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CIIAHLOTTE DAILY OBSERVER.-' SEPTEMBER 2, 1906. hla slmlnrant nncntlon. "No, I didn't" Map retorted, feeblv. ''I told vou I'd thrown It away." ' "iiut you said you'd last Been tt In tha closet of your room, didn t youT" "I did not. I said'' "Mr. Stenographer, read tha witness' answer to mv Question on that point. Tkt stonograpiier - turned back the leave of hla eote-book, and the room ai hushed In deathlike . alienee aa ha examined them. At last he placed his pen on one of the page, and, glanclug up, noaoea at uiioen. 'Qestlon" (ha read), Where did you last see Itr (the bluVeioth eklrt). "An awnr. In the. closet or mv room. .'A solemn . ttuuae followed, and tha . prosecutor yd - tha witness narrowly aa ahe ant trembling in the cnalr. "Wellf" Vie Miiaried. at laat. X didn't mean that!" Ml Mapea . burst out. v excitedly. "I doit't ' know where I laat aaw it . X threw it away. wtir n clnA I" .." ... Tha woman gasped and paused,' her -' rvr Basin - atwkina Baratow a - with an M ...... , 1 7V- bkA laWMW responded .with aa eruel a glance aa I aver aaw In 'human face, ana the house- fkaeper cowered under It aa aha Bank back ' t-ln her chair, uiibert watenea nar tor a i moment in silence, anu men quieuy tv I aumed hla Beat. ... ' . . --inai. la ail. HIH nam, na mui Baratow had tittered no word of objeo- .- . tlon durlnar hla adversary's' Ion examln- anon or me witness nor . naa no assi-.ieu nvr ui any wajr. auiu a uiuuhii hp 'V not attempt a cross-examination.- -nm ', waited only an Instant. However, oeioro lie surtuia . nor . wnn m vuwvmi. , voire ah&Wlnar with furv. "Have you now - told everything you Know about tma case I , na, uemanuea, aavageiy. ,.,:'--, n rr" Tha housekeeper's voice : trembled aa .' aha answered, but bar eye flashed de- " flantlir . .. . "Don't yon know you " haven'tf h snarled. '.'."? ..." - i, V We'll e about that war ther any love loat between you fnna ut late Mr, . flrman flhawf ' ' ; The woman. :, visibly flinched - at tha "question, , but recovered heraalf Imme- V"' dlately. . v. .' 'v , "There was no oueatlon of love between 1 .IV.... I I FT. .1 1 ... , youra! Didn t you hata nira?" . "I didn't Hka him." - t . " ' MT.lke him I Pidnt you dlyllke hlmf '. "Tea." v f "Did you hata him?" i ;'- "I don't think ao." Think aaaln. then, . V "t have thouht" . . i A 'IU1I . JVU llfwtiUV "WHWi you rear nimr. .'.-"No!"- - "Didn't you deDie mmr ; ."Did you never lov hlrnr . ra, I did onca." OhI A woman ecorned eh . - The queatlona had been pelting her with tinging' force aa faat aa theworda could fly. and tha wltnea waa vlalbly ; weakening under them. "Didn't you advlee Mlaa Emory your so-called friend not to marry hlmT con , tlnued Baratow. ' , "I did.- ' " .. "Didn't you warn her that he'd once made love to you?" . "I did." "Didn't you express your contempt and loathing for him In ns strong term a your vocabulary would permit T" "I expressed my contempt for hlro ' Toa."' " "You did? He made loye to you, and you warned the de(endaht against him and expressed your contempt for him, eht'I thought you told ub everything you knew about this case?" "Those matter nave nothing to do whh this case." "Haven't they? Walt an J aee, madam ' wait and see! When did you learn that Mr. Shaw waa to marry Mis KmoryT" "Never." "Didn't Mies Emory tell you ao the verv night he died?" . "She did not. 8h told me she had refdaed him. She said" ' Baratnw'a arms flew out at tha witness furiously. "We heard vou aay all that!" he shout ed. "But I want facta and I'm going to have them! Gilbert leaped to hla feet, hi hand ' raised In protest ' "Tpur Honor," he Internoeed. "I ob ject to those bruul and' uncalled-for comments which are not only Insulting . to tho wltneaa, but unseemly In a court" Baratow turned fiercely upon the pros ecutor, hi ayea flashing dangerously. "When murder and manners are more closely allied. I'll take lesaona of you, Gilbert." lie snapped. "Until then, sit down!" Tha ttroaerutor flushed angrily, but. Ig noring hi opponent, again addressed tha I jr...4 '1 "I move to strike the comments of counsel from the record." he demanded, "and I object to their repetition." "Strike them out stenographer." Judge Dudley ordered. "Now Mr. Barstow." The defendant's counsel waited scowl- Ingly until the prosecutor had resumed hla seat and then sprang at the witness with unabated fury. "I there a. living being anywhere on thla earth who ever heard or your ex c hanging, room with this defendant on the night of Shaw's death?" : "Yea. Miss Emory." "Oh Miss Emory? I thought you were going to give u tne name or some aeaa person like Shaw, for Instance." Gilbert again aprang to hi feet pro testing. "Now. your Honor. I move to strike chat nut " hA thunderev Barstow swung aavagely upon hi ad versary. "If you Interrupt m again. lr," he shouted, "I'll make It A personal mat tar" "Pray don't wait for that Mr. Bar atow !" "Gentleman, -this wrangling .must ' cease," Interposed the Judge. "MX Bar Mow, confine yourself to queatlona, and . remember tola la cross-examination, Mr. Gilbert." . Again Barstow faced the wltnes and . reopened ma trurioua attaca. "So vou and Miss Emory were the on !y living persons who knew of your si eged exchange of room?" be Inquired, menacingly, '- "Yea." ' "Did none of the servant In the house duover Itr' . "No." "And you have concealed It until noar?"i , ,"Tou knew of It!" M "I knew of Its You mean you told mar' ,' 'Then any what you mean! Now teTT us bout Mr. Shaw's making lov to you U-give us the datea, the words, the ac tion, : everything a regular heart-to- lienrt talk." . Mia Manes turned scarlet, atammered out a few Inarticulate sentences, and paused. Instantly Barstow whs at her with a furloua burst of questions, heart less, cruel, brutal Inquiries which tor her Ilk murderou fnng and drov her to cover. One eoniu almost hear tne howl of savage eatlsfnctlon in the law yer' pursuing questions aa ,hk leaped after her and drov her in frantlo flight Again and again hs turned and met hi onslaught bravely, only to be overpower ed and nounoea one mor witn relent 1m, furv. ... .. -r. .... .". . , Shaw had tnlda lov to her, and h had at on time thought him honorable -and sincere. She had not hated him- until 11 W MU irUTU II 1 iri.OI , M IIKJ nilQ Mf uvw- ard. .That long ago.