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CHAPTER Xxx.
The Sewer Rats.

The Sewer Rats.
who was the thief that robbed you,
excellency?" demanded Landozi, as
they drew up near the edge Of the
city-dld you see him well?
Perfectly" said Kitty. Moreover,
| ara sure | have seen him before"
"Where?"
with your own band, monsleur-he
was one of those who rode with you
the other day!"
"Ah. a slim man-sharp face
white?"
"Precisely-the same"
Il know him-Blake! He was with
US that day. yes. but | promise you he
is not really OF our brotherhood. He
is not worthy of association with gal.
liant gentlemen like ourselves. We
ride the trails-he creeps through the
alleys Of the city. We are borderers-
he Is a common thief. Blake-truly,
1t must have been he. No one OF our
own gentry would have robbed a won.
an. Now, you help me In your own
quest. ! know Blake's lurking place.
He and his kind have a sort Of a den
In the low quarter Of the town. The
prefect Of police leaves them pretty
much alone. because in these times
the officers Of the law have much else
to think about Their opium lair
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"Ho, brothersi" cried the rufian who
held Kitty In his arms-"By the Lord.
It's the sams!-'tis the young Amer
lean hishness whom We lost!"
Loose me! Let mo frsel" cried
Kitty yshemently-'T came to you for
help. trusted In you. am In need
and ask you gentlemen to be my
friends"
What. your friendsi" They laughed
loudly at this.
Eyes. your leader Knows me-do you
not remember how he took NJ captive
the other dayf He told me then II
needed aid to count on him. Does one
Of your brotherhood speak falsely?"
They fell back from her now re.
spectfully. impressed in part BY what
she said, and in part by tho fear that
they might offend their leader. This
latter fear was we'll placed, for even
now they heard the sounds of rapid
hoofbeats.
Hist" exclaimed one. "Landozi-it
Is very likely he"
And It was he. the man whom they
all respected through their fears. He
flung himself from his horse now and
strobe into the lighted circle.
What now. fellows!" exclaimed he,
as he caught sight Of the young WON.
an standing there. disheveled, pale.
DO you not know this excellency I?
What, would you insult her!"
Il came hither for help" exclaimed
Kitty, addressing him with such ap-
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peal In her eyes ss any man would
have found it difficult to resist. II
am In need-I am In pursuit of a thief
and +"
And you ask thief to catch a
theft" The bandit chieftain smiled
grimly.
NO. not in the least-I do not call
You so, you brothers Of the desert.
You yourself. Captain Landozi, told me
to come to you II l needed help. Well,
need 1t now, tonight, this
very moment. l am all alone.
need conduct to Gretzhoffen
town. ! am convinced that the man
who robbed me fed thither. What,
would you allow one to escape who
would rob woman?"
NO." exclaimed Landozl. THAT is
not our trade. 1t is our profession
that we take only from the rich; and
We do not side with those who rob the
weak. Excellency. my word is my
word, You come to US for aid, and we
should be barren OF all honor did we
not give you aid. What can We do?"
Ride with mel" exclaimed Kitty.
"Yourself-two or three men-show
me the way from here to Gretzhoffen.
Shield me against any other possible
riders who may not be OF your broth.
ehrood. Is it agreed?"
1T is agreed" exclaimed Landozi,
and with small discussion they soon
were in the saddle again-Landozi,
two or three of his stoutest men and
Kitty; and once more she felt the
rush of the wind against her cheek,
as q good horse carried her forword.
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FIFTH lNSTALLMENT
CHAPTER XVII.
A New Intruder.

The keen senses OF Roleau, schooled
IN peril. told him OF some hidden dan.
ger--the very tenseness OF the situa-
tion warning him. Turning, he saw
the upraised weapon. and In fash
q blow from his own powerful arm
had sent 1t flying through the window.
1t fell clinking on the floor at the feet
OF Count Sachio and his friends. Kit.
ty. rescued from the danger which
she had not realized. sprang back An
Instant later Rolean had grappled
With the intruder.
Hearing the sound OF this encoun.
ter, Count Sachio and his companions
sprang at the intervening door. broke
1t in. They found two strange men
engaged In an encounter whose cause
they could not guess. but both Of
whom undoubtedly were intruders in
this place, and who, therefore, might
be regarded as enemies.
