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STORIES OF ADVENTURE,
Aew nein nU104PAsII sU1•w 711ix 1llf4Tllh"lt
at' MaCOM,
When I told you same little time ago
how it was thea I Won the special medal
fol valour, I fieiehod, as you will doubtless
remember, by repeating the saying of rho
.Emperor that I had the stoutest heart in
all hie armior: In making that remark,
Napoleon wee showing the Weight; for
whieh he was so famous, He disfigured
his sentence, however, by adding some,
thing about the thickness of any head, We
will as that over. It is ungenerous tp
dwelt upon the weaker momenta of a great
mon, I will only say thin, that when the
Emperor needed au agent he was always
very ready to do me the honour of requiting
the name of Etienne Gerard, though ie
occasionally escaped him when rewards
were balsa distributed. Still, 1 was acol-
onel at twenty.eight,and the chief of a brig-
adeatthirty'one,so thatI have no reopen to
he dissatisfiedwithmyoareer, Had the wars
lasted another two or three years I might
have grasped my baton, and the man who
had his hand upon that was only one stride
from a throne, Murat had changed his
hussar's cap for a crown, and another light
cavalry man might bave done as much.
However, all those dreams were driven
away by Waterloo, and, although I was
nob able to write my name upon history,
it is snffioiently well known by all who
served with me in the great wars of the
Empire.
What I want to tell you to -night is about
the verysingular affair whieh first started
me upon my rapid upward course, and
which had the effect of establiehing a se.
Bret bond betweenthe Emperor and myself,
There is just one little word of warning
whioh 1 meet give you before I begin.
When you hear me speak,you must always
bear in mind that you are listening to one
who bas seen history front the inside. I
am talking about what my ears have hoard
and my eyea have seen, so you must not
try to confute me by quoting the opinions
of some student or man of the pen, who
bas written a book of history or
memoirs. There le much which is un.
known by auoh people, and much whioh
never wili'be known by the world. Foamy
own part, I could tell you some very sur-
prising things were it discreet to do so.
The facto which I am about to relate to
you to.night were kept secret by me
during the Emperor's' lifetime, homage I
gave him my promise that itshould be so
but I do not think that there San be any
r - harm now in my telling the remarkable
part whioh.I played.
You meet know, then, that at the time
of the Treaty of Tilsit 1 was a simple
lieutenant in the 10th tinware, without
money or interest. It is true that my
appearance and my gallantry were in any
fevogr, and that I nad already won a
reputation as being one ofthe best swords-
men in the army ;but among the host of
brave men who surrounded the Emperor it
needed more than this to insure a rapid
t„, career. I was confidant, however, that
. my chance would some though 1 never
dreamed that it would take so remarkable
a form,
When the Emperor returned to Paris,
after the declaration of peace in the year
1807, he spent much of his time with the
Empress and the Court at Fontainebleau.
Ib was the time when he was at the pinnacle
of hie career. He had in three successive
campaigns humbled Auetrla, crushed Prue.
Pia, and made the Russi ms very glad to
get upon the right side of theNiemen. Theold Bulldog over ,the Channel was still
growling, but he could not gat very far
from his kennel. If we could have made a
perpetual pease a; that moment, France
would have taken a higher place than any
nation since the days of the Romano. SoI
bave heard the wise folk 'say, though for
my part I bad other things to think of. All
the girls were glad to .see the army back
after its long absonce,and you :nay be sure
that I had my share of any ?evoars that
were going. You may judge how far I was
a favorite in those clays when I say that
even now, in nay sixtieth year --but why
should I dwell upon that whish is already
sufficiently well known 1
Our regiment of huseers was quartered
with the horse ohasseurs of the guard at
Fontainebleau. It is, as you know, but a
little place, buried in the heart of the for-
est, and it wee wonderful at this
time to see it crowded with Grand
Dukes and 1 .Electors and Princes,
who thronged'round Napoleon like puppies
round the;. master, each hoping that some
bone might be thrown to him. There was
more Germans than French to be heard in
the street, for those wbo had helped ne in
the late tear had come to beg for; a reward,
and those who had oplloeed us hadcome
t to try to escape punishment. And all
the time our little man, with his pale face
and hia bold, grey eyes, wee tiding to the
j, hunt every morning silent and brood.
1`t ing, all of them following in hie train, in
the hope that soma word would escape him.
