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It is -Jiardly necessary to- say that
the entertanment of the editors by th
people of Wlmlngrton was royal. That's
the proper word fpr it. For four days
the electric cars, city and beach, were
at their service, at the simple cost of
showing a badge. On Friday, Cap t.
John W. Harper placed his fine "steam
boat, the Wilmington, at the pleasure
of the party and' the trip to Southport,
while new to some and old to others,
was enjoyed to the full by all. There
were luncheons, banquets and balls to
round off the social features.
The Evening: Chronicle Is served to
the home by our carriers for 6 cents
"Cck" TELEPHONES.
Fdltorial Room'." -234 Charlotte people are particularly In-
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Stands cause it was built and is owned by a
and newsdealers throughout the
United States, Ask for It wnen you
are traveling.'
Entered as second-class matter at
the postofflce at Charlotte, N. C.
Office. 32 S. Tryon St.. Charlotte. N. C.
MONDAY, JUNE 13, 1910.
Charlotte man. The original house
was an immense one,' but since last
season, Mr. Moore has built a twin
hotel, the twins being connected by a
covered bridge and a broad gangway.
The furnishings and equipment are of
the best and include hot and cold wa
ter and baths. The service at the Tar
rymoore continues up to the standard
set for it at the start. It would be
pretty hard to find anything at the
Tarrymoore to kick about.
The Chronicle was gratified at th
A FOVKT1I ESTATE SURVEY.
The meeting of the North Carolina
. , o tiii Tn rrvmoore
rress Auauv , but lust interest manifested in the good roads
Hotel, on Wrightsvllle Beach, but just
into history, was, from an
now gone
accounts, perhaps the gladdest occa
sion it has known. The number of
the old-timers who failed to answer to
the roll-call was offset by the number
of new members. And it is a pleasure
to state here that the North Carolina
Press Association is getting on,a busi-
work, and especially at the recogni
tion accorded Mr. H. B.. Varner and his
effective agency, Southern Good
Roads. This magazine was adopted
as the official organ of the North Car-olina-.Qood
Roads Association. The
association went on record as being
in favor of an appropriation of $250,
000 a year by the State, to be appor-
i i Tf ic horpoftpr tr have t WJD
neas ub. - Honed among the counties, provided
meetings a year one in winter ana .
one in summer and these meetings
are to be for business. That means
that the editors of the State are going
to profit from practical organization.
In that way it is coming about that
the North Carolina Press Association
is becoming an organization worth
while. At the Wrightsville meeting
there were a good many addresses
made not too many, but some of
them too long: yet the whole trend
rttas toward the making of the meet
irig of the editors a practical and sub
stantial proposition. There is no doubt
that the double meeting will brng
about good results. The convention
at Wrightsville Beach, last week, was,
we belflve the thirty-eighth and It
was the first one at which the editors
of the State really considered their
duties and their opportunities. There
was immense practicability in the en
dorsement of the work of the Jackson
Training school at Concord, in the res
olutions calling for thg employment
of State convicts in the building of
good roads; in the endorsement of
New Orleans as the exposition city In
celebration of the opening of the Pan
ama Canal and in the movement to
erect a monument to the memory of
Bill Nye.
each county raises twice the amount
allotted by the Staje. One of the most
earnest good roads advocate In the
convention was 'Mr. p. B. Beard, chair
man of the board of commissioners of
Rowan cottnty. Hla speech is printed
elsewhere in connection with the reso
lutions adopted by the association.
Going through an editorial
Carolina Fruit aad Truckers' Journal,
"a 'good authority" jublished inf "Wil
mington, we get somewhat of an idea
of the vast stride that have Teen
made in the development of the truck
ing business In "the territory around
Wilmington, During the season this
spring, the strawberry growers ship
ped 425,000 cratem,- for which they
got $9 00,000. This Is against nothing
that they got twenty, years ago, for It
was Just about then that they began
to grow strawberries. But thre are
other things. This authority on the
trucking business says that whdle the
present season for lettuce was a. poor
one, the lettuce crop brought the
truckens $150,000. The dewberry and
huckleberry crop brought in the same..
The potato crop will likely reach a
total value of $250,000, while the can
taloupe, melon and other vegeta
bles will, combined, yield an addition
al $250,000, or a total from these
sources of $800,000. Even that Is not
all.-for to it is to be added the receipts
from -cabbage, green corn, peaches,
plums and figs, and these should bring
the profits of the truck- growers in the
territory under ddiscussion, for the
crop of 1910. up to $2,000,000. The
possibilities of truck growing In the
eastern part of the State are great.
bu,t have not.yet been fully realized.
