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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-19
THE GREEN FL 40
By II. CONAN DOYLE

A fanfare of bugle calls burst from
the distant camp. AT the same time
the bank Of bushes at one side had
been thrown or trampled down, and
the little army within began to move
slowly out on to the plain. Once clear
of the camp they halted, and the slant
rays Of the sun struck flashes from
bayonet and from gun barrel as the
ranks closed up until the big pith
helmets Joined into single long
white ribbon. Two streaks of scar
let glowed on either side Of the square,
but elsewhere the fringe of fighting
men was of the dull yellow khaki tint,
which hardly shows against the des-
ert sand. Inside their array was a
dense mass of camels and mules bear
ing stores and ambulance needs. Out
side twinkling clump Of cavalry was
drawn up on each flank, and in front
a thin scattered line Of mounted in
fantry was already slowly advancing
over the bush-strewn plain, hating on
every eminence and peering warily
round as men might who have to pick
their steps among the bones Of those
who have preceded them.
The three chieftains still fingered
upon the knoll, looking down with
hungry eyes and compressed lips at
the dark steel-tipped patch.
'"They are slower to start than the
men of Egypt" the sheik Of the Ha-
dendowas growled In his beard.
slower also to go back, perchance,
my brother" murmured the dervish.
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so were those two Krupp guns; already.
there were more cacolets full than he
cared to see. But on the whole he
thought 1t better to hold the fire un-
til he had more to aim at than few
hundred of fuzzy heads peeping over
a razorback ridge.
The left front of the square was
formed by four companies Of the
Royal Wessex and the right by four
of the Royal Mallows. On either side
the other halves Of the same regi-
ments marched in quarter column of
companies. Behind them, on the
right, was battalion of guards, and
on the left one of marines, while the
rear was closed in by rifle battalion.
Two royal artillery seven-pound
screw-guns kept pace with the square,
and a dozen; white-bloused sailors, un-
der their blue coated, tight wasted
officers, trailed their Gardner in front,
turning every now and then to spit up
at the draggled banners which waved
over the cragged ridge. Hussars and
lancers secuted in the scrub at each
side, and within moved the clump OF
camels, with humorous eyes and SUI
percillious lips, their comic faces a
contrast to the bloodstained men who
already lay huddled in the cacolets on
either side.
The square was now moving slowly
on a line parallel with the rocks, stop
ping every few minutes to pick up
wounded and to allow the screw-guns
and Gardner to make themselves felt
The men looked serious, for that
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not until 8 o'clock in the morning
could the artist be tempted, by cold,
hunger or drowsiness, to leave his
place. @
The painting measures four feet six
inches wide by three feet six inches
high, and embraces the territory from
Liberty street to the Maryland insti-
tute. In the immediate foreground
the coping at the edge of the Hotel
Belvedere appears, then view Of
Charles street, showing Governor
Browns residence, the University club
and other we'll known landmarks.
Tho the picture is not merely an i'm
pressionistic color study, the fore
ground is largely a mass of dark pur-
Piles and black, with little detail, while
the taller buildings and the Washing
ton monument are boldly silhouetted
against the background of flame. The
Union Trust and Equitable and CAL
vert buildings, with yellow windows,
show as big furnaces, while the flames
over the Law building are curling over
the courthouse cornices. The CONT
mental Trust building is shown in a
literal rain of embers. The City Hall,
it's west side lighted up brilliantly by
the glare of the great confagration;
the Maryland Institute, just being
reached by the vanguard of flames,
and every building within range Of
the artists outlook may be recognized,
In spite Of the unfamiliar point Of
view and extraordinary lighting.
Mr.. Chartran said he considered
