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ceptionally tough beast. Whilst at
"Oologs Poort," farm then in the &C.
cupatton Of Mr.. Nelson, was buying
mounts when a Hottentot riding a
neat, round-ribbed bay, came in with a
return letter from the town of Cradock,
as far as I remember, 70 miles distant
The horses appearance pleased me
much, and though found the owner,
Mr.. Cock, at first unwilling to part
with him, purchased him for SIS, a
large price then; but he was worth it.
It had just done 40 miles in 80 hours,
including five. hours off saddling at
Cradock. / was unfortunate with my
horses and lost this one early in the
campaign. l had shot an Gland or two
just beyond the first choof, and, being
alone, had tied ''Vonk" (Spark), as the
men called him, to a tree whilst
gave the coup de grace to the game
This done l walked up to loose him
and remount; but as I thoughtlessly
placed my hand on the rein he got
scent Of The blood and. suddenly start
ing back, broke away. | followed him
long while, every moment hoping to
catch him, as he let me come quite
close and then trotted on, feeding
quietly till came up to him again. At
length [ grew weary and angry, and
twice covered him with the gun that l
might at ali events save my saddle and
bride; but twice relented-the crea-
ture was too good and too tame to
shoot, and there was a chance that I
might find him next morning, if he
were not killed by lion during the
night. So I let him go, and just before
shutdown set my face towards the wag-
ons, the encampment lying ten miles
off. l walked really, think, for once
by instinct; it was soon dark, and after
three hours, afraid of going astray, I
decided upon making fire and camp
Ing out, knowing l should find the
wheelatracks next morning if did not
overshoot them. took out my tinder-
box and, trying to strike light,
dropped the flint, and was on my knees
feeling for it on the ground with my
head down, when muffled shot, which
l at first took for lion't pant, made
me start to my feet, and within 100
yards of where was standing, though
hidden by a belt of thorns, by sec.
ond shot was directed to the wagons.
l had come quite straight down upon
them through the night We searched
for the horse next morning in vain;
his spoor was over-trampled by large
herd Of, Quaggas, and for two years l
never heard any more of him, when l
ascerta1ned wandering party Of Baro.
longs had found him in the veldt and,
unable to, catch him, had driven him
before them for 30 miles to their
kraal, and had killed many CRATES and
other game from his back. one or two
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veddahs Of ceyion Regarded as Rep.
resentinq the Stone Ace,

The oldest inhabitants of Ceylon are
passing away. These are the famous
Veddahs.
Fifty years ago it was estimated
that 5000 of them were still living in
the forests, but DR.. Max Moszkowski,
who has recently visited them, says
there are only SO or 60 Of them still
alive and that few more years will
see the end Of their race.
The Veddahs have interested an
thropologists because they have been
regarded as the best living types Of
the man of the stone age.
The attitude of the Cingalese toward
them is remarkable. They hold the
poor creatures in great honor and rank
them as belonging to the highest caste
in the island. The reason is that they
are reputed to have descended from
the ancient demons or spirits that
were the original possessors Of tho
Inland.
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SYNOPSIS.

- Miss Patricia Holbrook and Miss Helen
Holbrook, her niece, were entrusted to
the care OF Laurance Donovan, writer.
s7on n tn;asg near Port Annandale. Miss
feared her brother Henry .' who ruined stas by
a bank failure, had constantly threatened
ner. Donovan discovered and captured
gillespie, sutton for the hand of Helen.
Donovan saw Miss Holbrook and her ia
Their meet on friendly terms. Donovan
man he supposed was Holbrook, but who
said he was Hartridge, a canoe maker.
Miss Pat ANNOUNCED her intention of
another hiding place. Donovan met Helen
in garden at night. Duplicity Of Helen
VS. vas confessed 5;ss;f BY the young LADY At
em the SEonsa .? She mst stGe
lespie, who told her his love: Gillespie
was confronted by Donovan. At the town
postoftice Helen, unseen except by Dono-
van, slipped a draft for her father into
lady resembling Miss Helen Holbrook
Heen aSp1 In have
Gillespie admitted giving Helen $4,000, for
her her father, who had then left to spend it.
h s5e o dn him sspe w was nothh ne
Donovan found Gillespie gagged and
RGnoa a Ga bnd r. ta ae y
mitted love for Helen. Calling herself
Rosalind q voice" appealed to Donovan
makers home and see that no injury be-
fell him. He went to Red Gate.
At the canoe-maker's home, Donovan
found the brothers-Arthur and Henry
Holbrook-who had fought each other, in
consultation. "Rosalind' appeared Ar
thur averted murder. Donovan return
ing: met Gillespie alone in the dead Of
night. On Investigation he found Henry
Holbrook, the sailor, and Miss Helen en-
gagged in an argument: 1t was settled
and they departed. Donovan met the
real Rosalind, who by night he had sup
posed to be Miss Helen Holbrook. She
revealed the miX-up.
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RQSAkIND At RED GATBaQ