We believe we are within bounds
when we set the birth of- truck grow
ing ae recent as 20 years in the past.
That it has grown to an annual rev
enue producer of two million dollars,
it is easy o conjecture what the next
few years may bring forth when the
people get down to the business right.
AFFAIRS IN NORTH CAROLINA.
Daily Incidents Facts - and Comnient Gathered From
- The Newspapers of the State.
Facilities for the entertainment and
comfort of visitors are being added to
Wrightsville Beach each year. The
steel pier running out. from the Sea
shore Hotel far beyond the breakers,
is the finest addition yet made to the
beach. The Seashore Hotel has also
Jyst completed and equipped a large
annex. There is more real enjoyment
to be found at Wrightsville Beach
than at any other seaside resort we
know of. If a man wants to wear old
clothes to the enhancement of his
comfort, well and good. And morning,
noon and in the evening, the women
can dress as handsomely as they want
to. At the dance at Lumlna Friday
night, the most handsomely gowned
woman of the evening was the wife of
a North Carolina editor, whose home
is not far from High Point.
If The Chronicle had the price. It
could print a book about last week's
meeting of the association. The news
columns have carried the details, but
there Is much room for embellishment.
The editor of this paper is just now
coming into a realization of how much
of the good there is" in this life he has
missed by not having more frequently
We feel better morally, physically
and every other way for the stronger
comradeship following contact with
the men behind the press. It is prob
able that the summer meeting of 1911
will be held at Blowing Rock.
lO MAKE A DESERT BLOOM.
It is twelve mdles across from Wil
mington to Wrightsville. South of
this line, that strip of New Hanover
knocked off work and mingled with county is shaped like a wedge, coming
the brethren of the press. Friendships to a point at Fort Fisiher. This
were formed last week that will be a . wedge-shaped section between ocean
A WORD COMISG FROM VOVGH-
There are four candidates for the
Democratic nomination for Congress
man Cowles' seat, and it appears that
within the past few days, somebody
has started the report that one of the
four Democrats, not only voted' for
Blackburn, but als voted for Cowles.
Mr. Walter Murphy, of Salisbury, who
Is one of the candidates, did not wait
for the finger of suspicion to be point
ed at him, but came forward with a
clean bill of health. There is no need
for the other three to ask, "Is it I?"
because The Concord Tribune says the
charge Is made against Mr. Robert
Doughton. the candidate from Alle
ghany, and who has been considered
by the public as the strongest man in
the race. In making the matter pub
lic. The Tribune says it thinks "a
great injustice is being done Mr.
Doughton. if the charges are not true.
In that, although the rumor has been
persistent, no publication of it has
been made, and the matter may not
have come to his attention." It hopes
there Is no truth in the report and
that Mr. Doughton "can promptly
clear his skirts." Those who know
the man from Alleghany have no
fears that he will disappoint the peo
ple of his district In the matter of
these charges. The word which the
public expects from him wiV be
promptly forthcoming, or we will be
very much mistaken in our estimate
of him.
riynicATiox for kit.go.
The Chronicle regards the settle.
ment of the North Carolina bond
! nroblem. last week, as one of the
happiest Incidents in the recent his
tory of the State. In effect,-the buy
ers of these bonds waved them to the
country at large as a challenge to any-
v GOOD ItOADS.
Hickory and Lenoir People to Have
-A Better Connection. '
Tckory Democrat.
The Caldwell County Good Roads
Association has been organized -at
Qfan FalIt and, vicinity. Mr. J. M
AIITed is one of tho prime movers,
and Mr. John L. Sigmon is treasurer.
One of the prime obects is to get a
better road between Lenoir and Hick
?Jw ' 11 ls Proposed to get at least
100 men to oin. paying $10 member
ship fee. and devote this to building
this road, a thousands dollers would
go a long ray to putting this road in
good shape it ls proposed to spend
at least $200 on the stretch of road
mlmedlately beyond the Catawba river
bridge on the Caldwell side. It ls al
so desired that Hickory people get In
the game and help to improve the
road on the Catawba side. The Dem
ocrat has undertaken to help Mr. All
red and the nw association. Thert
is a bunch of folk here who are In
terested in the Hickory-Granite Falls
Lenoir road. Come' Into the Democrat
office or call up over the 'phon. and
say if they will Join this association
the necessary $10 worth. Let's get
busy. ,
,
1 Stop at Seven Cents a Bottle.
Salisbury Post.
