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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1901-2-14, Page 2THE WHITE ROSE, uiAO1 F* 4'~dE i ill 1=I " k leAl= 'i =l:= i i" i T lr�l But it bad ;(suddenly aeoterred to tear "I am very happy," she replied, "and lame. if he really wishea ter this in- think no age could be better than twoduotion, ik' *would be beater that Chia," Rhe should undertake it. She would knaiwthen all that Leased. iSee turn, ea to elan with a charm/ng smile. "I shall be delighted," she bald. "Nothing will give me greater plea- hurt, a ate not at ode tared, ;ted the walk by the, 'river fa beautiful," Flo tbougbt theft be hod never met a move amiable girl, and his boort all the wonders of solenee have dorm. warmed to Dior ; but his eye still lin- I should like to see the telephone per, gene on • tbe Eger delicate flee under feotod. When will its wondara stop?' tbe teeee. I eheeld 11'ye to be on earth when it "So they call her the 'white rose?'" and other marvelous things are in re eaid, musingly, genexal use. And there is one thing " Tee,'" %rola replied, and then add- above othora I should like to know." ed, quickly, "and they call me the ' What Se that?" naked Sir Karl, 'red rose; " wbo wae somewhat amused at her re- " All I can any is that 1 em very rewrite. glad that I did not live in the days "I should like to know whether men of the Wawa of the Roeee--I should will so far overcome the dilficuttiea of not bare known whether to weer the atmoepbere, time and place, aa to get erect or the white e "You would have made up your mind in time," she said, thoughtfully. Every man does who lice a mind worth making exp." "Do you think so ? At any rate, I am well content not to be obliged to make any choice—in fact, I could not, The ' white rose' is irresistible, the 'red rose'" ---and. he bowed law to her—"charming. If I had been in the Place of Paris, I could never have giv- en the apple—each style is so perfect in its way." "I respect Paris," Lola rejoined, qulekly, "He made up his mind at once. 7C like prompt decisions.' "Do you?" he said, with acme am- usement. "I should say that you are likely to be gratified. So far as Ihave seen the world, there axe far more quick and hasty decisions than elow and wise ones." Dolores had seen the two from the distance, and guessed at once that the tandaeme young man walking by Lo - la's side 'was one of her list of " eligi- bles." It mast be Sir Kiel. She knew every one else. She could not help smiling. Was this the promised kind- ness, or the result of accident? She saw that Lola was all smiles and ami- ability, therefore She knew that all must be going well. In a few seconds they were with her, and the children ran away. Lola in- troduced Sir Earl, and watched alose- ly the result. Certainly his eyes lin- "belief," obeei vad Lola," is tbet the world is in its infancy, I believe we, are male nest beginning to under• stand, We are emerging from dark- ness Leto light; but the lightIs taint yet. 1 Should like to return to the world when it roaohee Ito middle age --to see what steam, eleoteioity, and tothe planets„ "No," returned Sir Karl, "I think we shall have to be satisfied with our own world, Mies de Ferran.' "Our own," said Dolores, -•and the beautiful world Haat is to come here- after." In aeon vague fashion those few simple words pleased him more than all Lola's aspirations. He would have said more ; but at that moment Lady Malden came Pik to them, bringing with her a. tall, distinguished -looking. man, whose noble, kindly face was pleasant, though not handsome. "Lord Rhysworth," thought Lola, and her heart gave a great bound. It was a strange coincidence tbat she and her rival ehould meet the two most eligible men in the county to- gether. Watebing always, and watching keenly, Miss de Ferran saw at once that she wanld have but little chance with Lord Rliysworth. A perfect obang'a oaine over his face when he talked to Dolores; a light filled his eyes, and be seemed to forget every- one else. " This is as it should be," thought Lola. "Lord Rhysworth for Dolores, the handsome young Baronet for me 1" She was perfectly content. Lord Rhysworth greeted her very kindly ; be said that. he remembered having seen her when she was