it the opportunity of a lifetime, and,
after painting for nine long hours,
with the. nervous energy and inspira-
ton the excitement of the hour pro-
vided, succeeded in producing an eff
feet. that exceeded even his own ex-
pressions The picture is now on ex-
hihition in New York, where it Is at
| tracing a great deal Of attention.
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ranks of his Irishry. Sentiment is not
an English failing, but the Hussar
captain raised his hilt in a salute as
he rode past the blood-soaked ring.
The British general sent home dis
patches to his government, and so did
the chief of the Hadendowas to his,
tho the style and manner differed
somewhat in each. "The Sheik Kadra
of the Hadendowa people to Moham-
med Ahmed, the chosen of Allah, hon.
age and greeting" began the latter.
know by this that on the fourth
day Of this moon we gave battle to
the Kaffirs who call themselves In
glees, having with us the Chief Hus-
sein, with ten thousand Of the faith
full. By the blessing of Allah we have
broken them and chased them for a
mile, tho, indeed, these infidels are
different from the dogs Of Egypt and
have slain very. many Of our men. Yet
we hope to smite them again ere the
new moon be come, to which end I
trust that thou wilt send us a. thousand
dervishes from Omdurinan. In token
Of our victory send you by this mes
senger a flag which we have taken.
BY the color it might we'll seem to
have belonged to those Of the true
faith, but the Kaffrs gave their blood
freely to save it, and so we think that,
tho small, it is very dear to them"
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spring on to the rocks of the Arab
army had given them a vague glimpse
of the number and ferocity of their
foes; but their faces were set like stone
for they knew to q man that they
must win or they die-and die, too, in
most serious of all was the general for
he had seen that which brought flush
to his cheeks and a frown to his brow.
II say Stephen" said he to his gal
loper, those Mallows seems a trif1e
5umpy,. The right flank company
on the HILL
Youngest troops In the square, sir"
murmured the aid, looking at them
critically thru his eyeglass.
Tell Colonel Flanagan to see to it,
Stephen" said the general, and the
a fine old Celtic warrior, was over at
| @ company in an instant.
How are the men, Captain Foley? ?"
"Never better, SIR" answered the
senior captain in the spirit that makes
a Madras officer look murder If you
suggest recruiting his regiment from
the Punjaub.
"Stiffen them up!" cried the colonel.
AS he rode away a color sergeant
seemed to trip and fell forward into a
mimosa bush. ,.-.
He made no effort to rise, but lay in
heap among the thorns.
Sergeant O'Rooke's gone, sorr,"
cried a voice.
Never mind, lads" said Captain
Foley. Hes died like a soldier
fighting for his queen"
ITO hell with the queen!' shouted
a hoarse voice from the ranks.
But the roar of the Gardner and the
typewriter-like clicking of the hopper
burst in at the tail Of the words. Cap
tain Foley heard them, and Subal.
terms Grice and Murphy heard them
but there are times when a deaf cal
is a gift from the gods.
STEADY, Mallows!" cried the cap.
tain, in a pause of the grunting ma.
chine gun. 1--WE have the honor o,
ireland to guard this day."
"And we'll we know how to guar6
it, captain" cried the same ominoui
voice; and there was buzz from tn,
length Of the company.
The captain and the two subs came
together behind the marching line.
"They seem a bit out Of hand,
murmured the captain.
"Bedad,' said the Galway boy
. ''they mean to scoot like redshanks.
. "They nearly broke when the black
: showed on the hill" said Grice.
, 1.-THE first man that turns my swor'
{ il thru him." cried Foley, loud enough
to be heard by five nles on either sid
, Of him. Then, in q lower voice; TT
) a bitter drop to swallow, but it's m
: duty to report what you think to tn
. chief and have q company Of Jollie
!. put behind u.s." He turned away wit,
! the safety Of the square upon hi
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-19
BALTIMORE FIRE ON CANVAS
Artist Chartran Worked Nine Hours
on Hotel Roof Painting Flames.
ar. Pa linn ore Herald -

