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awful silence 81 night and Solitude.
No eye could fathom ths depths or
search tha hwlRhfs What lay be-
yond. I might not say. The doctor
had led Ne 10 this wilderness. and
he must speak.
See here he cried. hopping tho
sweat from his face. the road =
down yondsr. and we need light to
strike ~ Give me your hand. Que Of
you. while I fetch up the lnntsrps A
Dutc Imam didn't write Of Ken 4 ISL
and for nothing ! guess he New
Ne were coming his way"
lie stretched out hand 60 me
with the words. and held Il surely
while he bent over the pit and
groped for the lantern he spoke Of,
Three days ago" said he. Il ran
a picnic hare all 20 myself II " "a
well to find n new lodging II the old
don't suit. ] left my lantern be-
hind me and this Il IL. I reckon
He pulled up from the seplhr a
sauze lantern such as miners uaa.
and. lighting Il. ne showed ne the
heart Of tho pit. II waH a deep hole.
30 feet down. perhaps. and atrewn
with rubbish and fragments OF tho
iron rocks. Hut what was worth
more To uE, aye. than n barrel OF
gold, was the sweet. fresh air which
came 20 Us through a tunnels mouth
from the open sea herself. and.
blowing freshly on our faces. sent
U.S. quickly down towards a. with
glad cries and the spirits OF men
who have broken a prison gate.
The sea, the sea. by ali that's
hoiyi" cries Peter nliah. oh, doc
tor. l breathe. I breathe. NJ I am n
Christian man, l breathei-
We tumbled into the pit head
long and sat there for many minutes
wondering N tho death were passed
or II We must face ~ aRaln In tho
minutes 10 come. There before us
stood vast. domed hall which, I
declare. men might have cut and not
nature In the depths OF that strange
cavern.
Open 20 tho day through great aper-
lures hight M IN the face % the cliff.
soft glow like the light which comes
through the windows Of church
Htrsamed unon the rocky floor and
showed us the wonders Of that ave-
some place Room upon room we saw.
cave upon cave. These things I saw
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1903-11-18

Ths prosecuting
attorney umcA
has at last re-
eslvsd omclsl no.
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GUS air We brenthed. I make no pre-
tense 10 say. hut nature stopufd 10
ct last. and. parting and exhaeated.
We came 10 = halt in the woods and
asked each other IN the name OF ren-
son what we should do n@rt.
The seal cries Peter BiiEh. for
getting his courags. show the the
sea or TIM a dead mani
To whom seth Barker answers
If there's breath. its on the
hills: well surely die here"
And little Dolly vsun. he said:
Il cannot run another step. str,
I'm beat-deaf beat"
For my part I had no word fos
them. q remained for DR. Gray to
lead again.
Il win show you \ road. cried he.
sIf you viii take ~.
And why not asked him.
Why not DOCTOR
Because" he answered. very
slowly. '1t'H the road to Edmond
czcrny's house"
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SCOTT AND MGOKERN

MeGoyeru IN. sr.,~hns .ln. - -
TIA poker gambling city Tom s son Of
hs paei Atsr once met Msosv,
ee TO face last saturday night embarrassing u
stances and hound. have ceased 10
dsny MeGovsFns failed APP
him
rhs meeting referred to heal
newspaper Mr. purpose intsreens for his
parent aad srfti.ns the pr
~as'nator fer Ans making x progress.
and had all but had been gnv
mAlsnsd when the and In walked McGotsrn
Tbs scion Of the himself and h art.
M Published
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CHAPTER XIV.
A White pool--And Afterwards.

We must have been a third of a
naila from the shore when the doc
tor spoke and 900 yards. perhaps.
from the pool In the giena. IL is true
that the storm seemed to clear the
air. but not "a we had expected nor
rs fair argument led Us 90 hope.
Wind there was. hot and burning on
the face, but ~ brought no cool
breath IN It's path. and ala but roll
NJ the fog In banks OF gray and
dirty clouds.
To me. It appeared that the island
dealt out life snd death on either
hand. first making n man leap with
Joy because he could breathe again I.
then sending him Easping 90 the
earth with ell his senses reeiing and
his brain on fire.
Any shelter would be paradise 20
men In the bond % that death grip.
Sleep itself. the islands sleep. could
have been no worse than the agony
we suffered.
Doctor" I cried. ns I ran pant
Mig up TO him. Edmond Cxerny's
house or another-show Us the wayi
We cannot fare worse: you know
that. Lead on and we follow, wher-
ever II IT,"
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SURE CURE FOR PILES

