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he would come, and, ae6aasping the gold
badge which held his do;iElet at the throat,
| he knelt and profered IT.
| Send thy messenger with this trinket
ana Roy OF Calverton shall draw no rein
until he be at your side: again. Nay, your
majesty, / go where 'rhall best serve in
all love and fidelity--to {he forest that bred
| the stout hearts which, this day wrought
for your life and kingdom. Grant me SOW
ereignty OF these. that ismay proclaim 1t in
| not friends more sure tKan Sherwood's men
nor these that loved the piay of Robin and
! his fellows. Let my queen give me her
Godspeed. I ask no other recompense."
He pronered the jewel, and the queen pin
ming 1t TO her breast made haste to send
for the chancellor. #sS
My lord" she said. 't'ye have something
to say to Roy of Calverton. Let it be
said here and now. that your honor may
| not suffer by delay"
She waited for the chancellor; but he,
right shrewdly, would stumble no more,
and all humbly he put sthe paper into the
| outlaws hand and crayed his forgiveness
Ihree days gone I said that had found
man. Ye will bear me no ill-will, sir, II
spoke true prophecy"
And then to my lady he said:
What shall say Of thee if it is not that
ruled at Onerton? God send thee light, my
daughter. Thou wilt yet be or our holy
faith
My lady would not make him any answer.
out 10 queen Mary she said very prett1ly:
AYE. of the faith which has won your
majesty's love today"
.
At shutdown the forty rode out of London
to Sherwood and their homes. The city
lay behind them, af1ame in the golden lights.
The shadow of peace was upon the fields;
the heralds of the night winged in the silent
woods. AS some tragedy which twilight
yelled, the story Of the peril was blotted
out in that gladness of victory, the day for
gotten in the morrows hope They rode
for Sherwood and the north-aye, with what
content, with what mutual consultations,
with what a tale to tell! Outlaws no
longer, the very law admitted their
ereignty. Henceforth no man should ques
ton their dominion: no sheriff mock them.
They had staked all. won all in that fear
some throw. The feast alone remained
the beacons they would kndle, the cups
they would pass, the bells they would ring
in Sherwoods heart.
A glad pilgrimage, northward, homeward,
away from the city and its world, away
from the babbling tongues. the busy press
Of men. There proudly before them rode
he who had reaped these riches for them;
there, too, rode my lady, for whose sake
London had called them. And now their
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so informed before being etherized.

