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The Red Cloud chief., 1909-12-02

that | could hear his quick breathing,
and something in his dimly outlined
crouching figure was familiar. Then
it flashed over me that he was the
dark sailor | had ordered from Glen.
arm that afternoon.
He was now within arms length Of
me and | jumped out, swung the chair
high and brought II down with Il crash
on his head. The force Of the blow
carried me forward and icrked the
chair out of my grasp; and down We
wen with a mighty thump. felt the
Italians body slip and twist lithely
under me as | tried TO clasp his arms.
He struggled f~icrccly to free himself.
and | felt the point of "A knife prick
my left wrist sharply as sought 10
hold his right arm to the deck. His
muscles were like iron, and | had no
wish to let him CLASP me in his hort
thick arms; nor did the idea Of being
struck with a knife cheer me greatly
in hat first moment of the fight,
My main business was to keep free
of the knife. He was slowly lifting
me on his knees. while | gripped his
arm with both hands. The other man
, had dropped into the boat and was
watching us across the rail.
Make haste. Giuseppe" he called
impatiently, and | laughed a little,
either at his confidence in the out
come pr, at his care for his o"n So
curity' and my courage rose to find
that | had only II to reckon with.
suddenly slipped my left hand down to
where my right gripped his wrist and
wrenched 1t sharply. His fingers re-
Taxed, and when | repeated the twist
the knife ratified on the deck.
| broke away and loaped for the
rail with some idea OF jumping into
the creek and swimming for 1t; and
then the man in the boat let 90 twice
with "A revolver. the cchOing eXplO
sions roaring over the still creek with
the sound of saluting battle.ships.
Hold on TO that MANIFOLD him.
he shouted from below. heard the
Italian scraping about on the deck fol
his knife as lodged round the house
was satisfied to let things stand a,
they were, and leave Henry HolbrooE
and the canOe.maker to defend theil
y lives and property. Then, wher
was about midway of the steps. I
MAJ plunged down from the garden
and had me by the collar and on m!
back before | knew what had hap
pened.
There was an instant's silence il
which | heard angry voices from thu
houseboat. My new assailant lis
tened, too, and I felt his grasp on M
tighten, though | was wen winded an,
tame enough.
| heard the boat strike the platform
sharply ,as, the second man jumped
into It; then for IN instant silenc,
again held the valley, , . -
Ny captor seemed to dismiss III
retreating boat. and Hoking a pisto
into my ribs gave me his attention.
Climb up these steps, and do. Il
|, | tell you. II YOU run, | will shoe
you like a dog"
"Thsrc's a mistake" u began
, chokiSgly. for the Italian haA almos
~strangled .pse and. ny Iphgs Lwere a
siTemptya asa spent beJows; H"v >
= That Will do. Climb" He stuc.
| the revolver into my back and up
went and through the garden towar,
{ the cottage, 4 door opening on tn
t veranda was slightly ajar, and | wa
= thrust forward non too gently into
! lighted room
My .captor and ] studied each othe
attentive1y for half a minute. He wa
The Red Cloud chief., 1909-12-02

he had chosen a secluded and pictur-
osque spot for 1t.
As | leaned against the rail study.
ing the lines of the house, | heard sud.
denly the crCak of an oarloCk in the
stream behind. and then low voices
talking. | drew back against the
house and waited. Possibly the ca.
noe-maker had been abroad, or.
likely. Henry Holbrook had gone forth
upon some michief, and my mind flew
at once to the two ONE AT 81. Aga
tha's. one of whom at least was still
under my protection. The boat ap-
preached furtively. and | heard now
very distinctly words spoken In
Italian.
Have "a care; climb up with the
rope and I'll follow
Then the boat touched the platform
lightly and II second later a man
climbed nimbly mp the side. His com
panion followed, and they tied their
boat TO the railing. They paused now
TO reconnOiter-so close TO me that !
could have touched them with my
hands-and engaged in u %colloquy.
The taller man gave directions, the
other replying in monosyllables to
show hat he understood.
Go to the side porch of the cottage.
and knock. When the mar m to
The door tell him that you are the
chauffeur from an automobile that has
broken down in the road, and that
you want help for Il woman who has
been hurt"
Yes, sir"
"Then-you know the rest"
The knifc-it shall be done"
have made IT the rule OF my life
against much painful experience and
the admonitions of many philosophers
to act first and reason afterwards
And here II was a cas- OF two to one
The men began stealing across the
deck toward the steps that led up &c
the cottage. and with rather isore
zeal than judgment | took a step after
them, and clumsily kicked over a
chair that fell Gathering wildly. Botf
men lcaped toward the rail at the
sound, and ! tiattened myself agains'
the house 10 await developments. The
silence was again complete.
"A chair blew over" remarked on
OF the voices.
There Is no wind replied the 9th
or, the one | recognized as ~belongin!
TO the leader.
See what you can iind-and have
! a care"
The speaker went TO the rail ant
began fumbling with the rope. Th'
other, | realized, was slipping quit
noiselessly along the smooth p~lankini
toward me, his bent body family sill
houetted in the moonlight. | knew
that | could hardly be distinguishabl
from the long line of the house, and
had the additional advantage Of know
ing their strength. while | was still al
Unknown quantity to them, The me
would assume hat | was either Hart
ridge, the ~boatmaker, or Henry Ho
brook, one of whom they had com
10 KIN, and" there is, as every on
knows. little honor in being the yictir
OF :~miSthken. identity. | heard III
hranS ham scratching along the wa.
'1as Ne advanced cauttouHty; 'tfAere.twa
no doubt but that t4 &ould discove
me in another moment; so | resolve
to take the initiative and give battle
My. fnger.tips touched the back q
one of the folded camp chairs tina
rested against the house, and | SLOW
ly clasped II, | saw the leader sti
standing by the rail. the rope In hi
hand. His accomplice was SO clos
The Red Cloud chief., 1909-12-02
BUT SHE HAD ENOUGH.
Avoiding Popplaritys

