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save few wandering her1ers who drove
their cattle from place to place in search
Of proyender.
BY evening we guessed that we had
reached that border tract which was
married by the the mountain tribes. for
here strong towers built of stone were
dotted about the heaths, doubtless ia
serve as watch houses or places of ref
uge- Whether they were garrisoned bv
soldiers l do not know, but / doubt II
Ior We saw none. 1t seems proba BILE
indeed that these forts were relics of
days when the land Of Kaloon was
guarded from attack by rulers of a very
diIIerent character TO that of the pres
sors
AT length even the watch towers we're
lett behind, and by sundown we found
ourselves upon vast. uninhabited plaIn.
"hefe we could see no living thing. Now
We made up our minds to rest our
horses while. proposing TO push for
ward again with the moon. for having
the wrath OF the Khania behind US we
ala not dare 10 finger. BY this evening
doubtless she would have discovered
our escape. since before sundown. as
shc had decreed, Leo must make his
linen
We were sure, she would strike swiftly
Perhaps her messengers were AHEAD,
at their work arOuslng the country to
capture us, and her soldiers following
On our path.
We unsaddled the horses. and let ther,
refresh themselves by rolling on the
sandy soil. and Craze after a fashion
upon the coarse tufts of whitening herb
age which grew around. There was no
water Mere; but this did not SO much
matter, Tor both they and had drunk
al little muddy pool we found nor
more IMAM an hour before. We were An
lsnihg our meal Of the food that we had
Drought with us, which, indeed. we
needed solely after our sieepless nt0bt
ahc long days tourney, when my horse
Whlch was knee-haifered close ar hand
lay down TO roll again This II could
not do with ease because of the rome
about it's foreleg, and / Watches a.
efforts Idly, till at length. at the 60,
attempt. after hanging for a eav, 49, -
onds upon its back, It fell over sIa,'.,..
toward me as horses. do "''"iS
why are its hoofs so redo pss =
cur 'tsAirT asked Leo. In an inaIfTere,t
voice. rent
As It CHANGED I also hal lust no,,o.a
~ tihBe' ana Tor the first fIp,a
sllee u was most distinct about the ami
- II"ss' which until 1t rolled thus
. 80 lo' seen 30 1 rose to look at them
t"'ahlhs that probably the evening ught
- u.ceived ~ -1at We might have
.'Ssu through some ruddy-colored
,tu sure enough they were red ss
eiloush dye had soaked into the bory,
,.lo 'he substance of the frogs. what
sr - more, they gave out a pungent.
s,,cl, = smell that was unpleasant
49, 80 q smell as might arise from blood
mixed with musk ana spices ''SN
=. * Is very strange" I said. LET
US look at your beast, Leo"
90 we did and found that its hoofs
mad been similarly treated.
Ierhaps It IS a native mixture TO
preserve the horn" suggested -
thought while. then a terr,hI@ Ia,
struck me. iioie loed
4 don't want to brighten you."
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said but I think that we had better
saddle up aud get on
Why he asked
because I believe that villain OF q
Khan has doctored oSr horses"
What fer? To make them 10
lame2"
no. Leo: to make them lave a
strong scent upon dry ground"
He turned pale. DO you mean-those
houBds?''
/ nodded. Then. wasting no more rime
in words. We saddled up in frantic haste.
Just as I fastened the last strap of my
saddle / thought that faint sound
reached my ear.
Listen" I said Again it came. and
now there was no doubt about it. II
was the sound of baying dogs.
BY heaven! the death houndsi" said
Leo.
Yes" ] answered, quietly enough. for
at this crisis my nerves hardened and
all fear left me. "Our friend. the Khan,
is out a-hnnting That is why he
laughed
what shall we der asked Leo.
Leave the horses?"
I looked at the peak. It's neares,
tanks were miles and miles away.
Time enough to do that when We
are forced We can never reach that
mountain on foot, and after they had
run down the horses, they would hunt
us by spoor OF gaze. no, man, ride as
you never rode before
We sprang to our saddles. but before
We gave rein I turned and looked be-
hind me. II viii be remembered that we
had ridden up a long slope which ter
minated in a ridge, about three miles
away. the border of the great plain
wherein we stood. Now the sun had
sunk behind that ridge, so that. al
though it was still light, the plain had
fallen into shadow. Therefore, while
no distant object could be seen upon
the plain, anything crossing the ridge
remained visible enough in that clear
air.