- She had re mained in hla employ because he had '. bggd her to do ao, and because ah One Baratow waa at her throat tear ing answers from br with hldaou fe rocity. She had remained hi housekeeper Tvecatise she noned to Drtter - tiereejr, hadn't sher She wanted to housekeeo for keen, didn't aha? Wasn't she plotting - and planning to become thaw's wife? Honni ' nn nn m 1 1 1 nn, iinu civnits 1 1, hat him las of lata years because ah tad neother forgotten nor forgiven. She I'mory for more than a year. She and tha secretary were Intimate friend Did Shaw know h wns warning' the girl " against hlmTvNo. Had she ever proteat I ed to Shaw, and demanded that he ream I BU miuwn V, l.in F" ' . w . r IMF. hi attentions to her confidential friend? No, . Not on the night of the murder? No, nor on any other night Would ah . swear aha had not henrd that Mis Km, onr had t consented to become Shnw'a wlf Bh had already. o sworn. .Would ahe iwear It again? Yea. aa many- times a the ajueatloner chose, see Again til the witness turned unon her assailant and fnneht him oh, hut her strength Was ebbing fast, and Barstow . . ,1.1. .ten..t. n,k. M . .. nfPlinB WIWUHII ,'riFl.ll Wl FIT, VIIIW FJ bear, hurling merrllesa oitentions t her with whirlwind force and speed, until tha victim fairly reeled and staggered. and the saves- spectacle- became unen durably revolting., "Mr, Barito-!, The lawvcr' swiina- on hi heel e h heard hla name, and found htmself con fronllns the rinfi-ndant who UMd gaxini kinxJoualy at the housekeeper aahtvi face. . ' i Instantly ha motioned her to her eaat. but ah paid no attention to her gesture, and when ha turned away aHln h once mora uttered his name. Then ha stepped bsck, and without taking his eyes from the witness, stooped and whis pered a few word In his client's ear, to which she responded rapidly and earnest, ly and 1 could aea sth man' faca twitching with annoyance aa h listened. Suddenly he turned and looked the de fendant squarely In the eyes, at tha aam lima aneakinar a few emohatlo word. and I expected the episode to end there, but Miss Emory Instantly 'responded In an . equally emphatic manner, and con tinued sneaking,', until tha lawyer Inter rupted her by moving forward to the I all again, roughly shaking off tha de taining nana wiiicn . ana naa una upon hi arm. ' y. .-.. ' ., , The room had watched the whispered conference In awed astonishment, and a Barstow' harsh, voice broke the al ienee many eyea wre ttll turned upon tha defendant standing resolutely besMe Dr enair. . i .. "Now thla klrt Mis Emory gava you waa that another secret between your "No" . ''v. . , ' .... . .-, ... 'The anwer waa low and feebl. Bar stow put hi hand mockingly behind, hi ear. . .. " "No-do you ayf' he thundered. "Olva me the name of any living person -who knew of her gift!" '"- -' - -fe ' The witness : cased dumbly, at her "You can't give me any iuch nam, The housekeeper shook her head at the liBoriaii vyfM Rianni fiunariiy at u r'Dld you vr wear tha aklrt?" ; ; . "No." . . - '.; , .; "Then why did you accept HT" ' "I used tha lining." "Wanted to rip the lnlde of it out eh? Well, now, I'm going to-rip the In Inslde out of something elae." .-. Barstow Mapped .forward and shot hi finger straight at the woman' eye. "Didn't you destroy that skirt oft the morning 01 November ardT" he tnundered. Ve ny it If you dare!' - - . Mis Mapea- leaned ' forward in her chair, her lips moving .silently and her nnd clutching the air. Then ahe sud denly swayed and fell upon her face. ueiore an attendant couia , reacn tne prostrate woman, Miss Emory darted toward her, but met Baratow' restrain ing arm. Instantly she freed herself and sprang forward again with such Impetu osity that the lawyer had to hold her for a moment In his arms. There was a short struggle, and then she turned upon him with a look which I hall never forget "Let ma v go-Mrou you coward!" aha whispered, fiercely. ' liu us wnimuu, NOT A MAX IN KAA8A8 IDLE. Ftp Fniptoyment Durran I'nable to aict Demand for Lsibor. Topeka Herald. Kansa has not an unlmployed la- porer, so ia ra ls a. uarew, airec tor of tha free employment buretau, ha been able to aacertain. Mr. Grew ha application for nearly 200 men who are wanted at one In various part of the State, and he ha not one application for work. Borne of the demand for help are exceedingly pressing. In several countle men be ing wanted for threshing-machine crews In order to take care of the Wheat crop. A week ago Mr. Garew had an ap plication from a man who wanted to be a cook, but he got a Job the same day. E. Brehl, of Frankfort-on-the- Maln, has written to Mr. Garew that a party of young men In that city were planning to. emigrate to Kanaaa If unskilled labor could do the farm harvest work. The letter asked for Information regarding workmen In Kansas. Mr. Gerow wrote that he would And plonty of work for the members of the party as soon aa they arrived. London's Private Parks. London Globe. Awa to the west of London ara several private park of considerable Rise and of great scenic charm; the most noteworthy being Syon, Oyster- ley, and. In a minor degree. Gunners- bury. The selling value of the land they occupy continually Increases. owing to the rapid extension of Western London, and Judging 'from what has occurred elsewhere It Is safe prediction that their owners will be tempted sooner