Avoiding PopplarityS4N .N"''
How shall we avoid popularity"
John Wesley once asked his preach.
crs, and straightway, gave them the
answer in a set of rsiles Here is rule
4: Warn the.people among whom you
are most of esteening or loving your too
much" And here is rule 8: Converse
sparingIy with those who are partic'
ularly fond OF Yoi,." -, "
The Red Cloud chief., 1909-12-02

The worm may turn, but the grind
GtOne has tO he turned.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-03-21
KIDNAPPING POLITICIANS.
Old English Tactics for Disposlng
of Opponents Voters.

From Pearson's Weekly.
The alleged kidnapping of Mr.. Victor
Grayson in order TO prevent him speaking
ct a public meeting, strange though IL APP
pears to us, would not have seemed at All
out of the way to our forefathers OF
generation or two ago
In those days kidnapping was a resu-
larly recognized feature of pol1tical war
fare. On the eve of an election especially
men of influence on either size "ouiu
mysteriously vanish. to reappear later Win
strange tales of forcible seizures. mao
races across country in post chalses
driven by yelling postillions. followed by
longer or shorter terms OF gilded I'M
prtsonment in great mansions, where tney
were wined and dned In sumptuous style
and treated right royalty In every way
only their liberty being denied them.
Quite humble voters. too. were forclbly
abducted, but these did not always fare
quite so well. Thus, one victim mace
complaint before magistrate that he had
been decoyed from his house Dy ruse
and kept shut up in coal hole ior three
days.
Wholesale kidnapping OF voters in baton
es too, was not unknown. the process
being rendered easier by the custom VI
candidates paying the travelling expenses
Of their electors to and from the polhns
places.
For instance at a certain Newcastle
election a whole shipload of freemen OF
the borough, dispatched from London by
sea, were taken by the captain-who had
been heavily bribed-to Ostend and there
left stranded.
During the same contest, TOO, ana unuer
Similar circumstances a number Of Ber-
wick electors who happened to reside in
London were dumped down In Norway
and a group of thirty Ipswich voters
found themselves on the day of the poll
cooling their heels upon the quay at Rot
1erdam-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-03-21
LOST IN MOVING BOG.
Started by Floods, Irish Peat Bog
Carries All Before It.
From the Queen.

From the Queen
4 peculiar catastrophe in the shape OF
q moving bog recently occurred In Gal
way.
No one who has not visited the scene
can have any idea of its horror and mis-
ery The district Is at all times subject
to floods, bu. when these floods are &C
companied by tons upon tons of moving
bog travelling at the rate of about five
miles an nour the consequences cannot
fail to be terrible and disastrous beyond
all conception.
Unlike mos, of the former bog slides
there were in the present instance abso-
lutely no premonitory signs OF the dread
full upheaval, the recent heavy rains De-
ing generally regarded as the cause OF
the calamity. No one seems to have seen
the actual bursting Of the bounds within
which the peat had been confined. the
first intination of what was happening
being the strange and alarming SOUNDS
which reused the farmer Martin from
sleep only to find his cottage partially
surrounded by the oncoming torrent OF
water and peat.
He succeeded in warning most Of his
neighbors with the exception of one poor
old widow, whose cottage was almost
ms .antly swallowed up. Mercifully no
fotner lives have been lost, but many
families have been left homeless and des-
titute.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-03-21
NEATNEss IN MASCULINE GARB
Too Many Men Give No Attention
to Care of Clothes.
From Fairchild's Magazine.