"The American," exclaimed Sachio.
dS ut" Hf sd" dlsO tuf ypuHb sll u
who was endeayoring az best she
might to give assistance TO Roleau
in his struggle with the stranger.
Quick, excellency. rum" exclaimed
Roleau
The strange man was not easily
TO be disposed of, but gave even the
powerful Roleau all he liked TO do to
handle him. Meantime Saehlo flung
himself upon Roleau, his comrades did
as much for the stranger.
In the melee. which slipped from
place to place upon tho floor. Sachio
lei fall the little bag with the kings
half coin-in his excitement he had
forgotten that he still had It In his
hand The stranger, whose shifty
eyes caught everything. saw the bag
as It lay upon the floor.
Working gradually towards the
place where the little bag lay, now
underfoot. now scuffed aside by the
struggling men. the stranger managed
TO trip and throw that one OF Sachio's
friends who pressed him most closely.
They fell directly before the packet.
Swiftly, the long hand OF the stranger
reached out and caught II up.
There remained for him no more
relish for the fight An instant later.
bis crossed arm against the throat OF
his assallant, he broke away. fung
through the open window and left the
others to shift as they might.
Roleau, still held In the powerful
grasp OF Count Sachlo himself. strug.
gled furlonsly. all the time calling to
Kitty to make her own escape
"Roleaul" called Kitty. Quick. he
he has it-he has stolen It. We must
follow him" And Roleau did his
best to shake himself free.
Not so fast. not go easily" painted
Sachio. whose stern grip stIll held
Roleau's collar. "You win not get
OF Just yet Who are you, to come
prowllng about my plaee-thieves
against thieves7 You shall tell me
what all this means"
Go, excellency. runi" painted Ro.
lcau, still to HIS mistress Leave
them TO me I'll come when can"
Kitty turaed, knowing that she
must act quickly or be taken prisoner
herself
Follow NE. Roleaui" she cried,
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SYNOPSIS.

Kitty Gray. newspaper woman. finds In
q eurio shop half OF a broken coin. the
mutilated Inscription on which arouses
her curiosity and leads her. at the order
OF her managing editor. TO go to the prtn-
c!pality OF Gretzhoffen TO piece out the
story suggested by the Inscription. She Is
followed. and on arrival In Gretzhoffen
her adventures while chasing the secret
OF the broken coin begin.
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Authorship of "Stonewall Jackson's Way"

drove through Fairview to Hagerstown
and thence south to Antietam creek
and Sharpsburg. On the battlefield we
traversed the Bloody Lane and the
ground that death had plowed when
Mcclellan had hurled upon Stonewall's
thin lines the legions of Hooker, Sum
ner and Mansfield. Then we took to
the carriage again. to make our way to
the railroad.
LAS we labored over the stony road,
torn in desperate ruts by the artillery
and the baggage trains. the men in
our party climbed out and in again and
again to relieve the horses, and in one
of these struggles lost my copy of the
song. l had thrust it carelessly into
the breast pocket of my coat, where it
protuded and finally worked out some
where on the road. So the original
draft of 'Stonewall Jackson's Way
was dropped in the midst of the grave
yard he had helped to make, and was
probably found by those who were pre-
pared to appreciate its significance.
I'm Baltimore | told the story of the
song to my father, and, at his request,
made Immediately another copy of it.
This was shown cautiously to certain
members of the Maryland Club, and a
trusty printer was found who struck
off dozen slips of it, principally for pri-
vate distribution. That first printed
copy of the song was headed Found
on Rebel Sergeant of the Old Stone
wall Brigade. Taken at Winchester. >
The fabuluos legend was for the mis-
leading of the Federal Provost Marshal.
as were also the address and date:
'Martlnsburg, September 10, 1862.
The suppression of the poem in the
North, its entry into the South by way
of the underground railway and its
popularity there, together with the de-
tails of his own work and imprisonment
in the South during these events, com
plete DR.. Palmer interesting story of
the birth and fortunes of the song, and
suffice 20 dispose of any doubt as to its
authorship.
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"Stonewall Jackson's Way"

Come, stack arms, men! Pile on the rails;
Stir up the campfire bright;
No matter if the canteen fails,
Well make a roaring night.
