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has impregnated the social fabric with
q liking for his fiction locale. So the rail-
road officers were queried about this re-
markable low railroad rate to such an
extent that the telephone clerks were in
despair. The same evening a railroad
clerk was In line at the Walnut street
theater, and when he got his orchestra
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and the drawing superb. The following
opening stanza is indicative of what is to
follow:
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NEXT WEEK
Sutton's New Grand.

s Sutton's New Grand. =
s Sunday Evening Frederick 4
: Warde in 'Belphegor, the =
: Mountebank." =
: Monday Evening - Frederick =
= Warde in king Lear" =
s Tuesday Evening - Frederick
Warde in Julius Caesar" =
= Wednesday Evening - Frederick =
= Warde IN "Virginius." Wednes-
: day matinee, "rhe Mounte- =
= bank" =
: Thursday Evening-Mrs. Sarah =
= Cowell LIE Moyne in 1.-The First =
= Duchess of Marlborough" y
= Friday and Saturday, with Satur-
day Matinee-James A. Herne in 4
= ''Shore Acres"
: Maguire's Irand Opera House.
= Thursday, Friday and Saturday \
= Evenings-"The Village Par =
= son." 4
: Family Theater. =
= Sunday, Monday and Tuesday =
= Evenings, with Sunday and =
= Tuesday Matinees-'"The Irish =
= PaWnbrOker." 4
= Margaret Theater, Anaconda. \
= Wednesday Evening-"The First
y Duchess of Marlborough"
= Thursday Evening "Shore
y Acres" y
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THE ROAD TO RIDGEBY'S-by Frank
Burlingame Harris. Published by
Small, Maynard & Co.-ClOth $3.50.

1.-THE Road to Ridgeby's'-a charming
NOVELETTE, fruit from the pen OF the
young author. and We regret to say his
last-for he has gone the way of all
flesh and crossed over the mystic river
depicts in an entertaining manner farm
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Hall Game has submitted a scenario of
his dramatization of THE Eternal City
to Liebler and company that promises
really wonderful results, and a play that
will TEEN with thrilling interest from
the rise to the final fall of the curtain
No one can glance over one of Hail
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-09-15
QUEER HYENA DOGS OF THE TRANSVAAL.

WRITTEN FOR THE UNDAY REPUBLIC.
When the news spread through Berlin the
other day that two hyena dogs had Just
been received at the geological garden I'm
that city there was a rush to see them,
for these animals are not often found in
captivity. The two were imported from
the Transvasl, and are quite young.
Hyena dogs resemble hyenas, but, unlike
those indolent animals. are extremely alert
and active. Their ears are large and black.
their bodies are black, white and yellow,
and they ere about the size of a pointer.
Originally they were distributed over the
greater part Of Africa, but during recent
years they have become extinct in Soma
districts They are. however. still numer-
Gus in the Transvaal. the Congo, and Ger
man East Africa. There they live like all
other wild dogs. namely. by hunting in
packs during the day. When the find the
track of an antelope, a gnu or a zebra.
some members Of the pack follow 1t, while
the others lie in wait for the animal at q
spot which they know 1t will try to pass.
As they are very swift and possessed of
great endurance. any animal which they
pursue is doomed. True, some Of the Afri-
can antelopes have In their sharp horns adj
mirable weapons of defense. yet these in
the end avail them little. for, though they
may gore TO death several Of the dogs. the
others are got in the least frightened there
by. but cling to the prey until they have
dragged 1t down.
Indeed, native hunters say that not only
antelopes. but also leopards and lions, are
hunted and killed by hyena dogs. and this
Is very probable, since Monaghan hunters
In the southeast Of Siberia say that the
terrible Amur tigers n the Sigsntio bears
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clapped his two big hands on her arms ant
held her with all his might.
Now, young lady. let's lift you over
he said. and stepping forward like a hors.
with a burden. he literally pulled the cir
over into the roadway upon his back.
1t was an undignified and graceless ex
trication from a perilous position, but Kab,
did not mind that. To have saved the cir
at all, though in a rough and tumble fash.
ion. was a joy to him.. and he let her dowr
on the white roadway with the best opin.
ion he had had Of himself for many a Ions
day.
