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The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-08-08

in fragments, amid the roar and the
ruins.
Feeling something crack beneath
our feet, hearing an appalling hiss
through the open trap-door, hiss like
the first sound of a rocket.
1t came softly, at first, then louder.
then very loud. But it was not the
hiss of fire. 1t was more like the
hiss of water And now it became a
gurgling sound: "Guggle, Guggle!"
We rushed to the trap-door. All our
thirst, which vanished when the ter
ror came, now returned with the lap
ping Of the water.
The water rose In the cellar, above
the barrels, the powder-barreIs-"B
rels. Barrels! Any barrels
TO sell?'-and we went down to it
with parched threats. 1t rose to our
chins, to our mouths. And We drank.
We stood on the floor of the cellar
and drank. And we went up the stairs
again in the dark, step by step, went
up with the water
The water came out of the cellar
the room. II this went on, the whole
house on the lake would be swamped
The floor of the torture-chamber had
itself become regular little lake, in
which our feet splashed. Surely there
was water enough now! Erik must
turn off the tap!
Erik! Erik. That is water enough
for thnr fba
Turn off the scorpion!"
But Erik did not reply. We heard
nothing but the water rising: it was
halfway to our waists!
"Christine," cried NJ. de Chagny
Christine. The water Is up to our
kneesi"
But Christine did not reply. :.
We heard nothing but the water ris-
ing. E"
No one, no one in the next room,
no one to turn the tap, no one to turn
the scorpion
We were all alone, In the dark, with
the dark water that seized us and
clasped us and froze US!
Erik! Erik"
Christine. Christinel"
BY this time, we had lost our foot
hold and were spinning round in the
water, carried away by an irresistible
whirl, for the water turned with us
and dashed US against the dark mir
ror, which thrust us back again; and
our throats, raised above the whirl-
pool, roared aloud.
Were We to die here, drowned in
the torture-chamber | had never
seen that. Erik, at the time OF the
rosy hours Of Mazenderan. had never
shown me that, through the little in
visible window
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ARE THE TRUE MISSIONARIES
They Who Do Not Hide Their Love
and Sympathy When It Is Most
Needed.

Love and sympathy are common
enough, perhaps, but, oh how pitifully
slow they sometimes are to gladden.
our homesl Families will go through
life loving each otner, ready tC make
almost any sacrifice for each other.
and yet holding back the expression
of this love and readiness to serve,
as though they were something to be
ashamed of and concealed Now and
then, in time of great strain or
anguish, the crust will be broken for
a brief instant, and the heart will re-
veal itself. But return to the normal
conditions, and the love-the sunshine
will be overshadowed by a cloud OF
reserve abiding just as strong and
true, perhaps, but not familiar enough
for everyday use. Not all are like
this, thank God! There are some
whose lives are as open and sunny as
days in June, and between whom and
those around them there is no timid-
ity and lack of frankness. Such as
these are true missionaries in the
world, rising above reserve and mis-
giving and repining, and making all
around them more beautiful and glad
by the sunny inspiration of their pres
ence
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hand Gig. y, pull steadily upon the
cord with the right hand until all is
unwound, and gently drop the top
upon its spinning point To get the
best results from the top. the card
board used for the disk platform must
be very straight If it warps out of
shape, f1atten it by pressing it under
pile of books.
Pictures Of horses can be cut out
of magazines and mounted upon card
board for the merry go-round, but IL
you wish to try your hand at making
them yourself, you will find 1t an easy
matter to enlarge the pattern shown
in Fig. 8. In this diagram, each square
represents "A inch. Mark out similar
set of squares, ruling the lines exactly
"A inch apart, then with the small and
large sets of squares to guide, you
reproduce the outline exactly as
shown. With one horse made, the
others can be traced from it. Fig 10
shows how two burnt matches or
toothpicks are dashed to the legs of
the horses for supports, and Fig 6
shows how holes are pierced through
the disk platform to stick them into
Mount a small flag upon the top OF
spool ID and your merry go-round top
will be completed.
Copyright 1912. by A. Nicely HaIl)
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Here he comes!" cried Christine
Il hear him, Here he ISL
We heard his steps approaching
the Louis-Phiiippe room He came
up to Christine, but did not speak
Then l raised my voice:
Erik 1t is T. Do you know me?"
With extraordinary calmness, be at
once replied:
$50 you are not dead In there?
Well, then. see that you keep quiet. =
/ tried to speak, but he said coldiy:
Not word, daroga, or shall blow
everything up" And he added, The
honor rests with mademoiselle. !.
Mademoiselle had not touched the
scorpion deliberately he spoke!
-"mademoiselle has not touched the
grasshopper"-with that composure!
but it is not too late to do the
right thing There, open the caskets
without q key, for / am a trap-door
please and as l please. | open the
little ebony caskets; mademoiselle,
look at the little dears inside. Aren't
they pretty? II you turn the grass
hopper. mademoiselle, we shall all be
blown up. There is enough gun
powder under our feet to blow up a
whole quarter of Paris. IL you turn
the scorpion, mademoiselle, all that
powder will be soaked and drowned.
Mademoiselle, to celebrate our we'd
ding, you shall make very hand
some present to a few hundred Pari-
SLAMS who are at this moment ap-
plauding poor masterpiece of Meyer
beers you shall make them
a present Of their lives. For,
with your own fair hands, you shall
turn the scorpion. And mer-
rily. merrily, we will be married."
A pause; and then:
IF, in two minutes, mademoiselie,
you have not turned the scorpion, /
shall turn the grasshopper e.
and the grasshopper, 1 tell You. hops
jolly hight
The terrible silence began anew.
The Vicomte dc Chagny. realizing
that there was nothing left to do but
pray, went down on his knees and
prayed AS for me, my blood beat so
fercely that | had to take my heart
in both hands, lest it should burst. AT
last, we heard Erik's voice:
The two minutes are past. !.
Good-by, mademoiselle- Hop,
grasshopper!
Erik cried Christine, do you
swear to me, monster, do you swear
to me that the scorpion is the one to
turn?
Yes, to hop at our wedding
"Ah, you seei You said, to hop!"
AT our wedding, ingenious child.
. The scorpion opens the ball.
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HOMEMADE TOPS.