"Of course I admire Helen" be.
gan, l fear, little sheepishly.
"And you admire most what you
don't understand about her! Now that
you examine me in the light Of day
you see what a tremendous difference
there is between us. l am altogether
obvious; I am not the least bit subtle.
But Helen puzzles and thwarts you.
You did me great service last night,
| and you would serve me again. am
confident of it; and hope, when all
these troubles are over, that we shall
continue-my father, and you and T.
the best friends in the world"
cannot deny that I was a good deal
abashed by this declaration spoken
without coquetry, and with a sincerity
of tone and manner that seemed con-
| elusive.
l began stammering some reply, but
she required abruptly to the serious
business that hung over us.
II know you will do what you can
for Aunt Pat. I wish you would tell
her, II you think Il wise, that father 1s
here. They shocld understand each
other. And Helen, my splendid, cour
ageous, beautiful cousin-you see
don't grudge her even her better looks
or that intrepid heart that makes us
SO different. I am sure you can man
age all these things in the best
possible way. And now I must find
my father and tell him that you are
going to arrange a meeting with Aunt
Pat, and talk to him of our future
She led the way up to the garden
and as l struck off into the road she
waved her hand to me, standing unde1
the overhanging sign that proclaimed
Hartrt4Se. the canoe-maker, at Red
Gate.
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I answered, lamely, and she laughed
at me.
I'VE met under the star-r-rs, Mr..
Donovan" (this was impudent; my
own RS trill, they say), "at the stone
seat and by the boathouse, and we
talked Shakespeare and had beauti-
full time-all because you thought
was Helen. In your anxiety to be with
her you couldn't see that I haven't
quite her noble height-I'm an inch
shorter. I gave you every chance there
at the boathouse, to see your mistake;
but you wouldn't have it so. And you
let me leave you there while l went
back alone across the lake to Red
Gate, right by Battle Orchard, which
Is haunted by Indian ghosts. You are
a most gallant gentleman!"
when you are quite done, Rosa
lind!"
Il don't know when shall have a
chance again, Mr.. Donovan" she went
on, provokingly. Il learned a good
deal from you in those interviews, but
did have to do lot of guessing.
That was real inspiration of mine, to
insist on playing that Helen by night
and Helen by day were different per-
sonalities, and that you must not
speak to the one of the other. That
saved complications, because you did
keep to the compact, didn't your"
I assented, a little grudgingly; and
my thoughts went back with reluctant
! step to those early affairs Of mine,
which have already frankly disclosed
in this chronicle, and wondered, with
her counterpart before me, how much
Helen really meant to me. Rosalind
| studied me with her frank, merry
eyes; then she bent forward and ad-
dressed me with something of that
PRESIDENT air with which my sisters
used to lecture me.
MIR. Donovan, I fear you are a little
mixed in your mind this morning, and
| propose to set you straight"
| about what, if you please?"
II can tell you exactly why it is that
Helen has taken so strong hold of your
maglnation-why, in fact, you are in
love with her,
| mot that-not that.
She snatched the foil from the table
and cut the air with it several times
as I started toward her. Then she
stamped her foot and saluted me.
"Stand where you are, sir! Your
race, Mr.. Donovan, has a bad reputa,
ton in matters of the heart. For a mo.
ment you thought you were in love
with me; but you are not, and you are
not going to be. You see, I understand
you perfectly"
That's what my sisters used to tell
me-"
Precisely? And I'm another one OF
your sisters-you must have scores OF
them!-and expect you to be increas
ingly proud of me-"
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The day was fast drawing to close
when, though in that added state
which prevents a man from deciding
whether to-day Is yesterday or to-
morrow, my brain seemed stirring
again in thick fog. BY degrees be-
came aware that I was on my horse.
that native was leading it, and an
other carrying my gun beside my STIR
rup. It all appeared strange, but with
the attempt to think it out the mist
came eddying thicker and was con-
tent to let it be. Presently dim con-
fused impression that I was following
some animal was with me, as in q
dream; the power of framing and ar
tfculating sentence returned, and
drowsily asked thu nearest Kafir which
way the trail led. He pointed in the
direction rye wer<, going; his manner
struck me; but J. had had my say, aud
no other remark was ready Men net
us, among them l recognized two Of
my Hottentot divers carrying a "c9r-
TEL" or cane framework, which served
as a swinging kt4dstead in my wagon.
Where are ycA going?" asked in
Dutch. They xxared stupidly. 'Why,
we heard you s+ere killed by rh;1oc-
eros." NO." answered. Without a
thought of what had occurre1 my right
hand fell family from the pommel of
my saddle to my thigh, with the rest
lessness of weakness l drew it up
again; red splash Of blood upon my
cuff caught my eye. I raised my arm
to see what was the matter: finding no
wound on it. sought with my hand
sor it down any leg, through rent in
my trousers, and so numbed was all
sensation, that actually dabbled down
to the bone in deep cash, eight inch
es long, without feeling any pain-the
smaller hort had penetrated a foot
higher up, but the wound was not SO
serious as she lower one. The limb
stiffened after I reached the wagons
and, unabls to get IN and out, l made
my bed fo1 nearly four weeks under a
bush-the rip, healing rapidly, covered
with rag Kept constantly wet
The rhinoceros. as l afterwards
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CHAPTER XIX,
Helen TAi<ee Me to Task.

