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Evening star., 1902-08-30

make the river all right, and I'll explain
TO the red gentlemen"
They stood side by side between the fall
len burro and Puts bay. The Angel laid
her hand tenderly on Samantha's hearing
side.
you poor old dear" she said softly.
Then, looking at the group of Indians rid
ing half mile behind, II wonder what
they'll do to us. L wish Jack were here"
Little Put drew in a long breath and
shut his eyes, as if the sun glare blinded
him.
'Ill try to take his place" he said. "Wil
you go?''
NO. I hardly think 1t worth while If
they could shoot Samantha they could hit
me, and like company. 1t is better to-
gether, don't you think so?'
She raised her lashes and looked at Put
There was no time for explana tions or pre-
paratory Overtures. Little Put took off
his gray siouch hat and kissed her like a
man, and all the world was sunshine and
glory, and the alkaH desert holy of holes
for the shrine of his love. So it happened
that when Broken Arrow and his men drew
near Put went to meet them, and he was
smiling sweetly and benignly and wonder
ing In rampant boyish fashion whether
It would bring a quicker finish If he put
a bullet between the old chiefs close set,
beady eyes.
But there are points of honor even in
Arizona and he had been a welcome guest
at Broken Arrows tepee so he listened in
silence TO the story of what the white witch
4iclu uOiIc, anu iOuS DdCh 10 lH6 Angel with
a fye-minute truce.
They want you," he said. "The last
one you took, little Sun Dog, you know,
has been gone since last night
THE baby?" she cried the woman's fear
and chlld-love leaping to her eyes
Yes. They say you have eaten him,
dear, or given him to the devn in the
black box" He spoke very gently. II can
do one of two things. l can turn around
and shoot. 1t would probably settle about
three Of the brutes. The rest would set
tie us with variations and minor chords in
about two minutes"
What else?''
I'VE can ride to their camp, and I Will
leave you and go for help"
She thought for moment.
VIII you please give me one of your re-
volvers?"
1t was pure grit Little Put could have
shouted aloud to the whole world the
courage of his lady fair as he drew a
small hammerless Smith & Wesson from
his holster and gave 1t to her
II can get help by dawn" he said.
They wouldn't dare"
But If they should" she smiled up at
him. Don't worry Only when Jack comes
back, you must tell him.
Her voice broke a little and Put saw
there were tears in the eyes that looked
westward, where he had told her Jack
had gone. He looked at his watch There
We're two minutes of the truce limit left.
"Dollei"
Something in his tone made her start
slightly. He had never called her by her
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then sand again and alkall and cactus. and
little Puts face was puckered and grim as
he thought of the word he had received
from the Indians concerning a white slr,
that dealt in magic and shot death and
woe from a terrible black box, smali
black box that clucked like snake ana
winked its eye and let loose devil among
the tepees.
Just over the hill range he overlook her,
and found that his education IN angels was
as yet incomplete. She was not gratetu ui.
She saw necessity in his riding 10 tne
rescue. She laughed, and 1t was not d d
friendly laugh. 1t was a laugh OF angenc
derision, but still little Put rode on beside
her, and therefore was he honored by Plety
Flat as one above his kind. The angel
couldn't rattle him worth cent:
It's perfectly absurd, all this russ apout
a kodak" she said. And even If 1t were
all true, that they want my scaip-and, by
the way, / don't blame them for tits a
very nice scalp-do you know what would
do?''
Put glanced back over his shoulder. The
hills lay in a low half moon behind them.
Before was the desert of sunbaked alkaH
scanned in great cracks, and the edges curl
ing upward like scorched paper. In the
binding haze of flashing sunlight ahead, a
few black specks like ink blocks, appeared
and vanished and reappeared larger than
before
what do you suppose I'd do?" she re-
peated.
Run, yell or faint" said little Put, and
he whistled under his breath softly.
The angel smiled and put back a wisp
of the nut-brown hair that futtered lazily
across her eyes.
ut isn't a joke. One doesn't really do
those things, don't you know, not when it's
a funny. little old man like Broken Arrow,
and those other greasy, half-dead-looking
Indians. Why, I'd just take the camera to
pieces, and explain it to them, logically and
practically, and
Turn ba ck to the river Little Put laid
his hand on Samantha's bride and jerked
her head around. where's that Kodak"
He took it from the supporting strap
around her shoulders, and dropped it in
their ira cks. ITO keep them busy for a
while" he explained. ''There are about
twenty red gentlemen chasing us and they
all have prcjudices. They'll attend to that
logically, practically and otherwise, and
God grant it gives US time to make the
river"
They rode steadily for half a mile. The
angel was very quiet She did not even
whiten. and he loved her for that. 1t show
ed grit. So did the way she guided Sa
mantha's protesting hoofs, when something
whizzed past her ear and dug a neat round
hole in the ground ahead of them.
Put looked back.
They went around the kodak and shot