There are many styles of tops, prob
ably more than you ever dreamed Of,
and it will surprise you to hear tina,
the owners Of some of the most GU
rfous forms are bearded men who take
as much delight in spinning as any
boy does. Down among the South Sea
Islands, on Murray Islam, the natives
became so enthusiastic over the sport
q few years ago, and neglected their
work TO such an extent, that their
families often were without food, and
boys and girls went off to school with
out having had any breakfast. Mat
ters became SO serious that finally the
Mamoose or chief was forced to issue
an edict restricting the holding of
top contests to certain days. Among
these natives there are many very ex-
pert top spinners An eye witness to
a recent contest writes that there
were thirty tops spinning at one time.
OF these the winning top spun q min
utes, the second best 26 minutes, the
third 25 minutes and the fourth "a
minutes. The men sing songs while
LhS ups d1c 3, CuS6I Oh LuClI
tops, and take the greatest of care to
shelter them as much as possible from
the wind. Great excitement, accom-
panied with shouting and grooming,
prevails when a top Unexpectedly top
pies over
Whip-tops and pegtops of several
varieties can be purchased at the
corner candy store, but the kind | am
going to show you how to make can
not be bought.
A splendid spinner can be made of
the little balance wheel of an old set
of clockwork Gig. -. This little
wheel Is SO, accurately made that it
will spin very steadily, and as the
ends of it's pivot are pointed, it re-
mains in one spot while spinning. One
of these wheels will spin from a min
ute and half to minutes. The tooth
ed wheel shown in Fig 2, or any of
the other forms of clock wheels will
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CHAPTER XVI.

