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as $500 miles a month cruising. and
has assisted in several good captures.
He recommends a fast cutter and two
motor boats as a great Improvement
oVer the present equipment. and states
that with these the Borneo coast could
be patroied SO thoroughly that snug
Cling would almost become a thing
of the past.
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Asking Too Much.

Young Mother-rm SO glad you've
come. Theronl Won't you please mind
Bobby while / run over TO the store
and get some cross barred muslin7
Bachelor Brother-Mind him, Girls
elda? No. | won't promise to do that,
but I'll protect the premises from his
yandal hands, II have to spank the
little rascal black and blue. Run
along.
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The president deslgnates
certain cutters each year
during the stormy winter
months from November to
April to patrol our far-flung
coast line In search of YES
sells in distress and to re-
spond for any calls for as
sistance that may be re-
ceived via wireless. In the
performance OF. this duty
thousands of persons have
been rescued from the per
lis of the sea and property
to an aggregate value OF
many millions of dollars
has been saved. The
beats" covered by the po-
lice Of the sea on this win
ter watch" are not con-
fined to the Atlantic. Pacific
and Gulf of Mexico, but in
clude also the great lakes
and the Boring sea and
Arctic ocean. A kindred
work of almost equal i'm
portance is the destruction
of derelicts which menace
all ships on the ocean path
ways. Every revenue cut
ter carries high explosives
and the paraphernalia for
blowing up or otherwise de-
a derelict as soon
as discovered. but in addi-
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summer of 1905 ravaged the gulf coast of our coun-
try. Revenue cutters and a feet of chartered vessels
commanded by revenue cutter officers patrolled the
waters of Louisiana, Mississippi. Alabama and
Florida and for the first time in the history OF such
epidemics there was not a single instance Of the
spread of the disease through communication by sea.
The ships were constantly within the infected dis
tricts. and although one of them had to fight the
fever among it's own crew never once did the ylgi-
lance against the scourge relax.
AS has been said, one Of the most Important duties
of the service is the relief of vessels in distress, and
within late years this has developed a regular win
ter patrol of far-reaching scope and immense value.
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eoId aandlts were onlx slr.

Denver. Colo.-Two ~six-year~old
barefooted boys. John Aberly and John
Shell, robbed the ONCE of a stone com.
pany at Denver, while the clerks were
at lunch The youthfui burglars used
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ways annoying-and that is the ex
PLANTATION OF the Stepney mother.
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The e cutter service Is
charged by Law with the construction
and inspection of l~ife-saying stations
and H. d-IlIi.u- H. na.=..IHn
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: o widen its sphere OF beneficial &C.
tvtty is the aim of every well-managed
branch of our national government, but
1t is doubtful if any of these have been
: more successful in the effort than the
united States revenue cutter service.
. This organization under the treasury
ap department, was long ago nicknamed
d Uncle Sans police of the sea-. and the
designation has stuck because 1t is man
ifestly so appropriate. The title was
fitting In the old days when the chief
the officers and men of the revenue cutter
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CHAPTER XI.-Continued.