or later, to throw their beatiful properties Into the mar ket for building operations. We be lieve that In tow out of tho three In stance Just mentioned some outllv Ing portions of the estatea are al ready covered with bricks, and mortar, a In the case of Holland, Park. Thus ie danger of the uglincation or the extensive area 1 wWl within Right, and the time ha come to consider what would be the beat practical method of preserving these beauty spot from further encroachment. To buy them right out would be of coursothe most effectual way, but It la to be feared no local body would have the courage to face such heavy expense to the rate-payer. On the continent. State fund are frequent! employed for tdmllar purpose while In the United State private generoe tT" usually comes to the rescue. But circumstance are so largely different In this country that there I every prospect that London will be hedged In with ugliness on ,the west a well as elsewhere. September's First Science. Santa Fs New Mexican. To discover the heart of an oyster the fold of flesh which oyxtermen call the "mantle" must be removed. This la fatal to the oyster, of course, but In the Interest of science and for the benefit of the "curious" It i occasion ally dona, When the mantle ha been removed . the heart shaped like a crescent or horned moon. Is laid to lew Xha-oyster'a heart I made up of two' part. Jut like that of a hu man being;, one of which receive the blood from the gill and th other drive It out through th arterle. Th liver Is found In the Immediate vicinity of th heart and atomach and I a queer shaped little organ, which I supposed to perform all the -functions of a blood filter. Every oyster ha a mouth, a heart g liver, a stom ach and other nceary internal or gans. Including; a set of cunningly de vised intestines. The mouth 1 lit th small end of the oyster's body, near the hinge of the shll. It I oval In ahape, ' and, though not readily discovered by an unpractlced eye, It may be ; readily located by gently pushing ft blunt bodkin or similar In strument along the fold of th ur-face-of the., body at the place men tioned. Connected with the mouth I the canal which th 'oyster uses In conveying food to the stomach, from whence It passe into tne curioua lit tle set of netted end twlaud In tea- tin referred to. ,-,: A, :,; r. l4borere From Ui South and West- .., , . , ern,' w-y , BtatesvtUe Landmark. v , A number of men who have been employed on th South and Western railroad in McDowell county were In Statesvill yeeterday returning to ; their homes In the Worth. A representative . of Th . Landmark talked with two of them and their story of the deception and cruelty practiced , by thsxflkjflflfl practiced on th employes of this rosd Is on to stir the blood. ' They aay about 101 men left the camp Saturday. A state of practical peon age, or alavery, exists and the labor er have great dliriculty. In getting away. The men with whom --The Landmark talked wanted to leave aa aoon aa they arrived and saw the situation, but they were compelled to Btay two month and II day. In it next lau The Landmark will state In detail th facts a larn- d from these men. ---' . PLUPBFECX PUSH STORIES 1. 1 .... i i . .- FRESHMAN WHO HELD THE SACK Barnett, Nebraska ', Hrlatea Some . hnlpe-Huntlna; Yarns Doo Slator, Who Had the Meanest Disposition on Record, and Some of the. Jokes He' Played Upon New Students ? . Tne btorjr of Hoggs ana now lie Neatly Turned the Joke on Hla Fellow-Students, . i- .. . x jn. mx. -n-jiuriw -V "When It earner te playing Jok, Doo Slater , had th meanest disposi tion of any fellow I ever knew," ald Barrett, Nebraska. 'II, as the Plu perfect Push were getting ready to adjourn last evening,- . ; - .- . 'There' always a motive' behind any prank. Some fallow,-you know, love a Joke because there's a lot of goed-naturd fun In It, while ether enjoy getting' 0 fellow In a fix acd leaving him there, " Doo Slater' be longed to the latter class; he always went after a poor freshman with malice, aforethought, and' he had the reputation, and I might say h. de served it, of being the worst enemy the freshman class ; had on the cam pus, . and It took a green freshman named Hoggs, from Arlxona, to call the turn on. hlra.H ' . .'" Thl aounded like a good begin ning to the president, to he quietly motioned to the waiter to flit uo the hrtelna, and the bur.cn, taking their cue- from the president settled jhem elve . comfortably' back In their chair 'and looked ' expectantly . at Barnett. Barnett removed hi hat and withdrawing hi pipe and pouch from hi pocket, went on: - "Tea, sir; Doc Slater retail? enjoy ed seeing a poor devil In a hole more than, he enjoyed a square meal. He never was-known to laugh out leud, although his pranks with unsuspect Ing freshmen made the college laugh heartily for week at a time. When some poor fool of a feshle would come in from a private party to which he had been given a fake Invi tation by Slater and would storm around, wanting to kill some one, Dos never laughed. The rest of u howled, but Doc would la.Aly re mark to the furious freshman. It' all In your .tralnlnr. freshle.' "Doc would Inveigle a new student Into accompanying him on a fruit stealing expedition, then put another student next who would cop the freshman In the act He would re lease him on condition that he would apologise to President Andrews the next morning. "The next morning bright and ear ly, the freshman, who had latn awake all night in mortal terror, would tim idly enter the august presence of the president of the university and blush- ingly and haltingly tell of hi fatal misstep. Of course he owuld tell him that It was his first, and that It would be his last Th kindly old prexy would worm the whole tale of poaching from him, then quietly tell him 'to go and sin no more.' and incidentally that the university employed no -police to guard the aacred preserve. "On or.e occasion Doc got a fresh iresnman wno was keen for soma sort of prank, to gdwith him to swipe the prexy' pet goose They waited until the dead of night, then quietly stole up to the yard wnere tne goose wa kepi, it was inclosed by thla chick cn wiring, and was fully sev en feet high. Doc got the fresh man to go inside after tne goose while he guarded the gate. "No sooner did th freshman get hold of the goose than It gave out a mighty squawk, and Doc quickly locked the gate on the outside and bolted. The prexy caught the fresh man frantically trying to scale the wire Inclosure with one hand, ho1 Ing In the other the limp and life less form of the pet goose. He got nred and Doc looked sorry when we told him and said that the gate had a spring lock on It but we always had our suspicions." The breery proprietor of the grill room came In and whispered to the president that It wa 11:SS o'clock. and "would the gentlemen wish to order anything more?" William, Virginia, '89, who wa drinking milk and vkhy, whispered ' 'no more.' but Sanders, Stanford, 'II, gathered up th stein quietly. Action speak louder titan words, and they were soon returned brimming over .with creamy Umb&cher or some other Ger man brand. "About this time Boggs blew In from Arisona," continued the speak er. "He waa long, lank, and cadav erous, with an expressionless face and pale blue eyes Just such a fel low a Winiam would right any of In a poker game. He attended to hi own business, never opened his face, and I suppose that' why Doc Slater felt that he opght to be given a run for his money. "The lanky freshman had violated no college traditions, nor had h 'talked back at' and upper classman that we could learn of, but Doo Just didn't like hi looks. So he called the bunch together in his room on night, and suggested that Freshman Boggs be 'taught hi position.' He said, which none of u believed, that the Arisona freshman had defied th upper classmen, sad In the course of a conversation with another loyal freshman had declared he would give any bunch of soph a run for their white alley, If they dared tackle him. At thla startling information of treason In onr very midst we all mustered up mock Indignation and decided that Freshman Bogg should b taken out that very . night and doused in the lake.' Do at this point ventured the ouinlbn that that was oily the ordinarypenalty, and that a case . Ilk that of Bogg' deserved something mofe drastic. . H suggest ed that It waa hla. mature and delib erate. Judgment that ! the .' freshman should, b taken out snipe hunting." "Ever been snip hunting?" que ried Barnett, km h relighted hi nip and leaned d&ck in his chair. "Well, the fello'v who goJ for the first time Is it The theory is that snipes, If suddenly aroused from , their slumb er at night, will fly toward ft light, and th l(ght - blinding them. they will fall to th ground tunned. All that remains .is to pick them up and chuck m into Sack. " - "Of course, after the fir Is built the freshman, who is enjoying for the first time the sport of hunting the elusive snipe In this novel fash Ion, holds the sack and keep up the fire, while the'old hands at the bus iness sally forth to , scare up the gam. "It tiniaUr takes ' a . good ; deal of nosing around to keep up a big fire froperly, especially If the brushwood la scarce. By th time -the freshman has dqn the trick for two or tare hour and no fellows or mine hat showed up, he keeps up th fire fori a while longer. , To be sure, he is no quitter, and It may be ft bad night for snipes, anyway. ': , "A good,-! plucky .freshman, will keep it up until i o'clock, and th most foolish one wilt keep It up for an hour longer. I kept up th Are and held th sack until I o'clock. "Then. Oh wloepy-eycd .freshman urops tne saca ana wanders over to see how the horse ' and. wagon - are getting along. It Is usually and al ways gone for about Ave hour,- gone within ten minute after .h piled on hie ft rat stick of brushwood. "Then the long walk to- the cam pus., . Great time that for meditating. Great time to think of your'paat and future. All th world seems a hoN low mockery, and Ht pleasures Ilk a snowball In the river. If he doesn't lose his way, the freshman will reach the campus Just as the sun begins to peep over the eastern hill, a sadder and . wiser freshman. , It, he loses hla way, h usually turns up some where sometime next day, hungry and footnor. - As, I remember now, I believe he la more footsore than hun gry.' And I claim the . distinction of bating made the trip twice." . SA qulsxlcal smile lighted up Bar nett' face, as be puffed great clouds of smoke toward the celling and re called the Incident, "Bob Allen waa detailed to get next to Boggs," h continued. Ho called on him casually the next day to borrow a red Ink and pen and started up ft conversation, during the course Of which ' h learned four thing-: namely, that ' the freshman from Arisona waa lonely, that he had never been ; snipe hunting, that he felt sure ho would enjoy the, sport, and, that ho could Join the bunch that night-' "V . - :. . "Bob . told Jrtm he was not sure whether were was room for,' : him . ; In . -the wagon but he would aee and let htm know. Bob hurried to the gang and bub bled over aa he told how easy a mark was Boggs.,. . Why, he told me he didn't have red ink and pen, and would a black one do?' "Doo Slater didn't say much, but set about making arrangements. He hired a spring wagon from a stable and at I o'clock we started. Doc did th driving and as h made no signs of slowing up at the little patch of timber land three mile from town where we usually did our hunting, some one suggested that he tie up. I know ft better place about two mile farther.' said Doc. 