Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-02-23
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i think | did. for the conductor of our
special car was generous enough to allow
me to give all his signals. which neces
STATED the use of two varieties of whis-
ties. The rest of the party. I think
would have been almost glad If had
fallen off. I enjoyed the use of the
shrillest one to such an extent.
\ place on the side of the cut is
had gotten in this undertaken and IT
seems strangely inconsequential in
com garrison to what we have done The
earth eXcavated from this cut is used
after being carried twenty miles o..
more in the building Of Gatun dam
which | had the pleasure of visiting
twice. once In Col. Cocktails private
car. which is nothing more nor less
than an American automobile run on a
railroad track
The spill water at Gatun is particu-
larry interesting because it combines
with its great utility a beauty like that
of a miniature Niagara. Half OF one
day we spent at the locks. the iron OF
which they say. if piled up. would eN-
coed the highest building in New York
by several hundred feet. The arrange
ment of these locks surpasses anything
of the kind in existence.
There will be two parallel sets 81
locks at Gatun of three flights each
which will lift vessels weighing 80 GOO
tons to the eighty five-foot level OF
Gatun lake and culebra cut Each lock
will lift its burden twenty-eight feet
The Oregon. one of the largest and
proudest ships of our great navy, will
be able to accomplish i'm 1913 Journey
in eight hours that in 1898 would have
required a month in going round the
Horn.
Across these locks. for the purposes
OF convenience to the workmen
trestles have been built with somewhat
narrow passageways. Rallied more or
less connectedly on one side some OF
the ladies were rather timid about
venturinS out on these vantage points
and some declined to go altogether. But
|, spurred on by the desire TO take a
picture. which didn't develop. went out
and walked across not once. but sew
eral times
Having shown my mettle once.
made the remark that | would like to
go down 10 the bottom of the locks, aud
our escort called my bluff by saying
that he would get a special permit and
we would accomplish this After
scrambling down more flights of stairs
than are in dozen apartment houses
put together we stood on the bottom
of the canal bed. There i'm short
time ships will be passing where un-
told floods of water will daily surge
back and forward in their gentle mis-.
sion of world commerce.
Copyright 1913. by W. A. Du Puy)
the little Jail where Boggs was confined.
for he remembered the words of the
horsethief. In the bright moonlight. the
bent bars of the cell showed how the
shifty BoggS had made his escape. \
pinto pony and a saddle and bride miss
ing from neighboring corral told the
rest of the story. Boggs had broken Jail.
stabbed the judge and skipped.
Shaking up bunch Of his fellows. the
cowboy led them along the trail where
recent footprints showed whittier Jake
had taken his hurried departure. About
en miles out on the prairie they overlook
he fugitive. whose pony had gone lame.
SO they Tipped lariat about his neck
md trotted him back TO Meeker. il be-
ng against cowboy ethics to cheat an
crowd out of a lynching. Be-
sides. there were no trees handy out on
he range. Day was just breaking when
he cava lcade processioned into Meeker.
where the whole population was up. eager
or the festivities.
Meantime. the doctor who had been
summoned by the landlord. had
,een working on the judge, much weak
ned from loss of blood and coincident
With return of the pursuing party had
estored him To consciousness. No one
Use was with the patient when he came
o. for even the cook had joined the gay
hrong under the cottonwood down by
he river. where Boggs standing on
crackerbox while the boys We're throw
ng the other end of the lariat over Q
imb.
:: );
Just as they had succeeded and were
lrawing it taut and comfortable about
he neck of the luckless Boggs, the doc
or burst from the hotel and scuttled as
a st as his fat legs could carry him to
he scene of the ceremonies, yelling all
he while like a Comanche Indian. 4
ew breathless words from him and the
owboys disgustedly loosed the moose from
round the neck of the astonished Boggs
nd kicked him out of town-that is,
UGH as could reach him. for Boggs need
d small persuasion. kicks or otherwise.
''Oh, it was all very simple. When the
Idge had gotten up to open the window
e had carelessly dropped his knife. half
pened. on the bed. 1t fell on its back.
18th the blade sticking up. When the
ldge. with further carelessness, flung
imself down again. the blade ran a
ouple Of inches into his back-just where
e couldn't reach it. In trying to get
out he bled profusely and thus. weak.
ned, lapsed into Inconsistencies. Then.
hen he came to and learned what was
appening down under the cottonwood,
e hurried the doctor off to save the UNI
Apply Boggs
I'm their disgust at being cheated OF
lynching, the cowboys forgot that
oges should have been returned to Jail:
ut Boggs didn't forget It. The last
card of him. he had just fitted through
life. fifty miles away. headed south and
inning freely"