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m.ci ,1sE COMPANY CHANGES.

7. ras announced yesterday hy 5 Mcclure,
nre=ident OF the company publlshlng M'''u'e >
uapsziue'' and OF the Mcclure Company. book pun
I,sbars that h. had appointed Cameron Mackenzie
general manager Of his various interests Mr.
MCKENZIE is succeeded as business manager by
Curtis p Brady who has peen l1Nhuurl WI" '"'
MrClnre cnnpanies for years.
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Special Notices.
To the Employer.

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SAVE TINE AND EXPENSE BY consltti1s
the file Of applications OF selected asptrsnts tor
,osfrions OF various kinds which has Just oee1
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FrookIne Mass. Nov. 11.-Miss Mildred A Pope
vas married Edward r. Moore, OF Philadelphia
in the Church of our Saviour. LOuEWood. t"-day.
The bride Is daughter Of Mr. and Mrs Benjamin
Pope Of the Hotel Somerset Boston, and the bride
groom is a graduate Of Yale '05 Guests from New
york, Philadelphia. Boston and other cities ~ere
present
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JUSTICE S. S. CALHOUN.

Jackson Miss. Nov. 11-Justice s s Calhoun,
Of the Supreme Court Of this state. died suddenly
at his home here last night from heart disease
He vas born IN BrandenburE, Ky, in 1885
New-York tribune., 1908-11-12

FJEaest TEN ,era re y--~rday, - degrees lowest "a
average IS average for corresponding date last wear -
average FOR corresponding last thirty three years 81
ro~at forecast Tair and DAP Friday fair and
cold fresh uinds
New-York tribune., 1908-11-12

Columbia Professor appointed Presi-
dent of Ban State Institution.

Boston Nov 11-Professor Richard G. NacLau-
rim head OF the physics department OF Columbia
University was to-day appointed president of The
Massachusetts Institute OF Technology by the exec
utive committee OF institute corpora ion 1t is
announced that Professor MacLaurin will accept
the place The formal confirmation of the appoint
rnent will be made at special meeting Of the cor
poraticn TO be held November %
Professor MacI.aurin will succeed Dr. Henry 5
Pritcbett who resigned the presidency Of the in
stf+te in January. 1906 but remained in office until
June 1901 when he retired 10 assume the chairman
shin Of the Carnegie Foundation Since tHat time
Dr Arthur A. Noyes has been acting president
T2- Moves said tonight. regarding the appoint
ment:
II consider that the institute Is most fortunate IN
zec,,-iny Professor MscLaurin He is man who
seems 70 possess In remarkable degree the quail
ties which the position demands He is scientist
ss teacher AMI as menbe- Of university facui-
ties"
Professor Richard - MacLaurin. NJ Columbia
rrDirersity selected as president Of the Massachu-
s,ts institute Of Technology, Informed yesteT-
aa or his appointment and last night said that ne
would accept He hardly expected 70 he@lh ms
duties At the Boston institution before next May
he added.
Or MacI.aurin was free in expressing MS grS"-
s..,or a. the larger field for usefulness in educs-
,torai work which would he his TO labor i'm as head
o. the Ma ssachusetts Institute Of Technology
There IS \ great deal be done in the develop
,e,-, Of technical educaticn- said Or MaCIaurtn,
and one Of the tes fields for work saens 70 be al
an fnstitition such as that at Boston. one Of the
oldaet and hest known Of the kind in the world It
r4eda onlv an active. forward policy 70 make its
influence felt throughout the whole Union.
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Married.

NORRTsLE NoTNE-O7 Wednesday. Novere-- II
tIS0S a. t1s East 20~n Sev York. b tas Re-
2 Josephine Cara dauzhrsr -
Josephine Bond Edward Mitchell Il Acyrs
20 Or Easron J Morris. OF Philadelphia. P-11-
zTTRS- TOvEMA N-No~ernber u. 1905. Irns DsFfsr
Iovs1nsu Arthur Lewis Stern. ~ Lr John Lovsfoy
Elliott
Notices . marriages and deaths must ss fadosss@
VI full N address
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a NEW pLAY BY ALFRED sUTRo.