''She heard you first that night. JAM
he spoke, softly. She knew that you
were coming long before I could hear
anything but the cracking in the skies.
1 believe-she knOws-noW-"
The arm about JAMS shoulder frightened.
and Cummins' head dropped until his
rough cheek rested upon the boys hair.
There was something of the gentleness of
love in what he did. and in response to it
Jan caught the hand that was hanging
over his shoulder in both his own.
boy, WON'T you tell me who YOU are
and why you came that night?''
81 will tell YOU now that 1 come from
re Great Bear" whispered JAN Il am
only Jan Thoreau, an &c great God made
me come that night beCause''-his heart
throbbed with sudden inspiration as he
looked up into his companions face-"be-
cause re -leetle Melissa was here" he fin
ished.
For time Cumrnins made move or
sound then he drew the boy back into
the cabin, and from the little Bingham
covered box In the corner he took. buck
skin bag.
You are going to Churchill for Melissa
and for her." he said in a voice pitched
low that it might not awaken the baby.
Take this.
Jan drew a step back
NO. fin work with re cOlnpan-ee at
Churchill. That is re gold for Melissa
when she grow up. Jan Thoreau is no
what you call heem?''
His teeth cleaned in a smile, but 1t
lasted only for an instant. Cummins' face
darkened. and he caught him firmly, al
most roughly, by the arm.
Then Jan Thoreau will never come
back to Melisse," he exclaimed. with final
ity. You are going to Churchill to be at
school and not to work with your hands
They are sending you; Do you under
tremor in his voice. (which will 1t be?
VIII you take the bag. or will you never
again come back to Lac Bain?'
Dumbly Jan reached out and took the
buckskin pouch A dull flush burned in
his cheeks. Cummins looked in wonder
upon the strange look that came into his
eyes.
II pay back this gold to you and Me-
lisse a hundred times!' he cried. tensely.
II swear it, an / swear that Jan Thoreau
max no lie!''
Unconsciously, with the buckskin bag
clutched in one hand. he had stretched
out his other arm to the violin hanging
against the wall. Cummins turned to
look When he faced him again the boy S
arm had fallen to his side and his checks
were white.
The next day he left. No one heard his
last words to Melissa. or witnessed his
final leave-taking of her. for Cummins
sympathized with the boys grief and
went out Of the cabin an hour before Nfu-
kee was ready with his pack. The last
that he heard was JAMS violin playing
low, sweet music to the child. Three
weeks later. when Mukee returned TO Lac
Balm, he said that Jan had Travelled to
Churchill like one who had lost his tongue.
and that far into the nights he had played
lonely dirges upon his violin.
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WORK ON SUPPLY MEASURES.
Hearings on the District Bill Will
Begin Monday.

The actual committee work of grinding
out the big supply measures for the gov
ernment running In the aggregate close
to the billion dollar mark at every session
Of Congress. began yesterday. Pension
Commissioner Davenport appeared before
the subcommittee Of the House appropria-
tons committee today and explained the
estimates of s152, 6S7 900 for the support
of the pension system for the year be-
ginning July ], 1912.
The pension appropriation for the pres
ent year amounted to $153. $50, 900.
Hearings on the District of Columbia ap-
preparation bill will be begun at 10 clock
tomorrow morning, when the three
Commissioners will appear before the Dis
trict subcommittee of the House apprO-
priations committee. of which Representa-
tive Burleson of Texas is chairman. At
a brief meeting of the subcommittee to-
day this action was decided upon. Work
on the measure will be continued through
the holidays and MIR. Burleson hopes tC
be able to report the bill to the House fol-
action after Congress reconvenes, follow
ing the Christmas recess.
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as if he did not understand. When Jan
meaning struck home his eyes hardened
and there was the vibrant ring of steel
in his quiet voice.
Her mother will be out there under the
old spruce until the end Of time" he said,
slowly. land we Will never leave her
unless, some day. Melissa goes alone.
From that hour Jan no longer looked
into the box Of his violin. He struggled
against the desire that had grown with
his years until he believed that he mad
crushed it and stamped it out Of his ex-
istence. In his life there came to be but
one rising and one setting of the sin.
Melissa was his universe. She crowded
his heart until beyond her he began to
lose visions Of any other world:
her my little sister," and with sweet
gravity Melissa called him brother Jan.
and returned in full measure his bound
| less love. He marked the slow turning
! Of her faxen hair into sunny gold, and
month by month watched joyfully the
Of brown. She was to be like her
mother! JAMS soul rejoiced, and in his
silent way Cummins offered UP wordless
| prayers Of thankfulness.
So matters stood at Post Lac Balm in
| the beginning Of Meisse's ninth year.
when up from the south there came a
| rumor. AS civil war spreads its deepest
gloom, as the struggle of father against
: son and brother against brother STILES
| the breathing Of nations, so this rumor
set creeping deep pail over the forest
people.
| Rumor grew into rumor. From the
| east, the south and the west, they multi
piled, until on all sides the Paul Reveres
| Of the wilderness carried news that the
red terror was at their heels. and the
| chill Of great fear swept like a SILVER
| ing wind from the edge of civilization to
| fbe baV.
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CHAPTER XII.
A Rumor From the South.

