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New-York tribune., 1903-06-27

y. .o,,zaa that cool and rainy weather cannot
last forever The blazing heat OF fhiusuiiiiiie
may be upon us at any moment anu "heh II
comes The Tribune Fresh Air Funo must oe
ready with cash in hand to meet the ocSt''io''
II ;s tbarefore especially grateful to receive con-
tributions both large and small at the Feiy
opening of the season. that the managers Oh
the Fund may know how largely to plan ther
can,naien and NAV be ready to begin the cam
naisn on time OF course, every cent OF MI
pbipps's $1,000 and every cent contributed oy
any one to the Fund. will be exclusively Ior tue
direct and necessary expenses Oh the ht'ie oeie
fcaries Of the Fund, Not ore cent ever soe"
for salaries or office rent or board OF any
such thing 1t is the practice OIL thaI s'i"'
nrinciple that enables The Tribune FreSh All
Fund to do so large a work in proportion TO tue
money contributed
Confessions of .boodling" are now fast anu
freouent in St Louis. Don't we need DOZENS Vi
them right here in New-York?
Mr. Lewis Nixon is no longer favored candi-
date for the Tammany nomination TOT Nidyi'
or,d ba has decided that nothing can induce him
hereafter to accept the chairmanshlp Oh Poui
teenth Street committees selected by the sage u
Vantage for the extlrpatlon OIL neo h1i9
The walking delegate may be abroad. put Is II
certain that he is far enough aoroad. oo"''
he take I'D his abiding place in Terra del fueso
mr. in the Aleutian Islands, who would MISS Hiiii
barao Does Parks soberiy suppose that we can
,oo7e7ate him and his fellow conspirators IN
definitely?
pubIic sentiment in favor of muzzlng ooSs
r,b;cb RIM at large has been steadily gaming
Ground No restraints upon canine Vasldii''
sborId weigh in the balance against the pos
sfbilitv of a single case of hydrophopla among
human beings Thorough regulations IN Eng
Iond have there almost entirely extirpated the
d;-sasa We can hardly be too thorough IN our
precautions here.
Long June days full of sweetness anu lsH'
are precious throughout the temperate zones
bu+ dismal dolefuI weeks between May ana
July such as we have been afflicted Wlth 'ii "''
into what is usually our most charming summer
time incite to treasons stratagems ana sPoHS
and fail TO tame the savage breast.
with crininalitv in connection with the post
office frauds is only one of many proofs tnat
these matters will be searched through anu
through and that accused persons against "holh
sufficient legal evidence has been obtained pS
tborough and energetic investigation VIII De
brought before trial uries to clear their skirts IL
+bav can This is as it should be.
New-York tribune., 1903-06-27
RESIGNATION OF CAPTAIN msgE

At recent meeting OF the directors of the Sea
board Air Line Railway Captain V. E McBee.
fourth vice-president. offered his resignation.
take effect July l. The duties of the fourth
president will be divided among the other Off
of the company and the office Of fourth vice
president will not be filed at the present time.
New-York tribune., 1903-06-27
ADMIRAL sANDs's SQUADRON SAILS.

Boston, June 25.-The squadron under the
mand of Rear Admiral Sands. which came here -
participate In the dedication of the Hooker statue
sailed tonight TOR Orienta Point. Long Island,
where 1t Will participate in manceuvres and gun
drill the coming week The squadron is expected -
return here on July 10 TO take part In the semi
centennial celebration OF the town of Nahanl
New-York tribune., 1903-06-27