at it, he said, with a grin. II wish it had
been bomb. Can you ride little faster?"
Samantha answered the question by
stumbling forward on her knees Put
caught the girl around the waist and lifted
her back safely.
They've clipped one Of her legs he
said. Get on my horse, quick You can
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like qucksand and strange shy snakes
and lizards slip swiftly out of sight as the
horses slide and scramble up the soft, Slip
perry sides.
Put stopped midway on the slope. and
swung off his pony to examine a mark in
the clay. 1t was a slight, little fnnros-
sion. Five small toes and a heel as if a
young ape had stepped there. Put stood
upright and called to Broken Arrow and
showed him the marks.
1T points east TO the desert" he said
The child has wandered 1t is no witch
craft If You lose young coyote, and it
runs away. is it black devils?''
The chief spread out his hands.
Where is he?"
Put pointed to the east. where the great
desert spread out under the hot sunshine
believer"
Broken Arrow nodded slowly.
IF he still lives
Put hesitated. He pushed his hat back
restlesSly on his head, put his hands IN his
pockets. and stared at the chief, and his
face troubled.
Il want until SUNRISE" he said 'I'u
come back then, unless I'm lying around
dead out yOnder some where And saw
we've been friends, you know. That day
year ago, when four Of your boys stole our
horses, and we caught them. Remember?
Big Tom was going toAswing them up on
the dead cottonwood, and let you know
we objected, and 1 fixed things up for you.
and one was your own boy. Remember? ?''
The old man looked at the warm, eager.
boyish face, and nodded grim1y
Then I ought to have.sonae kind Of a pull
with you, don't you know. You owe me
for that yet. and I'm going to cali you
now. Just be good ana far to her until
sunrise. Don't let theni de4il her yonder
in the camp all night. Waittunt sunrise"
Broken Arrow put outthis hand.
Until SUNRISE he said, and added:
Your squaw?"
Put flushed crimson.
Not yet. old man. = Some day, please
God and under his breath as he sprang
to the saddle IF l live to see the sunrise"
They would not let him speak with her
He raised his hat and waived it and she
laid her hand on her breast, where the re-
Volver lay, and they understood. Then he
rode away slowly toward the east, follow
ing the track of Sun Dog. and Broken Ar
row took her to his own tepee and set q
guard on it until sunrise.
And all night the Angel sat there, sleep
less and waiting, with only the crackle of
the watch fire to break the stiffness or
the sudden sharp wall of a mother mourn
ing for her lost baby boy, in the next tepee
The moonlight slipped through the rift
where the flap of the skins closed the en-
trance. She watched 1t with a kind of
fascination, and when it faded and turned
gray and she could trace the outlines of
the tent poles over her head she drew out
the revolver and laid her head back on
the blanket of the couch and tried to think
OF something besides the kiss of little Put
Broken Arrow played fair and true. Not
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name before. ana no one but Jack ever
said Dollie.
nds Don, be = angry angry, Yegre bra brave, you
ahead recklessly. He Wished they had
told her that first dayi He wished she
would not look at him SO frightened. HE
he won't come back"
Jack
He died a week before you came"
She was white now The color that had
defied the Indians fed at his words and her
hands closed on each other tightly. When
she spoke her voice was Trembling
"Oh, why, why, didn't You tell me- 1t
wasn't kind all these weeks. What did
he die of?''
Put closed his eyes a moment and prayed
for the gift of Beelzebub. as he remem-
bered the death of Jack Raymond. The
fight at headquarters tent, the quick shot
that settled it all, and Jacks face up
turned on the floor among the scattered
cards and broken glasses 1t had been
very white as white as the Angels now,
and the two were much alike. AS he look
ed at her the strength to lie came to him
and he knew all Piety Flat would stand by
him.
1T was fever He had a chum, and
nursed him first, then took 1t himself and
died The chum went away afterward."
He stopped. That last was truel After
he had fired the shot, Rogers had made
tracks for the Mexican border. There was
no danger of pursuit, though. No one
blamed him.
The Angel drew a long, deep breath.
There was an uneasy movement among
the Indians, and Broken Arrow held up
his hand, palm upward Put raised his in
answer and turned his horses head toward
them.
But the house. and the mine and every
thing'-faltered the Angel.
They We're Jacks and mine" said little
Put: They are yours now" He caught
a glimpse of her face. and put his arm
around her Don't, dear; don't feel like
that He died-like a hero"
The ride to the tepees was hot and tire
some. Put rode on one of the Indian ponies
beside Broken Arrow. The Angel was on
the bay the other side Her face was sad
Not for fear of the future, but for grief
over Samantha, left to die within sight of
the river. Some way the other news seem
ed like the half-torgotten memory Of a
dream. Put argued and threatened The
chiefs face never changed its expression.
Just before You reach the Indian camp
there is the zg-zag bed of a driedup creek
to cross The ground IS yellow and oozy
Evening star., 1902-08-30
Browning's Ghost on the Campanile

