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a fled picked up.theil;',' sailfeefall
he plene, then beat it o „, •
"Give chafte-tas enee„l' alieufed Mae
"Selo them Ala" '
Buck end the ether ruidiere eicaroa
ti1yarid led by. -the Man who
had eon Mary's ,perte, dashed off
ori the', chttee, , • •
Down in. Coyete Peas, Imre
alsguieed at/ Ideho 1.3111; was ou
airetig another sr,ioila of the ruatle
ariving the:etc/len cattle through the
s. They had rue only a tew
iroligh, 'when after looking at Ms /
watch, he called out: . _ '
, "Boys, keep these et.eeee itethe pees
until I return frone-from the hose."
, The ineri :tended, and Terence
wheeled his boree epumed
(To ee.ctifitinueda
Y F J. MICOIfNELLandGEORQE W. PYPEI
CITA PTER X Can ted
OM h fnent the ranch defe
were slemly gainine ground o
ruaters. Under their steady el
the raritems were rimidly Calling
'We'd eeve them on the run s
eala Bud to ,i`‘fiquel, elding ne
him
grant elle Mee anee came dee E
)f 'the hoefe of the stampeding -
let lease.
"They've :maned the corral,"
Miguel.
At the' mo evith tho
cowbee•s prees,ing „mongly to
the meets of Buck 'McLeod broke
ehey etarted ilegieg on the run. 1
enrsing, teled vainly to call them
and continue the battle, but with
eeral-of them wounded, and their
age. erealcitig down, they heeded
leader no longer. Disgustedehe tu
and fled after them, the cowhogl
ing cheer.
e`Corne," saia Bed to ithouei, "
net needed here any more. Let'se
back, elose the cereal, and sav
' men y et the steers as we can."
They spurred off towaed the so
At the gates they found the twa
Mite -who wee stainpecling the mi
herd through int.() the, Mite.
*petted fire.- Taken by surprise,
two rustlere fied-precipitately wit
even returning the fire.
Laboriously Butt- and Miguel
the corral gate shot against the
oneoming stars, and finally had
balence of the herd locked in.
' When the flying hoofe of the e
ceased passing over them Mary
Terence breathed a sigh of re
They. waited -a moment M make
that -no moo would collie, then ros
their feet.
"Well, dear, looks like -your
got them ou the eun," said Tem
"They've got. away with part of
heed, but trap them."
Mary looked at Inm: pleadingly.
• "Oh, don't go back to them,"
said, "Stay. They'll discover yo
,you rejoin them."
"No, Mary, inuet—it's for y
sake. I'm learning thinga about
gang,, and the real chief behind t
operatiene, that are unportant—to
save, your father, and the ranch."
He looked at her lovingly. Then he
noticed Bud and Miguel coming down
the laneetoward them.
"The boys—they muse% know about
me—make believe you're struggling,"
he said.
. He seized her with mock burl/nos;
and she struggled. During the strug-
gle he planted a kiss on her lips.--
• tenderly--laughing---arld •for a mo-
ment she eased, to struggle while she
taunted it. "This worat-do, Mary,"
he laughed under his breath, "fight
fight me." She laughed too and
regained her etruggie.
Bud and Miguel, ruening, were eolit-
h:gee:lose.
- ground now, Mettle the fehoe, dash for
\c,„ "I'm going to throw you to the
your stable, steal ohe of your horse,
and beat it— a Terence whispiked.
"Now --be ready o you'll fall easily
and not hurt yourself." '
Re hurled his bemired to the ground
and scaled the fence. Bud ziaid Miguel,
coming up, more concerned over IVial7
theft the escapina ruitler, bent over
her limp body, giving. Terence ample
• opportheity to soave. May,
re-
tendzn' unconscioueness, continued to
lie still to hold the boys from pursuing
,
- When she finally permitted them to
"revive" hoe and escort her back to
the house there was no More sign of
the "rusher" who had "attacked" her.
