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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times, 1886-1-14, Page 6AN EGYPTIAN ROMANCE. Story of Lave and, Wild Adventure, founded upon Startling Revela- tions in the Career of Arabi Pasha, 11 the nil:or of " NINA, THs NIHILIST," " THE ICED Snerni ," " Tien BusmIen' Si';' Lion ET°.. CHAPTER NIX.. A1tABI PASHA, TELLS AS SECRETS WHAT HE WISHES TO BE MADE PUBLIC, But no sooner had he accepted the war minister's offer than it struck Mr, Trrzir that by the act he, the leediug European banker in Caho, had more or leas allied him- self with an arch -rebel and in a manner even identified himself with the rebellion. If it were to take the form of e succeeaful revolution, of course this would be immateri- al, for to the sucoeseful all things are forgiv- en, but what if the mivement never rose above the dignity of a rebellion and, on its beingstamped out, ata 1enders were shot or sent to the galleys, how would be then es- cape the shame of he and hie family having been the arch -rebel's guests ? Why, the en- tire European community of Cairo weuld nut him, that, at least, was evident, So, instead of at once departing with the expression of seourity and gratitude on his face that had for a brief while dwelt there whilst reoelviug and accepting the war min- ister's levitation, he still sat on the edge of his chair, puffing and blowing with both the inward and outward heat (fi r the ther enometer marked more than a hundred de- grees), whilst he mopped his bald head with his yellow bandana handkerohlel in a state of the most pitiable perplexity. Arabi Pasha read his thoughts as clearly as though they had been expressed in words, and despising the old time server in hie heart, said blandly : " Oh, I see you are anxious to know how the good movement speeds, I say good movement unreservedly, for unless you deemed it to be such I am convinced that you would not have affianced your lovely child to its chief promoter—myself." Mr. Trezarr fancied that a silent bow wou'd be the best answer to this speech. -" Well, you shall know, my dear sir, for I have no secrets from one who is so soon to 'be my father-in-law. Of course I speak in <confidence." (Here Arabi Pasha smiled in- voluntarily, for in heart he wished that all that he was about to say might be oireulat- -ed far and wide, and knew that his auditor was just the person to confide it in similar confidence to a hundred or so of his ac- ••qualntances, who in like manner would in - Worm theirs in tarn, until at last all. Cairo `,was in the secret) " You are doubtless al - weedy aware that the Khedive is no longer the ruler of Egypt save in name ?" "I have heard the rumor that year ex- ceIlency has imgr'Iaoned him in his own pal- ace." " That is a bard way of putting it, Mr. Trezarr. My devoted soldiery are guarding him in his palace against possible harm from those who are enraged against him for the predet &tion that he has shown for foreign- ers over his own pecple, and equally for his safety they prevent those foreigners from compromising him further by approaching him," Then he proceeded rapidly but explicitly to detail all that had taken place between himself and the consuls of all the leading European nations, in which he to'' -d them that Tewfik was his pri,oner, adding that he had received the Sultan's approval for all that he had done and teat he had received feesh instructions from his sovereign by that morning's mail. " In evidence of their genninenese," said Arabi, "here is the diamond Order of the Medjida, the highest honor which the Sul- tan can bestow upon a subject. It is wel- come to me chiefly because it prevents hia Majesty from again altering his mind. With the guarantees that I at present hold for his active alliance. he dares not do so ; and the united Tarkish and Egyptian armies, with France neutral, Germany and Austria secretly supplying nsand Russia and Italy almost daring England to draw the sword, what can she do, except, per- haps, make a fracas with her ironclads as she did at Dalcigus, tike a great dog bark- ing in its kennel but enable to break the chain that holds it back from biting ? If Tewfik yields to all our demands he Jean but remain a puppet king, and I shall be for years the real ruler of Egypt ; whilst if he is obstinate, and has to fly the realm and seek safety in Europe, I shall aft on the ivory footstool and guard the silver throne for Prince Halim, even should he not ap- pear for years. Mr. Trezarr was by now tboroughly con- vinced that, to use his own inelegant amilie, though Arabi Pasha had shot up like a rocket, he would not come down like the stick, that in fact events had made him the foremost man in Egypt, and that he would make a most unexceptional and brilliant match for his only child. Again therefore he accepted the war min- ister's invitation that his entire family