There is a near-beer war on at
Barber, this county, and the thirs
ty citizens of that splendid little burg
can now procure the beverage at 7
cents a bottle. , One or these places
is run by a Mr. Lowder and the other
by a Mr. Thompson aod they began a
cut in the price several days ago.
There ls no local license on near-beer
stands at Barber. .
$3,000 for Xegro Industrial" T School.
Greenville Reflector. .
Prof. W. C. Chance, president ana
founder of Tiggs Industrial Institute,
for the industrial training and better
ment of the colored .race, has secured
a pledge of three thousand dollars for
the school with the condition that he
raise one thousand dollars from other
sources. In order to do this. Princi
pal Chance appeals to those who are
interested in the advancement of the
race to contribute something to tne
amount 'necessary, to be raised.
Checks or money orders may be maa
to Mr. J. G. Godard. cashier of the
Bank of Martin county, who is treas
urer of the institution. ,
v-
Hickory's Creamery Begins.
Tthe Democrat. .
Mr. G. P. Tassel, of Chambersburg,
In the noted Vumberland Valleyk is
the new butter maker and 1 wtli
pleased with the beginning made. The
cream wagon runs two routs, one to
ward the Dutch Dairy Farm, the
Robinson! ProDst and other farms,
Land the other route toward the Ca
tawba rlcer. The creamery is receiv
ing 350 pounds of cream a day is
turning out 200 pounds of butter a da
at prestnt. The butter foes to cus
tomers previously supplied by the in
dividual dairies.
Prof. Wootn to Preach in Wilmington.
Durham Sun.
Prof. .J. C. Wooten. of Trinity, left
this morning for Wilmington where
he will preach during the summer
months at Grace church for Rev. T.
A. Smoot, who goes to Europe for
an extended tour. Mr. Wooten will
be gone from Durham until about
September. Rev. Mr. Smoot, who
formerly was pastor of Memorial
church, goes upon th's trip for a
needed vacation and rest.
Wool Versus Dogs.
Concord Tribune.
Speaking of the item in this paper
about Mr. Frank Teoier hlppinj?
$600 worth of wool to Elkins. the
Salisbury Post says: "If there were
more sheep raisers and less dogfKn
elers there would be more Mr. Teeter"&
shipping $300 worth of wool to El
kln. One Cabarrus man selling $800
worth of wool! That's more than ali
the four-legged curs in Cabarrus and
Rowan together would btlng."
THE
SKY PIRATt
Copyright. 1910, by Frank A. Muns
ey Co.
Changing to Electric Power.
Hickory Democrat.
The Ivey ill shut down Saturday,
June 4, for one week. During the
time the electric power will be con
nected to the motors and the mill
will be run by electric power.
What They "Will Do.
Durham Herald.
If that Raleigh crowd keeps on
talking they will finally make It ap
pear that a man can scratch his ticket
now and then and still remain respec
table .
Politic Quiet in Guilford.
Greensboro Record.
If ever there was a time -when there
was less excitement over a primary
election we do not recall it. notwith
standing the efforts of the candidates
to arouse the voters. This is really
an indorsement of the condldates. for
evidentuy the people know that the
country will be safe in the hands of
any of the aspirants.
Mountain Fire May Result in Suit.
Danbury Reporter. n
The Are which raged on the mount
ain last week for several days was
let out by employes of the Baird Lum
ber Co.. of High Point, who are en
gaged in cutting the Overby timber
tract, end that several hundred acres
of vallm-ble timber land were burned
over. The matter may result in big
damage suits against the lumber com
pany. Kitchln and the Bonds.
Durham Herald.
There is hardly a doubt that the
American Tobacco Company thought
that by taking part of the bonds it
was helping the State when it was
needing help, but we do not see that
It was helping the governor out of a
hole. The governor was not respon
sible for the bonds and could not
have blamed If the State could not
have sold them.
A Haul in Durham.
The Herald.
Officers J. D. Pleasants and E. C.
Bfrlvln yesterday afternoon captured
Wesley McGhee and twenty-three gal
lons of liquor In West Durham near
Tickstown, and have both in jail, es
pecially McGhee.