town to country houses and country clubs for the
week end has been unusually large Indeed, town
will be relatively deserted both to-day and to-
morrow from social point of view
Mr.. and Mrs William Douglas Sloane, who ar
rived on Wednesday from Europe, have left town
for Elmcourt their country place at Lenox. where
they will spend the rest of the summer
Announcement is made of the engagement Of
Miss c. Helen Parish. daughter of Mr.. and Mrs
James c. Parish to- Archibald NJ. Brown. son OF
Mr. and Mrs. Charles S. Brown. The wedding IS
expected to take place in the fall at southampton
where the parents of both the young people have
country places.
Sir Michael and Lady Herbert sailed yesterday for
England on board the Celtic
Mr. and Mrs William Massena Benjamin, who
were married about a fortnight ago at Grace
Church. are at present at the Delaware Water Gap
The Misses Cameron. daughters of the late Sir
Roderick Cameron. have organized a fete cham
petre to be given July IL on the lawn OF Cliff
ton Burley. their place Staten Island in behalf
of St Johns Episcopal Church at Clifton Staten
Island. The military band from Fort Wadsworth
will furnish the music
Justice and Mrs Francis NJ. Scott are booked to
sail for Europe July Is.
MI and Mrs. Alexander Mercer PeI1 will spend
the summer on their farm at Richfeld Springs.
N Y.
Mrs James Hude Beekman is still in town. She
starts ucxt week for Southampton, where she will
make her headquarters at the Meadow Club.
Mr. and Mrs Augustus NJ. Lawrence celebrate
their silver wedding this evening by dinner and
reception at Bonnie Brae, their place at Flushing
Long Island
Mrs Henry D. Knowlton and' Miss Knowlton left
town yesterday for Bar Harbor, Me. for the sum-
mer
Orson FIoyt has sailed for France in the Kaiser
Wilhelm II to join Mrs. Hoyt. who sailed two
weeks ago, and who is at Paris Mr. and Mrs
Hoyt will be the guests of the Count and Countess
de Casteane during July and August Mrs Hoyt
who is the daughter of A. Frank Richardson, of
New-York. was of the bridesmaids at Madame
de CastelIane's wedding.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward f. Brown. of No. 36 East
Sixty-ninth-st. have a lease of Camp Lou.
Paul Smiths. in the Adrondacks. for the season,
and took possession of it this week.
Mr.. and Mrs w Fitzhugh Whitehouse who have
been abroad for two years. will sail for home
July H. and will go directly to Eastbourne Lodge
their place at Newport Mr. and Mrs. Henry White
house have been at Newport for month or more
at the Muenchinger King cottage, and on the
rival of Mr.. and Mrs. Whitehouse will join them
at EaStbourne Lodge.
Lord and Lady Dunmore and their daughters
the Ladies Mildred and Victoria Murray. have
rived at Boston from England on board the Sax
onia
Minturn Post Collins, of Mr.. and Mrs. Rich
ard S Collins was married the night before last
TO Miss Flora Isham. daughter OF William B.
Isham at the Iatters house at Kinssbridge. The
ceremony was performed by the Rev William Rich
ards.
New-York tribune., 1903-06-27
NEW-YoRK SOCIETY.

Many yachting parties have been organized to
witness the trial spins OF the Shamrocks which are
to take place to-day off the Hook. The Seawanhaka
Corn+ban Yacht Club regatta will likewise attract
a large number of pleasure craft to Oyster Bay
and owing to the fine weather the exodus from
town to country houses and country clubs for the
week end has been unusually large indeed Town
will be relatively deserted both to-day and To-
morrow from a social point of view.
New-York tribune., 1903-06-27

Mr. and Mrs. William Douglas Sloane, who ar
rived on Wednesday from Europe, have left town
for Elmcourt, their country place at Lenox, where
they will spend the rest of the summer
New-York tribune., 1903-06-27

Announcement is made Of the engagement Of
Miss c. Helen Parish daughter of Mr. and Mrs
lanes c. Parish. to. Archibald NJ. Brown. son of
Mr. and Mrs Charles s. Brown. The wedding IS
expected to take place in the fall at Southampton
where the parents of both the young people have
country
New-York tribune., 1903-06-27
SATATEDi

lit has become says THE Court Journal an at-
fectation decline to drink champagne Ihere
must be hundreds of very young men who make II
rule to refuse for the sole that there Is
the suggestion of a rumbustious past IN so
New-York tribune., 1903-06-27

Sir Michael and Lady Herbert sailed yesterday for
England board the Celtic.
Mr.. and Mrs. William MaSsena Benjamin. who
were married about a fortnight ago at Grace
Church. are at present at the Delaware Water Gap
New-York tribune., 1903-06-27

Confessions Of "boodling are now i''' a.
frequent in st. Louis. Don't we heeo "o1-N
them right here in New-York?
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THE SCHOOLMASTER,
Public School,
Swan Creek,
Alberta.