aehild gored on the "white rose," and there and made some pretty complementary was no mistaking the admiration in speeches on bet .return; but all the their depths, but he spoke to Dolores! time his eyes were fixed upon the face Ln much tbe same fashion as he had, of Dolores. Them Lady Fieldea sue- ty' to her. gested that they ghould go to the "I have had the first chance," archery ground. But none of the thought Lola. " and I will make the quartet cared about moving. It was most of it. I will be so charming and very pleasant to stand chattm'g un - so amiable that he will be compelled der the lime trees. Far some few rain - to recognize the difference between utes they all kept together; then Lord a wba"te rose and a red one." Rbysworth and Dolores gradually Sir Karl talked for a few minutes gained ground, and Sir Karl, with Lo - to Dolores, Lola listening with sharp- la, was left at some little distance. ened ears. But he said very much the Lola was delighted. She believed that same as he bad said to her. for once Providence was going to favor De told Dolores that he had had her with the dearest wish of her no time to call at White Cliffs, but heart. Her spirits rose ; she had said he should do so at once ; he regretted to 'herself that she would keep Six not leaving been at home when the Karl by her side, and she did so. He Squire had called. He liked the sim- could not resist the witching charm ple girlish way in which she said: of her drollery, her wit, her sparkling " You will find White Cliffe a very talk. quiet, old-fashioned place. It is one One trifling circumstance dwelt in of the oldest houses in the county." " That is jnat the kind of place I like," be answered. " One seldom sees anything quiet or old-fashioned in these days. I am often half -undecid- ed as to whether the olden days were not the beet." "I am stare they were not," re- marked Lola. "I thank every ageim- proves; and I am quite satisfied with the one in which I live." "I am very glad to hear it," said Sir Karl, " and you, Miss Oliefden ?" Sia Karl's mind. As Dolores and he Passed some beautiful rosea, Lord Rbyaworth' stopped and gathered a lovely white one. He placed it proud- ly in his coat ; and Sir Rare felt that be wore it as s knight of old wore his lady's colors. The utter uncon- seioueness of Miss Cliefden struck him. " She is like a white rose," thought Sir Karl; "as innocent and as sweet. I like her the better of the two," Yet aomethtng prompted him, be hardy knew what, to gabber for him - The TPrangers of La e3 TO PERSONS OF LOW VITALITY ----LOCAL AND GENERAL :TREATMENT PRESCRIBED BY DR. CHASE. W4th the very young and very old Turpentine is too well known as a and with 1p'ersons of low vitality, the. cure rur bronchitis and severe chest dangere of la grippe are very great. colds to need comment. Dir. Chase's Pneumneila of a violent and fatal Nerve Poled seeks out the Weak spots Form ie u frequent 'result. It is el- in the system and builds them up. It AO claimed that very mauy cases d rekindles the vitality of persons weak- oonemenptlan .can be ddreetly traced ened by diabase, worry or over-exer- to la grippe. The after-effeote of tion, and cannot possibly bo equalled la grippe are meat Men felt in the as a restorative and reconetruotantto nervous system The extreme de- hasten recovery from La grippe, and bility in which this disease leaves ltd to prevent serious constitutional oom- v;ictim is more than most nervous syn- plications. _ • Game can endure—paralysis ox pros- him. W. H. La Blanca, Bonfield, trance follows. Ont., writes; , The most eueoessfui doetorel advise "I was once a sufferer from catarrh, Oleg patients to avoid exposure to and while using lh•. Cheee's Catarrh cold ler over-exertion, and recommend bath general Sind leeal treatment, such as Dr. Chase's Nerve Food, to etrengthen and tone the system, and Pr. C eiefee *rap 21 Dinaeed ane Tor„ penLune to loosen the cough and pre- test the bronchial tubes and ,lungs from threatened 'complications. key honest and conscientious '.loo- Wail tell you that thief ooSbdned .reattnent reaomnmended by Dr. r erred a a moan e neat leo h u d Iha a cannot p s pa relievilagand curing la grippe; Wel restoring the weakened and' debilitated featly to its accustomed