'Doc had blood In Ms eye as he tied up to the fence and led the way into a patch of underbrush. A big fire wa built, nd then, after the uniqu mender Of hunting snipe in Nebraska wa fully explained to Bogg. there was some skillful par rying as to who should stay and keep j up the fire. Each did theAlphonse and Gaston act. until finally Doc aald, with an air of captain of the party, that since Mr. Boggs was our guest he should have the position of honor. "As we acnrrUd out Into the brush to scare up the snipes, there was an audible snicker as some one turned i and saw the long, Innky freshman Innocently standing there by the Are. holding a large gunny sack waiting expectantly for the nlpos to drop at hla feet. We kicked about for a while, yelling and whistling, so thnt the freshman could ee mat we were doing our part until finally we roundotl up at the place where we had left the horse and wagon. It wa gone! Wo hunted all around, accusing one another of hld- ng It from the party, but each one swore he knew nothing about It. Me chanically wo started down tho road toward home, trusting to luck that the hore had only been driven half a mile away by some other sophs who had followed us, Nothing doing. W walked the whole six miles horn, and about the only enjoyment we got out of the trip wa In talking about the Ariso na freshman surprise and chagrin when he found the wagon gone, and in debating how long he would keep up th fire. 1 . " He' so damned smart It 11 do him good. said Bob Allen, who was trudging along the dusty road, wear ily dragging one fool; ater the other. Hob never went out for topsail be cause he waa too fat. " "That's dead right' ld another fellow, panting. 'I never aaw a moro precocious frtshmun in my life. This night s work will be a great benefit to the- university.' "So, unconsciously our of-n mis fortune was saddled onto the fresh man. Wo were up to our necks in trouble, snd not knowing whom to be sore at, we attributed the whole bunch to Boggs, who at -that moment was wiping the smoke out of his eyes or tearing hla hand on brtar trying to get more wood for the fire. It was long after midnight, when we reached the dorm, and wa Imme diately tried to learn who had play ed the Joke on us. Art the fellows swore no knowledge of the hoax un til a couple of fellows returned frcm the atable. where they had learned that the horse had been found wan- Wring around on th main atreet of he town. We at once Jumped to the conclusion that the . horse had broken loose from his fastenings ami had come horn on his own accord. Thus assured, and Jired In body and limb, we rolled to oca. . Next morning we , .cautiously made some Inquiries about Boggs, but no on had seen him. Doc, still sore ' on account! of the six mites' walk, went around to Boggs' room t get ft little satisfaction witn ft jeer and a taunt at th Ireshmsn's ex pense. . , "His roommate said he had gone out with a bunch of soph the night before and had not returned yet, ao Doo Joyfully returned and told us that th freshman was still holding th sack. That helped onr. The picture of poor old Boggs, his clothes dank with dew, eyelids Ilk lead, and eve full of smoke, waking up to th fact that he had been made the vic tim of vile Joke, nerved Am ft balm to our hurt feelings. , , Tflat night tne rresnman naa not yet returned, and I'll admit we began to get ft trifle worried. , We gathered together In Doc's room and talked It over About once every1 hour some on would trot over to Boggs room to aea if he had showed t up, but ther -was -nothing doing. , k -, -. "Along towards midnight, wnen we bad -half a dosan under our belt, w began to e vision of foul play; Bob Allan started u oy foiling o a fellow who waa once based on the same trick and who wandered around the wood all night until h became rtaffv. Kvarvbody knew the story was only ft myth of Bob's, Invented for the occasion; but, somehow, we couldn't help but 'bring up the sub ject of the missing . freshmsn. Af ter ft deal of frenzied suggestion we decided that w. would get up early the next morning ana go after mm If he was still missing;; h-,f-T-'.fi' "We left the campus about , SIX o'clock, as none of us could get a wink of sleep, w drove rapidly to the spot whers wo had tied the home previously, and had no difficul ty in finding th charred timbers of th fire. Th firs had evidently not been kept up very long after w left, a w saw part of soap box, which w had brought from town still . un- burned. . v. ' :.::. (.. i "K short distance from th fir we found ft coat, which w remembered th freshmsn . had worn, and on It war stains of blood! A It ml farther tho shrubbery was bent and th ground torn up, as If ft terrible struggle had taken place. y "We Stood with - blanched faces. s " 'He's been murdered by tramps or highwaymen, whispered Doo 8 la ter hoarsely, 'Let's get back to- town qulokly aa possible and notify the po nce r . ry i;V ,r.'K!v1'-'i ?..! : "It took a great deal of urging and reiteration (o make the police be. lleva , our story, and It Waa only after we- had confessed the , whole story to prexy that the police would stir a foot Boggs had now. been ab sent two 1 days apd nights,, and the sergeant detailed two officer to re turn with u to the spot, to make a further examination. ."By Jove, you should have ' seen those paper that afternoon. , In big headlines. Doc's name . appeared as the leader of a 'cowardly band of students,' who had lured n Innocent young man from Arisona to' ft prob able death. What those papers didn't say about us was because there are certain postal laws of which you all know. ; "Prexy got busy and called us all up on the carpet before him. He talked low and sadly of the terrible deed of whlsh we were the cause. He said he had Just wired the parents of Boggs . and luat the senior Boggs was on his way to Lincoln. "It seem peculiar, looking back on It from thla distance, but I tell you I felt like ft murderer, and if I looked Ilk Doc Slater, I looked like multi-murderer. The prexy had wired our parents, and mine ordered me to come home at once. "I was glad to get away, and lost no time In getting down to the sta tion. There X found Doo Slater. But wo didn't .take the train. A policeman told us that we were under surveillance and that we could not leave th city. ' "Life had small Joy In It for - us that . Tuesday afternoon. We had played that trick a score of times be fore and had never met such dire consequences. After all, were we to blame? 