There was altogether a fine air about
the letter. The writing was in fine,
small hand, the tone was fine, and there
was something fine in the signature
Arthur Wellington Moore" He was
glad to know that there was a school
and a teacher in Swan Creek for a
school meant children, in whom his
soul delighted, and in the teacher he
would find a friend, and without a
friend he could not live. He took me
into his confidence, telling me that
though he had volunteered for this far
away mission field he was not much of
a preacher and he was not at all sure
that he would succeed. But he meant
to try, and he was charmed at the pros
pect of having one sympathizer at least.
Would 1 be kind enough to put in some
conspicuous place the inclosed notice,
filling in the blanks as thought best?
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for she was the light of his eyes. pity
to stop her studies" was giving her
weekly lessons at the old mans ranch.
Dunno. Amt figgered out yet about
that baby" Sc was still his baby.
"Guess she's all she wants for the
foothills, anyway. What's the useY'
he added bitterly, talking to himself
after the manner of men who live
much alone.
/ waited for a moment, then said,
"Well, / wouldn't hurry about doing
anything" knowing well that the one
thing an old timer hates to do is to
make any change in his mode Of life.
maybe he won't stay"
He caught at this eagerly. THAT'S
so! There amt much to keep him,
anyway" And he rode off to his lone
ly ranch far up in the hills.
/ looked after the swaying figure and
tried to picture his past, with its trag-
edy; then l found myself wondering
how he would end and what would
come to his little girl, and | made up
my mind that if the missionary were
the right sort his coming might not be
a bad thing for the Old Timer and
perhaps for more than him.
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Divine service will be held at Swan
Creek in - - at - o'clock.
All are cordially invited.
ARTHUR WELLINGTON MOORE.

On the whole liked his letter.
liked it's modest self depreciation, and
liked it's cool assumption of my SYM
pathy and cO-opera ton. But l was
perplexed. 1 remembered that Sunday
was the day fixed for the great base
ball match, when those from Home"
as they fondly called the land across
the sea from which they had come
were to wipe the earth with all corners.
Besides, "divine sarvice" was an inno-
walton in Swan Creek, and | felt sure
that, like all innovations that suggested
the approach of the east, it would be
by no means welcome.
However, Immediately under the no
tice of the Grand baseball match for
the pain killer week from Sunday,
at 2:30; Home versus the World"
pinned on the door of the Stopping
Place the announcement:
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umphant shouts and laughter of the
boy and the complacent smiles on the
faces of Jack and the half breed stirred
my wrath. l tore off the cape and, hav-
ing got the saddle put right, seized
Jacks riding whip and, disregarding
his circumstances, sprang on my steed
sEe- "oNyA and before he could make
us his mind as to his line of action piled
him so vigorously with the rawhide
that he set off over the prairie at full
gallop and in a few minutes came
round to the camp quite subdued, to
the boys great disappointment aud to
my own great surprise. Jack was high
ly pleased, and even the stolid face Of
the half breed showed satisfaction.
Don't think l put this up on you"
Jack said. at was that cape. He
Hin't used to such frills. But it was
circus he added, going off into a fit
of laughter, worth s. any day."
"You bet!' said the half breed. Oats
make pretty beeg fun, eh?"
1t seemed to me that it depended
somewhat upon the point of view, but
l merely agreed with him, only too
glad to be so well out of the fight.
All day we followed the trail that
wound along the shoulders of the round
topped hills or down their long slopes
INTO the wide, grassy valleys. Here
and there the valleys were cut through
by cOulees through which ran swift, !
blue gray rivers clear and icy cold, |
while from the hilltops we caught |
glimpses of little lakes covered with |
wild fowl that shrieked and squawked |
and splashed, careless of danger. Now
and then we saw what made a black |
spot against the green of the prairie, |
and Jack told me it was a rancher's |
shack. How remote from the great |
world, and how lonely it seemed-this
little black shack among these multi
tudinous hillsi
shall never forget the summer even
ing when Jack and l rode into Swan
Creek. 1 say into, but the village was
almost entirely one of imagination, in
that it consisted of the Stopping Place,
q long log building, story and a half
high, with stables behind, and the store
in which the post Office was kept and
over which the owner dwelt But the
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luminous eyes of the Pilot. We rode
up the trail by the side of the Swan
till we came to the coulee mouth, dark
and full OF mystery.
Come on" l said, I'VE must get to
the top for the sunset"
He looked lingeringly into the deep
shadows and asked, Anything live
down there"
Coyotes and wolves and ghosts"
"Ghosts" he asked delightedly. do
you know, was sure there were, and
I'm quite sure shall see them"
Then we took the Porcupine trail
and climbed for about two miles the
gentle slope to the top of the first ris-
ing ground. There we stayed and
watched the sun take his nightly
plunge into the sea of mountains, now
dimly visible. Behind US stretched the
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NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Observation-Disclosures

