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was in the room the maniac dropped
his disguise. He sprang between Sir
Thomas and the door and drew a ra-
zor from his pocket
Flourishing this in the face of the
nobleman, he cried: L must have
money-give me 1000 pounds at once
or I'll cut your throat"
Backing away, Sir Thomas said: Il
haven't the money with me now"
Get il Immediately or you are a
dead man." exclaimed the lunatic
Sir Thomas declared that if he could
use the telephone he would summon
a messenger from the bank with the
money. The man consented TO this
and Upton passed to another part Of
the room, where there was a tele-
phone. However, instead Of calling
up bank. he got into communication
with Scotland Yard, asking that Off
GERS be sent at once.
Detectives Soon Arrived
Then he offered his visitor a cigar.
saying that the money would soon be
at hand Detectives soon reached the
house, accompanied by several police
As one Of-the men In civilians cloth
ms entered the room Sir Thomas x-
claimed: Here is the MESSENGER
now"
The detective walked toward the
maniac as though to hand him the
tribute money. AS he did so another
of the officers entered the room and
the lunatic became suspicious. Spring
ing back he again drew his razor. but
bounced upon him and bore him to
sA 1oOr.
He struggled furiously but soon sub
sided when other policemen got Sc-
tive. lie was locked up and will
be remanded to an insane asylum.
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tour?"
Recontre smiled one Of his enig.
matte smiles and said quietly: Ma
tpre killed Latour; j merely helped
Naturei"
And then he laughed softly, while
the black fire grew again in his eyes
Recontre led the way to a table IN
the back OF the room, and we sal
down; then he began talking rapidly
never hesitating in his story, and
seeming at times wholly unconscious
of my presence.
When we arrived at Fort Union. '
he said. mo one could have guessed
the hate which we nursed for each
other Being a new man in the coun-
try, Latour consulted me upon many
phases Of the business, and we were
much together. The whole post con-
sidered me a most favored person:
little knowing. as did, that hate car
bind two persons as closely as love.
My hatred for the man made his a
most fascinating personality TO me:
and often found him studying my
face with a diabolical fondness.
Latour heaped favors upon me, and
received them with a strange glad
ness of heart that even now 1 cannot
explain. One day in November he
sent for me to come to his office. ]
found him In mood seemingly most
agreeable. His face beamed with a
light that any other would have taken
for kindness. saw in it only the
ecstatic anticipation OF triumph. And
when he spoke, knew that I was
right. I
My dear Recontre,' said he, IL
seems that l am forced to fall back
upon you for everything. / have q
difficult task on hand, and YOU are
the one man to perform II; 1 know
OF no other so peculiarly fitted for IL.
shall carefully lay before you the
n Of hn
mind, leaving you free to consent or
refuse just as you see fit. Perhaps
the undertaking is impossible. 1t may
be that no man is sufficiently equip
PED with strength and daring to do
what 1 wish. You shall decide
You see. he imagined that he was
wheedling me through my vanity. He
then stated that he wished to open
trade with the Blackfeet tribe. He
drew strongly upon his Imagination
to explain the great dangers in store
Tor him who should undertake the
task. The Blackfeet were at thai
time deadly enemies of the whites.
They had killed and mutilated a num-
Der of traders. I should. Of course.
stanu poor chance Of coming back
alive. He was convinced Of that
VIII you 40. Recontre?' said he
staring steadily into my eyes.
was dumfounded at the audacity
OF the man. / saw the light of doubt
wavering in his eyes; but 1 did not
wish 10 Hh1ch before my enemy.
certainly said L; and 1 win go
aloneu
4 saw the triumph glisten in his
eye.
Very wen.' said he: You NAV
start in the morning. Make your own
arrangements. I give You fun power
20 transact the business in hand as
your wisdom may dictate
And / started in the morning. Two
weeks later l returned, successful he
yond all hope. / brought hack MOI
only band Of the leading men of
the tribe for council. but i brought
also young woman for my wife. J
called her Pelagie after one Of nv
sisters.
LAS ! think Of it now il seems mi
raculous that 1 succeeded. I am half
convinced that l was inspired from,
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THE ART OF HATE