The End of the Ghosts Love Story.
The previous chapter marks the
conclusion OF the written narrative
which the Persian left behind him.
Notwithstanding the horrors of a
situation which seemed definitely to
abandon them to their deaths, NJ de
Chagny and his companion were saved
by the sublime devotion Of Christine
Daae. And | had the rest of the story
from the lips OF the daroga himself.
When | went to see him, he was
still living In his little fiat in the
Rue de Rivoli opposite the Tuileries.
He was very i'll, and it required all
my ardOr as an historian pledged to
the truth to persuade him to live the
incredible tragedy over again for my
benefit His faithful old servant Da-
RUS showed me in to him. The daroga
received me at a window overlooking
the garden of the Tu1leries. He still
had his magnificent eyes, but his poor
face looked very worn. He had shaved
the whole of his head, which was
usually covered with an astrakhan
cap; he was dressed in long, plain
coat and amused himself by uncon-
sciously twisting his thumbs inside
the sleeves; but his mind was quite
clear, and he told me his story with
perfect lucidity.
1t seems that when he opened his
eyes, the daroga found himself lying
on a bed. M. de Chagny was on
sofa. beside the wardrobe. An angel
and devil were watching over them
After the receptions and illusions
of the tortured chamber, the precision
of the details of that quiet little mid
dle-class room seemed to have been
invented for the express purpose OF
puzzling the mind Of the mortal rash
enough to stray into that abode OF
living nightmare. The wooden bed
stead, the waxed mahogany chairs,
the chest of drawers, those brasses,
the little square antimacassarS care
fully placed on the backs of the chairs,
the clock on the mantelpiece and the
Misunderstanding ebony caskets at
either end, lastly, the whatnot filled
with shells, with red pin-cushiOns,
with mother-of-pearl boats and an
enormous ostrich-egg, the whole dis
creetly lighted by shaded lamp
standing on a small round table: this
collection OF ugly, peaceable, reason
able furniture, at the bottom OF the
opera cellars, beWildered the magma
ton more than all the late fantastic
happenings.
And the figure Of the masked man
seemed all the more formidable in
this old-fashioned, neat and trim lit
tie frame 1t bent down over the Per
sian and said, IN his ear:
Are you better, daroga? :.
You are looking at my furnituref
1t is all that l have left of
my poor unhappy mother"
Christine Daae did not say a word;
she moved about noiselesstV, like a
sister of charity, who had taken a
vow of silence. She brought cup OF
cordial, or of hot tea, he did not re-
member which The man In the mask
took it from her hands and gave it to
the Persian. NJ. de Chagny was still
sleeping.
Erik poured a drop Of rum into the
darogas cup and, pointing to the Wis
count. said:
'He came to himself long before
we knew if you were still alive.
daroga,. He is quite well He is
asleep We must not wake him"
(TO BE CONTINUED
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make good spinners, but unless you
file their pivot ends to points they
will not spin in one spot but will glide
over the table top in spirais. This
decreases the length Of time which
they will spin, but makes the tops
none the less interesting. Great fun
may be had spinning these around the
balaEce-wheel top, while the latter is
spinning.
A large upholstering tack or rug
tack Gig. 81 Is a good spinner. While
the clockwork wheels are spun by
twirling them by means Of the upper
end of the pivots, the tack is spun by
holding the spinning point between
the thumb and first finger, as shown
in Fig 4, then giving it quick turn
and dropping it upon table. The
tack top is an eccentric spinner. First
it hops about in a very lively fash
ION; then when you think it is about
through spinning it gains it's balance
and for some seconds spins quite as
steadily as the clockwork balance
wheel top The tack top can be spun
upon it's head as well as upon its
point.
The top in Fig is made Of half
of spool and a short piece Of lead
pencil Saw spool into halves, and
then taper one half from it's beveled
end to the center Sharpen the pen
ell to a point, and push 1t through the
spool until its point projects just
trifie.
The merry -go-round shown in Fig.
is a new top idea, and it is not hard to
make. You will require cardboard
disk II inches in diameter, which can
be cut from the cover Of large card
board box, three spools, a pencil, and
some lightweight cardboard for the
making of the horses and riders. Fig.
8 shows the details. Tack the center
OF the disk platform CA, Fig 81 to q
spool top (Bj Then glue the square
end Of the pencil Co in the hole OF q
spool (D), and slip the pointed end
through the fange end OF large spool
fE) and down through the disk into
B. Coat the pointed end with glue 30
II will stick fast In B. The hole In e
must be enough larger than the pencil
30 1t will turn freely. The spool end
shown IL cut from large ribbon
spool.
When you have made this much OF
the top. you can spin 1t to see how 1t
works. Wrap the spinning cord-use
strong lightweight wrapping-twine
about spool d, In the same manner
that you wind the cord Of any top;
then holding spool e with the left
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Affidavit Goes With This.