• None of the boys returning from the
rulepirig gun battld with the fleeing
gang had seeh him eitheer. ,
"One thing puzzles me," /mid Bud,
as the boys gathered together and
diseussed the fight, and thoee who bad
been 'wounded Ilathed and bandaged
• their hurts. "First these guys jump
me, arid .tie ine up, and tun off, then
one •of Mne cuts 'the ropes and frees
me, and runs off after the rest of 'em.
Now what do you make of thatr
a men truicle to interfere but Tagge
-cetera stooped thein. . -
O the ' `let 'eta fight it out themselves,'
refire lui ::,,aid. ' ' •
back, They did.. For hula enhoer, T
oon," ence held the offensive almost througli-
xt to -out. 'They sloughed and punched (Mel
other merollesaly. Eau hit the
cattle often than Terence. But both were
1:11
etind ground time teeter thee, Olt more
genie fighters, gluttons a:re punish
-
Mend ment, alevays coming back for more.
Hetet finially in one of Ma 'rualloa,
••anch Terence plunged at Buckehitting like
yard, a battering ram, remetering Meal blow
, and -after iron blow, till Buck fell crurnals
Suelz, ed,upen the ground, cut, bleeding, bet;
each Mitel, and compleMly stone in.
ov- . • He lay still, and Terence, facing
cour- about to the others, well battered up
their himself, but grimly game for More,
riled &boated: - . •
giv- , "Any a you hombres got funny
lame about me?"
ee're 'None top:settled.
hase - "Then from now on Idaho Bare
e as eunning this gang," Terrence yelled,
• , They exchanged leeks of approval
xrale at this announcemena kind Taggart
gist- ;stepped forward and looked hirn eVer
Ming with calCulating half-suspicioue eyes.
They After a moment Taggart said:
the ••-•"Guess the right man won ---you'll
hoet do for the job," and Offered his hand.
slid•CHAPTER XXV.
stila
the, SIMS.
e At taa Bar IVI -that-morning timY
attle Were shaking plane for protectien
and againet fuether. attacks, when -IComi
lief. rode in "and delivered the note from
sure Terenee to ,Mary. Excitedly, she read
e to it aloud, to Stella and -Bud:
"Rush word to ,sheriff at Pico he
boys 'can trap rustlers vidth etolen steers at
nce. Coyote Pass near Mexico line. You
-sae ride tealComier hut quick andawaitme
there. I've found•my -wolf. If we can
,
boats Laqui gold youfr troubles will
sho b d d., I ,
1,
u if, . !Who'll blazes is Idaho?" asked
Bud: • .,
our Mary was on the point of revealing
this thet it was Berate; then she reniem-
heir bered he asked that no one be, told,
and rilmply replied:
"A 4riend We can rely upon." She
went On:
"The pholes awiree were cut
night—hew -shall we•get word •to
el -tariff?. Is the airplane in shape
CHAPTER XXV',
mine Xteucaras.
• Buck and his Ment heel; at their
camp early next morning, wete count,-
iag the cattle they had stolen, and
commiserating about the clebaele Of
• their raid,
'If some traitee hadie't let those
• ranch Vide loose fram the bunkhouse'
weed a had tho whole herd," growled
• Buck.
Ile looked over the mo, then
'snarled: ,
"Where's that road agerit—Idethe
BIM?" ,
They counted heads ati4 diecovered
the new men was missing.„ At this moe
ment Topaz TaggareMode into camp,
and calling Buck said,:
"Stella Morittose is comime to meet -
me. Leave some of the' boye hermfor
another little job. ,Send the fest of
them over the border with those eOWS,
peonta."- , •
Buck eald him about the disappear-
/ince of Idaho Bin. Taggart's eyes
glared. • -
""We• umet find the double-erosser,"
Ise seapped, "before he ca55 expose us.
I have a way of derairig with skunks."
Back of the brutah at the camp lay
Terence, watching and listening in-
tently. With lam :was Keene when he
Led met on hie way. Teisence hestily
soribbled a note, and handed, it to the
Indian. . .
"Take this to Mary Marshall; then
wait for her et your but on Sieera
Diable," he said "I'll corns. later,"
The Indian mounted -his horse ond
sped off, Terence leaped to his saddle
and -rode into the cainp.