vl - Cure I was rlicommended to use also lU;r. Chase's bierve Food to build up the system it hays found lit the best preparation for etren thening the pody Deet , Ivelr u, ed. feleqe nerved Wea'u exbateted and was too weak to do a day's work whelk I began us- ing it, and nolw, am strong and heal-, thy, and fe0, real vele. I ale perfectly. sure that abyyone `wh'o uses Dr, Chase's Nave Food will believe, as I do, teat is ipt the beat strengthener and restorative obtainable.", (Cn Chase's remedies are ler Sale ierL all dealers cr Edma on Bates ens , gar, Dr. Chaae'a Syrup of Linseed and Cd., Toronto • self two roeebtlda, ane white, the nth-: ed red, .Peed place Olean together In hid baatten-hole, Lola smiled when she saw them-- it smile thet had more meaning than words, "It la alt right for the present," she bifid to herself ; "bet the time shall come when lee obeli dame nettber to gather alar wear a white rose:" Dolores remembered every uloldent ot the fete, See was not 'mama given to thinking about love or loam; but when she wenthome that evening she thought a great deal about Sir Karl .A,llanmore. MAPTER Iv. Lola. de Ferran was practical, and In soave respects sensible. She decided from the first hour that she new Lord Rhys'wortla, that all attempts to cap- tivate hila would be in vain; so she wasted no more thee in the endeavor. Every: dag she liked Sir Karl more and more. She had made up her mind that her fate in life was settled, She would be L dy Allanmore of Scarsdale. Slee liked Sir Karl so well that ehe would not have cxohanged her sntici- meted lot in life to be made a queen. Slee felt SO confident as to the in -1 1fluence of bet beauty that 00 thought of failure ever mama to her. Dolores Cliefden, sitting in the soli-, tude of her own room, could recall all these events. She remembered the months that had passed since the school -fete, the ball, the entertain- ments, the levee and walks. Wheth- er Sir Karl liked her or not abe could not say, but she .oared for him, more than for any one she bad ever aeon. Lola, ixi all their conversations, open- ly claimed him. She talked about him until ohe made herself believe all that she lead wished; and Dolores hardly avowed, even to beeeelf, what keen pain these confidential coinmunioa-; tions gave her. Yet, despite all that Lola told her, there was often a doubt in the girl's mind as to whether Sir Karl did love the beautiful French girl. As foe' Sir Karl himself, he was a lit-' tle bewildered. He had never before seen two auo11 girls. Left to himself, 1, he would have preferred Dolores—her ohmmeter pleased him most. He thought her style of beauty the sweet - eat and fairest. But Lola dazzled him. She made bez*self most attractive, to him, and exercised all her powers of fascination when in his isompany. She did not leave him much time to at- tend to others. When they were in the same room together, she always contrived to engross his whole atten- tion without hie perceiving or being conscious of it. She directed against him the whale artillery of her charms. She flattered him, yet so adroitly that he never perceived the flattery. 1'101- ares, seeing all this, wondered much, She believed that Sir Karl preferred her, although outwardly, he seemed to prefer Lola. She was too noble tot suspect that it was Lola's clever de- vLces which kept him always at her side, Aa the summer wore on, Dolores found herself thinking more and more of the young Baronet. Unlike Lola, who had no notion that a woman's love should alwaya be mute, Dolores would leave died a thousand deaths rather than that Sir Karl should have guess-' ed her secret. The very consoiousnese that she did care tar him, made her shy, cold, and reserved with him, so much so that at times he left her to seek refuga and amusement with Lola. They were playing at cross purposes truly, and in after years more than one life was wreaked by it; but Dolores was not all to blame. She mould remember many times when he had sought her; and she had fancied that there was 'something deeper than admiration in his man- ner. Often dewing the long warm evenings he had ridden over to White Cliffe, avowing that he enjoyed an evening with the Squire, and that there was no place he liked so well as the quaint old