THANK God. miss, you are saved hi
gasped.
There were innocence, confusion and won
derment in the glance that met the eyes Of
Kabe; there was also the dawn of re-
awakening consciousness and intelligence In
the blue orbs which now 80 sweetly looked
into his.
Where have I u een?" said the girl. meek
ly.
you have been where ! hope you will
never go again-on the inside of that bridge
yon."
He took hold Of her hand and led her to
the west side of the bridge and pointed to
the tail Of the express train and the long
curl of smoke mounting into the air.
You were hanging In front of that"
The girl shuddered. burst into tears, and
covered her face with her hands. There
were signs that she was breaking through
the cloud of melancholy and coming to her
lucid self again. Kabe was overjoyed. He
felt sure this delicate maidenly creature be-
fore him. looking now like a crushed lily or
primrose in her sorrow, was the missing
girl referred to in the advertisement. But
he did not think 1t wise to speak to her yet.
and he hoped that by-and-by she might
talk to him of herself.
Just then Corney Roadnight. putting and
painting with a noise almost equal to the
uneuphonious boom of a thrashing machine.
came stumbling up to the bridge. He had
been a witness of the whole scene from the
umbrellalike shade Of a neighboring tree.
but was too terror-stricken to lend n hand.
1t was. perhaps. as well that he did not.
Poor Corney was fumbling at the best of
times. and when animated by fright would
have been ten times more so. Kabe was.
therefore. best left to himself.
Don't look at me, Missie.'' he said, "I be
such a slummock. But Lord. We ave had
a 'scape. Master Kabe here tole me he were
coming to catch a red bird on the bridge;
and he ave. l wish / may be hung II ever
/ seed the like Of how he trundled We over
that fence inter the haven o. safety. What
the plague made We go trapezing on that
fearsome side o. the bridge for. my dainty
little gel? Its agen the laws o. natur' for a
maid to disport herself theer-it is So"
The girl did not reply. She looked dis
tressed, and Kabe saw two round tears
glistening like diamonds in the corners of
her eyes.
Take me home" she said to him plain
lively.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-09-15
RIDING A RECREANT HUSBAND O A RAIL.

WRITTEN FOR THE SUNDAY REPUBLIC.
Riding the Stang is the method that
people in the north of England have for
Furnishing brutal husbands. 1t is. in plain
American. nothing more nor less than rid
ing the rail-" Now and then, as recently
happened. there We're W men to be pun
ished. The good townspeople saw no ne
cessity for Furnishing them separately, so
they rode them on the same rail-.
The erring husbands were tied astrfde
long poles and carried In this ridiculous and
very uncomfortable position through the
streets. followed by n jeering crowd of men.
women and children. who did not hesitate
to pelt them with refuse, according to the
time-honored usage on these occasions.
There are variations of the methods of
riding the stang, however. that mentioned
above being perhaps the severest form.
In parts Of Yorkshire and other Northern
counties. for instance. riding the stang is
practiced more as a vicarious punishment
for any frailty on the part OF man or wife
than a direct and personal punishment, as
in the case instanced above.
In the cases in which the ceremony is per-
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OF that region are frequently killed by
packs Of wild dogs which closely resemble
hyena dogs. ~:
There are from six TO ten Of these dogs
In every litter. The young ones, which are
kept in captivity, speedily become attached
to their owners. but. nevertheless. are go
fierce that they cannot be allowed at large.
Attempts have been made to cross hyena
dogs with ordinary domestic dogs. but they
have not succeeded. which is to be regret
ted. as these wild dogs are fearless and
swift, are possessed of much endurance,
have the sense of smell admirably dsye1-
oped. and. hence. are. In these respects,
ideal hunting dogs.
The bark Of these dogs is curious. being
sometimes harsh and loud, sometimes IKE a
cuckoo's call. and sometimes like the sound
made by men whe talk while their teeth
are chattering with cold. -,
No matter how much care Is taken of
them, hyeEa dogs rarely. II ever. live long
In q foreign climate, and that Is one reason
why the two now In Berlin are being
viewed With "a. much interest.
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ME ~TIGHT-vERY TIGHT HE WHISPERED.