so informed before being stherized
When the operation had been duly per-
formed. and the interests CT science prop
erly conserved, the SURGEON turned the pa
iient over to the house doctors He felt
exceedingly pleased with what he had
learned by the operation. and his mind was
already concentrated on most lucid paper
ne intended to offer on the subject But he
found time to remark to the four young fell
lows who had assisted him:
The case seems hopeless. His vitality
Is at low ebb. In fact. 1t would be more
merciful to let him slip away before he
comes back to consciousness and suffering
easy"
one of the ambitious medicos "and wen
give You surprise with the old chap In
the morning"
Won His Wager.
The operating surgeon glanced good-hu-
moredly at the youngster and replied:
All right and IL I find that old fellow
alive tomorrow morning when i visit the
ward L II give you four men the best dinner
you ever sat down TO in Philadelphia"
Before the doctor had entered his carriage
the quartet had the darkey in A prfyaia
ward and were trying everything suggested
by modern science He did not rally easily
and then they turned finally to ARTIFICIAL
respiration and oxygen. 1t was at 3 a m.
before the negro came back to life. but
"hen the surgeon paid his usual visit to the
ward about noon he was greeted by the
srinnlng darkey. who called feebly:
"Mistah Doctah, Aim surely goin' r to
tibet suppah, mahself, seh. along VIII de
Young gemmens"'
Two nights later the surgeon gave the
dinner-one that fulfilled his promise At
its conclusion such simple dishes as could
De eaten by the negro were packed In a
box The old fellow was to have his share
OF the feast, but the young doctors en-
tered the ward, each bearing aloft some
dainty, the nurse greeted them with the In
formation that the old man had died Just
ten minutes before without murmur or
warning.
but the surgeon insists that from that
operation dated his success, and every pa
tent that went from the operating table to
the cot occupied by the darkey added TO his
fame a wielder OF the knife
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my Lord Howard. who answers to the
rebel:
"Avaunt, traitor, thou shalt have no en-
trance here!''
Thus is the rebel defied with a taunt
which charged the arquebuses again, and
again drove the archers to the ramparts.
Counting no more than forty of his COM
pany Wyatt, in truth, knew that the end
was here. here the just decree written. For
this, the death about him, the iron barrier,
the reproach traitor. the hooking citi-
zens, the shadow of the gibbet, he had per-
Suaded these men of Kent who now cursed
his name and the day his mother bare him.
Aye, what awaited that giant courage
which still could wear a smiling face and
throw back at my lord the answering jest
and challenged
Nay, thou shalt open willingly enough
ere the hour be done, my lord-and we
will see who IS traitor then! Back, COM
rades, to find those who shall compel this
boaster!'
He turned his horse. and crossing the
bridge, woald have beat up Fleet street
once more, and SO returned to that multi
tude he deemed to be waiting for him at
Charing. Perchance, even then, could his
fellows but have come in to overawe the
gaping citizens and to threaten the keepers
OF the gate the day would have been his,
the goal attained. But it befel that as he
forced path westward toward the Bar,
here appeared in the narrow streets the
men of Sherwood, a very phalanx of shin
ing steel and flashing green and, spur
ring when they beheld the rebels as at
some joust or tournament, they came on
with thunderous shout, and in that fear
full embrace the last word spoken.
Down, now, aye down as trees the storm
uproOts-so fall the remnant; so is the
flame of this conspiracy quenched. Look
out from the windows of any house and
you shall see rearing horses and cloyen
skulls; bleeding bodies and hearts laid
bare; a worming, gasping mass; the faces
of men in their agony; the limbs that
horses tread AS the thud Of one great
sea upon another, the forces meet; as the
wave upon the shingle the foresters spread
over their foes. For God and Queen Mary
this day-now at length the prayer is an
swered. For yonder is Wyatt sinking i'm
potent before Ludgate, and yonder is Sir
Morris Barclay, who shall carry him to
st. James and the scaffold.
Il have kept touch,'' he says.
Touth hath he kept, indeed; but the hand
Is clammy as the fingers of death.
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Charles j. Fox.
From the Chicago News.

rroHl the lineage News.
Charles James Fox, the English states
man, was even more notorious in the gam
ing world than he was famous I'm the world
Of politics. He had squandered $4,000 be-
fore coming of age. He became one of the
most profiigate gamesters of the vicious
days in which he lived. Some of his finest
displays in debate were sandwiched be-
tween eXcitements such as would unnerve
most men who had no serious business on
hand. Walpole has given a glimpse of
typical passage in this extraordinary mans
life. He had to take part in the discussion
on the thirty-nine articles i'm parliament
on a certain THURSDAY He had sat up
playing hazard from Tuesday evening un-
Ill ) O'Clock on "Wednesday afternoon An
hour before he had recovered 100000 that
he had lost and by dinner time, which was
O'Clock, ended losing $4,000. On Thurs
day he spoke in the debate: went to din
ner at past II at night: thence to a club,
where he drank till the next morning:
thence TO a gambling house. where ne won
100000. and between } and in the after
noon he set out on a journey TO Newman
ket.
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love had earned this rich reward-the joy
she bore with her, the sweet, girlish glad
ness, the merry laughter. Little wonder
that their hearts We're light, their tongues
unstilled. No child of theirs more dear to
these men of Sherwood than Barbara of
Ciierton, for whose sake they served. And
she had come to her own again
Aye. let the bells ring. the beacons he
klndled--for Roy of Calverton shall sleep
upon her heart tonight, and forget all else
in this harvest of her. love.
fThe end.0
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Cairngorms.
From the Scotsman.

Cairngorms are not topaz. but simply well
crystallized quartz-the same mineral
which, when coloriess, is called rock
crystal and when violet. amethyst. Topaz
has an entirely different chemical compost
ton, different habit of capitalization
and a greater hardness than cairngorm
Some specimens of topaz have been found
in the CairngorM mountains, but they are
rare. Perhaps the authors mistake has
arisen from the fact that great deal Of
pale-colored topaz (mostly Erazlian) is I'M
ported into Scotland, cut set and sold as
real Scottish cairngorm."
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A Haunted Ambulance.

