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was in no way desirable, for the low
banks Of the Moosehorn just here
were soft and spongy, while from
every twig of the tall and close
growing spruces depended long tufts
Of gray moss. But coming night in
the wilderness forced the situation,
aud all four set about establishing q
camp.
First a fire, then the tent. and while
the guides started supper on it's way,
the doctor and Martin cut boughs for
a bed and then slowed their belong
ings. And right in the midst of these
duties, and just as the fire lit up the
spectral boards that hung above and
all about them, Dr. Sol found the
broken paddle handle. For moment
he gazed at its hideous knob with
something like terror, and then turned
to Martin.
Now all that day the doctor had felt
that some uncanny discovery, some
new and near danger had been kept
from him; and more than this, that
some mystery quite beyond human
ken now surrounded them. AS he
would put it, what l saw, 1 know
I saw" and none of Martins badinage
about imaginary ogres had in the leas;
altered his fixed convictions as to
what he had seen the night before
Then at noon he had also observed
the peculiar movements of both his
friend and Levi. but said nothing:
and when they had landed to follow
the mysterious path, what they had
come upon and its denouement only
added more mystery. But this pirat-
ical bit of handiwork was the last
atraw, and, as one might say, it broke
the doctors nerve.
Martin Frisbie," he exclaimed al.
most sternly, "where are we. and what
is the meaning of this? First see a
hideous human face watching me
which you swear is rock; then YOU
60 on all day, looking and listening in
glum silence, while follow, through
ghostly swamps and up unaccountable
by-paths, to face grinning skulls and
find queer things. Then you run away
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Friendship.

When the sun is bright and the SIX.
is blue,
And calm is the wind and weather
Then plenty of friends will stick b,
And walk down the ways together.
For easy the path where the flowers
And the grass in the wind mods t.
and fro,
So many friend with you will &C
On the way DER the sunlit heather
But If clouds grow dark and the way
grows steep
And the harsh wind blood is chill.
ing.
But few you'll find at your side will
With hearts that are warm and will
ing.
For hard is the path where the sharp
thorns hide,
Where the rough rocks hinder on
every size,
And you see the wraiths Of the loves
that died
Fair weather friends by your side
will run
When yours is the path Of pleasure;
But cloudy the sky and obscured the
Their love lacks the needed measure.
For love Like theirs is mere selfish
That withers away in the storm and
stress.
For It's rooted in pleasure AMI takes
no less
Than the self-willed need of pleas
so here's to the friend who stands
by you
Tho foul be the wind and weather;
Whose eyes look love and whose heart
beats true
AS you tread dark ways together.
For he lends you strength from his
strong right arm,
And you build new faith on his heart
beats warm,
While you laugh at fate and Its
threats Of harm
On the way Ger the storm swept
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A well-known artist was once en-
gagged upon a sacred picture. A very
handsome old model, named Smith, sat
for the head Of st. Mark, but when the
picture was finished he was lost sight
of. One day. however, the artist, wan
derfng about the geological gardens,
came upon his old model with a broom
In his hand. looking very disconsolate.
"Halloa' SMITH" said he you don't
look very CHEEKY! What are you do
ing now?"
well. amt doing much, sir, ane
that's fact. I'm engaged in these
ere gardens a-cleanin' hout the hele.
plants stables-a nice occupation 10,
one O. the twelve Apostles, amt 1t,
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Long Journey of Whales.