'
Concord's Aid.
The Tribune.
The Cabarrus Savings Bank sub
sciibed to tlo.000 of the otatn's b--nIs
and the Concord aNtional Bank too.
$5.00o
SPARKLERS.
Gems From the o excel -Casfcefs of the
Newspaper Paragraphers.
Birmingham Age-Herald.
SHE TAMED THE TAMER.
Said a Hon tamer's wife.
s bold as bold could be.
"My husband tames Hons,
But he can't atme me.
Cleveland Leader.
"How do you distinguish the waiters
full dress.
sober.
sweet memory to the end. He had not i and river is almost uninhabited, but
before realized the full strength and ' tne indications are that In the course
energy of the personnel of the North ! of a few years it will be converted into
Carolina press. He had alwavs har- thf most productive strip of soil in the i
"horeH a si.sniMnn in State. Sine laBt Marr an v,-t , body who would doubt the credit of
North Carolina had the best corps of the United States Geological Sur- .North Carolina. As a matter of fact ln ' ITel
editors in the South, and now he ve' en going over it mapping ; tnere were more DiaQe inn mere
knows it. Aside from the value of ! out plans for its drainage, whereby it j were bonas' an U the issue had-been
forming new acquaintances is the ; can be converted into farming lands, i f or 000,000 all of the bonds would
pleasure of renewing old friendships. ! The expectations are that with its re- j have been taken- The action of the
Among those who we feel it profitable j clamation, It will' produce rice, corn American Tobacco Company cannot
to have come into personal knowledge and cotton, perhaps of ' sea island I but be regarded in the light of a vln
of are Dr. Atkinson, of The Christian Quality. In this proposed develop- Idicatlon of Dr. (now Bishop) John C.
Sun, and Mr. O. F. Crowson. of The i ment there are great possibilities f or ! Kllgo- against whom such a bitter war
Burlington News., Time has dealt that section of New Hanover.
very lightly with Manning, of The
Gold Leaf, and Farriss, of The High,
Point Enterprise. Hammer, of The
Asheboro Courier was the most impos
ing figure of the convention but we
must stop this, or we will be calling
the roll and we have no room for
that.
THE FIGHT OJV JUDGE LObG.
But we must speak of one more. By
a long shot, the most interesting per
sonage we met was Mr. E. D. Pear
sail, who runs a news syndicate at
Rocky Point, His arrival at the hotel
was distinguished by the fact that he
carried an umbrella in one hand and
a half gallon jug in the other. The
jug was Intended as a present for his
beloved friend, Joe Daniels. Mr. Dan
iels, however, was not at the meeting
and Mr. Pearsall pressed the stuff on
was waged for accepting money from
that corporation. ' Dr. Kllgo was a
j wise man. The aid which he recehr
sed from the Dukes enabled him to
. In a little editorial a few days ago bu,ld up Qne of the flnest eucatIon
about the efforts being made to de- al lnsUtutions In the whole country
feat Judge Long, The Chronicle ap- !ftnd through whlch he has turned out
pears to have discovered the source an army of young men who ,n theJr
from which the opposition to him (Various vocationS are reflecting credit
comes. Following up what we said I n thelr State an(1 Sonth fln nrmv
in
Washington Star.
"You are not Interested in family
trees." "No," replied Miss Cayenne, "x
many of them remind me ofithese contin
ual announcements that the fruit crop Is,
a failure.
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS
Til fman Again at Home and in Good
Shape.
Columbia Record.
Senator Tillman has returned to his
home at Trenton, arriving Friday
night, accompanied by Mrs. Tillman.
For several weeks he has been In the
Robertson sanitarium in Atlanta and
apparently has been benefited oy his
stay. He Is looking well and Is
stronger than for some time. It is
understood to be Senator Tillmans
plan to remain at his home for the
present.
Boston Transcript.
"Doctor, my wife has lost her voice.
What can I do about it?" "Try getting
home late some night.''
Philadelphia Ledger.
"I saw the comet last night through
an opera glass." "I guessr I had a dlf-
ferent kind of glass. I saw two comets."
Browning's Mgasine. . .