Many tales have been told of noble
sacrince Tor love, and i have known
such i'm my time; bat I have in mind
an instance in which a man reached
a sublime height through the least
exalted of human passions-hate
There are some who argue that love
Is born at first sight. However that
be, l am certain that IL is often thus
with hate. / have seen men in my
time the first sight OF whom was an
insult TO me-sudden, singing like a
slap on the cheek. 1t is a strange
thing, and have never heard It ex-
planned satisfactorily. Sometimes in
my own case 1 have attributed it to
even so slight thing as a certain
turn OF the nose, q curve of the lin.
a droop OF the eye. And again / have
1elt that IL was due to nothing visi-
Bile about the man. but rather to some
subtle emanatton from the very soul
OF him, that maddened me as though
had inhaled the fumes of some
deyilish drug. Have you ever felt
this2
Well, am telling you about Zephyr
Recontre.
he was a little why half-breed with
French father and a woman of the
Blackfeet tribe for q mother. Quite
a promising combination, II you think
IL Overt came across him way up
at Fort Union In the early thirties,
when I was in charge of a keel boat
OF the American Fur Company. He
was employed at the fort as inter-
prefer. being a fluent speaker OF sew
eral Indian tongues, as well as Eng
lish and French.
His forehead was 8 narrow strip Of
brown between his wiry black hair
and the continuous streak OF black
that was his eyebrows. His eyes were
large and black and quiet. His cheek
bones were prominent and his jaw
was so heavy as TO throw his whole
race out of balance. as you might say.
The face of slayer. you know. Never
said much, except as his duties de-
manded, and then he went straight to
the point with quiet directness that
left little need for a question.
Superb little animal he was. too 4;
had the maximum strength with the
minimum weight. and a cool head to
run it with. L never saw him i'm
PEELED by sudden anger except once,
and that is where the story begins.
In the spring OF 'S9 1 took charge
OF the steamboat Yellowstone as cap
tain. We were loaded with supplies
Tor the American Fur Company's
posts on the upper Missouri, and car
ried a number of engages of the COM
pany and a certain Frenchman, Jules
Latour. who had been appoints q
bourgeois OF old Fort Union, and was
going up to take charge.
IL there ever was an emperor in
this country IT was J. j. Astor, the
head of the company at that time,
and his empire was spread pretty
much all over the white spaces on
the map Of the West as ii stood then.
The bourgeois, masters of the trad
ing posts, were the proconsuls and
they acted the part.
The engages, humble servants of
the empire. were as dogs about the
feet of these Western princes, who
stalked through their provinces.
mountain high in aristocratic aloof-
ness.
Latour outprinced princeliness. He
felt his dignity and dressed It; his
presence on the boat was like a con-
tinual blowing OF trumpets going be-
fore conqueror. A capital ct" swag-
gering in broadcloth-that was La
tour!
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Recontre was going back with us.
having dropped down to St. Louis the
tall before on company business. j
happened to be near when master and
man first met on the forward deck.
They stared upon each other for only
moment, but there were years OF
hate condensed in that bit of time.
the master casting a contemptuous
glance from beneath lids scornfully
dropped, and the servant meeting this
with sudden glare of black fire.
Not word was passed; Recontre
made no sign of obeisance, passing on
with a sullen swing, his jaws set firm
ly. his eyes brilliant as with a smol-
dering IRE blown by a gusty wind
into baleful glow.
II was plain case OF hate at first
sight. A week later, after we had
passed st. Mary's. I was standing on
the hurricane deck, gazing down
stream where the colors OF a quiet
sunset swept the waters. heard an
angry snarl below me, and, looking
down, saw Recontre lift the strug-
Cling Letour in his arms and hurl
him into the river.
Immediately stopped the boat and
ordered crew to man the yawl and
rescue Latour, at the same time hav-
ing Recontre seized.
Iatour came aboard coughing and
splitting, most ludicrous object. But
to my surprise he Immediately com
manded that Recontre should be re-
leased. ] wondered much at this at
the time; but ten years later had a
talk with Recontre, which threw some
light on the subject. He was leaving
the country, and, as we had become
close friends. he did not hesitate TO
tell me what he had kept a close Sc
cret for years
We were taking a friendly glass to-
gether at a st. Louis bar, when ]
purposely brought up the name of
