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filled with the desire to read the
poems in the tongue. in which they
were written. He asked his teacher
IN the academy to instruct him in
Latin and Greek, and was promptly
refused Perhaps, long afterwards,
when this man saw what a career
opened before his young and bashful
pupil, he repented his decision.
About this time an opening that was
thought a very good one presented it
self. A man who kept small trading
store was in need of an assistant, and
brotherly influence prevailed to put
Sam in the position. Just the number
of days it took to fill up the measure
of his disgust is not recorded, but
Sam suddenly disappeared, and with
him his rifle and his much-loved
books.
Beyond the Tennessee lay the coun-
try of the Cherokees, a brave and
powerful nation living in peace and
abundance on their own lands. To
them Sam went and they received him
with much friendship, and their chief,
the stately and revered Oolooteka, in
course of time adopted him as his son
and gave him place in his wigwam;
bsstowing on him the name of Colo
neh-the Rover
By the friendly fire of the Cherokee
chief the young white stranger read
Homer's Had and learned to converse
in a tongue to which the Blind Bard
never listened. He acquired, too.
knowledge of the Indian character,
which made him in after years their
truest friend, their most dangerous
enemy. Three or four years passed,
and the young Rover must have
thought. as he grew older, that his
true home was with his own people,
for he returned to live among them
The war of 1912 had begun, and at
the first call for troops in the nearest
town the tail young hunter enlisted
to the modification of his friends-as
a priyate soldier. But he sturdiiy de-
cIared: Il had rather honor the ranks
than disgrace an appointment"
He soon rose from the ranks, how
ever and wearing an ensign's uniform,
won his first laurcls under a general
so stern and unbreakable that his
friends delighted to call him ~Old
Hickory
The battle Of Tohopeka, or the
Horseshoe, is one of the most noted
IA Indian warfare. On bend OF the
Tauapoosa, the Creeks. who had long
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and passed him and went on into
the grounds. A within seized me to
visit the crypt of the chapel and ex-
anime the opening to the tunnel As
1 passed the little group of school
buildings a man came hurried1y from
one of. them and turned toward the
chapel
first thought It was Stoddard, but
1 could not make him out in the mist
and in my uncertainty waited for him
to put 20 PAGES between us before
followed
He strobe into the chapel porch
with an air of assurance and / heard
him address some one who had been
waiting. The mist was now SO heavy
that l could not see my hand before
my face, and 1 stole forward until
heard the voices of two men distiSctly.
"Batesi'
yes, sir"
1 heard feet scraping on the stone
floor of the porch.
This is a devil of a place to talk
in, but it's the best we can do. Did
the young man know I sent for your"
mo, sir. 1 kept him quite busy
with his books and papers,
''Humph, We can never be sure of
him.
Il suppose that is correct, SIR
well, you and Morgan are a fine
pair, 1 must say! 1 thought he had
some sense and that you'd see to it
that he didn't make a mess of this
whole thing. He's in bed now with a
hole in his arm and you've got to go
on alone"
iii do my best, Mr.. Pickering"
nv
We're not advertising our business
from the housetops."
Certainly not" replied Bates hum
bly,.
The blood was roaring through my
head, and my hands clenched as 1
stood there listening to this colloquy.
chickering's voice was-and is-un-
mistakable. There was always a purr-
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prise, an American stamp and post
marked New Orleans 1t was dated,
however, at Vera Cruz, Mexico, De-
cember Is, 1901, and gave a charac-
teristically racy account of his efforts
to dodge the British detective who was
pursuing him. He hoped, he wrote, to
cross the borders into Texas, but de-
clared that he should keep clear of In
diana, as he was unacquainted with
the Indian language
Bates gave me my coffee in the
library, as I wished to settle down to
an evening of reflection without delay.
Larry's report of himself was not reas-
surfing, despite its cheerful tone I
knew that if he had any idea of trying
to reach me he would not mention it
in letter which might fall into the
hands of the authorities, and the hope
that he might join me grew. 1 was
not, perhaps, entitled to a companion
at Glenarm under the terms of my
exile, but as a matter of protection in
the existing condition of affairs there
could be no legal or moral reason why
should not defend myself against my
foes, and Larry was an ally worth
having.
My neighbor, the chaplain, had in
advertently given me bit of impor-
tant news; and my mind kept revert
ing to the fact that Morgan was re-
porting his injury to the executor of
my grandfather's estate in New York.
Everything else that had happened
was tame and unimportant compared
with this. Why had John Marshall
Glenarm made Arthur Pickering the
executor of his estate? He knew that
detested him, that chickering's noble
aims and high ambitions had been
praised by my family until his very
name sickened me; and yet my own
grandfather had thought it wise to in
trust his fortune and my future to the
man of all men who was most repug-
nant to me. 1 rose and paced the floor
in anger
My rage must fasten upon some one.
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Where Fielding Is Buried.