This Is what we saw. over the ridge
poured q multitude OF little objects, and
among the last Of these galloped a man
mounted on a great horse, who led an
other horse by the bride
"All the pack are out" said Leo,
grimly, land Rassen has brought sec
ont mount with him. Now / see why
he wanted us to leave the spears. and /
think he shouted, as we began to gall
lop that. before all is done, the Sha-
man may prove himself true prophet"
Away we sped through the gathering
darkness. heading straight for the peak
While we went. I calculated our chane-
es. Our horses, as good as any In the
land. were sim strong and fresh. for al
though We had ridden far we had not
overpressed them, and their condition
was excellent But doubtless the death
hounds were fresh. also. for, meaning
TO run us down al night when he
thought that he might catch us sleep
ing Rassen would have brought them
along easily, following US By inquiry
among the peasants and only laying
them on our spoor after the last VII
lage had been left behind.
Also. he had two mounts, and for
aught we knew-though afterward this
proved not TO be the case. for he wished
to work his wiekedness alone and I'M
seen-he might Isl followed by attend
ants with rela7x therefore, it would
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done so things had happened to him
Charles Dickensy things that
swelled his waistcoat above his
heart, and equally on the other side.
But today, Stuffy Pete's appear
ance at the annual trysting place
seemed to have been rather the re-
suit of habit than of the yearly
hunger which, as the philanthropists
seem to think. afiicts the poor at
such extended intervals.
Certainly Pete was not hungry.
He had just come from a feast that
had left him of his powers barely
those Of respiration and locomotion.
His eyes were like two pale goose
berries firmly imbedded in a swollen
and gravy-smeared mask of putty.
His breath came in short wheezesi
a Senatorial roll of adipose tissue de-
MED fashionable set to his upturn-
ed coat collar. Buttons that had
been sewed upon his clothes by kind
Salvation fingers a week before, flew
like popcorn, strewing the earth
around him. Ragged he was, with
split shirt front open to the wish
bone; Dat tie November breeze, ear
rying fine snowfiakes, brought him
only grateful GOODNESS. For, Stuffy
Pete was oyercharged with the
caloric produced by a super-bounff-
full dinner, beginning with oysters
and ending with plum pudding, and
including Git seemed to him) all the
roast turkey and baked potatoes and
chicken salad and squash pie and
ice cream in the world. Wherefore
he sat, gorged and gazed upon the
world with after-dinner contempt.
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CONTINUED from Page Ten)
pleasure. Leaving the main street. ne
led Us through a quarter of the town
that had an evil reputation, and down
It's t0rtuouS byways- Here we met a
few jewellers. while from time TO time
night birds fitted from the doorways
and. throwing aside their wells. looked
at US. but as we made no sign drew
back again. thinking that We passed to
some assignation- We reached the de-
serted docks upon the rivers edge and
came 10 little quay. alongside Of which
broad ferryDoat was fastened.
You must put your horses into IT and
row across Rassen said, ''for the
bridges are guarded. and without dis
covering myself cannot bid the sol
diers let you pass"
So with some little trouble we urged
the horses into the beat. where / held
them By their brides. while Leo took
the oars.
NOW go your ways. accused wan
derers. cried the Khan. as he thrust
Us from the quay, and pray the spirit
OF the mountain that the old rat and his
pupll-your love. yellow beard. your love
are not watching you IN their magic
glass. For II so we may meet again.
Then, az the stream caught u.s. sweep
ing the boat cut toward the center OF
the river. he began 10 laugh that hor-
rible laugh OF his, calling after US:
Ride fast, ride fast for safety.
strangers; there is death behind.
Leo put cut MS strength and backed
water. so that this punt hung upon the
edge OF the stream
Il think that We should do we'll TO
land again and kill that man, for he
means mischief" he said
He spoke IN English. but Rassen must
have caught the ring Of his voice. and
guessed its meaning. with the cunning
OF the mad. At least he shouted
Too late. fools" and. with a last
laugh. turned. ran so swiftly up the
quay that MS cloak flew out upon the
air behind him. and vanished into 4Ssls
shadows at its head.
Row on" I said, and Leo bent him
self TO the oars
But the ferryboat was cumbersome.
and the current swift, so that we were
swept down long way before we
could cross It. At length we reached
still water near the further shore. and.
seeing landing place, managed TO
Deach the punt and TO drag our horses
30 the bank. Then. leaving the craft
20 orltt. Tor We had no time 10 gcuttle
aei. We looked 10 our girths and brides.