Jules Latour. who had starved 10
death some years before in a Mack
NAV boat that got caught in the ice
FAR up the river. I had heard stories
Oh now Hecontre' who was with La
tour on the trip, had shown a faith
fulness to his master equaled only by
the faithfulness of a dog to a man.
This had always seemed strange TO
me. and so 1 brought up Jules Latour.
AT the sound Of the name 1 saw
the black fire grow UP in my COM
panion's eyes. just as had seen it ten
years before on the forward deck of
the Yellowstone.
You got that story, too, did you %
ne said dreamily, staring straight
ahead of him as into a great distance
We'll, it's all over now. and for the
first time l am going to tell the truth
about the death of Latour and my
great faithfulness. When I first saw
that man / felt as though he had
struck me between the eyes with his
white fist. hated him as 1 had never
hated before and as I hope never to
hate again. It hurts TO hate; it, eats
into man like some incurable blood
disease.
You saw me throw him into the
water. l can hardly explain why 7
did that; and. the man who spoke to
me in a way that insulted me more
than IL he had blackguarded my moth
er. IL wasn't in the words for I have
forgotten what he said.
We hated each other. knew
how much 1 hated. but / did not know
how great was his hate until he smil-
ingly ordered my release. I knew then
that ms hate was great hate
stronger than love can be. And also
knew that this hate would grow un-
til one OF us was killed. And IL did. -
What" said I; did you kill La
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, fair with you. remembering vo,os
great kindness in allowing ne 80 -
, r.rS Ulsn n9lyseit among the ~Slackfeee
remembering > car generosity in allow
I ing me to take your message 10 &
louis Do you remcmberT
lie groaned. and his eyes becams
SO4h ana savage, like q starved VOLTS.
save him his lyed corn and be ata
his deitrtum returned. He cursed Re-
cor re bitterly He clenched his fever
ISL I'm Q hands about the imaginary
me- Oh zephyr RecOntre; and snfied
In two days more all the Iyed corr
nao oeen eaten. In the meanwhile the
the intense cold. I could have hunted
Tor 1 was not yet too weak and sherS
BSf ala m, ana no plenty OF ammuItion.
~ eskening rapidly he might die dur
Ing my absence, and I should thus lose
my birthright for mess OF pottaEe-
could have taken the gun and xona
eral hundred miles down the river nus
did not go. Latour had not died YER
At6er he died. IL could still walk. (
IAN day I Sst beside the little box
stove gazing upon LatOur. At night
how ss 1sI.i "a a%ha6 6S often C see
tour He might die while slept
one day in December. I cannot re-
n nfeenoeS lust when; for I myself was
again awakened from delirfum.
FOOD. foodr he gssped. For Gods
like this! Let's make It up between ~.
only give me something to eatH
His voice was thin. like a sick vo-
damned man. u
= Make what up7' said sweetly. NJ
tnually with a terrible giddiness-
teIt as one In a nightmare. I. too, was
"Latour stared upon me with tears in
ms Iaded eyes, and groaned. ], too,
I nevcn ,,'S tears II MAS easy TO weep In
have no food. said I: neither can
go In search Of any. I am starving.
ana the snow is deep. Would I not 70
II could2 Would L not go for yo9T
Can forget Pelagle and the Blackfeee
tripE Can forget the winter trip to
.".Latour tainted. shouted feebIy
with an insane JOY; thought he had
In a few moments he revived. ana
again begged piteOusly for food.
Then he became delirious and cursed ne
lke a devil never heard such cursing
before or since.
And the strange thing about II All
was that / pttied Latour- But my hate
had become mania; could not relent
what passed after that hour 1 can
not remember with distinctnesa-
Dreams We're real and reality was q
dream. 1 only remember in vague
way. as though 1T had happened in =
mig htmarc. that LatOur died cursfnr-
me: that ] sang and shouted. that
crawled out OF the hut on my hands
and knees. laughing ana shouting and
mat saw band Of men cominf~S-Qyer
the frozen snow from the direct - FBz
tort Flerre. 1 remember hea ring theml
cali my name as with the voices of a
dream. 1 remember that I cried CUT
La tour has just died" And then / re-
member laughing and crying, not
knowing why / did
Il remember that these men gave me
tood-warm foOd-and- that after n
long sleep | awoke and saw a Jesuit
missionary kneeling at my bedside
1t was then that 1 tasted the fun
sweetness OF my triumph. The priest
Christ-like kindness OF Zephyr Re-
contre, who had not deserted his sick
faster.
Il did not see Latour again. The
Jesuits party had chopped a hole in
the Ice and given his body to the
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ATTEMPT LIFE OF
SIR THOMAS Upton

