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lage across the plain, where he intended to
present toy squirrel to lame boy he
was suddenly set upon by the Awgwas
who seized him and carried him away to
the mountains.
There thew thrust him within deep cav
ern and rolled many huge rocks against
the entrance to prevent his escape.
Deprived thus of light and food, and with
little air to breathe, our Claus was, indeed,
in pitiful plight. But he spoke the mystic
words of the Fairies, which always COM
mand their friendly aid, and they came to
his rescue and transported him to the
Laughing Valley in the twinkling of an eye
Thus the Awgwas discovered they might
not destroy one who had earned the
friendship of the immortals; so the evil
band sought other means of keeping Claus
from bringing happiness to children and so
making them obedient
Whenever Claus set out to carry his toys
to the little ones an Awgwa, who had been
set to watch his movements, sprang upon
him and snatched the toys from his grasp
And the children were no more disappointed
than was Claus when he was obliged to
return home disconsolate. Still he perse-
Eered, and made many toys for his little
friends and started with them for the VIII
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CHAPTER VI.
The Wickedness of the Awgwas.


I must. now tell you something about the
Awgwas. that terrible race of creatures
which caused our good Claus so much trou-
bic and nearly succeeded in robblns the
children Of the world of their earliest and
best friend.
l do not like to mert the Awgwas. but
they are a part Of this history, and cannot
be ignored. They were neither mOrtals nor
immortals but stood midway between
those classes of beings The Awgwas were
invisible to ordinary people, but not to I'M
mortals They could pass swiftly through
the air from one part of the world to an
other. and had the power of influencing the
minds of human being to do their wicked
will.
They were Of gigantic stature and had
coarse. scowling cOUntenances which
showed plainly their hatred of all mankind.
They possessed no corsciCnces whatever
and delighted only in evil deeds.
Their homes were in rocky. mountainous
places from whence they sailed forth to
accomplish their wicked purposes.
The one of their number that could think
of the most horrible deed for them TO do
was always elected the King AwgWa. and
all the race obeyed his orOCrs. Sometimes
these creatures lived to become hundred
years old, but usually they fought so herce-
" among themselves that many were de-
l.
was the end Of them. Mortals were power
less to harm them and the immOrtalS shud-
dercd when the Awgwas were mentioned,
and always avoided them. So they flour
ishrd for many years unopposed and ac-
CompIished much evil.
| am CAD to assure you that these vile
creatures have long since persisted and
passed from earth; but in the days when
Claus was making hia first toys they were
a numerous and powerful tribe.
one Of the uriUCiDal Ep0TtS of the Avg
was was to inspire angry passions in the
hearts Of little children so that they quar-
relied and fought with one another. They
would tempt boys to eat Of uuripe fruit,
and then delight i'm the pain they suffered;
they urged little girls to disObey their par
euts and then would laugh when the chill
dren were punished. | Go not know what
but when tthe Awgwa2 were on earth
naughty children were usually under their
influence
Now. when Claus began to make chill
dreu happy he kept them out Of the power
of the Awgwas; for children possessing
such loveley playthings as he gave them
had no wish to obey the evil thoughts the
Awgwas tried TO thrust into their minds
Therefore. one year when the wicked tribe
was to elect a new king they chose an
Awgwa who proposed to destroy Claus and
take him away from the children.
There are, as you know, fewer naughty
children in the world since Claus came to
the Laughing Valley and began to make
his toys" said the new king as he squatted
upon a rock and looked around at the
scowling faces of his people. why, Bes-
sic BitheSCme has not stamped her foot
once this month. nor has Mayrie's brother
slapped his sisters face or thrown the pup
Ply into the rain barrel. Little Weekum
took his bath last night without screaming
or struggling, because his mother had
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The Belated Angels.