Bess I sometimes wish I might see my-
that paragraph, it might not be that , collectively, now one of the elf a others see me. Nell-Oh, you pooj
, ' r v greatest forces in the advancement of
ally acquainted with Judge Long. We the materlal lnterests of North Caro.
have never met Wm, yet we know by But for Dr
hie record-that he is a good and fear- ft wOU,d even W be ftn Qbscure &nd
less Judge Just the sort the people of struKgi,ng educational institution. in
North Carolina want to keep on the 8tead of one whose fame is much more
uenc-. Jn view 01 mis ngnt mat is than state-wide
petng maae on Judge Long, it is en
tirely proper to call attention to a
dear! Why, you just couldn't
your eyes.
believe
few things. One Is that holding the
judicial office which he does. Judge
Long oould not afford to go into a
1i .
an wno carea to risk it. Mo :
was scuppernong wine that was made I 8cramble fr denomination. We be
in 1665. and was therefore 245 years ' "eVe that h ! M ne f th?
" old. He knew it was that old because 3udffes of tne Superior Court
.he had dug it out of an Tndfa mnr. bencn ln the Stat?- And- aa,n- we
that was made in the year 1665. &re loslng some f our best. Three
experienced juages nave recently re
tired and one othef has said that he
can no longer afford to remain in the
service. In view of these facts, it be
ciomes the people of the State to look
There were a number of good talk
ers In the convention, some of them
even eloquent, but the only real ora
tor that was heard w i T'.c
H. Cowan, editor of The Wilmlngtoa j 55'? maUer f the 3udiolary-
tmi,v, Tl .. . The Chronicle is no spokesman for
11 waa no surprise mat he . t..j t x. ,
o jng, mil ii laniw mis mucn
The State is now in
the same boat with Dr. KJlg.
Hamilton, , the aviator who flew
from New York to Philadelphia this
morning, is the man whom The
Chronicle and The Observer had en
gaged to give a flying exhibition in
Charlotte. This merely by way of ev
idence that these two papers had con
tracted with a real flying man.
Dispatch.
was put on as orator for the next con
occasion.
ventjon. He was the surprise of their " iaDors as a
field, that he has "made goodLas the
saying goes, on the bench and that
! by
As a matter of course, Mr. John B.
Sherrill was sentenced to serve anoth
er term of one year as secretary and
-treasurer. But this sentence of Sher
rill Is a mere formality, the observ
ance of which belongs to the set per
formances of the convention.
The members of the press heard re
marks on their possibilities in aid of
the public health, by Dr5. W. S. Ran
king who is secretary of the State
board of health. Dr. Rankin Is a son
of Mr.. John R. Rankin, of Mill Hill
and Is a young professional man before
every right, , he should be given
another term, not only by way of vin
dication, but by way of endorsement,
for the idea of a judge being crucified
by reason of his stand for justice and
right, must be abhorrent to aill people
who are in their right mtads.
If we could catch the. ear of Mr.
Brodle Duke, we would suggest that
he has talked quite enough, and It
would be entirely agreeable to the
public for him to pass into-the re
tired Hfe of a good citizen
Corn is In taeael at Maxton.
PERSONAL AND OTHERWISE.
The chilling effect of the accession of
George V. upon the smart set ln Eng
lish society cannot be wholly obscured.
For the new kuig never gambles, even
at bridge. As for his Influences upon
gambling by others, it is sufficient to
recall that when he made his tour of
the world he ordered that. In whlst .no
tvp higher stakes than penny.' points be
played for. It is not Impossible, after a'l
that his majesity will become the idol of
that section- of the people usually de
scribed as "the nonconformist consci
ence. 55 , .;'
An anti-decoration league has been
,formed in Servia to combat the increas
ing flood of foreign and home orders
with which the State functionaries are
accustomed to adorn their breasts. Th
founder of the league, himself a much
decorated ex-minister, was inspired by
the sight of his son standing before a
mirror and vainly seeking space for the
latest medal on his thicWy-constellsted
breast' ; :
The Tatler.
"Yes, but Mr. Briggs, how could you
tell the motor car was traveling at the
rate of 5 miles an hour?" "Why, becos
Oi seed the wheels agoin' round."
Buffa'o Express.
"What kind of a crossing did you
have?" "Wretched." said Mrs. Punctily,
"stayed in our stateroom all the way ov
er and not single person called on us."
TO FORM ANTI-GRAFT SOCIETY.
First Concerted Action Looking to
Suppression of Graft in All Forms
is Taken Notables Are Active in
Movement.
Washington. June 12. The first
concerted step toward suppressing
graft in all its forms throughout the
country will be taken here this week
when the organization whose future
name probably will be the "National
Anti-Graft Movement" will open of
fices in this city from which it will
conduct its campaign. Harry W.