Browning's Ghost on the Campanile.
From the Pail Mall Gazette.
went to Paris tother day.
Threaded Mount Cents.
Passed Turin, Milan. No delay!
And so to Venice.
('Cens' and Venice rhyme? Sublime!
I you frowning.
Zooks, man. let Shelley pick his rhyme,
I'm Robert BrowningD
My object there? st. Marks you guess
The Doges Palace
Just Il went by Doverf' Yes
And also Calais
whats that you say? The metres roughly
Wincing, old fat head?
You're out, Sir, Metres we'll enough.
Ais right on that headD
bought paper, read, rubbed eyes,
Brain-pan felt reelly.
What was 1t moved me? You surmiseI
The Campanile.
The famous Campanile down.
Tumbled in ruin,
Anger and tears through all the town,
So the news few in.
Man shouts, brat squeals, dame squeaks cur barks
In the Piazza
Low lies the bel-tower of st. Marks
Fallen quite fat, Sir!
oh what a theme for Epic Musei
For tragic buskn!
i wonder who will break the nSvs
To Ruskini
Evening star., 1902-08-30

Plant OF the Pool Room Keepers.
Even the oId-fashioned. so-called old fogy
ish newspapers Of the let-well-enough-alon
school are beginning to awaken to the fact
that there is a good deal Of justice I'm the
plant of the pool room keepers OF New
York. most Of wnor are now out OF busl-
ness again since the recent renewal Of the
raids against them II betting on the So
called sport Of kings" is a crime in a pool
room. say these people, IL Is equally a crime
under the law on the race track. and there
certainly is a whole lot Of logic an the con-
tentlon. The present operation Of the law
Is all in favor of the bookmakers' trust
called the Metropolitan Turf Associate
the lolling moguls who lay the prices on the
tracks One Of these fellows took I'm S140.-
G90 on his sheets at the Sarat toga races one
day last week, and he kept more than
$4,000 Of the money his little days
work. AT the very best there Is a good
deal Of fol-de-rol and tomny-rot about this
sport of kings" which at the very bottom
is no sport" at all, except for a few rich
horse owners, but peculiarly malignant
and insidious gambling game, the effect Of
which upon young men who become fas-
cinated by it is rankly disastrous IN four
cases out Of five.
1t may sound revolutionary and IAN
archistical' and all that sore of thing OF
course, but when a man in evening clothes
is permitted TO buck a Saratoga faro bank
with $4,000 worth of chips in the course OF
an evening, thereby gaining the admira ton
Of his cronies and Sycophants for HIS
nerve" and a S10-a-week clerk In New
York is locked up in a cell for figuring I'm a
nickel-a-corner game of whist or cribbage
pinochle, it assuredly looks as If after
ALL there is a good deal in this protracted
hubbub over what is termed class law"
T.,
Evening star., 1902-08-30
Glory.
le Chicago Record-Herald.

From the Chicago Record Herald.
''Oh, dear.' she sighed. 81 wish were In
that Newport girls place"
Yes her friend answered, 1T must be
lovely to have money enough to live there
and be stylish"
1T isn't the money and the style so much.
although they're fine. But a man killed
himself on account of the girl mean"
Evening star., 1902-08-30

Tourist-"Why you scoundreli / hired
you to protect me from highwaymen, and
now the first chance you get you rob me
yourself"
Guide-"But, partner, I warned you what
a dangerous neighborhood this is."-Life.
Evening star., 1902-08-30
Unnecessary.

From the Chicago News
Clara-"T wonder why Miss Oldrich
doesn't keep a maid?
Maude-"Oh, she boasts of being a self
maid woman, you know"
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-03-28
News and Notes.

In such systems of farming as sugar
production in the south and wheat
production in the northwest a condi-
ton has been reached, even upon land
originally of great fertility, where a
system of rotation must be employed.
The idea is being advocated that the
government should brand horses upon
the hoof, as do foreign governments,
instead of the flesh. The pain is COM
paratively small and the mark lasting.
On the continent of Europe the root
form of celery, generally known as
celeriac, In more largely cultivated,
but in America stock celery is general
ly grown.
Air cannot freely enter a soil which
is filed with standing water, and
growth of micro organisms is hindered.
The capital invested In the beet sug'
ar industry In 1900 amounted to S2Os'
95S,519
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-03-28
CHEAP JOHN" TRAP NEST.

hope that some simple effective and
yet inexpensive apparatus would be
found which any poultryman could
make or have made Director Brigham
says that, curiously enough, some of
the most ingenious and interesting in
ventions for outwitting the laying hen
were evolved by persons who evidently
had never kept hens" The Cheap
John" nest, which was made by the
college carpenter out of an orange box,
has proved one of the best contriv-
ances. The interested poultryman is
at liberty to use the same and to i'm
prove upon it to the fullest extent.
There Is no danger of infringement of
a patent or of injury TO any ones
rights by so doing. The value of the
trap nest in following a course of line
breeding of fowls is certainly unques-
tionable.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-03-28
TURNIPS IN THE CORN.
Two Good Crops Grown Together.
Sow About the Middle of July.

I have been sowing turnip seed in
my cornfield for nearly 80 years. One
year l sowed 80 pounds of seed on 80
acres and harvested about 10000 bush
els of turnips and a good crop of corn,
says writer in Orange Judd Farmer.
Plant the corn in straight rows and
keep the cultivator going until about
the middle of July, then SOW the tur-
nip seed directly after the last cultiva-
ton. If two or three dashing showers
fall In a week or so, no covering is
showers are in prospect, l hasten to
SOW my seed. If no rain comes, the
seed must be lightly covered, much as
you would clover seed. Two or three
boards fastened together and drawn
between the rows of corn cover the
seed very nicely.
A strap leaved turnip of the best
variety will grow almost anywhere
provided the plant can get q start.
want my turnips for feeding all the
way from September to February, and
/ want a lot of them. Bushel for BUSH
81 they are worth more than mangels
during this time. Give the cattle and
sheep plenty of turnips, and no medi-
cine will be needed.
Turnips should be stored as near the
stock as possible, so they can be easily
fed. Any place where ventilation can
be controlled and where frosts can be
kept out will answer. l have a cellar
under the driveway Of my barn 10 by
80 by 10 feet, which l have filled with
roots more than once. Be careful, how
ever, not to put any turnips into your
cellar after they have been out on the
ground on frosty night. A few BUSH
els injured by freezing will start heat
that will destroy all Of them.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-03-28
EUROPE'S HIGHWAYS
PERFECT SYSTEM BY WHICH THEY
ARE BUILT AND MAINTAINED.

Some of the Splendid Roads In
France. Belgium and italy &c.
100000 Spent by Latter Country on
Her Highways In Five Years.
1t will interest you to know about the
roads of France. In that country there
is no such diversity between the mate
rial progress of the farmer and that of
the merchant, between the country and
the town, as is found in this country,
says Isaac B. Potter in The Gospel Of
Good Roads. The farmers prosper and
have always prospered. Every dollar
spent by the French government to
bring itself more closely in touch with
its rural population has been well in
vested
OF course these roads of France are
not built by farmers who "work out"
their highway taxes after the manner
followed in this country, nor are they
repaired by the use of plows, hoes or
scrapers, like those which are brought
into use at the annual farmers picnic
which takes place when you go out to
''work the road" in your township. On
the contrary, they are built and kept
up under a system which Is perhaps
the most perfect in the world. There
is an official in chief who takes charge
of all the main roads Of the republic
and requires from his subordinates
complete reports at frequent intervals.
In this manner information is always
roads In all parts of the country. OF
course the work is divided into differ
ent sections. which in turn are in
charge of subordinate engineers or SUI
perintendents. Broken stone is fur
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-03-28
Tapping Maple Trees.