Here Shenandoah brawls along,
Here burly Blue Ridge echoes strong,
To swell the brigade's rousing song,
OF "Stonewall Jackson's way"
We see him now-the old SLOUGH hat
Cooked DER his eye askew-
The shrewd dry smile-the speech so pat.
So calm, so blunt. so true.
The Blue Light Elder" knows EN- well:
Says he, That Banks; he fond of shell!
Lord save his soul! We'll give HIN" well
That's "Stonewall Jackson's way"
Silence. Ground arms! Kneel all! Caps off
Old blue Lights" going to pray.
Strangle the fool that dares to scott!
Attention it's his way!
Appealing from his native sod
IN J0yma baubeyiS to God,
Lay barethinearm! Stretchforth THYROID.
Amen!' That's Stonewall's way.
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Some years ago there was a good
deal of controversy over the authorship
of the famous war poem. 'Stonewall
Jackso Way" but this was definitely
settled later. 1t is somewhat surpris-
ing, that Baltimore clergyman should
recently have quoted this stirring war
time song as of unknown authorship.
The poem was written by DR.. John
Williamson Palmer, who was born in
Baltimore IN 1925, was educated in
Baltimore and studied medicine under
DIR. Dunbar, of Baltimore. DR.. Pal
mer was for some time a physician in
the British East Indian service and was
at San Francisco during the gold fever.
During the Civil War he was army cor
respondent for Southern papers. After
the war he went to Baltimore and lived
there for a short time, then he went to
New York, devoting his time to literary
work, writing a number of poems and
contributing to magazines of the day.
Later he returned to Baltimore and
died there in 1906.
"In September, 1862, l found myself
at the Glades Hotel, Oakland, Md.
This mountain hostelry had long enjoy
ed peculiar celebrity, dating efrom a
time before the war, when its register
was rich in names of tourists more or
less distinguished, who came thither led
by love of wild scenery or wilder sport.
The house was as famous for a cosmo-
politan company of guests as for
versatility of experience and accomplish
ment and various charm of entertain
ment had not their like in any cara
vansary between the two oceans.
early on the 10th there was a roar
of guns in the air and we knew that a
great battle was on, yet carriages and
saddle horses were waiting to take US all
to an Arcadian picnic in the woods
above the Cheat river. The hearts of
the others were beating, but they went
| alone made excuse and remained in
the deserted house, while the guns
roared on, and my heart was full of the
mystery of apprehension and longing.
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or faithless, if you follow the fair faith
of love of men, if you make choice of
that creed, Ralph, it is very unlikely
that you will be lost in the shuttle IN
''the separation of the wheat from the
chaff. -
Much has been written of creeds, and
there are many who think they are sin
cere, yet whose hearts hold hatred for
those who disagree with them as to
methods of acquiring wings. Those
who are thus deceiving themselves,
Ralph, whose minds are sanctifed to
their own entire satisfaction, yet whose
hearts are malicious, are not to be con-
demned, but pitied. 1t would be great
II they could see more clearly, if they
could choose creed built on love of
men, if they could act upon Emerson's
splendid advice:
Go put your creed into your deed,
Nor speak with double tongue"
There's world of good religion there,
Ralph, in those dozen words from
Emerson. There's religion enough
there for all those whose creed is based
on love of men. Did you ever read,
Ralph, "Abou Ben Adhem?" If not
you should do so, for there is religion.
pure, unadulterated and sound. Relig-
ion should not consist so much in crav-
ing death and counting the unknown as
in loving nature, loving men, and low
ing life. This is a great old life in a
glorious old world and we only have
it once. There are some who have the
preposterous idea that all the beauty of
nature, all the alluring things that
make the world worth while. all the
glory and glitter of the globe, were
created by some long tailed chump who
fires a furnace with fork. These see
smoke in smile. lurid flames in love
and laughter and evil in everything.
These need no new religion, for we
have enough real religion already here,
But they need reconstructed religion:
they should make new choice of creed
and adopt love of men and love of life
as its fundamental principle. On our
way up hill we ought to be closer to-
gether, because we work better doubly
harnessed than singly hitched. If we
make proper choice of creed there can
not be condemnation of each other if
we build 1t on the base of brotherly
love. Alice Cary puts it prettily thus:
Il hold that Christian grace abounds
Where charity Is seen; that when
We climb to heaven It's on the rounds
Of love TO men."
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He's in the saddle now: Fall in!
Steady! The whole brigadel
Hills at the ford, cut off; We'll win
His way out, ball and blade.
What matter if our shoes are worn?
What matter if our feet are torn?
Quick step! were with him before dawn:
That's Stonewall Jackson's way!
The suns bright lances rout the mists
Of morning and, by George!
Here's Longstreet, struggling in the list,
Hemmed in an ugly gorge.
Pope and his Yankees. whipped before
"Bayonets and grapen' hear Stonewal
roar;
charge, Stuart! Pay off Ashby' score,
In Stonewall Jackson way
All, maiden! wait, and watch, and yearn,
For news of Stonewall's band,
All, Widow! read-with eyes that burn,
That ring upon thy hand.
All. wife. sew on, pray on, hope on;
Thy life shall not be all forlorn.
The foe had better ne er been born,
That gets in Stonewall's way.
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| knew that Stonewall was in it, what
ever it might be; it was his way
'Stonewall Jackson's Way l had
twice put that phrase in my war letters
and other correspondents, finding it
handy, had quoted it in theirs.
81 paced the piazza ard whistled a
song Of Oregon lumbermen and loggers
that had learned from California ad-
venturer in Honolulu. The two thoughts
were coupled and welded into one to
make a song and as the words gathered
to the call of the tune | wrote the ballad,
'Stonewall Jackson's Way with the
roar of those guns in my ears. On the
morrow added the last stanza and the
completed lines were first read by that
boats, took a carriage at Hancock
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The PEOPLES FORUM.
SHARES

The most intimate COMPANIONS you
can have are your thoughts. You can t
get away from them. They are with
you at all times and everywhere.
1t has been said one cannot get away
from book. In a sense this is true.
The impressions it makes are lasting
and memory brings back the unconscious
impressions, be they good or evil. The
authors who from greed of gain, for
love of sensation. or from the vicious
desire of perverting taste, or corrupt
ing the mind, or leading the young
astray, deliberately publish works de-
veloped from their vitiated imagina
tious and depraved hearts have fear
full responsibility to answer for. They
are on level with the basest criminal.
and deserve to be expelled from de-
cent society. They are proper candi-
dates for the pit and are the chosen in
struments of the enemy of souls and
the race.
He uses them as the willing instru-
ments of setting his snares to allure
the souls of men, and none are more in
danger of being taken in his pit falls
than the unguarded and unsuspect-
ing youth. The country boy knows the
variety of snares used to catch his
game.
They differ in nature, form and man
ner of setting, He bats his snare with
an apple when he is after the rabbit.
He places the steel trap with its saw
teeth jaws and covers it with loose
earth to catch the fox. A piece of
roast meat attached to the dead fall is
very tempting for the rat. The devil
has many devices to ensnare the youth
and destroy their souls. Some of his
plans are apparently harmless, some are
demoralizing in the extreme and some
crush soul and body.
One Of his snares is set in many
households. You may see it sometimes
on the parlor table, by the big family
bible. BY the way it is seldom remov
ed for use. 1t is closed from one years
end to the other. You may see it in
the library in the hands of children.
The cook becomes infatuated with it
and neglects her duty; the housewife is
engrossed with it; the child wastes
precious hours and weeps over it until
the eyes are red and swollen. The taste
is perverted and the desire for study is
lost. Such is the tendency and influence
of light trashy literature, love stories
and cheap fiction which captivates the
fancy and perYerts the imagination.
thereby destroying the future man or
woman.
These exaggerations of the unreal
have nothing ennobling or purifying in
them, but they weaken the intellect.
warp the judgment, create false notions
OF truth and give incorrect ideas of life.
They convert student into a sense
less castle builder and make day dream
ers of youth, They prevent the concen-
tration of the mind on any useful SUBJ
Ject, but at home, in school, at work.
in church the mind revels in the un-
substantial and unreal, while desplsinR
what IS OF real Importance he is capti-
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winsome rebel Miss Mary Daley.
ION the 18th the wires brought US
the story from Cumberland; Lee had
joined battle with Mcclellan at Ante
tam Creek. Stonewall jackson had cap
tured Harper's Ferry on the 18th with
Its garrison of 1900. Then he had
started by one of those staggering
forced marches, which were his way,
to join Lee at Sharpsburg. where he
came up in time to take command of
the left wing for the bloody doings of
the 18th.