LONDON-(S Specially Sir Thomas
Upton, the multimiiIionaire merchant
and yachtsman, had a narrow escape
from death today when "A dangerous
lunatic threatened his life with q ra-
Zor unless a large sum of money was
paid TO him. Sir Thomas escaped
through his own presence OF mind.
using the telephone under a subter-
fuSe and calling the police. who
placed the assailant under arreAS. The
lunatic called at the Upton reAience
this morning. telling Cac hutN tha.
he was Il detective from Scotland
Yard.
i must see Sir Thomas Lipton at
once" declared the man.
His life has been threatened and
It is necessary that l communicate
with him without delay" said the Wis
itor.
The supposed detective was admit
ted and presently Sir Thomas was
ushered into the room.
Dropped His Disguise.
AS soon as the millionaire merchant
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APPROVE SITE
FOR REFORMATORY
WASHINGTON. ID. C.-(Spe

WASHINGTON. ID. C.-(Special.)-
The commission OF fine arts will
build n Teformatory on the Belvoirc
tract, within a few miles of Mount
Vernon, Va, and near the tomb of
George Washington. if a recommen-
dalton of President Taft is carried
out.
The question was referred to the
commission by President Taft several
days ago,
The commission sympathizes ."
says the statement with the senti-
ment of those who zealously oppose
any change in the features of the
landscape in the vicinity OF Mount
Vernon which would disturb the
peaceful conclusion of the spot, and
II recognizes fully the Importance of
preserving the sylvan character of the
shores -0f+he Potomac. Nevertheless.
after hearing the arguments FOR and
against the establishment OF a reform
atory on the site selected -the~COn fffffs -
ION finds no objection to this on
esthetic grounds"
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FIVE PERISH IN
CANADIAN FIRE

TORONTO, ONT.-(SpecIaD.-
Five persons met their death and
another was taken to the West.
ern Hospital probably fatally
burned aS the result OF a fire
which destroyed the residence OF
Percy Brooks, manager OF the
Fairbanks Scale Company, of To-
ronto, at 1913 Indian Road, early
today.
While the cause of the fire Is a
matter of uncertainty, il is be- 4
IeVed TO have been due TO a del
fectiVe furnace.
MIR. Percy Brooks, the husband
and father of four of the victims.
Is at present in Chicago.
The fire was first discovered
by neighbOr who lives across
the r.Ss ~IHas returning from
a pdTfy IN ElcalAI -
The victims w. Mrs. Percv
brooks; three children, Percy.
aged five; George. aged three, and
Woody, aged two; and u Scotch
servant, who had been with 1h0
FAMILY since January list. Another
servant, a nurse girl, Maggie Mo
Alden, was taken TO the hospita1
badly burned about the head andS
arms.
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This is q story Theodore Roosevelt
got from Opie Read.
l was riding along Il road in Ar
kansas on hot summer day when 7
came across a man who was sitting
on the end Of log i'm the broiling
sun. Strange to say. he was SILVER
ing as If ne were sitting on an ice
berg. He seemed on the point CT
freezing to death
Why do you sit in the SUM-" 7
asked, very curious 1T seems to me
you'd hunt the shade"
can't get up no fever" he replied
laconically. The chins is on me. l
has chills FOR several hours Then I
has the fever. When the fever hits
me I hunts the shade"
How long have you had chills?"
Nigh on to thirty years. You see.
stranger, this is a chilly country"
why don't you move to some other
state and get rid of the chins and
fever?" I pursued.
What would be the use? ?" he ask
ed simply. I'D probably have to set
used to some other sort of q disease.
m used to these here chins now. Re
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Morton hung over the EQuitab BILE Life
Assurance Society today. there were
many rumors as TO Mr.. Morton's sue
cessor, the most OF these reports indi-
society, George T. Wilson. now second
vice president. Will be selected 10 fill
the $50. 0OO-a-year presidential chair.
1t was said that an effort would be
made by some OF the agents and sub
agents OF the Metropolitan District to
make an issue of the selection OF new
president, although this lacked confir-
nation.
Mr.. Wilson is popular with the rank
and file of the Equitable attaches, and
is well versed In all affairs relating to
the society. He has a number OF pro-
nounced ideas on insurance. and for
this reason was looked upon as Mr.
Morton's right-hand man.
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ing a serum or cure for infantile par
alysis. the disease from which les
than 15 per cent. OF its victims re-
cover.
Dr. Alexander has for many years
been connected with the AIN111
General Hospital. and il is here thaN
the experiments are now being car
ried on.
He now has sixty monkeys In q
cage in the pathological department,
and they are being utilized daily Tor
an exchange Of blood with sufferers
from the dread disease
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what Wilson Intends TO Dc.