Itching Piles produce moisture and
CAUSE itching. this FORM. as well as
Blind, bleeding or I'rotrudlng Piles
are cured by DR.. Iio-snn-ko's Pile
Remedy. stops Itching and bleed
ING. Absorbs juniors. 600 n far. at
Druggists. or sent by mail. Treatise
free. Write me about your case. DIR.
Bosanko, Philadelphia. Pa. For sale
at the Quaker Drug Co.. 1913 First
avenue. Seattls.
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~ rock. and a man might have gone
across safely enough but fqr the
thought of that which was below him
one false step would send him flfiuE
down 30 n death I would not name
and that false step he appeared 70
mako. AfY uadf ] see & ali ~ clear
- now. Thu slip. the frantic clutch
~ the rocks. tha great trutnelr which
ahut cut and Stripped his leg and then
tba flaah N my own revolver fired
i've times az TIE teur,sle eyes below
me.
lguntnued1
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? MI as
Jasper HeEE. who tells the story,
goes TO krua island Ia see hiH for
mer mistress. Ruth nellendrus who,
when abe married Edmund GHcfnf,
ana was taken "a the Island, asked
him to connu 20 hcr in a year She
II unhappy. but is closely watched
ana cannot set away. Jasper, who
has with HIN Dolly Nenn, Peter
ialigh and Seth barker. sailors. II
chased by Cnerny'n men and rescued
By an old Frenchmhu. clair de- lsune.
In great storm. tasper's ship Il
lost leaving the four on the island
alone They discover that CHeGnY
and his men have erected false
lights and live by Turing nhlps to de-
struetiuu on the rockh. Al certain
times % the year deadly yapars arise
on the island. killing all who come in
contact with them. To avoid these
CaeFny has built himself house un-
der the sea, IN the depths o. Ions
reef. The sleep timv comes % the
island. and HcKE aud his e0mpani-
ons seek for some shelter.
They are nearly overcome by the
vapors but find refuge ia Ruth'a
house which Is occupied by a
stranger. a doctor
The doctor proves to he an expert
taken 60 the island by cnerny 60 m
veHtiEate the strange vapofA Tbs
house h struck hy lightning.
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Free Want Ads
Bee Classified page for Free Want
Ads.
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cnllfnrnln,a Attraotlnn.

For tho tourist pleasure OF health
seeker are manifold. Take the fam
Gus scenic shasta route. Two
trains daily Rates San Francisco.
1880 first class. 5000. second
class. Reservations aud descriptive
litafntufe al Southern Pacific Co.'S
Office. 0ts first avenue. 4. y. Ellis.
general agent.
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arecr Jacobson
may lose hia suit
Tor dan a y ea
against the city.
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CHAPTER kun -tcontinuedl


To this there uuccressed an oNers
poWettng stencil ~ sulphur and rip.
ping sounds "a 81 wnod bursting Ia
rplinters. and beams falling. and the
cracking 81 timber burning
Not a man among III. ! make sure.
but knew the meaning OF those sig
nails or what they called him 10
DO.
The bungalow was struck lifc lay
In the fnk without. IN the death fnE
We had twice escaped.
shes burning shes burning.
cried Seth Barker. running wildly
for the door. and To his vulca Was
added that u Duncan Gray. who
reared
My lead my lead stand back
| Tor your lives"
lie threw a mufnrr round his neck
and ran cut from tha stricken bun
81 the house WAS now alisht Great
cloud. 81 crimson flame rested
with the looming FOG above us.
SuffpcatinG smoke. burning brseHra,
| floating sparks. ieaplnK tongues OF
| flame drove us on.
Cries you heard. one naming the
heights for q haven. another clam
| oring for the beach. ore answering
with an oath. another. Il may be
with a prayer. but no man keeping
his wits az shaping a true course
what wooid have happened hat
Tor tho holding fox and tho sulphur
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-02-05
carmaek,s Exclamation.

Senator Carmack has the reputa-
ton of being one of the, best poll
ticians in west Tennessee, and he is
also regarded as one of the best
wits of the senate chamber. Talk
ing with some friends one evening,
he told them that on one occasion
while he was a member of the house
of representatives President Nc
kinley gave. q dinner, to which all
hut three members Of the insular
committee were invited. The other
two men were much put out and
said they felt sighted at the action
.of-the president and wondered why
their names were not on the list of
guests. Mr.. Carmack told his col
leagues that he knew very well why
Mr.. Mckinley did not ask him and
when pressed for an. explanation
laid: s--..-s.s, =
Il gave a dinner a few days ago
and did not invite the president. He
is just getting even.n
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Nordsa,s Estimate Of Fame.