London. Nov 11-"The Builder OF Bridges. by
Alfred Sutro in which George Alexander and com
ranv appeared. was produced tonight ~ the st
Taness Theatre
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OBITT4RT.
REAR ADMIRAL JAMES M. MILLER.

Phnadelphia Nov u--Rear Admiral James NJ
Miller governor Of the United States Naval Home
in this city. died that institution to-day after
brief Illness. Admiral Miller was stxty-one years
old and had been in charge IF the Naval Home for
the last year and half
New-York tribune., 1908-11-12

FaTber. VIE of wr'isH =. Rarb@r
BRADY 1rCAs- Nouaay. Noy-uoer 1sos n -
daughter Of RE ate pansl ard ellen MeNa1sars, 49, .
B srsdy and Ms George E. Nzthi-u- Funeral 5r'-
BRAy-on MONDAY NovrHe~r ia"s Ms R-ss: a.:
residence Of her niece. Mrs Jams LeavT 70 r.S
theme to s. Grezory's Roman Csthoio Churca IN
tsrmeut in Holy Cross
BUCEANAN-Ou Novernber a. his resie-ses So =
Harman 81 rooklyn T4onlas 5sssaa vV,,iogxsry
ard Lewis aves. on Thursday- NoSsfl0~1 - - 4"
sharp.
FRaNKLGN- East oranEs y n Noy.nls, go II
an Er7I-y F-s1xfn Fne-zI service VII be reid fTon1
"a P-oe74-f = on Tbu-sisv November = Al II a n
"a SaTs1f ss % =, he = ~ -iar rain rom Ns Yoz
the Delaware. Lscsavsnns Western Railro@d
HALE on November 70 s' r..tdenes 10 .. q -,
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funeral hereafter
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ETsvanrh month p-H 1905. ia BSxcerA
from friends Meeting Houss a. esrocry. x -
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leaving 74th 1o-5l Arr1vIag ~N's1-'
HIS Returning. leaves Easc WiliiEou 1Soo~
HTTT.ETS,A- resi5s1-s q her Son- Jos>cc
V-iIIe-s chicago. H. SaturdaE sFsol1k sc-S-9
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s--t-as a. - az rezftencs IN friday. ~ % -
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SIR HORACE PLUNkETT COMING HERE

Dublin Nov u-Sir Horace P1unkert. formerly
Of the Agricultural Department in Ireland. will
leave here for the United States next week in
yitatton 70 confer with the Commission on Country
Life appointed by President Roosevelt.
New-York tribune., 1908-11-12

RFERE- -BLANEN On Wednesday, Nor-nher IL i@s-
a. tne West End Coilsga'e church, BY the Re- Henry
FvsrtSon Cobb n u Helen Worthington, daughter -
William worthngton and Lhis Shotven Bsebe. % Mr.
charles Prsaut Blaney
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TIE -Fr7T-NE ziu b. ss.t by nail g any ad1-es- =
-- -0r-v Or abroad address changed as otren as
S-rbs~-.rrt1rs ~ given ro ycu- resll1-
before Iez~t-g. = --c-s
in TIE TRIBUNE once
SINGLE COPIES
sUNDAT ce1rs HE5s-LL SAS -
DAILT.
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Died.