The father of the English novel,"
the two hundredth anniversary OF
whose birth fell the other day, lies
buried amid the cypress trees of the
English cemetery of Lisbon Not long
after his death tomb was erected to
mark the spot-a memorial which an
English visitor in 1872 found nearly
concealed by weeds and nettles- In
1880, through the exertions of the
then British chaplain, large sar-
cophagus was substituted, which
about 80 years ago was repaired, and
the inscriptions, a long one in Latin
on the front, and the words on the
back, "Luget Britannia gremio non
dari fovere natum," carefully re-
stored.
AS he tells us in the bible in
SPAIN" Borrow visited and reverent-
ly kissed 1.-The cold tomb or
the author of Amelia the most singu-
lar which (this) island ever produced.
whose works it has long been the fash
ion to abuse in public and to read
in secret In 1859 Tennnyson, then
a visit to Lisbon, attempted to visit
the tomb, but could find no one to let
him into the cemetery, in which, it
may be added, another noted Eng
Iishman - Philip Dodddridge = lies
buried.-Westminste Gazette.
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"sAM" HOUSTON.
Story of the Man Who Fought with
jackson.

In the days of our pioneer fore
fathers support for a family could be
wrung from the forest only by hard
and patient labor, and every healthy
boy was expected to do his part Sam
was healthy boy. indeed the records
OF that day seem to give no account
of any other kind, and he worked
with his older brothers all day for
the privilege of running across fields
to the schoolhouse that he might keep
his place in the spelling class-the
last to recite before dismissal
Yet Sam learned to read, to write
and to cipher, and reading was, in his
hands, the key to unlock a storehouse
of wonderful treasure, says the Chi
cago News. Often and often had he
heard from his mother stories of the
brave Scotch Highlanders, who were
his ancestors, and many a detail of
the famous siege of Derry in which
his forefathers took part, where the
gallant defenders fought and starved
and prayed and hoped till at last relief
came. Soldiers of the revolution
found welcome that never failed at
his fathers fireside, and their young
listeners heard many a tale of battles
fought, of peril and suffering under
gone.
When Sam was IS his studies and
sports in the old Washington college
building were forever interrupted. His
father died, and his mother was left
with nine children to face the future
There were fertile lands on the
Tennessee, ample enough to furnish a
home for each brave son who con-
sented to leave the home in that
beautiful valley and cross the AL
legheny mountains. 1t was a perilouS
undertaking, and full of wild adven-
ture, but they rested at last not many
miles from the Tennessee.
Hard work and plenty of it young
Sam shared cheerfully with his bro
Tiers; but he was able to give some
attendance at an academy, too. He
had read and reread an English trans
lation of Homer until his mind was
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TALES OF HORROR
FROM THE NORTH CAROLINA
HILL COUNTRY.
Diseased Mind of Fratricide Move
for Himself a Ferful Punishment
Sitting for Hours with
Silent Ghost.