'Sure not' said Doo Slater, but unhappy Bob Allen added: 'Would ft Jury of our peers think so?' "A mighty cavalcade of students and cltlaena (th city papers drew a fine line of discrimination between the two words), under the command of the military department of the university, was formed that after noon, - which was to systematically scour the woods for the body of the unfortunste .Boggs. 'The freshman class met and pass ed resolutions or sympathy. The uni versity waa closed. Crape waa tied on the door of the principal build ings. The bell on the chapel was tolled at noon and the chaplain de llvered a funeral oration." Barnett paused and took a sip of beer. I've often wondered," he contin ued reflectively, "If we would have been convicted and sentenced to hang if Boggs had not returned to Lin coln on the 1:01 train that after noon. He had been to Omaha to vis it an old friend, he said, and resented the Implication that -he had been murdered. "The lanky freshman had hunted snlpea before, and when we started out to scar up the snipes he hiked out quietly and drove back to the campus. He had daubed his coat up with some blood and had planned the deception to the queen's taste, tak ing the midnight train for tho city. "We were gathered together in Doc's rom that night discussing a let ter which the prexy had written us Individually and collectively, as It were, when there was a knock at the door. "Doc opened the door and was heard to swear softly as the livery man presented him with a bill for it for the use of 'on horse and buggy.' " Hindu Plague Town. London Globe. The ruined houses and temple which form the town encircle a great mass of rock that rises a sheer 100 feet above It. This rock Is crowned with an ancient fort, and with still more ancient temples, tho summit be ing reached from the town by a great night of worn and sunbeaten steps, cut in tne race of the rock and orna mented with carvod archways and porchea. Tho temples on the summit are Jain and Brahmin, and the great red stone fort was raised by the mlgh ty Mogul Emperor, Akbar the Wise. But all. 1 now decay and desolation. In equal ruin He the carved wonders of Jain priests and pious Brahmin, with the inlaid marbles and arabes ques of the Mogun emperors. Here the only inhabitants are the mangy hyena and the fierce panther, and per ha pa some starving wretch, who having exhausted the generosity of hla caste fellows has crawled up from the ruined town below to crouch In some dark recess and to. die alone It la but early March, but th heat I Intense; already the biasing sun of Indian summer beat down with a force that Is not soon forgotten, while from the sun-besten surface of the rock there seems to leap the fiery breath or 1,000 years or tierce sun shine and hot winds. Far down below th fiat-topped roofs of the ruined house shimmer and trembl in a has of heat. Away on all side th horlson stretches Ilk a petrified sea; mile after mile of arid stony hill and barren plain, across which smoking pillar or not air ana oust wniri in a A .l mocking the empty field and th withered tree; , while th whole lanacape tremble In an intoler able glre. Down in th narrow tone-paved street of the town mis erable wretches, who have never known the meaning of a good meal, mutter and stumble along In dlmles misery. Th air here 1 Ilk a fur nace; the minute shop, little dark atone recesses blackened with the amoke and toll of centuries, are most ly deserted, and If soni poor wretch with the glased eye of. cholera, or the crouching attitude and ' fetid breath of the plague lies down In the gutter to die, the only Interested spec tatora will b tne great, neavy-wing-ed bird of prey, vile objects, that with7 gorged clumsiness circles and wheel In a sky that Is at once cloud leaswnd colorless. . , . . .. The Latent Glove Fad. Philadelphia Record. Garters for gloves, are the latest being the natural sequence of the long glove worn with the new short-sleeved shirt-waists, for certain styles of which tt Is Imperative that the glove be as free from wrinkles as the stock ing. Ther are two kind of these gloc garters. ' One Is for display and Is made of gold, ao fashioned as to b flexible , and elastic and looking much like ft bracelet ; The other kind I made ' of ordinary elastlo Ilk a stocking garter, but without th fan cy buckles sometimes seen at least worn on th latter. This kind of glnv garter Is not meant to be seen and th slv come down ever ft, For outdoor wear the garters are generally dispensed with and the glow are allowed to wrlnkl. (tare fUgn of Impending;' Death. Lebanon (Ind.) Ploner. ' Mr. Ellen Bora, or saiem, i vry low and her death I expected any time, fine ha not spoken a word for six weeks. , v.;;v. -, v , (':, TAB "ORIGINAL ' ftOOST-EK DELVING INTO FOWL ANCESTRY Habit of tne Jungk. Fowl, .Ancestor of . All Kinds of Mens., - Are Being (Studied in Boston Park Six Lit , Uo Birds From the IMatant lllma ,' layaa Attract . Tbouaand . of Yl.nl ,:, tou -Tiio Hem In lllelory Known , In China S.000 Year Ago Incn baton I'aed In Kgypt When 'the Pyramids Wore Young. I- Correspondence of The Observer. ' ' - Boston, Aug, II, The ' ansWer to the celebrated question -Why 1 a hen?" . may be discovered . this sum mer, by those who visit a