should accept the shelter of hie palace from the possible violence of the mob. But when a few minutes later he had taken his departure Arabi Paaha muttered to himself : "Ah, even he is ready to snap at me. Little does ne think that I no long- er dare marry his daughttegr." Mr. Trezarr re-entered his carriage and dreve back to his bank, meeting with no further misadventure on the way than hav- ing aying his hat knocked off by a stone, another missile cutting his coachman's face open a little later.' Having alighted he sent the vehicle away to the Hotel Coulomb, in the Esbeliah, with inetruottone to call for him as usual at four o'clock, for to a man of Mr. Trezerr's tem- perament the safety of his bank came before t.. that of even wife and child, The doors and shutters were of course tightly closed and all business suspended, but Mr, Trezarr kept hia clerks hard at their books, and pretended to be equally closely engaged in his own. His ears, how- ever, were on the inert to oatoh what his underlings thought of the aituaeion, but they were a set of intrepid and adventur- ous young fellows, whose chief regret gemm- ed to be, that the omimaries of Toulba Paaha had visited the bank during their prince, pal's absence to search the place and their persons for weapona, taking away with them all that they had been able to find. "All the better, ' thought Mr. Trezarr, " for oneiincautloue act might have been our ruin. Hour after hour pearled ht the gealit bank, with naught but the eoratching of pens and the subdued buzz of occasional conversation within and a strange, discordant medley of sounds without; now soft, now loud, some- thing reeentbling the monotonous murmur 01 Summers sea, but ever and anon rising i to the shrieking wail of the Winters temp. est. At last there was a knocking at the street door and the rettdt of an espial through the keyhole showing that the applicant for ad- misslon was an emissary from the war offioe he was at once let in and the door again se• oarely fastened in his rear.. He ealeemed in silence and handed Mr, Trezarr a note, which he tore open and eag- erly perused, It was from the war minister and its pur- port was as follows : " I much fear that the populace are slip. ping out of my grasp. I have as yet only three thousand troops wherewith to hold three hundred thousand excitable and easily maddened people in cheek. My advice to you is that you brick up the front windows and door of the bank and send me the keys, when I will hold myself accountable for the safety of its contents (you told me, 1 think that you had the noceseary materials athand a rase 9 i e of emergency .). I also counsel you as soon as ever this is done to get home as quietly and unostentatiously as you can, and there comfort the ladies with aseuranooe of safety and with thein quietly abide the hour whim I shall send an ade- quate eeooit to conduct you to my palace, as well as Egyptian dresses wherewith to plane even the risks of insult on account of your creed and race out of the range of possibili- ty, Expect the escort soon after darkness has set in nor fear the danger in the mean- time, but if the mob should unfortunately get the upper hand of me the warehouses and shops of the Europeans in the city will appeal to their cupidity and invite their at- tack before the private residencea in the suburbs. I have still, however, a strong hope of being able to check outrage, and by to-inorrow I shall have five thousand extra ti oops in the city and then strict order will be enforced and the European population will no longer have anything to fear." This letter caused Mr. Trezarr consider- able uneasiness. He, however, dismissed the Canvass who had brought it with a handsome present, and then at once prepar- ed to follow the advice that it had oontain- ed. An abundance of bricks and ready -mixed mortar had been kept on the premises for days, owing to the possibility of a crisis like the present arriving, and now the spruce Werke pulled off their coats, tucked up their sleeves and went to work with a will, the consequence being that in something under three hours the door and all the front ground floor windows of the bank were thickly bricked up on the inside, whilst yet another hour saw the back door and all the windows save one treated in like manner, the solitary exception having to be bricked tip from the outside as a matter of course, since 'twos through it that the occupants of the bank had been constrained to make their exit therefrom. There existed a hundred chances to one, however, that the populace would never think of approaching the building from the rear, for it was only to be reached in that direction through a perfect labyrinth of ruins, and it was through this labyrinth that Mr. Trezarr and his clerks now retreat- ed for the greater security in different direc- tions, the banker eventually turning up at the Hotel Coulombe about the same time as one of his employes reached the war office in order to hand the bank keys and a short note of thanks to Arabi Pasha, A few minutes later Mr. Trezarr once more re-entered his carriage and uttered the welcome word, " Home " The blood horses spurned the dusty Boll with their hoofs, and away flew the well- appointed equipage through an avenue of mimosa trees as big as English oaks in full flower. CHAPTER XX, NELLIE FINDS HERSELF IN A QUANDARY. Everything was so quint in that part of Cairo through which Mr. Trezarr passed that he began to hops that the worst was over, The sole cause of the quietude, however, was that the aroused population had swarm- ed to other quarters of their huge city, leav- ing this portion all but deserted. It was fortunate for the bankerthat it wan so, and also that all the way home be. encountered -none of the rioters. Arrived at Mount Carmel, Mr. Trezarr alighted from the carriage, and then enter- ed his sumptuous residence with an almost unruffled countenance. Bet instead of, as usual, proceeding to his chamber and his valet in order to make himself more presentable ere joining the ladies, he walked straight to the drawing - room, where he discovered his oomely wife and lovely daughter already dressed for din- ner ; for all he was somewhat late, and so- ciety generally dines at five P. MP at Cairo, so as to have the entire cool of the evening at disposal for the promenade, the ride or the drive. But there were to be no more pleasant rides, driver+ or promenades in its locality for a long while, and this was an intelli- genoe,that Mr. Trezarr had to break to his family, " You Iook worried and tired, Paul," was Mrs, Trersrr'e first observation. At the remark Nellie glanced anxiously toward her father, but said nothing. "-Well, my dear, I own to be a little fag. ged, but I am about to take a holiday." "A holiday, with matters as they are?' queried the lady of the house. "Yes, my love. for the bank is not only looked up, it is bricked up as well, and the keys are handed over to our oxeolelnt friend, the war minister, who has promised to be responsible for the safety of every- thing," replied Mr. Trezarr unctuously. "Isn't that very Mire intruding a hungry fox with the charge of a poultry yard, pa- pa 1' inquired Nellie maliciously. It was Mr. Trezarr's turn this 'time to wear an anxious glance, but to say nothing, " I don't eee the similitude at all, Nel- lie," said Mr. Trezarr eeveroly, " His ex- cellency Arabi Paella is at this mement su- premo ruler of Egypt, and, mark my word, he will remain so. Tho joint control is at an end, and while Frenoe will do nothing to oppeao him. Turkey will natively help him, and I cannot believe that a Britian liberal government will really snake war on a nation for eimply supporting the freedom of its own parliament against a despot who has certainly tried hard to overthrow it. No, Eegiand will assuredly come to berms. with the only man who cares for Egypt, who is oared for by Bpry pt or whom the Egyptian people will allow to rale over them, • I am now fully convinced that this ie a genuine national u rising, if ever there was ono, And sb direotl�y Egypt's Cham ion and benefactor invited ns to be hie guests for a few dayet / Aooepted the invitation," " Invited tut to be his guests, papa t Why does he want us to he his guests ?" The question came frons Nellie, who had suddenly turned a@ pale as death. "Because, my dear," rejoined the father, " a disorganized time liko the present le the rogue's harvest, and Egyptian rogues are bloodthirsty as well as eiehoutst. There are hundreds of religious enthusiasts also in the city who would conelder it a mother, nous act to shed Chrietiau blood and to stir up others to do eo as well, and as the wer minleter has not yet sufficient troops to keep this turbulent elemout in abeyance, he hes offered us the shelter of hie roof, under which we shall be as eafc as though we were at home in old Eogland." ".lint mamma and 1 should be shut up In his harem and guarded by monstrous ne- groes as though we were prisoners, for in no ether part of a Moslem habitation are our sex allowed to set foot. You would never be permitted to see us, papa, from the mo• ment that we entered his palace," " My clear, I think I could hear the ordeal, and besides it would only be for a .few days," "I m sure I could bear It very well, and should delight in the change," echoed Mrs, Trezarr. "Remember the pasha has al- ready one wife, and I've no doubt that she woul t receive us and do the honors very creditably, or at all eventa according to her lights." " Knowing that I was intended to super sede her in her husband's affections, that I was to be his second cud, of oonrae, favor- ite wife. Aud thee, once a prisoner in his harem, how could I save myself from be- coming his wife if you and he determine to force me