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ii she could have carried out her de-
sign, for Newbold flung the weapon
from him and the next moment the
two men leaped upon each other.
straining, struggling. daring. battling
like savage beasts, each seeking TO
clasp his fingers around the throat of
the other and then twist and crush un
til life was gone.
Saying nothing, fighting In a grim
silence that was terrible, they reeIed
crashing about the little room. No
two meE on earth could have been bet
ter matched, yet Newbold had slight
advantage in height and strength, as
he had also the advantage in simple
life and splendid condition. Arm
strong's hate and fierce temper coun-
terbalanced these at first, and with
arms locked and legs twined. with
teeth clenched and eyes blinded and
pulses throbbing and hearts beating.
they strove together.
The girl shrank back against the
wall and stared frightened. She feared
for her lover, she feared for herself
Strange primitive feelings throbbed in
her veins. 1t was an old situation.
when two male animals fought for SUI
premacy and the ownership of a fe-
male, whose destiny was entirely re-
moved from her own hands.
Armstrong had shown himself in his
true colors at last She would have
nothing to hope from him If he was
the victor and she even wondered in
terror what might happen to her If the
man she loved triumphed after the
passions aroused in such battle? She
grew sick and giddy, her bosom rose
and fell, her breath came fast as she
followed the painting, struggling. cling.
ing grinding, figures about the room.
At first there had been no advantage
to either, but now after five minutes
or was it hours?-of fierce fighting,
the strength and superior condition of
her lover began to tell He was fore
ing the other backward. Slowly, inch
by inch, foot by foot, step by step,
he mastered him. The two interwin-
ing figures were broadside to her now,
she could see their faces infiamed by
the lust of the battle, engorged, blood
red with hate and fury, but there was
a look of eXultation on one and the
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secretly or openly hailed Mana Sahib
as deliyerer and a true patriot. A
still larger number of white people
most figure in the Sepoy Mutiny. His
terrible work ended, he apparently
vanished from the face of the earth
His name was not Mana Sahib. That
was merely his title. CHS name was
Dhundo Punt. He was the son of a
high caste Hindoo and was born about
1925. When he was baby he was
adopted by Bhatee Rou, prince of the
Maharattas; and in 1851 he succeeded
his adopted father as prince. Bhajee
had been lord of wide estates and had
received yearly pension of $450,000
from the British government. AT his
death the pension was stopped and
the government seized much of his
land
This angered Mana Sahib, who had
hoped to inherit all of Bhajee's wealth
He sent an agent to England to urge
his rights. But all he could secure
from the British was permission to
| lAOAu TIE UdITeu lIl10 OI prince anu 10
rule the fortress town of Bithoor, near
Cawnpore.
If Mana felt resentment at this lop-
ping off of his power he showed no out
ward sign OF it. He came of a race
that knew how to hide its feelings and
to await the right moment for re-
venge
So, instead of sulkfng in his fortress
or joining in the thousand foolish,
| hopeless native plots that were for
ever stirred up against the white men,
ne became as English" as he could.
He spoke the language and tried to
follow the customs of the British. He
mingled as much as he was allowed
to in English society at the India gar
rison towns. When callow English
! youths turned up their noses at his
| pretensions or sneered at him as a
! mere native, he bore all such Sights
patiently and redoubled his efforts to
copy the ways of his white masters.
He succeeded. Every one believed
| him devoted to England.
Then, in 1857, came the Sepoy Mu-
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four-legge1 affair, solid almost as
rocl,, stood in the way. Newbol6. at
last backed Armstrong up against 1t
and by superhuman effort bent him
over it, held him with one arm and
using. the table as a support, wrenohed
his left hand free, and sunk his flu
gers around the others throat. 1t was
all UP with Armstrong. 1t was only
a. question Of time now.
Now" Newbold guttered OF:
hoarsely, you slandered the dead VIC
man l married. and you insulted the
living one / love. Take back what
you said before you die /"
Il forgive him." cried Enid Matt
land. "Oh. for Gods sake don't kin
him before my eyes"
Armstrong was past speech The
inveteracy of his hatred could be seen
even in his fast glazing eyes, the indo-
mitableness of his purpose yet spoke
in the negative shake of his head. He
could die, but he would die in his hate
and in his purpose.
Enid ran to the two, she grappled
Newbold's arm with both her own and
strove with all her might to tear it
away from the others throat Her
lover paid no more attention to her
than If summer breeze had touched
him. Armstrong grew black in the
face. his limbs relaxed, another second
or two it would have been over with
him.
Once more the door was thrown
open; through it two snow-covered men
entered One swift glance told them
all. One of them at least had expect
ed it. On the one side Kirkby, on the
other Maitland, tore Newbold away
from bis prey just in time to save
Armstrong; life. Indeed the latter
was so far gone that he fell from the
| table to the floor unconscious, choking,
almost dying. 1t was Enid Maitland
who received his head in her arms and
helped bring him back to life while
the painting Newbold stood staring
duly at the woman he loved and the
man he hated on the floor at his feet
| CTO BE CONTINUED)
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tiny. Most of Englands white regi-
ments had been summoned away from
India to the Crimean War, leaving the
country chiefly garrisoned by Sepoy.
or native troops The religious fanati-
cism of these native soldiers was so
cleverly worked upon by Mana and
other secret agents that they rose in
body against the English.
Mana, when the mutiny broke out.
declared himself ready to die in the
defense of his British friends. They
trusted him absolutely. But as soon
as the uprising showed signs of sue
cess he cast aside the mask of 10y
atty, placed himself at the head of
Scpoy army, and proceeded to wreak
horrible vengeance for his real or fan
cied wrongs.
He slew every white man. woman or
child that fell into his hands. Then
he marched against the plucky little
British garrison at Cawnpore The
garrison held out as long as it could,
then on Nana's promise to spare them
all and to send them to place of
safety, the starving white men at
length surrendered. This was on June
81, 1857 Mana ordered the garrison
to march out of the city and to board
line of beats awaiting them at the
rivers edge. No sooner were the boats
afloat than by Nana's orders the help
les occupants were fired upon. Nearly
every one of them was shot or drown
ed Those who reached land alive suf-
fered the worst fate of all. The gomen
and children had been herdel sepa-
rately in an enclosed space. They
were now killed and their bodies
thrown into great well.
Battle after battle Mana fought with
the white troops during the next few
months, almost always being beaten In
fair fight, but continuing to massacre
any small detachmentS of English he
could find His willy brain and heart
less cruelty made him scourge to the
British until the whole Mutiny was
stamped out
Then England wreaked fearful ven
geance on her crushed foes. Native
leaders were tied to the lannon's
mouth and blown to pieces. Other cru
elites were inflicted that could be part
| ly excused only when one remember
ed that the avengers were mad with
anguish over the brutal murders of
their wives and children.
But, while other and lesser conspira-
tors suffered punishment, Mana Sahib
escaped. To this day no Englishman
knows what became of him, whether
he died years ago or Is still living in
! luxurious safety in some Oriental land.
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expected arrival of Armstrong, of all
the men on earth the one WHO ought
not to be there, and then the equally
startling arrival of Newbold, of whom
perhaps the same might have been
said. If Newbold had only gone on.
if be had not come back, if she had
been rescued by her uncle or old Kirk
by-But Ifs" were idle, she had to
face the present situation 70 which
she was utterly unequal.
She had entirely repudiated Arm
strong. that was one sure point; she
knew how guilty he had been toward
Newbolds wife, that was another; she
realized how he had deceived her.
that was the third. These eliminated
the man from her affections, but it is
one thing to thrust man out of your
heart and another to thrust him out
of your life; he was still there. And
by no means the sport of blind fate
Armstrong Intended to have something
to say as to the course of events, to
use his own powers to determine the
issue.
OF but one thing beside her hatred
for Armstrong was Enid Maitland abb
solutely certain; she would never dis
close to the man she loved the fact
that the woman, the memory of whose
supposed passion he cherished. had
been unfaithful to him in heart If
not In deed. Nothing could wrest that
secret from her. She had been in
fected by Newbold's quixotic ideas,
the contagion of his perversion of COM
mon sense had fastened itself upon
her She would not have been human
either If she had not experienced
thrill of pride and joy at the possibil-
ity that in some way, o. which she yet
swore she would not be the instrument
| blind or otherwise, the facts might be
disclosed which would enable Newbold
to claim her openly and honorably with
out hesitation before or remorse aft
er, as his wife This fascinating dash
OF expectant. hopeful feeling she
thought unworthy of her and strove
! TO fight 1t down. but with manifest inn
| possibility.
II HAS tdAcH SAAuS " Set NHCSS eAAN q
| down; to speak or to write is slow
process. and the ratio between outward
expressions and inward is as great as
that between light and sound. Cues
tons and answers between these three
followed as swiftly as thrust and parry
between accomplished swordsmen. and
vet between each demand and reply
they had time to entertain these swift
thoughts-as the drowning compass
life experiences in seconds,
Il may not be her friend" said Arm
! strong steadily, ''hut she left me in
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the other night, breaking an artery in
the stump Of his left arm which had
been amputsted about eighteen
months ago. His injuries were at
tended TO By DR.. r. E. Watts OF the
CITY ambulance. who decided. how
ever. to send the Young man to the
Virginia Hospital.
Watkins was standing al the head
Of the stairs joking with the girl when
she playfuIly tickled him in the ribs.
Watkins lodged back, lost his balance
and wenr headlong down the stairs.
hitting the stump OF his left arm in
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-08-06
Bees as :, Weather Bureau

Those who have studied the bees In
the mountains say their combs al
ways foreten the length of the COM
ing seasons to a nicely. AS they al.
WAYS build their combs frst. If tho
spring is to be early and warm tho
combs at the top Of the hive are built
long, but II the first season OF the
year is to be cold and short the combs
are made small II is the same with
the summer and fall season. Noun
taineers who have cleared lands In tho
valley say they can predict scant or
bountiful crops merely by opening and
examining the combs In beehive
New York Press.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-08-06
Philip of Orleans, til Man Who aMade" Money

| had raised against such an act) had
himself declared regent of the king
dom until the new king should be of
age. He found France in an almost
bankrupt condition through the late
kings extravagances, and he tried to
start an era of prosperity. Instead,
! he started an avalanche of misfortune
John Law Ga gambler, who had been
forced to fee from Scotland for duel
ing and who had been expelled from
two continental cities as an "unde-
sirable'D came to Paris and suggested
to Philip a scheme for wiping out
Frances national debt and putting
the country. financially, on its feet.
| The idea, roughly, was this:
To establish a state bank that
should handle all public funds and to
for exploiting Louisiana and the rest
of the Mississippi region. New Or
leans was named in honor of Philip
| The shores of the mississippi were
supposed to be lined with rich gold
and silver mines.
The boom began. Shares that We're
| issued at 500 ran up to 81 900. Law
promised annual dividends of 1870 per
cent on the stock. France went money
mad. People clamored for chance to
invest in the wonderful scheme Law
paid the dividends in treasury notes.
which may or may not have had some
genuine value. But whatever value
they had was at once ruined by Philip.
who proceeded to print paper money
in huge quantities for his own use
and for other purposes, without both
ering about the fact that there was
not nearly enough real money in the
bank to justify it.
Everybody had money (Llade Of pa
PERI Beggars bought mansions
Servants drove in gilded coaches. Pow
erty seemed abolished And as paper
money flooded the country the prics
of everything from soup to diamonds
rose with it, Calico, for instance cost
as much as had silk But no one
cared. For everybody seemed to have
plenty of paper currency.
A few wise people tried to cash H."
their paper notes for gold and silver
Philip quickly stopped this by declar-
ing it Illegal for any one to possess
more than certain amount o. genu-
inc money and by Furnishing those VIC
tried to get rid of their paper notes.
Then, all at once the scheme fell
fat. The Mississippi Bubble" burst.
Panic ragged. Thousands were impoV-
erished. John Law fed the country.
Philip alone escaped and lived on
in dissolute comfort. He died in 1873,
aged 40. his health prematurely shat
tered by the wild life he had led
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-08-06
Wouldn't Race Train With Boat !
Craft Was Going to Stick
to River.