modest collection of fowla maintained as part of a miniature soo In the Middlesex Fells reservation of the metropolitan park eystem of Boston.' - Not that any considerable number of th thousand of Bostontan and strangers from every section of the country who alight from the Boston Elevated Com pany's car In Medford and Melrose. and make tho delightful trip through tne great forest park established by the effort of the f ar-aeetnr i Ellsur Wright, the celebrated Insurance ex pert, and who peer Into what seem to be ordinary chicken coops at the reservation headquarter on v the shore of historic Spot Pond, are aware that among the domesticated fowls ther present are half ft dosen of their great, great, great grand father and grandmothers, many time removed From the beautiful little Jungle fowl of the East -Indian wild to th useful bird of our barn yard It is, o to speak, a far 'cackle in point of time, although the out ward difference between the original and aome of our ordinary bantams are ao slight as to defy detection by the ordinary layman. - - Not so many of these bright colored bantams as they appear to be have ever been brought to this country, It ta said, and th sight of half a dosen in the 'Fells' picking up grain, gras hoppers and maggots, along with de rived varieties representing no one knows how many centuries of cultiva tion. Is on to suggest speculation aa to the long course by which leghorns. Plymouth Kocks and all the other In numerable chicken which lay several hundred million egg annually In tho United Htatea ever cam to be. For the average American, how ever, he may survey with pride the well-plumed chanticleer In hi barn yard or his back yard is not usual!) ready with an answer to question re warding the origin of a fowl a hun dred, perhaps a thousand, generations of men from their downy couches. He knows about eggs and dressed poul try and possibly a little something which he ought not to know about the fighting palltles of different breeds of game cock a, but the explanation of the long processes by which hundreds of different types have become fixed to such an extent that only through human neglect will they revert to their original type why,' even after two generations of Darwinism there are plenty of people who don't know FORTY CENTURIE8 The Booster to the Klght la the Oiig the Hed-Breasted Game Bantam, what is meant by selection, natural or artificial. Not all the "whys" can be answered anyway. Just by what processes of artlfli-lul selection each variety of fowl has been established i not a little obscure. The historian of our race have generally been more con cerned with recording the battle of human gam cocks than -tb evolu tion of egg-laying breed of hen. It is, however, practically agreed that all the varieties except the silky fowl were derived from this same Jungle fowl, which live wild In the thickets of northern India, Indo Chlna, Island of Malay Archipelago and In our colonial possession, th Philippines. Darwin' main conten tion regarding the derivation has been established. But th way by which, sfter the little creatures were first tsmed, they were handed on to the races beyond tho great mountain wall Of India all that Is as unknown as the origin of the human race Itself. t)nly the Chines have any definite 'tradition bearing on the aubject, ft ce lestial encyclopedia of the sixteenth kentury stating that the hen wa In troduced from the southwest about 1400 B. C. For the rest It Is simply known that at ths dawn of history civilised man wa already awakened by the loud crewlng of the cock ear lier In the morning than his natural Inclination would have Induced him to arise; that the Egyptians, those Vloneer In so many modern Inven tions, had great Incubators In which forty or fifty thousand chicken could b hatched at a time; and that all -rlusae of th Oreeka, besides using 'the product of the- hen, - were ar dently devoted to that sport which now Is so characteristic of the under world, cock fighting. - Counties generations of puoltry breeders have had practical, though novel until recent year scientifically 'accurate, knowledge of th laws gov erning the establishment of distinct varieties. Most of the breeding, that 1 to sav. has been don Instinctively. Bom men In every community readily not difference In point among fowl bf the same brood, and are quick to "decide what point among fowls 1 ueclde what points tney want to em phasise. Without any fin spun the ories they breed for those points by thooslng th Individuals which cor respond most cioseiy-to tneir lueai and mating these, a process which I continued generation after generation. until .a new type ha become fixed, Thl. of course, Is ail there Is to It, ft simple, easy demonstrable princi ple, although most people outside the fraternity of breeder of , poultry, horses, stock and other human assis tants hav no conception o( the r markabl results that have been achieved, sometimes within , ft very few years. The improvement of the game cook one of doubtful value to huamnity i in oireci illustration, in some parts of this country, and par-. HrMilarl- In several of the flnuthem Rtates, a process prevail of farming out ft number Of rooster together and allowing th better fighters among them to triumph over the feeble. The strong perpetuat their kind so that generation after generation an In creasingly doughty cias or ngnung cocks Is volvd. The men In this ne farious business, having a certain end vmmmmm frnr 1 m ii 11 11 nil - mi is 1 r luarmn - 11 11 II 1 VI ll K- - 4ii-i.--m mr- "V. I. II ' ' X Ml Y.UW iL X I . Ji 1 f .''