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Los Angeles herald., 1906-04-22

proprate under the circumstances.
Burglary certainly begets philosophy WIN
great care and dispatch two dozen knives, forks
and spoons were packed away in the depths
Of the black bag, pair of repousse candesticks
followed in their wake, while the Burglar hastily
concealed motley collection of coffee spoons.
salt cellars and pepper pots in the pockets OF
the newly acquired overcoat.
"Now for them cutglass things he reminded
himself, and turned his attention upward. y
The lock of the hanging cabinet was hard to
pick, but he had got it off and was inspecting
certain decanters on the shelves with the as
sistance of his small dark lantern when there
came soft, slippered footballs in the hall with
out
The Burglar faced about in utter astonishment.
So she had actually come down, had huPbled
her pride in five minutes, when he with his
knowledge of woman. had given her fifteen at
least to get over that mpertinent slam of the
door.
What fool he had been!
Bnt even as he swore at himself under his
breath line of light sprang up beneath the
door.
She had litthe hall gas. t
The Burglar vaulted to the nearest window
and paused for reflection.
The sash had to be lifted, and there was a
good twenty-foot drop into the street below.
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-Bv Edith Morgan Willett-

have that overcoat now if hadn't bought 10
for YOU myself on the sly out of Uncle George
cheoue. You're the very best man in the world.
(And her hand fell affectionately on his sleeve
This was going little too far.
with a hoarse, smothered ejaculation, the
Burglar turned swiftly from her and made Tor
the door in two strides
The black bag stood in the shadow OF the
portiere but he only kicked it impatiently out
of the way as he went out, leaving the mistress
of the house alone
"Jack, oh Jaackl" she cried in terror as some
thing fell heavily in the hall outside, and run
ming to the threshold she gazed, horror-stlcken,
at long, black object that lay on the toor at
her feet. .,,..
The Burglar closed the front door and walked
down the steps minus an overcoat but WITH
stately mien that betokened conscious rectitude.
"Don't mention it. he said gracousiy to the
master Of the house, who stumbled against him
on the curbing and apologized profusely.
In the glare Of the electric light he looked
tired and overworked.
"Poor Devil" soliloquized the Burglar com
nassionately Che himself hated work., i wouldn't
care to be in his shoes"
And then as cold wind from the Avenue
st,1,ck him he added ruefuy.
"But colly! ia like to be in his ovcrcoat!
icopyright by j. r. nppineott Coz
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my own hands, mind youniore than half an
hour; and, ='of course, can't risk any uncertain
ty It's all ready for its upholsteririg no, ! mean
its-its farming Will you tell me where l must
get the prize flowers, and would better plant
them or just stick one side in the ground for
for slips isn't it slips they're called? ?'-lookEJns
up into his face confdngly and noddng an iof
course it's slips, but want to hear you say so.s
"Why. no, I'm very sorry, but you're mis-,
taken" he answered, admiring the delicate color
which came and gsSent in her face and glad TO
know that the face belonged to the next cottage
and would remain there all summer You see,
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hands and cried. Bit Z could hot help it, The
evidence was too strong afhe shock was too
rude. 'gt fN-e '"'
~ felt safe in going out to get Toms supper
without his guessing my secret. The dear boy
asked many questions about the old paper. and
speculated astutely, / thought to its probable
relation to his fathers business, But he still
thought / looked tired, 'and9 insisted upon my
going to bed early, much to my relief, for |
could not keep either my, mind, or my eyes TO-
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for writing to John. w" exchanged long week
" letters, in which. we rehearsed all the little
items of our daily experience, and 1 told John
all the news and gossip of the town, besides talk
inc of matters connected with his business af-
fairs at home. To-day there were two letters to
answer--the long one / had received three days
before, and the letter asking for the old docu-
iuent, blit-ny pen would not go. The idea that
could not write to John seemed preposterous,
even to my own emnd, but / could not I-senr
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it's bulbs My gardener had great boxful come m
the other day and he's so choice OF them n, ne u
scsrralv let me 90 near the box for fear I'll get
something mixed. OF course, they're the prize,
winners. He puts the bulbs in the ground and
covers, them ali over with dirt. / saw him DO
few histmorring;p a. ,.,-,1
,~Oh that's it, ,''ZAin relieved voice." dldn
know. hut. tits. lovely If they're bulbs there
Won't be any willing, and everything is sure 20 20
come out all right But where shall " ,i eev Snel,
az delirhted. My gardener shall bring them
over and plant them for you himself
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Explanation e Accepted