Thirst for fame, says Max Nor
deau in Success, seems to be the
most ideal ambition. 1t is the most
foolish of all. In no case is the
appearance SO different from the
reality as in the case of celebrity.
To him who does not possefs it it
seems the sum total of all that is
splendid lie who, according to the
general opinion of his contelnporas
ries, possesses it sees that it con-
tains moro bitterness than salts
faction, and that it is not worth
in any true estimate of values either
a nights sleep or days effort.
orlaIn of the Boundary Line DISPUTE.
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TREASURY 1.-TWO HAT MEN.

E
The reform crusade inaugurated
By Secretary Shaw against malinger-
ers, gamblers and other discredita-
Bile employees OF the treas1rys de-
partment shas resulted, among other
things, in unea hing description
of maiingerers known as stwo shat
men. = - Elstst u,
The stwd hat filan' ssis, as his maine
indicates, man WHO wears two hats
not both at once, but separately.
When the two hat man = arrives in
the Office IN the morning, he appar-
emily has only one hat, which he
removes and hangs upon as-peg.
Later in the day the two hat man.
becomes POSSESSED Of a desire to
drop the business of the treasury
department for awhile. He leaves
This hat on the peg, walks out Of the
Office, pulls soft nat OUT Of his
pocket, puts il. on and stays ONT as
long as he pleases. IL his chief no
tees his absence, d glance at the
hat hanging on the peg is sufficient
to assure anybody that7the clerk Is
stillin the department. bull ding and
presumably attending TO business Of
some kind. = gst=e ~
The sfwo hats scheme has only
been discoveredwitirin the pastweek,
and as a result the officials have be-
come SO exaeting that it is danger
ous for "a person Known to be a
+stTo hatter' tozleavei his room even
on business of the office. - New
York Times Washington Letter.
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RaiI water, kIIl sEIles.

An epidemic of typhoid fever may
develop during the corning fall. The
best preyentiYes of this disease are
an accurate knowledge of its sources
and a willingness on the part of the
public 10 follow rules that viii neu-
tralize those sources. Typhoid fe-
yer is conveyed by polluted drinking
water, infected milk, from soils sat-5
llrated with its germs and by un-
cooked vegetables. Flies can also
carry infection. All drinking water
should be boiled even after it las
been filtered. Milk should he ster,
ilized, soils that have become con-
terminated with drainage should be
purified, all closets thoroughly and
frequently disinfected and flies e.
terminated as far as possible.-Phl
adelphia Press.
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A Most Fatal GIFT.

Would be the power of foresecing
events. This would destroy hopes. A
knowledge of the future would I'M
make happiness. There are of course
some things about the future we do
know. If, for instance, lack of ener-
gys ambition and loss of appetite shows
itself we know IL will be followed by
serious complaints il not checked.
Often Liver and Kidney troubles fol-
low quickly, In any event Electric
Bltters will restore you TO health 1t
Strengthens, builds up aud inyigorates
rundown systems Only soc. Satisfac-
ton guaranteed by
Frank G. Bland. druggist, Pike
street. feb. 3-deod-w1m.
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An Explanation by Reed.