Walker will be In charge. The
movement is the direct result of the
anti-graft speech made last week by
former Governor Folk of Missouri
at a banquet tendered him by the
Missouri Democracy. It ls said that
considerable funds have already been
pledged to put the organization on a
substantial basis, and that it will
have the moral support of leading
theologians representing all phases
of religious thought.
Among those who are said to be
prominently identified with ' the
movement are Perry Belmont, Ru
dolph Spreckles, Augustus Thomas,
the playwright. Joseph J. Willett of
Alabama and Norman Hapgood.
The date for holding the first na
tional convention, it is expected, "will
be fixed this week in Paris, where
Messrs. Belmont and Spreckles will
hold a conference.
Hemphill Shifts the Job to Kolin.
J. C. Hemphill. In Richmond Times
Dispatch. The South Carolina Press Associa
tion will hold its annual meeting next
week. It is hoped that by this time
President Kohn will be able to report
progress with the special dutv assign
ed to him last year the amendment
of the railroad law so that newspapei
men and journalists may be able to
travel about more freely than they
have been ln position to do since the
congress arrived at the conclusion
that advertising space could not be
exchanged for transportation courte
sies without subjecting the liberties
of the people to very grave danger.
It ls true that Johin Temple Graves
is not now under the necessity of
touching the railroads for any f.uoh
aids as "press tickets" for the dissem
ination of general Intelligence, v.-ut
there are so few of us who are in like
circumstances with this sllver-tongu?c5
and fountain-penned wonder cf the
journalistic world, that is is up to
Kohn to fix things so that we can all
go around often as we used to.
Haven't the trains got to run any
how? Isn't there always a lot of un
used space in the passenger coaches?
Would there be any harm in filling in
the empty seatn in exchange for val
uable space in the newspapers col
umns that are now filled in far too
many cases with matter that IS not
nearly so interesting and instructive
withal as railroad schedules?
CHAPTER XVI.
A FIGHT NEAR THE CLOUDS.
I AWOKE both the secretary and Mr.
Grayman as soon as the new situation
developed, and. they came out on deck.
Mr. Grantham Immediately fell In with
my opinion.
"The rascal has another port there,"
he said. "I' wish the other aeros would
come up."
"The Skylark," I replied, "will soon be
here; but we cannot wait for her. Pay
ton either run out of power, or he
means to make a stand. We are so close
upon him that he will have to escape
under our guns; and if I know Ethan
Haight's style of shooting the fellow will
not run far."
"Surely not," I replied. "Yet, you see
yourself that some risk must be taken.
What I shall try to do is to disable the
Chameleon. A shell into her motors, or
the breaking of one of her aeroplanes
would 'dp it."
"But then she might be precipitated to
the ground."
"But she is not likely to. She would
flutter down. If she fell at all like a
wounded bird. . Remember how the Ea
gle behaved last night and she was bad
ly hit. Then of course. Payton has
parachutes and he would save his pris
oners in that way."
"I am not so sure of that,' said the
secretary. "He would probably think
onlv of saving his own neck. But rea'-
"I'm not so sure of that," said the
secretary. "He wou'd probably think on
ly of saving his own neck. But really,
Grayman the danger of a tumble is
slight. In the battle above the English
channel between the French and British
aero squadrons, during the last war, 30
fliers were completely disabled shot to
pieces, as far as any further utility was
concerned but not one of them fell Into
the water. All succeeded in skimming to
land on one side or the other."
"If we can," said I. "we will stop him
before he can get any."
"You think he Is on this side of the
hummock?" asked the secretary.
"Ethan thinks so, but is not sure. We
will have to look closely now."
While we were talking we had drawn
up within a couple of miles of the hum
mock, which was a mound bill, covered
with timber and rising to a height of a
hundred feet perhaps out of a broad,
level plain, where there were few
trees and vegetation of al kinds, except
grass, was scanty. I now slowed up, for
I didn't want to run into an ambush.
Seeing nothing suspicious in the vicinity
circle it, keeping a good offing and" a
of the hill from our side, I concluded to
sharp lookout. I had descended grad
ually while approaching and we were
now not over 100 feet above the ground.
I swung round, first to the east, and then
ot the north. f?till nothing was tn sight
and we all began to feel Nanxlous.