to the stsp ? Papa, I will not ae• cept the Pasha's invitation, You and mam- ma may go if you like, but I will stay here. Nothing shall force me into hia harem t" ex- claimed Nellie excitedly. " But when does he expect us ?" who quickly added, for it suddenly struck the lovely girl that if the removal was nos to be until the morrow there would be no need of her so fearfully exciting herself, since in half a dozen hours more sho would have eloped with her lover, and long ere dawn be out of reach of all further persecution. But her father's answer knocked tide hope entirely on the head, for it was : •' His excellency will Benda special escort for us during the evening, and disguises to wear In addition, in order that we may bo quite safe from the fury or the fanaticism of the populace as we pass along. And now, Nellie, I have only to add that you must do as your parents with you, believ- ing that they have your best interests at heart. I am convinced that you will be as secure in the pasha's harem as in your own bedchamber at home, for he is a highly honorable man, and, besides, matters of such importance at present engross his attention that I doubt if he will bestow on you a single thought. Ah 1 dinner at last," (TO BE CONTINUED, The Value of Hip -Pockets - The general practioner is frequently asked by anxious parents : " What shall I do for my boy; he is getting so awfully stoop shouldered that I am afraid he will get con- sumption I will have to get him a brace. What kind would you recommend?" It requires no extended argument to prove the importance of a well expanded chest. Apart from the incalouble benefits to health, an ereot carriage and graceful movements attract the attention of the most humble. It causes them to correct as far as they are able, in their children any ten- dency to awkward stooping, or ungainly positions. Apart from the cost and incon- venience of expensive instruments, but few meet the requirements. In many cases bet- ter results may be obtained by;attending to a few simple details, within the reach of every one, in the ordinary clothing. The boy's pockets are to him a very im- portant part of his dress, and the natural tendency to keep his hands in them, When not actively engaged, there they are usual- ly found, and if the pockets are • properly placed, they will inadvertently cause him to throw back the shoulders and more or lees expand the cheat. For Instance, the jacket or overcoat should have what is called breast pockets, the opening should be high and as far bank as possible, parallel with and in the line of the body, Instead of low down and transverse as usually found in the ordinary jacket or overcoat. The pants should! have who t are called "hip -pockets," and no others. It will then be apparent that, whilst the hands are in the pockets a better if not a perfect, position will be assumed and the boy spared the many admoni dons to "Keep your hands out of your pockets," and the accompanying box on the ear, Ignorance Regarding Hydrophobia. There is probably more ignorance abroad in the land relative to bpdrophobia than al- most any other disease that man or beast In heir to. It is 'quite safe to say that on an average of fifty dogskilled as rabid not more then one had the real rabies or hydrophobia. Most of the doge killed as mad are eimply afflicted with fits. A dog is seen running around aimlessly, snapping its jaws, from which foam is exuding, and Immediately the ory of " mad dog" is raised, and the an- imal is killed. Should anyone be bitten visions of a horrible death from hydropho- bia are conjured up, and for weeks and months the victim lives in a constant torture of fear. Now doge are subject to fits, ee= peoially in certain stages of dlsbemper, and from other causes, and the epmptoms of the disease are as above stated. Dogs never be come mad suddenly. The disease progress- es slowly, and the symptoms are readily discernible to one posted. The dog shows a great fear of light, hiding away in dark planes, and comes out very reluctantly and only at the stern commando of its master. It develops an abnormal appetite, eating boards, and even pieces of old sheet iron, tin, &o. It ahows great nervousness, start - Eng suddenly in apparent great fear of some- thing. Its coat becomes dull and rough, Finally, it shows, a great horror for water, and then t egins to wander around snapping at objectsafmleaaly? It seldom moves with ranch speed. Its bead is generally held low, its tall carried well between its lege, and its back arched. One who has seen a real mad dog will never confound it with the animal charging around with fite. When throb or four of the above a m toots dovel- op themselves, it the part of prudence to kill the dog. It was a new Western "evangelist " who comforted his hearers with the remark that there was hope for their final sa.vation if they had "faith as big as