Death notices appearing IN THE TRIBUNE wfn "
repu5IIsI>d the Tri-weekly Tribune without sxsrs
charge
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Forecast for Special Localities For New England
au4 Eastern York fair and colder to-day FRIDAY
fair and colder fresh winds
FOR the District columbia Eastern Peunsy anita
v Jersey Delaware and MARYLAND. fair and colder TO
Friday colder strong and dInnshlnS VEST
fo northwest winds
For Western Pennsylvania fair today and FRIDAY
light 10 fresh winds 49,
For western Sev YORK. fair to-day and Friday coeer
in east portion to-day. fresh west Winds
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Nal subscriptions n New Tors city g Ese DA11x .
-PT WEEKLY viii bs charged ors c71f sop1 Hr
nos-sse in addition -hs rst-s uar-ed aooV@
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sY EARLY MAIL TAN
ro- Al points II the United srat=s aa5 3szee eszse
o+M and The B-cczl Alsot -
C--ra Hawaii and re P11ll7p-1ss Ti-.Sr1-
go S1-sfz- CcS-sEs
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Married.

Marriage notice. appearing THE TRIBUNE will
he repubished In the Tri-weekiy rroune without
rharx
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!. IN Europe and al countries n tss C1~zs4
~ TIE TRIBUNE viu os mailed ~ tas ~
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CFNIETERIEA
TIE wooDLA~N oEEr-r

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Srsrio1 Websrer ava1I1s t-eys sac ~
- 49, $50 ~ Telsvhcrs G-1zs-15 s.&
T5ocl< ~ views representative
-o' u cl--s % Easr 23d St York CIV
New-York tribune., 1908-11-12

Local OfirEsI RecSrd-The following on7cial recori
f the u Gather bureau the changes IN th- ten
nerature for twenty four hours IN comparison
with the corresponding dato OF last year
New-York tribune., 1908-11-12
UNDERTAkERs-

FRASE = CAMPBELL. 241-s West ga g Sssa
Prfvsre ara pu5I. arnbulE1css- Tel 1924 Chelsea
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-10-16

Assisted by Mrs. Anna Selklrk Nor
ton, Miss Harriet Young, teacher of
piano at Pendleton academy, last eve
ming gave a charming and delightful
recital at the Presbyterian church.
The recital was largely attended. the
auditorium being taxed to its capaC-
ity. Miss Young played with deep
sympathy and feeling and her execu-
tion of the great sonata apaslonnta
was particularly brilliant. The Cho-
pin ballad in a flat major and the
Polonaise were numbers which great
ly pleased.
Mrs. Selkirks vocal numbers were
sung with feeling and beauty. Among
the selections sung 1t was difficult to
choose the more pleasing although
The Woodpecker" and the encore
shadows" found perhaps the warm
est response among Mrs. Norton's
hearers.
The program is given herewith:
sonata Op. 81 (Appasionata)
Allegro assai.
Andante.
Allegro ma nontroppo.
II.-Vocal--
(a) Love Note ........ Selected
(b) Snowflakes ..... Cowen
(c) Synoves ........ Selected
Mrs. Norton.
III.-Guomenreigen ......... List
Ballade, \ flat major. . Chopin
NI-Vocal-
(a) FrantZ's Love Song.
(b) Irish Folk Song.
(c) The Woodpecker .... Nevin
Mrs. Norton.
N-Gayotte .......-. Mrs. II. Beach
Polonaise .......... Chopin
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-10-16
BIG SHOOT IN SPOKANE.
Foremost Amateur TrapshOts of the
Northwest TO Participate.

Spokane, Wash, oct. 15.-Some of
the foremost amateur trapshots in the
northwest are entered for the first
registered tournament under the di-
riection of the Spokane Rod and Gun
club at its gounds on Moran Prairie,
November "a and 25. There will be
10 events Of 20 targets each day, with
prizes in every event and 500 added
to the winner, and a trophy cup to the
highest average winner. Profession
ais will be permitted to shoot for the
target, but will not be counted in for
the prize money.
Additional entries are expected
from various parts of Oregon, Idaho
Washington British Columbia, Al
berta, Montana and California Such
men as Earl Farmn of Standpoint
who won honors at the Anaconda
shoot, tying Gilbert the professional,
in the contest, and defeating the best
amateurs in the United States, will
compete.
DR.. Perdy and Ed Alice have also
e'gnified their intentions Of attending
the tourney and the best shots from
Harrington and Odessa will also be
here. The field where the shoot will
be held has the finest background
for shooting Of any place in the Uni
ted states. 1t is all sky and should
help the shooters to make high scores.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-10-16