And then when the humouresized hint, he
would throw a hundred square miles to
that man, or bear as much off the other,
round oft' one kingdom bye river, or cut; off
another by a chain of mountains, That
was how he used to do buainees, this little
tt - artilleryman, whom we had raised so high
with our sabres and our bayonets. He
was very civil to us always, for he knew
where his power came from, Wo knew
also, and showed it by the way in which
f we carried ourselves. We were agreed,
you understand, that he was the finest
leader in the world, but we did not forget
that he had the finest men to lead.
Well, one day I was seated in my
quarters playingcards with young
¢ Moret, of the- orse ohassenre when
r,. the door ;paned and in walked Literate,
who was our Colonel. You know what e
fine, swaggering fellow he was, end the
sky-blue uniform of the 2anth suited hini
to a marvel. My faith, we youngsters
were so taken by him that wo all aworo and
dined and drank and played the deuce.
whether we liked it or no, just that we
Might, resemble our Colonel 1 We forgot
that it was not because he drank or gambled
that the Emperor was going to make him
the head of the light cavalry, but beauties
he had the surest eye for the nature of a
' n r
for the strength of a column
positio ag ,
as when infants
and the bestjudgmentto w
y
v could be broken or whether gone were
exposed, of any man' in the army, We
wets too young to understand - all that,
however, oo we waxed our mnustaehee and
olinked our 'Tura and let the ferrules of
our teabbords wear out by trailing them'
along the pavement in the hope that we
Should all become Laselles, When he Dame
(fly
Planking into »iy quarters, both Morar and
I sprang to our feet,,
Petty boy," said lie, clapping me en the
shoulder, "the Emperor wants to Dee you
ab four o'elook."
%%Groom whirled round Me at the words,
and I had to lean my. baeds upon the edge
of the card•tahle,
.
""What?" I cried, "The Emperor 1"
r'Freoiool c," said he, amfling at my
as onishmen ,
"But the Emperor does nob know of nay
exietelme, Colonel, 1 protested. '1 Why
should he lead for nae ?'
"Well, that's jobb what pueelee me,"
Cried Lugallo, twfrlitghie mouetaohe, "1f
he wanted bhe help of a good sabre, why
ehouid he descend to one of my lieutenants
when he might have found all that he
needed at the head of the regiment? How.
ever," ho added, clapping me upon the
shoulder again in his hearty fashion,
"every man has hie chance. I have had
mine, otherwise I should not be Colonel o£
the Tenth, I must not grudge you yours
p'orwarde, my boy, and may ib be the first
atop towards changing your busby for a
eock,od hut."
It was but two o'clock, so he left me,,
pcomi iag to come back and tao acne pa
ny
mea ace faith,t' '
tot a Rwhet time;
h ia
passed, and how many conectures did I
snake as to what it was Ghat the Emperor
could want of me 1 I paned up and down
in a fever 'of anticipation. Sometimes I
thought that perhaps he had heard of the
guns which we had taken ab Austerlitz
but then there were so many who had
taken guns at Austerlitz, and two years
had passed since the battle. Or it might
be that he wished to reward me for my
affair with the aide-de-camp of the Russian
Emperor. ]3ub then a cold fit would Belize
me, and I would fancy that he had sent
for me to reprimand me. There were a
few duels whiuh he might have token in ill
part, and there ware one or two little jokes
in Paris since the peace.
But, no 1 I considered the words of
Lasalle. "If he had need o£ a brave man,"
paid Lasalle. It was obvious that my
Colonel had some idea 'of what was in the
wind. If he had not known that it was to
my advantage, be would not have been so
cruel as to 'congratulate me. My heart
glowed with joy as this conviction grew
upon me; and I eat down to write to my
mother and to tell her that the Emperor
was waiting, at that very moment, to have
my opinion upon a matter of importance.
It made me smile ae I wrote it to think
that wonderful as it appeared to me, it
would probably only confirm my mother in
her opinion of the Emperor's good sense.
At half peat three I heard a sabre Dome
clanking against every step of my wooden
stair. It was LaBelle, and with him was a
little gentleman, very neatly dressed in
black with dapper ruffles and Duffs. We
did not know many civilians, we of the
army, but, my word, this was one whom
we mould not afford to ignore 1 I had only
to glance 'at those twinkling eyes, the'
comical upturned nose, and the straight,
preoiee mouth, to know that I was in the
presence of the one man in France whom
even the Emperor had to consider.
"This is Monsieur Etienne Gerard,
Monsieur de Talleyrand," eaid Lasalle.