When Eden with its dewey bowers
Was fragrant with unfadiug flowers
And thistle sting and stealthy thorn
No foot had pierced nor finger torn;
When Adam and his helper meet.
COntentCd with the fruit they eat,
Were filled with joy from morn TO even.
And earth was but a part of heaven,
The angels with familiar feet
Came oft the happy scene to greet,
And trooping forth in shining pairs
Went up and down Jacobs stairs.
But when in horrible disguise
Guilt raised its head in paradise.
Those heavenly guests in holy dread
Quick yelled their eyes and upward fed,
And. hating ON the starry shore
To count their frightened number Ger.
Discovered with a sad surprise
That two had failed to reach the skies.
For wandering from their sister throng
The tlowery scenes of earth along.
The turing songs of brook and bird.
The nameless pleasures seen and heard,
The glories of a world complete
Had far beguiled their rambling feet:
TIL trembling at the shadow thrown
On all that once in beauty shone.
In swift retreat they hurried on
And found. alas! the ladder gone,
So lingering yet by vale and hill,
Those twin celestial sisters still
Together through the earth do roam,
Together sing their songs of home.
And these belated angels be
Sweet Music and Sweet Poetry.
j. B. j.. SoULF
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ly and thoughtfully to the house of Claus
and entered
You have many toys ready for the chill
dren," said the Woodsman, .'and now you
may carry them across the plain to the
dwellings and the villages without fear"
"Will not the Awgwas harm me?' aske d
Claus, eagerly.
THE Awgwas," said Ak, "have perished,'
Now 1 will gladly have done with wicked
spirits and with fighting and bloodshed. 1t
was not from choice that / told of the
Awgwas and their allies, and of their great
battle with the immortals. They were part
of this history and could not be avoided.
cTo be continued)
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lagos. And always the Awgwas robbed
him as soon as he had left the valley.
They threw the stolen playthfngs into one
OF their lonely caverns, and quite a heap of
toys accumulated before Claus became dis
couraged and gave up all attempts to leave
the valley. Then children began COM
ing to him, since they found he did not go
to them, but the wicked Awgwas flew
around them and caused their steps to
stray and the paths to become crooked, SO
never a little one could find way into
the Laughing Valley.
Lonely days now fell upon Claus, for he
was denied the pleasure of bringing happi-
ness to the children whom he had learned
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svnopsis of Preceding Chapters.

Secflc a wood nymph in the fairy forest Of Burzee
is permitted by Ak, the master workman OF the
world. To adopt little boy who is lost IN the
forest The child is named Neclaus, or Nicolas,
and grows up among the fairies. nymphs anu
gnomes. The master workman then taxes MN IN
through the world and the youth dlscoH II ho "
manity Deeply impressed with the sorrows OF
the world Nicolas or Claus, consecrates hlihseit
To making happy the children OF men. AcCoi rI,
ingly the fairies and knocks, or gnomes. oullu
him n house and there Claus makes the hrst
toy Toy-making soon becomes his enlet oScu-
patIon The RyleS give him the Co.orS Win
which they decorate flowers and CauS Is IN
.nireJ ia max. the first doll-an image OF Neclle
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A Sword Fight With Six Guides.

This hunt, Barrault wrote, was noted for
its even tenor and lack of excitement until
just a few days before the return trip be-
gan. Then it was that two guides and their
leader unwittingly stumbled into an army
of big, black ants. Before they could turn
about to flee the animals swarmed all over
them from head to foot. 1t was a half
mile to the nearest forest stream, a half
mile covered with dense underground.
Frantically the men clawed their way to
the water, suffering agonies from the bites
of the Infatuated ants: and when. after
what seemed hours, they reached the
streams brink, they barely had strength
left to fling themselves into the water.
Barrault's latest adventure to be recorded
has been with murderous guides. 1t oc-
CURED on the second expedition that he
gafized after escaping from the rebel
prison, and he tells about it in the letter of
last July, the latest received from him.
1t seems that a half dozen of the Indians
entered into a plot to kill their leader in
order to secure the money that they be
New-York tribune., 1902-04-27
THE PHILIPPINE DEBATE.
nraocp.Ts HAVE NOTHING TO OFFER BUT
INVECTIvE AND CRITICISM-MR. CAh-
MACK's SPEECH FINISHED.

IBY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRlBCNH-I
Washington April 26.-Mr. Carmack concluu-
ed to-day in the Senate his philippe against
American policies civil and military, as they
have been administered in the Philippines his
speech was from the current Democratic point
of view a popular and successful one But ie
only illustrated. in its opulence of eplthet ana
absolute lack of definite suggestions Tor deaIihs
with the Philippine question lack or lnteiiisehe
leadership in the present Democratic attitude
toward any and all problems Of serious lesisia-
ton
Mr.. Carmack referred to the cabled reports
from Manila that General Smith had acknowl-
edged he had given orders to make hoWins
wilderness of Samar and to Kill all over ten as
horrible beyond description. The programme, he
said was to practise unheard of barbarities In
the slaughter of the Inhabitants, and to nave
the torch complete the work OF siauehIer'
When the land is without a home ana the
country without people the word paciiieo
VIII be written upon the tombstone OF the
Province of Samar.'
From the very outbreak of hostities IN the
Philippines he declared. there had been a sys-
tematic concealment of the truth. which was
now coming out. The civil government estap-
Hshed by this bill. he predicted. would result In
ever recurring insurrectons to be put down by
blood and treasure What for? In order that
a few rapscallions and carpet baggers might
have unlimited license to thieve and punder.
He called attention to a report that an Amer
ican corpora ton which proposed TO raise rupper
trees in Mindanao. had arranged with the dat
tos for slave labor. and he had read an amend
ment he proposed to offer prohibiting the grant
of any franchise to persons or corporations
which proposed to employ slave labor tie
asked Mr. Lodge If the amendment would be
agreeable to him.
L cannot speak for the committee, replied
Mr.. Lodge For myself 1t is perfectly agree
al BILE to me-"
Mr. Carmack also gave notice of another
amendment he would offer TO prohibit the entry
OF the PHILIPPINES as States in the Union and
asked for Mr. Lodges opinion. but the latter
declined to reply categorlcaly. saying he would
answer In his own time in his
Mr. DolIiver OF Iowa, asked Mr.. Carmack to
define his own position. having first invelghed
against holding the islands in perpetual des-
pOtism,' and being now soncitous lest 'hey De
admitted States. go
Mr. Carmack replied that his own position
was clear While the carpet baggers and ad
yenturers were plundering and getting control
OF the islands he said. the government pro-
yided in this bill would be Just what they
wanted When they had everything they wanted
they would clamor for American markets ana
American Statehood .
Mr. Carrnack in conclusion, expressed the
earnest wish that the administration would turn
from the bloody gospel OF the strenuous HE
to the paths OF peace.
New-York tribune., 1902-04-27
NEWS OF TWO CAPITALS.
Continued from first page.

William Strang w. Rothenstein and kindred
spirits Ike orpen and Charles Shannon have
nearly an entire room TO themselves for the dis
play Of works which have attracted little at
fention outside the gloomy gallery in Piccadilly
where the members OF the new English art club
disport themselves The beiated pre- -Raphaelites
are also held in high esteem, for their crude
works are hung the same walls with the
masterpieces Of Rossetti, Millais and Burne-
Jones
The concert season has been Quieter than lOr
several years few novelties being presented
and the audiences less sympathetic than usual
with amateur performers. who have 10 receive
the approval OF London audiences before they
can make a reputation IN the provinces George
ferschePs daughter has sung several songs at
the first concert in St. James's Hall. and been
kindly received. one song was a new one. COM
posed by her father with suggestions from
Brahms.
The London musical festival has secured good
patronage from the public for the Queens Hail
series next week but the programme NANNY
involves reproductions Of time honoreu slahu-
ards and there are few novelties.
Joachim Quarter. John Dunsmure arthur
Hartmann and Mabel Montsith viii have con-
certs and recitals next week. Arnold Doimetsch
is giving concerts with antique instruments IN
6 quaint little hall in CliTord's Inn.
New-York tribune., 1902-04-27
LAY DOWN BEFORE TRAIN.
WOMAN JUMPED FROM WINDOW AND
COMMITTED SUICIDE WHILE PO-
LICE GUARDED HER DOOR.

Susa Tompka Orabach. Slav girl twenty-one
wears old committed suicide yesterday morning
near the Port Chester station by laying her
head on the rail of the inner eastbound track
Of the New York. New-Haven and Hartford
Railroad In front OF a fast train. Her body was
found at daylight by some trainmen and taken
to the local morgue on the order of Coroner
Banning OF Mount Vernon.
An hour before her death the girl was being
guarded at the Dupont House. Port Chester. by
two policemen. She had been arrested on the
charge Of infanticide. and it is supposed that
the thought OF punishment for her crime drove
her to leap from second story window OF the
hotel and seek death on the railroad track To
make death doubly certain. the girl swallowed
a quantity OF arsenic poisoning. the vial be-
ing found empty beside her body
No one in Port Chester knew the dead woman
Her name found in Bible among her ef-
fects Coroner Banning. who is investigating
the case. has learned that she was recently IN
care Of a midwife in Port Chester. He may or
der the womans arrest after the inquest on
Monday.
New-York tribune., 1902-04-27
FIGHT OVER 4 SUMHER HOTEL.