Age was imprinted upon 1t everywhere,
even to the threshold Of the door, which
was paved with those undulating kidney
stones SO much In vogue in the early years
OIL the present century. and which are now
only to be found in out-of-the-way hooks
like Redbridge.
The White Lion. being on the London
road. and the first inn after leaving Brook
fngton. had been ar important and thrfv-
Ing Inn In the old coaching days. Since
coaches had ceased to run, however. its
customers had dwindled down to the in
habitants Of the village and the few anti
quarian-inclined tourists who halted there
for a refresher when on their excursions to
the Fosse Way and some interesting earth
works in the near neighborhood. The White
Lion was now a snug. quaint, and quiet inn.
where a man might take his easy any time
and almost any hour. without any fear of
being disturbed by undesirable visitors.
kabe Cooper stepped over the kidney
stones into the roomy, and it should be
added. airy. compartment fronting the road
way. In which the customers of Corney
Roadnisht took their liquor. Corney had
seer him hating on the threshold. looking
seriously In the opposite direction.
y. meyer seed that there road look whittier
nor 1t do this day. Master Kabe. Seems
from here as If Martin Whittock, who
whitewashed the Lion last week. had been
whitening # slap into Brookington."
kabe went back and stood outside the
door again. saving as he went:
You've got eyesight / believe. Corney?"
good as they're made it this fifty
year. Master kabe." responded the inn
keeper,
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hood of Brookington. where some OF her school,
fellows live. or did until recently. ANY one CIV
ing Information that lends to restoration to her
friends Will receive the above reward.-Apply NJ.
r.. Police Station, Bra ssingham.
The merit of promptitude is not. as a rule.
a strong point in the rural mind. The rus
tic needs time to think. Kabe Cooper, how
! ever, was a town-bred villager, and had ac-
- quired a keener perception and more rapid
I action that is observable in most peasants.
No sooner had he read the words scarlet
wing" than he was up on his feet, and no
sooner was he on his feet than he made
for the door. knocking the mug OF ale flying
] out of Conveys hand. that worthy being
just approaching Kabe with the utmost
care so as to prevent any diminution of
measure by stopping the liquid on the floor.
The red bird. Corney,'' came the voice
Of Kabe through the open window of the inn
as he rushed along. :
1.-The red ass" yelled the irate corney,
shaking the dripping beer Oft his hands and
apron. What the plague ave come to the
lad?" he added. going to the window and
watching kabe's progress down the road.
The red bird? o. he means thar 'un on
the top rail yon, as he arxed me to see II l
could see. Uncommon vallible bird / specs
for him to skim off l. that fashion. fish!
what a ninny the lad is! How's he gum to
catch EN- withouten lime or snare? be
such a slommock or I'd gu IN obsarve how
he catches Of EN-"
Meanwhile Kabe was covering the dis
tabce between the White Lion and the
bridge with a speed probably unknown to
any agricultural legs In that village or
neighborhood. There was not a human
creature In the way to stop a career which
was certainly the widest he had aver un-
dertakcn. 1t was fortune for him and for
others that there was not. for had there
been any one. more especially the village
Constable, he would have regarded him as
the victim of sudden insanity, and probably
seized him.
Now. no one stopped the way, and he ran
unimpeded on; the scarlet wing looming
large through the dancing of his eyes. until
there seemed. not one wing only upon the
bridge, but many in all directions.
When he had arrived at such a proximity
to the bridge to enable him to see things
clearly, he beheld a variation In the posi-
ton of the wing which went very near to
freezing the blood, hot though it was, in his
veins
The scarlet wing now rose from the inner
side of the bridge!
Yes. to his unutterable horror he found
that the girl in the dove-colored garment
and hat was not standing In the roadway,
leaning against the east balustrade, ii me
vas when he passed by, but had scaled the
bridge and wal now ciingint to the top ON
the other side, with q yawning depth OF
fully thirty feet beneath hefi Al the sane
moment that Kabe realised thts, 70 hirs
horrible position, the thrill and lons ahfieE
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Of q railway whistle came dizzing through
his ears with a maddening fear at the ent
Of 1t, and q doubt as to his power to aver
a calamity.