I saluted, and the statesman took me in
from the top of my panache to the rowel
of my spur, witha glance that played over
me like a rapier point.
"Have you explained to the Lieutenant
the circumstances under whioh he is sum-
moned to the Emperor's presence ?" he
asked in his dry, creaking voice.
They were ouch a contrast, these two
men, that I could not help glancing from
one to the other of them ; the little, black,
sly politician, and the big,aky-blue huzzar,
with one fist on his hip and the other on the
hilt of his pabre. They bout took their seats
esnook ed,Talleyrand without asound,apd
Lasalle with a olashand jingle like a prano.
ing charger.
"It's' this way, youngster," said he, in
hie brusque fashion ; "1 was with the Em.
peror in bis private cabinet this morning
when a note was brought in to him. He
opened it, and as he did so he gave such a
atart that it fluttered down onto the floor. I
Banded it up to him aguio, but be was star-
ing at the wall in trout of him as if he had
seen a ghost. 'Fratalli dell' Ajaccio,' he
muttered ; and then again, 'Frielellf dell'
Ajaooio; I don't pretend to know more
Italian than a man can pleat up in two
campaigns, and I could make nothing of
this. It Beamed to me that he had gone out
of his mind ; and you would have said so
also, Monsieur de Talleyrand, if you, had
sero the look in his eyes. He read the
note, and then he sat for half an hour or
more without moving."
"And you ?" naked Talleyrand.
"Why, I stood there not knowing what
1 ought to do. Presently he seemed to
Dome back to his Benne,
" 'I suppose, Lasalle,' said he, that you
have some gallant young officers in the
Tenth ?' "
They are all that, sire', I answered,
." If you had to pink one who was tobe
depended upon for action, but who could
not think too much—you understand me,
Lasalle—which would you select ?' he
caked,
" 1 saw that he needed an agent who
would not penetrate deeply into hie plane,"
' ' I have one,' said I, ' who is all apurs
and moustaches, with never a thought
beyond woman andrhorses.'
' That is the man I want', said Nap.
oleon. ' Bring him to my private cabinet
at four o'clock.'
"So, youngster I game straight away to
you at ence,aud mind that you do credit
to the 10th ;.Insure."
I was by no memos flattered by the rem -
sons whioh had led to my Colonel's choice,
and I muab have shown as muohin my face,
for he roared with laughter end Talleyraud
gave a dry bhuokle also,
" Just one word of advloa before you go,
Monsieur Gerard," said he : " you are now
coining Into troubled wators,and you might.
find a worse pilot than myself. %Are have
none of•us any idea as to what thin 'little
affair means, and between ourselves, it is
very important for us,, who have the des-
tinies of Trance upon our shoulders, to
keep ourselves in touch with all drat goes
on. You understand me,Monsieur Gerard?"
I had not the least idea what hewas
driving at, but I bowed and tried to look
ae it it was clear to me.
" Act very guardedly, then, and say
nothing to anybody," said Talleyrand.
" Colonel de Lasalle and I will not chow
oureslves in nubile with you, but we will
await you here, and wo will give yon our
advice when you have told us ha has
what
pawed between the Emperor and yourself.
It is time that you started now, for, Bila
Emperor naves forgives unpunetuality."
Off I wont on foot bo the palace, which
wan only a hundred paces off, I made my
way to the antechamber, where berm),
with his grand new scarlet and gold coat,
was fusing about among the crowd of
whittler to hfonalesr de Caulainaourt the
half of them were. Gorman DRkea wh
rxpested be he made Kin a,. and th
other half Gorman Duke who expecte
to he made paupers, Duron, when
he heard nay name, showed me
straight in, and I foan4 myself in the
Emperor's presence,
I had, of senna, seen him In tamp a
hundred tines, but 1 hod never been face
to face with him before, I have as d4u4
that if you had met him without knowing
in the leant wbo he wee, yen would simply
have timid that he woo aaallgw little fellow
with a good forehead and fairly well-turned
naives, Hie tight white oashinore breeohee
and white etcokings showed off hit lege to
advantage, But even a stranger muab have
been arrack by the siugulurlook of his eyes
which could harden into an expression
which would frighten a grenadier, It is
acid that even Auguereau, who was a mem
who had never known whatfear was, quailed
before 1 apoleou'e gaze, ae a time, too,
when the Emperor was but an unknown
soldier. Hq looked mildly enough at me,
however, and motioned, roe to remain by
the door. De Menaval was writing to his
dictation, Looking up at,llhn between eaoh
aentenee with his spaniel eyes.