Brooklyn can boast of a unique adjunct
to its hospital servce-a haunted ambu-
lance. About a year ago the ambulance
surgeon was called upon to attend man
found near one of the entrances to Prospect
Park. With cheerful alacrity he pro-
nounced the man in a state of alcoholic
coma and throwing him playfully into the
ambulance trotted off to the hospital with
him. On reaching their destination he dis
covered that the patient had inconsiderately
died en- route. and the autopsy revealed a
fractured skull.
The ambulance surgeon has long since
completed his hospital service and is build
ing up private practice. To a few init
mate friends he once divulged the fact that
to the end of his novitiate he was not sent
out to answer a call after 10 pm. that the
man, whose injuries he had misunderstood
and ne elected, did not ride by his side And
the chief, refusing TO recognize any such
superstition, had steadfastly declined to re
lieve him from duty till his term expired.
An eminent surgeon does not believe in
ghosts, but he does admit that a dead
darkey has been his mascot. Many years
ago he was laying the foundations of his
success in a hospital In this city and there
came to him the opportunity to perform
most rare and difficult operation. The OBJ
ject aged darkey, penniless and
friendless, but the surgeon was anxious to
undertake the operation in the interests of
science. There was but one chance in
thousand for recovery. and the patient was
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CHAPTER XIII.


With ruin upon ruin, rout on rout
Paradise Lost
Five hundred, they say. passed In with
Wyatt and went on to Ludgate and the
city when the cavalcade in St. James fields
cut the multitude asunder Unaware of
that deadly blow, intent upon the scene be-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-07-12
WHERE GHOSTS STALK
At Least Where Credulous
People Think They Do.
IN HOSPITAL WARDS
"IT' CAME BACK TO HAUNT THE
NURSE.
The Phantom Ambulance Patient and
the Lucky Cot on Which the
Old Man Died.
IN HOSPITAL WARDS
Written for The Evening Star.

Written for The Evening Star
Despite the protestations of hospital at
taches that ghost stories invariably ema-
rate from the fertile imaginations of pa
tients, certain traditions and CHASTITY tales
are handed down wear after year by depart
ing to incoming house doctors, and by SEN
ior nurses to ''probs.'
A notorious haunted ward is now used as
supply room in a Boston hospital where
hundreds of municipal patients are cared
for annually. In its earlier history 1t
opened from corridor leading to the
operating room, and was frequently used as
a single or private ward for patients just
taken from the operating table Suddenly
1t seemed to fail under some evil influence
and the story went forth in the hospital
that the room was hoodooed. No matter
how simple the alton, the patient re-
moved to this room would die before rally
ing from the anaesthetic. So regularly was
this result recorded that for time the
ward was closed but in due season the ac-
Communications of the institution proved in
adequate for its needs and the haunted
room was reopened.
The initial operation was followed by the
customary catastrophe. The head nurse
and her vigilant assistants were panic
stricken, and the house surgeon was baf-
fed, but determined to probe the mystery
ana prone 1t ne did.
When the next patient was carried from
the operating table to this ward the house
surgeon personally superintended the re-
moval. Later In the afternoon he appeared
before the head nurse with an air of sup
pressed excitement, and issued orders that
between the hours of and 10 pm. neither
she nor her assistants should enter the now
dreaded room.
By o'clock the patient, not fully re-
covered from the anaesthetic, lay in doze
The nurses were ostensibly busy in the
large wards at either end of the corridor
and the house surgeon. vigilant and calm.
lay under the cot of the patient-waiting
The moments passed like hours, but he did
not move. and at last it came-a stealthy
step that could be felt rather than heard
from the direction of a door leading to a
swinging balcony. few leaden seconds
and something paused beside the cot Then
two long muscular arms shot out from
under the cot; there rose a wild mixture of
English and Italian expletives and two
forms writhed on the floor, locked in deadly
embrace.
When the startled nurses and helpers
came to the rescue they found the surgeon
bleeding from several flesh wounds received
from fine, needle-ike stiletto. but still
holding his grip Tony" one of the
night Watchmen and helnerS
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CHAPTER XIV.

The elements be kind to thee, and make
Thy spirits all Of comfort.
Antony and Cleopatra.
They carried Wyatt to St. James, a thou
sand running about Sir Maurice Berkeley
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Tony Was Insane.