Kingston, n. Y. April 26 tSpeciaD.-There is a
legal tangle regard the possession OF the new
Grand Hotel Oh Summit Mountain. In the Cats
kills David A. Sprague has been the lessee OF the
resort for the last years under contract OF
sale and he Is now in possession of the property
with the determination OF remaining there But
Peter Cornell the and executor OF the estate OF
Joseph Cornell. who owned the property claims
that MIR. Sprague has broken his agreement in the
contract TO purchase and has thus forfeited the
same on this theory Mr.. Cornell has now leased
the resort Colonel c. A. Linsley. who is about to
make extensive alterations and improvements
Colonel Linsey and Mr.. Cornell. accompanied by
their attorney. went there yesterday and demanded
nossession Mr.. Sprague stouty refused to get
out, insisting that his agreement to purchase had
NOT been violated. He Is advised by his counsel
to hold possession. and surrender TO one. Bit
ter litigation is sure TO result. The Grand is the
second largest resort in the Catskills and one OF
the most popular.
New-York tribune., 1902-04-27
STEAMSHIP COMBINATION.
DENIAL. THAT WHITE STAR Line hA'
REES SOLD-MUST TRUST TO EN-
JJGUTENED SELF-INTEREST.

Liverpool April 26-J Bruce Ismay chairnan u
the White Star Line. in an interve" tnis 80
noon positively denied the report that eie -
star Line had been sold and also denied 'hat .ie
American shipping syndicate helu any '
ever IN the company. ,,,.
Mr. Ismay said Mr. Pirrie head OF 'he snip =
ing firm OF Harland & Wolff, had not so'u MS
shares In the White Star Line and ne ulu ho "
tend to sell them The statement of the Secre'A,y
of the British Admiralty. Mr. Arnoid-r @ oi s', = "
the House of Commons regarding the White star
Line not correct. -
As to the reports OF negotiations of j. PlerpohV
Morgan with himself, with the object or the Iorie
purchasing shares in the White Star Line MI Is
may said that any information on the SUBJECT hi'
he obtained from Mr.. Morgan himself -
The Americanization of the British mercah'i'e
navy will again be the principal subject at
tions time in the House of Commons Monday
Members have gwen notice OF dozen inquiries
covering a variety of points, indicative or Wide-
spread apprehension that. despite assurances 10 '
contrary, the shipping combination hlehaSe' i
only Great Britain's naval resources put hei e
rnercial interests. Further Information wiz NC
asked of the ministers to whether the britisii
companies enter the combination on precisely 'ne
same the American and GERMAN hL
whether the British companies will be required 'o
disclose the OF their agreement win 'he
American syndicate, and whether the obligation or
the White Star Line TO recruit half its crews
from the Royal Naval Reserves will hoid sooo' e''-
The pessf1nsts refuse credit the assurances that
the Atlantic combination mas no uiteiioi
sap the naval strength of Great Britain MI MOT
gan is held up a monster dealing reenng pioMs
to i'll organized British commerce, ana cainhly ol
ganizng earthquakes with designs 10 sWaho" up
the world.
OF the navigation laws and falls foul OF .hT & az
Indifference of the president OF the Soard Oh Iaie
Gerald Balfour as indicated by his replies IN the
House of Commons to questions on the SUBJECT
THE Westminster Gazette takes a caimer VleW-
It thinks the combination Will not esSehtlaiy
change the character of British trade, ana says.
whether Great Britain likes 1t or not, the trust
Is part OF the evolution OF InodeIil DTf h
and there Is little chance of resisting IL ne
shipping companies merely propose 70 adopt d cnz5
actertstic American organization, under the sulu-
ance of Americans who are past masters III that
particular line of business.
As TO how combinations shall be coInpeIieu 10 re
gard public convenience The Westminster Ga
Zette finds legislation ineffective and thinks tere
no other corrective but the enlightened seii-lh-
terest of the combinations themselves
New-York tribune., 1902-04-27
THE FRENCH LINES STATUS.