he can cultivate with his own hands
would be left entirely helpless, for 1t
would be impossible for him to OBJ
tain assistance at price that would
allow him a profit. l ask, what then,
my dear sir, would the farmer do
with his farm. His progressive sons
and daughters would desert him and
go where the work would be made
easy by the use Of modern machinery
and more scientific methods.
II understood, this new system
would be equivalent in purchasing
poser to $4,000 per year. There Il but
"''- question what the average far
mer would do Like band of sheep
-s. would fall over themselves to
put their lands under government
management
Not only would socialism help the
aboring man, but the farmer and all
other classes would be vastly benefit
ed by it. Why not give this question
which is now agitating the minds Of
so many people some consideration by
studying what 1t wants and how 1t
proposes to secure It.
... .. -. Respectfully,
J. b. DESPAIR
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-10-16
at the PcndlctOn.

Mrs. j. F. Smith, Persia: c. j.
Freeze, Spokane; II. y. Rockwell
Portland; r. II. Brown, Portland;
VIM h. Simpson, Chicago; w. L.
Whitmore, Chicago b. G. Shurey,
Billings; w, T.. Impey, Denver: VIM.
Maher, Portland; A. Beamer. Port
land; a. BODieter, Portland; Miss
Helen New, Portland. w. DeLashmitt,
Portland; f. Weeder, Portland: Geo.
Stevens, Spokane; w. r. McMahan,
Spokane; Harry Heathman, Spokane;
r. A. Andrews Spokane: Charles C.
Cook, Portland; w. A. l.. Brinker,
Starbuck; W. f. Matlock and wife,
city; Justin NJ. Sarbuch, Lincoln; S.
S, Dougherty, Detroit; j. A. Belts,
Mabton; Guy o. Melveny, Seattle;
George ID. Hale, st. Paul; Arthur A.
Ruelofs, Philadelphia; NJ. K. Hall, La
Grande; A. $. Dunning, Portland; d
w. Bailey Astoria; w. r. Glenden-
ing, Portland; G. D. Galley Portland.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-10-16
FARMERS AND SOCIALISM.
J. B. Despair Explains the Creed of
the Socialist Party.

The following communication 10
the East Oregonian from J. 3. De-
spain is published that voters may
know something Of the ideas that are
advanced by socialists.
The farmer hesitates to accept the
socialist philosophy for fear Of losing
the land he now possesses. No one
can say in advance just what would
be done. but it is the general UNDER
standing Of all who have studied the
question that a socialist government
would leave it entirely TO the small
land owner TO decide for himself what
he is going to do with his land.
Socialism will be truly govern
ment for all the people and not for a
few Of them. In the state Of Alabama
81 per cent Of the farmers own no
land. being only tenants. a socialist
government would consider their in
terests first by seeing that all rich
unused lands now owned and held for
speculative purposes. would be brought
under cultivation, after that the rich
arid plains would be watered and the
swamp land drained, all 70 be farmed
by the latest improved machinery un-
der scientific methods, which would
be made to furnish food and raw ma
terra. l0r all the people. The millions
OF wage earners and tenant farmers
who are today under our present
commercialism, eking out a poor ex-
istouCe would he invited nv the nnu,
socialist government TO go to work on
these lands, receiving IN compensa-
tion his or her proportion Of the en-
tire product This would be several
times more than the average tenant
farmer or day laborer now receives
or could expect 10 receive under our
present wage system.
It can easily be seen that the far
mer who now owns more land than
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-10-16
r. OF o. CORRESPONDENTS
STUDY DEPARTMENT