Mrs. Newlywed tat the breakfast
table)-Cecil. dear, I've just made
some biscuit This morning | learned
how to make them in cooking school.
and this is the first time I've tried
them at home
Sampling biscuit, Mr. Newiywed-
Um-m-m. Say, Sally, but these are
great Simply great. You're a good
little cook. you are. and that cooking
school ought to be proud of you GIm-
me another biscuit. 1t would have
been a lot better for my digestion IL
mother had had little cooking school
training and learned how to make
something really good the way you do
Thanks: you bet I'll have another
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"Oh, Oh. Can you re1.emocr-
the branch of the tree and the dome
shaped ceiling? Do try to remember.
After all, the water may stop,
it must find its level! There,
/ think it is stopping, No, no.
oh, horrible. Swim! Swim
for your life,"
Our arms became entangled in the
effort of swimming we choked: we
fought in the dark water; already we
could hardly breathe the dark air
above the dark water, the air which
escaped, which We could hear escap-
ing through some vent-hole or other.
"Oh, let us, turn and turn and turn
until we find the air hole and then
glue our mouths to IT."
But l lost my strength; | tried to
lay hold of the walls Oh, how those
glass walls slipped from under my
cropping fingers. We whirled
round again, We began to
sink One last effort, :.
A last cry:
Erik! christine,
''Guggle. guggie. guggle." il our
ears. GuggIe. Guggle." At the
bottom Of the dark water, our ears
went. "Guggle! Guggle!"
And, before losing consciousness en-
tirely, seemed to hear. between two
guggles:
Barrels. Barrels, Any barrels to
SELF"
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CHAPTER XIV. (continued.)

At last. I found the staircase. But,
suddenly ! drew myself up on the
first step. for a terrible thought had
come to my mind:
What is the time?'
Al, what was the time? 49,. 3.
FOR, after all, eleven o'clock tomorrow
evening might be now, might be this
very moment! Who could tell us
the time? We seemed to have been
imprisoned in that hell for days and
days Tor years since
rhe beginning OF the world. Perhaps
We should be blown up then and
there! An, a sound! A crack!
Did you hear that? There,
IN the corner good heavens.
Like sound of machinery!
Again. Oh, for a
Hight Perhaps it's the ma
chinery that is to blow everything up.
tell you, cracking sound:
are you deaf?"
Nj. de Chagny and / began to yell
like madmen. fear spurred US on
We rushed up the treads OF the stair
case. dS we went any
10 escape the dark, to return to the
mortal light of the room of mirrors:
We found the trap-door still open,
but it was now as dark in the room
az mirrors as in the cellar which we
had left We dragged ourselves along
the floor OF the torture-chamber. the
floor that separated us from the pow
der-magazine. What was the time?
We shouted, we called: NJ. de Chagny
to Christine, / to Erik. | reminded
him that [ had saved his life. But
no answer. save that OF our despair,
OF our madness: what was the time?
We argued, We tried TO calculate the
time we had spent there, but we were
incapable OF reasoning. Ii only We
could see the face OF a watch,
Mine had stopped, but NJ. de Chagny' S
was still going. He told me
that he had wound it up before dress
ing for the opera. we mao
not match upon us. ana
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All Alone in the Storm

Inside the great farm, close by. the
lights blazed merrily, and through the
windows, from which the shades were
drawn, could be seen many young peO-
pie passing hither and thither- A
merry country party-youth and
laughter.
And now through the storm others
make their way to the farmhouse.
They are bundled up warm and COM
Portable, and defy the snow and the
cold. They are happy in the anticipa-
ton OF the joyful evening before them.
Care and worry have no part In their
minds
They do not know that close BY
stands that ill-clothed figure, with
arms stretched appealingly forth. and
IL they knew there would be no pity
in their hearts.
For 1t was only she old farmers
scarecrow- Sanford in Puck.
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WinQless Chickens Next.

Relief for neighbors VINO dc not
keep chickens is promised in new
breed Of wingless fowl on the way at
Johnson Coursen's poultry farm at
Newton, N j. Without even the init
nation of wing, these chickens will
be unable to escape from their own
er by flying over fences into neighbors'
lawns and gardens, thus removing al
most the last obstacle to a suburban
millennium.
Coursen has barred Plymouth
Rock hen nine months old. which Is
commencing to lay eggs. She has not
the least sign of wing on either side
of her otherwise normal body. She
can walk In dignified manner. but
when she tries to run she loses her
balance and gyrates like rudderless
vessel.
Coursen is saving the hens eggs.
and will try to hatch them as the be-
ginning of a breed of wingiess chick
ems The experiment is being watch
ed closely by poultrymen of northern
New Jersey-New York Herald.
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sethei Preacher Gives Congregation
of SheIibacks Startling Oescrip.
ton OF Bad Place.