John Palmer, formerly secretary
of state of New York, and ex-
Speaker Reed are personal friends.
Mr.. PalIne4 once called on Mr.. Reed
in Washington, ard the two had a
.long DISCUSSION of the personal char
ncteristics and traits of the then
members of the house. At length
tl:ey SPOKE of a member who was so
bowlegsed that General Palmer
sa:l he reminded him of the tradi-,
tional man who had to have his
trousers cut with a circular saw.
s.What on earth could ever give
a man such bow legs ?" he unused.
81 don't know" replied the ex=
speaker, but he looks as if he had
gone up in. a balloon and walked
back."-New York Times.
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bert Stuart, the celebrated artist,
WHO was great sbraggart. When
Hull visited his studio, Stuart took
great delight in entertaining him
with anecdotes of-his- English sue
cess, stories of. the MARQUIS. of This
and. the Baroness of That, which
showed how elegant was the society
toFwhich he had been accustomed
Unfortunately in the midst OF this
grandeur Mrs. Stuart, who did not
know that there was: a sitter, came
in from the kitchen with an apron
on and.her. head tied @up with a
handkerchief and cried out, did
you mean to,hape that legof mutton
boiled or roasted ?" to which Stuart
replied with great presence of.mind,
"Ask your mistress.
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r. Hoff in the course of his speech
accepting the presidency of the assoc
citation told the following story: ttA
lady was passing through the wards
of an overcrowded military hospital
when she suddenly encountered two
men saving and hammering on
some boards. She looked at them
In some surprise and wonderingly
asked, what are you doing there,
my men?' They looked up at her,
and one of them said: what are we
doing? Why, we are making a eofs
fin; that's what we are doing, "a
coffin? she asked. For whom are
you making a coffin p For that
fellow over there in that bed. Don't
you see hinF 2 The lady looked in
the direction indicated and saw u
man apparently in good condition
and watching the operation with
great interest. why, that man is
not dead, and, indeed, he does not
look as Il he were going to die.
Can't. you postpone this work r.
No., the men said, we can't post
pone it. The doctor told us to
make the coffin, and he knows what
he gave him. %
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FIns statIontru and Enaraylna

The Telegram is pleased to announce
that IL has made arrangements with
ne of the largest engraving establish
,nents in the United States who make
q speciality OF engraved cards, am
nouncement cards, wedding invita-
lions and monogram stationery and is
now prepared to furnish this class 10
work at the lowest prices. Anyone
Desiring fine stationery can save money
by sending their order to the Tele-
gram ONCE. IL
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The West Is HFuil Of ExperIence.r

a young mun with scheme that
was good principally for himself
visited the business men of several
towns Of central Kansas last SUM
mer with poor results. why; is it, :,
he asked, shat the Kansans are so
criticals Our plan worked all right
in the south last winter and in Ohio
and Iowa"
ffWell," remarked an old timer
who overheard him, ..one reason is
that the. folks of Kansas have been
struggling with schemes of one kind
and another for twenty years, and
they've learned TO be careful. y on
will find it harder yet in Oklahoma.
for the people there have gone all
through what we have and a good
deal more. The west is filed full of
experience"
The Kansan's experience is four
fold-charles NJ. larger in Allan
tic.
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If Was Poor Er.neh

Z. When the Rev. DIR. Newell DWIGHT
Hills was. a seminary student, it is
said that he prided himself on being
more proficient in modern languages
than his fellows. When it came his
turn to say grace in the ssmess-
room, he persisted in saying it in
French until he was cut short by
the gruf remonstrance of a wild
western theologue-@oh, here, Hill
lis, cut that
u suppose you object to what YOU
don't understand, !" retorted Hills.
It amt that, replied the other,
$50 much as that don't believe the
Lord himself knows what You are
saying. New York Times.
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The TeacherAnd always let yer
whole weight foller yer blowl
Method In Her Madnesa.

Nurse (of insane asylum u can't
make out what aiis that new pa
tent. She keeps screaming, a[on-
days in January, first and third
Thursdays, Sunday afternoons, sec
ond and fourth Wednesdays, Tues
day evenings in February. and
things like that.
House Doctor-That's easy. She's
a society woman trying to keep
track of her friends reception days.
Judge.
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CONDENSED STORIES. -
Driving a Bargain Win wasKInaton
Street Car Conductor.

: 81 -
Every time / see large assem-
blage of people IN a large city, such
as the Grand Army encampment
at Washington, said an old WASH
ingtoninn the other day, st recalls
to my mind little incident which
took place in front Of the Post
building some years ago. lit was
during the Christian Endeavor COM
vention, and the city, of course,
was crowded. There wes a large
contingent Of folks from the coun
try, the real plain people, who form
the bulwark of the nation
ssAll wanted to- see the sights.
-quite naturally, and some of them
were trying to get through on a
very small margin financially. and
besides probably had been warned
to look out for the man with the
golden brick. "A party of six, both
men and women, came out Of the
Post building one afternoon, and a
tan, rawboned old man with a pa
striarchh1 beard rushed out across
THE plaza and hailed a passing Four
tenth street car.
Say, mister, he cried, brandish-
ing his weather beaten umbrella at
the driver, what II you take us up
to Mount Pleasant for p
- Howmany are: there Of you? p
g Six, came the answer 4
Well I'll take you all mp for95
cents apiece, said the driver, snil-
ing henevolently at the bncolic.
group.
ss'1'l go you, responded the
icountryman, and with the triumph
ant air of a woman who has Just
made a bargain counter look like
three lead dimes he shouted back to
his party: He'll take us up for 5
cents apiece. Come on. And they
all scrambled in among the amused
passengers.
TITS dollars to doughnnts that
those folks who were running up
against the wiles of city life never
learned that the bargain they struck
cost them 5 cents more than six
tickets would have fflched out of
their exchequer." = Washington
Post.
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a Chance.