When Tony had been removed to the
insane ward and the excited patient soothed
the surgeon explained the situation While
experimenting the removal of the patient
he had suddenly caught the eye of Tony"
who was watching the proceeding and was
struck with the expression of triumph hell
ish and gloating in its intensity. In this
he saw possible solution of the horrible
mystery. TONY had been regarded as a
harmless and useful helper in the various
wards but from the moment of his capture
in the haunted ward he became violently
insane. There was no means of knowing
how many patients had died of actual heart
failure resultant on the operations and how
many had been victims of his cunning.
What methods he employed remained a
mystery also, though it was generally
thought that the patients. weakened by the
operations and stupefied by anaesthetics
were smothered by the mad Italian
In spite of the fact that the angel of
death showed no further inclination to visit
the room. and that municipal charges were
more carefully examined before being de-
tailed for duty. the horror Of the ward re-
manned In the interests of good order
among the attaches the superintendent soon
transformed 1t into a shelf-lined supply
room. Yet there are still timid "probs'' who
In the midnight watches imagine they see
Tony creeping back from spirit land in
search of fresh victims. And the house
surgeon, now a gray-haired practitioner
still owns the stiletto.
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The Chorus Girl,

In a great East Side hospital of New York
the center of tenement life misery. the
nurses tell a weird tale of little chorus
girl who comes back at certain seasons of
the year, trailing after the conventional
burial shroud, which she begged should
never be wrapped around her And there
by hangs pathetic story.
The girl, who came of poor, hard working
parents, was enamored of stage life She
was honest in her intentions and ambitions
and had visions of a hard struggle in the
chorus, lessons under good master, and
finally chance in a leading role Her
sweetheart, a respectable young mason had
visions also-when he would be a success
full contractor and build palace fit for the
idol of his heart. In vain he reasoned with
the girl that already his wages would sup
port two very comfortably. Art was the
triumphant wooer, and the girl sang in the
chorus of a Broadway production. How
she worked! In fair weather and foul. all
ways on time, always throwing her small
energies into the work as if the entire per-
Torrance depended on her. Never was a
fine scored against the name of Elaine
Clayton, dear to the young mason as Mary
Mccartney.
The stage manager always smiled at her
cheerily when she nodded to him. but once
he turned to the star with shrug of his
shoulders
Mice little girl that, but she won't last
long. There's consumption in that fac
I've seen 'em before"
The young mason saw it too. but Mary
shook her head and closed her ears to his
entreaties. Why. look al her eyes! And
the color she had-she really did not have
to rouge any more!
Then came that awful night when she
could not sing in the final. The wild burst
of melody swung past her. Something had
stopped the notes in her throat. When she
ore:ed her eyes the orchestra was playing
for the exit of the audience, and some one
was wipins her lips with handkerchief
that burned red
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The Wedding Day.


They Were married the next day The
mason had won out against his rival but
at what cost! Fiercely he demanded the
right to care for the fragile little creature
who now turned to him with frightened
yearnng eyes. And finally she came to the
great hospital overlooking the river and
there she lay day after day, watching the
light on the water and counting the hours
until his work would be over and he could
come and hold her hand.
Her death was sudden She realized the
truth, but there was no time to send for
the faithful husband. So she drew the
nurse close and whispered:
Tell him said to put on me that stage
dress-the one l liked best-with the pink
roses and the ruf11es. 1 loved it SOFT was
the first one l ever bought. Tell him |
don't want one of those awful straight
wrappers they put on mother. ! want
The nurse delivered the message but she
was busy and did not give much thought to
the determined curve of his lips the angry.
jealous light that shone in his eyes When
she attended the funeral--for che had really
learned to care fer the patient little suf-
ferer-she recalled it all The slender figure
in the caSket was robed in straight.
simple gown of white, and there were white
roses in the wasted hands.
The husband seemed to read the ques-
ton in the nurses eyes, and he burst forth
in perfect passion of grief:
1T stood between us for years-that stage
business. Shed never died If she'd left it
Evening journal., 1902-04-11
TRAVEL Ike PRINCEs.

