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Hes ordered to command on the
Long Island shore and gone there"
"Nhen?"
Late this afternoon. just at dark
laughed for the very absurdity and
wrotchedness of it. T was the last
straw. and our whole work and mis-
sion was gone, The others stood in
active on the news Of it. and just then
came one of the crew runr ing up from
the boat.
Quick. lieutenant" he cried. under
his breath. to me. "Quicl. they're on
u.s." And we distinctly heard a cry
down by the shore:
There they are, Pull, men. pull"
l was down the garden path in an in
slant. Acton close on to me, Curtis fol-
lowing leisureiy. And as we came to
the shore and leaped into the boat there
came another large barge with half
dozen or mayhap eight men
pulling toward us. Standing in the
bow was man hailing us in the voice
of Hazeltine. for l call him by that
name still, as so l knew him.
Who are you here at this time O.
night?'
Frank" said Curtis, before I could
speak" Frank. take yourself and your
men away, as you love your life!"
And his voice rasped out the words,
as if they would cut the night air.
Ono, cousin, l have you all three"
cried he. Row on, men, hard, into
them, Into them,
The next moment they struck us, and
after a pistol shot or two that hit no
one fierce hand-to-h hand fight began
across the gunwales OF the two boats
They were two more than We. but with
the exception of Hazeliine himself the
fore. the better swords. and there in the
darkness the mix-up was complete at
first and no one uttered word or cry.
till down in the stern of the now
locked boats came a groan. and one of
our pursueIs sank into his seat.
Acton was furtherst aft, Curtis next
and in the bow. so that Hazeltinc and
/ came together.
you cur, you," cried the man. q
have you at last" and he made a thrust
did. the defense alone was like to
have knocked me overheard on the other
side. returned the thrust, and we
fought there without science or attempt
at skill but as boys would fight with
broomsticks. crazy with anger. So close
were we together that there was no
room to move and thrust, and on the
instant as he parried a blow of mine
felt my point enter something soft,
and, hearing a groan near by. l pulled
the rabier back and saw the next man
fall. Hazeltine had saved himself and
killed the man next him by parrying
the stroke.
At that he began to curse me for
a clumsy lout, using all the foul lam
guage of which he must have been
good master, and in between his cries |
could hear Acton talking TO his oppon
ents:
so. another gone belowi" cried that
indomitable spirit, as he turned to the
next "Ah, one of ours!" as fierce
scream and the jarring of our boat
told me one Of our men was gone.
Curtis said not word, but, as his
man having fallen by my chance stroke,
he turned quietly 10 the next. None of
this could see. but | knew as if by
diyination without the use of eyes, for
my game was near up more than once.
The man fought with far more energy
than he would for his cause He hated
me, and hammered at me in a frenzy,
crying out that | was a coward. and
traitor. and spy. and what not, yell
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NONE BUT THE BRAVE---

to the little study beyond, where we
had breakfasted the day before. And
there | found her
she was standing just inside the big
hall with her back to me talking with
some two or three people, her arm rest
ing on that of a young officer whom
had not seen before. | stopped mo-
ment, and then passing behind some
large screens, set thero TO hide serving
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What is it. MANI" asked in whls-
ner.
"Gone," said he.
Cone" we cried together.
AYE. have been searching for ye
all the night, but could not find ye any
where Ye were not at your place in
Mrs. Hodges. Ye were nowhere in the
streets. | could not find We at ALL"
but speak up, my man." said Curtis.
What mean you?"
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Copyright, 1901. by Frank \. Munsey, as
In the Shadow of War"

inr. There, there," each tine he
So the cries and the noise of the fight
ragged on close by the shore till some
one falling in our boat tipped it side
ways, and the two barges slipped
foot or more apart. And that foul
fiend, seeing us likely to move off, gave
him, and leaping on the gunwale OF his
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Continued on Teath Pase.)
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TO DESTROY WILD BEASTS.