There is no probability that the
present generation of -Ba1timoreans
will ever forget the great fire, but the
actual spectacle is also to be pre-
scented to posterity. The great blaze
will live on the canvas Of M. Chartran,
the French artist, who worked nine
hours on the roof Of the Hotel Bel
vedere that fateful Sunday reproduce
ing it. ':@~. tET@2Ff ="
When the approach of night began
to furnish magnificent color effects.
Artist Chartran, who is. living at pres
ent at the Belvedere, hurriedly gath
cred his colors together, and, with the
aid of bellboy, carried his easel, a
big canvas and other necessaries to
the roof of the hotel and began what
may be destined to rank as one of the
greatest 'nocturnes'' in existence. The
first stroke of the brush went on the
canvas at 6 o'clock in the evening, and
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"And yet they are not many-three
thousand at the most"
And we ten thousand, with the
Prophets grip upon our spear-hafts
and his words upon our banner. See
to their chieftain. how he rides upon
glass that sees from affair! 1t may be
that he sees this ALSO" The Arab
shook his sword at the small clump
of horsemen who had spurred out
from the square.
10! he beckons," cried the der
wish; land see those others at the
corner how they bend and heave. Ha!
by the Prophet, I had thought it."
AS he spoke a little wOolly puff Of
smoke spurted up at the corner of the
square, and a seven-pound shell burst
with hard metallic smack just over
their heads. The splinters knocked
chips from the red rocks around them.
"Bismillah!" cried the Hadendowa;
eff the gun can carry thus far, then
ours can answer to it. Ride to the
| left, Moussa, and tell Ben Ali to cut
! cannot hit yonder mark. And you,
Hamid, to the right, and see that
| 5000 men lie close in the wady that
we have chosen. Let the others beat
the drum and show the banner of the
Prophet; for, by the black stone
! their spears will have drunk deep ere
they look upon the stars again." .a
| AS the Sheik Kadra sprang into his
saddle and drew his sword there was
a wild whoop and a clatter of waving
| spears, while the one-ended wal
drums burst into a dull crash like 8
! wave upon single. For moment
10000 men were up on the rocks with
brandished arms and leaping figures
the next they were under cover, agar
waiting sternly and silently for theil
chieftain's orders. The square was les!
/ than half a mile from the ridge now
and shell after shell from the seven
pound guns were pitching over it.
deep roar on the right, and then {
second one showed that the Egyptian
Krupps were in action.
From all along the crest burst tn,
hard, sharp crackle of Remington fire
The square had slowly advanced
ripping over the low sandhills, ant
hating every few minutes to rearrang,
} it's formation. Now, having mad
sure that there was no force Of tn
enemy in the scrub, it changed it's di
! rection, and began to take a line paral
lei to- the Arab position. It was to-
steep to assail from the front, and l
; they moved far enough to the right
the general hoped that he might turl
it. On the top Of those ruddy hill
; lay baronetcy for him, and FEY
! extra hundreds in his pension, and h
i meant having them both that dag
The Remington IRE was annoying, an
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owed their troubles, and now and then
they did wild things before they came.
There were recruits in the Irish regi-
ments who would fol get to answer to
their own names, so short had been
their acquaintance with them. OF
these the Royal Mallows had their full
share, and, while they still retained
their fame as being one Of the smart
est corps in the army, no one knew
better than their officers that they
were dry-rotted with treason and with
bitter hatred of the flag under which
they served.
And the center of all the disaffec-
ton was Company, in which Dennis
Connolly found himself enrolled. They
were Celts, Catholics, and men OF the
tenant class to a man, and their whole
experience Of the British government
had been an memorable landlord, and
O. constabulary who seemed to them to
be always on the side Of the rent COL
lector. Dennis was not the only moon
lighter in the ranks, nor was he alone
in having an intOlerable family blood
feud to harden his heart.
1t was a March morning upon the
eastern fringe of the Nubian desert.
The sun had not yet risen, but a tinge
Of pink flushed up as far as the cloud
less zenith, and the long strip of sea
rizon.
Some eight or ten miles inland the
rolling plain curved upward with a
sleeper slope until 1T ran into line Of
red basaltic rock which zig-zagged
from north to south, heaping itself
up at the one point into a fantastic
knoll. On the summit Of this there
stood upon that March morning three
Arab chieftains-the Sheik Kadra OF
the Hadendowas, Moussa Wad Abur-
hegel, who led the Berber dervishes
and Hamid Wad Hussein, who hac
come northward with his fighting mer
from the land of the Baggaras. Two
miles from where they stood, amid
the sand hills and the m1mosa scrub
a great parallelogram had beer
marked by piled-up bushes. From the
inside Of this dozens Of tiny blue
smoke reeks curled up into the still
morning air: while there rose from !
a confused deep murmur, the voices
of men and the gruntings of camel'
blended into the same insect buzz.
"The unbelievers have cooked theil
morning food" said the Baggara CHIEF
shading his eyes with his tawny
sinewy hand. Truly their sleep ha
been but scanty; for Hamid and I
hundred of his men have fired upol
them since the rising Of the moon"
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Copyright, by A. G.. DOYLE,