It was a fast London express train. hurry
ing inward to Brsssinsham and away tc
the North. AS Kabe came to the bridge II
was in sight, a long distance up the line. II
Is true, but creeping on with treacherous
rapidity, and rocking to and fro with ser
pent-like movements. Winding in and out
Of the clusters of greenery, with the yellow
sun striking the cars fiat upon the top, II
looked to the eyes of Kabe like a monstrous
living reptile rushing to murder the help
less maiden. who was clinging to the bridge
with two delicate hands. which looked like
rela king their hold every moment to huri
| her on to the metals below.
And the girl was smiling. that was the
horrible part Of 1t. The mental trouble
which clouded her brain had the effect Of
intensifying her beauty. The face which
looked at Kabe without a smile when he
passed the bridge on his way home. the face
with the merest touch OF melancholy upon
It, was now. in a measure. transformer;
her smile lit up her countenance like lights
in a sacred edifce, sweeping away the mel
enCnOly ana SuDStltuliIS u II q S"ettp
calm, peaceful sunshine; lovely to look at.
hut fearful in the realization of its utter
unconsciousness.
It was comparatively easy for a boy or
man blessed with strong nerves to scale
that bridge and get on the other side
There were turned wooden columns. four
inches apart. from one end to the other, and
between these 1t would be quite possible
to wedge a moderately small foot, and, hold
Ing the top Of the bridge with the hands,
to walk with safety from end to end. But
ever then 1t would be a hazardous and
foolhardy enterprise, and there would al
ways be the danger of losing the head by
a chance look into the gulf beneath. where
the double lines Of metals glittered in the
sun like elongated silver serpents. Turing the
adventurer to his doom.
For a girl to do this. even though she had
won prizes for physical exercises on the
bridge-ladder or the travelling in the
gymnasium at the High School, Brooking-
ton. it would appear almost an act Of mad
ness; her skirts would be in the way. they
would impede her in her passage from one
side of the narrow fence TO the other, and
II they happened to catch on the top, the
wearer would be within an ace of death.
How the girl IN doSe-cOlOTeu garment ana
hat to match, with scarlet wing In 1t. ever
got safely into the ~perilous position in
which Kabe Cooper found her will never
be known. for no one saw her scale the
bridge. nor could she give al account of it
herself: but there she was, with her smil-
ing face peering above the top and her lit
tie feet wedged in the apertures between
the columns. with a gulf of space thirty
feet deep bepeath her. and an express train
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behind her travelling at the rate of sixty
miles I'm hour!
Kabe's heart turned sick as he grasped
her tiny wrist with one of his big hands; he
knew he should hold her as tight as death
and he did not know yet how she would re-
ceive hia attentions.
Thank God. she was docile and never at
tempted to move.
Her lips parted. showing a mouth as rosy
as n birds throat: and as she spoke her
breath caressed his hot face and curled
round his hair like the fragrance from a vio-
let bank. while her voice was to his senses
the sweetest music he had ever heard.
ut is very kind Of you to help me over"
Don't try to get over yet, there's a dear
GIRL" he said. In a quivering voice, scarcely
knowing the words he uttered. "wait just
one minute, and put your other arm around
my neck, and for Gods sake hold tight"
She did as he babe her. with the docility
Of a child. This was the position: He was
grasping her left wrist with his left hand.
her right arm was round his neck, and his
right arm round hers. with the bridge fence,
six inches wide. between them. 1t was a
strange and entirely novel situation for
Kabe. hut that aspect Of the case never
presented itself to him: he was intent only
upon preserving n lovely young woman from
almost certain death: and not even the
promised reward of flo0 for her restoration
to her friends entered into his calculations
during those few awful seconds.
Meanwhile the train came laundering on.
The bridge began to be affected with pal
pable little tremblings. and they made the
heart Of kabe beat like a hammer. He was
afraid the girl would release her position,
which she had not up to now, before the
danger was averted, and thus make her res
cue more difficult. So long as she held him
thus and he held her. he felt she was safe;
but what he dreaded was thai the cloud
should lift from her mind just then. and
that she should become alive to the deadli-
ness of her situation: for he believed her to
be In a sort Of trance. incapable of realizing
danger. and thus more easily pliable to his
bidding.
Now hold me tisht-very tight he
whispered.