I paced the freeEy terrace at Glen
arm, studying my problems, and STUN
bling into new perplexities at every
turn. My judgment has usually served
me poorly in my own elrafrs, which I
have generally contidef to Good Luck,
that most amiable Of goddosses; and
I glanced out upon the lake with some
notion, perhaps, of seeing her fairy
sail drifting toward me. But there, to
my vexation, hung the Stiletto, scarce
~ moving in the indolent air Of noon.
There was, I felt again, something sim
lister in the very whiteness of it's
pocket-handkerch1ef of canvas az it
stole lazily before the wind. DID Miss
Pat, in the school beyond the wall, see
and understand, or was the yacht
hanging there as menace or stimulus
to Helen Holbrook, to keep her alert
In her fathers behalf?
There are ladies to see you, sir"
announced the maid, and I found
Helen and Sister Margaret waiting in
the library.
The sister, as though by prearrange
ment, went to the farther end of the
room and took up book.
II wish to see you alone" SAID Hell.
en-, "and I didn't want Aunt Pat to
know came" and she glanced toward
Sister Margaret, whose brown habit
and nuns bonnet had merged into the
shadows Of a remote alcove.
The brim of Helen's white-plumed
hat made little dusk about her eyes.
Pink and white became her; she put
aside her parasol and folded her I'm.
gloved hands, and then, as she spoke,
her head went almost imperceptibly to
one side, and I found myself bending
forward as I studied the differences
| between her and the girl on the Tippe.
canoe. Helen's lips were fuller and
ruddier, her eyes darker, her lashes
longer. But there was another differ
| ence, too subtle for my powers OF
| analysis; something less obvious than
the length of lash or the color of eyes:
and 1 was not yet ready to give 8
name to it. OF one thing I was sure:
| My pulses quickened before her: and
| her glance thrilled through me as Ros
| alind's had not.
Mr.. Donovan, I have come to an
peal to you to put an end to this mis-
cradle affair into which we have
brought you. My own position has
grown too difficult, too equivocal, to be
borne any longer. You saw from
my fathers conduct last night how
hopeless it is to try to reason with
him. He has brooded upon his troubles
until he is half mad. And I learned
from him what had not dreamed Of
that my Uncle Arthur is here-here
OF all places. I suppose you know
that"
(TO BE CONTINUED)
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wind; Wormtng my way I gained the
thorns and, lying fiat, waited for side
chance.
The rhfnoceroses were now within
twenty yards Of me, but head on, and
In that position they are not to be
killed except at very close quarters, for
the horns completely guard the brain,
which is small and lies very low in the
head. Though alone on the present &C.
casion, I was travelling with Maj. Var
don, the best rhinoceros shot I ever
knew, and his audacity, and our con-
slant success and impunity alone and
together in carrying on the war
against these brutes, had perhaps
made me despise them too much. I
had so frequently. seen their ugly
noses, when within eight or ten yards
Oh the gun, turn, tempted by twig or
tuft of grass to the right or left, and
the wished-for broadside thus given,
that I did not think anything was
amiss until I saw that if the nearer of
those now in front of me, an old COW,
should forge her own length once more
ahead, her foot would be on me. She
was so near that might possibly have
dropped her with Il ball by the nostril,