-; : 4: ! s. 81: !; i; !;
IRENE left wing of the
Land league, was incon-
tinently shot by Sergeant
Murdoch Of the ,constabulary, in lit
tie moonlight frolic near Kanturk, his
twin brother Dennis Joined the British
army. The countryside had become
too hat for him; and, as the seventy
five shillings We're wanting which might
have carried him to America, he took
the only way handy of getting himself
out of the way. The sergeant smiling
complacently over his six feet of
Drawn and his forty-four-inch chest,
whisked him off with dozen other Of
the boys to the depot at Fermoy,
whence in a few weeks they were sent
on, with the spade work kinks taken
out OF their backs, to the first battalion
of the Royal Mallows, at the top Of
the roster for foreign service.
The Royal Mallows, at about that
date, were as strange a lot of men as
ever were paid by a great empire to
fight It's battles. 1t was the darkest
hour of the land struggle, when the
one side came out with crowbar and
battering ram by day, and the other
with mask and with shotgun by night.
Men driven from their homes and po-
tato patches found their way even into
the service Of the government, to
which it seemed to them that they
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TOO FLUENT.

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Gusher-Your wife has such a soft, liquid
voice.
Gabble-Yes. There's only one objection I
have to 1t.
Gusher-What is that?
Gabble-It is almost impossible for me to turn
off the flow.
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UP-TO- THE MINUTE FASHIONS
Daily Him Of Practical Value to the Fair Sex


cal reproduced easily the
obtained at tfng
models all good pretty original in effect eabo
ambitious amateur
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sHIRRED SKIRT WITH FLOUNCE.

DdlhhED ShlltI WITH EIOUNOHs
Flounces Of all sorts are to be much
worn the season thru, but none is
more fashionable or more graceful
than the shirred one that falls in soft,
becoming folds. The very stylish skirt
illustrated shows one Of the sort COM
bined with a, skirt that is plain at the
front, forming a panel, but shirred at
the hips and back to harmonic with
the founce. The model is made Of blue
wolfe heeked with white and black and
is finished at the lower edge with q
hem stitched with corticelli silk.
The skirt is made in three portions.
the front gore and circular sides and
the gathered founce is joined to the
lower edge. The shirrings at the up
per edge are held in place by means
of a foundation yoke and the closing
is made invisible at the center back.
The quantity Of material required for the
medium size is 9h yards q inches wide, yards
81 inches wide, or yards a. inches wide.
The patterns 1882 is cut in sizes for %, "a,
%, Is and 30 inch waist measure.
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TOUGH LUCK.

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Brownies. The doctor says If he RECEIVERS
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Green-Gee, but I'm sorry to hear that He
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Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1904-11-12
Taking Deposition.

Messrs. Sutro and Reed. at
torneys of San Francisco, and
Messrs. Briar and Tobiasson,
attorneys Of Okland. were in
town yesterday taking the de
posi- ion of engineer Russell in
the case OF E. B. and H. L. Stone
Co. VS.. The Richmond Beet Line
Railway Co. In the above case
the Stone Company is suing to
recover a sum of money. for ex-
cess yardage while constructing
the railroad from Point Rich
mond to Sau Pablo Bay.
Mr.. Russell was chief engineer for
the Stone Company during the
construction of the road, hence
his testimony.
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1904-11-12
The Band Will Entertain.

Thanksgiving eve, November
23d, the Fallon Brass Band will
give ball at the town hall and
it promises to outdo all former
efforts of this popular organiza-
ton. The Band is deserving of
all the assistance it can get and
it is to be hoped that the people
will turn out and show their
appreciation of the public-spirit-
ed members of our home band.
Don't forget the date, Novem-
Der 23d.
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1904-11-12
TEN CENTS
Work to Soon Begin.

Within the next few days the
Government will start work on
the lateral bitches lying between
Fallon and Grimes ranch. This
work will be force account, the
Government employing its own
engineers and paying the men.
The teams will also be employed
by the Government.
This work will also put a
great many men at work and
owing to the close proximity of
the laterals, Fallon will be
greatly benefited. Already the
town is reaping a harvest from
the large number of men en-
plo ied and as yet the work is
hardly begun. The coming win
ter will see our town one OF the
liveliest in the Stote.
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1904-11-12
Labor Union Smoker.

After its business meeting last
evening the local Labor Union
held a smoker in its hall There
was a large crowd in attendance
and general good time indulg-
ed in. The STANDARD force was
not overlooked and we wish to
express our thanks for liberal
supply of solid and liquid re-
freshments.
Louie Grimpe furnished an
abundant supply of limburger
cheese and we have it from the
married members of the union
that they were compelled to
sleep in the open last evening.
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1904-11-12

Theodore Roosevelt will con-
tinue as the Chief Executive of
this Nation. His victory is COM
plete.
The election in this county re-
suited in Il Democratic victory.
But two Republican candidates
were elected. Robert Shirley
will continue in the Sheriff $ of
flee and Will Brown was re-elect-
ed County Clerk The fight
between Charles Allen, Demo-
crat, and Ed Brown, Republi-
can, for short term commission
er, is still in doubt. Cottonwood
precinct will determine the win
ner. Mr.. Allen goes there with
two majority and his friends be
lieve he will get enough votes
out of the five cast there to elect
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1904-11-12
A Plea for Assistance.

A few days since a gentleman
called at this office and tried to
sell us safe. OF course we had
no use for such an article, but
when lady called at our office
door yesterday and inquired if
we could change fifty cents, to
learn that we could not, it set
us thinking that there were some
accounts due this office that
would come in pretty handy
about this time. So come along
We stragglers. Don't be afraid.
Well greet you with smile and
a receipt.