Addressing the Academy of Science
OF Christiania, Prof. Goldlob said
that TIE whales that swim about the
islands which lie off the coast of Nor
way and Finland in March and Aprl.
travel immense distances. In May
tney turn up at the Azores, or even at
ths Esrmudas. and sometimes pay a
visit u the Antilles. They swim fast,
Tor In June they are back again of
Norway. Some Of these whales have
been known to bring back evidences
e whore they hive been, for harpoons
Of tho peculiar I ind used off the coast
Of South America have been found
stuck In them.-St. James Gazette.
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as If scared yourself and make no ex,
PLANTATION until now, when we are
halted by night where no sane human
being can he comfortable Have you
gone daft, or have We come into &
region haunted by hobgoblins? Why
even the trees have ghostly whiskcrs
and what is the meaning OF this
deaths head staff found in yo,u
canoe? II this is the Joyous life o
freedom in the wilderness yon prom
Used ME. have had enough If It!
want to go home. Greenvale may bt
dull and slow, but at least 1t ISM
haunted by orgres." And the de-
cided'y frightened doctor looked at thu
grinning knob once more
CHOW keep COOL" answered Martin
half inclined to laugh In spite of hit
own nervousness. ''ln the main yo,
are right, only I've been trying to saw
you from getting scared, which woul
spoil your outing. You did see SON,
strange creature last night, for I sn,
it myself after you had turned in, an,
also its tracks where you met it, an,
this noon again on the carry where
found that bit of driftwood Whcthe
this man or brute-and I don't kno'
whitehead any connection wit
that hid-away log-cabin or not, can
say. shall keep no more from yo
and shall tell you now that that hu
was occupied, and III admit felt
best to retreat in good order. W
have come upon some wilderness mys
terry, though not ghostly one, m
yet confess it beyond me. In fac!
think we have found two, for til
creature who watched lis last nigf
and the occupant of that cabin ar
not the same. Another point, an
I'm sure Of it-thc hermit, who peepe,
out Of his one sliding window a me
ment when we rang his bcll-tra]
Doesn't want any callers, for such
continuance here, hundred milo
from civilization, said plainly, If 20
don't want hole bored in you, keo
away!' It may be some escape
criminal in hiding, or it may be sorn
half-insane old trappcr who doesn
want visitors. We are not here on
man hunt, however, and If we min
our own business, think this fellc,
will do the same, aud tomorrow W,
will push on
But another and not at all pleasan
experience was to follow, for befor'
the potatoes were boiled, or ham an,
eggs quite ready, the wind began
to blow, then the rain that had
threatened ali the afternoon followed
and that supper. eaten in the tent and
by the light of pine knot, was not
all that could be desired. The guides,
however, kept the fire going, while
Martin and the doctor, peeping out
OF the tent, smoked and discussed the
queer mystery they had come upon.
II was not q pleasant camp, or even
q comfortable one, for the wind, roar
Ing in the dense canopy of spruce,
tops. the creaking and moaning of the
tall trees bending and rubbing to-
gether. added peculiar touch to their
somewhat ghostly surroundings.
But nothing more occurred to dis
turb them, and when morning and
blue sky once more returned, never
before in his life had the clear light
Of day seemed so great blessing to
DR.. Sol.
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Browni,, x's MoAesty.

The only son Of Robert Browning
and bis illustrious wife was a diligent
art student when he grew to manhood.
He was believed to have a promising
career, but once when the father was
showing q frierd some of his sons
pictures, he expressed, a fear that he
might suffer from the high hopes built
upon ham. He u placed at a disad-
vantage" said Brewing. Then he
explained furthe.'. in a phrase as mod
est as any ever uttered by great man.
People expect much from him, ysS
see. because he, had such . .clevar
mother. Gull Companiql
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CHAPTER vi.
A STRANGE PURsuER.

* u 1sH1NOC IOIeoUEIt.
Covering two-thirds of Maine and q
portion Of Canada and New Bruns-
wick is a wilderness many hundred
miles in length and breadth. 1t is d.
vided by ranges of mountains, dotted
by countless lakes, traversed by in
Vulnerable streams. some running
north into the St. Lawrence, some
east into the bay of Chaleur, and
some south into tte Atlantic. These
sei, are. tLe only highways.
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WITH The POETS
"HeId at Bay"