The scarlet wing danced in his face, she
chung forward so at his request. a shrill
shriek-a horrid rush-a bleaching cloud Of
steam-and with a rumbling sound like the
groans Of a dying man. the train passed.
Kabe was as rapid as the train.
He raised the arm he was holding from
the bridge to his own neck. Hold me with
this ARM. too he said.
She put 1t round with the air OF a child
doing something to please another instead
OF herself.
Then he carefully removed his own arm
from her neck. and placing both hers round
his own. gently twisted his form so as to
plant his hack against the bridge with his
face looking toward the roadway: he then
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ITO B~rassinghamy' he answered.
"Yes. please; my mother is there: she will
be so very anxious about me-"
"Brassingham!" calculated Corney in as
constituent, why Brassingham's rather bet
ter nor twenty miles from here. You come
, along to Redbridge. Miss"
"Redbridge?' said the girl with great
joy. chasing the tears from of the blue.
Yea. wheer else?"
Then. perhaps you can take me to where
Miss Ivy Cooper lives2 She was at school
with me-" 81
"Jownes, Why here you be. This is Mas
ter Kabe Cooper, own brother to Miss Ivy.
Bless my soul, If this lima turning out unac-
countable."
Corney walked on before with the air Of
a man who though he had not rescued a
maiden in distress. had been the means of
accomplishing an important deed-to wit,
bringing solace II not happiness to a dis
turbed heart No wonder his step was
proud.
Ivy speak OFF, said Kabe. ss they moved
along. How glad she will be-" .soS
And she was. There was Joy at the Fosse
that morning, notwithstanding the fact that
the Bank at Brookington had broke. and
carried in the smash all the savings Of the
Coopers. 1t was a wild and intoxicating Joy
on the part OF at least three people in that
farmhouse upon which monetary ruin had
so unceremoniously descended; wild and in
toxicating because a life had been spared by
the hand of Kabe: a life which. as tins
proved. Illuminated all their OWL. hfP
AS soon as the adventure was told, ana
admired by none more than by Rose her
self, Kabe rode over to Brookington-he
could not walk or run fast enough for his
purpose ow-and wired to the address at
B~rassingham given in the published notice.
A reply reached the Fosse in the course OF
an hour. and in the evening Of the day
Roses mother made her appearance at the
farm. 81
The story Of the illness and evanescefe4
of Rose was listened to with bated bredth;
but Kabe was the most affected by its re.
hearsal. He had good reason indeed TO
bless the day when tine bank broke. at
BrOOkington and brought him home earlier
to spy a scarlet wing and to become the
possessor of the wearer of It. sIs
YES" says Corney. in repeating the taIS
to his customers in the summer or winter
%solstice. "'twas the scarlet wing as did II.
gentlemen. Do you see, there 1t was-GDn
the bridge and in the paper. When Kabs
sees 1t in the paper, he bolts to catch .'em
on the bridge. / went arter EN-, the shlm-
mock as l were. and the way he catchsd
her withouten bird-lime or snare. was SUM
mat as I'd never seed afore. and pray AL
mighty ! shanna sect again. Yes, Kabe
got the one hundred pounds. and what were
better. he had the maid too along with
her ~fourtin, which / be telled were a tidy
~lump-more nor ne lost in the bank. But
the scarlet wing did it. All! yes. thai SvaS
1t. sir; I always bet on scarlet now.'s ~
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formed yicariously. the person who rides
the stang Is not subjected to bodily ILL
treatment at the hands Of those who per-
form 1t.
1t is usually some good-na.ured friend
who is selected for bestriding the stang.
He is carried through the streets in the
dusk Of the evening on the shoulders of two
men. preceded by another carrying a Ian
tern.
At every fifty yards or so the procession
makes a halt, during which the accommo-
dating stang-rider recites these verses:
Good neighbours attend while / you haransue.
It's neither for your sake. nor for my sake
Tha, / ride the stang,
But 1t Is for the wife Of John Smith
That l ride the stang.
In the fullness of time the procession finds
itself outside the house of the guilty hus-
band, where it disperses after a few
choruses Of boots and jeers. n
The vocal discord, however, is seldom,
deemed sufficiently soul-stirring, a supplies.
mentary -pandemonium produced from pots,
pans and kettles usually being employed
against the offender. ga.