Scheme In india That Closely Ap-
proaches Actual Warfare.
In spite Of the many plans which
have been tried by the Indian govern
mert, there is no diminution. but rath-
er the contrary, in the number OF
deaths caused by wild beasts. Vari-
GUS conjectures are hazarded to ac-
count for this failure of the executive,
but 1t is pretty well agreed that the
destruction OF game by sportsmen and
by drought compels tigers, leopards.
wolves, and hyenas to prey to great.
er extent on humanity.
Whether that be the case or not,
Lord Curzon has unquestionably gone
the right way to work by resorting to
the novel expedient Of employing
Goorkha soldiers in some Of the worst
infested districts. Born sportsmen as
they are, and perfectly fearless, they
readily take up with this new sort of
military duty, and there seems every
likelihood that the venture, If perse'
vered with, will be crowned with COM
plete success. Wolves are, it appears,
much greater delinquents than the
more lordly carnivora; they are
debited with nearly 800 deaths per an
mum in the United Provinces alone.
But they will have q hot time Of it
when the Goorkhas carry out their
proposed scheme of a scientific jun
gle hunt, much on the lines of Lord
Kitchener's blockhouse system. First
one patch, then another, will be sur.
rounded and cleared by detachments
marching concentrically. the intervals
between them being filled up with
heaters humping on tom toms as at a
tiger hunt. There will be reward
it may be assumed, for every wolf or
other man-kil!ing animal slain, but the
Goorkha does not need any monetary
inducement to enlist his best services
for such thoroughly congenial work.
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New Use for Bees.

Down on Long Island the farmers
have discovered that persons suffering
from rheumatism and sciatica can OBJ.
tain relief By allowing honey bees to
sting the affected parts. This is 4
very unpleasant process and entirely
unnecessary. The poison of the bee
sting is chiefly formic acid. This acid
is also found in singing nettles, in
ants and some varieties Of caterpii
lars. There is no difficulty in prepar.
ing formic acid, and it would seem
that physicians might find 1t advan,
tageous to experiment with it as a
remedy for rheumatic troubles-either
in acid form or in formates. Certain.
~ some means can be devised OF in.
Producing it into the circulation less
painful! than allowing bees to sting S
rheumatic sufferer by wholesale.
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phlle ana Angela mek %. But -. 3
know how dey come mex op." The old;
fellows gufaw caught the attention Of
the youngsters coming up from the
hollow in search Of the Anisette jug.
Whats de fon, Pere Lizana?" they
shouted to him. Morton got up and
walked away. His mouth felt little
dry. There might be something very
picturesque about this breach of prom
Use suit that was heard, tried and
decided all inside Of three minutes
by an old man in q boat, while the
beautiful early light broke over the
dreamy waters, but M0rton's soliloQuy
took another turn.
That's the way with these cussed
'Cajans. When their blood's up they
don't care that for the laws of God or
man. The women are beautiful and
obedient, the men peaceful as we'll
fed steers If you don't make them
mad. If you do" Morton found his
horse, mounted it and rode away. Ho
had decided not to stay for the dance
that would wind up the chopping.
Camille would be there? Yes, but
then, it was Camille's papa who had
just been telling him that zone good
story"
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Great Day for Tipplers.

John Massengale, a wealthy 60-year-
old ranchman of Macon county, Mis-
souri, was married last week to the
widow Of his cousin. He and his in.
tended drove to preachers house
in Macon, and were married as they
sat in a buggy. Then the happy bride.
groom called up his lawyer by tele-
phone and told him to see that for
the remainder Of the day no saloon.
keeper should accept money from his
customers. ITS my treat" said he,
'and you send the bills to my ranch.
Such q jamboree resulted as Macon
had never before seen, which was
probably the bridegroom's idea Of Q
fitting celebration.
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Hardly the Same Thina.


Senator Mason of Illinois is the pos
SCISSOR Of fine voice. He exercises
it frequently when at his home by
singing melodies that strike his fancy.
The other day he received compli-
ment upon his vocal abilities. At
least he thought it was compliment
until it was explained to him. The
senator tells the story.
Il was out at my summer home," he
said, "and as usual l went around
singing. One day my daughter came
to me.
"'Father.' said she. Mrs. x. thinks
you have fine voice.
Il was quite fattered.
"'What makes you think so?'
asked.
"'Oh. she told me the other day
that you sang heavenly
We'll. for minute l wanted to
send for Mrs. x. and ask her If she
wanted any passes. Then my daugh.
ter finished the compliment
"'She didn't say it was heavenly,
but she said the same thing. She said
It was unearthly.'"
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Dancers of Life.