"Look—there he ie," shouted one of
_the men as Terenceaillaeared.
j
Two ef the men uittpedhim, only'
to meet his baro knilekleS ited ee
enocked cold. As Buse came tip
shoutileg:' "We'll give lain a. yope't
end," and the other men Crowded
sound, Terence drew a gun.
'Idaho Bill ain't ie the habit of tak-
es, rough jokes in the, dark," Tercnee
said, calmly but menacingly, "Irlaybe
you kin /Med some light."
"Yearo been miseing," Buck anarled
accusingly. "Why,?"
"I've been sane' your males by
throwin' thosa ranch elsewhere off your
trail, that's what I been deaf," Ter-
ence nnswered derisively. ,
"Ye mean ye double-creseed es on
the job," Buck Miami, "en—"
lremnee leaped front his horee and
grabbed Busk by the throet, cried,
"Yob lie/ I gtit good eyeS—an,
they're lookha at tee guilty snake
• Bieck answered with a staggering
blow to Terence's jaw. Terence reta,i-
ated in a fizen, and the t-wo men
use?"
Bud ecratched his head, and s
"May be a little risky, but,—"
arli go witlityou, Bud," Stella br
in, "If it's got 'wings we'll znak
:fly as we used to in the' old fly
eines
He hesitated a moment and fine
agreed.
"Miquel and Komi can go w
me?" said Mary, "and the other b
will stand gutied oil the ranch u
a posse cordes."
Bud emu_ out, inetructed the at
boys, and got the plane ready. Mk
-mune with horses for himself a
Mary. The plane flew off with Ste
and Bud, and Mary and Miguel mou
ed and aolleared Komi to keep
rendezvous with "Idaho."
Half am hour tater, with the sto
cattle on the way 'to the border,
charge of several of -the rustlers
command of Tereeee, alias /dram Il
Taggart and 8eVeral others -Wait
Stella at their secret rendezvo
Hearing a noise in the racy, they a
the plane hovering up above them
"What in the hell deo this mean
growled Taggart, watching intentl
Hp there in the sky, Stella, sitti
behind Bud, had been gazing do
over the Idde of the cockpit for so
time. Finally, seeing what she wri
<id awls en the ground, she delibera
ly airened one of the ateoring wi
which passed through her compa
mint, e
Bud felt the flying machine lea
his tontroL He grabbed desperate
at the levers, then cried. •
"The eteerieg contrtas hate ja
rod."
"If we fall with the machine it re
east our hies," Stella replied. "There
Only one pared:Alto, but one of as mu
reach the Avail. I'll jump it" A
she began- to unfold the parachute.
Bud proteeted, but .StelIe ignor.
Vs plea.% He could not leave h
place, trying la pilot the plane in t
face -of death, Before he could reali
It, Stella leaped from the plane 'wit
the marachute, filet as she had in th
ord circus days as a stunt. •
last
the
for
aid,
oke
e it
ing
Ily
itis
oys
ntil
her
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rid
lla
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is
he
ze
The plane kept on. Bud could -fiat
regain control. He sought a safe
spotsto make an emorgancy landing,
But there wee none al eight, and the
plane kept droppinga-dropping—
Taggart and his men saw the daring
leap from the- plane, • watched the
parachuM unfold, and rtished to the
spat where it seemed likely to land.
Down through space Stella came
fealties', and firialty landed, safely. She
quickly diterigaged berseIf from the
parachute, and bolted toward 'Taggart
and his mem As Taggart cams up lie
liftea her onto his -addle, faced Apia,
and rode back whence he had come.
• The crippled plane fell into a clurrar
of etreee, a aelv mintitee later, Bud
emerged front the wreckage, miracus
lonely urthert. eLooking about, he
saw the paractute lying on the
ground, not far ofa, and started to-
ward ie , •
While he was staring at it, he be-
came aware of horses approaching. It
was Mary, Miguel and Komi. , They
pulled up in surpeise as he ran to
greet them, "
"The plane wrecked," he said. "But
Steba drappecawith the'parachute be-
fore the fall. She must heve gone to
the sheriff',"
"Then come with us, Bud—thy is
no time to too," eried Mary.
the,B7:0avvuelerizooeseffd.tamgboeoldenwdaye,Iiqueeldin.aien,,d,
laughed Taggart to SMea, as they
roae Into the cainp,
"Well, I yeas lei a hurry," she ree
plied. "Whit till you hear whet I've
got to tell you." •
She eecounted to him what bad
traimpirecl et the ranele how by flying
to him she had prevente,d word reach
ing the Eburiff, and aboat the note
teem Idaho Biel, 'concluding:
MeelaiterPag the °Caere,.
Ocean 'd'epths of three or tour melee
rim comparatively- -common, arid the
menfruseng et 'thole is a matter recede
ing skill mei 'some patience, To 'fath-
om these depths, epecial service elites,
such ars eableaseriaa voesele and eine
veYing ehlee, era ea:lipped' With an in-
genious,machlee upon which la wszund
ete. or -Seven milea or,wire similar to
that need, In the malting pf pianos,
At the on of this wire a tube about
two Inohes- in diameter and two feet
in loath be .rittfteled. • It has trap.
doom at Lte .barm, so that When strik-
ing the bottom of the flea they open,
ancl the tube. becomes partially ghee
teat "sea -door." -
But although eveighing about' ten
pounce:, tiara tube Is -not sufficiently
hoeseeto heaoh the bottima with dose'.
able rapidity, so that three detachable
Weights, about 190 rounds- an, are
fitted to the tube in such a manner
that when they reach the bottom they
are•automaically eeleased, •
It
be noceesary Male) these weights,
because, from a depth of three to tour
miles, or evere less, the wire would
not be strong -enougbi to haul the tube
and weights to_the-surface again. If
Use wire parted, as It often does even
withott weights, the neture of the
composition ot the bottein would be
lost. This "bottom," as Itis called, is
af great value to scientists; and is pre-
served in ,bottles and sent to them.
The shianie manoeuvred rover the
spate -where tire sounding is to be
talrese anti the macklee' 'brake re-
leased. The wire rune out at the rate
of about MIO fetraa minute:
A dial en the madame recorde the
amount of wIre out, end se the Labe
reaches the bottom, the springs, being
relieved cif theweight of the sinkers,
automatically bring the brakes into
final Action and prevent any more wire
running out,
At vaeliars distances along the wire,
apacIal therreometera. are Reedited, oo
that the tea temperatures at various
alopthe can he ascertained; and it is
of intereet that at great depths the sea
ts always Very celd: • •
The One" Friend Left,
The, nuirt wa,lked SIDIVU the principal
residentiel street of the towe where
he lived, And as he proceeded -
trona glared at hint and the fallen of
mall children pretended not to see
him. Scorn. :net him on every side,
accompanied by her stlent companion,
CoateMpt. "
But at length he came to oei gate
where one vannan did not heap die-
m:de upon hie penal presence. She
eves there awaiting hie approach, a
child in her arms, a smile 'mum her
face.
"Ole Mr, Bixby!" she -cried, "I want-
ed you to see little Mary this morn-
ing, She seeiam to know that she evai
judged the prettiest- baby In Green;
wood CouatY Yeeteiday, and I wanted
to thank yotaaagain for yoer decision.*
Not Even a Chip.
a chip orf the old blook."
• "Merely a sliver, I'd says"
• Faleilattig Aramairereari,
The name "Guy Isawiteei Day" le
given in England to the fifth of No-
'venthea femous, as the anniversary of
the attempted destructiou of the J3r1-
tieh hooter or Parliament In 1605, .
fe
The flay origlaally was celebrated re
with religious services, in inemory of
the • providential deliverance of the m
king and Parlioment; but at the pre,
emit time is limited- to the peculiar cue ut
tem or proreding etrawstuffed effigies:
of Guy Icavatc,s through the `streets 41 to
te
London old other Mriglieh Mlles, de
• llebert Cattraby, thei princiPal con- ta
splrator la the plot,' escaped, but was •
seot at Worcester -three days later
weimaattempting. to raise au last/esc-
apee Guy Fawkes and sev,eral others sa
were put Co death January et, le0e, et,
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When Whistling is Unlucky.