SIC mounted. heading toward the far
Column or glowing smoke which showed
axe beacon Of light above the summit
OF the House OF Fire.
Al Drst our progress was very SLOW,
for here there seemed to be no patt
sno We were obliged to pick our way
across the fields. ard TO search for
1raoses that spanned such Of the wa
Ter bitches as we're too wide for rs 10
Jump More than an hour was spent
u this work. till We came to a village
wherein none were stirring. and here
struck road which seemed TO run to-
ward the mountain, though, as we
learned afterward, IL took as very many
miles out Of our true path. Now for
the nrst time we were able TO canter.
snc pushed on at some speed. though
not too fast, for we wished to snare
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Ride round back to the bush. and
hide there"
So We did. an. scarcely had we
reached il and { smounted when the
hounds came past. Yes. they went
within fifty yards of US. loIloping along
upon our spoor and running ali but
mute. for now they were too weary 70
waste their breath In vain Run for
Il, l said to Leo. as soon as they had
gore by. for they Will be back on the
scent presently" and we set OF 10 the
right across the line that the hounds
had taken, so as not to cut our own
spoor-
About a hundred yards away was a
rock, which fortunately we were abIs
TO reach before the pack swung round
upon the horses tracks. and. therefore.
they did not view Us. Here We stayed
until, following the loop. they came -
the patch Of bush and passed behind IT,
Then we ran forward again as far as
we could go CHANGING backward az
we went 1 saw our two poor. foundered
beasts plunging away across the plain.
happily almost in the same line along
which We had ridden from the rise. They
We're utterly done, but freed from our
weights and urged on By fear, could
still gallop and keep ahead OF the dogs.
though we knew that this would not be
for very long. / saw also that the Khan,
guessing what we had done in our de-
spair, was trying TO call his hounds OF
the horses. but as yet without avail.
for they wouis not leave the quarry
which they had viewed.
All this came to my sight in a fash,
but I remember the picture well. The
mighty. snOw-clad peak surmounted By
its column OF glowing smoke. and cast
ing its shadow for mile upon mile across
the desert fats; the plain with its iso-
lated rocks and gray bushes; the doomed
horses struggling across 1t with convul-
sive bounds; the trailing line n zreas
dogs that Hoped after them, and amone
these. looking small and lonely in that
vast place. the figure of the Khan ans
his horse. of which the black hide we
befiecked with foam Then above, TIA
blue and tender sky. where the round
moon shone SO clearly that IN her quiet.
livel light no detail. even the smallest.
could escape the eye.
NOW youth and even middle age werv
far behind me. and although a very
strong man for nIg years. / could uaa
run as / used TO do. Also I was most
weary. and my limbs were stiff auk
chafed with long riding. so I made but
SLOW progress. and TO make mSfxsHs
worse l struck my left foot against q
stone and hurt It much. / impIored La
TO go on and leave me. for we tbourSx
that II We could once reach the river -
scent would be lost in the water: az any
rate, that i would give Us chance q
life. Just then ! heard the bellinr bav
of the hound Master and waited -.
the next. Yes, II was nearer TO US. The
Khan had made east and found our
line. Presently we must face the end
Go, gOi" / said. Il can keen them
back for a few minutes. and YOU meT
escape. Il is your quest not nina
Ayesha awaits you. not me, and / am
weary OF life / wish 10 die and hsVe
done with it.
Thus l gasped- not all at once. but Il
broken words, as I hobbIed along cling
ing to Leo's arm. But he only answers
IN = low voice:
BE quiet. or they will hear YOU" ana
on he went, dragging me with kim
(To Be Continued Next Sunday.l
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But the old gentleman had no rela-
tives. He lived IN rented rooms in
one of the decayed old family brown
stone mansions in one of the quiet
streets east OF the park. In the
winter he raised fuschias in a little
conservatory the size OF a steamer
trunk In the spring he walked in
the Easter parade. In the summer
he lived at a farmhouse in the New
Jersey hills. and sat in a wicker arm
chair. speaking of a butterfly, the
ornithoptera amphrisius. that he
hoped TO find some day. In the au-
tumn he fed Stuffy dinner. These
were the old gentleman's occupa-
tions.
Stuffy Pete looked up at him for
half minute, stewing and helpless
in his own sel.-pity. The old gentle
mans eyes were bright with the
giving pleasure. His face was get
ting more lined each year, but his
little black necktie was in as jaunty
a bow as ever, and Mis- linen was
beautiful and white, and his gray
mustache was buried carefully at the
ends. And then Stuffy made a noise
that sounded like peas bubbling In a
pot Speech was intended; and as
the old gentleman had heard the
sounds nine times before, he rightly
construed them into Stuffy's old
formula of acceptance.