4 beautiful ship sailed out of the bay.
Unconscious Of reef or storm:
The sunDeams danced on the laughing
waves
That fondled her graceful form
But the night came down. and the storm
burst forth,
And hidden rock was there
The fair ship struck on Il treacherous
ledge.
And sank. mid cry of despair!
A fair young girl with her innocent
heart
Sailed out on the social sea;
A brea tn Of iiattcry filled each salt.
And life was an ecstasy
a hidden reef. and tho passion storm
Lurked cruelty there to ban
She trusted love-and her life was
wrecked
On the tratorous heart OF man!
How fair she looks even lying here
With the city's nameless dead.
The golden hair DER her waXen brow
Like an angels pinion spread.
o, mother, who waits for the dear ones
voice ~
That evermorc is dumb!
God pity us all. for we know not how
Or when the end may come!
p. S. Cassidy IL the Washington Times
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it is wise for a woman to marry a
criminal for the purpose Of reforming
MIN. The Judge was asked to suspend
sentence on a young man convicted of
larceny because the accused was en-
saged to "an estimable young lady,"
His honor refused, saying he had in
vestigated the fellows record and
found it bad. He added hope that
the young woman would also ASyesti-
gate and take back her promise to
marry. Then he sentenced the man to
six months in the penitentiary.
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Meanwhile, old man Lizana telling
the story of Theophile's long wooing.
A pretty tale, all fiecked over with
moonbeams and wild flowers. A story
too, of long, lonely rides through the
small hours when the boy, having sat
half the night on the steps with his
fawn-eyed sweetheart, made his way
to the distant logging camp. Riding
hard that his team might be the first
to role out at crack of dawn.
Old man Lizana sketched it all in
graphically, and Morton lay in the
grass. giving as much heed to the
song of the axes in the hollow as to
the slow, drawing voice at his elbow.
When the old fellow leaned forward
and spread out his toil-twisted fingers,
it would be time enough to listen.
Presently that time came. A knotty
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trunk. Something was wrong with
the lock and l thought l was up
against 1t for fair.
"On general principles, hit the but
ton for bellboy and told my troubles.
us that alp he says. I'll send
the locksmith up in minute
DO you keep locksmith on all
the timer / asked.
Sure he says.
I'm about five minutes a man float
ed IN with an outfit that would have
opened burglar-proof vault. He had
the trunk open while was taking off
my coat and vest.
But that wasn't oil. He had to take
the lock Off, SO said:
Wherell send this to now SOS
can get new lock On in a hurry to-
morrow
Send it out!' he says. You don't
need to. I'm only the night lock-
smith, and I haven't got all the tools
handy. but if you'll send for the day
locksmith in the morning he'll put
new lock on it for you in few min
utes'
And he did. Maybe that's nothing
new for you New Workers, but to
man from crossroads village like
Rochester, it seemed about the limit
on havirg everything under one roof"
New York Sun.
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The Vital Question,

It was during the heat of the great
campaign. The orator of the even
ing became eloquent as he reached
his peroration. Men of the 'Steenth
Assembly District, are you husbands,
are you fathers are you men? In a
word, are you willing to sell your suf:
frages?"
"Now, that's business" cried q
rough voice from the crowd. How
much will you pay for them?"
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Coin marry da. girl? Coin die?"
forelinger Slipped its interlacing fel-
lows, and pointed southwark.
"Argela's papa leve down yondah.
He flesh for de fact'ry. Mebbe he be
gone week, mebbe mont. .Neva know.
Ecf he find plainte shrimp de first
day" the heavy, stopped shoulders
came into play. ""Twas while he was
gone das Angela and T'eophile fall
out. l nevva hear what he do but
Angela git mad. Call heem polecat.
Den T'eophile he git mad. too. But
hees mad was diff'rent from Angela.
Girl git mad more quick dan boy, but
boy stay mad, das-so, vas. T'eophile,
he go down to de store and mex beeg
brag. Say he want nevva goin' marry
des lay low. By-em.by here come
T'eophile. walllin' mighty beeg and
whistle. Shake out hees sail and slide
off from de wharf, slow and quiet. Dey
want moch breeze. Eet was jes' be-
fore day and mos always eet's mighte
steel jes befo' day. But Teophile
keep sleepin' away, sleepin' away, till
he get good piece out and old man
amt showed op yit Dere was his
boat all tied up and dere was T'eo.
phile. Where was the old man? Jes
den leetle skeef poke eets nose out
from under de wharf. I see mans
Angela. No. He goin' sell hees horst
and buy boat. Den he goin' way. Long
way. yas. Over to Louisiana. And
ne did. 'Cajan don talk for nothiE'
He sell hees horse and buy hees boat
and jes bout dat time Angela's papa
come home.
Down to the store dey tell him
bout beeg brag T'eophile mex. How
he say he amt nevva goin' marry An
gela, and how he gcin' start early next
morniH' for Louisiana.
"Old man didn' say moch. No, das
'Cajan's way when som'in' goin' hap.
pen. But me, I Know. Early next
mornin' l go down on de wharf and
som'pin black on the las seat, and
den I know what's goin' happen
"SAo, but dat skeef move, yas. Run
like scared deer. And T'eophile's
boat goin' slow, more slow. De wind
ltHiCSt uJ tHSS tut. 1/CA CSphtiSs HC
catch on. He git out hees oars and
begin to pull. Pull hard. Twas
fonne, vas. Heem in dat beeg boat,
and das skeef runnin' like scared deer.
Fonne? Vas. But it didn't las long.
Bout tree minutes old man pull in
hees oars and stand op. Dey want no
more black ting on dc las seat, but
dere was som'pin against de old man g
shoulder and som'pi close to hees
cheek. And T'eopnile's sail so steel It
couldn' scare a fly. Leetle while
ev't'iEg mighty quiet, den de old man g
voice come over de wat
"'Goin' marry dat girl? Coin die?
"T'eophile. he look at de old man
over dat gun, look ut de sail, look all
round. Den he pick up de line and
trow heem to Angela's papa. And
de next day he marry Angela!
! 'Dowl to de store. dey say T'eo
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THE WOOING OF ANGELA