One day. the story runs, when Jirn
Hill was going in the railroad business
and the Great Northern was not the
fine system it is today, he was met In
st. Paul by the head of big steam
boat company doing business on the
Great Lakes.
"Jim." said the steamboat man, I'll
match one OF my boats against one OF
your trains in fair race for $1,000
a side
Mr.. Hill hesitated. Il don't know"
said he, some Of your boats are
pretty fast"
I'll race you upstream" added the
steamboat man. as a further induce
ment
"Oh," exclaimed the other in a dis
Susted tone, IF you're going to stick
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-08-06
Getting the Value of Coal,

The scientific method of buying
coal. not by weight. but by thermal
value, is likely to be adopted by the
ST Paul city government The 'B.
t. u" system, it is called. the mi
tials standing for British thermal
units. The school board estimates
that it will save six per cent. or
$500, on 5000 tons, the years con.
sumption. Many railroads are buying
their coal, not for what it weighs, but
for what it can do.-Springheld Re
publican.
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shadow of approaching disaster on the
other But the consciousness that he
was being mastered ever so little only
increased Armstrong; determination
and he fought back with the frenzy,
the strength OF maddened gorilla.
and again for a space the issue was In
doubt. But not for long.
The table, a heavy cumbersome,
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-08-06

seven had read Black Beauty" 81
boys had read TON Brown" and 81
girls Little Women Only 81 had toll
Grated Little Lord Fauntleroy," but
this is Offset by the Is for Scottish
Chiefs"-perhaps Miss Porter is a
tribe out Of date for the American
young.
There were A out of 2c2 who knew
in varying fashion what the Golden
Rule is. Thirty-four thought it de-
partment store
They do these things much In the
same way in England A candidate
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-08-06
Paul .. Minnesota 15. Crowley SO.

Paul 9. Minnesota 15. Crowley SO.
Ramsey 80.
And yet these same Children, tested
by number of standard books which
every school child" should have read,
came forth with surprising familiar
tiles Cne hundred and sixty had read
Robinson Crusoe"-one can hope that
when they are grown up they VIII not
eock 10 the best six sellers. One hun
0red and seven ~Andersen's Fairy
Fales- and IS GriDara--he future
Nri;ers OF Peter Pans will have an
audience. One hundred and thirty
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-08-06
FEW CHILDREN SPELL WELL
Test In ST. Paul Schools Shows Aston
lshIna Deficiency in Spelling
Common Words.

In one OF the public schools OF ST.
Paul an experiment was made in the
spelling OF eommon words which the
children use AID sec every day OF
their lives. Out OF ees. II spelled the
words correctly; but the nusnser who
corl6 rot compass Esevhart w2S a..
Mayor Keller SO. NsnpAa polls. IL. 3
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-08-06
marl.swomanshIp.

II am afraid those militant sufrra-
gettes are going TO give US serious
trouble" said one London policeman.
They mean business.
why do you think so?" inquired
the other
"a lot of them have quit giving
parades and making speeches and are
practicing with quoits anc baseballsr
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-08-06
Reform Movement.

Mrs. Benham-When We vc-1an get
to running the government veil do .
thing Or two
Bsnham-S as what?
Mrs. Benham-W make man
take out d hunters license before he
can lock for collar bmicn. and ?
his Application he viii aays 10 ecrs5sf
th1t he dossp sNeaI
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-08-06
Force of Lightning

and are there readily collected by par
ticles Of moisture. When the PARTICLES
Of moisture condense they form heavy
thunder clouds, and this formation Of
raIndrops causes the lightning flash.
es aa explained.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-08-06
Rain cauaed Fire.