It was a long winter for Cummins and
Melissa. 1t was longer one for Jan.
He had taken with him a letter from the
factor at Lac Balm to the factor at
Churchill, and he found quarters with the
chief clerks assistant at the post - a
young. red-faced man who had come over
on the ship from England. He vas a
cheerful, good-natured young fellow, and
when he learned that his new associate
had tramped all the way from the barren
lands to attend the new public school. he
at once invested himself with the respon-
sibilities Of a private tutor He taught
Jan, first Of all, to say is in place of
tees" 1t was a tremendous lesson for
Ian but he struggled with 1T manfully.
and a week after his arrival. when one
evening he was tuning his violin to play
for young Macdonald, he said, with eager
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the most every cabin and wigwam that
foated red flag must be visited "a
burned il the occupants were dead. In
learning whether life or death existed n
these places lay the peril for those VINO
Undertook the task. 1t was dal Ser"us
mission. 1t meant facing death rom
which those who listened to the old FAC
tor shrank with dread: vet, when the { I'll
came, they responded to a man.
Cummins and Jan ate their last supper
together, with Melissa sitting betw en-
them and wondering at their siiel 20
When it was over the two went outsla''
''Mukee wasn't at the store" said Gu NJ
Minis in a thick, strained voice, halt e
Jan in the gloom behind the cabin w II
liams thought he was of TO the sohth
with his dogs Bat he isn't. ] saw h'm
drag himself into his shack like SICK
dog an hour before dusk. Therell be a
red flag over Lac Balm in the morning.
Jan stifed the sharp cry on his lips
'Ah, there's a light" cried Cummlhs
It's a pitch torch burning IN front ot
his door
A shrll, quavering cry came from tne
direction of Mullee's cabin. and the Two
recognized it as the voice OF the hai-
breeds father-a WordlesS cry. rising ana
dying away again and again. like the
wailing of a dog. Sudden lights flashed
into the night. as they had flashed years
ago when Cummins staggered forth from
his home with word of the woman
death He gripped JAMS arm in sudden
spasm of horror
'The flag is up now.'' he whispered,
huskiiy. go back to Melissa. There IL
food in the house for a month and you
can bring the wood in tonight Bar the
door. Open only the back window for
air. Stay inside-with her-until ii is all
over Cor
ITO the red flags, that is where I VIII
go,' cried Jan, fiercely. wrenching his
arm free. lit is your place to stay with
Melisser'
my place is with the men,
"And mine?' Jan drew himself up rigid.
'One Of must shut himself up with
her." pleaded Cummins. cit must be
you His face cleaned white in the
darkness. You came-that night-be-
cause Melissa was here. Something sent
ou-something-don you understand?
And since then she has never been nea =
to death until now. You must stay with
MeliSse-with your violin.'
Go be continued tomorrow
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trails in the snow The most recent VI
them were days old. He urged On NE
dogs. stopping no more at the uap Ia he
until, with a shrieking conms.Iio'
brought. them to halt at the edee OF q
clearing cut in the forest A dozen roos
ahead of him was the trappers caoi
over II, hanging Imply to saphhe poie'
was the red signal Of horror ION
With a terrified cry to the GUS. Ga
ran hack. and the team turned ABOUT anu
followed him in a tangled mass !Hen
he stopped There was no smoke rls sli.
from the clay chimney on the h..ie 80
Its one window was White Win ilos
Again and again he shouted, but no Sls1
Of life responded to his cries. He iireo
his rifle twice, and waited with MS mt
tened hand over his mouth ana hostrils.
There was no reply. Then. aoanuoiliiis
hope, ne turned back into the north anu
rave his dogs no rest until he had reached
Lac Balm. o,r,
His team came in half dead. Both cum
MINIS and Williams rushed out to meet
him as he drove up before the company
store. ,,,;,, -,
'.The red flag Is over Langlois CABIN.
