish the water and the
tank cars. and that the railroad company
should furnish power. men and all that
rs necessary for their operation.
Which OF the two suggestions will be
adopted Is OF course something that
will remain entirely with the city coun-
ell, whenever the matter IL brought up In
proper form and on proper recommends
ton of the committee that would have
the matter IN charge
If the plan should be adopted I'm Prov
idence the city would have TO put flush
hydrants at certain points In the tracks
in order that the tank ears could be iili-
ed without any Unnecessary loss Oh time
and without much trouble.
these tank cars hold about 5000 gallons
OF water, and IL Is estimated that II only
requires about two minutes 10 load a
gear with the flush hydrauts BY such a
ssystem one car can do an immeuse
amount of work
I'm the highways where tracks arc
placed In the m.-dle OF the street, Of
course. the tanks would sprinkle on
each side of the car, which would he run
at proper speed. and where the cars
are on the side OF the street an extern
sion sprinkling arm can be used which
viii water the street tullN a. well.
What the expense To the city would be
is not Yet figured. but u Is probable
that I'm "A short time some action viii be
taken.
At the meeting OF the board OF alder
men this afternoon Alderman Freemen
introduced "a resolution requesting the
Union Railroad company 10 sprinkle the
streets IN which rails are laid The resp
luton was referred TO the committee ON
railroads.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-05-16

The long anticipated fete for which the
managers OF the Rhode Island Exchange
for Women's Work have been working
and planning, for weeks. opened this sf-
ternoon in the old Pearce Mansion ~ the
corner or Benefit and Benevolent streets.
The opening was a most ausplcious one
for the day was perfect, the decorations
beautiful and the attendance most graf
iAying
Indeed Il seemed as II all things were in
harmony with the event I'm both the ma
terlal and physical world. AS one entered
the mansion the first impression was one
OF delight and admiration in the variety
originality and extent of the decorations
The first floor of the house was literal
ly transformed by the Judicious and ar
tlstic use OF Japanese effects, American
flags, palms and blooming apple and
cherry branches Since today was charac-
terized as "a Japanese afternoon the
arrangements and accessories were in en-
tire harmony with the idea and Mrs.
Roscoe Washburn was the hostess OF the
occasion. The reception room, at the left
OF the large hall was decorated by
O'Connor with wreath OF palms and
potted plants. The mantle was banked
with palms and greens while the walls
were draped with japanese hangings
with here and there a huge Japanese uu-
brella. In the dining room adjoining the
reception room, was an improyised
stage.
The stage was beautifully arranged, by
Mr. w III. Converse, to represent typi-
cal Japanese interior. Bamboo walls
formed the sides and these were adorned
with rich Japanese embroideries and
fans
From overhead, which was formed al
so of bamboo, hung many japanese lam
terms of curious shape and design.
Artistic Japanese cabinets were placed
here and there about the interior, white
Japanese cushions and rugs from the
Orient added an air of comfort and re-
pose 10 the scene.
The delightful entertainment of the az
ternoon was given by Miss Grace Dobson,
OF New York. who has for several days
been the guest of Mrs. Washburn OF this
city Miss DobsonS work was chafAc-
terized as u Japanese Monologue' en-
titled Cherry Blossoms and was wit
ten especially for her by Mr. Van Tessel
Sutphen the author of that recent popu-
lar novel "The Cardinals Rose. MISS
DobSon appeared in "A genuine japanese
costume imported from that country
and she charmed her hearers here quite
as fully as she did the society people or
New York, when she appeared in the
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-05-16
MILITIA CHARGE
ALBANY CROWDS.
Drive Strikers and Sympathizsrs From
Streets and Clear the Way for
Operation Of Cars. Cars

then Il bowled over Quail street 20 Madi-
son avenue aud up TO the end OF the
line IN the meantime the company ran
out seven other ears.
ON the first one designed 20 come down
Central avenue and State street was
fun company OF the 23d regiment. ON
the other six were similar details. The
first car moved down the avenue with
no trouble and car No. with a trailer
followed "a few minutes after. There
was hardly a ripple of excitement as the
cars moved down the hill 10 take diff
ferent routes.
There were boots and Kisses at several
points but up TO the time the various cars
reached the foot OF State street no serious
trouble had occurred and there were no
great crowds at any point
Evidently the great display Of military
force and the way the crowds We're hand
led had awed the rebellion element. The
United Traction company added this
morning 10 its five rewards OF yesterday
for Information AS 10 who hurt the non
union men. five more rewards OF 500 each
CHARGED THE CROWD.
AS the numerous cars kept coming down
the hill the crowd near the postoffice IN
creased In numbers and began To get ex-
cited. The military An the vicinity charg-
blocks away from the junction OF State
street and Broadway. This was the only In
cident during the running of the first
cars. The cars ran up broadway ms far
as the company's barn and although there
was a crowd OF several thousand people
there. no incident occurred other than the
jeering OF the multitude.
Following the procession OF cars the re-
pair wagon guarded by 70 mounted sig
nal corps men, came down the street and
turned up Broadway where there was
some repairing TO be done
THREATENED TO SHOOT.
The monotonous running OF the cars ur
and down State street hin was broken by
a few exciJing Incidents. At Lodge street
half way up the hill towards the Capitol
a squad OF Co. A OF the 10th battalion
was on guard. non-union man who had
been persuaded 80 desert 10 the strikers.
rushed out beyond the lines toward an APP
preaching car and shouted 10 the men
operating it 20 leave Il and give II up.
A soldier ordered him back and started
To push him toward the line. but was in
stantly surrounded and forced toward
the centre OF the mob
He was not daunted. however Back
ing UP against a building he opened the
breech block OF his gun, showed In a
cartridge and said "rhe firSt man that
lays his hand on me will get shot" The
crowd rapidly melted away and the
giiardsman Joined his company.
Truckmen i'm sympathy with the strik-
ers attempted 10 obstruct the track and
one was arrested by Capt. Wardiner Of
the Second regiment. Governor Odell did
not leave the city this morning az he had
expected. His little daughter Is quite III
and the governor decided 60 wait gntil
she showed some Improvement. He said
this morning that he was not interfering
in the strike. and that the matter OF fur
nishing troops was entirely under the
control of Cen Roe.