Those who saw the special train in
which II. r. II. Prince Henry of Prus-
sia made his tour Of the United States
are comparing it with other trains in
regular service. and it is admitted that
none of the cars in the train compare
favorably with the buffet compartment
and standard sleeping cars of the PiO-
neer Limited trains of the Chicago,
Milwaukee & St. Paul railway in daily
service between Chicago, St. Paul and
Minneapolis. The people of this coun-
try have the satisfaction of knowing
that any time they cannot only trave
like PRINCES, but can get much better
service.
Evening journal., 1902-04-11
DEMOCRATIC LEAGUE
HONORH. JEFFERSON
The Members Celebrate The 10th
Anniversary Of His Birth in
German Hall

German Hall was crowded to the
doors last night, when the Democratic
League OF Delaware celebrated the
159th anniversary of the birth oil
Thomas jefferson. Congressman j. w.
Griggs. of Georgia, was to have been
the principal speaker of the evening,
and much disappointment was felt
when Il was announced that tele-
gram had been received stating that
ha would not be present on account OF
the serious illness OF his mother
W. s. Meredith. chairman Of the
committee presided and in opening
the meeting made a few remarks eN-
planatory of the object OF the celebra-
ton. John G.. Gray spoke Of the life
of jefferson and the principles he ad-
vocated. lie said that the people of
the country are drifting away from
those principles. Liberty for all and
special privileges TO none was what he
advocated. and the only hope for the
people to escape the domination of the
classes who receive this special priyi-
lege is in education. II was this kind
Of government that Thomas Jefferson
argued. He wanted liberty for all and
special privileges for none He wanted
land where all men were equal and
where they could bathe in the sunshine
OF liberty.
l.. Irving Handy made a strong anc
eloquent address. He said that the
fame OF Thomas Jefferson did not come
from the fact that he was a Presiden
OF the United States. but it sprung
from his political philosophy. He be
lievod the people were good and h
was willing to trust them. Thee
teachings have disappeared, but tn
davs Of Jefferson are returning, an
there will come a time when all will
have the same advantages.
Eugene c. Bromwell of Philadel
phla. and William J. Berry, of Chester
both made stirring addresses eulogisti
of jefferson,
At the conclusion OF the speechmak
ing. a musical program was given an
refreshments were served.
Evening journal., 1902-04-11
FISHERMEN HAVE BAD LUCK
Not Only Catch No Fish But Have Their
Nets DESTROYED
Special to the Evening Journal.


New Castle. April il.-rhe fisher
men are not only having bad luck In
not catching any fish, but it seems as
If they cannot put their nets in the
river unless some yacht or schooner
comes along and cuts them in half
There were two nets severed yesterday
by the yacht May. which was going
down the river The captain did not
make any pretense of trying to escape
the nets. Mr.. Wilson, a well-known
fisherman, lost nearly half OF mis- net
on Saturday by a feTyboat, which
came from Harlan's on her trial trip
Richard MegginsOn has purchased
from Wilbur Meredith his rubber-tired
wagon and harness. Mr.. Megginson
has fine colt, which he intends to
break.
One of the two houses unroOfed by
the high winds of Tuesday was owned
| by Harry Jacobs, and the other by
Frank Valley. For two days the ten
lants have been living with neighbOrs.
r. E. Watts yesterday broke the rec
ord for clipping a horse. He clipped
one in thirty-ive minutes. and three
in two hours.
Lewis Nallette, who for number of
lyears was a resident of New Castle.
and an employe Of the iron works
was here yesterday after pieceeof ma
lchinery to take to the Chester mills
where he is now employed.
/ Workmen in the section gang in
lcharge of Michael Fitzgerald, which
for a number of days has been work.
ing near the farm of Chauncey p. Hol
lcomb. heard something yesterda,
lmOrning which sounded like the fut
ltering of the wings of large bird A
ldinner time the men thought the,
would investigate the sound, and on
man discovered in ditch a large sha,
weighing eight and a half pounds. I
is supposed to have been washed in b.
the high tides, and could not get on
when the tide fell One of the me-
waded in with high boots and cap
tured the prize
Two men were employed yesterda
to go 20 the cotton mill of James SHAY
and clean every piece OF machiner
! there.
Albert Pedrick was high boat yestei
day, with a catch of thirty-four shas
Robert Lynch came next, with thirty
4 one. Some of the boats did not cate
8 lany
One cook stove. one parlor stove, on
= bedroom suit and one parlor euit. a
private sale at "a South Fifth stree
New Castle Call and see.
Mrs. Charles King is indisposed.
Harry Walls. who has been sufferin
with typhoid fever. is recovering.
Miss Bessie Toman, Who is n nun
Of the West Chester Normal Schoo
will be home on Sunday.
Evening journal., 1902-04-11

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