Governor Wilson realizes that we
must have corporations, but we must
not have them corrupt or corrupting.
A good mule is good thing to have,
but a bad mule does more. harm than
good. Governor Wilson proposes to
make the corporations be good. to
force them to deal squarely with the
people, He believes in the power of
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Shoe Company Contest.

We even go so far as TO doubt the
right of a State TO deprive a citizen
of his liberty, for whatever cause, and
then sell his labor for private gain.
We think it would be far better if
convicts could be employed upon labor
which is wholly for the benefit of the
public. Free labor naturally enough
complains that it should not be sub
9ected 10 competition with convict
labor.-Washington Herald.
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cratic victory OF last November was
Que TO two things-viz.: The activity OF
eE-Iresident Roosevelt and the silence
OF william j. Bryan. The last-named
gentleman was not silent in Indiana
Ior this was the only State outside OF
Ne9raSka mat he made any speeches in
democratic victory. In his home State
MI. Bryan championed the cause Of
Songressman Hitchcock for the United
states Senate and Hitchcock was elect
ed-Cntton Forge Review.
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sides, I'd have to learn some other
trade; some new way OF making a liV-
ing. l done shook so long now 1 amt
Mt for nothing 'cept to sift meal and
shake down persimmOns. The Pop
ular Magazine
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Suspicious.

Democrats are engaged in helping
Republicans TO elect their Senators.
Mr.. Lodge got two votes from Demo-
Gratis, and so did Mr.. Lippitt This
either is altruism or ii is suspicious
.NFasiIingten Herald
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The Southern Planter.

We cordially fehcitate The South
ern Planter of Richmond upon its
I'D birthday. Its long life has been
spent in one Of the most useful forms
OF service, and there are few equally
good agricultural papers enywhere.-
Charlotte Observer
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CLERGYMAN HAS SIXTY
MONKEYS N CNCE

PITTSBURG. Jan. 21.-The Rev
Maitland Alexander, pastor of the
First Presbyterian Church of Pitts
burg, who is worth S20,OOO.OOO. and
his wife as much more. is experiment.
ing on monkeys in the hope of find
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Works VS.. Words.

The Democratic conference in Bal
umore on Tuesday afforded a fine oc-
casion for jubilee to celebrate the
great victory of the people over the
tarin reactions, etc. To the Congress
eject, however, the people will look
for the expression of their hin in re
formatory legislation. - Alexandra
Gazette
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As to Holland. Attitude

ConSressman-e elect Holland, Of the
Second District has been called on 10
answer the question squarely whether
he stands for the machine" or the peo-
pie. He may feel some embarrassment
IN answering it, but the people of the
district are evidently so in earnest in
their fight against the machine" that
neutrality Will not be considered in
their Congressman. He must make his
position MISUNDERSTANDING Progress.
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a PerDctunI Letter


DR.. Edward Everett Hale used to
tell OF an amusing letter once sent
by Thomas Bailey Aldrich to Prof.
r. :. Morse, whose handwriting was
very illegible. According to DR.. Hale.
MIR. Aldrich wrote as follows:
My dear Morse; 1t was very pleas
ing TO get your recent letter. Per-
haps l should have been more pleased
had / been able TO decipher the same.
| have not been able to master any
OF II beyond the date, which I knew.
and the signature, which I guessed
at. There is a singular and perpetual
charm in a letter of yours; il never
grows old, ii never loses its novelty.
one can say to ones self every morn
ing: Here's that letter Of Morse's.
| haven't read II yet. ] think I'll take
another shy at il today. and mavbe !
shall, in the course OF a few months.
be able to make out what he means
by those is that look like VS.. and
those Us that have no eyebrows Other
letters are read and thrown away. but
yours are kept fOrever-unread. One
OF them Will last reasonable man a
lifetime. Admiringly yours, ct. Is
Aldrich. Human Life.
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With The Editors


A1IUUVNINN.s
now that the women have swarmed
around the legislature to work for n
full suffrage bill. the "lobbyette" has
come TO stay along with the suffra-
gette.-Kansas City.
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the state and he intends to demon
s'rate now that power should be used.
great deal depends on his success
or failure, and the entire country will
watch the experiment with interest.
We fancy that when the trial is over
the scholar in politics will be found