into position to mount Taking firm
grip Of the horn of the Mexican saddle,
l threw my leg over his back. The
next instant was flying over his head.
My only emotion was enc of surprise,
the thing was so unexpected. l had
fancied myself fair rider, having had
experience of farmers colts of divers
kinds, but this was something quite
new. The half breed stood looking on,
mildly interested; Jack was smiling,
but the boy was grinning with delight.
"Ill take the little beast" said Jack.
But the grinning boy braced me up and
I replied as carelessly as my shaking
voice would allow:
ooh, I guess I'll manage him." and
once more got into position. But no
sooner had l got into the saddle than
the pony sprang straight up into the
air and Lit with his back curved into
bow, his four legs gathered together
and so absolutely rigid that the shock
made my teeth rattle. 1t was my first
experience Of "bucking." Then the lit
tie brute went seriously to work to get
rid of the rustling, tapping thing on
his back. He would back steadily for
some seconds, then, with two or three
forward plunges, he would stop as If
shot and spring straight into the upper
air, lighting with back curved and legs
rigid as iron. Then he would walk on
his hind legs for a few steps, then
throw himself with amazing rapidity
to one side and again proceed to buck
with vicious diligence.
"Stick to him" yelled Jack through
shouts of laughter. You'll make him
sick before longw
remember thinking that unless his
insides were somewhat more delicately
organized than his external appearance
would lead one to suppose the chances
were that the little brute would be the
last to succumb to sickness. To make
matters worse, a wilder jump than
ordinary threw my cape up over my
head so that / was in complete dark
ness. And now he had me at his mercy,
and he knew no pity. He kicked and |
plunged and reared and bucked, now
on his front legs, now on his hind legs,
VI lCll vi LIS AuCCSJ w nlIG LII hdI huGSo
could only cling to the horn Of the sad
die
At last in one of the CLEANS of light
that penetrated the folds of my envel-
oping cape, l found that the horn had
slipped to his SIDE so the next time he
came to his knees 1 threw myself Off
[ am anxious to make this point clear,
for from the expression of triumph on
the face Of the grinning boy and his
of the pony 1 gathered that
lie scored win for the cayuse. With
tut pause that little brute continued
or some seconds to buck and plunge ,
ven after my dismounting as if he
yere some piece of mechanism that {
lust run down before it could stop. ]
By this time l was sick enough and {
adv sha ken in nv nerve but the fri
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CHAPTER III
THE COMING OF THE PmoT