"Confound the fellow!" exclaimed the
seoretfwv. ""Whore qp he have gone? He
must have a hole in the ground.
"Perhaps he is among the timber on
the hill," I said, and upon this thought
I ordered the steresman to rise, at the
same time turning inward. We had not
risen more than fifty feet when Ethan
Halght shouted.
"There he goes!"
"Where?" cried Mr. Grantham, and I.
in a breath, running to Ethan's side as
he stood by his gun in the bow.
"Low down almost at tother side o
the hummock," repMed Ethan, pointing;
he's as green as a grasshopper, but I kin
sight Mm."
And Ethan bogan to manipulate his
gun.
It was several seconds before I suc
ceeded In catching sight of the Chame
leon which verily, as Ethan had said,
was as green as a grasshopper and as
hard to spy against the verdue that cov
ered the plain, for she was running al
most in contact with the ground. If we
had not edged around the hil Howard
the west so quickly he would probably
have got clean away, under the shelter
of the hill before we could have seen him.
Payton's ruse was so simple and yet
so perfectly executed that it made me
redrlon irfti.
I , xation.
tried a
, """" game dur'r "3i
. 1U easily diRt . "Ju?hr.,
- 1-4. i I V I - J
e hoc
-? of
"P mat idea after he fourf, ..
"as nanSing on air, , : :
nau merely droppPd d
side of the wooaed Vi? a,n h'
"usi or the Di,: j e-?va.
utPt around th
kfPTlin trr t
r- - i j UU h TO t.
, -------- mrough tho "
Lc wane, and with he , ..
"ii me southern side art
"urmern tie had stolen . 03
Ing fox. aa-v -ike a!.
Now he was off f0r
top of his speed. a:
three miles awav ann"''ln: i
"For heaven's sake. K,v,
!'why don,t fire?" "
"I'm drawin'-n h..'.
ner; and as he spoke' -J'?? tbd
leaped from the mu77e r"
no smoke we could .... :r'
little prolectile ." ;;?n: of
I $vj
which -,s ,' f
reach of the gun and
too plainly that
-. . u. va ua l . no .....
. . "i a s.-.im -.
auu or the extremo ... l
In a flat curve, ohacd t
ro, overtook it in a f-"" l!:?a:':
believed we could sop , "jV ac
"Hurrahi" I oriefl -r'..''
Ethan immediately fi-M an!:
first shot had been n:ade J" h'
"ve p.v.'j
The ... "J M
The Chameleon showed V0"s-- '?':,
seriously hurt, thn., t ' 'm '
that th, -ul T' "'as C?Sfl-J
1111. tl,rn nai ;iVie.
.. 01IC ucuanuy waved a -', t
and kept
"'va.iuuic me .sicv ark
Iniy . .
up
runaway
--" " uiiij teg
meleon or notice our w ","
her but sh mmi "",' ':&4
... ,u "..i utu5nt, i aw
course to head Payton n: 'tv..'
cession. The two wre r.ow
than a mile and n ' 2
a jar ..j .
w .j wuiil IU LCW.
This time Pavton. who ...
ed our shots n-oc . " "-
instantly answered the SkvV'
n nH thT tha.. ..-.a.. ':
v.. Bou al .-.ayrr-a. J
.o.., uonjg u-iis ana tMc Cvs-(
all the while edging westward
It was an BTritino. .
, .d,.,e
Tra t Vi aJ ( I 1 i , CJ-
ieivcnuy prayea that the si-i-J
o'lens mignt; reacn a vita!
several points' ea.J
. She was runnine h-h J
whether ciq i
eagerly as I watched T co-Vd no;
they did any damage. w ry
them explode on the ground ,T '
yond the Chameleon. Ethan was bJ
nimseii.
me uiaMru luouers. na cr e "N
ougnt ro nir a crow at that rar-r
Still the firing went on as re c-'i
by the faint blue flashes and :h
etlike explosion; but to my dismsv.
that ft n-- c 1 - - T - .
that reached the object. She kept
and the Skylark was al most tu""
tie, then righted herself and bEi
swing around slow, eddying: with i-J
Ing wings and. finally dropped to
earth.
It was all over with her as far a-
fight was concerned, and everyth:?.M
again depended upon us, unless
Crow and the Bobolink should c.3.
in time to aid us. I scanned the id
zon and the sky to the southward
could catch no glimpse of them.
"They have lost us in the niti.'
exclaimed bitterly.
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