he cried. Il fired my rifle and shouted
There is no life. Langlois is dead.
"Great God.' groaned Williams
His red face changed to a slckly paiipi
and he stood with his thick hands cIhch-
ed while Cummins took charge OF the
dogs and Jan went into the store lof
something to eat.
Mukee and Perez returned TO me pos,
the next day. Young Williams foiioweo
close after them. filled with terror. lie
had found the plague among the Crees
of the Waterfound.
Each day added to the gloom at Lac
Balm. For a time Jan could not iuiiy
understand, and he still played his V1oilr
and romped joyfully with Melissa IN Inc
little cabin. He had not lived through
the plague Of nineteen years before. Most
of the others had. even to Mukee, the
youngest Of them all
Jan did not know that it was TINS rec
| terror that came like a Nemesis or tins
gods to cut down the people of the great
northland, until they were fewer IN mum
| Der than those of the Sahara desert Bu'
| he learned quickly. In February thf
| Crees along Wollaston lake were prac'
tically wiped out Red flags marked tine
| trail Of the Nelson. Death leaped from
I ca bin to cabin in the wilderness to the
west. BY the middle of the month Lac
Balm was hemmed in by the plague OF
| all sides but the north.
| The posts trap lines had been short
ened; now they We're abandoned entirely
| and the great fight began. Williams as
sembled his men and told them how thai
same battle had been fought nearly two
decades before. For sixty miles abou
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that had come to him from Nelson House
and the country to the southeast.
There's smallpox on the Nelson" his
messenger informed Williams. land 1t has
struck the Crees on Wollaston lake. God
only knows what 1t Is doing to the bay
Indians. but we hear that it is wlplng
out the Chippewayans between the Al
bany ard the Churchill He left the
same day with his winded dogs. m off
for the Revilon people to the west. with
the compliments Of our company he ex-
planned.
Three days later word came from
Churchill that all of the cOmpanys serV-
ants and her majesty's subjects west of
the bay should prepare themselves for the
coming of the red terror. Williams thfck
face went as white as the paper he held
as he read the words of the Churchill
factor.
ct means dig graves, he said. That $
the only preparation we can maker
He read the paper aloud to the men at
Lac Balm, and every available man was
out the posts territory. There was
quick Harvesting Of dogs. and on each
sledge that went out was a roll or req
cotton cloth. Williams face was sun
white as he passed these rolls out from
the company-s store. They were onli-
nous of death. hrid signals Of pestilence
and horror, and the touch Of them sent
shuddering chills through the men who
were about to scatter them among the
forest people.
Jan went over the Churchill trail. and
then swung southwark along the Hasa
bala. where the country was crisscrossed
with trap lines of the half-breeds and the
French First he struck the cabin of
Croisset and his wife and left part OF his
cloth Then he turned westward. while
Croisset harnessed his dogs and hurried
with a quarter of the roll to the south.
Between the Hasabala and klokOl lake
Jan found three other cabins. and at each
he left a bit of the red cotton. Forty
miles to the south. somewhere on the
Porcupine, were the lines of Henry
Langlois, the posts greatest fox hunter.
On the morning of the third day Jan set
off in search of Langlois, and late in the
afternoon of the same day he came upon
IA we'll beaten snowshoe trail. On this
he camped until morning. When dawn
came he began following it.
, He passed half a dozen of Langlois
traphouses. In none of them was there
bait In three the traps were sprung. In
the seventh he found the remains of a
red fox that had been eaten until there
was little but the bones left. Two houses
beyond there was an ermine III trap,
with its head eaten off. With growing
perpleXity Jan examined the snowshoe
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CHAPTER XIII.
The Red Terror.