{" was the first missionary ever
seen in the country, and it
hyTuyFd was the Old Timer who named
k656tU him. The Old Timers advent
to the foothill country was pre-
historic, and his influence was in
consequence immense. No one ven
tured to disagree with him, for to dis
agree with the Old Timer was to write
yourself down a tenderfoOt, which no
one. Of course, cared to do. 1t was
misfortune which only time could re-
pair to be a newcomer, and it was
every newcomers aim TO assume with
all possible speed the style and Gus
toms of the aristocratic old timers and
to forget as soon as possible the date
of his own arrival So it was as the
Sky Pilot-familiarly the Pilot-that
the missionary went for many a day
in the Swan Greek country.
/ had become schoolmaster of Swan
Creek, for in the spring a kind Provi-
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! prairie, sweeping out level to the sky
and cut by the winding coulee of the
Swan. Great long shadows from the
hills were lying upon its yellow face,
and far at the distant edge the gray
haze was deepening into purple. Be-
fore us lay the hills, softly curving
like the shoulders of great sleeping
monsters, their tops still bright, but
the separating valleys full of shadow.
And there, far beyond them, up against
the sky, was the line of the mountains
blue, purple and gold, according as
the light fell upon them.
The sun had taken his plunge, but he
had left behind him the robes of SAT-
from and gold We stood long without
a word or movement, filling our hearts
with the silence and the beauty, till
the gold in the west began to grow
dim. High above all the night was
stretching her star pierced, blue can
opy and drawing slowly up from the
east over the prairie and over the sleep
ing hills the soft folds of purple haze.
The great silence of the dying day
had fallen upon the world and held
us fast.
Listen" he said in low tone, point
ing to the hills. Cant you hear them
breathe" And, looking at their curv-
ing shoulders, 1 fancicd l could see
them slowly heaving as if in heavy
sleep, and l was quite sure 1 could
hear them breathe. l was under the
smell of his voica and his avaS and
nature was all living to me then.
We rode back to the Stopping Place
in silence, except for a word of mine
now and then which he needed not,
and, with hardly a good night, he left
me at the door. l turned away feel
ing as if had been in strange coun-
try and among strange people.
How would he do with the Swan
Creek folk? Could he make them
see the hills breathe. Would they feel
as 1 felt under his voice and eyes?
What a curious mixture he wasl l
was doubtful about his first Sunday,
and was surprised to find all my in
difference as to his success or failure
gone. 1t was a pity about the baseball
match. l would speak to some of the
men about it tomorrow.
Hi might be disappointed in his APP
Dearance. but as l turned into my
shack and thought over my last two
hours with the Pilot and how he had
got old Latour and myself l began
o think that Hi might be mistaken in
his measure of the Pilot.
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dence sent in the Muirs and the Bre-
mans with housefuls Of children, to the
ranchers' disgust, for they foresaw
plowed fields and barbed wire fences
cramping their unlimited ranges. A
school became necessary. A little log
building was erected, and | was APP
pointed schoolmaster. 1t was as school
master that l first came to touch the
Pilot, for the letter which the Hudson
Bay freighters brought me early one
summer evening bore the inscription:
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situation was one of great beauty. OR
one side the prairie rambled down
from the hills and then stretched away
in tawny levels into the misty purple
at the horizon; on the other it Chamber.
ed over the round, sunny tops to the
dim blue of the mountains beyond
In this world, where it is impossible
to reach absolute values, we are forced
to hold things relatively, and in con-
trast with the long, lonely miles of our
ride during the day these two houses,
with their outbuildings, seemed a cen
ter of life. Some horses were tied to
the rail that ran along in front of the
Stopping Place.
"Hello" said Jack. II guess the No
BILE Seven are in town."
"And who are they?" l asked.
"Oh," he replied, with a shrug, "they
are the elite of Swan Creek and, by
Jove," he added, "this must be a per-
NIT night"
what does that mean?" l asked, as
we rode up toward the tie rail
''Well," said Jack in low tone, for
some men were standing about the
door, "you see, this is a prohibition
country, but when one of the boys feels
as If he were going to have a spell of
sickness he gets a permit to bring in a
few gallons for medicinal purposes,
and, of course, the other boys being
similarly exposed, he invites them to
assist him in taking preventive meas
ures, and" added Jack, with a solemn
wink, cit is remarkable, in a healthy
country like this, how many epidemics
come near catching u.s.
And with this mystifying explanation
we Joined the mysterious Company of
the Noble Seven.
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good fellow, well up to his work as q
cattle man and too much of a gentle
man to feel, much less assert, any SUI
periority of station. He had the lar
gest ranch in the country and was one
of the few men making money.
Ashley's chief friend, or at least most
frequent companion, was man whom
they called the Duke. No one knew
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ITO BE Continued


Bedridden, alone and destitute. Such
in brief was the condition of an old sol
der by the name of J. J. Ravens, Yer
sailles, O. For years he was troubled
with kidney disease and neither doctors
nor medicine gave him any relief. At
length ne tried Electric Bitters. 1t put
him on his feet in short order and now
he testifies. 81 am on the road to CON-
plete recovery" Best on earth for liver
and kidney troubles, and all forms of
Stomach and Bowel complaints. Only
soc. Guaranteed by J. NJ. Taylor, Brad
ford, B. W. Abbott & Co., FaiTlee.
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Divine service will be held at Swan
Creek, in the Stopping Place Parlor,
a week from Sunday, Immediately
upon the conclusion of the baseball
match.
ARTHUR WELLINGTON MOORE
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CHAPTER IL

oMPANY OF THE NOBLE SEVEN.
IS we were dismounting the
cries, Hello, Jackw "How do,
Dale?" Hello, old Smoker in
the heartiest of tones made
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CHAPTER ".
THE Pilots MEASURE

THE PILOTS MEASURE.
mY1T was Hi Kendall that an
Nl nounced the arrival of the
Es@SS missionary. I was standing
SSsgsSJ at the door of my school,
The Washington times., 1903-12-28
SAW THE WHOLE GOVERNMENT.

During the recent political campaign
In Ohio Congressman Hildebrant and
other leaders arranged a big Republi-
can meeting at his home town, Will
mington. Senator Hanna was down for
a speech. One morning the Congress-
man met an old Irish friend. a strong
Democrat. and asked him TO come to
the meeting. L know you will vote
the Democratic ticket john" he said.
but I'd like TO have you come to the
meeting tomorrow night and hear Sena.
tor Hanna" "Av course. I'll come, Mr.
Hildebrant.' said John. IF Hanna 8
goin' TO be there. Ye don't think I'd
miss SIGH a chance 10 see the whole
Government, do ye?"-Pittsburg Dis
patch.