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The Statement of Jared Johnson.*

BY GEII,ALDINE BONNER.

AM going to write my side of the famous " John-

son Case."ft's a pretty hard thing to go over in cold

blood, but I want the public to hear my version

of the story. They know the case against me

has been dismissed and they've read in the

paperc what I said, but it's been so mixed up and so misrepresented

that I've decided to make my own statement-to write down as

simply and as honestly as I can just how it was I came to be

suspected.My ,u*" is Jared Johnson and until I was arrested on the 23d

of last December, I was the janitor of the X'remont Building, and

had been so for two years Past'The X'remont, as people know now, since the trial made it

famous, is an old building off Washington Square' It was one of

those houses that stili exist in that quarter of the city, which used

to be the homes of the gentry and gradually got down in the world

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TIIE STATEMENT OT' JARED JOIINSON'2 tHE sTATDMENT or. JARED JoENSoN.

till they were first sliced off into flats, and then sptit up intooffices. \

The X'remont had. been a fine, well built house in the beginning,and even when I came into it was in good repair. But it was old-fashioned, without elevators or electric lights, and the officesrented for low prices.

The top story had been used as a photogr.rr,ph gallery, and hatllong glass skylights in the ceiling. IJub tlur,b rvas before my time.Ever since I'd beel janitor it had been leasecl by a society of Iadiesfor a studio. One batch paintecl ther.e all the morning and au-other all the aftelnoon. They hacl models who used. to pose forthem and who were forever clatter.ing up and fl61yn sfia,irc

-mostly Italians aud generally a prettv toughJooking lot.This roorn was a good deal of a charge on me, for. I had to ke'ep

it heated up to a tremendous temperature, because the modelsstood up to be painted in their skins as God made them. And, ifthey were dagoes, I coulcln't let them take their deaths. One endof the room, under the coruer skylight, was curtained off for themto use as a dressing room.

Below this were four floor.s of offices and lodgings, and in thebasement I and my .wife, Rosy, had our rooms. I have to be par-ticular about describing ail this, because I ryant those who readmy statement to have everything clear in their minds

Just about the middle of December there lvas a great frost, theworst cold snap f remember, and I came to New Yor.k from Ohiowhen f was twelve. On the morning of December 17th Rosytold me that the thermometer outside Miss Maitland, the type-writer's, window, had dropped to 3 above zero. It was mortalcold. I was kept busy building fires and seeing that the steamheat was on full pressure.

I was proud of the old Fremont for not a pipe in her burst orIroze. And next door irr the Octagon Building, a brarrd new sky-scraper, twelye stories, and rvith all the modern improvements,the pipes on our side burst and froze so that the ice was cloggeddown the sides of them in a huge mass urith icicles as long as

your arm.I noticed this on the morning of December. 17th when I rvas

rubbing off the skylights in the studio. I was standing on a

stel>ladd.el rvhen I }ooked up at the wail of the Octagon rising

Iike a cliff, and. just on the orrglt' a little above our loof' lvere the

pipes with the ice rvrapped lou"d tliem like a rvinding sheet' I

"*tar't help laughingfor they'd blown so about the Octagon and

her tt modeln irnprovemeltts"'. Trvo days later the black frost broke and there was the biggest

tharv that ever rvas seen. It got soft aDd rvailn like Spling, the

streets began to srvim rvith lvater, and all day iong the boys rvere

coming dJ*,, f.om the ofEces complaining of the steam heat' I

,uu. oi the rush all day, for to adcl to everything else it'nvas Sat-

urday, and Rosy orrd i llur" most of the buiidiug to ourselves that

clay and rve do the cleaning

But rye clidn't do as .ulh as usual that Saturtlay, fol'' as I had

to teII on the trial, and so rnust repeat it norv, Rosy and I had

fallen out' W'e'iI been bickering for quite a whiie past and Sat-

ulday it seemed as if rve couldn't meet ou the stairs or hancl each

other a broom or a pa,il rvithout snapping and' nagging' f'm not

blaming her, for I ivas as ugly as she, only rny temper -is

nob of

that kind. It's the still, sulky sort, and ib lises slowly but takes

a long time to cool.

The trouble betrveen tls was this -

Heaven forgive rne fol rak-

ing it all up after Rosy proved herself to be the truest rvife a man

evlr ha,l, but it's part of rny statemeut, and has to go in - Rosy

rvas jealous. ShJd ahvays been inclined that rvayr and' rvhen rve

*ere fi.st rnarlied and everything she did seemecl just about light'

I tried never to bot,l'rer or annoy her'

But after five years of marriage I wasn't' quite so considerate'

and though I swear befole Heaven f never did aught that any

ma., migiltr't do rvithout shame or blame, I rvasn't so mindful of

rvh:rt RJsy liked or dislikecl' I know norv that' rvithout meaning

it, I must have provoked her often' I suspecb I di'I it to tease

her a little, and I suspect I d'id it to prove to her that I \Yas rny

own master aud rvasn't going to have any \Yoman dictaling to me'

ft 'ivas one of the models up iu the ladies' studio that Rosy 'rvas

jealous about. Most of them being dagoes, as black as mulattoes'

anil onty speaking their orvn talk, I had no rvords with them'

But there was one of them, Alice Merrion' that rvas of frish

parentage but Amelican born, and with her I struck up an ac-

THE STATEMENT OX' JARED JO-ENSON.

quaintarce, and \ye used to stop and pass the time of day whenwe met on the stairs or in the hall.

Rosy took a dislike to Alice Men'ion right from the start. Shesaid she couldn't bea,r her because she was a model. Nothing thatyou could say would make Rosy believe that a girl coulcl be

honesb and earn her living that way.As for Alice Merriorr's looks-shs couldn't underctand why

any one \yanted" to paint her picture. To teII the truth, I oftenthought this too, for Alice .wasn't what I'cl ca,ll t pretty gir.l. Shehacl freckles, yellowish-green eyes and a big bush of red hair thatstood out like flames round her head.

I liketl the girl and I was sorry for her. She was one of thebest I ever knerv, honest as a die and straight as a string for allher being a model. She supported her mother, and if ever I ryassure of anything in my life, I was sure of Alice Merrion's char-acter. But I wasn't any more taken rvith her than a married manmight be honestly taken with any decent girl.

On Saturday afternoon, the ladies going home ear.ly, I made itmy business to clean up the studio and lock it till Monday morn-i.g. On Saturday, December 19th, the laclies left even earliertharr usual, the day settling down dark and threatening rain, andabout four I r,yent up with rny broom and pail.

f was mightily surprisecl rvhen I opened the door to see Alicesitting huddled up, corvering over the stove. She was right underthe middle skylight and the gray, wintery light feII in on her redhair that rvas loosely knotted up and looked like a fiery cro',vn.X'rom under her skirt her bare feet rvere thrust out on the stoveIedge, and she had a shawl folded round her shoulders, rvith herbare alms, r,vhite as marble, coming out.

,,W'hy, Alice," saicl I, "rvhat's up? ft's past foul and hereyou are, not even dressed yet."

She looked up ab me and I sary that her cheeks .lvere pale andher eyes Iooked dull and heavy.

,. I feel sick," she said, drawing her hand over hel for.ehead, andpushing back her hair. .r I've got something sure, A little rvhileago I was as hot as this stove, and norv I'm freezing."

She crouched over it spreading out her hauds. I touched ono

of them ; it r'vas like ice. As I stood looking at her I heard tlro

TI].8 STANEMENT OI' JARED JO}INSON. 5

first drops of rain -

big, heavy, slorv drops -

fall ou tire sky-

iight.* You've caught a bad cold," I said to lier'. ce You waltt some-

thing to warm you up. Don't you think a cup of tea rvtluld do

voll gcod ? "Her face brightened directly.tt Oh, Mr. Johnson," she said, " do you think you could geL rne

one? I didn't have a bite of lunch to-day. I felt so btr,d. Aucl

then I stood |e1e for trvo hours and that's [ayd rvork, even rvltelyou't'e rvell. I think if I could get something hot I'd feel better'."

She looked up at me rvith her big, yellowish eyes sliiningthrough the gray light, and if ever f r,vas sorry for a lvoman ib rvir,s

for her. I lvished that Rosy lvasn't so down on her and I'd have

taken hel to our roorlls and given her a good meal.6'Rest here easy," I said to her, tt and I'Il get you a bite that

wiII brace you up. I rvon't be longr" ancl I rvent out and dorvu

the stails feeling angrier than ever with Rosy for her senseless

plejudice.I hoped and prayed that there might be no one in the kitchen

and things went my u'ay for once. Rosy s'as not thel'e. So Imade a little brerv of tea, cut some bread and butter, put it on a

tray and set off up the stairs.AniI it was here that my luck deserted me. For, on the second

Ianding, I met Miss Maitland going out.,'What's the matber?" says she, Iooking at the tray. "AnI

one sick ? "It didn't cross my mind not to tell the truth and f ansrvered:* The model, ma'am, on the top floor, has caught a chill ancl

feels bad."Miss Maitland laughed and went down the stairs and hel testi-

mony in court, if you remember' was pretty damaging for me.

On the fourth floor I ran into Mr. Raymond on the landing'Mr. Rayrnond is my favorite in the rvhole Fremont. He is a

stenographer and. rents all the back roorns on that floor, some of

them for offices and the rest for his own iodgings.

" Hullo, Johnson," he says to me in his jolly w&/r " taking thatup to rne ? Made a mistake this time. That's not my particulaltipple."

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I laughed, for we all knew that Mr. Rtlymond's tipple was a

pretty stroug one.ttNo, sir," I said. " It's for Alir:e Morriorl in the studio' She's

taken lvith a chill. Slrc's hrrtl rr,rllririg to cat since morning and Ithought this rvould rvarm lrer up tt IiLtIe."

" Ah, poor gill I " he savs, going orr dorvlr the passage to his

o\yn roorns. Theu over his shoulder lte calletl: " I[ you rvaut

anything stlonger-if she feels faint, or anything-just drop in

or me anci I'il give it to you."And he rvent dorvn the passage. Those two rneebings wel'e

about as bad for me as they could be, as it turned out afterwald'f rvent into the studio and found Alice just as I had left her'

She drank the tea and ate the bread with a relish and I began to

get things ready for my cleaning. Now aud then rve spoke to

each t-,ther, and betrveenwhiles we could hear the rain drumming on

the skylight. ft grelv dark and leaden, atrd, as I moved, I could

see thlough the skylights the big rvall of the Octa,gon, rvith the

windorvs springirrg out in yellorv squares as the gases rvere lit.When Alice had fiuishecl' I knew she'd rvanb to dress and go

home, so I made au excuse to go' She watched me as I set the

tea things back on the tray ancl theu said suddenlv:66 You'Ie very good to tne I 1et's shake harrds-"

I was surprised, but took her hand and shook it.rrYou're a good girl," I said to her, " mind you lemember that

I'm ahvays your friend."

', Thanks, Jared Johnson," said she quite solernnly, 'r f know

that. Good-by."I turned lound and went, some way or other feeling sort of

strange and arveci. I shut the door behirrd me and as I was on

the stairs I heard. her lock it.In the kitchen I found Rosy. The moment she saw the tray

her face darkened, and, she pulled up short in her work and eyed

me with a sharp look. I rvas irritable myself, arrgry with her for

her tleatment of Alice Merrion, and when she loohed at me that

way, it made me blaze up. 'Without waiting for her to ask me,

I told her who the tray was for and. where I hatl been.

I d.on't think it's necessary for me to te1l just rvhat we said to

each other, but we had a quarrel-a bitter one. Now that both

rrrp stAtnlIENT ol' JARED JoIrNSoN. 1

bf us have felt rvhat real misery is, rve lealize rvith sira'rne tvltiiL .tr

pair of clazy fools \\'e wele.But tve thouglit of notLing thetr but oltl' owll ultger. I drin't

lemernber all I said. I felb tliat bltlcli t'tlge II mil,ll somebimes feels

rvhen a \yomiur he loves aud honot's flings iu iris teeth lorv mean-

nesses he rrever thought of doiug. In tlie rniddle of it I got up

aud lan out of tire lootn, bangirrg the door' f rverrt dou'tr to the

celLu',,arrd stayed thele all niglrt sleepirrg on a pile of gurttr,t'sacks

iu front of the furrrtrce.

The next day Ilosy autl I rvet'e trbout rt,s stiff lo eaclt otLer as

we could be. We haldiy spoiie nt all ancl iite ortr ureals in a

heavy silence. Nlortclal, morning bloke rvith a blue sky alrcl surr-

light outside, but betrveen us thele l'tts still cloudy weathel'.

I gob up eally, fol I had to build flres in some of tlre offices,

especially in the studio, rvhich, by eight o'cloch, rvas supltosed tobe rl'armed and leady for tire fir'st cla,ss. As I rvent up tire thirdflight of stairs, Mr'. Rayrnond citrne ttttt ou tlte iantlirrg.

,, Hullo ! Johnsou," sals he, "whir,t tlre devil's tLe matter rviththis buildiug ? Is she settling ?"

,, The Fremont's as good as she ever \yAS, sil'r" f a,nsr'vered.

.t'What's the ntatter?"ct The ceiling's come dorvn in rny bathrootn," says he. t' EarlI

this morning- whaug I bang !- fl61v11 she carne. Come atrcl see

the scene of calnage."I followed irim into the bathroom, which opeued off the eud of

the passage, and thele, sure euough, the ceiling lvas dorvtr. Ipicked up a piece of the plaster aud felt that it r'vas rvet.

" A leak," I said, " the raiu's come in above."tt Oh, then," he says, suddenly, 'c that explains the crash of

giass I healcl Satutday evening. 'Ihere rvas a tremeudous smash-

ing of glass from somewhere up there."This stattled me. I suppose I iooked sort of alarmed, for Mr.

Raymond said,

" I'll go up with you. Probably the skylight's bloheu."

W'e ran up the last flight and tried the studio door'. It rvas

Iocked, and r,vhen I tried my key I found that there was one

already in the keyhole.I don't knorv then just what I tirouglrt, but I know a deadly

tiiE StetnMrlNi' oXl .ra.trilb joHNSON.

feeling of fear. tooh hokl of my hearb. Mr. Rayrnond nrust haVd

seen it in my face.c'Bleak in the d.oor," says he in a low voice. and, as he spoke,

he put his shoultler to the panel aud pressed. Itl a' rnoment rve

had. rippecl off the olcl socket that hell the lock ir,ud the door

burst in.There was a sudden shar.p cuffent of air, cold arrcl rvet, attcl blre

brorvn curtain oyer the moclels' dressing corner srvelled out ort tlre

draught. A windorv \Yas oper somewhere and pa,rt of the l1oor

rvas dark with lairt stains.

We shut the door with the key sti[ in the lock and rau to

rvhere the curtain fell back into its straight foldrs. Behincl it rve .

sarv a sight that neither of us rvill ever folget.Alice Merrion lay on her face on the floor, the skylight above

her broken, and the {r'agments of glass scattered in every dit'ec-

tion.She was fully dressed, except for her shoes, one of which she

held in her hand. 'l'hrough the brokeu skylight the rain had

beaten upon her till her clothes, the flool, her hair, were oozing

moisture. The latter was 'wet rvibh something else which dyed ita deeper red. The back of her skull was fractured and partly

clriven in. She was rigid in death, her eyes opeu, aud an expres-

sion of strange, terrified surprise stamped upon her features'

That first glimpse impressed every d'etail of the room upon my

[rinc[. Her hat and jacket were hanging from a peg in the ru'all.

On the shelf under the square of looking-glass lay sorne hair-pins

and. her purse. A1I about -

en hs1 dress, in her hair, on the floor

- shone bits of the shivered skyiight. The panes of glass were

of a good size and. r,vere fitted into iight, thin supports of iron'

Just in the micldle two of these were bolved downward.

We bent over her to see if there were any signs of life, but she

was cold" and stiff as a marble statue. The physicians after-

rvard said that when we found her she had been dead about thirty-six hours. She had evidently been putting on her shoes when

struck down by the terrific blow that killed her.

That is as truthful a description as I can write of the finding

of Alice Merrion's body. I ought to knorv how to do it by this

time. I've not only told it so often, but I've dreamed it night

d,I

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TTIE SIATEMENT OT' JABED JOENSON. 9

after night till I wonder if f'm goiug to go on dreaming it for-eYer.

The n,rxt day I was arrested on suspicion as the murderer and

a week laterr,vas indicteil by the Grand Jury. My trial followedin two months.