From Fairchild's Magazine.
How many men are there today with
whom the care of clothes has become
habit? Probably not one In dozen. In
fact, 1t is very likely. indeed. that the
only care that nine out of every ten men
one meets give to their clothes is to see
that their trousers are folded up after
they take them off and laid across the
back Of one chair and that their coats are
thrown across the back of another. Prob
ably not one of them has the slightest
idea Of system in looking af,er his gar
ments, and yet these men wonder why
ii is that they cannot keep their things
looking spick and span and fresh Yet, IS
there any one of these men VINO pay the
slightest attention to the niceties of dress
but has some one friend in mind who is
particularly we'll groomed. the set and
neatness of whose clothes is his special
admiration? He thinks perhaps. how
nice it would be could he keep his clothes
looking like those of his friend. saying to
himself impatiently: We'll, of course, he
sends his clothes 10 the tailor two or
three times a week and has them cared
for | could keep my clothes looking
WELL too, II l could afford to do that"
How few OF ever stop to think that
our friends very probably have no more
money TO spend in having their clothes
cared for than We have ourselves but
that more than likely, the reason that
they look so we'll all the time is that they
have acquired the habit of caring for
their clothes.
Remember, that 1t Is not necessary to
have d great many clothes in order to
be Well dressed-the important thing is
to acquire the habit of taking care of
those that you have. be they ever so few.
After ALL 1t is very easy 10 be careful of
ones clothes. Though pleasant. 1t is not
necessary 10 have the services OF man"
in order to be we'll groomed.
Probably one reason why the ma jority
OF men one meets in a days affairs do
not look better groomed than they do is
that they give hardly any thought at all
10 the care Of their clothes. and that the
looking after their things" properly has
never become a habit with them.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-03-21
STRANGE RELIGIOUS FETE.
Medieval Scenes in Honor Of Monte
Carlos Patron Saint
, Carlo Letter to Vogue.

From Monte Carlo Letter to Vogue.
One day last week the principality
celebrated the fete day Of its patron
saint. Devota- The colors OF the prince,
cerise and white, waved gayly every
where. Half covered with them was the
little chapel In rocky ravine facing the
port. whence rushes a mountain torrent
10 fall into the sea- The chapel Is all
that is left TO mark the shrine dedicated
10 the lovely Devota. a Corsican maiden.
1nartyred centuries ago and here buried.
TO her the fishermen OF the little viii
lagos along the coast look for protection
against the wrath of the stormy seas,
and once year this fete is given in her
honor and the water blessed anew.
Gathered in front of the great stone
cathedral built high on the edge of the
rock overlooking the sea, at the firing OF
q gun the long procession, headed. by
bishops. priests and choir boys. pictur-
esquely gowned in their gorgeous church
vestmen;s of royal purple. scarlet. gold
and lace wound slowly down the hill
sides bearing aloft the casket that con-
tanned the holy relics OF the saint. Fol-
lowing came groups OF hooded nuns from
the convent on the hill. guarding white
yelled maidenS. casting sideiong chances
under dropping lids, and troops of roguish
eyed children all sweetly chanting At
the foot of the hill. by the edge OF the
water. the procession halted while the
venerable archbishop gave benediction.
Then. mid the clangor Of bells. 1t went
on. passing between lines of the soldiers
of the prince. gay in their fantastic uni
forms OF dark blue picked out with cerise
and white, crowding the little chapel to
receive a second benediction from their
own bishop. AS he passed down the little
aisle the people pressed to kiss his hand
extended in salutation.
IL was medieval! A strange scene In
the streets of modern town In the
fwpnfiPth cenfuryt Ii like
30 the spectators who sat on the sea wall
nlled windows and loggias and thronged
, the terraces Of Monte Carlo In their role
Of audience.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-03-21

ers and dancers with exactitude- Inc
first number on the bill at Lie boisterous
Cafe Chantant Is given by Mile. Renee
iDyris, q singer of exceptional apiI.y'
brought from Paris last fall by Mr.. Dill
bingham for the sole purpose of appear.
ing for five minutes in just one scene OF
Mime Scheffs play. The next number Is
given by La Noveta, the smallest zoe
iGancer on the stage. She dances for three
minutes Then comes Phil Branson'
sfenor, who has sung with many a grand
tpera organization He sings hve MIN.
sStes. The total outlay for ten minutes
Entertainment for one evening Is approx
ianately $3.50, an unusual nightly price 1or
Dust one effect.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-03-21