house, and the old- fashioned garden et White Cliffe. But mere often than not during those ev- enings, Doiorce would leave them alone together. The pleasure was too much like pain; just as the pain resembled pleasure; they were so sub- tly blended that she could not sep arcate them, she could hardly tell one from the other, When she heard the sound of his voice, her beast would beat violently, her sweet face grow pale as a white rose, her courage fail her, her strength seem to give way. Then, lest he should guess the cause of her emotion, she would send some excuse and decline to see him. Feeltrug piqued, and not understand- ing what her motive was, Sir Karl weuld not shay long after that, but would ride off to Beaulieu, He did not perceive that Delores's shy avoidance et him was Gauged by her very love for flim—a love she AMA afraid lie should nae and peabape despise, at was a atrange destiny that led theee two girls, ea different in ap- pearanee, ire manner, and in every- thing else, to lova the 00100 man; end so confused was Dolores with her own thoughts• thalt able did not notice that da h Showed day day Lord. Ryawort bahwd her more affection. He was her fath- er's' friend ; and she never thought of him, in any other light. 'So at cross-purpoites the two gide and thole; adenirere played while the Summar dive reeled b4. That whiol3 badbeen a pastime for We, became a dang"er.'ously earoeSt passion, while Sir Karl seemed to give leo tbougbt to love or enarrtage. Lela was beginning to wonage whoa lie would, when sbe should hear him say the words /ter wbolo /meet lenged to bona'. SIM bad eeetaiele igone e0 far as she dared, If be die net nndeirstand her Rapti: - Meats it wee not her fault, for she did her beat, to make them clear to him. It was pet at this juupture that news tame of the Sgoiia'e'e reel. Lord itbyswortb'e offer of marriage end teken 1oloree by surprise. No Ideal of such a thing bad ever dawned upon bee mind, She saw in it the death of . her own lova end the sal- eatton' of her fatber, What should oho do? 'As the salt fees to floe with the great prolblem of her life, certain solemn truths came home to bee, She' realize& as she had never realized be- fore that she loved Sir Karl. A.t the same time ell bar maidenly pride and modesty rose in rebellion against the foot ' that oho loved a man who had never spoken of love to her, She said to herself that she would not let it interfere with her deoiaeon, she would not let, the element apeman, in be life at all; she would decide and amt quite Independently of it, Yet her heart pleaded for herself; it was her own life she had to make or mar; she had but one—why eboeld it not be abappy one? To Be Continued. THE SUGAR MAPLE. From, new onward the small boy Wee lives in..the country near a sugar bush begins to think al, and long for, the time when the sap will begin to run. That mammies of the old" bilin' down" days moms even to "grown upe" in the cities, Is amply attested to by Prank French. To native-born Canadians there is no tree around which -cluster (more fond memories than the sugar -maple. When they see her shadttng the mem- pants of the benches in the oily parks, as graciously as she shelters the lambs which gather at her foot in the pas- ture, she reminds them of "sapping. time," and awakens visions of the old moss -grown sapbouse around whose sunny clearing the snow melted early. The opening in the forest was fringed above by 'delicate budding branches against a hazy spring sky, the little brook ran beneath the softening snow- drifts whech remained, or sang in the shadowy glade where the liverwort and trailing arbutus grew. Chipmunks frisked about the wood -pile, while the bluebird uttered swab cheery notes that the bard work of carrying brim- ming pails of sap was forgotten, and the whole thing seemed a trolic. Every spring when the maples blos- som 1n the park, these memories come bank. Mr. Burroughs speaks of "motherly old apple trees, wenn have seen trou- ble." Tele description seemsto me to,apply more truthfully to the sugar - maple. It is true that apple trees are too often rieglected, yet it is no uncom- mon' thing to ae9 the horizontal branches of an old tree resting serene- ly upon props, and its decaying trunk bound about