"HeId at Bay"
with General Lawton in the Phil
ippines. An epistle of Aguinaldo's in
surrection.]
DO you want to live forever?" yelled
Jack Kelly in command,
You can die but once, my hearties,
for your own dear native land;
Do you want to live forever, skulk as
cravens to the rear
When you hear the Mausers coughing
and the Filipinos cheer"
I'VE don't want to live forever, >
bawled a lad from County Pike;
when we sashay on the Spaniards
you can see the greasers hike;
We are creeping through the jungle
and marching DER the plain,
And floundering through morass
drenched in hot pelting rain"
whats the matter with old Halsted,
where they butcher Ill the
steers;
We can see the greasers' finish
sprawling down the hungry
years;
They are crouching in the trenches
and crawling through the grass,
AS treacherous as a rattlesnake, they
wriggle through the pass.
tits tough to die in foreign lands y
said Clancy, with sigh,
Far from your lassie's roseleaf face,
her soft and tender eye,
To be shot down in the trenches by
some lurking hound of Spain,
To be chucked into a muddy hole and
anchored in the rain"
ITO die at home is nice, and snug
among the friends you know
You take the plunge into the dark
blithe as bird you go,
Your friends all rally round your bed
and grasp you by the hand;
They give you good send-of ere you
touch the shadow land.
'I'm blue moulded for batdn'. faith
I'm rusty for fight;
oF %ho
is me bloomin' hearts delight;
1 always was a roamer and from
Bubbly Creek came:
My soul exults in fighting and war:
a glorious camel"
There's nothing here but swamps ant
mud and rattlesnakes and trees
And jungles filled with renegades tina
pick you off with ease;
Oh for a Whit Of Bubbly Creek, wher,
first I saw the light;
The roaring of old Halsted and tn,
stockyards bunch at night"
WhaAa the good Of always roaming
with the hunger in your soul,
And questioning like swarthy gyps.
as you sashay to your goal;
What's the use of always wheeling
like a swallow on the wing,
And trailing like a supple hound upor
the track of spring.
Goose Island breeds no towards; W.
have got to do or die.
War is hell, with all the lid off; how
those sneaking cutthroats fly.
AS exiles from our native land, cas-
on this sultry shore,
We've got to chase those renegade,
and trim them as of yore.
james e. Kinsella,
Registry Division Chicago Postoftice.
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the Sligo Gaelic League; John Conry,
V. p, P. A. Ntzhugh,, NJ. P, and others
He left for Strokestown and was en-
Enthusiastically received on his arrival
there.
Tipperary.
After Is years eviction MIR. Denis
O'Brien has been reinstated in the
house and premises formerly held by
him in Meeting street, Tipperary, I'M
der Mr.. George H. Sargint, solicitor.
The settlement was effected through
the instrumentality of the United Irish
League. On Tuesday, Oct. 10, depu-
tation from that body met Mr.. Sargint,
| who agreed to give the evicted tenant
a new lease to the full extent Of his
leasing power at the yearly rent Of
&24.5s, the former rent being e2s.
The landlord also agreed that as he
himself allowed the license to lapse he
would bear the expense of acquiring a
| new license for same in Mr.. O'Brien's
| name, and to take in lieu of all arrears
Of rent and law costs the sum of G24.
Tyrone.
The Nationalist of South Tyrone
l claim that, as result of the recent
revision, their strength has been in
| creased by 200, which leaves them bet
| ter than they were at the General Elec-
ton by 80 votes: and in North Tyrone
they claim they also increased their
majority.
At the Dungannon Quarter Sessions
on Oct. 9, James Rafferty,, Phil Neill,
Edward O'Neill, and John Hampsey, of
stewartstown, pleaded guilty to hav-
ing assaulted farmer named Thomas
|C. M'Curdy, of Killen. The defendants
were allowed out by paying M'Curdy
! G5 compensation.
Westmeath.
| On Oct. 10th, at Moate, the house of
a man named William Bradley, small
farmer, was fired into at midnight. Two
shots were discharged some Of the
grains entering beneath the front door
and wounding collie which was lying
on the hearth. The occupants became
panic stricken, and when a search par
ty was organized, no trace 'oeuld be OBJ
tanned of anyone. 1t appears Bradley
was summoned as witness in turbary
case in which a farmer named Boland
was sued by his landlord, Mr.. George
F. Mooney, The Doom, and that he was
threatened by certain parties. The po-
lice are making active inquiries in the
district. which remains in a disturbed
condition.
Weatmeath.
Purchase terms have been agreed to
on the BDwnstown estate Of Mr.. Tighe
near Delvin, and are -21h years. pur-
chase of uon-judicial rents. There are
between thirty and forty tenants, and
of this number there is one who has not
agreed to the terms. 1t is Understood
this tenant had been processed for one
and half years. rent due.
Waterford.
Owing to press of business engage
ments, and the fact that Mr.. John e
Redmond, M. p, is leaving Ireland on
Nov. 8, to attend meetings in England
and Scotland, the meeting in Dunger-
van arranged for Nov. Is, to press for
ward the claims of the evicted tenants
a date to suit Mr.. Redmond's convent
ence will be fixed at a joint meeting OF
the two Executives on November LIST
1t is expected that the priests and peo-
pie Of the county and city will combine
to make both meetings worthy of the
occasion.
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CHAPTER v.