Whitataing is forbidden in Iceland,
wheee It is regarded as brea•oh, pf
the Divine law, But whistlieg biare•
gartled with disfavor le other placee
ate well.
In- the dressingroora of a theatre,
for exampleale dooma a play if anyone
whietles within hearing of the players
who ere -"Making Up" for the Oast per-
formance, according ta a very oie
theatrical aupeastition. .
On shipboard yon MUst not whistle
unless you want to bring bh a kale of
wind. Yoe near whistle just 4 little
in a Calm, if yeti wish for a bit of evind,
but eallare believe yea are likely to
get much more than you went,
Whistling niter dark le regarded aa
unlucky some parte, while miners
hold Stet at no time of day should you
tvhistimin a mine; doing eo be mire to
bring on a eave4n, en explosion, or
other form or diszteter.
Ameng the rates. which reeent all
whistling are the Arabs, They say
that it is 'respired by the Bell One, and
teat It takes• forty days to purify am
molith of the walsier,
Five years ago the Governor of
Guam, the American island possession
in the Pacific, issued an edict againet
whistling on that islaatt—pre.sumably
In deference te a prejudice of the nta
tivee against the practice. *
Plants •Theiele iela DarkridaS.
• •
Queer green plant algae that live
and -thrive In complete darkne,es nine
et deep in the soil are being firveati-
ated by Dr. George T. Moore, (Brea -
of the Missouri Botanical Oiseclen,
t. Louise In spite ot the fact that
Miens or them inhabit a clump of
rth, their time election in life 18
atnown, One species ot these sub-
rraneen algae is surprisingly ubiqua
us, Dig a hole three or four feet
ep in any meg of the world and
ere the algae Mat be found.
The Chinese usually open a eoriver-
tion with "How old are
ead of "flow do met do?"
FLIMER1CKS
P
,Narve.
"Aad the Maes•hell girl's en her
way to the hut of this 'Indian, Komi,
et Sierra Dialele, to meet this, Idaho
fellow, foe some_ tr•easetre hunt." '
"Hran1M, thiS is Seriaus;" glowered
Taggrot, fondling Ille toeame
ehartp, EW he realized the Teal aeaaali
far all bie plottieg .was enclateeered-
"We muet •ece res
altlighta known 110 was 0 deeliam
geese:iv, that, Ichilime pet eri Duce.,
As "Paggarl, 'began making. plaits
.evith Stella, one of hie men hrolfs, in '
-aeon them.
"Suet saw that Mealehell earl and a
merfect in fle,rce combat. Two of the couple of fellows Main-el:Me fery down
Once Was a Very young ,
if -1
-WtIOSe short hair would not stay an
' (talsd
Se to -Keep it an
rl,pc,ar-ulcc)
She used 'glue and.
3,11ar1001 101)0,111+,0);
O'aVe it a leteree-saw-ake
O•otary moVcalent)
"Upon the line.write bbs word tla"a is Cleaned below
pirate
ow 1 thearnere words, the
terms:see and deur worde,
Romeny, andePattevail and Caraven
' and
Mow they Alt and sig 10 »le; dameh
ader they biang to '
athered modrs. anti bending. eltio
mut "gyi)Cyaammilval.'
The Enn,zwept w , d
dreamea 01 110 .0 eleld, -word
Like ',meat aad Caaparai, Coyo
Sags;
How they flung a dare to me o
without a care to me;
ea the, flying hoofbeats rang
across the printed page!
The lanthern-Ilt, the old 'words, the
soarMt and the gold worde,
Paltry, ' Jerkin, ,Yeoma,n, . Falcon,
Glebe age Glade;
Minstrel, Lanza, and' Tourney—what
an age -long journef •
Through the poiteres of the Past,
, alone and hali afahd,
The wind-biown-and the see woree, the
lawlees and the tree word,
Spindrift, Dougloon, :Cutlass,- elb,
Corseir, Yardarm, Crew;
Whispering vrild.talee to me—ah, how
each unvetes to me
Paha-fringed 'islands rising aTeen,
, against the ocean blue.