More Candidates for Death Chair.
There are now five candidates in the
state penitentiary for the death chair.
The first white man to die In the prison
was Benjamin Gilbert. who was electro
cuted Friday for the murder OF his sweet
heart. Monday will witness the execu-
ton of another man. Arthelius Christian,
cOlored, who some five weeks ago as
saulted and killed Annie May Dobbs, a
f0urteen-year-Old school girl while she
was on her way home. After assaulting
the child the negro pulled out a knife
and stabbed her three times through the
heart, leaving her dead body on the
Ing the night by her father. This hap
pened in Allegheny, and the formation OF
q mob there to lynch the man reached
the ears Of Judge George X. Anderson
He went to the place, met the sheriff
and the prisoner and boarded a train
and went to Botetourt county, where the
trial was held in less than twenty four
hours after the commission Of the crime
The negro made a complete confession
and was sentenced to electrocution with
in twenty-four hours after he had killed
the girl.
Early crops and fruits OF all sorts are
further advanced this season than for a
long time. The open winter has forced
the trees to bud and blossom. the peach,
apples. cherry and pear trees being in
full bloom around the city.
Tobacco Is coming to the market pretty
freely this month. the absence Of winds
making 1t possible to handle the weed
and to get it to market at almost any
time. The prices obtained hero are very
high. The same reports apply to the
other big markets Of the state.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-03-21

canal boat. elevate 1t sixty feet in the air
and empty its contents either on the
wharf for conveyance to a storage pile or
into the hold of another vessel. Provi-
sion Is also made for screening the coal
as 1t Is dumped.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-03-21

Following In some ways the general
lines Of the car bumpers Id use on the
Great Lakes an apparatus Is TO be built
in Philadelphia for the Lehigh Naviga-
tion Company which will take held OF a
The San Francisco call., 1909-09-12
Best Players
To Line Up for
Cricket Finals
and SaE Francisco
Team Candidates for the
Championship
BY WILLIAM UNMACK

The final games OF the cricket cham
pionship viii be run of today The
competition has been fraught with sew
eral surprises, the greatest one being
the defeat of the Barbarians BY the
tailenders. This defeat might be the
means of displacing the Barbarians to-
day as winners OF the championship.
Should the Wanderers and San Fran
cisco win their respective games to-
day the San Francisco club will be tie
winners of the championship cup and
the Wolf pennant. II the Barbarians
win against the Wanderers they VIII
win the competition from the San Fran
cisco county. All four teams are put
ting their best men in the field to-
day, and neither the BarbarianS nor
San Francisco teams intend 10 take
any chances The Barbarians will have
their three stsrs-Ollerdessen, Elliot
and Stewart-out- Ollerdessen is SoTl-
ing down from Fresno especially for
the game.
have its best available talent on
hand. Renwick and Petersen are in
good form and the Alamedas will have
a hard fight to get the best of the
The Wanderers have been reinforced
by the return of Pennington, and with
Charlton and Doctor Seager the team
thing sensational
The Barbarians and Wanderers will
have their argument at the stadium
and the teams will be as follows:
Barbarfans-B- Olerdessen. :. Stewart, A. n
Moveriy. j. LAT sferry, II. r. Elliot (eaptsin}, T.
Price. E Anstsy. G.. Hopkins. r. Tyler, W.
Marshall. ". Nield.
Wanderers-H. Pennington, s. Charlton, ID.
Hathaway (csptanl. Doctor Seager. X. Stuart.
+. Hyand. W. Dustin H. Brown. ]. Wood E.
Strike, T. Corkill. r. OswIn. .. Thomas.
The San Francisco county and the Alameda
teams win play their final game at the Alameda
cricket grounds. The teams are as follows:
San Farncisco-H. Renwick. A. Sterling F.
Raymond. W. Swain. H. Roberts. E. Petersen.
L Ferguson. W Dewhurst, J. Philpotts, +. j..
Tiedeman. p. Loney-
Alanefa-A- W. Wilding. W Spencer. y. LO-
gan F. Stahl, A Smith. T. Cron. z. Hood, p
Wheatley. W. Wilkes, c. Irish, W. Nield, j.
Saunders, j. Theobald-
The San Francisco call., 1909-09-12
Soccer Football Games for
POrtOla Week