BESIDE A CAMPFIRE,
It was almost dark ere q possible
ce,--.'-o 80 ync thri ...
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Turkey May Disregard
Protest From America
porte Prepares to Execute Naturalized Cit
zen-Beleved Likely to Lead to Seri-
Gus Differences.

BERLIN. Sept. s.-The Frankfurter
Zeitung says that s. Ghirkis Vartanian
the naturalized American citizen who
has been condemned to death al Con-
stantinople for the murder of an Ar
nenian merchant named Unjian, will be
hanged tomorrow
The American embassy has entered a
protest against the execution of the
man. claiming that as Vartanian is
an American citizen. although an Ar
menian by birth, he must be tried by a
special American tribunal.
The porte intends to ignore the pro-
test Of Minister Leishman. as the prin-
ciple of the rights of American citizen
ship conferred upon native Armenians
by naturalization has never been rec
ognized except under pressure, and will
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COOLEY SENDS STUART
REPORT TO PRESIDENT

Civil Service Commissioner Cooley to-
day mailed to the President his recon-
mendation on the report made by In
spector Fisher. who investigated the
charges preferred against J. z. =
Stuart, collector of the port at Newport
News. Va Collector Stuart was, up
TO within few months of his appoint
ment. Democrat, but he tired OF the
machine and joined the Republicans.
II was charged that soon after his
appointment Stuart began a systematic
attack on the Democrats employed In
the collectors office. and that he un-
justly Disseminated against them Tho
charges were of such a nature that the
Civil Service Commission decided to
make an investigation. and for that
purpose the commission detailed IHspec-
tor Fisher on the c. Sc. Mr. Fishers re-
port is exhaustive. and covers nearly 800
Iages of typewriting.
great many witnesses were ex-
amined, and il Is understood that some
of the testimony pointed 10 a viola
ticn of the civil service rules by the
collector.
Commissioner Cooley said today he
could not discuss his report TO the Pres
TO say anything about his recommends
tor as 10 the disposition of the charges
against Collector Stuart. 1t is be-
IleVed that the report made by Inspector
Fisher is of such a character that Il
VIII call forth a reprimand from the
civil Service Commission
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PRESIDENT RECEIVES
CONGRATULATIONS
Fairbanks at Sycamore Hill-Judge
Penfield Sails for Brazil on Tour
of Investigation.

OYSTER BAY, Sept. S.-The Emperor
of China has cabled his congratulations
to the President upon his successful eff
forts to secure peace between Russia
and Japan. Accompanying the En-
peror's cabIegram is an additional para
graph, a sort of postscript. from the
Empress DOwager, expressing that
ladys Fluctuations. IL ran as follows:
Her majesty. the Empress Dowager
of China. being mindful of the friendly
relations that have always existed be
tween China and the United States. de-
sires TO Join us in offering hearty felici-
tations for your own grand achieve
ment."
Vice President Fairbanks took lunch
con at Sycamore Hill this afternoon
The Vice President is on his way home
from Henderson Harbor. y. Y where
he has spent his vacation.
1t WAS announced at the executive Of
flee this morning that Judge w l..
Penfeld. Solicitor of the State Depart
tnent. sailed Tuesday for Brazil He has
been designated by the President to in
yestigate the business relations of the
South American republics with the
United States
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chine. II was quieted however. and
later much sympathy WAS exhibited for
the driver.
Mrs Gilbert Langley. the sister of tl,e
dead girl. was sitting in the second
story OF her home at the time of the
accident and. having her attention
called to the street by the scream OF
several witnesses. looked around just in
time to see the frail little body OF Violet
knocked down and crushed by the pow
erful machine.
Niolet's father. George w. Springman.
aborer. who lives with his sister-in-
law. Miss Emma Mitchell. at 634 NJ
street southeast, was notified OF the &C
cident late last night.
When seen this morning at her home.
Miss Mitchell said that Niolets mother
had died when she was only two years
of age and that ever since that time
for the child. She had treated her as
her own child. sac said. and had grown
10 love her with a mothers love.
Yesterday she was feeling i'll. and sent
Violet TO Mrs. l-angley's home for the
day. so that she might have the house
to herself and rest undsturbed- This
accounted for the little girl being SO
far from home at the time of the acct
dent
Several witnesses were subpoenaed,
and were present at the inquest this
afternoon
Gilbert J. Osterman is a well-known
contractor and builder of this CITY. with
offices in the Colorado building. He and
his brothers live at 1916 l. street north
west Mr. Osterman is an enthusiastic
autoist. and Is considered an expert In
the matter Of running a machine Both
he and his brother are stricken with
grief over the accident
After the inquest the Coroner de-
cided the girls death was due 10 an
accident.
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CIVIL ENGINEER STRUCK
DEAD BY RAILROAD TRAIN