Paris April 26-The rumors of the absorption OF
the Transatlantic Company by the shipping compi-
nation have attracted much attention here j.
Pierpont Morgan is still in Paris, but refuses 10
see all intervewers. He dined yesterday evening
with VI. I.azare WELLER. the French economist
councillor of thu, Committee the Foreign Com
merce OF France and member of the Supreme Coun-
ell of the Colonies.
The Temps prints an interview with the sec
retary OF the French Line in which he reiterated
his denial. CabIed on April "a that there had been
a meeting between Mr.. Morgan and the directors
OF the line, and added:
IF the combination is formed II Will certainly
raise passenger and freight rates, which are now
low. owing to the terrible competition Ihe
prising: but shall not be the only company not
to ioin In IT, The German lines may enter into an
unders nding with the combina tion but VIII re-
main free ourselves. If the combination
raises rates shall also raise them.
New-York tribune., 1902-04-27

lax. and mountain resorts reached by its line IL
10 intended TO give those In quest of summer
homes complete and accurate Information regard
ing the character OF the Lackawanna resorts. the
hotels and boarding houses. price OF board rates
OF tickets. and. in fact Just the kind OF lhiormt
t,on the summer homeseeker desires The book
also contains a series Of amusing sketches entitled
.sThe Experiences OF Pa" Mountain and Lake
Resorts on the Lackawanna is the title OF the
nrbrcattor and ~ may be obtained by serdiny
~ cents in hostage stamps T. W. Lee. General
passenger Agent No 20 Exchange Place New
York
New-York tribune., 1902-04-27
PATERSON GETS $4,000 FOR CITY HALL
THE BUILDING WAS INSURED FOR s1l1OO0 BUT
CLAUSE IN THE POLICIES REDUCED
THE AMOUNT

Paterson. n. J., April 26 (SpecaD.-After nearly
three months OF pickering over the loss on the
City Hall in the fire OF February the insurance
on the building settled this morning. The
building worth s31o1s3. but 1t was only insured
for Slllooa and all the policies had the so per
reinsurance clause attached. by which the city be-
came coinsuTer for the difference between 80 per
cent OF the value OF the building and the actual
amount of the insurance carried. The amount which
the city receives by the settlement is l 493 sS thus
losing S29 SOC 02.
New-York tribune., 1902-04-27

made famous by Defoe's narrative OF the du'
-. 80 pohsnson Cr,1soe The island belongs to
Chilli and the government is now arranging 10
make it part of of the provinces ana bor
local civil government There is good nal pol
on one side Of the island where large shlps @ Sait
anchor with safety A large canning fac.orE eh M
heen established on Juan Fernandez. and the lisi
ing industries are attracting the attention OF cap
aiiS
New-York tribune., 1902-04-27
DEVELOPING cRUsOEs ISLAND.
tRY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNE.

tRY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRfBUNE-1
Washington April 26-R. E. Mansfield. United
States Consul at Valparaiso Chilli. reports to the
State Department that successful efforts being
made to develop the island Of Juan Fernandez,
New-York tribune., 1902-04-27
PRESIDENT DOLE VISITS YALE.

New-Haven, Conn. April 2s-Presdent Sanford
B. Dole, of Hawaii, visited New-Haven to-day, ac-
companied by his daughter. He enter tanned
by the Hawaiian Club, of Yale, composed of twen-,
ty-fVe students In the university from Honolulu
and other parts OF the islAnds. - -
New-York tribune., 1902-04-27
SAYS HE GOT 5000 FOR FALSE TIP"
SON OF EX- PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD PRESIDENT
cArsH,s ARREST OF ''TIPsTER."

ST was arraigned in the jefferson Market Court
before Magistrate Deuel. yesterday the charge Of
larceny and was held for examination tomorrow.
j. r Scott, of Philadelphia. was the complainant.
He is staying the Waldorf. and Is the son OF
former president OF the Pennsylvania Railroad
Company. Scott says he met Muldoon in Kid" Me
Coy's place in Broadway, and was told by the
latter that he knew of some good things" al the
Aqueduct races. Scott says he gave the prisoner
SEQ and told him TO bet & horse Muldoon
later told Scott the latter said. that the horse
finished first but had been disqualified. After
ward Hotel Detective Kennedy told Mr.. Scott that
the horse had all Muldoon was told to
call al the hotel yesterday TO get more money to
place and arrested.
New-York tribune., 1902-04-27
on THE L4CK4WANN4.

The Lackawanna Railroad has just issued
handsomely illustrated book describing the various
New-York tribune., 1902-04-27

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