and, had she been alone, should prob
ably have tried it; but the rhinoceros,
when he charges, nearly always makes
straight for the smoke of the gun, even
though the hunter is concealed, and l
knew that if No. fell, No. 2, who was
within four or five yards of her, would,
in all probability, be over me before
the smoke cleared. In the hope that
my sudden appearance from the ground
under her feet would startle her and
give me a chance of escape, l sprang
up; the old lady was taken aback for
moment and threw up her head with
snort. I dashed alongside Of her to
get in her rear; my hand was on her
as I passed; bat the shock to her
nerves was not strong enough, for be-
fore had mad2 ten yards she was
around and in full chase
should have done better to fire into
her as I went by, but it had not &C.
Cured to me, and it was now too late;
in my anxiety to escape, to put it as
mildly as may be, I had neglected my
best chance, and paid the penalty. I
was fast ruuner, the ground was in
my favor, but in 30 yards from the
start she was at my heels. A quick
turn to the LETT saved me for the mo.
ment, and, peAhaps, by giving my pur-
suer my flank instead of my back, my
life, too. Tho race was over in the
next; as the horned snout came lap.
ping round ms thigh rested the gun
on the long ht,ad and, still running,
fired both barrels; but with the smoke
was sailing Through the air and re.
member nothing more, for fell upon
my head and was stunned.
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Of the tribe who had gone into the col.
ony for work having learned to ride.
One day it was three In the afternoon
We had followed a herd of elephants
since a. M, and the traces of the dew
of the previous night were still visible
on the trail. Our chances of coming
up with them were so small that we
abandoned the pursuit and turned in
the direction of the wagons. After an
hour or two the natives began to make
pathetic appeals as to the ctate Of
the:. stomachs, suggesting that they
had T.et with hard usage, and that, as
we haG not found the elephants, they
were no. above breaking their fast
upon quaeEe. giraffe, or even rhinoc-
eros. trie6 to persuade them that
elephant was the only dish worthy of
them or likely to fill those almost bot
tomless cavities to which they had al
luded; that we might have better luck
the next day, and that they might put
off dining till then. II you wish to be
successful in hunting for large tusks it
1t as well to keep YOU men on an ele-
phantic diet and not panper them with
dainties, Or they become lazy and care
less in seeking the larger game.
Whether on this particular occasion /
was unusually tender-hearted, or their
appeals were too touching, I 60 not re-
member; but whilst, with MY very
poor stock of Bechuana words, was
trying to explain my views, in an aren
glade Of the forest through which we
were passing, their hungry eyes fell
upon two rhinoceroses of the keitloa
variety. and the eager cry of ugh.
chukuru, mynaar''-the last word a
corruption of the Dutch mynheer,
heightened plaintively into a kind of
prayer-was too much for me, and /
dismounted to do their pleasure. Fifty
yards before the animals ran scanty
fringe Of dwarf thorn bushes, on out
liers OF which they were feeding away
from US. I made a long detour and
came out a hundred yards in front of
them, the little scrubby cover lying be-
tween us. A handful Of sand thrown
into the air gave the direction of the
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An Ancient Race Dying Out