"That will do, You can go," said the
Emperor, abruptly. Theo,when the more.
Lary had left the room, he strode woes
with his hands 1,6111114 hie back, and he
booked me up end down without a word.
Though he was a small man himself,
he was very fond of haying . fine-
looking fellows about him, ' and so
BO 1 think that my appearance gave him
pleasure. For my own part, I raised one,
hand to the salute and held the ether upon
the hilt of my sabre, looking straighbahead
of me, as a good soldier ehotild,
" Well, Monaieur Gerard," said he, at
last, tapping his forefinger upon one of the
brandebotsrgs of gold braid upon the front
of my pelisse, " Ism informed that you
are a very deserving young officer. Your
colonel gives mo an excellent account of
you."
I wished to make a brilliant reply, but I
could think of nothing save Lasalle's
phrase that was aspen and moustaches,
so it ended in my Baying nothing at all. The
Emperor watched the struggle whioh must
have shown itself upon my feature'',' and
when, finally, no answer came be did not
appear to be displeased.
1 believe that you're the very man that
I wens,? said he. "Brave and clever men
surround me upon every aide. But a brave
man who—" He did not finish his sentence,
and for my own part I could not under-
stand what he was driving at. I content-
ed myself with assuring him that he could
count upon me to the death.
"You are, as I understand a good
swordsman?" said he.
"Tolerable, sire," I answered.
"»You were chosen by your regiment to
fight the champion of the Hussars of
Chamberant?" "'aid' he.
I was not berry to find that he knew so
much of my exploits.
sai
""iiMyI. comrades, sire, did me that honor,"
"And for the sake of practice you in.
suited nix fencing masters in the week
before your duel?"
"1 had the privilege of being out seven
times in as many days, sire," eaid I.
"And'esuaped without a 'match 7"
"The fencing master of the 23rd Light
Infantry touched me on the left elbow,
sire."
"Let us have no more child's play of
the sort, monsieur," he cried, turning
suddenly to that cold rage of hie whioh
was so appalling. "Do you imagine that
I plane veteran soldiers in these positions
that you may practise quarte and tierce
upon them? flow am I to face Europe if
my soldiers turn their points upon each
other ? Another word of your duelling,
end I break you between these fingers."
I saw his plump white hands flash
before my eyes as he spoke, and his voice
had turned to the most discordant hissing.
and growling. loly word, my akin primo•
led all over as I listened to him, and 1
would gladly have changed my position for
that of the first man in the steepest and
narrowest breach that ever swallowed up
a storming party. He turned to the table,
drauk off a cup of coffee, and then when Ma
faced me again every trace of this storm
had vanished, and he wore that singular
smile which came from his lips but never
from his eyes.
"I have need of your services, Monsieur
Gerard," eaid he. "I may be safer with a
good sword at my side, and there are
reasons why yours should be the one
whioh I seleot. But first of all I must
bind you to secrecy. Whilst I live what
passes between ns today must be known
to none but ourselves."
I thought of Talleyrand and of Lasalle,
but I promised.
"In the next place, I do not want your
opinions or conjectures, and I wish you to
do exactly want you aro told,"
I bowed,
"Is isyour sword that1 need, and not
your brains. I will do the thinking. Is
'het clear to yon?"
"Yea, sire."
"You know the Chancellor's Grove, in
the forest ?"
I bowed.
"You know alto the large double fir•
tree where the hounds aaeembled on Tues.
day?"
Had he known that I met a girl under
it three times a week, he would not have
aaked me. 1 bowed once more without
remark
Very good. You will meet me there
at ten o'clock so -night."
I had get peat being surprised at any-
king whieh might happen. If he had
asked me to take his piece upon the 1m•
Aerial throne I could only nave nodded
my busby.
' We shall then proceed into the wood
together.," said the Emperor, " You will
be armed with a sword, hut not with pie -
tole. You must address 00 remark to me,
and I shall gay nothing to you. We will
dvunoe in eilenae. You understand?"
b "",.I have been thinking, .eira---.-" said
e I" He apron at Me With the ferogl of a
g ty
d wild beset. T really thought be would.
hove atruak me,
" Thinking 1" be oriel), ', Ynu, you 1
Do you imagtue I obese you out beueuee
you could think? Let me hear of your
doing even a thing again 1 you, the DSR
»nap—ppb, there 1 1 au meet me at the fir•
tree ab ten o'clock,"
n
"I understand, sire."