Suddenly she started, frowned, and looked him
full in the face. .,
Harold" she said, you are untrue to mel"
, my. darling"
@You arel why, you're making game Of me
You're re making faces at me! II hate
you'll"
@I can't help it, darling he said plaintvely.
"NIy glasses are falling off, and | don't want to
let 90 of your dear little hands"
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the letters, so put them, BACK in the samcispot
and replaced all the books instheir former order.
When Tom came / was sure nothing would SPe
different to his eyes, but. he soon saidyyHFWhy,
mother, you look all tired uut.F What haye You
been doing to-dayp aAs$SSfs -.
And to keep from breaking down before him
I was obliged Ito plead d Headache and 90 t., my
room for awhile There satSJohn 81 picture ON
my bureau, where had kept it in the little
frame since the day went away 1t looked
Los Angeles herald., 1906-04-22
BY. MRS H.. K. HUDSON

cussed upon anything nearer than the old days
when John and we're young, and the horrible
possibility that during all the years Of our mar,
ried life John had been regretting his choice and
longing for her whose hand had penned the
treasured letters.
The night wore itself out at last but not be-
fore had had time to think of all the millions
of mysfelow beings who had watched the same
hours pass by. in slow and painful procession be-
cause gthe heart could not sleep and the eyes
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sent on sudden errand to the grocers Just
as she was about to light the gas
The Burglar had watched her exit from an
opnos;te area. and on seeing her pause at the
corner Of the avenue for heart-to-heart talk
with the big policeman concluded the coast was
clear and slipped in.
He gave himself good half hour for opera
tons before the maid would be back.
softly the front door closed, almost silently,
hnt there must have been keen ears listening
unstars, for woman's voice called down;
"Is that you, John?'
This was exasperating.
,rhe mistress Of the house had been safely
and distantly located in the basement only five
minutes before.
The Burglar began to whistle.
He was a good mimic and had not walked
downtown behind her husband that morning for
nothing.
AZ fbe notes Of '.El Captain" rose on the air
he noselessly extracted an ebony handled UNI
brella from the hat stand and tried ON Johns
overcoat which he sorely needed.
1t was a perfect fit.
II don't think you're very polite,' remarked
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as she Sulrreu ana pdIUeu, Hci hPS nut
mured few bars Of a French labor-song, and her
brow wrinkled and snoothed with the motions
of the trowel.
Presently she arose and surveyed her work
critically, approvingy There were many little
curves and seaops and much scroll-work traeery.
Certainly it was very nice and artistic. All it
lacked now was the flowers.
The costly white gloves, which reached to her
elbows, were discolored with the soil she had
Neon manipulating, and she regarded the stains
With pensive satisfaction. Theh as approaching
footsteps sounded upon tho sidewalk, she took
the trowe and made dark line across what she
considered too large space of white-a laborer
should not be ashamed Of the marks Of his toll.
As she raised her eyes she looked straight into a
pair of admiring ones on the opposite side OF
the fence. d.
The mans gaze was averted instantly; and ne
would have passed on but she stepped to the
fence with pretty, impulsive gesture.
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IE was kneeling just inside the fence,
stirring and patting the already pre-
pared soil Of b Aower-bed with a pearl
bundled trewel ordered especially for
this first summer in the country, And
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IL Burglar opened the front door with
a latch key--or something that closely
resembled it--and entered the hall
It was very dim, as he anticipated,
Betsy. the houseniaid1 having been
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reflected that in the course of few months she
could tell the shopwalker TO see II he could Try
his face into better shape, she felt that she
was the happiest girl in all fair Brixton Hill,
Los Angeles herald., 1906-04-22

HEY were sitting alone in the twilight,
and were observing the. economy in
chairs which is usual to true lovers.
Half an hour before he had whispered
the old, old story, not to say stories,
u ..ltaJ - HE braaet and
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DR. thirty years we had lived together,
John and 1. I might say longer than
that, but it would make what is left
to tell seem too improbable. The time
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-07-01

Mazakan-tanka (Big Gum DESTROYS that l
should stay for the fete. Wen show YOU big times
again, he declared, ike it when YOU were with
at Bear Butte, only were not allowed to dance
the dance"
1t had been twenty years since the Bear Butte
sun dance and l had not been among my Sioux
friends since
On Sunday attended church at a mission where
services were conducted in the Sioux tongue. The
well-hlled chapel, the Sunday dress and religious
atmosphere certainly offered contrast to all former
experiences in foregathering with the Sioux took
vacant seat halfway down the aisle, and
presently amused find myself the only person of
my color sitting among the Indians. number of
front seats were reserved for the white people of the
misson-schoo and agency employment.
An Indian deacon presently distributed hymn
books, and about to pass me when touched his
arm. He opened book to show that the print
was in Dakota, and when | still reached hand he
gave me a copy, with an illuminating smile. sang
with the congregation, enjoyed a sermon in Sioux
by an Indian pastor, and no little astonished at
the close to find myself-outside the door-the
center of a crowd Of people who shook my hand
with many expressions of pleasure in my presence.
They We're SO pleased because you sat among
them" explained schoolteacher with whom l
walked to her boarding place.
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Some Indian Amusements
WELLES CALKINS

denly blazed with bursting star shooters and whz-
zing rockets. Through the wide upper gaps in the
bowery walls those wild fellows pitched lighted
Roman candles 1t was a fight for fun, but not
altogether a funny fight.
We were fairly smothered in fire. and on our side
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terry dance of the Arapa-
hoes, or the whooping
Shoshone bear dance,
these and a hundred
others have been inter
dicted. But some of
the old-time amuse-
ments are yet allowed
near the agencies, and
on most northwest res
ervations the Indians
have erected earth
rooted dance-lodges
where once or twice a
month their father
the agent permits
f6te-making of an APP
proved or at least of a
tolerated sort. The
Fourth of July is pecu-
liarly favored in this
regard, and spending a
week at their July en-
campment, the visitor
may be sure of witness
ing some scenes which
are essentially aborigi-
nal.
1t was my good for
tune to visit the Yank-
ton Agency a day or
two before the annual
celebration. Ny friend
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dance hall was CONSTRUCTED Of pine lu1nber-one
hundred feet by y-four-with a solid floor,
single board walls breast high, and rooted
with sheeting. There a bay-wndow-ke pro-
lection which gave for the musicians, and
a row of seats around the haf-walls. In each
end quarters for vendors of fireworks, soft
drinks and other CONNECTIONS, and an ample space
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By FIR A n KILN

~ HIEF GOES-TO-WAR Turning Eagle
Gray Bull, Geronimo and others may
N longer, gaily bedecked, lead the figures
~ in their national fetes and dances. The
sun dance, the Oglala scalp dance the
fascinating buffalo dance of the Cheyennes, the mys
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The Celebration Begins