Nineteen years before these same ru-
mors had come up from the south and
the red terror had followed. The horror
of 1t still remained with the forest peo-
pie: for thousand unmarked graves,
Stunned like a pestlence. and scattered
from the lower waters of James bay to
the lake country Of the Athabasca, gave
evidence of the toll it demanded.
From DuBrochet, on Reindeer lake, al-
thentic word first came to Lac Balm
earlv I'm the winter Henderson WIS fac
tor there, and he passed up the warning
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Mrs Riley. widow of William r. Riley,
for many years a banker and financier of
Washington died late Thursday night in
the Winchester (VaD Memorial Hospital,
from a general breakdown, aged seventy
six years
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-10
SMITH IS IMPATIENT
At STAYING IN JAIL
Suspect in MiCkle Murder Case
Wants Police Action or
Release.

Impatient at being held In the District
Jail without being given hearing, James
Smith, alias kabusta and Cabbage
Kruger, charged with having murder
ously assaulted Morris Bennett. grocer at
Cedar Heights, Nd the morning or No
vember 90 on Central avenue near
C;.tchie spring, and also suspected OF the
murder of William Mickle, contemplates
;.,plving for his released early the COM
ieg week.
LAWYER George Curtis Shinn, counsel
for the prisoner, is considering the ques-
III of applying for writ OF hapeas
corpus. The attorney thinks 1t is time
Smith was being acquainted with what
the police charge against him.
ut has been nearly three weeks since
Bennett was assaulted said the law
yer TO a Star reporter, "and is 1t not
time for the authorities TO produce some
Thing by way of positive identification
and proof?
The fact that the Police Court has been
following the custom Of committing prls-
opers to jail for an indefinite PERIOD &c
await trial such as has been done WIZ
smith, counsel says, does not make tf1s
practice a. proper one. lie CONTENDS ina
.he prisoner is entitled TO a partial hear
ing at least and should it become neces
sary to commit him for a further nearing
Il at might be done.
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Remember, madam, you promised 10
obey Very well: if you are going
to interpret the marriage service literally,
SO will L. You will please proceed to en-
dow me with all your worldly goods"
Boston Record
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Hope for More Evidence.

The police OF the ninth precinct are
giving more thought TO Smith in connec-
lion with the investigation OF the Mickle
murder than they did a few days ago.
They hope they Will get additional evil
dence which will have an important bear
ing upon the wrench used by the slayer
OF AIickle.
The police hope they will be able to
learn from n convict now serving a term
OF imprisonment something which may
assist them in the prosecution of Smith.
They also hope the convict will be able
10 throw some light upon the murder OF
Joseph Squires, aged clerk in the pension
office. near Lanedon some time ago.
Harry H Hoffman. the barber who
thought he had shaved James Smith
at his shop on 7th street northwest
ore night near the time of the murder.
was arrested last night on charge of
carrying concealed weapons.
Hoffman admitted to a Star reporter
that he had a AIDED pistol in his pos
session when arrested. but said he
was merely carrying il home"
1T is the first time j have had the
revolver in my hands for several
months" he said. II took it out yes
1erday and cleaned it. Then 1 loaded
it and put 1t in my pocket 10 carry
home. i went across the street to see
my wife who had my child. and the
police came over and arrested me.
They said / was suspicious charac-
ter 7 don't look suspicious, do II"
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Say They Have Evidence.

smith was committed to Jail from the
Police Court upon a warrant predicated
upon the affidavit of a policeman, and the
authorities claim they have sufficient evil
,dence to hold him In the Bennett case.
Mr. Bennett, while slowly improving,
has been in no condition, according to
physicians, to make a clear and lucid
statement concerning the assault stated
Mr.. Shinn. and I realize that it would
be impossible for him to appear in court
at this time
But he added, ''the court might hear
the other testimony and then continue
the hearing if il deemed a continuance
necessary. The defendant is entitled to
shat much.
Tho conglomeration Of false clues and
Observation-Disclosures, Mr.. Sllinn thinks. Is
not only an imposition upon his client
lyi,t il is also an imposition on the pa
thence of the investigating policemen
some of the would-be witnesses. he
links should be summarily dealt with.
Assistant United States Attorney Har-
Nev C1yen has gone over the testimony
in the case with Capt. Daley and Sergt.
Mccormack and IL is probable that he
will have the witnesses heard by the
.,raud Jury early in the week. It may be
that an indictment will DO returned
against Smith before his attorney has
time TO present the application for writ
Of bdbeaS corpus.
The Marshall republican., 1911-04-07

The editors OF several agricult-
ural papers, a group of owners Of
real estate, and two men known
as capitalists, accompanied off
Gals Of the Mckinney Traction
Cultivator Company of st. Louis
to a large field near the plant of
the All Roofing Manufacturing Co.
In East st. Louis, to witness a tri-
al of the cultivating machine. The
machine Is a gasoline tractor, de-
signed to supplant the horse as a
work animal on the farm. Those
who saw the test were afforded
an opportunity to see the machine
cultivate three rows OF old corn
stalks in a field that had been
harvested. The machine breaks the
ground, seeds and cultivatcs. The
machine was patented by w. E. Nc
Kinney OF Gainesville, Ca, and the
organization to place Il on the
market Is capitalized at $1,000,
900. The st. Louis Car Company
Is making several model machines
and the management will decide
In a few weeks whether the fact
DRY will be- located in st. Louis
or on the east side of the river.
st. Louis Globe Democrat.