A man named Shelton of Cherokee
county in the mountains OF North
Carolina, a few years ago in some
drunken brawl killed his own brother
Escaping somehow the punishment of
the law, he was given over to the
horror of what he had done and from
his own mind wove for himself q
frightful punishment. He believed
and asserted as a fact that every
night hair was drawn from his head
by his slain brother, coming through
the night from the unseen regions of
the hereafter for that purpose It is
a known fact that Shelton did become
bald little by little until not a hair
was left; and some of his neighbors
believed in the nightly visitation of
the dead man as firmly as the slayer
himself. No explanation was offered
and no deductions were made. That
nightly coming, the silent plucking of
the hair, and the departure were &C
copied stoically as thing actually
and undoubtedly happening and part
of the mans regular life and expert
ence Shelton died recently after hav-
ing allowed himself with his gro
tesquely barred head to be exhibited
in tent through mountain hamlets
as 'fThe Modern Cain" and the local
newspapers recall his story
1t was another mountaineer, living
many miles from Shelton and de-
barred of any possibility of knowing
about him, who told the mountain
girl he was about to marry that she
must reconcile herself to a nightly
visit from a man he had killed, who.
he said, walked to his bedside and
sat with him an hour after mid
night The stout-hearted bride mar
ried in firm expectation of the ghostly
vigil at her couch and, according to
her sworn evidence in court, ELECTED
incidentally in the trial of another
case and in the presence of an audi
ence of Mortified, stiffened and breath
less mountain people, she was not dis
appointed. She swore that regularly
every night the murdered man kept
his tryst, and. that she and her groom
lay awake and looked at him. 1t was
another man of this same neighbor-
hood who committed a murder and
undertook to dismember and hide the
body of his victim. He told his friend
that while he was carrying the sew
cred head in a bag over his shoulder
across a certain wide hill where the
broom hedge was growing in the late
autumn, the head suddenly began to
whistle a tune which was favorite
With the dead man.
What morbid poet or romancer
could conceive a more CHASTITY thought
than this-the severed head emitting
suddenly the whistling of lively
tune, on a bleak broom hedge hillside
In the solitude of an autumn midnight
with the moon looking coldly down? S
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and Bates was the nearest target for
it. 1 went to the kitchen, where he
usually spent his evenings, to vent my
feelings upon him, only to find him
gone. 1 climbed to his room and found
it empty. Very likely he was off con-
doing with his friend and fellow con-
spirator, the caretaker, and 1 fu1ned
with rage and disappointment. / was
thoroughly tired,-as tired as on DAYS
when 1 had beaten my way through
tropical jungles without food or water:
but 1 wished, in my impotent anger
against / knew not what agencies. to
punish myself,-to induce an utter
WEAKNESS that would send me ex-
hausted to bed.
The snow in the highway was well
beaten down and 1 swung off country
ward past st. Agatha's. A gray mist
hung over the fields in whirlfng clouds
breaking away occasionally and show
ing the throbbing winter stars The
walk and my interest in the alterna-
ton of star-lighted and mist-wrapped
landscape won me to a better state of
mind, and after tramping a couple of
miles, 1 set out for home Several
times on my tramp had caught my
self whistling the air of a majestic
old hymn, and smiled, remembering
my young friend Olivia, and her play
ing in the chapel She was an anus
ing child; the thought of her further
lifted my spirit; and 1 turned into the
school park when 1 reached the outer
gate with half-recognized wish to
pass near the barracks where she
spent her days
At the school gate the lamps of a
carriage suddenly blurred in the mist
Carriages are not common in this re-
gion, and I was not surprised to find
that this was the familiar village hack
that met trains day and night st An
nandale- Some parent, 1 conjectured,
paying a visit to st Agatha's; posi-
bly-and the thought gave me pleas
ure-perhaps the father of Miss Olivia
Gladys Armstrong had come to carry
her home for stricter discipline than
Sister Theresa's school afforded
The driver sat asleep on his box,
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Travel of a Pennsylvania Teacher.

Milan Walker, son of ex-Sheri6
Miles Walker of Center county, who
last June graduated from the Belle
fonte high school, just closed his first
term of teaching school, and with it
he has made quite a record
His school was at Rock Forge,
which is seven miles from Bellefonte;
preferring to board at home, he walk
ed these IA miles each day, with the
exception of IA trips which he made
on a bicycle. The distance covered
during the term was 2, 156 miles, and.
taking from that the $50 miles which
he travelled on his bike" leaves 1896
miles which he walked He left Belle
fonte early in the morning, and quite
often the thermometer registered 10 to
IA degrees below zero. In addition he
broke his way through the snow to
the school house and made fire. hav-
ing the room warm before school was
called at nine o'clock--Philadelp
Record.
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ing softness in it. He used to remind
me at school of a sleek, complacent
cat, and 1 hate cats with particular
lOathing.
rs Morgan lying or not when he
says he shot himself accidentally"
demanded Pickering petulantly.
Il only know what Il heard from
the gardener here at the school You'll
understand, hope, that 1 can't be
seen going to Morgan's house,
''Of course not. But he says you
haven't played fair with him, that you
even attacked him few days after
Glenarm came
(TO BE CONTINUEDo
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Never Had.