" After a time we shall Bee a man, or
more probably two men, antler a certain
tree, We shall approach thein together.
If Is signal to you to defend me, you will
have your sword ready. If, on the other
hand, I speak to these moo, you will wait
and Bee what happene. 11 you ere called
upon to draw, you must the that neither.
of then;, in the event of there being two,
escapee from us. Ishall myself assist you."
" But, sire," 1 cried, " 1 have no doubt
that two would not be too many for my
sword; but would it not be better that I
should bring a comrade then' that you
should be forced tojoin in myth astrtgglo?"
"Ta, ta, ta," aeid he. "I was a soldier
0 o
�m er. r. D
WO an D
before I
p youthink,
then,that artillery men him not swords as
well as the hussars? But I ordered you not
to argue with me. You will do exactly, what
I tell you. If swords are once out, neither,
of these men is to get away alive."
"'The, shall not, sire,' said 1:.
"Very good, I have no more instructions
for you. YOU can go."
turpeople who were waiting. I heard him 000urrtng to tmeal turoeiiand then an idea
my faith,4 was right glad to got out o
the room, If I have a good horse under
me, and a sword olanisiug egalnat m.y
atirrup'lron, I know where I am, And in
allthat relates to green fodder or dry,
barley and oata and rye, and rho handling
of equadrona upon the maroh, there is no
ORS who can teach me very much, Bub
when I meet a Chamberlain and a Marshal
of the Palace, and have to pick my words
with an Emperor, and Gnd that everybody
hints instead of talking straight out, I feel
like s troop -horse who has been pub in a
lady's oalacho. It to not my trade, all this
minoing and pretending, I have learned
the manners of a gentleman, but never
thane of a 00ur'bler. 1 wee rigiat glad then
to get into the fresh air again, and I ran
away up to my quarters like a schoolboy
who has just ;steeped from the seminary
master.
But asI opened the door, the very'arst
thing that my eye rested upon was Or long
pair of sky-blue
legsa with hussareea
r boots,
and
ashort pair of
blank ones with knee•broeoh+
es and buoklee. They both sprang up
together to greet me.
"Well, what news?" they Dried, the two
of them.
"None," I answered,
)tie Emperor refused to see you?"
"No, have seen him,"
"And what did he say ?"
"Monaieur de Talleyrand," I answered,
"I regret to say that it is quite impossible
for me to tell you anything about it. I
have promised the Emperor,"
"Pooh, pooh, my dear young man," said
he, sidling up to me, as a cat dons when it
is about to rub itself against you. "This is
all among friends, you understand, "n l
goes no farther than these four walla. Be.
aides, the Emperor never meant to include
me in this promise."
"It is buta minute's walk to the palace,
Monsieur de Talleyrand," I answered ; "if
it would not be troubling you too much to
ask you to step up to it and bring beck the
Emperor's written statement that he did
not mean to include you in this promise, I
shalt be happy to tell you every word the
passed."
He showed hie teeth at me then like the
old fox that be was,
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
ASPIIYXIATAD BY GAS.
--
rive Employes °rule l'rovldenee Gas Com-
pany Meet Their Death 'While Repair-
ing, a holder.
A despatoh from Providence, R. T., says
—Five employes of the Providen ee Gas Clore.
pany went to their death in the cellar of
the Westfield street gas holder about 1.30
o'clock on Wednesday afternoen,aaphyxia-
tion by gas being the cause, The accident
was a peculiar one. For several days
leaking gas had been detected in the holder,
and the company sent aix men and a fore.
man to repair the leak, which proved to
some from a defective valve connecting the
four -inch main whioh supplies the Vs eat -
field street holder with gas from the main
holder on Globe street. The men had just
returned from dinner at 1 o'clock, and
going down the wooden stairs whioh lead
from the entrance of theholder to the cel.
bar below began to work on the broken
valve. They disconnected it, and tied
a cloth bag about the large mein,extending
in from the street. Tha bag gave way,and
an imnenee volume of gas rushed out. In
leas time than ie taken to tell it all were
overcome, and before they could reach the
foot of the ataire, within a few feet of
them, they dropped down dead, with the
exception of one, who managed to crawl
up the stairs, where the freak air revived
him sufficiently for him to reach the street.