by iron bands to make Its declining days as comfortable and fruitful as possible. But the old sugar -maple bas truly seen trouble, forthe iron has literally entered her soul, springtime after springtime. While her life -bleed is dripping into the bucket from the gauger -boles in her trunk, she hangs out her delicate fringes of bloom, and does the best she own with the sap which is left to make foliage and new. wood. B'AJDN'T HEARD OF IT. What did he want? asked the head salesman of the wholesale grocery ho use. It was some fellow that was drunk, I guess, replied the new clerk, who had answered the telephone call. He wanted to know if we bad anydry wine. What did you tell him 1 I told him we had plenty of dried fruits and vegetables andlisp, but our wine was all in the liquid state. AND BED OF ,COLOR, Hoax -That was a fierce cigar Jones gave me. Wonder what brand be smokes ? Joax—Mother Hubbard, Hoax—Mother Hubbard? Joax—Yee ; loose wrappers THE LAST RESORT. Ohara—Ho wan heartbroken, des- perate, and ready for anything when I rejected him. Maude—Whait did he do? Clara—Ho said he was going to sec you, THE TEST. He is not a genuine literary man, said Hitand to Hallett, referring to one wbo made literary pretensions. How do you know? He always us0s the word extrarot in- seead of excerpt. THE BILL AND THE .NAME. Patient-1bow many syllables in the Latin name of my disease? Daotor-0b, not many; 1 Shall be very reasonable, ,since .you are poor, GAIT, STARLIGHT IS HAD FAMOUS AUSTRALIAN ROBBER DIEf1 • IN RESPECTABILITY.. Fur Allay Weirs Ila eyes tlxe Terror of Ilse Olgliwaye — TAc 'Dick Ttlrplu Or the eelenles—leo M'Acagy 9Nlalnee Service Under ala 411ns, Cept, Starlight is dead, When this notorious Ausiradiee bushranger of tblmty yearse ago messed away, it was ander an altan,of respectability, . Ile occupied a pesiitlon of trust, Capt. Starlight died lea the aervioe et the very government whlola had preolaim- ed bine an 'ou'tlaw. So another chap- ter has been developed in the life, of the dashing Capt. Starlight, humor- tallzed by Rolf Boldrewood in his story "Robbery Tender Ames." After it may be written Finis, fee Lt is the last cbapter of till, marking the end of this famous,antipodean criminal. ,The sudden death of Maj; Patriok Edward Pelly, an attache of the Geo- logioal Department of the Govern- ment of West Australia, led to the re- ?elateon-of his • identity. Maj. Pally, Bled from the effects of poison suppos- ed to have been taken by mistake for medloine. In the town of Perth, where he resided Maj, Pelly was re- cognized as possessing superior men- tal attainments. He was singularly devout in his religious observances, but those who dame in contact with him could not understand bis strange ways. Only on rare occasions was he known be speak of himself, and all the in- formation ee ever volumtecred, was that he had leaved in the army and had seen active sea•vioe. In proof of experieneea on the field of battle the Major displayed to eome of this friends bullet wounds on veal/nee parts of, his body, and in the face of such evidence none doubted bis word. The good Peo- ple, of Perth, did not seek for oreden-, tills, and as he did not thrust him self on society he was never required to display any proof of his bona fides other than the bullet wounds. From hints dropped at varioun times it wee also gathered that he wae a descend- ant of AN' OLD IRISH FAMILY. Pellet was of a retiring disposition,and just a trifle inclined toward obsequ- ioneness. When this death -occurred as a re- sult Of a dose of eyapide Of potassium, a 0007 of am Australian paper con- taining a statement at his decease reached ohe Farther Pelly in Ireland, and the priest eommunioated with a brother confined in a jail in Victoria, N:S.W„ on the subject. This prison- er, whose name is Patrick Edward Telly, serving a life sentence, wrote to the Coroner at Perth, what was at first regarded nes an extraordinary letter, but the communication being turned over to the pollee set them in- quiring. The writer suggested that the deceased might be Frank Gordon. a former fellow -prisoner, to whom he bad given, upon Gordon's discharge, from jail, a number of his family pa- pers and photographs. From hie cell in Pentrldge jail the real Patrick