a new bulletin Of the correspon-
ac2Ce study department Of the Uni
yersity OF Oregon has just been re-
reiyed. The scope OF the work has
ben greatly enlarged over the begin
ling made last year, and now covers
courses in English classics, Shake
speare pedagogy, botany, history, al
zebra, geometry, trigonometry, anaIy-
tic geometry and several courses in
mathematics for teachers.
BY means Of this work any student
who has not time to attend college or
high school, can pursue, with hardly
any cost. practically the same work
by correspondence through the Uni
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-10-16
Porter Attacks Passenger.

As the Northern Pacific train near
ed Garfield Sunday evening the negro
porter who had had some words with
oscar Travis, a travelling man, struck
the man with an iron bar telling him
and cutting a cash in his scalp. The
train was held at Garfield for an hour
in an attempt to find the porter, who
made his escape from the train, but
without success.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-10-16

A. II. Johnson, instructor OF band
and orchestra in Pendleton academy
will accept a limited number of pu-
pills on violin, cornet, clariOnet or any
band or orchestra instrument. Pu
pills may join the academy band and
orchestra II they so desire. Studio at
Pendleton academy. Residence, COL
Post street; phone, Black 1852.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-10-16
TOMORROW'S FOOTBALL.
Season Of 1908 Is Now on in Fast
and West

New York, oct. 1G-Hundreds OF
admirers of the gridiron game will go
up to West Point tomorrow to witness
the first big football struggle of the
1908 season in this vicinity. The
Yale eleven will be the opponent of
the soldiers Of Uncle Sans military
academy While the lads from New
Haven are confident of victory the
West Point team has developed some
good material this year, ana may
make the blue eleven work hard to
prevent a defeat.
Next in importance among the
games scheduled for eastern gridirons
tomorrow is that between Pennsyl-
yana and Brown university. The
Providence institution has always
been among the leaders of the smaller
universities and the Quakers are not
likely to roll up a big score.
out at Princeton tomorrow after
noon The Tigers will tackle the squad
from Swarthmore college, and the
contest should afford the New Jersey
players an opportunity to show their
mettle for the big game with Yale
next month.
Harvard will play Springfield
Training school, Cornell will meet
Colgate and the Carlisle redskins will
tackle the Susquehanna eleven. The
Naval academy team will play Lehigh
at Annapolis and Syracuse and Roch-
ester vii play at Syracuse.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-10-16

George a. Walkem, a prominent
young business man and a nephew OF
a former premier Of British Column
bia, has been found guilty at Vancou-
ver b. c., Of supplying Miss Blanche
Bond with a medicine for criminal
purpose. This was the third trial OF
the charges, which have created wide
spread Interest all over British CO.
mmbla.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-10-16

Have your friends save the coupons
for you that are appearing in the East
Oregonian each evening. They are
good for five votes each II voted by
date stated on them.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-10-16

Chicago, Oct 16.-Although the
football season in the west began two
weeks ago, popular interest in the
struggle for baseball honors over
shadowed the grllron heroes To-
morrow they will come into their
own. however, when the University
Of Chicago and the University of Hi
nois. old football enemies, will meet
on Marshall field. Thousands of en-
thusiastic rooters Of both institutions
will witness the struggle and the
game is expected to be one Of the
most exciting and spectacular ever
seen here.
other important western games
scheduled for tomorrow include Ne
braska vs.. Minnesota. Iowa w. Mis-
souri,, Michigan vs.. Notre Dame. and
Wisconsin VS.. Indiana. Special inter-
est attaches to the contest between
the Cornhuskers and the Gophers
which will be played at Minneapolis.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-10-16
MISS YOUNC'S
PIANO RECITAL
PENDLETON ACADEMY
INSTRUCTOR PLEASES.

large Audience Delighted With Ar
tistic Rendering of Classical Selec-
tions-Ably Assisted by Mrs. Anna.
Sclllirk Norton, the Popular Vocal
lst-Diffcult to Select Most Pleas
ing Numbers.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-10-29
Don't Guide a Man.