Miss F1urty-Have / ever given you
reason to suppose, Mr.. Samllpyie.
that 1 cared for you otherwise than
as a friendz"
F'lurty- ought to have had sense
enough to know that when you ac-
cepted kisses and presents from me
you didn't mean anything by it
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CHAPTER XIII.
A Pair of Eaxesdropper,

A Pair of Eavesdroppers-
{, When / came down after dressing
for dinner, Bates called my attention
to belated mail I bounced eagerly
upon letter in Laurance Donovan's
well-known hand. bearing. to my sur
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KEEN INTELLIGENCE WANTED.
A Story That illustrates What Banks
Are Looking For.

Pierce Jay, the commissioner OF
banks of Massachusetts, at the Ameri-
can Bankers associations convention
in St Louis. advocated a better &C
counting system.
But above ALL said Mr.. Jay, in a
discussion of his idea, I'VE want intel
Hgence, if embezzlement is to be thor
oughly put down. Systems are good,
but intelligence is better, and in cash.
fers and tellers and bookkeepers and
note clerks we want the same keen,
quick intelligence that characterized
old Capt. Hiram Cack of Gloucester
'Cack lay very ILL., One day he got
down-hearted, feeling that his case
was hopeless
:" L fear, DOCTOR he said, there isn't
much hope for me-
oh, yes, there u.s. the doctor an
swered- Three years ago 1 was in
your condition precisely. and look at
me now
"Cack. intelligent and alert. said
quickly.
What doctor did you haver-
Driven To It.
He-She married worthless noble
man
She-How did that happen7
He-Despordency- She was Tilted
by her fathers coackzaan--Puck
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PREPARED TO FIGHT ECyc
THAW'S ATTORNEYS WILL ViGCR.
OUSLY OPPOSE COMMISSION
IN LUNACT.

New York, Feb. 25.-Any attempt
which may be made by District At
torney Jerome to have a commission
la lunacy appointed to examine Harry
K. Thaw will be vigorously opposed
by Thaw's attorneys, according to d
statement by one of Thaw's counsel
This statement was called forth ly
persistent rumors that it i5 Mr.. Je
rome's intention to apply for such Z
commission as soon as he completes
the cross-examination OF Doctors Bin
gaman and Deemar, the alienists.
IF Mr.. Jerome makes any sach
move as that" said Mr.. Peabody, who
had just left Thaw In the Tombs, ''Mr
Delmas, supported by other counsel
will fight against 1t to the last ditch
Regarding e statement to the effect
that 100000 Is to be settled upon
MSs Harry X Thaw by her husbands s
family for the position she has taken
In the trial the following official
statement was given out by Mrs.
William Thaw, the prisoners mother,
through her attorneys:
Mrs. William Thaw desires 1t un-
derstood that the statement that she
or any of her family gave any money
or any other inducements to Mrs.
Evelyn Thaw for the position she has
taken Is untrue, unwarranted and un.
Just"
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TO STRENGTHEN FLEET.
sattIeshipe indiana and Iowa Going to
Pacific Coast.

Pacific Coast.
San Francisco, Feb. 25.-It Is au-
thoritativeiy, although unofflcially, re-
ported In local naval circles that the
formation of a strong armored fleet on
the Pacific coast will be inaugurated
by the dispatching to this city at an
early date of the battleships Indiana
and Iowa. These two battleships will
form the nucleus of the Pacific battle
ship squadron, which will be further
strengthened by the addition OF the
new battleship Nebraska, now nearly
completed at Seattle, and the battle.
ships Wisconsin and Oregon, which
are now being extensively overhauled
at the Puget sound naval station.
These five battleships may be rein
forced during the next few months by
two more from the Atlantic.
1t is said to be the policy Of the
navy department at this time to unite
the Asiatic feet and the Pacific
squadron into one great feet, its COM
ponent vessels interchangeable and
all under the command Of one of
three vice admirals which 1t is
thought congress will authorize at an
early date.
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WAR IN CENTRAL AMERICA
NEGOTIATIONS FOR A PEACEFUL
SETTLEMENT OF TROUBLE
TERMINATED.