She possessed mind discerning
That was stored aud crnmmed witt
learning. :
And her thoughts, forever burning.
She could Huttably express- z
All her sentences were rounded. -
And her words imposing soundeds
i was really quite astounded
As / listened j confess. y s.
It was rather an fnflfctfnn.
All this verbal unrestriction,
But her elegance OF dictIon.
Each precise and polished phrase.
And the beautiful selection
or abe words and their connection
And her most correct infection
They were quite beyond all praise.
But saw her very lately.
And she did not talk ornntelys
All that language snnve and stately
6henc longer kept on tap.
She was saying. Ressunis. diddumBg
Where de bad old pin got hlddums
In his Tfiuxzerss pcctouB lEiddufns.s ?.
TO the baby IN her lap.
-Chinagc NaWn
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Guardians Of our Llberty,..

SON whose side. is that expert
witness supposed to be testifyipg2v
asked one juror.
Il don't knows" answered anoth5
er. 81 forgot to notice which law
yer called him to the stand -
Washington. Evening Star.
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a LITTLE NONSENSE. i
Good Things 5unehed From the Yors
kerr statesrnan.

kefa Statesman-
She-We have female shoe
maker over IN Our town.
HeOh, wei, maid of awi work
Is nothing new.
1T is when young man is IN
love-, remarked the observer of.
events and things, sthat he hasn't
a single idea in his head. =
Maud (under the mistletoe)
Now, George, you must take only
one.
George one from one leaves
nothing Let's make it one each
and tie.
Maud (shYly) oh, well, it's sud-
den, but you may ask papa
Misery loves company without
Doubt, remarked the observer of
events and things Chats the rea-.
son misfortune never comes sfngly y
Redd-Did the editor kick at
your verses
Well; he kicked all.
right, but not at the verses exactly
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What n Meant.

eyes" said the methodical house
keeper, chats list of the names
of all the cooks we have had since
we've been married"
.aThe ideal BY the way, / notice
each name has either the letter &C.
or W. after, it. Does that mean
fcoloref and white p
NO. That means seouldn't or
wouldn't. Philadelphia Press.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-02-05
Hard TO please.

Mrs. Naybor-I hear your ,hus-
band is i'll. I hope his condition
isn't critical.
Mrs. Krank-No, but his DISPOSE
ton is. He criticises everything
we give him to eat.-PhiIadelp hia
Press
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safer Came.

"why do you go hunting for
qunil instead of deer? 1t isn't half
SO exciting
81 know. That's the reason, /
don't think anybody would be ike
ly to take me for quail, no matter
how badly he had the buck fever.
Washington, Times.
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stuart's Presence Of Mind.

On one occasion "a great public
dinner was given to Isaac Hull by
the town of Boston, and -he was.
asked to sit for his picture to Gil.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-02-05
Short Account.

La Montt-I hear that Cheaply's
money is all in his wife's name.
La Moyne H'ml She must have
an awfully short name. - Chicago
News.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-02-05
Had Confidence In the Doctor.

at the annual meeting of the As
sociation of Military Surgeons of
the United States Major John Van
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Maud under the mistletoe)
Now, George, you must take only
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1903-06-13
Wexford.

Edward ]. Kavanagh, son of Peter
Kavanagh of Newtonbarry, has passed
the Royal University third medical ex-
animation.
Denis Clair, a workman in the en-
ployment of Mr.. Parker of Coolteggart,
was severely injured by kick from a
horse on May II. He will not be able
to work for some time.
Old Jasper Sinnott, who lived near
Broadway, was found dead in bed on
the 10th ult by Mrs. Mary Fitzpat-
rick, his daughter. He was well known
in the neighborhood. He lived alone in
p little house by the roadside, and
looked after all his own wants. AL
though Mrs. Fitzpatrick lived almost
within a stones throw of him he pre-
ferred to dispense with her proffered
assistance. However, she used to pay
him a visit every day.