I never knew until I was in danger of losing rny life on cir-cumstantial evidertce horv important the most insignificant thingscau become when people are looking for incriminating actions and

words. Foolish things I had said came up against me as black as

night. The cup of tea I took the girl was as bad for me as if ithad been a cup of poison. But worst of all rvas the quarrel I had

with Rosy. It all had to come oub, and the newspapers that \Yere

not on my side said it was as bad for me as if I'd been caughtred-handed.

I could see as plain as anybody that the case against me was a

strong one. It started on the theory that I was in love withAlice Meuion. Both Rosy and I acknor,vledged that rve'd mole

than once quarrelled about her. On the afternoon of December

19ih I hacl had a final intervierv with her. There were differentopinions as to rvhat this had been about. Some had it that she'd

threatened to expose me to my wife, who was jealous already ;

others that she'd given me to understand. she rvouldn't have any-

thiug to do with ure. Whatever she'd said, she'd scared or angered

me tiII I'd crept up on her from the back and struck her dead

wibh one-ol some thought f,1v6-saYage blows.

To turn aside suspicion I had then locked the door and left the

key in it, had broken the skylight -the noise of r'vhich Mr. Ray-

mond had heard at a ferv minutes after fivs-a,nfl, under covet'

of the dark, had dropped from the roof to the fire-escapes. When

I got to the kitchen my nerves were naturally unstrung and I had

quarrelled with my wife, Ieft the room, and had not been seen

again until the morning.The one link in the chain which did not fit r,vas how I had

brought the tea tray down with me. Ihe only rvay I could have

done this was to have put it oubside the door, and then, after

escaping by the fire-laddets, crept back for it and come down

agaiu. This, people said, was a proof of my fiendish coolness and

cunning.

10 TFrE srATEi\[ENT ox' JAIiED JoI{NsoN.

The fact that the evidence pointed to no one else made it allthe worse fol me". There did not seem to be a human creatule

but myself 'rvh.o could be suspectecl. The gill had rto enemies and

no follorvels that anybocly knerv of. She had led a quiet artd

perfectly respectabl6 life. Thab the object rvas trob theft rvas

proved by the fact ihat her purse, containing trveuty dollars, rvas

untouched. There was no doubt that sonrebodY ha,d rnttlderecl

her, ancl tlre rnurder coultl be fir,stened on llo olle bub rne.

One of the questiolts over rvhich thel'e was great argumetrt

was whab instrtutreltt, or \veapolr had beeu used to delivel tlieblorv. On the trliper pitlt of the occiput, just below the crolvu,

the skin and flesh lur,cl bcen clerlrrly cut irs tliough struck rvith

something shalp-edgecl or poirrtetl.There rvele expert sut'geons cnlled up to examiue the rvounds

and they each had lheir orvn idetls as to lvhab the mulderer had

used. One thought a bayonet, or something shrrped like a bayo-

net, such as a pickaxe or an ice-pick' Anothel' said a hatchet or

axe. Ancl one -hs

1va,s the most celelllrr,ted of the lot-said he

thouglit that not one but trvo implernents had beren employed, a

sharp one rvhich cut the scalp, al)d a heavy one lvhich fractured

the skull.It was this mau rvho said that the rnurderer hacl evidently been

in a state ol frenz.y, a,s the blorv or blor'vs rnust have been of

terrific force to so crush the skull. His evidence started the

theoly that, tlte gi|l hacl been killed by a maniac rvho had entered

and cotne out by the sliylighb.The fir:st days of the tlirrl \Yele so terrible I hate to thiuk of

them. The r4lole rvot'id seemed agiiinst rne. The repotters used

to come ancl talk rvith rire aucl therr rv}ite me up as ((a r-r]au rvith

the face of an asszlssitt " or clesct'ilte nre as " the human bloodhound"'

Some of them rvere friendly fellorvs too-used to clap rne on Lhe

back antl say, tt Brace up, old boy, they've not got enough evi-

dence to convict lou " ; but $'heD it caure to believing iu nre, bhat

was quite another story. I t'as Jared Johnson The Suspect, as

they called me, a goocl case to rnake copy out of, and' that 'rvas all'There was ore of them thnt f didn't take rnuch notice of or

stock irr at fiist. He was the youngest looking chap for his age Ieyer s&\v. When I first sarv him I thought he rvas about eigh-

TIIE STATDMENT OI. JARED JOEINSON. 11

teen. He rvas a little, thin, smooth-faced, light-haired boy, and

nery to the business, as you could see by the quiet bashful sort of

rvay lie hung round rvhen the others were there'

One day he got at me alorre aud began to talk to me, easy and

natu|al, as mitll to maD. He toid rne lie r'vas froln Ohio, as f 'was,

iuicl thirb brolie tlie ice liglit off. l'he[ he said his ntrne rvas Johrr

l'aul Hayne, and he rvas trventy-six years old. Ife srrl 1't:te a

rvhile talhing of places iD the oll state we both lttlctt,, aDct I got

to feel as if I rvas a civilized chl,istittrl ollce mo|e. rrot arr Apaclle

Irtdian that aII the rvorlcl rvas chilsiug. When he got up to go, he

stood. rouDd. for a minute irr arr uneasy sor.t of $,aJ', ilDcl then he

suddenly says to me, looking me straight in the cye :

" Jared Johnson, you're not guilty of that mulder"'FIe didn't say it as if he was asking a. question, or as if he rvas

tlying to persuttde hirnself -

he just statecl a fact. I looked back

at him and I said as quietly as lte :

" You'r'e ligirt. But rvliab makes you think so ? ",, oh,,' says he, speakiDg iD a queer solt of rvay he hild r'vith

hirn, ., I can see a church by claylight. I',ve seell & Iot rvirile I'vebeen loafirtg rouud ltele."

The next time he came we htr,d a long talk' He told me he'd

viervecl the premises ancl the body the molning the uurder rvas

cliscoveled. He was sent by his paper, The Scoop' And since

then he'd J.reen there several times on llis oltr account't'Attcl you kttotvr" says lte, tt I'Ye conte to a conclusion' The

thing that killed Alice MerrioD didn't 9o through the skylight, itcame Lllougln it."

6r What milkes you think that ? " I asked.,.The rvay the ir.on stauchiorrs we|e bent. They say the rveight

of the ma[ ha.ngiug to tliem ancl pulling ir.imself up bolved them

down. Norv, r say thab's a rnistake. 1'o be[tl tirose rods thab

way a marr rvoultl it,r,e to be a giant -

a sggend Salldorv. It rvas

the .iveight of sornething that struck tltem f|orn absvs -

iI

tremeuclous rveiglit -

tliat llent and almost bt'tllie thetn'"

"What coulcl stt'ihe dorvn flom there?" f asired' o'There's

nothirrg betl'een tire t'oof of the !'r'etnotrt aud HeaYetr"','That's the trich," said he. " You teII rne r'vhat could, and I'11

tell you what killed Alice Merrion."

72 TEE sTAaEMENT on JABED JoHNsoN.

It seemed to me aII idle talk, but I couldn't help saying:., I don't see how you make that out. Alice was struck on the

back of the head. If a thirrg fell on her it would have caughther on the top of her head. She must have been standing rightunder the skylight."

He leaned folwald and put his fingers orr my alm, his eyes

shining like jervels..,Johnsonr" says he, *youtro an honest man, I've no doubt, but

you've not got much sense. Don't you lemelnber that she rvas

putting on her shoes ? Did you ever see a woman put on hershoes ? She Ieans oyer so that her head's bent forrvarcl this rvay- "and he bent his head far down tiII the back of his neck rvas

stretched out beyond his collar.(( I guess you and the doctor have got the same idea," said I.

re There is nobhing that could come down on her from aboye andstrike her dead rvith one blow but a madrnan rvho had beerr

creepiug about on the roofs.".. I lyorked oyer that theory for some time," snys he,,,but I've

come to the conclusion that there's nolhiug in it. Betrveen thebreaking of the glass and the falling of the blow she could have

got to the door. No-she rvas surprised as she lvas putting onher shoes-surprised ancl killed in the same instaut."

I thought of the expression of her face that morning when wefound her dea,d and stiff, and I looked at John PauI Hayne andnoclded rvithoub speaking.

After this I sar,v him every few days. He asked me lots ofquestions ancl f got to ansr,vering hirn pretty froely, for I sarv thathe didn't publish what I said, and I got a great liking for him.He rvas forever sta,rting theories, but I didn'b see that they came

to anything.ft rvas jrrst about this tirne that the second cold snap struck the

city. It rvas precious cold in my cell and I thought of the oldl'renront ancl Rosy's sitting room 'with a fire shining through thebars of the grate. Lord ! but those times seemed a long rvay off !

Rosy came to see me with her ears tiecl up in a worsted scarf.She said it was not as cold as the first snap, but, none the less,

the Octagon pipes had frozen and burst again. Some of theOctagon people ha<l come over to the Fremont to ask for rooms.

TI{}' STA'II'}I}'NT O!' .]ATIIT]D JOHNSON. 13

They saicl the Ocla,gcul wiis ir sllllur, r.rur u1r by ttrttltrtlct, aDd badly

built from the cullrstone to the chiruner.ys.

Because of these applica,tions tire orvuers of the tr'remont rvere

thinking of tearilg out tlie iDside of the studio and littiilg it up

fol. offices. But, so far, it stoocl just as it rlid tLc rnol'Dillg Alice

Meuion's body was found there. 'Ihe deteotives rvorkiug ort the

case rvouldn't have it touched.The cold spell rvir,s a, sholt ottc. 'I'lrc ba,cl< of the lviutel rvas

broken ancl it gave \vay in thlee days rvith & llig thir,lv. 'Ihe sun

beat down like Spring and everything lan rvatet'.

lVIy tt'ial was goirrg on daily. 'Ihe evidence for the defetrce

was neariy all in. I rvas irr a strange state of mirrd -

sometimes

I felb rvilci as if I rvas being smotlierecl; theu again I'd be dulland dead-like, not caling what happeneil.

Feople kept on sayiug t"Ihey cau't convict you on the evitlence

they've got." But I clidn't care much for that. Even if the jury

tlisagreed I tvas luined. I'd have to go back to the worid and

for the lest of my life be pointed out as the man rvho had brutallymulclerecl a poor', sick, clefenceless gill. I'd rather have died, only

for Rosy.It rvas the afternoon of the tirild warm day. I'Il never forget

that day if I live to be trvo hurrdred. The rvindow of the ce1l

\yas open and every uorv antl tlten a. Iiltle breath of soft air came

in - air full of Spring.I was alone, sick at heart and dead beat. I'cl been in the court

room since morning. 'Ihey'il hacl Ilosy on the stancl, and the

poor git'I had got rnixed up and made things betrveen us Iook as

bad. as coulcl be. Then, seeing whtlt she hir,d done, aud being

lveak ancl flightenetl, she'd. gone off into hysterics' and they could

not get her into any sort of conclitiorr to go on. So the case lracl

been called off until N,[ondav and I'd seen Rosy taken out sobbinc

and half clead, rr,nd been brought back to my cell.

I was sittilg on the edge of tlie bed rvhen f heard the rattling

of bolts and voices at the cloor, and in catle llavne' The lightfrom the wintlorv fell full on his face and it shone as if there was

a lamp lit inside it. Tire look of him brought me on to my feet

as if i'd been yanked up by a derrick. I said something, I don't

know what. Maybe I didn't speak at a,II, i-rut I know I tried' to'

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IL4 15TH!] STATIJNIENT OF JAIIEI) JOHNSON

Without saying a wold he took off his hat and held it out tome. I looked at it stupidly. It was a br.own derby, the topbroken and split.

.6Look at that, Johnsonr" he said, shaking it undei' my eyes-,, look at it rvell. It's saved you. Do you under.stand rne? It'ssaved your life."

I stared at him and tried to say somethirrg but rny tonguewouldn't rvork.

He pushed me back on the bed and, hokliug the hat in front ofme, began to talk quick tvith his breath catching in betweenlike a man .who's been lunning.

,, My hat's been luined in that studio of yours -

the studio ofthe Fremont. X'ortunately, Raymond and his assistaut stenog-rapher rvere there and sarv the catastrophe. See," he said,thrusting his hand through the hoie in the crorvn. ee What a,blow ! "

ct A blow ! " f said. ,o W'ho struck it ? ",rThe same person who struck Alice Merrion."We rvere silent for a second, staring at each other. I could

hear my heart beating like a hamrner. 'Ihen he began:., I've been in the stuclio a good deal lately, studyiug the place.

To-day I stopped there at about mid-clay) to llave anothel look atthose bent rods we've so often spoken of. Ol the landing f metRaymoud and his assistarit, and they rvenb iu rvith me, as f lyantedto explain to them my idea about tlie r.ods. I got on a chairunder the brokeu skylighb and they stood below, Iistening to myexplanation. As I stoocl thab rr ay the suu beat dolvu on my headalmost as hot as summer ald I could hear tire dripping of thewater ftom the icicles on the Octagorr pipes.

. .. All of a sudden, rvithout warning, I heard a sharp, snappingsound, there rvas a cr,ashing noise, and something struck me onthe head a stultifying blorv. I shouted and struck up, and Ray-mond and the stenographer caught me as J fell, for I was stunned.for a moment. When I pulled myself together I saw that thefloor was covered rvith icicles and chunks of solid ice. Lookingup we could see that the great bunch rvhich had been hanging tothe pipes had broken off, snapped by its orvn weight in the thaw."

I fell back on the bed, holcling his hand, and stammering some-thing

- Heaven kuows what.

I

THIl] STATII)TIIi]N,I 0F. .IAIIIII) JOHNSON.

rc Blace up, old mti,tt," sttys lre. ( Yott call see t'[aylight norv a]I

right. Ilaymond says that tire icicles on the pipes in the last frost

were tliple that size and weiglit. T'ltey bent the ilon rods and

tore the slrylight out. Tlrey mwdered Alice l\{elrion. All you

caII sey is tliat they killed her cluicltly. They must have fallenin trvo detilchments, the vibra,tio[ of tlie fir'st brea,k clislodging the

second milss, rvhich came almost in the silme itlstallt. The glass

$.as bloken aud the huge, jrr,ggccl iccln'g rvith its pointecl daggers,

must have pluDged through the oironilg and iD one breath struckthe girl senseless ancl lifeless. Why, prull yourself together old

-ur-you're as tvhite as chalk."W'e11, that's all.The rest of the story is too rvell huorvtr thlough the papers for

me to tell it. 'Ihe case of the State against Jared Johnson rvas

dismissecl. There was a greab clay rvhen I said good-by to them

all ancl catne out into the daylight aga,ilr -

an itrrrocent man.

But I'm not going to stay here' No. Too uratty people know

me by sighb and stare at me, artd f can'L bear to pass the old

Fremont, Rosy and I ale going back to Ohic; rny brother has a

famr thele and I'rn to lielp work it with him.As frir Joiru I'auI Hayne, I'm gla,d to say theY've raised his

salary on The Scoop. One of those serrsational papers offered

him a hundred tlollars a week, but lie rvoultlrr't take it. He's a

fine boy. IIe's promised to write to rne every trvo weeks.

The Horn of Marcus Brunden*

BY IIO\YATID IiI'YNOLDS.

ICKING his 'way carefully through the cror,vded

down-torvu sbleets I had ofterr rroticecl i'u strange,bent {igure

- a ular of remarkabiy s}rrewd and

intelligerit face -

but ha,ving the alipearance ofprematule age and lvearing that looh pecuiiarto tliose cleprived of some impoltant faculty.

What he lacked I couid not conjectute. At first I thought theshlervd eyes might be sightless, but the man uever hesitated intaking a step among the rvhirling vehicles. Then dea,fness sug-

gested itself as the old man's infirtnity, but rvas in turn dismissed.

The enormous horu slurrg to a strap across his shoulder clid notresemble a speaking trumpet

- it loohed more like atr immense

megaphone, except for its gracefully curved outlines and liand-some enamel and uickel fiuish. 'Ihe peculiarity that attractedmost attentiou -

one at rvhich almost every idle pedestrian stopped

to stare -\vas

thc odd-Iookiug old man's inveterate La,bit of hitch-ing up one shoulder and freclueutly bringing tlie smaller end ofhis queer horn on a line rvith his hat blim. The onl.y lemainingalternative, tlierefore, seemed to suggest that tliis stt'a,rrge lookingindividual must be dumb, but had contrived some extlaoldinarykind of instrurnent for making liimself iutelligible to otherc; buthere theory was opposed by the faoi that, so far as rny observation

went, he uever tried to communicate with others.