a mustard plate ter," Lake Glazier, the newly discovered toured of the Miseieeippi, is a sparkling little lake, which nestles among the place of a wild and unfrequented region of Minnesota, jest on the dividing ridge which forms the great watershed- of North Amerloa, It is about a mile and a half in greatest diameter, The Witten of the lake are exceedingly pure, 0014'ing heal !Triage, ITEAi or INTEREST. The immigration f from Ireland is at a perfect etandeliti. The people there are in hopes since the election. The new British man-of-war Canaoerdown, built of eteol, at a Coat of $2,375,000, is the heaviest ship ever leuuohed iu Eugland, 1 will be three years before ebe is ready for sea, A new prttondor has turned up in Path, a young man of iutelligence, claiming to ho the ex -Prince Imperial, °seeped from captive ity among the Zalus. He resembles the I rinoe slight y, but is insane, A man appeared on the streets of Denver recently driving a team of fatly developed elks, worth $1,500, and oapahle of travell- ing 100 miles a day. The children thought Seats Cleue had come to town. The coal mines near Egypt, N. C., are to be reopened next eummer. Oce of those mines has ashefe 4SOfeet in depth. It was this coal that was used on blockade runners at Wilmington during the war. Capt. Ead's Tehuantepec ship railway scheme has received a great impetus froin the recent action of the Moxioan Congreae in enlarging the eouo salon to the railway, and guaranteeing it $1,250,000 a year for fifteen years, on condition that cane other country guarantees ranteos twioa as much for the same period. The Chemist and Druggist toile how an astute rascal has been playing "what the Americans would call the disinfeotiug racket," He appears with a charcoal fur. uses and some brimstone, Baying that the Health Board has sent him to disinfect the house. Teen he blows up his furnace and creates so outrageous a stink that the ser- vants leave the house, and he soon follows them with everything he can lay his hands on. Referring to the deoiaion of the Roman Church declaring the operation of cranlot- my to constitute homicide, Dr. Mielziner writes to the Medical Record that according to the Mishna—the earliest collection of rabbinical decisions—"it is justifiable to kill the unborn infant in order to save the mother, as her life precedes his life. If the ohild be partially born, however, the rule does not apply, as s'one human life must not be set aside on a000unt of another, A Connecticut deacon received a slight injury to one of his eyes, which gave the organ a peculiar, fixed expression. Hence, when•he asked the village drug clerk for soda water, that experienced person be- lieved he recognized the mute request for superior old pale which prevails in many temperance villages. He aoted on this be- lief. The deacon was really surprised, and flushed slightly as he drained the glass, bat he has becomes regular customer for "ends,' and the salary of the clerk has been raised. The late Lord Ranelagh left three illegiti- mate daughters by a woman of great beauty but obscure birth. 'One of them married the Hon. Mark Napier, second son of Lord Napier, remembered as a boy in Washington when hit father was British Minister there, immediately preceding Lord Lyons, and who is now the very able barrister who con- ducted Arabi's defence. Another is wedded in Australia, and the other is Mrs. Langtry's sister-in-law, having married Mr. Le Breton, her brother, of Jersey Island. A writer in the People's Health Journal tells of a debilitated patient who did not do at all well on beef tea, but was easily re- stored to health on a diet of beam soup. The only remarkable thing about this is that the patient never expected to derive strength and nourishment from beef tea alone. Considering that we have upward of a hundred thousand dootors, and that a very large proportion of them are fully agreed that beef tea is almost valueless ex- cept as a stimulant, it is surprising that people continue to look upon it as a food. A bee's working tools comprise a variety equal to that of the average mechanic. The feet of the common working bee exhibit the combination of a basket, a brush, and a pair of pincers. The brush, the hairs of which are arranged in symmetrical rows, is only to be seen with the microscope. With this brush of fairy delicacy the bee brushes its velvet robe to remove the pollen duet with which it becomes loaded while sucking up the nectar. Another article, hollowed like a spoon, reoeivrs all the gleanings the insect carries to the hive. A. cigar -smoking doctor says that when other smokers ask him for a light he offers them a box of matches, but never his cigar. "Gentlemen suppose," said' he, "that I do this because, my own cigar is not well light- ed, The real reason is that I wish to avoid the risk of contagion from any one disease out of the dozen or more