Washington, Feb. 25.-Notiflcation
If the existence of a state Of war In
Central America has reached the
state department in the shape of a
cablegram from American Minister
Combs, dated at Guatemala City, as
follows:
"The minister of foreign affairs for
Honduras telegraphed that Nicaragua,
by its invasion of Honduras. has ter
minated the pending negotiations for
a peaceful settlement"
If hostilities extend, as now appears
probable, it may be necessary for the
state department to call upon the
navy department to increase the force
of naval vessels In Central American
waters. At present this force con-
sists of the cruiser Chicago. now lying
In touch with the cable at Acajutla,
Salvador, and the gunboat Marietta,
on the Caribbean side, last heard from
at Bluef1elds, Nicaragua. She was
sent to this point with the American
vice consul at San Juan del Norte on
board to give protection to some ex-
tensive American plantation interests
at that place. Should the war extend
far from the boundary between Mic
aragua and Honduras, as is probable
In view of the likelihood that Salvador
will Join forces with Honduras and
Guatemala with Nicaragua, the navy
department probably will add two or
three cruisers and gunboats to Its
present force, not with any purpose Of
intervening politically, but merely to
see that American property rights are
respected and the lives Of American
citizens are protected.
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FAST TRAIN ON THE PENNSYL-
VAN!A ROAD ROLLS DOWN
EM5ANkMENT.
IAEY PROMINENT PEOPLE on BOARD
POSTMASTER BuSSE AND OTHER
WELL KNOWN cHlcAGoANS
I'M THE WRECK.

Pittsburg, Feb. 25.-Fifty-four pas
dozen were injured In a wreck Of the
PENNSYLVANIA special, the fast eight
een-hour train on the Pennsylvania
railroad between New York and Chi.
cago, which occurred at sharp curve
at Black Diamond, Pa, seven miles
east OF Johnstown No one was killed
and all the passengers have been ac-
counted for.
The engine and combination smok-
ing car remained on the rails, but the
three Pullmans plunged over a sixty
foot embankment into the Conemaugh
river. Fortunately the cars were not
submerged.
A scene of wild confusion resulted
All of the passengers were in their
oerths and were thrown promiscuous-
ly around the cars. All were injured
more or less, but with the exception
of John +. Kline of Joliet H., it Is
said. mono OF the injuries are danger
Gus.
The train was running fifty minutes
late and was trying to make up lost
time Nobody seems to know what
really caused the accident, but 1t Is
said 1t was caused by the springing of
bolt connecting one of the rails to
the steel tie.
The injured were taken to hospitals
at Altoona, Greensburg and this city.
A majority of them, however, pro-
ceeded west on O special train.
Prominent People on Board.
The train was the finest on the
Pennsylvania railroad and many prom
inent passengers were aboard when
tho wreck occurred. Among those in
jured were F. A. Busse, postmaster of
Chicago; Samuel F. Nixon, Chicago,
of Nixon a. Zimmerman, theatrical
proprietors; M. A. Singer, manager OF
La Sale theater, Chicago; Lightner
Henderson, a civil engineer; George
S. Wood, manager Of Colonial theater,
Chicago, and J. J. Kern, ex-state's at
torney, of Chicago.
A special train bearing the passen-
gers who were only slightly injured,
which arrived here about $50 a. m,
left here about 10 o'clock for the West
Although most of the passengers lost
their clothing, money and valuables
all of them we're happy and thankful
that they had escaped so easily. The
attire of some of the passengers was
oomical as they were wearing some
body else's clothing unm!ndful of the
rightful owner. They told many
stories of miraculous nature.
Rev. DR.. Cope, rector Of ST. Sim
cons Episcopal church of Philadel-
phia, escaped without scratch, al
though his car was completely demol-
ished. He attributes this to the vii
Of Providence. He even secured all
of his clothing and when the passen-
gers Of the wrecked train finally
sought shelter in relief train sent to
their assistance he held short serv.
ice OF prayer and thanks in which
every man and woman able to do SO
participated.
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SONS DISGRACE CAUSES DEATH
Fifth Fatality Resulting From Graft
ina Scandal.

Milwaukee, Feb 25.-The death Of
he mother of Edward Strauss, the
boss boodler, whose confessions re-
suited in nearly 200 indictments for
grating, is the fifth fatality to result
directly from these cases. Mrs.
Strauss died of a broken heart, as
the result of the disgrace Of her sons
confessions Supervisor Fowle, In
dicted on Strauss testimony, com.
mitted suicide. Barney Cooke died In
jail of consumption. One confessed
CRATER committed suicide and the
mother Of another drowned herself In
shame