It rvas, therefore, rvitir surprise, not unmixed with gt'atification,that I saw him one day stop suddenly, rvith one of his peculitrr'hitclies, and extend a cordia,l hantl to my flierrri llurlsorr, rvho isin the electrical supply business. They cau'ied otr a brief, butapparently animated, couversatiort, and rvhen they separatecl Ihastened after Iludson aud euquired the trarne of his queer'

acquaintance.

* Copyright, 1899, by The Shortstory PublishiDg Coml)any. Au rights reservod.

TIIE }IOII,N OF MABCUS BR,UNDEB,. 17

" That ! " cried. Hudson. " Why, that's Marcus Brund'er and his

horn. I thought everybod'y knerv about Marcus' Oome' step in

and. iunch with me, ancl 1'lI teil you ail about him'"As we lunched Huclson ttr'lked, and told me the following

strange story, and as I give it pretby uearly in his exact r'vords' Ishall use no marks of quotatiorr :

For years, yoo k,ro.u, I have hacl a store fronting on Devonshite

Street, It is on the grounci floor', ibs ltr'l'ge plate-glass rvindows

afforcl a broad" vierv of 1lr. bury tloroughfare, and above all, it is

particularly centlal and convetlient'

But ib is frigirtfully, madderringly noisy'

The great drays that continually pour through this main artery

of "o*Ir".c. p.o,lo.. il roill' of rvheels and clatter of veliicles that

fairly shake the builtling. with the ventilator-rvindorvs operl we

are rl.afe,red - rvith them closecl rve simply stifle' Ord'inary con'

versation is renderecl practically impossible during btrsiness hours.

Forruerly I used to tahe prospective buyers into the-bigtre'

proof v,ruli at the extreme lear of the o{[ce' u[til one day there

ivas tlouble rvith the lock. I liappened to be inside at the time' So

rras the president of one of the largest concerns in Nerv England'

It rva-s a cheet,ful utoment lviren, after trvo hour-s of semi-

suffocation with our lloses against a cold steel door-sill, the pro-

fessionalsafe-openersorrtlreoutsicleannourrcedtlrattheyrvouldbe obliged to tise dynarnite. wire[ tve cr.urvled out the prospec-

tive customer had lost both eyebro\Ys, most of his hair' arrd one

whisker. And he clicln't bu)' 11'" goods, afler aII !

But, notwithstanding all ihe drarvbacks, I have somehow stlrck

to the same old store; -wliy, I ctrn't exactly say ; it's just my dis-

position. I hate acliange''

Orr" morling I had just arrived in my office' when in walked

Brurrcler. No*, I',rr not saying il rvold against Brunder' He's

an inveutor, and - unlike most of them

- some of the things he

gets up actually t'ork. We paid him a thousand dollars for a

Jirrgte clevice only lasb spring' It lasted him just trr'o rveeks'

Then he startecl in to invent something else'

WeI1, anyrvay, Ilntnder catne in and sat rlorvn' I yarlked open

lr, couple ni t"rtilotnls to let in the fresh rnornittq air' arrd con-

u*.*uti,,,, irrunetlitr,tely lrecatue arr a'thletic feat' lMe cottrmutricated'

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18 TEE HoRN or. MARCUS Brl,uNDER,.

partly in pantomime, for some time, when Brunder suddenly

yelied, tt Say, I have a sclteme."6( What is it no'w ? " I yelled back.rs Shut those infernal transoms and I'll tell you," said he.

I did as he requested and he proceeded.rc This noise is something terrible," he vociferated, sitting close

to me and ialking into my ear.

I nodded. Some years ago I learned to save my strength'rr But I have a plan for doing arvav rvith it entirelv ! "tr looked surprised.

" ft's based on well-kno'wn principles of phvsics, but is an

entirely original and unique application of them'"I loohed still more surprised.

'o ft just came to me as I was sitting here," he explained'.6 You knor.v that it has been proven that both light and sound

travel in waves ! Also that it's an old lar'v of physics that6 action and reaction are eqrtal,' "

I nodded agairr rvith a grin - - recollecting at the moment the

spectacle I had once seen of tr,vo colored rvaiters, ladeu withdishes, on opposite sides of a srving-door, each trying to kick his

way through at the same instant. I told this to Brunder.r' Precisely ; that's the point ! The door stood still I " he ex-

claimed. rr Norv, I lea,cl the other da.y that somebody has dis-

covered that by throwing beams of light of the same intensiby

directly at each other the light rvaves nuliifietl each other and pro-

duced a distinct zotre of darkness' That beirrg the case, 'what's

the matter with generating a sound of equal intensity and project'

ing it against the other sound -

611i[ letting ttre sounds, as it were'

swallow each other up-like tlie l(ilkenny cats! "erAnd sitting in the resulting sound vacuum? " I asked.,, Precisely."

"Wel1, but hor,, are you ever going to lyork to do that?" Iasked, incredulously.

" Easy enough. There is such a thing as a microphsns - an i1-

strument that so magnifies sound that you can hear a fly walk'"

" So I believe," said I. " [f f remember, it' cousists of a tinydouble-pointed carbon suspended. between two standarcls and co[-

nected rvith a receivet."

THE HORN OF I\TARCUS BRUNDER' 19

., Exactly so. Now take a wheatstone bridge, such as is used

in the naval range finders, and rig it up so that varying impulses

will rvork, by means of electro-magnets, a sliding plug in' say' 1n

organ pipe, atljusting it automatically to any pitch' Connect the

pif" op ivith a motor-driveu compressed air blower' and there you

are!"- " Why," concluded the excited inventor in a burst of enthu-

siasm, ,'ii would make this bedlarn of an office as quiet and peace-

ful as a village church'(5 But it will take just a little moDey," he continued" with an

appealing glance. " Sit'ply for: a feiv- preliminary experiments ;

o.ra, it tir"l.'* anything al all in it - there's a fortune ! "

Thereupon I did an "u'r"ise

but very humau thing' I think the

amount was trventY-five dollars'

Days came and ivent; and with them the radiant and' sanguine

Brooder. First it was dr&wings and then it was patterns' and

iast it was trvelve-gauge copper and" insulating tape' and slowly'

with the aid of sundry L"tl "'*etous five and ten-dollar bilIs the

marvellous mechanism rvent together'

Brunder, from time to time, reported good progress and' finally

came in one afternoon rvith the startlin$' and' to me most unex-

pected. announcement, thtlt the thiug acbually rvould work' - -' .,No! perfectly by any means, just yet-for it's full of flickers

and stutt-ers and skips - sotnething like a phonograph ; but just

give me a \Yeek."I did-and also a check for fiftY'

At the encl of that tirne he came in, exultant'

we shut the veDtiitr,tol.s so he coulcl talk, ancl he imparted' to

meinahoarseancljoyousrvhisperthatit\Yasattsutetvinner.''.6 Just one more test,;' said lte, tt o"6 tiren I'11 show it to you'

I've just this minute got the permission of the Government to try

itdowrrtotheSandy-HookProvingGrorrnds.Ifitstarrdsthatitrvillstandarrything.Andtherron-auditoryradiusisthreefeetfour," said he rvith Pride'

It would cost just S14'75 bo get to the Sandy Hook Proving

Grounds ancl retut'Ir' Lr my joy I made it an even $15'

After the date rvhen Btu"tle" lvas due back from Nerv Yolk I

rnissed him fot three tlays' At the end of that time I ran around

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20 TrrE rrori,N o!' IrAticus BR,UNDER.

to the liitle eighth story back room rvhich he uses as a sort ofolfrce aucl laboratory.

The lirst thiug my eyes fell upor), as I openetl the door, lvas ahuge piece of mechanisrn, 'lvhich might htrye beeu auytliing froman incubator to a steam mangle, and rvhich ernitted a ltirv dloning.Beyon<l rvas Bruncler sibting rvith his back to ure, at a desk.

As I shub the door lie did nob look around, but continued his'lvritirrg, urrdistulbed. 'Iherr I noticed, suspencled fi'om the ceil-iug, and rvithiu leach of Rluncler's haucl, the irnmense h.oln thabhas puzzled you ald ol,ircls so nruch.

" By Jove," sllid [, rvit]r a grwp of astouishment, ., I be]ieve thething does work, after aII ! " I looked rrilllorvly to see if the dosk'was counected rvith a rvirc, or rvirether his chair stood ou arr in-sulatecl mat, or anything of the kind. Theu I uralked torvardhirn. I fouud I could plainly hear my orvn footsteps a,s rvell as

other sounds, but, appalently, lie 'was irr the charmecl zoue a,nd

oblivious to any noise. I touched liirn on the shoulder', irnd rvitha jurnp of startlecl sutprise he blought the small end of the hornto iris ear, rvith tliat peculiar jerk of his, itnd said (6 l{ello ! "

,, Well, tell us all a,boub ib ? " I asked.I{e ieaned furthcr torvard rne and }ritched the big hom closer.6' Whab iuck dicl you have, old rnan ? " I lejoined, louder.He shook his heacl mounrfully and lur,nded out a pad and pencil... 'Ilris is greatr" I scrarvlcd. e , You'r'e a wonder'. I always

knew you'd do it."., Well

- f fls11'f ktlo$,,,' srrid he. ,. I took rny position six

feet to one side of a 12-inch coast defense mortar. Tire chargeryas five iruuch'ed pounds. f can't tell whether. my machinervorked ol not. 'Ihey pulled the string-and I hayen't lieardanything since ! "

But he has lealned since then, by constant practice at the littleend of the horn, to hear rnuch of rvhat is going on around him !

On the "fnil of the Dolan Outfit.*

BY G. B. DUNHAM.

EAR the close of a chilly spring afterroon a

horseman, dliving bofore hirn another animalheavily pilcked, macle his rvay slorvly alorrg theload rvhioh follorvs the 'rvindings of the NorthPlatte River

- tbat lickle and irresponsible

stream, norv high, nol lorv, cutting nerv chan-neLs, underminrng gloves and sanding meadows.

The water was high and rising. The road only a fer.y feetabove its level was sloppy and slipper'y from receut rain. 'I'he

pack-horse, turning aside to seize a mouthful of fresh g'r'ass, re-

ceived a smurt trlorv flonr the lope's encl can'ied by the traveler,shied, Iost his footing and r'yent dorvn in tr heap in a, dirty pool.There he lay, churning the mud tvith liead aud heels uutil theman dismounted, cut the ropes which bouutl liis pack ancl

dragged him out by the tail. lMithout arry shorv of temper, themarr readjusted the drippiug pack. .. A r,vet bed," said he inconfidential toues to tlie tiled holse, ,. is not the sort of a bedeither of us hankers for, but it's about u.hat we get to-rright, anda free lodging on the opeu range goes r,vith it if rve don't get amove on and strihe something befole dark. Get along, Jimmy."

'Ihe road. became heavier, and tire man looked about vairrly forsome sheltered spotlvhere he rnight camp. On his righb handthe river florvecl darkly; to the left the valley, even as a floorlarrcl scalcely above the r:iver level, extend.ed for a mile to a irighand broken cliff. The only break vithin thc prospecb was a rlis-tarrt clump of thlee or four great cottonrvoods beside the stleilrrr ;

and mutteriug tirat he rvould spend the night it a tree-top to gcb

off the sodden earth, the man headed torva,rd them,The drizzle had. norv become a slirrp sleet rvhich feII noisily,

ancl rvas rapidly changing the tone of the lanrlsca,pe from drrltgreen to glassy white rvhcrr he dlery lein at the cottorrwoorls.

*Copyright,1899, by The Shortstory Ptlblishing Cotrrpauy. All rigttl,s roBorvotl.

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22 oN Trrrl rRArL or' THII DoLAN ourFrr'

The trees stooil upon a slight rise of gl'outrcl, aucl the mau, now

pulling up the hat-b|im rvhich hacl sheltered liis face frorrr the

sharp sleet, saw, t0 his sulprise, that he harl halteil betrveen two

cabins built berreath their shade. Thc little earth-roofed build-

ings of olle l,oorn each stoocl face to f&ce at a distance of some

forty feet.t'Twins," said the traveler.The door of one cabin opened rvide aud a rnan in a buckskin

shirt surveyed tlte re\Ycolner, closing the door rvith a bang rvherl

the traveler splarlg from his horse.,. HeIIo," sirouted the horseman, hammering on the door I 65 you

are d- hospitable.".t You bet,'; siticl a voice behintl him; 66 come right in' A

rough day. Looks like Uncle Billy left the cover off the ice

box, .lon'i it ? " And in tire door of the other cabin stood, appar-

ently, the same nt&n, invitirlg hirn to euter and be at horne'

"Trvins !" ejtrculated tlre astonislted traveler'tt Put your horses in the stable and come ilt," repeated' the

settler. " I got rheumatiz and don't like to get lvet'"

"As for that, f don't like to get wet," the man replied, going

around the house.

After caring for his stock, the traveler carne into the cabin'

"I don't like to get r'vet," he said; o'I hate it as bnd as a cat'

But I've been rvet for three d.ays. I'm chasing the Dolan outfit

of surveyors. Have You seen them ? ",, Nobotly takes the valley road in the springo" replied his

host; ,' yoir ought to knorv enough to keep on the rnesa in this

weather."tt I shall next time," said the traveler' " lYho is your crusty

neighbor in the other cabin, th.at sliut the door in my face? ",il've got no neighbors,,, said he. r, Tlie other. house belongs

to me."6e But somebocly shut that door on me," insisted the ner,ycomer.

rc You lvere turned. atound," suggested the settler ; " the door

of tbis one blerv shut just as you rode up'"The traveler see[red' at first, inolined to contest the point, but

let it drop and. assisted his host to negotiate an ample supper of

beans, hot bread, and coffee.

ON TIIE TRAIL OP aEI] DOLAN OUTFIT. 2\

Wheu the tol-racor> stnokc in the little room became dense

enough to clrive tlie clor1 irrto the opeu itir the urerr grerv confi-dential.

ce If you are a surveyor," said the settler, who gave his name as

Jo Byrnes, 66I rvaut you to run & Iine for me. I am trying toholcl dorvn tr,vo government claims. Tiris one is my preemption,

lvhere the other cabin stands is rny homeslead. The line is some-

where between the two cabins. I hrrve uot a good pocket com-

pass, aud I have lun it out for myself fifty times. Sometimes Imake it run close to tltis tloor, ancl sometimes further north, butI don't knorv 'where it retr,lly is. I believe there is iron in those

hills; horv many degrees do you allow for iron ? If I knew

exactly where the line is, I rvould rnove my house outo it arrd

place my bed across the line, so that I coulcl sleep rvith riry head

on my hornestead and my feet on rny preemption. It keeps me

all-fired busy to live in trvo cabins at once. f cook my meals

in both houses and sleep every night irt both beds. It is rvearing

me out. f haven't mucir moneI, but I'il give you ten dollars toIocate that line for rne so f cau srvear to it."

Tlie surveyor suggested that Uncle Sam has long arms to reach

law-breakers, and strong arms to purtish them. Byrnes looked

up nervously, as though the subject \Yere an unpleasant one..r Not the land lilws," he insisted.; 66true of all the other laws.

You'd far belter-su1-,posing you were in the hoid-up line, forinstance

- Iet the mail go by, and tackle the express and pas-

sengers. If you so much as put your lilger on a mail bag they'Ilcamp on your trail for a yeitr. But the land laws dou't count.

Er.etI man in the territory is breaking those every day-dupli-cating claims, making ftrlse proof, fencing public land, and keep-

ing out settlers like me, rvho only T,vant to get hold of a couple of

claims. Look at our member of Congress. Why' if I am steal-

ing land it is only petty larcen;,."'fire surveyor remalked that Adam and Eve were expelled

from the Garden of Eden for petty larceny.,,So they lvere, aud served them right," said Byrnes; ('our

mernber could a giveu them cards aucl spades and beat them outat a rvalk. FIe rvould have put a wire fence around the whole

garderr and turned in his stock."

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24 oN THI'I rttArr, oF THE DoLAN ourFrr'

The young sur.yoyolrvtr,s glad euough to accept the pt'offelcd

bunh in orr,i of tlre cabins, al}d letired marvelirtg a,t the idiosyn'

crasy of thc rnan rvho rvoulcl be to such paius to " beat the gov-

ernrnent " out of a strip of river-washed lnnd" " ft must be

more than half under water nowo" he reflected; ,'and if tlre rise

contiuues a couple of clays rnore the wirole valley rvill be

flooded."The settler crossed to the other cabiD, stluck a light, slowly

undressecl, blery out his light, hulriedly Iesumeti. his clothes and

passetl out itrto the dalkness. He rvas aflned, but, for that rnat-ter,

hacl lvonl a, pistol in his belt ail the evening. Noiselessly he

groped along to the stable, rvhere he found' the surveyorrs pack

I.r.f .,,,roll"il the darnp bl.nkets. Not an i,viting bed, surely, for

a rheurnutic, but he pulleil off his boots aDd hat, and lay dorvn

with the blanket drarvn over. liis head. after the mauner of the

accustomed cirulPor.

The first clull liglrt of u, cloudy rllorrriuq scarcely shoryed lrc-

trveen the chinks of tho log stir,ble rvlteu brvo ulclrtvith sa,u'ed<1ff

shot-guns in hautl eDtered it aud, stirring up thc sleeper with a

foot, commancled Byrnes to put up his hantls' IIe wrls uot easy

to rouse, but at the third ca,ll scrambleil up, saying : " Look out

for that sorrel horse, stranger, he's a kicker"',, Now, who are you ancL rvhat are you doing here ? " demanded

one of thc men.c'I'm a surYeyor', and" I'm looking for Dolan's outfit," replied

Byrnes promptly; 56 have You seen them ? ".,Wlio is in the cabi,si" asked the man; "ta1k fasb' I am

the sheriff of this county ; Jim, here, is my deputy"'6. One cabin is empty, far as I knor'v," saicl Byrnes, " aDd the

man that orvns the place is alone in the other'"

" I appoint you a deputy to help me tlrrest him," said' the

sheriff. '6 Got a gun ? "rt Yes, I got a gun," said" Byrnes, " but f don't 'lvant anybody

to waste any porvcler on me. The county don't pay me any

salary to go uP against things.".,6o*e alortg. You have no choice, I appoint you," said' the

sheriff.,,W'hat do you rvant this sebtler for'?" asked Byrnes, tls Ile ex-

ON TIIE TRAIL OI' THE DOI,AN OUTFIT. 25

a,mined the loads in his revolver i " he don't look like a bad

one."66 I 'want him for a dozen holcl-ups on the stage roatl," he an'

swered, " a,ntl for letting his gun go off a fer'v times, and for rob

bing the ma,ils, and for some other trifles. Ready ?"The young surveyorivakenetl soon after darvn, anil looked out

of the cabin's oue rvindorv just as the tliree aI'EIed men quickly

and silentl.y came to the door. IIe recognized his host among

them, antl his irrstant conclusion r'vas that he had fallen among

thieves. I'lie cloor hacl no {astenings and had already been

pushed ajal rvhen he crowded the heavy table against it, braced

irimself, ancl crietl out that the first man who stuck his nose

through the door would lose it.c'Plunk him through the door," suggested Byrnes as they

paused.

:, I rvoulcl," saitl the sheriff, " only I rvant to get him alive' so

as to fincl out rvhere he caches his pluntler. Now listen, you

man iuside," he continuecl ; '( you are only one against three' and

you &re bounil to lose. You may get one of us, but you can't get

us all, and if you dotr't rva,ik out iike a gentleman rve will fire

this shauty an,l smoke you out. You hnow me' I'm the sheriff

of tliis county, antl f rvant you."(6 You can't holcl Ine up if there rvere thirty of you," said the

surveyor, t'and you rvouklrr't get fir'e d'ollars apiece if you did"'

" Iiold-up be clarnned," repliecl the sheriff impatiently ' * you'vo

got hoid-up ou tlie brain. You klolv me. I've got a warrant

io" yoo. Look here," stlicl he, poking it through the door'

,i Why," said the slll'yeyor', .( yotl are barking up the wrong

tree, sheriff," ancl he got dorvn from the table and flung open the

d.oor ; " I'm not Jo Bylnes ; tliat's the ma,n you rvan!" pointing

at his host.('Tirat's all light," said the sheliff; 66 just keep your hands up

uutil I get the blacelets, rvill you ? " Anil despite his protests

the surveyol r'vas handcuffed antl disarmed'

'( No'v rvhere's your plunder ? " asked the sheriff' (c You

know I can ma,ke it a little easier fol you if you show up lvhat

you'r.e got,"

" I'Ll make ib easier for you if you take me into town hand-

26 oN THE TRArr, ol' THE DoLAN ourFrr'

cuffed," retorted. the indignant sut'veyor. " Why, fifty men in

that torvn know rvlro f ilnt."ee Lots of peoplc rvill knorv you before you eet out o{ this

scrape," replietl thc sheriff. "You ltave bcen pretty smooth' Ifyou \vant 1o be a fool norv you got caught, suib yourself' but

we'II find the stulf just the same. Jip"-ls his deputy-o,put the prisoner on my horse and take him in' Put hirn in the

steel tank. Come back lvith trvo more mel) to search fol the

stuff. There rnust be a fortune in coin lying around here some-

where, and I am going to sttry anrl iooh ib up.''

The sheriff was so eager to begin the search tltat he scarcely

waited to get his prisoner mounted and started''(6 You will consider yourself a special cleputy to assist me until

my men come fronr townr" he said to Byrnes, who rvanted' to be

off to find his surveyors.., What has the man dotre ? " askecl Byrnes't'I{e is the most successful roacl agent t}rat ever operated in

these par.ts, atrd he has lived riglrt her.e rvithin six miles of tliestage i'oacl for two years. He always fooled us by riding off north

aftJr eacli job anil coming iu here afterrvards on foot' I just

lately got onto his game. f liave been on his trail tlrlee days,

and if I'd not lost it in the urud rvoulcl have been here yesterday.",, Then I shoultl not have beerr herc tci help you," said l3ymes'

" Pretty goocl thing for me to makc such il captule just about

no\v. It rviil be goocl for trvo years more in oftice'"., IMhat's it worth ? ",, Sixteen thousand for the trvo years, if it tlon't cost too rnuoh to

get tirere.",( I suppose that roacl agent has matlo tnole tltatr that i[ trvo

years ?" ventured' Byrnes.tt You bet ; trvelve thorrsirnd coin in oue ]laul'"The deputy sher.iff rode off toryilrd torvrr lc[ditrg ihe ]rorse

upon rvhich the victirn of mistahen itlerr.tity rviis tt'toutrted rvith his

feet tied togethel unrlor the cinch, atttl tlrt: slrtlt'ilf, lvith the actual

old siDnel as special deputy, begatr tho seilttlt for trcasure. 'Ihe

plisonerrs |at hacl licen folgotl,elr. iltttl lro allcl his clr,1-itor retut'trtlrl

lo get it. As thel'rocle frrim tlr.- r:ulrirr rlrt.,t' the secotrd time. tlie

sheriff, pursuing his quest, pulied a' ring in the floor, opening a

ON TII}T TRAIIJ OT' THE DOLAN OUTFIT' 27

small door, which disclosed a cellar. He descended into it, fol'Iowed by Byrnes. And one of these t'wo men was seen no more.

The surveyor, in custody of Deputy Jim, looked back from the

heights two miles distant ancl sarv ol)e man leave the cabins and

force his horse into the rapid current of the river. The horse

swam strongly and landed ou the north bank far down the

stream.The river had lisen and overflowed the bottoms rvhen the deputy

and posse returned trext day, so that it rvas impossible to reach

the cabins. One may swim a horse half a mile on occasion, if the

water be deep enough, but one foot of rvater with soft mud be-

neath it is impassable.'When the freshet subsided the little knoll rvhere the cabins had

stood had cntmbled and" caved arvay iuto the stream. The clump

of cottonwoods had been uprooted, and every vestige of the builii-ings had drifted arvay. A deposit of silt covered the valley frorn

biuff to bluff, and no man could sa,y rvhere the cabins had stood'

The surveyor rvho rvent to torvtr as a plisoner hacl no difficultyin establishirrg his identity, al]d leturnetl rvith the party to see the

end of his adventure. He and others spent much time in trzriling

the man rvho hacl been seen to sr,vim the river and go northrvard,

but he \vas never discovered nor identified. It rvas at first gen-

erally assumed that this man rvas l3yrnes, rvho had made off \vith

his ill-gotten r.iclres after overcomiDg the sheriff. But later, rvhen

the sheriff's bondsmen vete called upon to make up a surall short-

age in his accounts, it \vas held by some that the sheriff had made

away with Byrnes, attcl fourrd a cache so lich that he could' not

afford to come itr ancl give it uP.

A third. ingenious theory rvtts that Bylnes had " 'whacked up "with the sheriff, there being plundel enough to make both men

rich, and that both had gotten away -the sheliff on horseback and

B.yrnes afoot. Finaliy (for the meagel descliption that could be

had of the man rvho r.ode arvay northward fitted to neither) it lvas

held by many thrlt the rnerr had a fight over the treasure in the

cellar or cave unrler tlie cabin, and that if the place coukl be lo-

cated an excavation rvould t.ecovet' both hodies and much coin'

The surveyor coneetned himself ch-iefly with the physical fea"

28 ON THE TRAIIT OB THE DOLAN OUT!'l'I'

tures of the case. Later in the season he took the trouble to go

do'wn with his instrurnent, and drrtrtottstratecl that uo governrnent

subdivisiorral lines could havc t'r.ur rre&l' the site of the trvin cabins.

Nor rvas the name of Byrnes fountl on thc books of the local land

office.No doubt the cabins \vere conllected by a tutrrtel used by Bvrnes

to store his plunder. No doubt the tunnel is there yet. The

corvboys who ritle that range talk each spring of organizing a syn-

dicate in the fa1l, anil digging up the rvhole Platte Valley' Itrvould be an intetesting experimeut.

II

She Said, " Corrre." *

, RY I,OUISE CLAIiK.

HO isshe?"

" Olcl John Sargent's dauglrter ; he died r'vhen

she was a chiltl, yrtu kttorv, aud left his entire

foltune to her'."

"Why isn't she married?"

" TlieI say sire has buried her iieart in

I

I

Oharlf Cutter's grave. You remernber poor old Charlie was

throrvn from his horse some five years ago, bl'oke his neck and

her heart at one blorv. sire is a stunner though, isn't she ? No

use trying to geL her, Bil1y. settle dorvn iud cal[r yoi-rrself. My

sister says she never hu,d a spark of sentirne[t aboub her anyway,

but norv she seerns to have lost all interest iD anythiDg. oh, Iro,

not a mean, stiugy streak in her Ilatlrre' She is YeIy generous

.ivith her money, but giYes as thouglt she did not care a strarv

.,,virnt she was giving the clust f'6 -

Llnllafural, very' I am afraid

of her, rnyself, but she is a tltorouglibrecl ; llever sarv hcr do or

looh a thing out of the rvaY.",,R), Jor.*e I I thiDk the girl hirs a heart within irer, atrd if r rvere

going to be iD torvn ttris rviDter, I "r'or-rld

tly and reach it' She

wall,s likc a quecn. What is she doing off here'/"., Going to thc ccmctely. She has a ke,v to the sicle etrtrauce,

aucl tlrey-say she cotrres hcre itt all hours of thc clay or night, btit

there is Dever a florver on Chatiie's graYe. She makes no outside

shorv. Give rne a match."6'Does she live alone? "., No ; houseful of servaDbs, ancl a cousin or something as a

companiotr; siie trsecl to do sluulning, but I heard she got mired

,1, i,, ,, r'o\Y olle uiglit a,ild rvils ]rtrstlerl off to thc station house

lrefo." the policentitn forrnd out rvlto she lvil,s, aud the rvhoie force

got clorvrr orr their klees, itnrl sho \,as sent home, so they say, in

the BL.cL X{nr.ia. Any$.av, slie gets some oDe else to slttm tlotra-

days, and she pals the lriils."ICopylight'lSgg,lryTIleShortsl,oryrublishingCompany,AuIightsreserved"

SIIE SArD, " COME.t'

which I dare not question, Ile gave her pure mind the power of seeing beyond

what I gave her, and the dear child returned to her Maker broken-hearted'

leaving me and our fonr mothelless children to you, my one love' my one

thought, anrl my dearest wish.Would that you rilele poor, that I might give to you lvhat you could not

otherwise have !

NothingbutpityforMarion'sclrildlen,formychildreo,cantenrptyoutocome to me now? Come! I wiII make you love me, I will, antl you must

know it.No man ever gave t'o a womarr a purcr love than is offered to you again'

Give to me this one word I crave' in the name of the innocent woman who

kuew she heltl the heart that belongecl to another' I cry to you-and not

in vain? .Iorrx H. Nontolr,

Rigid. and. white as death, she threw the letter on the burning

coals, and watched the flames devour the paper tiII there was

nothi[g left but a gmy mass that trembled and fell to pieces as

a lvhiff of r,vind blerv across the grate.

Opening the second letter, shg 1s4,fl 3

-Dearest.' For the years I have known and loved you, I have never till

norv dared to tell You of mY love.you.were rich, I lvas poor. shame on me, that I 'r'vould so belittle you!

As though you dicl not know an honest rnan's heart is worth more than cre-sus's wealth.

yot1 knorv what I have clone in the scientific world, but you clo not know

what I have accomplishecl has been through you, a,ntl tbat for you alone I have

succeedctl.I dare now to offer to you the heart and life which will go on and on

working for you, spurred by the glorious kuorvledge that you have said, " Ilove you.."

Iuay l go to you, anrl take you in my arms antl holtl you c]ose to tlre heart

that beats fot you alouc?That I have tolcl you of my love makes me happy. That you will bid rne

come is the praycr of Thine,Svr,vnstrn NEwcoMB,

As the poor girl linished reading this letter, she threw it, as

she had clone the otirer, in the fire. As she rvatched it burn she

said aloucl: ccI could be happy \vith him; his profession would

be more to him than he imagines, and he might not see I cannot

love as lte dttes."Antl she lead thc thirrl letter.

lty Dr:ar Dorotlry: You rrele n little girlrvhen I sarv you first" I loved

yoo ilr"r, besause your beautiful eyes rvere ao liko those God had given to

the wOman I was soon tc, marry.

3130 srrE sArD, 6( coME."

ee fs she a Blue Stocking ? "., Oh, come off, Williarn; she is nothing but what a man would

want his rvife, mother, or sister to be -

rvith a couple of millionsthrorvn in. She goes to Europe

- so Sallie says

- eYery time she

hears of any one who wants a stalt or a boost in art or sciencet

and pretends it is a fa,vor to her that the poor student accepts a

couple of years'receipted bills. She runs a free kindergarten and

dances like a peach. She takes a box by the season at the Grand,

and tulus it over to the young folks like a dear that she is; but,by Jove ! she would give you the same kind of a nod., if she met

you, as she lvould her cook, and there would be no more heart

or soul in her greeting than in a dish of uncooked mushrooms.

I hate to lnve a \voman so independent and so polite that one

can't catch hold of a straw for a good foundation for criticism. Iwish you rvele going to be here, Billy. If any one could moYe

her, you could. But she is a stunner and. no mista,ke. Here

comes Ned in his trap -

alone, too -

goocl luck, we'II ride home.

Hi, Ned ! room for two ? Thanks."To-day Dorothy Sargent entered the silent City of the Dead

with more than sad.ness in her sweet face' and as she reached the

grave that held all that 'was mortal of the one man she had everIoved, she pressed her face against the marble cross, and in her

anguish cried aloud, * Help me, dearest ! "Suddeuly, as though the load. lvere lifted from her heart, and

her prayer answered, she sprang from the ground and hurriedhorne.

Going at, once to her loom, she took from her desk three letters ;

borving her head upon her hands, she r'vhispered : (6 Whatevel is

is right; my love will guide me. I rvill be satisfied."A messenger had brought to her the first letter from the Metro-

politan CIub. She drerv it from the envelope and re-read the

lines she knerv she rvould have to answ'er.

Before you opened the envelope which holds this letter, Dorothy Sargent,you knew rvho was the writer ancl you knew what he had to tell you.

By breaking the seal you have provecl you are'willing once again to listento me.

I have returned to rny native land aftel an exile of ten weary years. Godknows I did my best to give my wife the love eho craved, and lle knows I clid

my bert to make her happy Enrl waa ar truc as ateel to hor, brrt in Elts wisdom'

32 sHE SAID, .(OOME.tt

You know of the short year of happiness which was granted me' and you

know what a long, weary life I have lecl since rny rvife died'You, dear, havc been, and ale, thc one'woman in this world to whom I oan

offer mysclf and what is left of my life and heart.

" Thou art not mY ffrst love,I loved before we metl

But the vision of that summer dreamIs pleasa,nt to rne Yet,

" Thou arb my last love,I rvill not saY mY best;

My heart has shcd its outer leaves

To give thee all the rest "

I do love you, not with the boyhoocl passion you may crave' but with the

true and honest lov(r of a rnan oid enongh to be your father. For years I l:ave

loved you thus, but rvould not tell you, dear. I rvanterl you to have the happi-

ness which a yonnger man might give you, and I ioved yotl so tenderly, Iwanted you to har.e rvh:rt rvo'"rltl please you most.

you knorv your orvn hoart,s story. I clo not ask you to tell me anything, but,

if you will be my rvife, I rvill clo a,ll in rny porver to ma'ke you as happy as Iknorv you can make me,

send me one word, clear, and I rvill promise to tvatch ovcr tlre treasure God

has irusted to my care, if you will bid tne cone'FaithfuIIY Youls,

Tnou-rs Orrs Snlrnrr-.

" He asks so little ! I oughb to be able to live rvith him and be

liappy. I rviil be rnakirlg less sacriflce if I say r Corne ' to him, and

his dear oId gentle life rvili be a benediction indeed'"

With tears iu her eyes' she laughecl aloud as she threw this

Irr,st, letter in the fire, nnd rvhile rvatching it burn she said: 5( Icatr't ilat'ry them all."

'Iaking a sheet of paper in her hancl ancl smoothing it gently,

as though giving it a litble blessing, she dipped her pen in the ink,

and .with a shudder as thougir it .vere rvith her own blood she

wel'e writing, she lvrote the one \vord .- 'c Come " !

Folcling the paper, she put it in art envelope ancl sealed' it'she then drerv anothel: sheet frorn the casc before her and rvrote

upon it: ._

My dear, tlertr J'riertr7.' I love yotr too rvell to givo myself to yort, anrl

myself is all I havc to give'God grant you may Iind a wolnan worthy of your ltonest love, is the prayer

of - DoR.TrrY s.une,xr'

And she setllecl thisr as she had the others, and \'vent to the

library, leaving all three of ]rer itns\vers on her desk'

Touching tlie beil irr the haII, as she passcd through, the butler

No woman living evcr grieved more

does your sincerc and unhappy flienti,in saying no to a devotecl suitor than

Donorrrt S.rncnxr,

to Lrring lne the thlee letters on my desk'

first."her the letters. Stepping to the tzrble, she

whisperecl : " Gotl help me to direct these

JOHN r{. NORTON' nsQ',I\fnrRopot ttAu Cr,us'

CITY.

PROFESSOR SYLYESTER NEWCO}IB,W.tsrrrNetor,

D. c.

And on the third: -trON. TIIOMAS OTIS SEWELL,

Munn.tn Hrr,r, Horor',Nnrv Yor'"ri OrtY'

,, Give these to James to post; I arn uot at home if any ono

calls this eYeuillg, and. rvill dine alone'"

SHE SAID, .( COME."

Enclosing this lettel irt an ettvelope anrl

sigh of relicf, arrtl took ir,nothcr sllect of

w16lg ; -

answerecl her cal].

" James, tell Poole

She may stamP them

Her maid broughtborvetl her head and

aright." '

Orr otre sJre wrote :

On the secord: -

ooi10

scaling it, she gave apapel', ou rviricir she

OLD DOUBI,E-TAI,K,S COMPASSION.

He was well arvare of bhe factmutilate the coins of the countrytheless, he agitated the goid. with

35

Old Double-talk's Compassion.x

BY PEILIP YEBIiILL MIGIIELS.

INGLED rvith the howl of the wind and themurmur of a, score of Chinese voices, w&s a

ceaseless r:hink and chink of gold. It rvas in agambling den of Chinatorvn. tr'umes of opium-tainted tobacco crept like rvraiths through theair and aII but overcame the trvo saucer-lamps,

which cast a dull red glow on the eager Chinese faces. A dozerrof the lnen were seated at a, table, rvhere the game rvas in prog-ress; the others wele standing behincl, thcir countenances exples-sive of greed in various marrnels and clegrees.

TLe cheerful rhythm of the precious metal issued fr.orn themurkiest colner. There a man rvas standing, monotonously shah-ing a bag containing current coius of the realm. The practicelyas so common in the Chiuese quarter that uone of the individ-uals present paid the slightest attention. All of them kneu, thatthe coius rvere being reduced in weight by the constant str.ikirrgtogethcr; all were aware that to burn the bag arrd thus securethe knocked-off duslof-gold rvould be easy, and then that thecoins lvould ,, pass " in tracle as readily as any.

The tall Chinese to whom the gold belonged was confident ofthe honesty of the man r,vho shook the bag, as rvell he might havebeen, for the man rvas white and tre had once beerr a member ofa sacred calling. He ryas known to the Chinese inhabitants by aname ,which signified Old Double-talk, a result of his having actedas court-interpreter in Chinese cases rvhenever a legal necessityarose, That he once had possessed another name there is no sub-stantial reason to doubt, inasmuch as he had become so honoledin his former Connecticut home that influential people thrustupon him the distinction of Missionary at large in the Carrtonprovince of China.

* Copyright, 1890, by The Shortstory Publishing Company. A[ rights reserved.,

In a manuet entirely itrnoceut he had beerr tempted by curiosity

to try the (6 taste " of a beacl of opium, burned at the end" of a

pipe.- Had the pipe been an octopus.it could hatdly have em-

t*""d him in a coil more resistless. Guilty and' ashamed' he re-

signed from his post and leturned to his home, but a pipe and

uiu*p and a five-tael tin of opium were cunningly concealed in

his trunk. Then on a fatal night he rvas deep in his opium

dreams and the lamp was overturned. His sister lifted and pushed

him out at the window, only to fail herself in the fierce hot arms

of the flames.

His social woild, to which he dared not confess, refused him the

boon of obscurity. Unable to bear himself in a false capacity'

burdened. by sell-accusation, he ran away from his friends' his

relatives and his calling. Tramping for years he came at lcngth

to a western viliage at the edge of which a Chinator'vn cxisted'

Fascinated, p.rr,ludirrg himself that here he could work out his

own repentance, he chose this spot for his living interment'

The environment rvas admirable, suited to many kinds of self-

denial. He found himseif readily ostracized from all association

in the village pl'oper, and rarely tempted to over-indulgence of

food among ih"- Ct irru.". The one parbicular battle which rvas

rendered frequently too hartl to fight was that between his resolu-

tion and his desire once more to taste a pipe, for the iusidious

fumes of opium were constantlv in his nostrils'

Doub1e-ta1k had. various means of gaining his daily bread'

Aside from the far-between opportunities of acting officially in

court, on the returns of which he must certainly have failed to

exist, he was jack-of-a1i-occupations in Chinatown' Thus he cured

the bleeding backs of the donkeys employed by Kow Sup F un

and Wan Lee Toi to bring d'own wood from the mountains; he

doctored the chickens, pigs and ducks of Suey X'at when ailment

overtook them; he played the brass pan in the orchestra, when-

ever a funeral required the service; aud he shook the bag of

coins to lrear off the metal.that to reduce in weight or towas prohibited bY larv. Never-

vigor, his conscience rendered'

dull by hunger and fatigue. On bhat particular night he rvas

36 or,r) Ix)UBLIN-TALK's collpAssroN.

wet, in addition i,,r his usual ururultrllcrl t,onciitiorr, for the lainhad soillied irirn tlu'oughout the day. r\Lrlcover', he felb a certairrparental lesponsibility, ils he gazed fronr tinre to tirne into thedepths of trvo gleat blown eyes at his linee rvhich he fouud un-failingly liftecl to his own.

Almost a part of the shadorvs, a small Chinese boy 'was cling-ing to his leg, rvith chubby, dimpled hiurtls, rvinhing wistfully inthe srnoke

-a silent Iittle cha,p, rvho legartled OId Double-talk

rvith a love too great to be expressed. This smali blonze bit ofhuma,rrity speut nearly a,ll his tirne rvith tlie nan, ahvays follorv-ing hirn about, lvith a singular instinct for keeping on iris tlail,or hoiding fast to his harrd r.virerr togetirel thcy villked, ol cling-ing to anything clutchable if both the hu,nds happened to be en-

gaged.'Ihe child, who was called Luey Sing, rvas the first-borrr, and

indeed the only-born, of Luey Hop, u, venerable vendor of lizardswhich the learned converted into physic. As rnight be conjec-tured, Luey Hop rva,s not a wealthy rniur. Irr addition to beiugpoor he was vigolousi;r i*,.or"U, if rrot tlisliliccl, bv the Chinese

population, having ouce cornmitted the clror of furrrishinc certainpolice with informatiou detrimental to a large arrd illicib industry

-the cooking of opium rvithout a license.

Little Luey Sing sharecl, in a miuiaLure rnanner, tlre ignominythrust upon his father, yet he rvas iuconsistently happ;., for he

enjoved an undisputed possessiou of Double-talk for a, friend andcompanion. Tiris niglrt, amidst the cla,tter of Chinese rvords andphrases, the crisp, clear sound of the buttons bcing puslied on tirewires of a counter, antl the metallic rilrg of tLe golderr coiris, thelittle fellorv locked uprvarcl in adoration so long that his treck rvas

nearly ready to break. FIis eyes began to drop their cultains;his tiny fat fingers somervhat loosened their grip. He noclded and

startecl and nodded again. At length rvilh an effort he opened

his big, rvistful eyes, as he loted the hindly, l'r'inkled face above

berrdirrg thoughtfully dorvn. Then, in a, baby voice, he lisped: -.. NorY Luey lay me down to tlteep."

,o AiI right, little man," said Double-talk, glancing at a clockto assure himself his time was fully measuled, " rve'll tlot alonghome." He caniecl the bag to a larv-i-roned Celestial rvlto u'as

OI,D DOUBI,E-TALI('S COI'IPASSION.

running t.he fan-tan table and put it clorvn, The Chinese glanced

at the time-piece arrcl paid ten cents flotn the money at his hand,

', Good-night," said Double-talli, without expecting ah ansler,and taking little limber Sing in his at'rns, he left thc place and

trudged away through the lvet alrd glittering aYenue of dirlkness.

Luey 'w,as sound asieep rviren tlic dool of his father's drvellingwas pushed cluietly open, attd he was tlrerefore laicl for a moment

in his bed, to rvhich his protectot' gropctl ltis lvily. When a candle

sputteletl out gusltes of liglrt, OId Double-talh stood rvirite and

amazetl at rvhat he saw.

Tirc folm of Luey IIop rvas half rvay ouly on a bunk ; his face

was on the floor. He rvils dcad. I{orv o1d tlritl tired he looked !

Double-talk lvas ha,rslily jarred by this unexpectecl sight. He

had knorvn the old man to be feeble antl underfed; he ha,cl givenall the comfort and a,Il tlte food he could to this honest ancl clorvn'

trodden compartion, but he hacl never suspected the shldolv of death

of being so near.

He toc,k little Sing iu his arms again anil hurried to secure the

attenclirnce of Doctor Ah I(ee. This Iine o1d gentlemiu knew at aglance thlough his protligious glasses that rtcute ptteunronil. super-

induced by the chill and u,et of the day, ilr,tl done its rvork rapidly.Luey Sing rvas fatherless, but not paretrtless ; thtlt is to say, he

\r,as now an orpha,n to rvhorn Old Double-talk rvas fo.ster-mother

ancl foster.father in one. lfhe Chirrese visitetl sufficient of the

sins of the departed on the sou to lvarlant thern in preserving a

total indifference to the little feliorv's being arrd to his adoption by

a n)an of another color.But the cetemottious people, liorvel'er rnuch they may have

neglecterl Lucy IIop tluring his lifc, stirtlcrl no part of tlie usual

rites, norv tlrlut lie and lris ct'avirrg fot' sustelratlce \Yere stilletl.For several clavs, the rveat.lier beirrg coltl, they frightenerl offdevils rvith suitable aiirl prollrrterl ttoiscs, lr,utI burned the fullallotment of punlis at tlie slrlirre in tho Joss-liouse, before the

interment. Ab the cnd of the proper time the rveazened o1d formwas conve)'ed to tlre glavc,l:1,111 rviLli alipropriate orchestriltion.

Okl I)ouble-tallr nas oblirlr'rl to refuse to 1rlay tlre brass l)all olr

tlris or:rtsiorr. IIe tlrelclolc uttcrrrled u'itlr liitle Lur:'.r Sirrg lr,rlrlitrgto Iris llurrl, tlrc orrly g'errrrirrc rur)Lu'llur irL Lr,ll the iroisy plocessiou.

'37

38 oLD DouBr,E-TALK's coMPAssroN.

With masterful inconsequence the Chinese people, who had

refused to assist in the maintenance of Luey Hop in life, had pre-

pared a lavish and elaborate banquet for his use rvhen at last he

was dead. They saw his coffin covered in the grave and the

mound roughly spaded into shape on top, when they set it allabout with roasted pig, chickens and ducks, boiled rice, grease

pudding and fried weeds. They set up lighted punks and bumed

no end of red paper to smoke out or keep off hungry demons;

and then they went back to their lives of rvork, fan-tan and opium.

Double-talk looked hungrily on at the rite of decoration with food.

He and little Luey had been less than half fed for the past three

days, and by reason of his grief he had earned nefi 61 gsnfi-nsteven the trifle which he ordinarily got for playing the pan at a

burial.That night, rvhen his pangs hacl increased rvith the clarkness, he

was over-distressed by the moans of hunger which were uttered,

now and again, by little Sing, iu his sleep. ft becarne too mnch

to be endured. He blerv out the candle, at length, and crushing

on his baltered hat, r,vent forth in the frosty night. He turned to

the uorth and pushed ahead rapidly, facing the fangs of the wind.

He was hunched all up by the cold that crept to his marrow

and tortured by waking drearns of the peace and ecstasy which a

pipe of opium could bring. Doggedly he hurried on till he came

to the graveyard gate. This he climbecl, rvithout a sound.

Quickly he stumbled across the unrnarked mounds, where the

Chinese rvere but nappirrg before they should all be transported to

sleep in China, and he lvent directly torvard the grave of Luey

Hop.He rvas almost upou it when he suddenly floundered, and

collided heavily rvith a human form. His hair crept upward; a

chill shot down and. up his spine; a feeling of horror alone pre-

vented the cry which rose to his lips.

" IJgh," grunted the forrn, in a voice too thick for a ghost, and

bounding to his feet one of the Pah Ute Indians whose regular

predatorial visits to the graves of departed Celestials gave color to

the story that the spirits of the dead devoured the banquet-ahearty but super-frightened buck-darted swiftly arvay to the

sagebrush.

OLD DOUBLE-TAI,K'S COMPASSION. 39

Old Double-talk rvas starbled so thoroughly that his teeth began

to chatter. Nevertlieless, he realized that he rvas the dominantspirit of the evening, and he therefore made all possible haste toappropliate aII of the funeral meats, for himself and Luey Sing,and then to beat a retreat the way he had come. He had robbed

tlre dead. He permitted his conscience to freeze, for the sake ofkeeping alive the boclies of little Luey Sing and himself.

Day by day the severity of the winter increased. The snow

became so deep that the donkeys could not be sent to the moun-

tains, and in consequence there r,vele not any bleeding backs tocure. Pigs and ducks ancl chickens left their diseases out in the cold.Litigation, or trials requiring a Chinese interpreter, were not eYen so

much as on the calendar. And not every day did the gamblingtable accumulate sufficient of the golden coius to rvarrant a shaking.

Such a dearth of money and cleclit and chances for wolk pre-

vailed in the village that violent meatrs of gaining a bare subsistence

had come into being. Robberies wele frequent and nearly always

accompanied, if not preceded, by arscln. So great was the terrorof the people that a citizens' union had been organized, and des-

perate men kept nightly rvatch in the streets. In secret they hacl

also formed a vigilance committee, r'vhose rvarning rvas out for aIIoffenders to heed on pain of death.

So engrossed rvas Old Double-talk with his task of keeping the

body and soul of little Sing together, and incidentally his own,

that the state of affairs rvas quite rvithout his ken. Thus he sat

Iooking at the little bronze lad, one brilliant, moon-lit night.Sing had eaten a crust of bread in the morning and a crust the

day before ; the child invariably ate more than the man. AII thatday the great rvistful eyes of tlie little chap had searched those ofhis friend, appealingly. 'Io-night they rvere blazing with hungeralthough forever yearning in expression. There rvas no suchtiring as sleep in their solemn depths. 'Ihe little fellorv came toIay his head on his protector's knee.

" Sleepl., little man ? " Old Double-talk inquired. "'Wantnorv I ltr,y rne doryn to sleep ? "

The chiltl sliooh his head.t' Ilungry ? " ct'ooned the man.l,uey notlrled, timidly.

OI,D 1)OTIBLE.'IALI( S COTIPASSION.

ehiklren, 01d Double-talh rcrnilirrctl kueeliug a tnitrute, to adtl lrrs

orvn pebition, in rl urumble. Aurl rvltetr lte artrse to place littleLue.y in the betl autl to kiss the soft rvee face, a light of fatherlyanguish was bulning iu his eycs.

tt Good night, you Poor Iittle scarnp," he said, sorlervhat hoarsely,., old Ghee Sum rvili soou be birck rvith something rice."

An hour later, r.vheu he carnc furtively l,long through theshador.vs of tire village, rvith tr, sach ha,lf filled rvith pobtttoes, he

was startled, on tulnitrg, to see il sudtlen glolv of firc ilthlvtr,rt the

sky, in the directiou rvheucc he hir,tl corne. Cries arose from ter-rified women atrcl allgry mer]. A clangor of bells bulst on thefrosty air'; a din of shouts, screaming r,viristles and levelberir,tingthucls o{ horses' hoo{s seemed to filI a1l the nig}rt. I{e felt allthe fear in rvhich his conscience \yas sudclenly pluuged. Hesbarted to run lvilh his pluurler.

Almost ou the instant a rvatchmllu da,rteil upon hirn.

dropped tire sack aud got arvay, only to dash irrto the arms ofhalf a dozen men lr4ro rvere racirig madlv totvaltl the file. He

rvas clutched by a dozen fierce aud metciless hands. A score ofmaddened citizens quicl<Iy gathercd about him. There rvas neitherlarv nor order nor reasorl irr the mob rvhioh soon collected in thestleet; and no one noticetl n tirnid li'r,tle fot'rn that ran to theshntlorvs fol coucealmerrt,

'ILe roar of the firemeu thuntlering bv rvith their engine added

confusion to the rnorneut. 'l'heu a leirder ctr,rne pushing his wayamong tire captors. He stilletl their babel, and then they becarne

truly grim and terrible.There \v&s no delay.; thero rvas sinrply the calm and awful

debermination to do their rvorh and clo it tluickiy. Immediatelyall ryele in molion, the vainly protesting prisoner in their midst,

rnarcliing voicelessly aw,ay, their feet making crisp, hald clatteron the frozeu grounil.

When at length OliI Double-talk was standing, bound, beneath

the cross-bearn of the cernetery gate, he knerv their purpose. Heknew that nothing coulcl stop them norv.

,,God help you," he murtnured, 66you clon't know rvhat you

are doing."Arrd then rvhen at last those sileut men had scattered to the

47

40 oLD DouBLrr-rALIt s colIPASSIoN.

sr Bless your poor litt1e heart, you're starving." He took thecold libtle chap in his alrns and triod lo lock lrirn to sleep.

The rnatr's mind rvas rvorkitrg oddly. "FIe felt that anything'horvever desperate, rvas better tharr to let this helpless child suc-

cumb to the pangs of hunger; his conscience ha,d ceased to be, inhis auguish. The Chinese people hird given aII the aid- theyrvould. Ib rvas clleaper, to bury Luey Sing tltan to kerop him.

Olci f)ouble-ta1k thought rvith coruposure, yes, eagerly, of

robbing another grave, rvere tliere ouly il grave to rob. Why not

kill sorne old Chinnrnan aud get the food they r,vould certainlyIeaye ou his mound, said his mind. He stalted at himself, so

abhon'cnt rvus this foreign thouglit. Yet his calculating instinctpulsuecl the idea to iis end. 'I'hey wouid keep the body so loug

that the cltild and himseif might clie betore the fea,st was spread.

Little Luey Sing rvas still ditficlentl,v nodding to assure him of

his huuger. It rnrltlo thc hoarb of the man blecd to see him.

A sudden tlentill llicture occurrod to his rnirld'. He sarv sotne

laborers carrying potatoes to an elonga,tecl pynrrnid of them, rvhich

they rvere coveliug rviblt stlarv aucl ea,t'th, bo prcserve the raw

articles of foocl through tire rvi[ter. He thouglit of the ralrbits

digging into this pile irt the nigltt to save their lives. It rvas

theft to take tirose potatoes. He ltir,cl never rvilfully u.ronged any

living being but himsclf ; he htd never lived any but a life of

innoce[t self-destruction; but -

this child that he lovetl rv&s

dying. A man has a right, ire to1d. hirnself, to preserve hutnan

Iife, even by desperate meilus. l'he idea got possession of his

soul. He u'as frantic to tre tliggir"rg at the pile of potatoes. Awild, haggarcl look eame itr his filce. 'Ihe child saw it come and

rvas flightenecl.., lVliat is it, little tttan ? " saicl the foster-parent telrderly.

sr'W-il,s he awful tiled and huugry ? I{ever mind, oltl Ghee Surn

will get him sourething to eat. Luey go to sleep - like a good

Iittle boy, and. Glree Sum ',von't be long."In his haste he laiil little Siug i[ his bed rvit]r all his clothiDg

on. "BLrt, rvait, litt1c nl;trIl," he said, lvilh a, setrsc of shatne,

., \ve .hilvell't

said our pravet's," He ltlr ced the chiltl on its kuees

b.y the butr]< aDrl liuelt tlrttrt besitltt lrirn, simirll'. Wherr the wee

Ohinese chap liil,tt leyrerltctl tite slveet, old-fashiclned ir,ppeal o,t

42 oLD Dourrr,F)-'rAr,r('s coNrpASSroN.

four wirrds, and only the creak antl creak of the lope on thebeam, as sornething swultg in tlie tvincl, rnirde sound, a tirnicl littleform came slor.vly frorn the brush arrd nllproachecl the spot.

fb was Luey Sing, rvho had follolvecl unerrirrgly, guicled aloneby his childish love and natural instinct. IIe could barely leachtire ankles of his friend and p.otector, but these he clutched, rvitharr odd little coo of joy, and throuring liis arms about the unre-sponsive iegs, laid his chilted little cheel< aga,inst the cloth.

'Ihe crenk aud creak might ha,ve seemed iike the chink andchirrk of the gold when olcl Double-talk shook the brrg; horvbeit,the child was patient. He waited tr,rrd r,ytr,ited for a ryord or asign. He looked up rvistfully to catch the trvinkling ausrver fromthe eyes he knery aud loved so rvell. Slowly his thin little bortychilled thlough and through. Yet he made no cornplaint; hewas rvaiting for the creak to cease.

At la,st, as a, peaceful urarmth antl dr.owsiness began to over-take hirn, he timidly opened his 1ips.

r( Nory Luey lay me dorvn to theep," lie lisped in a whisper.The old-time loving tespor)se fa,iled to corne. I{e .waited, gaz-

ing yet rnore wistfully upward. His eyes \yer.e so wear.y andheavy. He tried again:

" Now Luey lay - me down to - theep -I play - the Lor, - my thoul - keep.

If I -thould dic -belloe- wake,

I play - tlie - Lor'- my - thoul

-t-a-k-e.,'His eyes were closed. His arms were tight about the lifeless

ankles. Breathiug a sacl little sigh he feII into the srveetest andlongest of slumbers.

In the morniirg early the leader of the mob came quiltily outto the graveyard gate. I{e stood there arved, lvhen he carle iusight of the place aud yieryed the silent figrrre and the frozeniittle folm of Luey Sing still clasping the stifferred hnees.

,,My God," said he, (, the poor old man -

the poor little kid.,,

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The Ostermoor Patent Elastic Felt Mattress is sold on ro Ntghts'Free Trlal, under thewritten guarantee that if it is not the equal in cleanliness, durability and comfort of any $5oHair Mattress ever made, we will refund your money without question. We kf,ow that we makethc best mattress in the world, but it is hard for us to convince you, individually, of it withouta trial. Perhaps you don't need a mattress now. Don't let that keep you from sending for ourFQEE book, tt The Test of Time." Each book costs us 25 cents, but we will get rich if we caninterest enough people merely to send for it ; write to-day.

wARNING ! l',,%'JSI"fi;:SlTfllT;,*,1:[;."$t3JJ"d,",$is',i:i,Ti":;{#s":H*'"1,y#t'"'l:TJsi

OSTERMOOR & COMPA5IY, 129 Elizabeth St., New York City.We haoe cwhionetl 25,0U) churches, Senrl for our book,,, Church Cushions."

41

DR, 8. F. AYt SANAI udtu ,., z? 7 No..LLtNots ST.

Cancer CuredWith Soothing Balmy Oils.

Cancer,'fumor, Catarrh, Piles, Fistula,Eczema, and all skin diseases,

Cancer of the nose, eye. lip, ear, neck,breast. srorracll -irr fac't, all inrernal orexternal orAans or tissues -, rrrrd uithoutknife or burning pldsters, but wirh soorh.ing arunratic oils.

Cutthis outand send it for an illustratedbook on the above diseases. Honre treat-ment sent when desired. Address [men-tioning'Inr Bracr Car.],

0R. 8. F, BYE, P. 0. 8ox 246, lndianaprlis, lnd,

THE6(FOUR.TRACK

StrRIES."

The New York Central's books of travel.These small books are filled with informa-

tion regarding the resorts of America, best

roites, time required for journey ancl cost

thereof.

OIr lll["tr,,t,"1 (',rtJlojI,.. fl l/,,kl,.r.il.] t,:,jc.,4 \ {, (ir^sFyLrl,cr\,,1 rulttsIl.,rl .J,.lr,,t t\,.ilt\ fi\.i t,",k- . rtrr.. .,t.r_logilr FcIt lr,, tu fl[] J,l,lr, r: ,,r, r,.,., it,l i,f u t",-tJr-',. .rrLIh/ {;{,,r{! ll. lhri. i... C,.rrr.rul pu.u.r,;. r -r;rr,r. crrrriUentrul Strti'rr-

^',r$ Y,,rk

AD\TIIBTISI'ItI'NTS.

llAIR SlllIITCll 65 CEIITS,

$1.{g buys a flffoLE f,gf BabyCarriage32 poge e-atulogue Froe. W€ fsy Freight aDd ship on lOdaystri.,l. li,, mnney rco,rirad in r,lvanco. rddras!oaystfl.,l. I,, mnney rcq,rirad in r,lvan.o. Addrosr- VICTOR MANUFAGTURING CO,opt. ll 46, zoi rrd 2C7 Fiflh lye.r Chtca86r IIl.

FROM BUFFALO TO PITTSBURG.The Lake Shore & Michigan Southern

R. li. nrns tLr.ouglr trains-with sleepcrfrrrm IJuflalo to Pittsbulg, leaving BuftaLraL 1l.tr0 p. m., alriving at Pittal)urg at7.li a. m. Tlris is lru1.y very fast rime,and llre traveling public sfiows its apl1rt t.r'ialiorr of tlre rDanv fine featur.es ofthis nrirrl by using it ver.y fr.eely.

For Children Whlle Cutting Their Teeth.

An Old and Well-Tried Remedy,

FOR OVER FIFTY YEARS

MRS. WINSTIIW'S S(}()THING SYRUP

lras been usecl for over Frrrv Yn,rns byMrllroNs of X{orrrnns for their CHrrtrnnNlvHrr,B TlcrrrrNc, with Prnrrc,r Succrss.Ir Soo'rurs the Cuir-n, Sor.t'sNs the Guus,ALr.Arls all ParN ; Cunrs WrNo Cor.rc, andis the best remedy for Dranntrrte. Sold byI)ruggists in every part of the wor'ld. Be sureand ask for Mrs. Tlzinslowrs SoothingSyrup and take no other kind.

Twenty-five Cents a Bottle.

wE grLL IrUMN ulrR srvr.rtHEE rmtchany h..lr 6l lror 65C ro 93.25. tho aqurt.o,ssitchos l,hrt retall al 82. oO lo 6EjOO.OUB 0FFER: ('It this ad ou{, cnd send

-:-:i to us. ineluie a. Eood srzcd

ADVER,TISEMENTS.

Yl ADYETiTISEMENTS,

The best of all bath cabinets is nowsoldat maker's prices direct to the sser. Soldeven lower than tbe inconvenient affairsthat ate advertised for this service. Atight, double-walled room, rubbet coaledinside and outside, and fitted with a door.liladg so that medy tipping folds it into a6inch space. Handsoirie, Eonvenient andstrong.

- Ii(/ith this cabinet, Turkish, vapor and medicrtedbaths may be taken at home, eiactly the same asin Turkish Bsth rooms. The cost is three centsper b,ath. - Notbing else is so effective in keepingthe blood pure, preventing sickness, stop-Dinicolds 8nd curing most c- :onic diseases. Nothingelse accomplishes perfeci cleanliness, or so clearithe complexion, so quickly quiers rhe nervous andrests the tired. The habit of Turkish barhinokeeps the mind rnd body up to rhe highesr vigor, -

pfovat, to be rcll;r:ned at our expense if not satisfactorv. Sold direct to ,rr"rc i.tfrcm $ 5 to $12, express o1 frciglrt rnepaidt alcohol'stove, vapofizet andlacesteaming attachment included. Send today Ior our handsome illustrated cata-Iogue, and order from that.

Turl<rsh Baths for 3 Cents.

RACINE BATH CABINET CO, Box G, Racine, Wis.

COSTS YOU NOTHING TO TRY IT.

T]lE ]{ATURAL

BOOY BRACE

Gold PlatedChatelaine

rPfEYour cholcc ot rhls bcrudlql

iold.pltted Cblrchine, or I goldllllcd rlag. tor selllog 20 ol our

LTDTES'GOID DTATEDBTAUIY PIN$

At 5 cents cach.(Rcgulrr pricc l0c.)

NO MONEY REOUIRED IN ADVANCE.Jusi scld us your o.mc rod rddress. s.yiD8 you *illsell tbc plos o! rcturn them. rod we vlll mgil lhcm !loocq, oo rccclpt ol your leucr. Everybody oeedr 6cvc[l of rhcsc Dios. You cro scll thcm in . lev 61tr.urcs rt 5 ccors ctcb. Scnd to.dry-don'r w.ir

LADIES' PIN COMPANY,855 Schlttcr Bulldlng, . CltlCA(X).

0ures Female lYeaknoss, Re-

stores Health andVigor,Makes Walking and

Work Easy.W'e receive thousatrds of

lettem Eimilor to tlrls:Owenshoro, Ky., Jfl n. I,1s{)7."I wouldn't bc withoLtt my

brace, lor it has cured meof all femele troubles, IIadsuffered tvelve yesrs with

seme and Jou caD use ournrmes if vou wislr. AYoun{lrdvfrierid s"id to nie notlon!ago:'I don't carewhereI hwe o pflin, the Bmce re-licveB ii.' Other lrierdshavc tolal me of their de-tieht wiih the hrtree.".IIRS.

AUSTIN BERRY.

Money Refundod if Brace is

not oatisfactory. Send forfull information with illus-trated book, free.

The Natural Body Brace Co,,

HOWABD O. RASH' MOB.

BOx 50I SALINAI KANSAS.

EwrylYoman antiripatinglllotherh00d sh0uld havethis Brace,

ADVETTTTSEXIENTS

vur

Mluaxr CycronE

Cmrnm,llo.4-35( -a\{-$g llo. d{tzt-ttO

I Detachablc

AutomaticPlate

Rcgistcr

AluminumPlate tlolden

.Threc

Diaphragms

Simplest

and best

Camera

on lheMarket

"12 PicturesIn1

12 Seconds"

All LiveDealers

Sell

Them

WESTERN CAMERA I}I'F'G CO.

139 Wabash Ayenue

CEICAGO

Wrlte tor 1899 CatalogEe. ?9 Fassau St,, Iyewyork

LOADING PLATE CARRIEI'

CSAXGINO EXPOSED PLATE6

BEXOVIIO EXPOSED PLATBA

ADYDRTISEMENTS.

Bulb Relear

Lens ofExceptional

Dcpth and

{,apidity

AutomaticShuttcr

Alwaye Sel

AutomatiiPlate

There is no l{odak but tlte Eastman Kod,lL.

KodakSimplicity and Kodak

Quality creared the

standard by which all

cameras are measured.That's why the clerk says: (( It's as

good as a Kodakr" when trying to sellan inferior camera.

Kodaks $5.00 to $35.00.

Eastman Kodak Co.*"7f"7?::,rr;",t::;"/ Rochester,N.Y.

onry $2, r't *o"tr' $5Makee Perfect Plcturcg3 l-2 x 3 1-2 inches.

The Niagara Camera No.2,Covered with black grain Morocco.

Neat and compact; carries threc double plateholders with capacity of six dry platcs; aahro-matic-lens;. 1899 automatic safety shutter) ar-ranged for time and instantaneous exDosures.

$: includ ' Camerar nne double plate holder,and 32-page tfstruction book.

If not found ,, be a barsain. and perfectlv satis-factory, return it within-teD days and we willrelund your mouey.

The Niagara Camera Co., Buffalo, N. Y.

ADVARTISEMENTS.

CUTELIXCleans thePores,

Toilet soap can not.

Cures ShinDiseases

As nothing else car.

Heals Burns,Bruises

And otha irjuries.

UNEQUALED SHAMPOO and aPERFECT DENTIFRICE.

At gour Druggist'se Twentg=fiys centgrFrom us bg Expresse Thirtg cents.Or four bottles lor One Dollar.

Cutux ConapANY,253 Broadwag, New York.

ADVEIT,TISEMENTS.

(( Nothing Succeeds Like-

CUTELIXin cleansing, healing and curing the skin, scalp and teeth.It is indispensable to the toilet of those who know its merit.

Sold by druggists at 25 cents per bottle, or four bottles will be scnt by express for one dollar.

CUTELIX CO., 253 Broadwage New York.

*KAelErure

Alcohol,9pium,TobaceoUsingTP

Produce each a diseasehaving defrnite pathol-ogy.'I'he discase yieldseasily to the DoubleChloride of Gold'Ireat-ment as administeredat the following Keeley

Inebriety--A Disease.

nerve cells_tl)at rlrcy cannot #.p"na to tir"-pl.:Iorman(e ol ttrclr luncrioral drrrirs, and rhe hiln_lesness.,'I llre victim's cundirir,rr is as inexulicibielessness_.f tlre victlm,s conjirii,ii-ii'"" i."',ipfii,lto himself as it seems iuexcusable ro his f,i;d.--,lrmselt as il. seetns inexcu".lble to l,rs friends.'lhe Kerlcy trearment cures tlri, aii"ii"-Ur'r"_

rrlllg lhe ncrves lo a nerf..r,v l,-,lrh.,.r"r-' rrstoriilg lhe ncrves lo a perfoerly lre.rlrhy state.' I tcures lry retnoving lhe carre. -The resrrlt

is tlat.the paricnt is lift in_ a nornral a"a ir"itti,ycondrtiorr, arrd.he lras ncirher,.rri;g,.[.i;;; ;;;necessrtv 10r stlmlrlants-necessity Ior stimulants

Oyer 300.000 men anrmen an-d women to-day have been

Inebriety, trl"rphine, and other T)rus habits aredepundcnr upon a diseased condirion"of the ner-vous svstem.

. 'l lre vi,.rinr of the diserse again and apain putslortlr tl)e tn,'st lteroic effons to reform, brrt his,liseasr,js roo ,ahsolutelv orerp""eilng G b" ,;;:quered try-ie"(,lrti,rrs. 'l lre will-l,ouer he wuuldexercise.i[ ]r.e c,rrrld is no longer iupreme. Alio_Irolrc srimul.rnts hrr.e so rongested the delicate

permanently cured uf rhe tlisea"e 6f ir"t ii*"throuqh I)r, Ke(ley's lreatment, wtrirh is adminis'_tered onlv at iilstit,rli,,ns autlrorizrd bv l,im.'lhe trealnent at tbese institutions"is pieasant,

xn ADVEh'IISi]}IENTS. ADYERTISEMENTS.

AddressTEEtrEELEY I Muion_ rIdINSTITUTE o "it q I ri,L,iri.r,ii,

Hot slnnas, Ark. I N"" urr*,,;lrIL'uon\-er. (i'1.! IdZsBr Foli.itJ Sr.

]1,.'d,f"i.1,1'!T,,il: l':il'lr:l;.11::,,.w^a.elrington. I)j ( ., ] Lcrinst,,n, \lnrs.

"*','*il,' ,t;o'*'s'' i 'il,5ll,lll'.ll:;l lil'" .

By gellinc Baker's Teag rmongvorrr neishbors. r totelofl00lbs. for l;icvcle: f,o lbs.- Wiltham (;ol(l W.lch:lb8.,Silver Watch ; l0lbs,,CrescentCarnera or( iold liiirg.Etfr.ss?r.raid. lYratzj/o/ Catalogu., O?dc7 Sh..t, Uc.W. G. BAKEB, Dept. S, Springfield, Mass.

Easy Walking,lncreased Heisht.Arched lnstsniEetter Fittind Shoos.Ease and 0ohfort.

BLINDNESSPrevented and Cured

I^y*,I".C.":.11:, 4!,,Ia ".n Elecrrical pockpt Beriery, wnrc^

it"l;d,Ii,:f;:;,",,#+i'il:i.i"?FH,,-*i..',.": "NEW YORK & LONDON ELECTRTC ASS'N,

929 Walnut St., Kansas City, Mo.

TooFat14 e wi l send Iullrnformntion &bout howto rnoke a bimple herbrl retilcdy at hotneto rcrl uoe r our weirht. o nd n l",i a rnmr'r "Io rcrt uoe J our EeiEhl, a nd al.o a somDl ebox Feourely sealcrl. in a l,lain wranp'crrrce uy rnarl! to trny one Eendrng 4 centslor poJxte, etc. Costs you Iothing Io,17\ l:i r?:.'lii;":::: costs vou rrothing

HALL CHEMICAL co., x. e. Box. sr. Lor,rs, Mo.

illl B PH I l{ E rrti;ii'ri,,'ir,rEIlta$iy."kE.I\'"?J'1'il,'"J9,T3,#,I-":Y,!i

BANG! WiU make FIR,ST-CLASS B()OI(KI]I'PER, of youin 6 weeks at home for gB or re-turn rnoney ! Ili[rl positions. too,Write. J. H. Coorlwiu, Expert Ac-

CILBXRT MFC. C0,,50 Erm St., Rochester, II.Y.

SPECIAL 6 O DAYS' oFFER'o i$[3'*X%!"o3B"E#oTf,, +$8"&83#ffi u.t,to\rO

Mlle

Fully reyeals the!rvelouB Dowers and

I

Chc Diagara 3r.-Ttre Little Educator in

Amateur Photographg.A camera making perfectpictures 2% x 2% inches

for 35 ccnts.The Niagara Jr. is a practical little camera built

especiaily Ior the new begirrner, who wishes to leamtlre art of photograplry, without a large outlay ofnrorrey. It has a specially ground lens and shitterarranged for snap shot and time exposures, lJsesglass plates, and makes perfect pictures zr/z x zr/zinches. Sent to any address, prepaid, for 36CENTS in stamps or coin.

Niagara Camera Co., Buffalo, N. Y.

tf,e. d. n. (iOO(lWtn, EXDert AC-tan t,Room49?, 1215B'w?ly, N.y.

- Simplyplacedirthoheel.frlr.lown. II' nntroqlirelorgersloee. InviBible. drrruLIe. hralthlul. rccorrrrrkrrrt.it trv ntrr ei-ci&ns, Rajsed or lowcred bv addinc or renr(,r)rx l;ycr; of@tk. Xin.25p.t%in 35e.; I in.;Ue. lcr pair. Ladieo or"Mcn's.

REA[l :iJf,ii'x;;tiH i,fd:J,Tilsiyht dcdired, and 2c'

THE DIETZ

[e Lamp

stays alight despite jottings or bind, andgi"ves a c[eat, steadS, penetrating lightfor ten hours. For $2.50,we mail it toany address, or a circu{ar of it for theasking. It is as " all aroand " good as weknuw hsw to make it after frftWiChtttears of nothing but lamq bui[ding.

R. E. DLETZ COMPANY,79 Laight Street,

Established r8to. Ne,w YotA,

i

'iii'E E i'i'i ii'i"^i'i'.'$H*;tl

ENTITLED

Sonc Ptctures !and a cam i

.rlbo[t gour !Iltind. :

marvelouB powem andmott nrybteriouE se-crctr of" hyplot,sm,rnotsnetic hcalins.iealing,

influence.

i ;lt Uir"ll ;ll *i:,'",rt, *' o * "'i;:i:lii" " i X,*i i'J;"J

! .Iurlge- lleIry Sehaf.,r.. Flonrinqlon. N. J..: sritoa: ..,Voht sondcrtul book of rhe ";,;i;,:-' i ;,"";! fj'fld.fl

man v nu lurl lrcen sick eighr yparo and given up

. Ift. D. If. stuht, f'nyefterit]e, f[u.. Bavs: ..Theoook rB a revclation to me. 'lhe k now ledge is i D ialuabte.,i

tGeo. lllo(.Irrlyre, I5048rh Ave.. Brooklyn,N.y.,Btstpr : " The infomolion you E&ve lras enablid rrre tri,,htuin e.Bplendid positiotr lor wlich t nua''ioi,?"orgf,r

^:I:rs.,Ir. Carriek,;22 Fren(hmen St., Ncw(.rrtornF, La., wfite8: ,,I influpn(ed 12 out oI Ii,ii adiBtance, by your method."

--.1.. I(. Perkins, lSllj So. Burdilk St., Kalamazoo,lIirh.. writcs:-.,I hase tur.ocoutulll troated rnomhinrirnu Iquor naDttR{nd tsrvo:r *.vorul purlur ent"frainmentslrOIrl tne InstruCtloI JUU 3cnt mc. Il'sa great buok.,'

^ [v._I!. Arlhrrrr 410 Washineron St,.Steuhenyilte.u.. wnt.6: -.. I sas su.oessful in h-ypnotizinE rrrv wife a,.{ otr!6!ttor receiving )our in6tiTclion. Thd Lo"k i.a bceuty."

_Do no! send mooey, t,be book ie Ire. Addr€s.. Nee r

iilf,""1:;..,,i:ti., scietrce, Dept. B, six stute st., :MADE WITH A NIAGARA JR.

A single copy of THE BLAcK CAT presents moreentertaiDiDg Gction for five cents than a-whole year'silbsi?tioD to other magazius secwes.-Mau'htslcr

xrv ADYERTISEl\IENTS.

Every Section of m::'l"ti*';'*"ii"If; y:i:1li:ff "r1l1itii

Ssmmer Literatste

BosToN & MaINE RAILROAD, the Great Railroad Svstem ofNew Englandl

...THE BOOKS...AII Along Shore. Merrimack Valley. Southwest New Hampshire.Among the MountaiDs, Lake Memphremagcg, Central N{assachusetts.I-akes and Streams. Lake Sunapee. Va)ley of tlte ConnecticutFishing and Huhting. Southea.t New Hampsltire, and Northern Vermont.

t he Monadnoc'k Region.FREE.-SUMNIER TOUR AND HOTEL BOOK-FREE.

Any of the above publications will be mailed upon receipt of z cents for each book,D ,t t. New England Lakes, Rivers of New England,rorttolros: flountai"ns of New 'England,

containing over 30 beautifrrt hatf-tone en.gravings, illustrating scenes covered by title, will be mailed upou receipt of 6 cents {or each book.-Address Passr. Dept. ts. & M. R. R., Bo"tj".

D. J. FLANDERS, Cen'I. Pas8. and Ticket Agent.

SPEC'AL OFFERIFC, YC){ISB-G L:EIOFEE!.

We are giving swry \Yatches, Canreras, SportingCoods. Mu-rcnl ltr.tr urner'is, S"lid Guld nings an I

'narv other v: irrdble p,errrrums-rhe bFst tl at motrey. .. tirrv-for .ellrrrg l8 r,kc,. I\ otlon{l l rrL Po r'juliuv-for -elln,s l8 t,ke.. Notlonrl lrrL Por'der,.i Nutlonrl Blulne et lu.. rrch. Each l,kg.makes 50c. vorth hest ink or hlueing. $e ask no

trr^nev- Send tour name and address and $'c f"rn ard vou 18 pkss.wrth rlreniium-list and full rnslru(tions. whcn vou scll thcm 'FnJnrone'v to us and sele(t DreDrium. Thls li on hotreFl, offcr.w. r.i'.. ""', Wrire at;rcr I, r o,rtlir- AddtesJ all orocrsbNAT 'l6NAL rNK co.' l9l La Bouo Et.' chteDso.

the patient in a condition of perfect health. We have cured thousands in the last fewyears and have as many testimonials. Write us in confidence, or if you have a friend ad-ii"t"d to the habit, saJe him. lncorporated under the laws oi New Vork, t897'

ST. PAUL ASSOCIATION, Decker Buil<ling, 33 Union Square, New York.

Place your finger on your pulse and see if your heart beats rcg-ularly ancl steadily. If there is a slngle skipping or irregularityof the beats, your heart is weak or diseased, and there is nritellirrg how soon it u ill stop beating altogether. Heart troubles, dan-gerous as they are, can be instantly recognized by all. No doctorcan tell better tLau you if yourheartisoutof order. But remenrbertirrt irregular or skipping beats are only one symptom' and inlrrny ccses are not found. Any of the fclliowing are just as positir-earrtl sure :-

Symptoms of Hear4 Tnouhle,Fluttering, Palpltatlon, Shortness of Breath, Tenderness,

Numbness or Paln in the Left Side, Arm or Undet the Shouldei'Blade; Fainting Spells, Dizziness, Hungry or WeakSpells; Spots Before the Eyes; Sudden StartinglnSleep, Dreaming, Nightmare, Choking Sensation inThroat; Oppressed Feeling in Chest; Cold Hands andFeet; Painful to Lle on Left Side; Drowsy, Swellingof the Feet or Ankles (one of the surest signs), Neural-

I

gia Around the Heart. Persons having even one of these symp-toms shoulcl not delay treatment a sirrgle day.

lile dici n e Free [o il|, il,r?:',':T*:11'i.:38:?fixti;or nervous disease, ancl have failed to find a cure, the chances are9 rn lU I hat, youf trouDtc ls ln your nearf,. -rtuno're(Isare lorrnd every year. I rvant yotr to senal me your pd to you for trlal a box of my celebrated Heart'l'abledress it once, so T can send to you for

. rvani yorr to send me your qame and ad-of my celebrated Heart'1'abletsabsolutelydress at once. so I can send to you lor tnal a Dox oI my celeDfaleo -rlear[ l {lDrersaDDurqlEry

freeof charge,bynrail,prcpaiti. Dun'tfail to \Aritenre if-yott-have-a-single one of lheshor".rm.r'on'=] I can-curc vou bevonil anv ouestion. and will send tlre frcc tablets tofreeof charge,bynrail,prcpaiti. Dun'tfail to \Aritenre if-yott.have-a-single one of lheabovesvmpt'on's. I can-curo you beyonil any questiotr. and will send tlre frcc tablets tonrovc ii to'vrrrr norsonlllv- Delavs are danserolts. Inclosc starntl for nostage.

9 il 10 tbat yourtrouble is in your heart. , Hundreds of such case_s

'' " MUMPS.CROUBCAKED IFIRE&SUN BURN.CHA, , BUNIONS&TIRED FEET.CHAPPED FACE. LI P5 & TIANSAFE REMEDY FOR PILES.

AIL DRUGGISTS oR MAILED FOR 25CH. l.MAS0 N CHEMICAL C0.5l5ARcrSrPnru

Laudanum,etc. Onlv Perfectand

M O R P H I N E trffi'[:.r'i*;,t:q"nihr'x:complete and permanent, and leaves

oioue ii i"'vuu porsonully. Dclays ire ,lansoroits l nclosc statrtp ft)r postage.-Ad,t"o=* DR. AUSTTN ALBRO. Ilox 017. Aususta. Mailc.

xv

PURE WHISKEY

F'OTIR T'ULL QT]ARTS,EXPRESS CHARGES PREPAID,

FOR $3.20.We will send four full quart bottles of Ilayner's Seven-Year-0ld Double Copper Distilled

Rye Whiskey for $3.20, express prepaid. We ship on approval, in plain boxes, with-no marks toindicate contents. When you receive it anrl test if if it is not satisfactory return it at ourexpense and we will refund your $3.20.

For thirty years we have been supplying pure whiskey to consumers direct from our owntlistillery, known as " I{ayner's Registered Listillery, No. 2, Tenth District, 0hio." No otherDistillers sell to consumers direct. Those who piopose to sell you whiskey in this way aredealers buying promiscuously and selling again, thus naturally adding a profit which can be iaverlby buying from us direct. Such whiskey as we offer you for $3.20 cannot be purchased elsewherefor less than $5.00, and the low price at which we offer it saves you the addition of middlemen'sproflts, besides guaranteeiag to you the certainty of pure whiskey absolutely free fromadulteration.

References-Third National Bank, any business house in Dayton, or Com'l Agencler.

TtlE TIAYNER DISTILLING CO., 60t to 601 l{est Fifth St., Dayton, OhioN. Ll,-Ordcrs {or Ariz., Colo., Cal., Idaho, Mont., Nev., N. Mer., Ore,, Utah, Wash.,'Wyo., !ilust call for 20 quarts, by freight, prepaid.

lqt gu,ttltntrc /ht tbotc jlirn uill do as it agrees lo,-DdilOt.

A.DVEBTISEMENTS.

DIRECT FROM DISTILLER TO CONSUMER.

xYl ADI''SNTISEMENTS.Ihe Commercial Triumph of the Now Amerlcan Terrltory.

The Advanccd New Era Standard of Excellence in Cigar-leaf, hand-made," Lucle" Style.

Investigate !This is worth knouixg abott.The s_moker who rcmains ignorant of what this product is, cheats himself

ot both motrey aDd satisfaction

THE LUCKE

ROTLED CIOARB0I or b0 !i;l*,.[,if,TLTi,T.'.1,: $1,2b

BOX OF lOO,

l,"Jl?" a PERFEcT FULL

A free-draft quick roll of the finest filler stock now obtainable in the world.Thie stock ie a r:hoice selectii)n fn,r,r the loorn s(,i,. trcw grdwth purt, Ricrn crops, for qoio-lgg thc eontrol of yhirlr^,'ur ri.,r r'\,.it,rr ",' m.oh ,.ornin.nr ri* r*rl. ' eii,Jrtq nronounce rt rurvtheequeloflhefi,,estC,rbrnvu.rtr.r,,rrsoriLi,ii,;.,riivi.-"wr,Jrriii",rin"i"ii'l.t,i,iii.ii,

coaree. flavorless &nd unclimrtir! dom."tii tnt"""nr-i*fr-l"H'i* ""i'i.tiv"i

r*r.t"(t for ciqa$. Arelief alm from the itrferior Ilrvon& "to"L

tt iJ "ouniry'nr"

'rr""i"'e';ti'i;"f._" Cub* for sometiEe p4st.

SendttDrab(Dxn.drmokeafew. Iltoyortrt0slnthcy.r.n,,t,,loluentnr*umrntsfor,'colonial" devclopmen!-if r,ot equnt irr o,*,i, tiili',i,,r i,i,1, ^^ii"rr,"e

qutrlirios(hun_dred6 of clubmen and sm,,kprs of 6re eigarg writc us rhEl ir fltrvur rt,*;'s;,r,ilii"f*-i'i,,;,l;:,ilto sny 2 for 25c. or 3 for .i0c. cigar you ciiu t uy t*a,iy- y,ii i'il*"i ir"

",i *rr _ we wirl return

a&me at once,

. 82.25

SMOKE ','.:!S

WE ALSO OFFERA BEVELA?ION TO THE AMERICAN SMOKER IN

tUCI(E'S HOLLSB0I or 1 00 iJ',ffl:flt':'j':: $1 ,00

Four inches in lensth, made of stock from samo croos as tho LuckgLolled 0rgar, which is ievolutionizing American cigar trade, '

. The c-ommon stnall ci5ar mocle from,, scrap " s6ck the ofral of cigar fac-tories sDd, Iatterly oi curiisc, Ieavuln frotn aiiEar stock that iB the woist thet

.'Ihe c-ommon srnall cjEar mode frorn,, scrap " stock the ofral of cigar fac-tories sLd, latterly ul curirsc, Ieavrulp iorn a ciqnr .t,.k that is th. sor"t that.v' r|pvailed iD rhe I'nitcd Stat,o,- hcve creatad a xatursl prejudre ugoinstthe Bm&ll cigar.rmall cigor.

" Lucke'n Rollr " ar,. not nr0de lrom scrap oI any kind" Luckets lRolls tt htree aIt is the beat ,l0vor('.i lons

Ilolls " huve r 1,.)trg Flllct..flsvor.'.. lurre fiIIcr ot,taintrhl€ to-dav.Rolta " ale nirde of three tavers o-t"6

It iE the lDesa flsvor.'.. lurre fiIIcr ot,taintrhl€ ro-dav." Lrrcke's Rolta " ale nicde of three laj.ers o.t-fitre, cleoD leaf rolled

IF YOU DON'T FIND IT SO-we present you with the number of smokes it takes to find it out, and

WE REFUND ALL YOUR MONEY.No expense to you, uo arguments &utl !o tleley about it. Remit pdce of goodB only, we

prepay delivery.

,. H, LUCKE & C0., 6gg[..:i,s3flpdff&""" Cll'ICINNATI, 0H10.![osi ErtetrBive Monufecturem in thc l[orld of ]'ir'(f Slccirl C(xd!.

xvlr'tI ADVIIIiTISE[I!]NTS.

OWN ABUEGY,Phoeaotu, Euftev, C@Mi@ge, 'I'r@p, eaa,, a\d a\loy toths fullest tho pleffiure of ownership. It'a easy Ehou youknow how aDd where to buy. It is not s elpeosive # youE&y h&ve auDDosed when you buy dlrectfrom our facaory.

CARRIAGE AND HABI{ESS tlFG. C0., W. B. Pmtt, Socy., ELKHABT,

Two Weeks at the Seashore.You can go from Chicago to Newport, Narra-

gansett or Rye Beach, spend two weeks, enjoy thesea baths, renew your strength and return home, for$ZS.oo, which includes railroad fare, hotel accom-modations and all necessary expense. From pointsnearer for less; from points farther, a little more.Parties, less in proportion.

Our booklet "LaAe and Sear" suggests

Summer Tours $20 to $100,illustrates them with beautiful photo-gravures andhalf-tones, and gives valuable information to thecontemplating summer vacationist. It is free.

Give ue gome idea of how loag you can tako for your summer outing,how much you went it to cost you, etc. Ask for any inform&tion you maydesiro about any trip you -may have in mind. We will cheerfully answeiany and all questions, anal can make suggestions from the expeiionce ofothers which will saye you monoy enil enhance the pleesuro of your sum4erouting. We Bay be eblo to suggest Juet the trjp you hsve boeu looklngfor, It will cost you but two cents postago. Adtliese

Summer Tour Department, Wabash R. R.roro Lincoln Trust Building, ST. LOUIS.

xYlu

The Latest lmproved McCREEBY F0LDINGs VAPoR BATH CABINET. Has a Door

and all the latest improYements.A home trcatment thetvili curc la

rheum&tism,all blood,sliirtroublesi reduces super-

fl u,'us llesh. I'rice $5; Face stearncr50 extra. Folds neatlY in smallMe. tr'ree descliptive book aud

testimonials. Special inducementsto salesmen. I|OLLENKOPP &

'CREI, tY,124 SummiiSt.Toledo,O.Ihb fim b reliablo.-rdibL

Women Me(eBeautif u I

;f,ft? "ii;ffi"fii attruction to plsrnest women. Ful'lporticul&rs, testlmonials, etc.r sealed lor 2c. stamp.

Aurum Medicine Co., Oept. D, A., 55 State St,,Chicago,

fiEure erd m&tch-leis loveLness ioVESTBO. Hann-ees, perm&nent.

NEVEB FAILS.Everylady shouldh&ve this uuri-velled developer,

Xlhfi," Face BleachTRY lT FIRST, P"Y F"otelrrAFrER

To demonstrotc the remarkeblcbeautifvins eff( ct of Mll€. Aim6e'qFace BIeach q'ewillut,on rc(ell,t,,f20c. benLl a Eu{Iicient srfply ,'ftlre frcparatlon to tlrcroilIlrlvconvrnce trny Iady tlrxt Illle.Aimee'E Face Ble&ch is the rno8trenlarkable complexjon m&kerand tlle onlv face hler.i that flh.solutely airtl perm&nently re-moves {reekle\, tan, qunLurn,prmtle6, bl,,tch,s, Irn vormstblockheads, Fallos'ness, crows'feet, or &ny slirr eruptioD whst-eYer. It prodnces a clear trans-parent skin; Eives a retined,fsscitrating complexiou, und en-hancee a latl-y's loveliuess beyond.rrtions. I)o not fril fo send 20.-her most extmvaEant cxp..totinns. Do not liil to send 20c.

for6omplebottle;or:c. F atrrl, li'rfroebool otr laciol beauty'giviogall particulars. serrd h.day. Address,

AXENE T0ILET 00, Dopt, 31, Masonlc Temnle, chicago.

ADVERTISE}IENTS.

THE WONDERFI.JL ZOBOThe nrost extra{)r.linarv musical instrument ever produced, so

,"".ii', rc,t thrr ir ' rrr,li6". arrd .h1nge\ th" humdn \ni " so

w.n, l,'r f,, ll v a- L , rn rkF ir rrrang.. $ ein I an'l uanaturil l'eyond all, onr,rchcn..i"rr. lt'.^rn. irrtp, -'ili_ fur ir lu aLt'nrplFh \o mu'[It gi rn' r'ou rl,e ru. -l pus.r of r.n giinl'. vei i1s n)urrc maY l€."r'i.,,'i;,1 i.-iii:,.,,.i-1,.f "

.1.,!.. Nr,rei and n,usic-makinsi"ii,*-t i- ciir:ncri crrorns, and oiher concerts srNGINTO MOI]THI'TF:CE. ZOtsO DOES THE REST. If NOt SAIiqq:-i"i'. .!r.t-,i.i't i'.,, t rna eet ]our monev. 1oe. c;' n,.4 forItir., t t.llii,r,lozcrr: .ntl illustrareJ catalogue. postpard'

ZOBO MANUFACTURINC CO.

LEA R N A P R 0 F ESS I 0 N l,x,"i,-q,Tt "',f

ll J;ll,'il_y,'rrr :ifa. Lr,lj,,. or g,r,tlorrcn. Addres8 with BtErn!.PHOF. S. A, Wlit,l'MEla, Ncvada, Mo.

TAPEWORMS..A tapo worrm olghtoen fo€t long el

least caEre on the Soerre &fter my taking iwoCASCARE'IS. 'Ihis I am sure has oaused mybaal healtt] ,or tbe past, three years. I am ltllltaking Casoarets. the only cathartic worthy Otootico by sensible people."

,173 Broadway, New York Clty

cuRE coNsTlPATtoil. ...EterllnB Bemedy Company, ChrcsAor Montreal, New Yorl. 313

11 0.T 0. Br G PlJ;: u%t!riih.,ls,"b1BJ" U,1itg'

LEART{ TlI HYPiltlTIZE!

GEo. W. Bowr.Es, Balrd. Mi8c.

Pleasant. Palatabte. Potent. llaste Glooat. DoGlood. Never Sicken. We&ken. or Gripe. loc. 25c.50c.

pllsh sath lt. lt sno\vs you hoe'you may swaythe miDds ofothers, perform astoutrding feats ardproduce ailtuscn)ctrt by the hour. New and in-stantaneous me$ods. Success absolutely guar.anteed. RemeDber, this grand work costs you

Yorr R.rrnNo R.isk

ff your bicycle saclclle don,t suit, get..THE BERNASCo,'

It will suit you hecause it is shapedright-adjusts itself to any figrire.Hygienic'in principle, perfeit sfringmotion, properly padded; will notchafe, bruise, irritate nor tire vou,Try it and be convinced. Askdealers for the

BernascoSaddle

Ifthey clo not have it sendus $2.5o aad get one ex-

our erpense and we'lI returnyour $2.5o. Slate uhether ifor,nan ol zuolnan. Write for booklet.

tlt[. B. RIIEI & C0,, 324 & 326 Ma*et St., Phita.

HIEIMIvlol r tr

aa xlxADYERTISEMENTS.

FREE! FREET!

INCANDES0ENT WICK C0., Oept l, Bridgeport, 0t.

W o "+JY"iJ;3"Hii.T"'l'3I.TEl'j*6fltm( \ El,:H f"t'll,:.'i?in,xl3*:I#""

(sk\ \a I [4$i:"rlf*5,':$L'il}""7A\ \ \\\\ a l ,t :"*:^it' ,1

aeNffi l/ fffi:liiit{,T"*.J#:,tt";*",il"

k\\\(1E/'Hliffli',ffJiluo'Jil*"..aNil\fidz i:$,X,"dl';,,i","X,/?if"rJl *i"I.::

etrch anil remit uB tl. and we wrll nrail to vour address. lroe.a Beautirul Gold Plated Watch Chain md 6harm-

QOIrE BARCAItIS- Cr,.ar,usl. Dlace on carth to buvtt sonrls. i(Lee parld. l4.r nrerir join prnrc, 4Uci flrhn;lover8lrirrE, Iic! brrulilc t,,lruo.o DciDks.-ll I-2c.: b,fys suira89.: lU L,evy anvelolr.j. l.t trL,tt.iiD -t,xils, bc; piIs," t,,. perp-apcr: Errdlro8 ppr box 3 I-2ci nrcl B SZ.io congress slruesg8ci_merfs working shoee 69c; wornen,i $1.75 sli-oes i9c; aBood dipprr 2ci-linen rhread 2.: p,,ld plot. ring Ic. Sonrlforlh!. C.A..wILLARDCO., 177 ttonru, St.. rtricrgo, -UIs.

HUB EER G00DS slr:*i#{r,:'::$work for Lady.{gents. E prv. MenCeR & Cd.,Toledo.O.

sl3.25 Burs 4 $25.00 BtcYcLEuon r riuy a br.ycle belore you write for our l8g9l'atxlnsue. 2nd hrnd s heels f rom S5.fio up. No MoNry

ff ii I ii' ,sd,' "'ru6

"lif '16,,iF.IiT"li

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LAOIES TO OO PTAIN SEWINOPt \ome, gl:j0.por dey. four months.work quaraDteeil.

" "fl".'ifl,:,ff f t'*H't "d;:,,"ffi #l;dl liiiii?tiffi; "".

!D!_.OO,OO TO BE GrVEN FOfir A NAME._^-we wtll g'iJe 81OO..oo to any person who wIlI arionge tne ot&en tettlis i" i[uaresLl^19.1 l3FS.9I-o!. of th. mort lnteFeaflng and exrenFt I ety reod psperi tn A mirlcs^oorDerrerters@nDeused butthosegivel, Sh,,ul.lnl,,re than orie irers,,nsu.ceedinfindi-ns_the contrtna4e the Sr00.6$ wiii oe eq"iltiriiuiiea aiili'*ili id palo.luly-1. rss9.findins the correctname the Sl00.0O wiii Oe equaLty .ti";Oea

"nA'*ilft d palO.luly-1. rSS9.OTIIER PRESENTts._Upon rereipt of ydur answer. phetbei rient or wronq-y,ou wlll imme(iately rorcive a beeutiful preicnt,, WO trOD! ho honey from yoijMererysenqrwostampslorposlageq\Fensesofnresent, Ourob.iectis-tomak6tho..ll()lIE VIsIT()R'i known everywhpre and *iit spenambn0.ooii rirr.. eoaressIrout vrstloB rluBr.rsurr{e co., fuome Visri;; BiAd;i;tuoaerp[ia, F*

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26 8. ltth Strcst,

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During the time Premiums arepaid,

When death occurs, or

When the policy matures bY

other conditions, or

In event of inability to continuepayment of Fremiums.

Policies may be secured at moderate cost'Providing for Liberal Cash Loans and a sharein profits apportloned thereto.

We shall be glad t0 answer any inquiriesas t0 rates, forms of Policiesr etc., adaptedto your means. Write

The Prudential Insurance Co.of America

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OVER.

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IOIIN F. DRYDDN' Eome Ofr.ce:Ptesid.ent. trrEw,4.RL, If.J.

www$aueActsr size aod sltape oI circlettcs. 40 %

Tearof

in

Wearand

ShoesThrec Good Luck, silvcr-steel, Perlcction Cir-

clettes in each heel of your shoes make those heelswear true and square till the shoes are worn out.We aend enough of the Good Luck Circlettes fora pair of shoes for 6 cents in stamps, or z dozenfor rocents. Easily driven by a hammer blow.Egwlly good/or Mcn, Bo1ts5 Nuscs,and Childrcn,

Santord Hfg. Co.,Suuusr rro Hrcx Srs., BosroN, Mrss.

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For one dollar we will mail, postage paid, the entire r8ostories (36 numbers of Tns Blacr Car) to any address inthe United States or Canada. The Shortstory PublishingCo., Boston, Mass.

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