which may be transmitted by putting into the mouth an article infected persons have handled." The cause of cold waves, Lieut. W.odruff of theU. S. Signal Service Bureau says, is not yet understood. He explains that in various investigations and studies it has been shown that "a f sit of temperature succeed leer follows an area of low barometer and a rise preoedee such an area," and asks the following quer, tion : "Is the cold the effect of an area of high barometer, or is the area of high bar- ometer due to decrease of temperature 7' The prediction of the approaoh or progress of cold waves is as yet apt to go wrong nine times out of ten. The most intense cold waves follow severe ''storms. The London Medical Press learns that "an American lady is driving in a carriage and six horses through our provincial towns, at- tracting people by means of her braes band to accept her device and medicine as from the world renowned American lady doctor," The same paper tells of an English quack "now travelling in America with a very lovely young woman, whom he exhibits as a result of his medioine, which, he deolaree, pauses the perfection of her complexion. He sells a tonic, too, to which he attribute's the abundance of her hair,, and drugs for the increase or reduction of flesh to her standard." H err Hager, the wealthy German hanker, is the most punctual man in the world, and always carries a couple of chronometers about with him. Thanks to this habit he is a frequent victim to pickpockets, as not a week puma without bre losing one of his watches, At first he had recourse to all kinds of safety obains ; then one fine morn• ing he took no precaution whatever, and quietly allowed himself to be robbed. At night, on returning from business, he took up the evening paper, when he uttered an exclamation of delight, and at once started off to the police station, This is what he had read :"To -deg, about 2 P, M., a vio- lent explosion took piaci' ha V a house in B--- street, occupied by Mr. fJ ---, a wealthy townsman. The hands of the vriotim aro ahattered and the left eye gone," The drafty banker had filled tho watchcase with dynamite, which exploded during the oper- ation of winding. Since that time no mote watches have been stolen from the person of Herr Hager. nt Reader,—" are �Consta t Iva d r--" k e, , a you are r right, Water own run and leap, but it oaanot Walk, SHX'S WOltDERFuL, Fi(GUT.. reNGLE HANDED REPULSING A BAND OF HOSTILE APACHES, AND SAVING HIS SYIP1t. Mr, Shy is a sturdy, plain•apoken, in telligent inan, and apparently unaware that he has aolllevod a feat unexcelled by any of the knights of rotnanoo, He wan just sitting down to hie dinner with nis wife and boy, and had one area in a elieg boosuae of some recent inj ary to the hand. He heard some slight noise in the yard, and i glancing through the win- lw j u i h s rear, lie was horr; find to see a painted Apache stealthily creeping up. Quick as thought be tore the band- ages trom his arm, sprang to the corner of hie room where his Winchester wee resting, and seizing it wheeled around just in time to receive the fire of the savage, which he lnstenbly returned. Mrs. Shy closed and locked the door at the same moment, and thelndians, seeing that they had a brave Tran to fight, planed themselves out of view of the window and opened a rattling fire upon the house from all sides, It was a filmy frame gothrough and a bullet would the walls as though they were pasteboard. lb was a serrble time for about an hien: inalde of that little house, with the, pale, terror-stricken wife and boy crouching in the loft and the desperate ranohman, crouching in the room below, firingonly when he could see an Indian through the window, listening to the angry zip of the bullets as they tore through the thin walla and whistled about his head. Atter awhile there was a lull in the firing. A few yards distant from Mr. Shy's house was the house 'of Mr. A. J. Yeater, Ms partner in a cattle ranch, and who was at that time being butchered, in company with his wife, four miles away. The lull in the firing was caused by the fact that the savages had broken open Mr. Yeater's residence and were making themselves merry eating and drinking and breaking up the furniture. After getting through with title they fired the house, which in a few moments was a mass of flames. Mr. Shy • naw that his own house would be on fire in a few min- utes, and for a moment he was well nigh paralyzed with despair. Ho glanced at hie wife and boy, and knew from the ominous signs without that the Indians were only waiting for the flames to drive them oub. In a moment his house was on fire, and telling his wife and boy to come down from the loft, he prepared to open the door and make a rush for safety for some large rocks near by. Opening the door he threw his body half way out and fired full at a group of savages ; ab the same