Fire has been caused by rain nj
Ennis Qreland) railway station. A
West Clare railway wagon containing
some unslaked lime and other goods
was completely destroyed, ard tho
flames spread 10 other sgagons. doing
considerable damage.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-08-06
Hill Wanted Fair Chance

to the river then you might as well
give up the notion of any race. !
thought you meant you'd bring your
boat out on the prairie alongside the
track and give me some show"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-08-06

/ for civil service position was asked
who Was Cromwell Cromwell was
the man who cut OF the head of the
king and or ais death bed exclaimed:
Had | but served my God as served
my king. / should not have been left
in N. old age. st. Paul Dispatch.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-08-06

Unable to stand being uckled By a
girl friend. r ]. Watkins, an employee
of the locomotive works at Richmond.
Va lost his balance and fell down a
flight of stairs at his boarding house
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-08-06

YgN HE name
II Mana Sa-
n hib," a half
century ago.
was one of ter
ror and loathing
ali over the civil
lied world. Today
Americans b av 9
half forgotten 1t.
Several million
dusky Orientels
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-08-06

| mis- descent Doctor Watts worked
with him for over IN hour before he
stopped the bleeding
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~ ARTS swarm
~ ed like a
b e e b j v e.
Every house
was occupied. Peo-
pie paid as high
as $50 a week
for the privilege
of renting an I'M
furnished a t tic.
From every part
of France. from
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You need not pray for long vision
in order to see an opportunity for
service.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-08-13
FIFTY GALLONS OF
GASOLINE GOES UP
Escapes from Tank and Some
One Threw a Lighted
Match Into 1t.

North E street, from the Pennsyl-
vania freight depot to Menke's saloon
was a seething mass of flames late
yesterday afternoon, when about fiji
ty gallons of gasoline, which escaped
from one of the Standard Oil wagons
went up in smoke. In some manner
the stop cock on the tank was opened
and gasoline poured out. 1t flowed
into the gutter and down the sewer.
Then someone threw a lighted match
into the stream and there was a flash
and roar. The fire travelled the
length Of the square and down a
sewer where there was another explos-
ion and the top of the manhole was
blown off. The fire lasted for over an
hour in the sewer, but no damage was
done to property.
Enough, gasoline was burned I'D in
a very few minutes to run all the auto
mobiles in the city ten or fifteen miles
1t is stated several motor enthusiasts
stood by, with tears pouring from their
eyes as the eighteen cents a gallon flu
id was being consumed.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-08-13
GOTHAM IN DANGER
OF CAPTURE TODAY
Invading Army in Big War
Game Is Advancing on
the Metropolis.
(National News AssociaNon)

LONG HILL, Conn, Aug. 13.-The
army defending New York from the
Red army of invasion was steadily
pushed back by the foe in the maneu-
vers today and indications were that
the metropolis was doomed unless the
Blues could rally their forces and
check the enemy's persistent advance.
A general retreat of the Blue army
marked the renewal of hostilities and
both Blue brigades defending New
York City against the invaders took
up positions several miles west of
their camp.
The second brigade composed of
New York regiments, after having
been driven from their position at
Milford, encamped near the mouth of
the Housatonic river
The frst brigade containing the
New Jersey regiments withdrew from
the neighborhood OF the Housatonic
river and took up a position between
Walnut Tree hill and Huntington. The
Blues destroyed the Zoar bridge but
even this did not serve to stop the on
AANoct anu a huLhbci vi the
outposts have retreated to the Main
camp.
The left flank of the Blue army was
exposed and the Reds were within
striking distance. A number of troops
of Red cavalry crossed the Zoar bridge
before its destruction and captured a
company of regular cavalry (colored) }
under command of Captain Mayo. The
main body Of cavalry retreated from
Stevenson. near the bridge to Bedford,
seven miles south. The Red cavalry
also crossed the river at Bennett's g
bridge and headed toward Danbury,
the Blue base of supplies.
The northern outposts of the Blues
withdrew to the halfway river, four
miles east of Bedford. Other out
posts have been established at Lower
White hills, Booth hill and Cold
Spring.
Several troops of the Tenth caval-
~ have been sent out to White hills.
and Shelton, where they will be able
to guard the Birmingham bridge.