CHICAGO. Sept. S--Frederick C Ros-
SITTER. Chicago civil engineer, was
struck and killed by a train last night
as he was trying to get his chain from
the track near Hammond
HIS son Robert was an eyewitness
20 the accident Mr. Rossiter was A di-
rector or the Illinois Farmers Institute
vice president Of the State board of
agriculture. secretary or the Cook coun-
" Farmers Institute and OF the Cook
county Agricultural and Horticultural
Society
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Another automobile accident last night
was added to the already long list. Lit
tie Violet Springman, nine years of
age, was struck and instantly killed by
an automobile operated by Gilbert ].
Osterman. about Sis o'clock last night,
on Eleventh street, near q street south
east
The, child was picked up and carried
to a nearby drug store but when DR.
Webb arrived on the scene the child
was dead. The skull was fractured ana
her body mangled almost beyond recog-
milton.
Gilbert Osterman. who was operating
the machine. and mis- brother Fred, who
was with him at the time. were both
taken to the Fifth precinct station.
where they were locked up. charged
with manslaughter-
Mr.. Osterman said at the station
house that he had gone to the garage
machine, to go to Anacostia to get his
brother Fred. After being joined by
his brother. Osterman started for Lin
coin Park He had just crossed the
UP the street when the accident oc-
CURED.
Was Visiting Sister.
sister. Mrs. Gertrude Langley. at i09O
@ street southeast. yesterday evening.
and after dinner went into the street
to play game called goal with sew
eral children living IN that neighbor-
hood
Violet happened TO be 1T" and started
across the street just as the automobile
was turning the corner. She got nearly
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to the curb and then either lost her
bead or, as a part or the game, ran
back across the street directly in the
path OF the speeding auto Mr.. Oster-
man reversed the power and tried TO
swerve out of the chiids way. but was
loo late. the heavy machine striking
the child, knocking her under the auto
mobile
Before the vehicle could be brought
to standstill. Violet mad been drag
ged about twenty yards. When picked
up ny several persons who were stand
ing near by. the little girl was a mass
OF blood and CRIME. Her face was cut
open. the head cut. and several locks
OF her hair were torn from the scalp.
She was stll breathing when picked
up, but was unconscious. Several Of
those present carried her to the corner
drug store. where stimulants We're ad-
ministered. Dr. y. r. Webb. who lives
near by. was sent for but when he ar
rived he pronounced the victim of the
accident dead. Her body was then sent
TO the morgue.
Women Swooned
Mrs. George De Val was standing on
the curb with her husband at the time
OF the accident and so greatly was she
shocked that she tainted and later grew
hysterical Two other women who saw
the accident also tainted. One of the
women who was standing on the car
tracks Eleventh and streets when
the child was run over swooned and had
a narrow escape from being run over by
a car.
The streets were thronged at the time
of the accident and at first demonstra-
ton was made. directed toward the UNI
fortunate young man operating the ma
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proceed TO have Vartarian executed
IL Is expected that this will lead To Sc
rious differences between the United
States Government and Turkey
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