instant he sprang back within the house. The next moment ab least a dozen bullata were burled in the door facing. The flames were getting too hot, however, to remain indoors, and Mr, Shy, telling his wife and boy to follow him, sprang outside and made a rush for a large rock near by. When he got wth- in about twelve feet of it, five savages jumped up from behind it and fired righb in his face. By a wonderful providence not a bullet struck him, and he instantly started for another large rook, from which another group of redskins fired a volley in his face. A storm of bullets were whistling around him from all sides, but he seemed to bear •a charmed life, and not one of them tonehed him. He had the presence of mind before leaving the house to fill his pockets with cartridges, and he kept popping away at the savages. Oat in the open and knowing that he could no longer be tortured to death like a rat in a hole, all sense of fear left him, and he actually assumed the aggressive and ran the savages in a b)dy some dis- tance away, where they secreted them- selveebehind some large rooks, He also placed himseli behind a rock, and in this position wherever he could see the body of an Indian exposed he fired at it. Meanwhile his little boy had been shot down, and Shy had kept the Indians so busy by hie own determined work that Mrs. Shy had an opportuuity to get up the gulch. Tho wounded boy had crawled foto a thicket where his father had di- rected him to go, but not before his de- voted mother, fearlessly exposing herself to the firing, had taken off one of her aklrts and wrapped It around the little fellow. There are numberless details connected with the fight which I have no apace for, bat it is sufficient that -this heroic ranohman kept back the savages until dusk, when they retired. Mean- while Mrs. Shy had made a detour and. started on a trip for Deming, twenty miles away, hoping to get aaaisbanco for her husband. The poor lady was found in an exhausted oondibion late at night struggling along the road about ten miles from Deming. She was pinked up by a relief party of men who had been notified by cowboye that Shy was surrounded by a large party of hostiles. Chinese Secret Signals. The Chinese wood sawyers have a sort of sign language of their own, in which the signs are made with etioks of cordwood. When a Chinaman has taken a contract to saw a pile of wood he places several sticks on the top of the pile in a peculiar poaitlon, which informs all other China- man that the contract has been let, and thus the owner of the wood is kept free from the annoyance of having a dozen Chlnamen a day ringing his bell and•ask- ing for a job. Should the wood pile be- long to aman whole not good pay, several sticks of the wood are arranged by 'tome Chinaman who has been victimized by the party, in such a manner that no other Chinaman will ask forthejobof sawing it. Any one who has had a pile of wood ly- ing in front of his premises for several days without some Chinaman applying for the job of sawing it may know that he is down lu the blank list, and will just plteh in and new his wood himself. " The Potion Department of New 0' - leans," says a Grand Jury that hem found a true bill against the Mayor of that nity, a. is a wretched affair, insufficient, ineffi:oi- eat, effete, with hoodlumism rampant throughout every portion of the city by day and burglars plying their avocation throughout the nighb.. The city is in a deplorable condition, and every oibizen's house is liable to be entered any hour of the night or day, hie family insulted, and his house robbed, amend there is a male protector on the premised ready and army ed for resistance, The streets are in a fearful condition of neglect and filthy beyond desoription." The Grandest Sight ou the Plains. I had Damped near the forks of the Platte, and was aroused just ab daylight by footsteps around rue. After listening for moment I felt sure that they were the footsteps of home. They seemed to be circling around me --not at a canter— not at a trot, but ata moderate walk. It was well tbet I had secured my horse in a thorough manner, for I never saw him so exelbed. He tugged and pulled at his lariat, stood up on his hind legs, neighed and snorted and:pawed and pranced, and it was his actions thab gave me a clue to the identity of any visitors. They were wild horses 1 Had they been ludtan ponies my train- ed horse would haye remained as dumb and silent as a post. leideed, Indians world not have approached me in that manner, I remained very gnbob ,hoping the b Cantil day-. taw Okthem, horses would remain in aigi light should give me r, good v, I had bo wait for a felt h. T sp taolo ` e the light grew air; a6' the ova one to make inan'a blood ti igle. The cirole h deiteen enlarged until it was half a ..tYlO across, roes and d mylittle Dam ,� ,was h Pto &inter. Every horse, and there