. II ill. M IJf ,trr v oiyv In view, are able to pro.iuii which hav the ablrevii' i harp spurs and general ! v . pondage easily fastened i 1 1 . ni are desirable .n fighting foul. I actly the same way tlie mm -. types,, the great layer and good 1 1 rs, have been established by funH working slowly, patiently, toward given end, ,,,'.;).. - Far as many of the varieties of tii i present day have traveled from; tht Gallu banklva, or ? original Jungln fowL which la now on exhibition in th nucleus of what la exected to be im o Baton's big aoo, th preserva tion through all courses 01 experi mentation of some of ' the primeval characteristics' I very apparent Th Jungle fowl - looks like a little hen. When It and' the red-greasted gam bantam are exhibited in the . earn cage the layman, la puuled to tail which Is which.. They behave alike. They do not fight . with one another more than would be expected of any two scions of different breed. Comparison la usually made- with a bantam, rather than with a, fnll lxd rooster or hen. -; That is only fair, since the . am&ller variety la necessarily more .of a also with the original Jungle fowl . than are the great creature fattened for the mar ket The bantam, of course, tt should be explained J not, any separate va riety, but represents' a condition that cannot be established in any variety. Did you over think bow these little follow ara produced? They can be created from almost any type of fowl by (electing the hatchings that ramo late In the season, taking the smallest of the resultant chicks, feeding them scantily through the winter, and con tinuing thl process tor several generation until a race of hardy dwarf has been produced. In the case of th red-breasted fowl ft ban tam Is reached which looks sur prisingly like the little fowl that la th great grandfather of the whole clucking family. Tho difference in mainly on In the feather of the tall, though the close observer will also see that the primary feather of the Jungle fowl are a little longer than those of his domesticated couin. H is, in ract, aomewnac nearer- 10 in aboriginal bird which flew; and. In deed, In hi native habitat ho doe lift himself very readily to a roost ing plnce out of danger from fox and other sly creaturea of the ground. One Is the natural product of ' th East Indian wild; the other repre sents no on knows how many cen turies of human Interference with the workings of natural selection. ine jungie iowi experience in tne Boston park ha shown, thrives sur prisingly well In the cllmaO of the northern United States, He la wide spread In northern India, and lives up to a height of about 4,000 feet In the Himalayas. A detailed descrip tion shows a similarity of his ap pearance to many of our barn yard varieties. His comb Is ample, with an Irregular outline, and with nar row strengthened lobe arising from TZZ3L w&jm 'l2'U ICvZ Si A 4 ITT! rrfUC-ftriiT SEPARATE THEM. ' Inal Jungle Cock; HI Companion Is with Tall and Comb Trimmed. - v.., the crown. The head, back and sides of the neck are covered with long hackle of a clear, brilliant, golden-orange color. Below tha hackles the upper part of the back la bluash-black, and the centre of tne lesser wing covert are 01 aerp, , rirn rneatnur. 'i ne minis arat Drown- Ish black, edged with pal, reddish yellow. The tall I black, with rich green and blue reflection. The habits of the Jungle fowl tn -: bb r t 1 1 i 0 rs wft mr Al ffafstn t tsm Illifgfl VI Ulliri ll-Clir. a. c tisa s-avav at as. v ) - voice which are heard tn the gray . itavn arlvtn'r thanks fnr delrverarfea ' t. A W.n. -Tka Mslaa ft-. from the dangers of Reynard, the fox. of tho thicket. It la noted, however, that the last note of the Jungle cock's crow I rather lea prolonged. ' 'cilony of Jungle fowls I by reason , of the history unwritten, but not un- . important, wnicn lie "jr-m-JMVw . u- . . w I. AHt millAlttf H ftp in, ti fj an m wnv " , . . f.i. . Pnmmarrlill llfUfulneaM Ctnaflt . bA claimed. The eggs are small and wrmiii fnmmnna no vresti. onus, svsn In the season when tubs of time- ; water are giving up their content.,", There would be no especial value In u,in hint tn rrnmn with later varieties. or In developing new yaneuta wim out crossini. Natural evolution I hFiat sa.B.au t at, n st mm o4 Iflrtlsi I Bth-arnlis BIVI T lvraj-, a -!) aniva-B -ss-rwsu tlon hardlv more frequently, BuUs a spectacl In a little cage of hi own he is quit th cock . of y the . walk. ' . , 'f j 111 Chicken Proportion. 1 , . Denver Post. Col. John 8. Irby, secretary to Den ver' mayor," was seated in hi office a few day ago when ft man came In and Inquired for hi "Honor." The man was told that the mayor waa not In Just at that time, but he took a seat anyway. It waa plain to be seen that he had something . on hla mind and wanted to talk. :-':hw j w-: "You're his secretary, are youf he asked. Col., Irby replied In the fflrmftttve, v.-,-, ,",' .r.vv if- ; ,: ;"-' !';" : .-. "Well," th man'j ; continued.. "I came to kick about ft mud hole rear McKlnley boulevard and Seventeenth avenue. It' causing u people up that way all kind of trouble. Yes terday seven of my chicken got Into the dirty water tn tt and were drown ed.' .-.. C .-',-. .'"-.v-w; -. : "Is tht so?" came from Col. Irby, quietly,-. " .'-'"'' .'-, v ' ,ry ,. continued the man, "Now, that hole wa, caused by bad graj tng .' :' ; "Well, I declare," drawled ' Col. Irby, Quietly once more,, , ' "It's fierce," the man went on. "Now. 'what shall we dot What about my chicken proposition T" "I know What I'd do," said the colonel very quietly. V , . 'That's what I want to know I want your advic' about ' It Wlwt would you 4o It you wor mT" ask. 1 th man. v "W1I.H came from Col. IrM e. ceedlngly quietly, "I believe i t future I'd. raise ducks." The man gave tha mayor's tary one piercing look and t Boston Traimnrlpt. Teles-mot uneriiior Tills fj? "' : t Will he 1 KJ, niad m. Madam Oh, ooui'r "' RIMMK IS etllV trtil yl . -, I i imply a poau..iivt.
The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N.C.)
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