1--WE were late" groaned the girl,
who was tired, because we went fif-
teen blocks out of our way"
"Why did you do that?" asked her
brother "Why didn't you keep your
eyes open and take the right carr"
81 did," said the girl. 81 knew
which way to go, but my escort got
confused and 1 didn't dare put him
on the right track If had he never
would have forgiven me. 1 have lost
the friendship of three interesting
men by that very evidence of strong
mindedness. Experience has taught
me that next to being caught in flb
the thing that most rifles man is to
be guided by a woman. To wander
around like a babe in the woods. to
retrace his steps a dozen times, and
finally to arrive somewhere an hour
late are blunders that he can cover
up with one excuse or another, but
for woman to take the lead and say,
We want this car or we must go
this way presupposes state of Ia
mentable ignorance on his part and
makes him hate that woman forever
more. New York Press.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-10-29
Gaines wife to visit America.

Hall Caine is preparing for another
visit to this country, and this time he
will be accompanied by his wife. The
Manxman takes pride in averring that
he owes much of his success to Mrs
Caine, who acts not only as his secre-
tary, but as his literary adviser. Mrs.
Caine is a soft-voiced woman, who
cares little for society, yet who dom
mates social affairs in the Isle of
Man. Once a year she goes to Lon
don, and entertains little there, her
taste running to literary and artistic
persons. She has seen her husband
rise from obscurity to no small meas
ure of fame, and from comparative
poverty to wealth. Many times Caine
has sought to have her resign the du-
ties of secretary, but she still attends
to all his correspondence and turns
out his manuscripts on the typewri-
ter. She never courts attention, pre-
ferring to stand reflected in the light
of her husband. and it is said consent
ed to come to America with him only
on the condition that she shall not be
put to any social exactions. - New
York Press.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-10-29

o'clock, the shadow OF the top twig
OF pyrsmidal balsam showed, and
then that of the bare side of the rock.
VIII watched It climb to the white
ice line, over the lichens and moss
into the quivering leaves OF the
bushes. He was worried lest a
shadow should cover the panthers
when they came. II they came after
sunset, would they stand still long?
These thoughts were suddenly in
terrupted. A kitten not three feet
long came down apparently from the
sky on the deer, growing and show
ing its teeth, trying to look more
ferocious than playful Wills jaw
dropped. The sticks covering the
deer were clawed aside, and in mo-
ment the kitten was purring at the
bloody throat. A low bunch of alders
beyond the rock stirred, and the great
face of the mother beast rose slowly
as she stepped gently to the rock,
eying her kitten with short glances
and the swamp borders with longer
ones
Suddenly she growled low and
sharp, stiffening every muscle to the
one that showed her teeth. The air
currents, baffling to the mink. had
warned her of danger. The kitten
stopped mauling its prey to lift its
head. The old one began to crouch,
her claws curling the bushes three
feet away as she sunk into the roots
for a good hold. That was a spectacle
that stopped Wits breath, and drew
his hands into his fists, one Of them
on the rubber bulb. A little click
overhead told him of a forgotten but
faithful camera.
The cats heard 1t, too, and sprang
away into the swamp, fiuttering the
leaves and twigs like birds, leaving a
lad weak with excitement, wondering
that his hand should have closed at
the right moment, and hoping that
the plate would make a good mega
tive.
Never did the way home seem so
long to Will as on that day. Toward
dusk he felt that behind him was
silent, fierce-eyed creeper following
him." now on the right side, now to
the left, then so close behind that
claws seemed about to grip the back
of his neck. The breaking twigs un-
der his feet, the rustling of leaves
over his head, the dread that was in
the air sent him on fast and faster.
Time and again he turned to face
nothing that he could see.