Edward Polly described various documents he had given Gor- don in 1887, requesting Gordon, up- on regaining his liberty to convey the documents to mem'b'ers of the Pelly family. A photograph of "Maj. Pelly, of Perth," being abown to tbe con- vict in Pentridge jail, .the latter im- mediately recognized it as that of bis quondam friend and jail companion, Frank Gordon,alias Starlight the bush- ranger, who had served sentences in several Australian jails and to whom he had given his family papers and photographs. Through jail records the real life of " Maj. Peley, of Perth," was grad- ually unfolded. The model civil ser - viae clerk had been the most notor- tone criminal of a preceding genera- tion. The bullet wounds supposed, to have been received by "Maj. Felly" in battle had really been acquired while fleeing before Australian con- stables on sundry occasions. Starlight's real name was Frank Pearson. He .was born in Mexico of a Spanish mother and an Irish father. and received a great part off kis edu sateen at Rome. At the time of his death be was. 63. , HIS CRIMINAL CAREER virtuality began in 1804, when he join- ed a gang of Went Auetraltan bush- rangers, although he had previously bad a few picturesque experiences on bis own account. He soon became the reeoignized leader of these bandits of the bush. By his_followers he was knoavn as "Capt. Starlight," his pro- fession being most successfully pram- tLsed after dark. After leading his band of robbers for four yearn he became associated in 1808 with the no- torious road agent Rutherford, and was promoted to the rank of Major, Which title the clung to after he had Served several tonne and settled down to a eespeatabis 00reerti aa "Maj. P01- ly," the government clerk. "Starlight" wan the Australian Dick Turpin. His picturesque career wae the adm.in'ation of youths and the 'terror 01 obiidron, and not a few adults. (When he WAS aught be used the name Goirdon for prison purposes, by tvhtalt appellation he was known to the real Petriek ];award' Felly, Qweensltend twee the scene of the Moist au600081u1 operations of Starts light, Helmumed the bigllr'oadeof that *elate*, to the tenet and lose ofpeaoe- ful citizens iaaveling ,from town to tow% Keay of his moat daring ex- plotte were e000mpliebed alone or in company with the equally notorious Rutherford: Oe one ocmateten Supt, Starlight its/d up the mail eoaohrun- ning from Coorabarabranto poolab, .When be totaled all tea paasengere, raneaeked the mail bags, and formed the driver to a000mpany him to the shack of a dealer and trader, He used the Mage driver as a .decoy, ordered him an and the coolly robbed the teador, Capt. Sta1'lig'lit particularly fancied e" good hese and Weeded cattle, Some of his borne and cattle..robberiee were aa bold a13 the d"eedls of the border thlevea in England 'a few hundred years: ago, On one occasion when he pined for a, tante of urban life, Star- light eolleeted • 100 Hd7AD' OF OATTLLr, whioh he had stolen from time to time drove them to South Australie, sold them for good prices, and with the proceeds established himself in local, aociety,'outting a very wide swath for ei few -weeks, The identification of a prize bull, sold with other leas valu- able cattle, Induced the dashing bush- ranger to make a hurried return to country life. Starlight's lent big exploit was the ehooteng of Constable Malabo in Sheamer'a public house on the War- rege River,. in 1889. .Thee redoubtable Starlight and his partner, Ruther- ford after an exciting bit of road work, were inthe bar of Shoarer's, drinking with their unsuspecting host. A by -standee, overhearing a careless remark by Rutherford, at once gave Information to the nearest police,and an effort was immediately made to aaptume the highwaymen who were nortorioiia througb the five Australian colonies. McCabe and another Police- man entering the bar were promptly detected by the alert Starlight, who atmultaneously leveled a revolver at the head of each officer, for he mould shoot a0 unerringly with his left as with his right. It was a case of being bailed up. 1(ua0abe had the misfor- tune, to tremble before the muzzle of Starl'vgllt's revolver, and exhibiting a disin.lina:tion to accept the inevitable was shat down without delay, Ruth- erford