At the beginning of the sugar season
tapping the trees is the first operation.
Many sugar makers are not successful
owing to improper tapping and lack of
spouts adapted for the purpose, ad-
vises n New England Homestead cor
respondent. A spout must embody fea-
lures TO bring forth all the available
sap from the bore, exclude the air and
keep the bore continually drained, not
permitting the bore to fill with sap half
it's diameter, as this will create sour
sap in warm and ice in cold weather.
The former will cause the sap to sour
and contaminate the fresh flow, and
the latter will freeze the sap, which
retards the flow, loosens the spout and
causes leakage.
A spout must be so formed that only
the hard bark will come in contact
with it, so that the sap cells and fibers
are absolutely free to perform their
function. No bark should ever be re-
moved from tree to accommodate the
placing of the spout. The spout should
be removed from the tree by turning,
never by prying. The wound then will
heal in one season, and checking the
bark is prevented. A spout following
the foregoing requirements must be
made from a single piece of heavy,
timed steel of sufficient strength to
permit its being driven with a ham,
mer without injury. The bore should
not be more than seven-siXteenths of
an inch in diameter and from two to
two and half inches deep.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-03-28
COUNTRY ROAD IN FRANCE.

nished by contract, and, considering
the amount of labor accomplished each
year on the French roads, the cost is
surprisingly small. The roads Of our
own states, at least the important
state roads. should be maintained in
the same way.
In Belgium also the principal roads
are built and maintained by the gen
eral government. and in 1880 in the
nine provinces of Belgium over 20 per
cent of the highroads were of this
class, the entire length of high class
roads being Alb English miles out of
a total of 5.2S6 of roads of all classes
The best roads of Belgium are in the
provinces of Namur, Liege and Lux
embOurg, and permanent employees
are kept on the roads under the direc-
ton of the chief engineer of the prov
ince for the purpose of insuring the
observance of the regulations and look
ing after the constant repair of the
highways.
In Baden the main roads are under
the supervision of the state authori-
ties and are cared for with studious
regard for the requirements of the
farmer and inland travel. Under the
law relating to roads in Baden the
duty Of maintaining the road falls as
follows: One-quarter each upon the
town and county in which the road is
situated. the remaining one-half upon
the state treasury.
In Italy the minister of public works
is at the head of the department of
public works. The construction of
these roads is in most cases under
taken by contracts. the work being
carried on under direction of govern
ment engineers. The government road
laborers are called "cantonniers" and
are selected with great care, special
reference being had to character and
honesty. They must be Of robust con-
stitution and must be able to read and
write. Each one of these contonniers
is provided with a full set of tools and
implements specified by law. His hours
of work are from sunrise to sunset,
and each day he is obliged to go over
the entire track of road placed in his
charge. He must be constantly upon
the line OF his work in all kinds of
weather and in case of necessity is
bound to work on public holidays His
chief duties are the leveling and repair
of the highways, the removal of snow,
mud. dust, etc. He must assist travel
ers in distress and vehicles disabled by
accident or by weather. and for any
neglect of duty he may be fined, sus-
pended or dismissed, according to the
degree of the offense.
The fines accumulated during the
year are divided among the deserving
contonniers or given to one of the mu-
tual benefit association of which they
are members. Cantonniers who serve
with credit and distinction for three or
more years are promoted and given an
increase of monthly wages. In the five
years from 1873 to 1878 Italy spent
about $16,OOO.000 on her roads, al.
though before that appropriation was
made many excellent highways existed
In all parts Of the kingdom. In 1881
Italy constructed about 100 miles OF
new road and had then about II, O4C
miles in course of construction.
In the Netherlands. as in the coun
tries already mentioned, the principa
roads are maintained at the expense o.
the state.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-03-28
GRIPPE QUICKLY CURED.

"In the winter of 1898 and 1899 | was
taken down with a severe attack of wha
is called La Grippe" says F, l.. Hewett
a prominent druggist of Winfield, Ill
"The only medicine | used was two bot
ties of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. Il
broke up the cold and stopped the cough
ing like magic, and | have never since
been troubled with Grippe" Chamber
lain's Cough Remedy can always be de.
pended upon to break up a severe cold
and ward off any threatened attack Of
pneumonia. 1t is pleasant to take, too
which makes it the most desirable and
one Of the most popular preparations in
use for these ailments. For sale by DR.
ID. A. Bisbee.