ION one of the first days of October
six gentlemen, including myself. and
two ladies took leave of Oakland, went
by train to a point opposite Hancock,
crossed the Potomac there in small
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THE OPEN ROAD
Along Which An Effort Will BE rIade TO
Assist the Wanderer on His Way Up Hill
BY LEO j. RASCHE.
CHOICE OF CREEDS.

There are many creeds in the world,
many who claim creeds, ana many of
splendid practical creeds, who claim no
creed at all. These latter are those
who practice the great creed of con-
scientiousness. Some espouse creeds
because they are natural born church
goers. Some use them as political
assets, some use them to build business
upon, some use them as cloak behind
which to conceal much. There are
those who claim a creed and have none.
Others are church worshippers. That
is, they love the four walls and the
roof in which they nave heard singing
and psalms since childhood and thew
have grown naturally to love the old
building of so many pleasant memories
grown even to the fondness of wor-
ship. They just love building as a pile
of brick or stone with little thought of
it as part of an institution, and with
rarely thought of what it really repre-
sents. These honest souls think thew
are sincere. They are churchgoers-
church worshippers-ready to give
battle were another church, of the
same denomination and standing for the
same thing. to try to enroll some of the
churches members into its fold. Others
there are who are the salt of the earth,
earnest, conscientious, sincere with
malice toward none, with charity for
all. These are true opponents of the
great creed, the creed of human kind
ness, and built and resting upon love of
men. And whether or not you claim
creed, whether you are of the faithful
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HENRY c. DAVIS FIRST
MAN To PROPOSE RUN
MING TRAINS At NIGHT
Human Interest Story of Great West
Virginan Who is Alert as Ever
At Ninety Three Years.

Nearly every reviewer of the bio
graphy of Lord Strathcona has laic
most stress upon what that statesman
accomplished after he had passed the
customary age limit of activity. A
wonder quite as great in its way is
the daily spectacle of Henry Gassaway
Davis, once Democratic candidate foI
VicePresident, mounting his horse fol-
a spin over the country roads. The
animal is sixteen and one-half hands
high. bred of the best Kentucky stock,
with all that means in spirit, in strength
and self-wlll. Any of Mr.. Davis s
neighbors who has passed fifty-fve, and
not few who are younger, would have
to climb into the saddle-if they ventur-
ed to ride such horse at all; but he,
though well on the way to ninety three
lifts his whole weight on his left leg,
and swings his right into place with
almost the agility of college athlete.
Nlnety-three next birthday, yet with
all the faculties and most of the pow
ers of his prime still in good working
order! And this in spite of a youth
devoted to the hard labor and constant
exposure of an old-time railway brake
man, middle manhood spent with nose
to grindstone while transforming a
rough mountain wilderness into human
beehive. and an advanced age passed
largely in finishing projects set going
long before. The secret of his preser-
walton undoubtedly lies in his abstention
from excess. On his physical side he
has lived in moderation with an abund-
ance of open-air exercise; and he has
never allowed his mental operations to
be thrown out of balance by excitement,
either undue exhilaration or undue dis
appointment
Comparing the life of this nonogen-
arian with that of a Strathcona or a
Fabre, it seems insignificant. for Mr..
Davis is neither statesman nor a
scientist. Nevertheless, his services
to mankind have been by no means in
considerable. They began while he was
still in the railway business, for he is
credited with having been the first man
to propose running trains at night. Till
then they had been laid over after dusk,
wherever they might be, to await the
dawn. He preached his views to the
president of the Baltimore & Ohio
system. and received permission to
experiment with a train which should
leave Cumberland for Baltimore at a
certain hour one evening and take its
chances of ever reaching its destination.
The local fame he achieved by the
success of this daredevil expedition
enabled him to throw up his employ
ment by the railway and settle down in
West Virginia as coaldealer. Here
he bought small mining property for
himself and opened a savings bank for
the convenience of the people drawn in
to the Piedmont district by the new
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and hate. wrong, to respect virtue and
defend truth, to emulate heroic deeds
and do good and right at all hazards
but never allow themselves to be laugh
ed into doing base thing or sneered
out of doing duty. For God and the
right let them always be led onward
and upward, loving the good, the true,
and the beautiful, ever initiating Him
who was the model child, the exempla-
ry youth and the true and safe man
the God man. JoANNEs.