BY E. II. LANCASTER.

'1eeva hear how T'eophile come to
marry Aagela7 No? Das one good
story. Yas."
Old man LLAMA took long pull at
the Anisette, leaned back on the log,
clasped his knotted hands about his
knees and smiled meditatively at the
axes that rose and fell in the hollow.
\. Morton frowned. He did not want
to hear the story. Not that he doubt
ed it's being good" Lizana was
Frenchman. French to the heart. He
could tell story, even bad story.
and not lack for listeners.
Porquoi?
don't know. But. yes: It is this
way.
Your Frenchman can be hog; say
things, do things. even write things
quite hoggish and altogether dreadful.
And yet people smile. Comment?
The hog is only curl-tailed pig after
all. with his impudent nose in the air,
and his roguish eyo asquint. All, but
1t is different with your Englishman.
When he plays the hog he must needs
eat carrion and roll in the mud-the'
very vilest mud. A hog is filthy
brute, don't you know? And whatever
he elects to do, be 1t bravery or brut'
ishness, John English goes the whole
thing Your American looks on and
laughs-if he is not too busy with his
money.making.
But this was not bad story; any
girl could have heard 1t. Why should
Morton hold back from the tempting
treat?
Well. there were several reasons.
The story was hard on his host. This
was Theophile Lesseir's chopping, and
it is hardly fair to laugh at a man be.
hind his back while you drink his
Anisette. Rather, one should chop
logs into coal kiln lengths. as one is
expected to do, as those young fellows
down there in the hollow were doing.
Running races and guying one another
on to exertions truly strenuous. Civ.
ing promise of successful chopping.
"Teophle git hees wood all cot
dis time. sho," grinned old man Ii.
zana. He slapped his leg. guffawed,
tipped the Anisette jug. and resumed
his story. Morton laid down In the
grass. He wanted to hear and he did
not want to make the old man mad?
Oui certainment. He was In love
with the old mans daughter, the
pretty Camille. Old men with pretty
daughters are generally popular with
young mer-at least. it is so on Bayou
Des Arcadien.
"Et was dis way" the old man be.
gan, "T'eophile. he been comm see
Angela long time, long time, yas. EVA
since dey was chillun."
Morton nodded. He knew we'll the
customs of the people he had elected
to live with. Their long wooings;
their early marriages and hard-work.
ing, patient lives. Dumb, unrespon.
sive pathetic. with strange note of
poetic joyousness running through the
whole.
Puzzlirg and foiling alike to psych.
ologist and politician. Sir" said
the psychologist, your Cajan will give
lazy ha ha. where any other white
man would swear and then. sir. turn
around and fly into perfect frenzy of
rage at nothing"
Sir" responded the politician, who
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On the principle that if a current Of
warm mois,ure-laden air is made to
rise to loftier and cooler attitudes.
clouds will be made to yield up rain,
an interesting deduction has been
made by the Hon. Rollo Russell Of
London, England.
Russell has written a book on the
subject of regulating rainfall In sec
lions OF country which get either too
little or too much of it.
The London meteorological office has
expressed itself favorably as to the
practicability Of the scheme.
Russell's plan is to erect walls 80
that the rainfall on the side from
which prevailing winds blow will be
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greater, while on the other side there
would be no rain at all. In this way
he would make London or any other
great city free from rainy days. while,
at the same time, giving plenty of rain
to the suburbanites and farmers round
about.
The wall idea was suggested to Rus
sell from the fact that hills by caus-
ing the clouds to rise, produced prem
ature precipitation. Russell suggests
that walls 800 feet high and FIVE or
six miles long would bring about the
desired result. He believes that Lon
don's fog nuisance could also be ma
terially lessened by the aid Of his
rain walls" i.
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DESERVED TO SAVE HIS LIFE.
Unparalleled Fortitude Exhibited by
German Forester.