These nomad, hunting people, never
leaving their forests, living under
trees and in caves, without knowl-
edge OF pottery or any other art ex-
cept that Of making bows and arrows,
are perlshlng because of their way of
living and of their inability to stand
up when strongew folk are pressing
closer around them. They are exact.
~ what they were centuries ago when
people OF India. came and conquered
their green island.
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hot meal can be served at once. BY
the application Of motor power. the
radius of these travelling stoves can
be increased enormously in dealing
with scattered troops. and it should
be possible for men in the most lone
ly outpost situations to be served with
hot food instead Of eating the cold ra-
tons which they carry with them.
These kitchens are so balanced that
they keep upright when passing over
the toughest ground without splitting
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through the cloud Of soapy steam;
which surrounded Mrs. Halloran and
the washtubs. ~. - .zs* +.
We'll, now, you can tend to that to1
yourself, Mike Halloran," returned his
spouse, arms akimbo. 1--WE mended
the front gate and the back gate, three
chairs, and table that he's broke
all wild me own hands. but whativel
he's broke at school you can lool
afther, or pay for having it done, ant
save the money on your. pipe-aH
that's me last word! "-Youth's Oout
panion.
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Cooking Method for Troops

Cold timed meat for troops in war
fare will soon disappear from the list
Of the hardships Of active service.
The use Of the motor vehicle and the
invention Of means Of cooking timed
or. fresh meat while moving rapidly
have received the approval Of the au-
thorities. An Irish quartermaster has
invented a travelling kitchen, fixed in
an ordinary wagon, which can cook
for 800 men rs it moves with: them,
end at the first halt In q forced march
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The End Of Her Rope.

The act that Johnny was to compete
for prize for jumping was Of little
interest to Mrs. Halloran, If, indeed,
she even knew It; what interested her
was the train Of disaster which ac-
companied his daily existence
"yohnny's broke the school record .
announced Mr.. Halloran. triumuhantly,
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His Cue,

His Cue.
All the worlds STAGE" remarked
the callow youth.
YES" she replied, "but 10 few
seem to realize that the last curtain
goes down at II o'clock" =.
Realizing that she had given him bis
cue he made a hasty exit.
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There have been queer stories of a
variety Of gigantic white rhinoceroses
as large as elephants, few of which
remained when white men first en-
tered the Nyanza country, but there
are no authentic stories to set down.
A hunter named Armbruster had an
unfortunate encounter with white
bull which all who saw it agreed must
have been a giant Of it's kind. His
wagon had just reached the last rise
to the top of low hill when a man
in advance came running back making
the inger signs of a bull manoho.
Creeping up to the crest of a hill,
Armbruster saw in glade below one
Of the finest specimens he had ever
beheld, and Immediately set out to
stalk him on foot.
The rhinoceros was feeding quietly
and the wind was favorable for a d.
rect approach. However, before no
had got near enough, having to make
his way through thorns, he lost sight
of the quarry, which had entered tho
brush inclosing the glade. The hunter
made the mistake of judging the loca'
ton of the creature by movement in
the brush. A young cow rhinoceros
was feeding there and not the bull
When within 80 yards Of the mo7e.
ment, Armbruster stepped around a
clump Of mimosa directly into the
presence Of the big bull, standing head
on. 1t is likely that the old fellow
would have wheeled and departed on
being startled, but, firing from the hip,
Armbruster sent his first barrel into
the neck and, with great snort, the
wounded animal charged. The unfor.
tunate sportsman started to dart be.
hind the mimosa, but tripped and feb
headlong, and the huge engine Of
ferocity was upon him before he could
rise or roll to one side The long
horns were thrust so deeply through
his body that 1t was borne along some
little distance until the bull tossed 1t
OF, and then he plunged away through
the brush and was gone.
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learned from the men who were With
me, was running so fast when she
struck me, and lifted me SO high, that
she had shot ahead before I fell and,
on their shouting, passed on without
stopping. The horns, as is generally
the case in this variety, were of nearly
al equal length, so that one to GER
tain extent checked the penetration of
the other it would be more difficult
to drive double-spiked nail than q
single one. The bone at the thigh.
however, providentially turned the
foremost horn, or it must have passed
close to, even If it had not cut, the
femoral artery.
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Sometimes Ha La.

RAMS Horn: Many q man who il
rolling down hill thinks he IL aaAlisa
record run.
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or risk Of turning over. The field
kitchen Is an oil fuel one, without
spark or smoke.