were 129 of them, abood withhis head to thia center, and soldiers could not have taken posi- tions osi- tions on the skirmish line in more preclae order. I pitied my own animal. He stood with the lariat drawn taut and trembled in every limb, and he was as wet with sweat as if I had galloped him bwenhy miles. I realized how he must long to break away and j otn the wild rovers and forever end his drudgery. I dared not rise to my feet for fear of alarming the drove, but, nevertheless, I had a clear view of each horse. Most of them were magnificent animals. Manes down on their shoulders and tails on the grass. They were of various colors, and they ranged in age from the yearling Dolt up to the veterans probably 20 years old. The bays predominated, but every Dolor was present. We had been observing each other about ion minutes, when a jet-black stal- lion, who was the leader of the herd, gave a snort, . threw up his heels into the air and broke of at a gallop, followed by the drove in single file. They ran in a true circle, and they madetheoircnlb five times before stopping. Then, at another signal from the leader, the circle broke and the horses wheeled into a long, single line, or " company front." Troop horses could not have done bete ter. I thought at first the line meant to charge me, but at a signal it made a left wheel and galloped straight off on the plain for a mile. Then it broke, assumed the shape of a triangle and returned. When the leader was within pistol -shot he heeled outs and the horses formed in a square, with the four yearli gB in the center. They galloped off fora le or so, broke again and returned I o ranks. I had an almost irresistible wire to kill the leader with a ballet. Indeed, I reached for my rifle with that intent, but then came the reflection that it would be little short of murder. Stich another perfect horse I had never seen. His black coat shone like silk, his limbo and body were perfeotion, and he had the speed and '- bottom of a race•horae. Not a halt was made for a full hour, and then it was only proparatory to taking a evnif' depart- ure, The last manonvre was.Ie ab a slow trob, and each horse wh.npied in a coaxing mannea to nay own Steed. Poor Selim I He struggled in the most frantic manner to break loose, and when finding all his efforts of no avail he threw himself down on the grass and actually groaned his disappointment. I rose up then and waved my blanket. Instead of rushing oil in affright, as I ex- pected, the leader of the band deliberate- ly approached me a few rods and stood and snorted and pawed as if sending forth a challenge. Then I set up a shouting, waved the blanket some more, and he took his place at the head, formed the band at " company front," and they went off at a gallop and maintained it as long as I could see the waving line. A Cool Detective. Highwaymen in the mining states sel- dom operate upon a stage coach with "U. S. M." on it. They know that these in- itials stands for the United States Mail, and are a pledge that the whole power of the government will be used to capture them. In. his book on "New Colorado," of one whore he met, who wore gold spectacles, and looked like a German professor. Yet this man alone took two mail robbers from the North of Texas, At one place their Mende planned a rescue. He quietly informed his prisoners that, while their friends could undoubtedly kill him, they might be sure that the first motion would send bobh of them into eternity. Not a man in the crowd moved a finger. On one occasiona celebrated detective was on a stage which was attacked by two masked men. The first he knew was that two revolvers were thrust in th tnooaoh's window with the command, " de,up, gentlemen 1" ' - The highwaymen " had the dro ' on the paasengera, which, in their voc Glary, meant the cestainty of their being able to kill before being harmed themselves. To his disgust, the detective was compel- led to give up his watch and money. As the robbers left, he put his hand down in the " boot," and to his delight it touched a carbin. Asking the driver to go on a libtie farther, and then atop and wait for him, he went back alone. The two men, unsuspicious of danger, were " divving up" the spoils in the middle of the road. This was just what the detective had calculated on. " Now you scoundrels, it's my turn," he shouted covering them by the repeat- ing carbine. " Throw up your hands or I'll shoot," The robbers, et his eommand,stepped to one side, holding hp their hand', while he picked up their revolvers. It was net massy minutes before the astonished pao- aengere taw the highwaymen walking down the road, with the cool detective follow= ing, They were taken in the coach and finally lodged in jail. , The hero was Gen, Chats. Adanet, who subsequently went alone aniong the Utes and secured the release of the women captives from the White River Agonoy.