and Starlight then fled incon- tinently from the scene. Medabe was shot in the leg, but in a fortnight died from blood poison- ing. When the death of the constable was .made known, the entire colony sprang to arms. The country was scoured in pursuit of the highwaymen, named posses roaming from the Queensland border to the Warrego River. Al last on Christmas day, 1888, a party surprised and CAPTURED STARLIGHT, who, had deserted his mate in crime, in the Gundabooka Mountains. Star- light, who had accumulated a fortune as a mad agent, secured the best law- yer in the oolong to defend him, re- taining Sir Julian Salomans oe a princely fee, The case created intense exoitement. and hostile feeling ran high against Starlight. who was indicted under his various aliases of Frank Pearson, oth- erwise Gordon, otherwise Starlight. In the end Starlight was found guilty of murder, but his attorney managed to bavo the death sentence commuted to life imprisonment, on account of a long ohain of circumstances, chief am- ong which was the plea that Star- light bad intentionally sbot McCabe in iv0eat seemed to be note. vital part. Through some unexplained means, Starlight secured his release from Darlinghurst jail in 1880, after having served a sentence of only eleven years. He, was in jail under other names for various offenses several times in the ensuing seven years, when at the age of 50 be settled down to respectibil- it7 as a olerk in the Geologiaal'Serv- ice. Rutherford remained at large for a long time, and finally shot himself dead in a struggle with the proprie- tor of the Pine Ridge Hotel. Starlight died from an aooidental dose of poi- son given by "Maj. Felly" to tbe most duelling bushranger known in Aus- tralian annals, TAKEN 'AT HER WORD. Smith's a sharp fellow, I tell you. What's he bean doing now? Ho bought a fine ring for il1ss Gaygxrl—engagementt ring, you know —aur she liked the ring but didn't like Smith well enough, so she refused him. As usual, she promised to be a sister to him. Then be aaked, in a brotherly way, of course, if sloe was engaged to any one else, and she told him she was, '.Chen he asked her, as a sister, to sell hisring to the other fellow. Diol she do 11 You bet she did—aa hie Slater, you understand. Smith made $20 on the ring and divided with her. HIS LOOK. Now, I could tell by the look In his epee, said the Oheerfut Idiot, that aer- onaut was afrald to out loose from hie balloon, (Flow could you tell anything about the look in the oyea of a man a mile up in the sett asked the shoe -clerk awarder. He had a faraway look, observed the Cheerful Idiot 1 11044.,11 "1'Jfl WILD BEAN' ,NST, HOW BIG ANIMAL$ ARE TRAPPED IN AFRICAN IUNGi-13, A looter's /residua lRrporlenee-With, a Pack of Ieyenne--Whe Oortlla Said fe leo the Iriereest of All the W1ld Oreatutreh In 'alnico. Since his boylaooi Arthur Spencer, one of the bravest wild animal Irappure in the world, has been battling with the feroeloua beast* and lives to tell the tele. eTehe'oilgh stratagem hC has always cue emasfnlly overcome brute force, a though he has passed through experiences which. of tllemaelvee Were enough to. hill a man of ordlnery,nerve. "Yes, 1 am le an interesting profee- slop, which is not generally understood by the people," said Atr. Spender. "Tey crowd and jostle into the tents during the season to look at the wild animals, but they never realize what patience Lt requires 'and the hardships gone through to catch the boasts in their native lands and bring them to America. "A wild• animal catcher has to study the ways of living and the charaeteris• tics of the animals he is. after. , For in. stance, a monkey cannever be captured unless you know how to go about. it. A man can't amenable through the tops of a. tall tree and get within a hundred feet of a nimble monkey, The way we tape them is to carry into the jungle a big gourd of fermented rice juice, When we reach a tree which is ailed with chat- tering monkeys, we open the gourd and Pretend to drink the liquid. We then re- tire to a safe dletenee, and the monkeys, in their imitative war, come down the tree and all freely drink of the liquor. A half hour later we can come back and pick the little fellows up as they lie about ender' the trees in a