Il knew the late Clark Russell
WE'LL" said a Philadelphia shipping re-
porter. The unhappy man, racked
with rheumatism, lay for many years
on his back as helpless as newborn
babe. That, perhaps, was how he
came to leave 100000. He couldn't
spend any Of his money. you sec.
Authors make less than Ia sup
posed Clark Russell was once talk
ing to me about authors earnings. He
said that publishers exaggerated the
earnings so as to get more people to
write for them.
He said that the millionaire pub
Usher, in order to draw authors on.
painted the prosperity Of the success
full writer with the bold. crude exag-
geration wherewith the preacher in
the mariners bethel painted the hor-
rors of the bad place.
A bethel preacher. he explained.
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srssoe, the Merry Country Party
voted Not of the Forlorn Figure
Out In the Cold.

It was bitter cold The snow leu
thickly, and, driven by the wlno' IL
beat relentlessly against the faces OF
those who were not sheltered. wild
night. indeed. Midwinter, and In the
open country. and one of the coolest
nights I'm the memory OF the Oldest In
habitant.
He stood not far from the winding.
snowbcund road, his face turned to-
ward the highway. A foriorn object
IN that great storm.
His old felt hat, damned roughly on
mis- head, but Unprotected his face and
ears ffom the chilly blasts. He wore
no ovtrcoat, only light and much
frayedt Jacket. more fitted. indeed. for
summed weather than the zero tenn
peraturA of that night, His hands
were UNPROTECTED by gloves. while his
trousersS shin sud worn. huttereu
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Rather Crude and Bold

was describing the bad place to con-
gregation of shellbacks
Shipmates,' he said. you've seen
the molten iron come running out Of
the furnace, haven't you? 1t comes
out white hot, sizzling and kissing
like some kind of snaky. horrible
monster. Well, shipmates-'
The preacher pointed his forefnger
at the awed shellbacks.
Well, shipmates, he said solemn.
b. they use that stun for ice cream
Ia hell"
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But that will do! You
won't have the scorpion? Then | turn
the grasshopper!"
Erik"
Enough"
was crying out in concert with
Christine. NJ. de Chagny was still
on his knees, praying
Erik! / have turned the scorpion!"
Oh, the second through which We
passed.
Waiting! Waiting to find ourselves
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The Old Qodde.

Brown has refused to give US an
extra days time to meet his bill. He
says it's been running long enough"
Didn't you tell him we'd give him
a check for the full amount the day
after tomorrow"
Il did He said that wouldn't do
He wanted it in the morning"
"All right Mail him check today,
and forget to have it signed. There's
more than one way Of stretching credit
II you have to-"
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Substitute for Rubber.

One of the many proposed substi-
tutes for rubber is obtained from the
soya or Manchurian bean, and is being
sembles the kidney bean. and is being
introduce from Japan and the East
Indies into other countries A rub
Der like product that can be vulcan
lied is obtained by treating the bean
with nitric acid, alkalies and great
heat
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Erik! Erik" | cried. Il saved
your lifel Remember! You
were sentenced to death! But for
me. you would be dead now. :.
Erik
We whirled around in the water
like so much Wreckage. But, sudden
ly, my straying hands seized the trunk
of the iron tree! | called M. de
Chagny, and we both hung to the
branch of the iron tree.
And the water rose still higher.
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stevenson's Worthy Prayer.

The day returns and brings US the
petty round OF irritating concerns and
duties. Help US to play the man,
help US to perform them with laughter
and kind faces; let cheerfulness
blithely on our business all this day,
bring us to our resting beds weary
and content and undiscovered, and
grant us In the end the gift of sleep
Amen. Robert Louis Stevenson
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Greatest Revolutionary Force.

There is no greater revolutionary
force than kncwledg
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At last. / found the staircase. But,
suddenly ! drew myself up on the
first step, for a terrible thought had
come TO my mind: