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VOL. XXVI. PJTTSBOKO, CHATHAM COUNTY, N. C, THURSDAY, NOVKMKER 12, ilKKi. v O. a
V
C" pat bam
J ft BMP
AJJATTER
A, Millions.
i Hy Anna Katharine Green,
tOPYAICnT. U. OV
t li.M'i i:it ix.
ih:;aci: iivr.ii.
:it night lliere sat In a small
room two up ii. Their figures are fa
lililiill', yel pel haps it is l si to describe
tin in. tin" is law. lu'lU'Volflit look
ing anil elderly, with 11 smooth face
iniil kindly hearing, but villi n curious
muiim rism nfl'celing .-ill his actions
llial at once i!rav.s attention mnl in
spires iinjiiiry. lie never looks at the
ii.-rs-m !, iniilro. s: s. Iiiii giws (ill his
glances ami seemingly ill! his ntlnition
In seme insignificant object in liis vi
i inity, tilling ii w iih Ills cniilidcncrs
:i n.l t-xtr.ioi iii'' fiot.i it ill" inspiration
which iiic si li en g.i'her I' Win the eye
nr smil- ii' :h w.lli whom i!iey lire
colivoi sit". .
Whet .1.1: i :i lucre haliil caught
In the long cvres-- t,f a oai'mr: do
Mantling M'cioe.v ft i m ci 1 1 ii ) or
vheth'r it i tii- result nl' a !!: Ii:r:i
rele.iiiinalii n n l ilils man's pail In
('em in know h-.-s ami see less then he
1 rally iln. s. has tewr li m !e; 1th d.
IM'II by th..-o inn-, in ally roiiitoclt il
Willi him. lint thai it t.n.rks the man
:lli '.ives h'm a pe.v nl oliee wiirtl
an I r.iuiroliiug mi line has ever ili
plltul n il evra lie-- who suffer IIH'M
frmn liis tal ! is. Ties- ;,; the aspir
ing lies V. ho m .; l-i eu!li;ieie villi
liim i.i lil- -ii ; :i i I invariably fa:!
though I: 's i.M ii!.- laiw. Verging
mi In ..i.-. an.l E : 1 1 frmn ago ami
I nim III in im .i.i:. ill ion In i in
llle active Corel-. !!' 1 1 1 :i : drirrlivo
v.-erl. w !.! Ii I.:- . mp'.i y. 'l his merge s
fur so tiiiey y ear--.
Tii1 i. ill r ;-. a yiii!i,- iaan n:' a well
Imilt I"; ;i : . i. ii.i- ii i'e ii ni l . .'il
f.l: -.n i ;!! . an .1 : ,i:i ! He
is a ileie : . , : . last m-IMe'r in
pi e. h. Inn'; a ., n he sl.u'.v ii,
liein-e his ii . ;'ulii' s ;.:al irnwiin: I.i-
Vic uiiii thei 'i i .'. Tin- i :i :: i' tin s
men a'.e ;:;, : I'yii1. naen . a-. I
lime sai'l. .i.li iii'-ii .Mill are laiiiil
lar. ri:i :l' y.'l have !.; sen Ihein
liieiil eii.i '! -:M e : : ill! niti i a . Iv e.
Tiny nr.. i:'ll Mr. HryeeV
Tniee Is I he lil I e lu ll' .
'I'll fe.v :iri ii.' 1 1 i::e. !s a till" ore.
l'.li ii iei.ii-Iiiii I '. 'nine c'mIius. iii:i I
liilnli the tr.iie.N vi.it sli ,ihi 1'nllnv,' are
thuse ni' the ill-ai'.v lii.i'il p:ima il'Uili.'i.
Ii'. ill lieitr.' :!i', jn'.t :.ill:e. as Is pvub
(ihle f!iii!:li. Hi .in tlie i ltn- Ve are ."il
In s. a fill nl'. the s.'ir!'t if a eo:;
Kplrai y iiivni hi'. i many r.lrN nf out
H.'liiie. vhiiie will hnvi' rs n waiil in
liairo fin es tli iii ciu'. ami I I'm- iii
fliall ciitij'.-.i'ulate yon. hut IT yon ilo
tail n::il ye, llr.il ihe siuiairlna. aial so
lelievii Iie ira'v .'r.ii,! li s ism xl:t Ii s. hy
yon will have '.: :i S-'eml tvir.i; that
will .'liv.-.iy :iii' in" Miiisiaetiiin. 'J'he
ia:::i wi Ii tlie l';.p l; inii-tin lie aril may
eyes vln h::s hee'i seen in eiimiee: Inn
villi i veiy i i.e of th -e irls Inn Ihe
iaimi iaa. will i o, I emml m n ailily.
The i!:iti;i;e:- i i' Al.rain lln.-ers Is ht!r
leil. ami i m'i-' iiiien: ly his interest In
let h; eial i!. the inihlieit y alti'nilin.u'
tii' linjiii" i ii 11. iv. in:r s In- ileaiii of the
j.iil in r.lin.'i Alley will frighten liim
!iv;;y I'roin he:-, wliil,- the hiMiilarity '
helweeii tii' name of the heiress ainl
these tw.i ii;h"r vh liias tn his inathiii
n t ions w ill il-ter llllll I'rnlll In ills; seen
villi her till pnhlie alteniloti has lue'i
ilrawii frmn the name ami nil thoe
vim have l eiti Knnwii in hear It. I'-itt
the Siiini inn VnMl hit- ten 1 er.n
Known ft linve hr,rii' It exernt hy ve'.y
few luix-iiH, With lit-;- he iniiy yet
fairy on his eilioir.es wlinlovpr tliey
may In-, with Heoinlii. Impunity, I;'.
lliciefoii. lie Is t Iso strong niati li-? iip
jioai'ii. nml If til- cetisplnny. no wo
havo teii-.iel it. Iimh nny pooil reason
for lu-itiu'. you will i'.tiil her In the tolls
v uml r the liiiitieiice of this man
whoso inline may or i ay lid ho Mot:
telll. Imt v.'lio is i i-iiaiuly a prismi of
lTsottn os ileiii.nnlini; all our skill ami
fiiiTity in tiaeiiin liim."
"Mr. (iryee, how ran I thank yon?
Ton lir-i mi- ai oik e wiih i niinnre ainl
riitlnisia-.nl. 1 h.-uel to miss tho re
wanl. for I nen!ed it. hut if Jtnl'.'iiioiit
jioinls In the saino iliieetiiin as duly
Jiow 'ny it will lip for me to jf for
ward." "Ttlio. Imt li'ineinhi-r that I promt?"
nothlnir. I only I'oint out tlio ootno I
slinulil follow If I wovo of your ngo ami
ciisnm-il In ae'.ivo servieo."
"Tliat Is all tluit is not essnry. ! de
sire no wiser mentor nor more ilisiiiter
cstoil ffieiiil. Anil now lit us look into
tho elows I have idekeil up In my day's
sonrcli. mnl deehlo as to widen I shall
follow lirsi. it will inn lako lotiir, for
tlio filets nre lew ami meiiuri ."
Tho old ih leetive shewed his Interest
III liis usual lieiievnli at way. nml alter
ft SllOrt llisi'USilol'. till II 1 llllit'ill to li"
IntcrostitiK to lln- n ailer. ihe tw o tie n
parted, nml r.ynl i.tiiiiinl hoine. Th "
noxt lnoruinu lie i alie I at Mr. I '
grow's studio.
"I suould like to -ee the -k'ti h y,n:
drow of Sltruorma aldi "
Mr. ltesrraw Imstctit'il to show l.
meanwhile overwhi linlnj; (lie dotn th i'
with qupstion.
"Wlint lmvo you dlnoovori'd. Whoin
havo you seon? What liopo is tln-ie of
finding lior?"
But Hyrd was rotleout.
"I linvo dlsi'overod iiothlni; nil yel."
rio roplioil. "Tlio task you linve niven
mo is not nil rusy ono. Wore lier
lioauty less, or lier chiinieteristlen imt
o piiiliuiiiii'i il. I should n 1 1 1 lost despair
of solving llie toysteiy that HUiroumls
lier. tml villi mhIi a faee An luis li
tauiuit huic lein.im rnywheie uiiih.
llioj. ainl iiuw thai 1 know Its i hiu. -k
f Aa,l,or yl?. ',!;.or"kn
POitT SONNEICS SONS.
lei isiirs the eham i s are iev. . . iil
l ei- oM-apini; nn . If you were to pho
tograph this --"
'i'he artist shook his head.
"I have an inviiieiliN- rfpmrnanro In
inakini: her feat tiros tin- eoniimm jrir,i
ol i.v of a do.i 11 p'lliee ollii -rs. 'J'he
case dues tint seem sii;ii. ie;,tly iess
in'. If you ean trot aloii witli il. !o.
I a:u sure her womanly delieai y slmuM
I iO enllsideri d."
"I will try. Imt it i iay oreasion da
1'iy. Have you Mmitelli's nolo' ahuiil
you?"
"I helievo so: yes. here il Is."
"I suppnse vim have li'i oh; eti m In
let i iir: mo ha o that V"
"Ni.lle whatever. "
"Ami mi-.v fi r a prnute ile-erliiiioH
of this Italitin."
"I only s:nv hiri for m instant, hii:
in that i!!s:nut 1 i-"i' tin- inri l"ti i'
a tall, s'.im man. of di .-i.e'il ilaik emu
iili-iioii ami low riii-: -iame. Ii wnro
a hlaek mu.-t.-i! h" a:nl had a sliii-tT
ami uneanny expri'-.mi that made a
iiiom ili?arei'ali!e ioipre -sinii uimii the
hehnlile:-. Vet his form was imt had.
and li.v 'imo i.plo lie nii-.-ht even ho
ealied a Ei-tiilein-iu. ilinir-!i I shmtM
t.evo:- deeril e hiai a. siti h. 1!;: then.
1 hate liim. ami with re;--mi. for 1 h -
i'rVe hilll to In- III eailse ni' ihe si':l.,r-
Ilia's r.l.ru;it depar, lire."
"i v. i't yo-i.- ilesi -iie imi had l.een a
lillle dhTeri'li:. I w.-ii il had lallied
more with that -:ivo:i i f th in! iu.'i!i
haimtiiiw: the i.l!i"r tlin'.- Liiis. Sinis
t T, i il? uml dark'.' Thai :. tm: what
is .aid of the urhai.e s.r.in.: r who
lied .Ml.- li.nld m's set I and lay in
wait to view Mi-. !:..: r' ;. i-.ii'X daus:!;-
' W h it are ymi lalkim; alioitt':" ot
elainnil lieriav. sottim; e-.eiU'd. "is
then
11 ill livid villi a ts-siuro stopped all
lr.i'M inllillL'.
"! I. 'i my i!' e.i'.iits i. at Mimi-wh."!
earele-.-ly." he m kii .v. le.l.'. d. '-.Monte!!!
I-:. itmlnuMeliy. what tho I'orti!
!!llee desi ri'les hilil o h . I only
v i-hed io make mi: -. On you thltdc
Vi.n i nlllil. li.V .'I l ew Sl I lilies, jjjvo till'
an I'll ri of Ids I n e';"
Ile.-it-aw shun!; Ills head.
"I fen r my lm!iii-vs!mi,.reti oviauo."
said ho. "P.'-i . ! n:e have that paper."
Ami taklnc: the n-do ".hleli he had tiro
viously irlvon to I'yiil ho a-.i-'iniuod l y
a fer linos on Its 1 a i; to -.lvo same
l.h-ti of the Italian's font tiro-. Me site,
reeded Impel I'oi ily, wail,. Hyrd. wlio
was no mean artist himself, employed
his time in waitltr.' let roughly, hut imt
iuneeutalely.oiipyii! it'tn his note Imol: ,
the fneo of the siitnorlmi. I
"For my own use." lie extiiainnl. I
sliowim; It to th-- wood "l iu'-- Ooirraw. ;
And taknn: Hie other skeieh he Im,-
lolled Ill-Ill hntli Up ill If s p M'i;el. villi
a look that fo'.'liad" lurlher ipa iioii-l.-.
"Am! I'.ow. tronil live." said lie.
"As soon as I sot hold of anythin-r deli
nito I will let you know. Till tli-ti he
easy. Ueini nilier that I won I y dolie
lives liosidos myself are mi iho trail;
of the unknown man who seems in I.e
makins all this niisohie!'." I
"Waitl dnii'i tii. P.yrd liil you have
made one ihini; elar to in-. Ymt have
hi in 1 to ii. e that yon tiimn.'ht that
Moiitelll and in- iitisslit In- one ami the
same. If so ihe sl-iinrina wmild he lull
mi-of the several involvid Inn plut.o,'
wiileli, 1 dai'o siiy. even mi do mi;
know oltlii-i- tin- niotlvo or workings."
'yon nro not far wivni:." I
"Hut two of tlio vletlins of this plot
liavo ill oil':"
"Natural diatlis. Pocraw."
'Ximiral ili-iiihs? Are you nro?" i
"Stiro of ono ami as uro of th"
odor ns I ran ho till after tho autopsy
that will ho mado lo-day." ,
"I'.nl "
"Co to the inquest, Oicraw. It will
tako up your uiiml and keep you from
inn ureal iiiipat ii iu e. 1 will write you
In two days wheiher I haw news or
not."
Hut tho artist was nm yet ready to
t eo the other iio.
"I want to jiivo my opinion." said In.
"hefore 1 say piml hye. I do not think
Monlolll Is iiitorested In any ono l t:i
tho sit,'iioi'iii,-i. and its for tho unknown
I do not think ho Is near ns mm li to ho
loariil as tlio ilecoivini: roriituuoo."
"Wo will seo. wo will see. Moantiino
ovory minute tlmt X Iin-.-et- hero putg
off hy so minli time tlio hour of lior
dlseovory."
"Thru pi: I would not detain y-n nn
othor mlniito." And as iau'er now to
see tho deteelivo depail as ho had hith
erto lii-oti to ileiain him ho fairly
pushed liim toward ihe dnnr.
Hui now r.ynl lu se to halt a mo
ment. "Why. wlmin haw we h-re':" he
asked, pointiiin io the jiieturo whieh
I'Otfraw lind denouiimiied ' Ihe l'nel
Oie.ini." "It looks as if you had liren
tryiiic to paint -Miss A-pinwaU."
-.Miss AsplnwiillV"
"Old I.emuil Aspinwall's d:nii:htor.
tlio Tif-mity of uppfi I'llth nvfinto."
"Well, perhaps I haw. Oo you tor
o.anizo tho fare':''
"Perfectly."
"Thon I ntu much oMied to you. I
havo always wished to know my mod
el's name. I saw her In n crowd ami
this Is tho result. Hut I never found
any one hefore who could tell mo who
nIio is. Not that I havo made any
strenuous efforts to lind out, for. as
yon see, the pli liite is not yet off my
easel."
"Well. I von;iatnltite you; It Is a
beautiful polntiuif, tut "
Pesraw slopped him Just at ill" door.
"Your kiio-.vii'dti- nl' ill - original f
this pietiire has uivui an -liier interest
to it. Miss Aspinwall slme ymt say
that it is her name -is the lady whom 1
saw stieiviii llnv.rrs over tlio si-.-iior-lil.'l
Wil' ll I I'.i'Si Weill inin ihe limm."
"You nifl say si. Weil. I must hear
ahmit that."
"Tin-re is fd uiileli l.i hoar. AVe in
l-relianiji'd no words. (: I was to..
riMi'h .-isneiiheil at lie:- pros-;. re to hi
master of my nn:il seli' pos-esslm
while '-h - was only too lad to i-seap-from
the room and what must havi
s-- - - - 1 1 1 I to her niy somrwhai impurtt--l:a!i-
L'ar.e."
"Hul slio t a friend of Sis-mrii:,
Valdi: niusi I o. or she would :i"t havi
fioen showing her siieh an i-.iteiitlo-ii."
"I do tint think slie is a friend. Th"
sl-.'iin'.iiia. wlmin I io;esi ii.is-d on the
stili.Iert. said sin- did not know win
slio was. Imt thnuiit sho must he a
pupil of her old master, who had I'm
nierly shown a sei ret Hit - rest in her."
"Well, I am sr'.nd to have loeateil tlfs
person, .s'omeiiiiti'j may romo of it.
Who can tell': It is often the most nit
likely eiues thai 1-ad to tie.' ihslivl
kmiwleile."
Ami with a l ow am! ironl-day Hyrd
llnally ilisapp ari-i'.
llariy in liu- afternoon H iinilleti lie-;;:a-.v
went mil to Imy a paper. Turi--ili':
at onee In Ihe local in iv.-i oolum:i
!i- found that th- autopsy in which li -was
iiiiereti d had taken pine-, with
the result p-ioih-sled l y Hyrd. It was
a at t'eiief. ft.-- had He- -irl In en
fotnii! to h- lilt- Viellm of vli-!:'ll "O. le
vro'ihl i:oi have had a minute' s rest in
liu'.'ird to the sX'i'.orina. not wii h-. lain!
i:i- his opinion In rc-anl to Mmt
lelll. (If tin- plot tir ciu -ipiraey f
which Ii - htS'l heanl wliih- al Police
III mhjiini I is. tliero Mils no ui-::t!oi.
tin- authorities, for once, havim.' mi-.
ce-.'-lt d in l aiilin-: iln- rei'.nrters in r
::ard m a tnain-r which it was desir-al-lo
lor tiio pi-i s lit to keep secret.
Hui o.' tin- Si-mi; iua ',ildi ho fmm I
this trace in olio corner of the great
p.-ip-r:
'I'he report w iiii h was i urreiit ;lil
mort'.iii cine "t i.li".; th- d-ath t-f SI:--
lioiina Valiii. wlmse ilir :ist runs ,'i;ii-mjii
to s'ii-.' tii- rol ' Marah-rita will le-
i rmem'iereil l-.v many of intr readers,
hn-i ln-i'ii 1 1 ro vi ti false. She is nm
d'-.-td. I. lit .'i'i: i t!t. hailii; left her late
aiiarinicn's ai "l'l llr.si - - street
I---' oi her i.m::icrs at preseni ui:.
ki'own."
'alimd In a im asi-.r- th- artist went
la-!; to his rlrdio. There were yet
I. mi s and days i,, wail hefore ho could
hope to p-t ni:y I'eeidctl m-ws.
ruAPiKi: x.
miss mi ii:i-.s. n- tin iiMiT.
Mr. ! rye's ii.tr.iiloi::. wire seldom
at fault. Hi- li.id said to Mr. Hyr-l
ill t the nnkiiov. ti would not ho foii.ml
wltli tiio heiress who had lied froiu
.Miss Maddcn's fi'haol. and liplinhi:
within tho course of the next day
eauio word from Mi.-s Iladd -n li'-rseli
Unit Miss !!o,;ors had lenti'tinl to tiio
silinnl with iho crosifalion air o:' olio
wim had sufl'eied a sic.u disappoint
men:. Tlio lnspi-:,i;- at on,- notified Mr.
Iryee, ami advl-i d him to visit Miss
l!nt:er.s and see if ho ciaiid mil olita'n
ir.-m oer such particulars of her late
escape as v.o'ild assist th.-m in delcr
inininy: upmi 111- id-nlily of the ::eu:le
niaii wim had iiis-.i-aird i:.
'I ho elderly deled h e. wi:o was Imtli
hy mil lire ami apner.ram o eminently
adai'ti-d for this worl:. at onee d-part-til
for Miss IlailtlelfM school, w li- ie,
ailer a short imervietv villi its mis
tress, im was admitted to a small
ac.arlmeiil. where lie was roii;csted to
await the appearance of Miss ,!ui;eis.
The delay was short. In a few min-i-.les
a yoiin- ladv eiiiered in whom ho
had no dllliculty in lcoo-iiis!1!:-; tho
somewhat pretty and dceith illy willful
Kirl lit vlinso erratic advetitttros ho
at present took so strong' an inteicsi.
"Miss Ho-ers. I lielieve." said hp,
witii an air at luice ies)ieeti'ul and en-cmiraiii-T.
"Oil. who rro you?" sho asked,
i-'iansinc: in a momotit from the half
pettUli, half eoijueilSsli creature ho
had seen enter Inio a wmiia.a toth
startled ami frirhiem .1.
"I am your friiinl. to 1 -I'-rit! villi,"
was liis ro.-issurins reply. ".11111 next. I
am an old man who has s -eu much of
life, and who has 11 world of compas
sion for tiiciu who have as yel all its
experiences he.oie them."
Sin- had not sat down, ni-d was
standiim hefore him in .-in auitmi.- I'mt
lii'lokenetl nioro readiu-. ss for lliln
than desire to listen. "Hui you nre a
strancer." slio iloclaroil; "I do not e 0:1
know your name. Why do you spi-a!;
to 1110 of compassion? I was 1:0:
aware " II or voic lircko; slio wa
too younii ami iucxpcieiic' 1 to ho a
good actress,
"I sneak of eompat'slo:-." s:-.!.l he.
"hecaiise of all criefs wo mortals are
callnl upon to endure that of ln..i'i
cotiliiloiico in our friends I.; at once the
deepest and tlio keenest. I know thai
yon have stilTered such a less. No. do
cot pi. I havo snmi t hiu-: of ;.i.i t.nieli
imp 'itaiico to say to you l.i depart
without hearim: it."
lie lo'ikctl s i l.e:m voli'tu and sml'.-l
S'i it nMtr;m:!y that sin- i:;;!:ied':i:i'-y
look ioiira'-re. riio'.-lo.; taoti-ui to i'io
wind she pr-i :1 m. 1 i:; m'tp-u et ::
meni :
"Ha- o you Ic.e-iL-hl ir a m s :-,
fl 11.11 hilll'.' ( 's !:.' 1:".. . -" S! P
j.iUMil. Icii-t.-ut r.- sli? was t-f life
: he lilt tli'tl ih - ''in on th- pent
t ompioliiislm: he;- if. ' ! do li.t
answer." siie pi-it sidy iMl'tiimd. "1
have made a mistake: let .-so so."
She was not a ivaml.t'l itirl, at'rae
tivo as many considered her who av.
nothing hut her thirr.lim; comple'.'o
anil the nliumlant masses of her lk-h
lu'own hair. P. ut sho was a spoilci'
one, and at this moment lion- Ic-rsel
so haiic.li! ily that she leeked alnirsi
uiim-inai-'ealilo to the sh-.iml old detec
live.
To be toiitlmuil.
"PlucK and
Venture.
A I.iri: lll.l. til' Til KILLS.
JttOJ. '1 i: M M A i A It X K R
i Ssii'llin. wim owns half of
O I d 111'- liarner-Wi -sl fa II cattle
i J raii' h in Navajo Ciiiiiity, 1
ti
"VTOJsf
tin- Atchison. Topeka ami
Sau'.a Pe Itailroad. has
(seen nior- irap.-ily tl.a'i nm- man in
L'O.IHMI. She js titty live years old. and
has hei-ti a parii-ipaiit in euoimli ex
eiteuieiit to till columns of a newspaper.
She was horn in l'!"ve!aud. Ohio, and
went to ('oliiradii with her parents
when a cirl lift-en years old. It was
at tin- time of Pike's Peak Kohl excite
ment, when desperate characters
llockod to the new dii:ini:.s from every
part of the lioril-r. ono nicht in cninp,
Hear wli-ro the town of La .lutiiil. Col.,
has since crown i:p, whi n the snow
was fill I ins; and the weather was bit
terly cnhl, men cairn' hiirryini; into
camp with the m-ws that tin- Kiowa s.
Were comini; to i..assacro tlio whole
camp. Mrs. llarin r and her parents
hll-'lieil l!1:- mules on tin- wasou ami
drove 1 1 1:1 II v 11 way, while th- whole
camp M-atlcieti io die snow storm. As
thev lletl liny heard pistol shots ami
tin- exultant shouts of the Kiowa.
'liu- wind !iov a hurri-ane. ami the
family aln.ovt tiied of cold and their
inteiis - fri-ht at tin- attack hy the In
dians and the murder of their friends
and companions. The next day the
family reaeio d Trinidad, and there the
m-ws of th- Indian attack was Kiven.
mid fifty Mexi- ans went hack to gather
up tin- dead and to inform the troops.
Mrs. earner was married when she
was Ion seveiit -11, and removed to
Santa I'e, N. M. Pour years after her
marriai;i- her husliatnl went on a mlii
ins; expedition aji.oiu- ihe friendly Nav
a.io.'s ami never cam" hack. Searches
were mad- over tin- motitilaiiis and
throii'Ii th- canyons, hut no. trace of
him was ever found.
For two years iho youns widow
I'ool.e.i in a mining ramp at Msiiu-r-ahht.
N. M. she was nm- of four worn
eti aniiiii'i I'l'i men. There was a slioot
luu there every week. Onee sho was
pom iiii; coffee fur a hoarder when an
enemy pupped his Imad in the door and
slim ilie men ilea I I -fore lie could pick
up his tin cup of c tlie-. Afterward the
sl t-r felt so chaurinoil that ho should
have killed his man while endaup-rins;
Ihe liie of the widow that ho save her
f?- i! or s-'li'o in liullioii. and od'ereil his
heart and hand. At another linn- two
of tin- widow's hoarders pit in a row
ahotit a domino sarnie, ami vliilo the
lilt!" woman hastened in to calm the
trimliled valors jacli mail foil with a
hole in his ciiesi .
At the :o of twenty-four Mrs. Ear
ner married a M' Snellim;. Tlio couple
started to p) to Salt Lak.' in Octoher.
liotiin.i; to s;et throit!,rli hefore the snow
hecame 100 deep in t',10 liot-Uy Mount
tains. There were fourteen snen ami
two women and Mrs. Sii"l!ins;-3 little
L.irl in tiio party thai set out for Utah.
On tlio way down the western slope of
tho ltoi'kies the miners visited placer
iliutfiupi uml found very rich dirt to
wash. Men ami women worked to
uether with pans, p-niim out i?l and
each in p-hl every day. The Navn
.ioes tain-- arnund ami w.-irnod th"
i"!iiin rs that if they remained all win
ter they would in- lusri-.- l in snow. The
men were making a lot of money and
did tint l'.e.-d tlio warnin;.. The first in
timation of trouble was ih" failure of
the last pack train to arrive, in Novem
ber, and they bepui to p short on ra
tions. S.uno of the miners liecaiiio
alarmed : n-l svlt'.riie I to Santa Fo.
leavim: Mr. ai-.d Mrs. Snellins; and their
little ssirl and eisiit men in i-ainn.
'flu- Indian were risrht. for tlio snow
fell as it had li'-ve-.- before fallen in
tinit region. A Cerman mail carrier
lest his way and wan.levcd around in
drifts imt'l his toot v., -ro frozen. He
was found unconscious by one of the
men. Tlio man's loot and lei?s were
frozen so badly that amputation was
necessary. Tho victim linpn-ed on fo;
a few days and di.'-l- Another mine:-,
in !,".'.iii-r down the ramv. foil upo-.i the
polo lis-d to -.t'.ido himself villi nn 1
tan it almost throiif.!i him. so another
dentil was added to tho camp. Then a
veteran minor and :..i old friend of
Sir-IIim-fs was laid low with scurvy,
and Sneilim: was frozen to death. By
that time provisions had run so low
that absolute starvation stared them in
111- face, and Mrs. Sueliiitjr liu'.'le u;i
lior mind that pei'Miim; os; tiio divide
was heller than Marvin;; to ("eath In a
cabin covered wiih Iwelve feel of snow.
Site theref-re nmso'.ineed that slio
would lake l.-. r irivl and start for S i;i.i
Pe. Tlio miner.! said they would :; 1
also, and tho mail cari-ier, v.-ho had not
yet died, and l!:- old man with th-
curvy, and one or two otli-rs who
were too ill '.0 .r.'.vrl, were left to ili"
in the cabin.
The party stai-l-d on January -. 1c'".
for Santa I'e. Waving almost all tho
food, inclmlitii; :i litilo dog. with the
wretches in th- Int. 'Ihe snow was
twenty foe' deep and more was falliti':.
Tlio In.-st ifmlit was snout in Pie uulcii
tr inu to ke-p from f r.iin.'. Tie- n-xt
tiny a t'resn Si.ni was iu.-!ib with'Uil
foa.l. .Mrs. S:i"'iiii-:'s l-.SKpiae enasisto I
of mo llaok-i-. a ihaui." of elnttil-.v,-for
1-i s. If and -I ild ond a slnusim.
Th-re was ti;o.".-'
In ke-p th-m fr-e
tiui-i! I s-r f-i ing '
eibiii a i I h" l oi
they made a tl..
fixed Mrs. Siselllt ;
as ct -in for. a 'oly as
I foi-.r in tiio parte
I I sinrvatioii. After
.lie l.sen rr-n.-ite.! a
i of tlio inns1. lit l
in one nuiit'l' .".lid
:: i-ml h?;- little Plil
jiossible. The wo::s-
nu could proceed no further. In tivo
days thi- resetters 11 turned to lind l.ol'.t
the nio:h"r and daughter barely alive
Tin- partv rea -h -.1 Santa Pe 011 Wash
ington's birihda mo'-e dead than alive.
The men left in the cabin all polished.
a 1 hip sua iticscri:.
A ivy oi'c wlu l.as stfcu a inlet tos'.t
attempt to board a frreat ' liner' cai
appreciate tin- daiiu'eis that attend :
deep-sea rescue. This soi l of work i
!ouietimi'. done far off llattcras, at"
ih these waters is execcdim.'ly haz
anions. The lift iiien must know every
foot of water for miles out, l-eeaus'
the sea is studded Willi rocks wim-i
ugly heads lurk close to ihe surface
and a high roller might at any inoiiieu'
lift mi their frail boat and break its
back across one of these jagged unseen
foes. Tho British steamship Virginia
stranded 011 the Outer I 'i imnml skoals
the most dreaded point of ihat ilrejid-
llatteras. Th- steamer broke into
three pieces, which were hold together
by liu- tough stool framework, om- of
the boats containing seven in-ii cap
sized before it could bo cleared f ruin
the ship's si lo. mnl its tiecupaiils w ere
drowned. Then tho large lifeboat
manned by tifteen nn-n reached the
water in safety, and made for the upon
sea, being picked up later on. 'I'he only
parts of the steamer now out of water
were the bridge nml the bow, with tin
sea (lowing liotweoti thein. Tin- can
tain, llrst mate nml throe sailors re
mained huddled together on the bridge
all night, watching uml hoping nuaii'si
hope for assistaiiee. The n-xt day the
captain swam fmm the bridge, and
dove Into the forecastle for oil and tur
pentine which was stored then-, ami
when night came 011 the desperate
watchers made a feeble tire, hoping
to attract atleiillmi from the mainland
far away. Hope and despair wore
their lot. and when morning brought
a gal- from the northward th- poor
follows well nigh gave up. for ihc.v
knew that few hunts could live in such
a sen. However, by li o'clock tli-y
were astonished to behold the gleaming
sails of two surf boats. Th-- Creeds
Hill boat came to w ithin a fourth of a
mile of the wreck, nml lay to for Ihe
llatteras boct. Then a eonfereiice was
held. A tremendous s-a was running
over tho shoals, and to approach Ih"
vessel in any other way would involve
tlio greatest peril. Finally it was de
cided that the." were t- run to the
southwest of the Outer Oianiotid. and
then proceed under oars, ono boat
was to tako the crew from the bridge,
and tho other tin- captain and mat--from
tlio bow. when-, niaronned by th"
intervening sen, tln-y had burned their
signals through the night. Although
tlie task was ex -lingly hazardous,
and involved hatieii-e as well as dar
ing, both ket'liei s w i re tnaslers of sui i'
mansliip, and soon had their men safe
ly aboard. Woman's Home Com
minion. COPltACK ON Till: (MIAMI) BANKS.
An extraordinary fenl of courage aa l
coolness was performed by John den
cuts, who wits cast away in a dory
only last summer off the Labrador
Hanks. On July 21, when the s'-hooiier
Protector was just beyond the S. raits
of Hello Isle. Clements ami (io- ;
Johnston, another of tho crow, w i-ro
out in 11 dory together. The tog shut
down suddenly and shut them oif fr-mi
their ship. They rowed about for
hours trying to lind her. ns there wort
no other craft in that region, cti-l laud
was thirty miles uwny. When night
caint- 011 they determined to make for
tho coast before th- polar current
swept thein south. 'I hey v.vr v, ii '..-.ir
food mid water and the ocean w. s
filled with icebergs.
'I'he morning came a; last with a
bright sun and breeze, and t!i",v s-t a
sail for a few hours. Hut a storm I'"'
lowed, and hy nightfall th- boat v.vs
half full of wnlor, an I lying 1 a d ; ',
(he rain ponriog down and '.'; Ii 1
bailing; their hardest. As the third
night approached without sight 1 .'
land Johnston lust heart and sl'ii'i-iloti-'d
the oars Cleiuonls held mi un
til his lust- became il-lirimis :i:.l
threatened to .iiiiiip overboard.
Then Clements, being tin- strotiger.
overpowered Johnston and tie! !,i-,n mi
i:i the bottom of the boat, an oper itimi
which, from their . niggles, near!.-'
swiuni-oil her. After daybreak Clem
ents pot out the ours again, nml at
noon reached the shore. Ian-Hug in a
lillie rove. Hero ho found a brook that
s:avo Johnston it refreshing urnm.:-.;,
beside a meal of fre'.t tools and be:--i-l-s.
This restored th- bn,er and
Clements cut him loose. Then limy
:-tarted to coast south ami in the nlie -tioon
were picked tin by a Nc.vi'ouud-i.'-.ml
schooner. Patrick Mciirath. ill
Leslie's Monthly.
11 IlltO ON A 1IABI.F.H S i-'.;.M!!':.
PmlTotet! by ore of tie it! i-' l 'l':! '-'
siorins of ihe teasoii, the Par';, lie
s'.oiiiiior Alice Staf.oiM. wiih i:.o in
f-:ipi-s. was for twelve hours ilrlvei
disabled bofor-j the g il-.' 011 I.t-ko !i .:
!gan. Blanket. oo!;od in 1;-. ' -e :o.
vero hurneil on the deck of th" ship in
.t.i effort to attract Iho .itte.itimi of
other craft, but without avail. At uoot!
'.oain Stephen Joies of the 11. 11.
Wiliinm risked the safety of his s-- -i
in a suc-essful effort to h-lu the s:.::
for.l. The disabled vessel was towel
to St. Joseph.
The Stafford's dancer developed a
l-.-ro iti Hubert Mantiicr. ns-sistaut e-g
nt-er of the vessel, who risked his life
to tirevetit tho steancr's b nh-rs tr- .
epoiiing when tho macbiuery broke
and the safety vahos r.-fos-d to i.m l..
Mano'er ran to th" : -toUeh -Id .'tm! v,
ho fires from bpii 'ilh th" boilers. A
ti'o list coals foil a? his V:-t In- IniiH- I
1 1. -oil exiniosiitm atnl would have did
from the gri.es had ti"! t'eilow sail-u-a
-nn-led him to Vi" f.'.s?!i uir o?
deck. He I ;"l severe blistnrs 0:1 tl .0
face ami 'inns.
Tor hours tlio pasengers expected lio
shirt to foander. and tho o l: ers found
it neessary to keep them locked in ilie
main cabin.
Ait littit.valloit.
A lady in New York lias had her
iuiildog's teeth tilled by 11 dentist. Tie
usual practice is lo let the tl-.g nil
them himself with a tramp." Toronto
Star.
1 hie !i"!o !'i. -v. n 1 ' .-, -.1 ei :t w .1'1
Tm, I.--V i i ..vi. ' ' - 1 1 -a.:-Tiifce
hilt.- in... -: :,.o. e.l
lull
l-'-ur I'll " .r. 1 1 - 1- - - n-.ii-l in" 1
4$ ?.-5('ifV?'
Six lillle ir-. v. ' ' -
Sei 1 II hi tii lir.e.i : .
Migill hnlc In. nunc I'.
I ie. el.e lea.
l-f tile - l'l.
N li'i"' I : . - --- ... i "- I '' '' I rt.' I I'll'!.
IV tl 10! c l-rol. ' e.s :..!, I Si- ie
11 1.1110.
- ( ".I . .s.. II- .! i 11- I f-l.
UIIH TMYMi:.
To or- ho 1 ivcs ihe c.iiiipaiiio:iliip
of Ihe iltiwi-r-. an o'd field in mi-!-summer
tlaj s is v. p'.-ic i: ii special in
tci'ct. 'I'll- I I-ai.iiig of the virgin s-.
cradii at".- much m' the nal,e p! I'd
life, and whi-n Hn- i-iig iili"d gl I'd
has carm-d a r- 1 and is a, last p.-r-liiitte.l
Io lie fallow for a while 'H be
comes tlie home ni' many a plant iiiut
has wander- d hiiin-r fr.-m Krr.ipe.
wln-f" perl'.;, i-i :: eennei.s it ha-
played a part in p , 1 1 ! : 1 1- tradiiioii and
liecii sung in pi no ry.
of tie tiiosi inicn sting of tin-so
iiill'oiit'ecil wihlliigs tin- wild thyme,
now sprriiigiy leturi!.:- 'd in li,-ohl-si
parts of cm- 1';,mi , n S;nt-s. It is a
prostrate plan-, w 1. tangled stems
low to 1'.. mi thc.i.s-iws iii'.n cushiony
mats wiiii us. Held- in Mnglami P
smi-.e.ne i-. :'.'i:'i I haiming iil s!. il'i
grin 1 fill c-.i; n- t'.i-::, ,,ituing crag-.
Ili hit- siniiiii-I- iln- si-.all imi-iil" i;e -
irs appeal, t :nwd-,l at tile tip- of the
oranem-s mii n- iieiiciousiy liagriiiii
leaves i.iak" tlio plant a cmitiuuiiig de
light tl!i-,-;!.:!:oi!t tin-opi-ii year.
In old World s-.ipor.stiili.'i; tlio
mounds of w ild tiiyi.-.c were ae-minied
favorite haunts cf tin- frolicking fair
ies, s.i thai it was .iiis) as tuigiu have
Ic-en 1 -xp.-cic 1 t! :,! Pu- k in "A Mid
summer Night's I -,-:: m" tli-l "know a
bank whereon tin- wild thyme" blew.
This, by th.- way, is tie mfy pa-sae
in Shai.' -pi arc w herein this wild i-i-.v-J
cr is im n, lo, ie, 1. though l-lnglisii li:cra
i lure is 1 - i l of iilinsimis ,,, ;. Tims Sir
l-'raneis le:ii-u teen; .,'e ii -,s ie,- ol'
Stnt III! platllH Mllieil. ll'INlilcii Itp-ltl
' nml t ru-hei1, "j-i rl iiii.i- the air 11:0-1 1'."
I light fully." Ci.nper speaks of a spot.
I the mere metiien of which makes 11s
Uo;:; f.-r t'r- ..nil:, '.inkle '. -: p :ii
1 moss and .'; lliyme." Pes ie,;
Keats i;ml - 11, ,' 11; I. -li In Id
'a ha-o-; liiil
Of all swc.-i hcii-s ilia; searching i-yc
could mill.
Wii I th u e ::;.,! vali- y iililcs" -
ami Yo-!s.i.,-.li -i a p.iss-.ge that
might ha.e i-i- 11 ui.iicii of tine of our
OWtl lil-ge eled til l, is, t!cSe'illcS 11
nii-adow whe.-c
"blomrc.l tl... si:'..wt.err. of tin- wih'o-r-lie
-.
Tlie irme'iling owl.rh-l.i showed her
saPi-hii e bin,-.
I'he 111.' nn- h- ; p.ii ii'i like a bb.-h of
1 v.-n "
In ll - K'l '. ,' . I:..-! l.'.vi"-.- .ntid
lli'l'i". ihe- I :.'! 1 '.-. ,c- on.' th 'I w .is I
1 1 : 111 1 -' as mi- -1 -" m th- ti'iepi-s, ;i . -.1 j
ice'tis oi 1 r.i ';'.-. ' 1 c-ovgie:." rial ie-i
11:1111'" 1 hi 1 --t o;."rie:i i-iig i h- I n: t.li.g j
of lie, ..r .m il yee : w.-.rtl oli ii..j- '. '.- '
oil in .tors nil". I lie ! :' 'a' 1 bees ol j
liybi-t pasture I l-.r-m beds of iho aro
ma I it ,e ili. as w i;i.t.-s the pm-t Mar- I
lull's cheese cakes dripping Willi 1 1 v -blaeat:
lhyi--c." ;
In ih- iraditi-uis of Ilie church, too.
the li',' - I n 1 1 1 ! has a pia.-e - figuring s-s '
mie of ,hr f v. Inch the Virgin Mary's '
Imi! was. i. Philadelphia K -d.
KIMM'.IKU AND OUIOLM
The dii'icivi''.-.' i.i the nature of the
I iwo bird was strikingly exhibited In
i 1!: style nl th- two nests. The king
1 bird hasn't a panicle of imagination.
says the National Magazine, not nn
j atom of the artisti- in liis soul. His
s'e.iie. lircss and voice declare it. Lie
:s hardiieailc-l. sti:iigii;forwaril and se
I i- -.it. .-luicvhat i.vcrlii ariiig. perhaps,
j ; ml le-i.v. but businesslike ami refined
I in all liis lastt s. His nest is himself
ic. cr again: s-r-eig. plain. adeiuate. but
1;;... l.ull-ie,'. r"!inc.l. Contrast the
oriole's, lhiiiia i! . poetry and that in-tl-'serlbai'lc
io:i-h tin- h'.:li.. easy, Iieg-hg.-tii
toiieii of lie artist- in every lino
..f ii. Why. the thing was uetua'ly
v.o.ci! of nev lin-wii hay-as if one
j should build iiis i: in- of sandalwood
w,l!i all lie s- -at -I' the hay field about
1 I;. I pm u y 1:0s- near ami took a deep,
! leiieions breath. Tin- birds hail select
! ed and eli tie grass t h-uiselves and
v,..rko,i it in .iilie g'-i.-n. Smue of it
I was siiil in. mired, still soft ami sweet
well M'.n. one side, t-.xposetl to tlie
'sun through a leaf rift, had gone a
' gold-ii yciiow. bill the other side, decp
j ly shaded til" day through, was yet
'green and making more slowly under
j ,!i,' leai'-. And this nest was woven.
m-t built up like tin- kingbird's; it was
! hung, not saddled upon the liiub-sus-!
pendo'l from the slenderest of forks so
mle! evey liiil- br.-.-z-- would rock it.
And so loosely woven, so deftly, slight
lv tied.
HIKIiotM .YPIIICS.
Th" giiiiif f hi-foglyphics, which Is
re illy a irick. is played with a conl'od
cr.ite. and if clevcriy dut.e a "goodlio
co.iipa tile" may he deceived.
A showman, aimed with a long,
puimed silei.. siays in the room ami
Ills rmilrilcl-alc. I lie .glH'ssrr, is shut out
while tin- t-miip. ny ihinks of a word.
The git'-sst-r is i-aileil in and the show
mm. pr- . c, tl- ,0 spell out the word on
the Moor wiiii sundry laps and strokes
of Ids stick.
Tho solution is simple enough. Tht
tap. rtpr-s.-ni tin- vowels; olio tap for
"a." I wo tap for "c." three for "i."
fmi ior "o" and live for "u," and lh
gutssor ie-ed pay no atientioti to any
oilier sounds n. ado by the stick. The
rest is don- hy the showman's clever
talking. Suppose, for instiilice, th
company soloes tin- word "book." The
1 lie is given in the sentence which tho
sho-.viuan uses to call the guesser in.
He would say, in this rase, "Hotter
come in." and the .guesser will know at
one- th;-.' the tir-( letter of the tlrst
word in -.:.-:; senti uce will bo the first
:-i-.' of lii" word to be guessed. The
showman taps four limes with liis
stitl: an.l makes a lot of misleading;
strokes ami signs; then h taps four
limes m -re the sei-omi "o." thou hn
says, in an offhand vay: "Kind of;
hard, isn't it':" of any other sentelieo
iiii:..i!u. c-l by the letu-r "k." He Ii 114
isin s up v. 1 . 1 1 more signs and strokes
a if to l-nr..l- the guesser. who. of
course, has already scoured his word.
Th- showman luu.-t be ipiiek ami
i h v.-:- in p'.aeitig his colisotisiuts at IliQ
beginniiig of spicy seiiiciu-es, olher
v.is,. th- liuiii-.r of ihe ti'u Ii is lost,
.WW Y.-iii World. 2
FP.OCS SWALLOW SPAKI10WS-.
"iio you know tl nt out in one of th
Stale- i.f the Middle West one of my
books was taken out of tho school be
muse il contained 11 statement, that 4
frog which 1 watched caught and swal
lowed a sparrow':" asked a writer.
"The probability of this was debated
for en hour or more, and it was then
decided that no frog could choke down
a sparrow, and the book was with
drawn. They did not happen to know
thai frogs sometimes grow to a length
o! sixteen inches. Tlu-r1 is a man in
the upper pari of Connecticut w ho has
a number of frogs as long as that." ho
said, siiioatliiig his hands to indicate
the length. "He often feeds them witli
mice and sparrows, and 1 have a pho
tograph showing one of those t'rogsi
jo-- about to lake a bird in l.i uioiUh.''
New York World.
COYKIUNC. HOOKS.
To cover paper hound book.- tako two
pieces of cardboard, a tiny bit larger
than book. Paste Ily leaves at front
and back to cardboard, which of course
is outside. Then take a sinp of stroll
cotimi cloth, panic it ilowu back of
book, haw il wide so il w ill cover about
one inch of each piece of cardboard,
thereby joining the two pieces together.
Now put a cover of brown paper over
all, pasting securely, and your decor
ated t in cr goes over Ihis.
The books may b covered with doe
oraied Mik. pique or duck if you paint
or eiubroiiler. but the simplest way is
In i-ii-.i; with tissue paper I not crepci.
Paste a pu tty card on th" front nml
nfur cuiiiug title aii'l author's natiiB
ftoai oil cj , ei :;; .u-,. tlieui prettily
oil Ih? I.""-' o::e.
A;jii'iiilU'.lW Krli-mli.
For those who have a tendency to np-pi-ndic'uis
the list of things which ca li
mit be oaten wiih safety is long. Sir
Frederick Treves declares that one of
the ilcadliest sw eel moats is preserved
ginger, but pineapple, fresh or pre
served, is almost eipially risky, whllo
ranges, ligs. raspberries, in fact, all
Iruiis with pips, iiio also very Unu&cr
uus culii-a-