Unparalleled Fortitude Exhibited by
German Forester.
Fritz Werner was a German forest
er. One day stag gored him fright
fully in the abdomen.
AS the infuriated animal pulled
out his antlers, backed away and pre-
pared for second charge, the injur-
ed man propped himself on an elbow
and fired just as the stag was closing
in on him. The animal fell dead and
the man tainted away.
When he recovered. consciousness
he found that he could not attract at
tention by shouting. He realized that
he was out of the beaten paths and
that unless lie dragged himself to a
frequented place he would surely die.
SO he began dragging himself through
the forest in the direction of his en-
I!oyer's house. three miles away.
He started on his journey at noon:
at o'clock the next morning the oc-
cupants of the house were aroused by
the explosion Of a gun nearby. In
vestigating they found the forester
In dead faint, and nearly dead from
loss of blood. lying on the lawn. BY
his side was a smoking gun.
When the injured man got so that
he could speak and tell his story. his
master asked him:
But why did you drag that heavy
gun all the way?'
II knew that couldn't shout when
l did reach an inhabitable place" was
the reply. so l brought it along to
attract attention. l didn't think Of
it until I had crawled for half mile,
then l crawled backAAd got it.
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The Garden WALK

The iris walk was all aglow
With stately beauties-row on row,
Pearly and Illac. white az snow.
Dusky and blue as old seas tide.
But the fairest flower was at my side!
Stepping between them. scarce had she
A look for that flushed galaxy,
But laughing went. The acacia tree.
Loaded. hung just too low; her hair
Was powdered with loose petals there!
The trailing. hounced End silken gown.
Needless broke my carnations down:
She tore a rosespray. with a frOwn
Cast 1t away-"too deep a red
For her waist-ribbons," SO she said!
When came back. the grass dew-wet.
The scent of sweet peas, mignonette.
Was all about me. forget
The hour of coming but I knew
Each petal Of the rose she threw
There on the pathway l could feel
With its red heart. the crushing heel
Trampling out swift all beauty sweet.
Beneath such dainty, careless feet!
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Rin Ienuth OF Cable Laid.

Another stretch Of the long Cana
dian-Australian cable has been COM
pleted, the big cable-laying steamship
Colonia having placed on the Pacific
oceans bed its one load of 3,540
miles CT cable. which it took out from
Victoria, B. c., Sept. Is. The captain
of the vessel reported that everything
went splendidly on the voyage, and
that there was not hitch Of any
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EVERYTHING UNDER ONE ROOF

Discovery Of Man From Up the Stats
In q City Hotel.
II never appreciated the complete
ness Of your big hotels" said the trav-
eler from up the state, $50 much as
this trip.
II got In about one night and went
to one of them I had to get into my
evening clothes in hurry and hustle
to keep An appointment.
I'D just begun to get ready when
discovered that couldn't open my
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kind. The route over which the
stretch of cable was laid has a re-
markab1y even bottom, and this sim
plifed the work, although the section
is said to be the longest in the world.
This now leaves a section Of 2.1OO
nautical miles between Tanning
island and Suva, in the Fiji islands.
to complete the cable.
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Could Not Work Judge.
Judge Foster Of the New York court
of general sessions has put the stamp
Of legal condemnation on the idea that
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"Das one good story. vas"

''Das one good story. yas."
had once paid 'Cajan's poll tax In
order to get his vote, and had not
gotten it. "Sir. If one of those pig
headed. numbskulls gets an idea into
his head. nothing short Of dynamite
will get it out. You may talk your
sell as hoarse as dry-weather frog,
while he sits there rolling cigarettes
and raying 'Das-so, das-so, yas.' By
the great Lord Harry, sir. when you
.eave him he Is exactly whore you
found him."