IN Monday the celebration began-three days be-
~ fore the Fourth-tO continue until twelve M. of
Saturday. There some four hundred tepees
occupied by three thousand Indians in the :" Big
Circle" as they call their encampment Numbers
of visitors from the Omaha, Santee, Brhles and
other tribes were present.
After dinner my friend Mazakan-tanka, in a
rckety old spring wagon drawn by four rickety old
ponies drove around the outer rim of the great
circle. Here and there we stopped to say How
howl" to acquaintance of years agone. An
Indians memory of faces is equal to that of a ward
politician and not once did any old Pine Rdger'
who retained his eyesight fail to recognize Mato
Iahan Talking Bear as l had been known to them
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in the days When they were alternating
between the several phases of good
and bad "
On Tuesday afternoon things were
circle there was pony and foot-racing,
a game of baseball, music at the band
stand, and dance in the bowery This
last attracted me at evening The
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scrambled TO the defense
with others. Recklessly we
threw Our money over the
counters and received bun
dies of rockets, star-shoot-
ers and giant fire-crackers
of a regulated size in re-
turn. From behind our
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both Sexes IN blankets and moccaslns ENJOYING
the white mans dance; some of half to a sixteenth
strain of Indian blood, ranging in dress from beaded
velvets to natty suits of tailor make FOSTERING
young blades in store clothes" and their white
clad girls from the railroad towns-such
was the makeup of the assembly. The instru-
ments of their orchestra were a parlor organ and
two violns. The organst an exceedingly
pretty Sioux girl, the first violin French Canadian
and the second an Omaha graduate of Carlisle
The caller off" was the jolly son of an Indian
trader.
The assembly was as orderly the most fastidous
could have wished. At eleven o clock | would have
gone to my tavern but Mazakan-tanka and others
among the Sioux urged me to stay. Heap of fun
pretty soon, they said.
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War Whoops and Fireworks

7 WAS sitting by myself when series of shri11
war-whooPs called my attention to unusual
commotion in the outer grounds. This uproar
cited yelling and general rush inside the bowery.
Girls screamed and young crowded together
and roared commands at each other. Wondering
of pony riders Indians in feathers and war-dress,
whrling tirebrands and rushing at out of the
darkness. On my right and on my left men were
jumping for the counters of the 1emonade-stands
and shouting orders for fireworks. Women and
girls were hiding under the benches rushing out
of wide doorway to take refuge in the stands of
outside vendors.
Quickly the aim of this fierce uproar became
apparent The wild riders circed twice around
the bowery yelling like vertabe scalp hunters, and
carrying on as real war party would doubtless de-
laying to give the women time to get out of the way
was feeling the intense excitement and suspense
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An Expert Muscle Dancer

THERE was one striking figure at this dance;
young man, naked to the breech-cloth, with
breast and legs painted in stripes of red black and
green, and face and arms in yellow ocher and with
long hair, stiffened by mixture, standing
end, who danced the muscle dance. This dance
in various forms, is known to those who have visited
theaters where nautch girls other Orientals have
performed. But Koska, the Brhles dancer outdd
all such exercises which the writer has ever seen
With his face turned upward and his eyes showing
the under white though fixed on absorbing
vision of the upper world every muscle of his strong
1.-THE body played in complex snuous movement
astonishing for freedom of action. And as he
danced, leaping and then, 1.-THE as a cougar
high above the STOPPING backs of his fellows his
feet beat time; the tiny bells upon his wrists and
moccasn-heels shook out music in perfect rhythm
with his marvellous dance of the flesh.
At Fort Totten, on beautiful plateau, under the
shadow of Suys Hill and looking down upon the
inland sea of n-Wakan | visited another July
Fourth encampment. And here the Yanktonnais
and their visiting friends the Hunkpatinas and
others had their way. On this reservation the
lines were drawn sharply between the tutored and
the untutored, who, thanks to quarrel between
school superintendent who controlled the progress
sves" and a liberal agent whose influence swayed
the "unprogressves, did not mix in their amuse-
ments. So we had unaduterated Sioux celebration
Boom-boml roared dozen great cow-skn
drums at daylight the Fourth. The prairies
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of what | knew
must be a rough
and dangerous
game, when the
complete area
around me sud-
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For five minutes-or as long the ammunition
held out-this battle of the fireworks lasted. Then
the attacking party, fairly rePulsed by the valor
of the bowery, rode away with whoops of laughter
and bearing their share of burns and Commissions as
mementos of the encounter
On side the bowery on fire in six different
places, two of the girls had tainted, and there
was scarcely coat pair of trousers but stood in
need of darning In brief time however, the bazes
extinguished the floor swept of debris, tie
fainting girls brought to- and the dance resumed
July came swelteringy hot, yet the grounds
of the encampment around the bowery were massed
with people from near and far There were Fourth
of July speeches in Sioux and in English, following
band music and parade according to the customs
of Uncle Sam. In the afternoon some fifty blanket
Indians, in their primitive costumes danced the
Omaha in true old-fashioned style.
The Omaha grass dance is the most common fete
at these entertainments. 1t is a simple dance in
which those who take part spend most of their time
sitting around in a circle and smoking, springing
to their feet and then, at a signal from the
drums, and dancing brief measure, each man by
himself, leaping first upon foot and then upon
the other with such writing of the body and mus
Cular movements as he may fancy to exhibit.
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circled after the order of an
old-time fight of the plains.
How they managed their ponies
in the maelstrom of fire which
we poured into them is and will
remain a mystery to me.
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barrlcade, but with
backs exposed to a
rear fusillade, we
stormed the besiegers
in turn. Never have l
seen mimic war so
real: innumerable
lightning flashes, sui
phurous smoke, a
whang and bang
pounding the ear
drums, and all this
flash and cracking
intermingled with
shouts and the craze
of men fighting hand
to hand. On the
outside our enemies
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-09-21
LAST CHANCE
TO REGISTER
BOARD OF REGISTRATION Is TO
GO INTO THE COUNTRY FOR A
FEW DAYS.