Soon after 3 o'clock the Gas Company sent
a gang of men to dig up the street in front
of the terrible grave, to get ae the main
shut-off further along, it being nnderatood
that no other means of shutting off the gas
could be atttained, and even then it meant
two hours' work. Foreman Allen took a
hand in the excavation, and wee overcome
before the digging had proceeded far. He
was taken to the Rhoda Island hospital.
His life is despaired of,
Advantages of Light Railways.
The question of light railways appears
to be coming to the trout in many parts of
the world, and in this direction Belgium
seems to take the lead. In that country
the National Society of Local Railway's.
was founded in 1885 as an aid to agricul-
ture, industry and commerce. It was
determined to build narrow gauge railways
orsteam tramwaysalong existinghighwaya,
so that cheap construction and equipment
would warrant reduced rates end give
agriculturists and others au advantage in
local markets. In the ensuing nine years
the Government has authorized the estab-
liahmanc of seventy -live oh thane linea, ex-
tending over 836 miles, and varying from
about one mile to shirby.four in length.
Six of these lines belong to private tom.
panics, end the remaining sixty -sine to
the National Society. At the end of 1893
there were over 808 miles of light railways
a promotion of nearly twenty-nine per
cent. to the ordinary railway system of the
oountry, the latter conferring 2,809 miles.
The ganye of these lines is of varying
width, but that of the greater number,
including all the lines in the National
Sogiety, is one metre.
RIOTS IN INDIA.
A .mon or Mohammedans Attack it Ilht
Ileo Procession—Pollee ;'ire and Kill
Ten of W„ Assnlfantv..
A despatch from Bomtay says:—Serious
disturbances resulting from the enmity of
the Eindoos and Mohammedans aro report•
ed from Dhnlia, a town in the Iiaudeiah
district, about 180 miles from this oity.
Tha trouble began on August 24, when
rho h1ohamsdans attaoked and routed a
Hiudoo procession. On Sunday lust the
Mottoes held another procession, whioh
was headed by `a band of music mob
A
of Mohammedans obstructed the way,not..
withstanding the efforts of the police, who
escorted the paraders, Then soma one
ordered the police to fire,and the command
was obeyed. Ten Mohmnedana were killed
by the volley and 60 more were wounded,
War has its laws as well as; peace., -
Iiume,
A TERR11310B TB4ehlYY,
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A despatch from Sullivan, Ind„ sayer—
'fhe most horrible murder and suicide in
the Watery of this county were emoted on
Thursday night, ;wee Ward killed Aaron
Hunter, hie father.in.law,and John hunter,
bis brother.ln.law, Ward cut elf the head
of the eider Hunter and split wide open the
head .of the sog. I amity diflorencea are
supposed to have led be the crime. Thurs-
day night at eleven o'clock Ward and
Hunter were in town, and had apparently
arrived at a satisfactory uuderotaudhag,
Ward insisted, however, upon the old map
going to the woods for the purpoaa of
huntfpg 00008. While the )aunt was in
progrees,and Hunter wasaitting au a stump,
Ward hit him on the neck with an axe..
Hie 'heed was split wide open, When
hunter fell Ward struck the proatrate body
again, and cut *0 the head, The axe sank
into the ground. The murderer then pro-
ceeded to kick the head of his victim' about.
Ba then went home, awoke his wife, and
told her to call her brother, MB he and the
old man had treed a coon, and asked hint
to come and help to fell the tree, The
younger Hunter got up, and went out into
the yard with only his ahirt on, when
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Ward. with a str a ofhe' axe, ae, felled him
to the ground, Young Hunter died almost
immediately with his head split open.
Before many hours the prime was gener-
a/1y known, and a posse, oonsietingg of
miners and farmers, started en a hunt for
Ward, armed with various weapons. Jaet
as they had loeated'Word and surrounded
the field in whioh he was biding, a single
shot was heard, The posse cloned in on
the spot whence the firing had come, and 1
found Ward on his baok on the ground with
a revolver in either hand and a bullet
wound under the left eye. He was already
dead.
The World's Coal,
An English contemporary says : " The
production of coal throughout' the world
last year was estimated at 553,700,000 tons.
In this total the United Kingdom figured
for 185,000,000 tons, Germany for 74,000,.
000 tons, France for 25,250,000 tone, Bel-
gium for 19,500,000 tone, Austria and
Hungary for 10,250,000 tons and the United
States for 170,000,000 tons. It is estimated
that 5,000,000 tons of coal were raised last
year in Australia and New Zealand, 4,000,.
000 tone in Canada and 3,000,000 tons in
British Indio.
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