game that will decide the associa-
ton football championship of America
will be played in San Francisco during
Portola week between a team of Brit
ish Columbia stars and a representa-
tive California team. Arrangements
for the game, which will be played at
the stadium in Golden Gate park on
October 23 have been completed by the
athletic committee of the Portola fes-
tivaL
The final arrangements for bringing
the All Star British Columbia associa-
tion football team to San Francisco
have been completed. These players
are the acknowledged Canadian cham
pions. AT present the team is touring
Canada and has not met defeat.
Competent judges maintain that the
California soccer players are the best
in the United States. They are match
for the Canadians stars, as the local
players defeated the British Columbia
team last April on the latter's home
grounds.
Preceding the match for the Ameri-
can championship there will be a game
between a team from III. NJ. S. Bedford
and players from II. M. s. Algerine and
Shearwater. The Bedford players won
the championship of the British China
fleet and the men of the other vessels
are anxious to wrest the honor from
them.
The San Francisco call., 1909-09-12
Egan Robbed Of Title by
Hot Apple Pie

CHICAGO GOLF CLUB. WHEATON.
ILL.,. Sept. 11.-Robert E. Gardner of
Hfnsdale, clean limbed, rosy checked
lad of 19 years, today won the amateur
golf championship of the United State,
from H.. Chandler Egan of Exnoor.
twice winner of national honors up
and TO play. He is the youngest man
that ever won the national champion
ship.
Gardner had an advantage of holes
over Egan at the end of the morning
round, and although Egan caught him
at the third hole of the afternoon play
and had a lead of l hole. at the sew
enth the gritty youngster came on
again and from that time on completely
outplayed the man from .1xmoor.
A nice large piece of hot apple pie
figured largely in the result Egan
was the victim He suffered from
acute indigestion yesterday after lunch
con and shortly after the conclusion
of his long. hard march with Chick
Evans in the semifinals. tainted away
in the locker room. He was under a
physicians care part of the night and
physically he was unfit for gruelling
game such as today's proved
II was Harvard against Yale. Gardner
being a sophomore at the New Haven
institution tremendous gallery fol-
lowed the match and when the end
came at the thirty fourth hole, when
Gardner holed out the short putt that
made him the amateur golf champion a
lifted him to their shoulders, shouting
with joy.
Gardner outdrove Egan nearly every
hole and Egan is noted for his long
drives. Gardner holeG over three long
puts. one of them for at least 40 feet,
and in only one or two instances die
his tee shots fail TO travel straight and
far down the fairgreen.
The San Francisco call., 1909-09-12
MilliOnaireS
Getting Into
Racing Game
High Prices for Yearfings Are
Indication of Faith i'm the
Future of Turf

Nealon, the horse that performed 50
well on California and eastern tracks.
has been leased by Barney Schreiber
to Colonel Milton Young. who will re-
sumo the breeding business. Last year
Colonel Young became disguised with
the outlook for the turf and sold his
stations and many brood mares He
is greatly impressed with the improved
condition of affairs. however. and from
the prices brought by his own year
lings and those of other breeders he
believes racing will soon be on better
footing than ever
Another indication of the improve
ment in racing conditions is the large
number of millionaires who are estab-
fishing extensive stables for next sea
son. William S. Fanshawe, proprietor
of Silver Brook stud in Monmouth
county, New Jersey. the birthplace of
henry of Navarro and Irish Lad. has
resumed his old place on the turf with
IL horses. All of them are homebred
with the exception of two fillies, one
by Disguise and the other by Broom
stick The majority of the youngsters
are by Heno.
Robert F. Little, who paid 10000 for
Prince Imperial. is wealthy New
Yorker who is getting together a big
cldDtc GauQ6E Is a nOeral
purchaser and R. J. Mackenzie the
Canadian sportsman. continues to add
to his string.
As an evidence of the improvement
IN the situation Thomas C. Mcdowell
the well known kentucky turfman
calls attention to the fact that a year
ago Sanford Lyme purchased six wean-
Ings by Yorkshire Lad at Milton
Youngs dispersal sale for $735, and
that Saturday at Sheepshead Bay the
six youngsters, as yearlings. brought
So, 900.
P I. Chinn purchased the horse Ma
yuma from ]. Hewitt at Montreal
Dalnty's first foal is a finely devel-
oped chestnut, greatly resembling his
DAM Dainty was one of the stars in
the string of Walter Jennings for sew
eral seasons.
1t is said that the recent meeting at
$500.
Plaudit the stallion John E. Madden
sent to France year ago, has arrived
In New York and will be shipped to the
Madden farm in Kentucky
The older horses in the stable of r
l. Thomas are showing the effects of
long campaign and Henry Mcdaniel
is practically giving them a Ietup while
he devotes his attention to breaking IS
yearlings purchased by his employer at
an average price of $1,000