This afternoon the laSt chance will
be given to the voters in Honolulu to
register before the Board of Regis
tration returns from the country. The
Board will be open this afternoon from
until p. m.
SO far only about 1900 voters have
registered from the Fourth District.
The number of voters supposed to be
in that district is about $500.
The Board leaves tomorrow for the
country and will return 10 the city af-
ter the first of the month. They will
then be open until. October 9.
Following is the program for the
Board:
Saturday, Sept. 22-Wuhiawa R. r.
terminus, -O:3O a. m. TO p. m.
Monday, Sept. 24-Puuloa r. r. sta
ton, 7:45 to $3.50 a. n. Aiea r. r.
station. 9:4O to LIPS a. m. Manana
court house, 4 to p, m.
Tuesday, Sept 25-Waipahu Mill S:15
to 1880 am. Eva Mill, 1 to $3.50 p m.
Waianae court house, 5 to / p m
Wednesday, Sept. 26-Makua R. r
station, 10 to IL a. m. Waialua court
house, / to and to p. m.
Thursday, Sept. 27-Kahullu Mill,
to Sp. m. Laie dance hall, to pm
Friday, Sept. 2S-HauulA court house
s to a. m. Waikane church, u to
p. m. Kaneohe courth ouse, to 1C
p. m.
Saturday, Sept. 29.-KaIlua, 9 to 10 a
m. Waimanalo Plantation office, II a
m. to IL m.
The Board will return to Honolulu
Monday October 1, and will be open
until October 8. except Sundays, be-
tween the hours of and a. m. and
and p. m.
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BROWN
IAUKBA AND
Home RULE
HOME RULERS DISCUSSING
RUN FOR DEPUTY.
HOME

The Home Rulers are now talking OF
not putting up any sheriff and not
making any endorsement of either
Brown or IauSea, but what they Will
do is a matter of some doubt Some
of the executive committee today pre-
dicted that there would be an endorse
ment of Brown
Another proposition discussed is to
trade an endorsement of Iaukea for
Democratic endorsement of Motley.
Some Democrats are willing to endorse
Motley for Delegate 20 Congress in eX-
change for an endorsement of their
man for sheriff. As Motley won't be
elected anyhow, they claim that no
harm would be done. Motley is sald
IN he not one Of those who favors TINS
Man. as he has no faith in fusion.
Fred Terril for Deputy Sheriff IS the
Democratic probability. Terril mas
been doing some sounding and ms
friends think he has a good chance TO
beat Henry Vida
The Home Rulers convention is to
he held on Monday, the same day as
the Democratic convention. The eN-
ecutive committee of the party ana
various delegates have been holding q
lot of discussions today. The question
of endorsing Brown is Ole of the mat
ters M. It is said that the party has
almost decided not to put up candi-
date for sheriff and Is discussing
whether to endorse Brown or laukea'
or to leave the matter open altogether
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