Thankee. sir. III go with We, and
much obliged. I'm very hungry,
sir"
The coma of repIetion had not
prevented from entering stuffy's
mind the conviction that ne was
the basis of an institution. His
Thanksgiving appetite was not his
own; it belonged to all the sacred
rights Of established custom, if not
by the actual statute of limitations.
to this kind old gentleman who had
Dre-empted it. True. America is
free; but in order to establish tradi-
ton some one must be a repetend-
repeating decimal. The heroes are
not all heroes of steel and gold. See
one here that welded only weapons
OF iron, badly silvered, and tin
The old gentleman led his annual
protege southwark to the restaurant.
and to the table where the feast had
always occurred. They were recog-
nized
Here comes de old guy, said a
waiter, dat blows dat same bum to
a niea! every Thanksgiving"
The old gentleman sat across the
table glowing like a smoked pearl
at his cornerstone of future ancient
tradition The. walters heaped the
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o.

The meal had been an unexpected
one. He was passing a red brick
mansion near the beginning of Fifth
avenue, in which lived two old ladies
of ancient family and a reverence
for traditions. They even denied
the existence of New York, and be-
lieved that Thanksgiving Day was
declared solely for Washington
Square. One of their traditional
habits was to station a servant at
the postern gate with orders to adj
nit the first hungry wayfarer that
came along after the hour of noon
had struck. and banquet him to a
finish. stuffy Pete happened to pass
by on his way to the park, and the
seneschals gathered him in and up
held the custom of the castle.
After Stuff Pete had gazed
straight before him for ten minutes
he was conscious of a desire fer a
more varied field OF vision. With a
tremendous effort he moved his head
slowly to che left. And then his
eyes bulged out fearfully, and his
breath ceased, and the rough-shod
ends Of his short legs wriggled and
rusfIed on the gravel.
For the old gentleman was coming
across Fourth avenue toward his
bench
Every Thanksgiving Day for nine
years the old gentleman had come
there and found Stuffy Pete on his
bench. That was a thing that the
old gentleman was trying to make a
tradition of. Every Thanksgiving
Day for nine years he had found
Stuffy there, and had led him to a
restaurant and watched him eat a
big dinner. They do those things in
England unconsciously. But this is
a young country. and nine years is
not so bad. The old gentleman was
a stanch American patriot, and con-
sideFed himself pioneer In Ameri-
can tradition. In order to become
picturesque we must keep on doing
one thing for long time wltnout
ever letting It get away from us.
Something like collecting the weekly
dimes il industrial insurance. Or
cleaning the streets.
The old gentleman moved, straight
and stately, toward the institution
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back to the old home to
eat saleratus biscuits and marvel
how much nearer to the porch the
old pump looks than it used to. Bless
the day President Roosevelt gives
1t to us. We hear some talk of the
Puritans. but don't just remember
who they were. Bet. we can lick
'em, anyhow, if they try to land
again. Plymouth Rocks? Well, that
sounds more familiar. Lots of Us
have had to come down to hens since
the Turkey Trust got its work in.
Bet somebody in Washington is
leaking out advance information to
'em about these Thanksgiving proc
lamations.
The big city east of the cranberry
boys has made Thanksgiving Day
an institution. The last Thursday
in November is the only day in the
year on which it recognizes the part
of America lying across the ferries.
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How a Chevalier d'Indushie Fearfessly I'M
perled His Life That an Institution Might
Be Maintained And the Cost Of the Main
tendnCe to It's Founder X ~ ~

HERE is one day that is
ours. There is one day
when AL we Americans
who are not self-made go
honl- u IL IL
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(TO Be Continued Next Sunday,
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1905-01-27
SUNDAY SCHOOLS
REV. GEO. o. BACHMAN WILL
ENGAGE IN THE WORK.
Has Not Decided Where He Will Lo-
cate-His Family To Remain
Here Awhile.

Rev. Geo. o. Bachman, who for
two years was pastor of the First
Cumberland church of this city, will
leave next week for Mississippi,
where he will labor for sometime as
field worker, of the State Sunday
School Association.
He has not yet decided where he
will locate, and his family will re-
main here for sometime yet.