drunken stupor. "A baboon is taken in a similar man- ner, but 1 Have never known one to live through .the trip to Europe. or America. They generally died on my bends before we got 100 miles away from the coast. They either died from seasickness or fromthe effects of a change In climate: "I consider a gorilla the flei•dest of African wild animal . Hee. In efforts to get him we are compelled to pierce into the heart ot jungles where in midday it is dusk. When we suddenly come upon the gorilla family, the mother sends her young one scampering up n tree, while abe stays to defend him. The old men, standing on his rear legs, beats his cheat and gives a roar lender and more terrible ththat of the lino; He then coulee tit you like a flash of lightning.. The only thing to do is to wait untilheis about on you, then eboot him with an explosive shell. If your shot misses, it is all over withan you. "We take all large animals in pits. If a man is careful, there is not much dan- ger. A deep pit: is dug in the path of an elephant time, which in this country is known as a deer lick. In the pit Is plac- ed a heavy net, the top of which is fas- tened with rubber. When a rope which Is attached 1s pulled, It closes and forms a strong bag. The net is stretched and the pit covered with bamboo, earth and grasses. The rope welch closes the net Is run a little to the windward of the pit to a second pit, where the animal catcher is hidden. When .he sees the beast break through the covering of the plt, he pulls the rope, and the animal is securely held until help arrives and be can be lifted in- to his cage with the net still about him. The net is only pulled away after the lion or whatever animal he happens to be is securely locked in his cage. The only danger to tbe catcher le from the changing of the wind. After 1115 pit has been dug and he has taken his place in it, often through the changing of the air currents through the jungles, the than is not on the windward side of the big Mt. 'Then the beast scents him, and tee chase turns to be a man hunt. The only safety of the animal catcher lies in bis using his rifle at the proper time. There is an odd and unearthly Peeling In shoot- ing hooting a lion with a highly explosive shell such as we use: We watch the lion bounding toward us with his month open and his eyes like coals of tire. Suddenly' the report of a gun echoes, and tbere is no lion in sight. The nitroglycerin in the bullet blows him to pieces, and there is not even enough hide left to cover the seat ea chair. "I have had both my legs broken, my ribs caved in and my skull laid bare by attacks from wild beasts. The most try- ing circumstances occurred when 1 was a boy in 1570. 1 was in Africa, and a par- ty of 70 of us started out on a hunt. I was a boy and tired easier than the rest. I soon stopped beneath a tree, expecting to hurry and catch up with the party later. I fell asleep, however, and when I aid awake it was late in the etteruoon. heard a hersielangh nod thought it was some ot the joirty who had returned to find me. The laugh came to my ears, and, looking across a short veldt, I saw a pack ot hyenas coming toward me. It was useless to shoot, for they were too tnany, It wae a1R0 useless to climb rt tret, for they would omit uuttl 1 tell to the ground from exhaustion. I pretend- ed to be dead. Tbeae hyenas 0'113, eat de- composed bodies. Soon the animals here sniffing about my face and body. They pulled and mauled Inc. but 1 lay perfect- ly still. Suddenly they seized me in their- teeth heirteeth and started across a rolling country and dragged me thus for miles, dropping the at the mouth of a. cave from which came the awful odors or each dens. They mauled me about some more and finally dragged we auto the cave, where 1 re- mained that night. The next day the pack lignin went out 00 a bunt, and I escaped n short distance, only to tall ex- hausted and suffering intense agony. A passing caravan picked ole by and car- coveried rme ed."to a small town, where I soon re Dow Dunning Should Be Done. The politeness of the London Males - man is a constant delight to philosophers and those who love gentleness. Ilene is en example which will be bard to bent. 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