Mr.. Baehman has a call for spe-
cial work in Pennsylvania, and New
Brunswick, Canada and he may
spend the months of March and May
in those fields. respectively.
His work will be to supervise
the state Sunday school work from
an INSTRUMENTATION standpoint,
and to organize the workers in cit
les. counties and state, and repre-
sent the Sunday school work in the
national conventions. He Is vice pres
ident of the field workers depart
ment of the international convention,
and has for many years made the
Sunday school work his speciality,
While pastor of the church at this
place, he has improved the local
school and greatly increased its reg
ular attendance; many helpful con-
ferences and conventions have been
held in this city, At all of these he
has made addresses and at the re-
quest of the president of the county
association, Rev, VIM. Bourquin, he
will make one at the Broadway M,
Il. church Sunday.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1905-01-27
Hunt Bill Passed the House
With 81 Votes.
Explanation Made by Repentant Rep
resentativcs For Facing About
On the Proposition.
BILL GOES TO SENATE SOON,

Frankfort. KY. Jan. 27.--A small
stampede" in favor of the Hunt site
bill, which passed the house yester-
day. was the feature of the session
of the house today.
Mr.. Alverson, of Lincoln, who de-
clined to vote yesterday, led the
movement by asking that his vote be
recorded for the bill.
He was followed by five other dem
ocrats. all of whom explained that
their desire was to make the hill legal
and expedite the work of the house.
The votes changed gave the Hunt
site bill 81 votes. which puts the
passage of the bill beyond question,
so far as the house is concerned.
Mr.. Alverson was followed by
Messrs. II. X. Bourne, of Henry,
Sam c. Black, of Mercer, J. A. Fra
zier, of Selby, J. T. Pride, of Union,
Sam. ID. Cochran of Garrard, and Mr.
Scott of Grant county.
The legislature this afternoon ad-
journed until Monday.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1905-01-27
MORE PRIZES.
"The Pines" Wins Additional Ones
mt big Poultry Show.

"The Pines" Wins Additional Ones
at Big Poultry Show.
Messrs. Friedman and Keller to-
day received a message from r. e.
Jones. manager of their poultry farm
that he captured the following addi-
tional prizes with their entry of
chickens at the annual poultry show
being held in Chicago this week.
The s100 cup for the largest and
best display.
The challenge Cup for the best dis
play.
A class cup for the largest and
best display of Wyandottes.
These prizes are in addition to
those Mr.. Jones won the fore part of
the week and certainly stamp the
Pines Poultry entries as winners. A"
Messrs. Friedman and Keller are
receiving the congratulations of their
friends today. Winning these events
has brought deserved reputation TO
their farm, The Pines, and will do
much to advertise Paducah and Me
Cracker county.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1905-01-27
Fighting Begins Again.

Kurokis Headquarters. Jan. az
A heavy and continuous artillery
roar has been heard to the westward
Apparently the largest engagement
since October is being fought. Re-
ports received here are to the effect
that Russian force has crossed the
Hun river on the japanese left wing.
A Japanese force advanced against
the Russians, making an attack.
Fighting must be attended with
great suffering from the cold. Tenn
perature is below zero and the plains
are covered with several inches of
snow. The ground is too hard for
rapid trenching. Today's move by
the Russians is the first important
one since General Mistchenko's re.
cent raid. -..-. --- ..
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1905-01-27
ANOTHER RESPITE
ELI BUGG DID NOT HANG TO-DAY
AT MOUND CITY.
He VIII Now BE Allowed to Enjoy
Life Until the Coming
Month.

Springfield, ILL.,, Jan. 27,-Upon
recommendation of the state board
of pardons. Gov. Deneen granted a
respite until February II to Eli Bugg,
sentenced to be hanged at Mound
City. Pulaski county. today. The
governor decided to extend the time
that Bugg may take his case before
the supreme court, Bugg was to
have been hanged on January is,
and one of Gov. Yates last official
acts was to grant reprieve to Janu-
airy 81, that Gov. Deneen might have
time TO consider the case.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1905-01-27

Washington, Jan. 27.-Ohicials of
the navy department deny the report
cabled to New Orleans last night
from Panama, that the Dixie has
been ordered to Santo Domingo with
five hundred marines to quell an
outbreak there. The Dixie, however,
has been ordered to the naval station
at Guantanamo, Cuba, with two hun
dred marines and will sail from CO.
Ion tomorrow. 1t is said the govern
mont has no confirmation of the re-
port of fighting breaking out in
Santo Domingo City.