The batmen -scented North, words that
• call untamed hearts forth, werds
•Like Wanfgane. and-Mackinow, But -
Ml, Turniihe, Trail:
VVIdle the teemed South to me turne
a Myer -mouth to me '
Jesmine-scentecia paasion-tiowet•ed,
'by the Bayou pale.
Some may nye their tair eireamsecost-
.
Ise jewelled, rare dreames;
Some rnay rove the hiring world as
free ae homing -bIrdse-
But still I'll find me all femme, cloae-
wafting at my eall for 'me;
In my pleated paiacee, bright talmii-
trlecl with- rireadis!
, • —Martha Haskell Chmee.
Blows That Revive Brains.
There-wOuld, probably be consterna-
tion if an examination candidateemala
ed how he woula proceed to restore
the apparently drowned, should reply:
"I should kick him la the small of the
back," . Yet that is the Way they go
about it now in Japan, •
Thee° is a spot in the middle of the
back wleich they tell you .is a --very
Sensitive nerve -centre; a sharp blew
there well stimulate the brain ietto
immediate action, Speaking anatomi-
eally, the spot must be descrthed as
the base of the eleventh cervical ver-
tebra.; for the leerier:1 it would be sane
pier to say the eleventh knob of the
spine counting from the large knob,
that marks the base of the neck.
Thla. trick is part of the• abluinese
syetem known as 'lkuatua," or the re,
Istoration at life, Rnatsu was a natural
and inevitable sequel to Jiu-Jitsu.
Several of the tricky throws practised
by,JaPtruese vvrestiers, if they are not
fatal iu their effects, are at least of
(latently dangerous to atop all the vital
proeesees.
.ran actual kieliein the small of the
back is the lest resort, however, The
blew Is usually //truck with the second
knuckle of the secend finger. • Tbe
mealier the striking surface the wrote
Or the stilreilatIoe of the nerve -centre.
At football and other sports players
aro taequently knocketi out by oevere
blovve oe kicks. For title Mafia of In-
jury another lturitsu way of revival
welch rnay eeenz weird to our Mestere
Ideas is very good..in lie effects.
The patient is laid on his back, and
one person holds down his shouldere,
while the other removes one of his
boots and pulls the foot otrotter up-
wards, The operator then clenehes
las fist so that the second knuekle of
the second Anger .protrades beyond
the others, fend s•trikea a blow at the
patient's Matey just under the bones
that form the arch.
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Mining for Wciod.
Mining is generally associated with
minerals and the getting of these sub..
stances, ant of the earth, but there are
sontrapitices where mining for arnbet
it an iiriportant aria Iecrative Indus-
try.
In a wide sweriip noel' Chicago
quantities or white oak loge are beitig
recovered, the rentable of a great for-
est that wee submerged seven or eight
thousand years ago. Altheugh the outer
layers of wood hive decayed, some
ceemical agent in the soil luta made
the. remainder hard dad durable and
given it a delicate color, for which it
isairmelt prized.
Gold prosaectore the Charlotte
Plates in Ametralia recently discover.,
ecl le the bed of a river leng since
dried up a valuab deposit of timber
known as the ithe.oalt. IVIally of the
legs -unearthed had, the appearance 'of
having been cut and trimmed by hu-,
man agency. This wood is also rioted
for its toughness and is ennio ed In
the manufaciarce of ornaments and
toilet artielee.
In the peat hogs in Irelend deposits
lo.fitibsogsTuoahlattaairlecefriTte joenttlybiaeiceiccouainttaer,estel:
ceptionally 'hard, end provides a pro-
fitable industry for the inhabitants,
who fashion it lute 'ornaraentes, pipes,
eroese,s, and so on,
• Certain New aealandere obtain a
livellhoed by. digging for kauraguin
and amber -colored, resinous ebb:stance
derived from the kawri-pine, and usei
in the preparation of special varnish.
Tee fassilized vegetable resin known
as ember is also sing out of the earth, 1
cula in some parte of Gernmey ;led in
Jutland there are pita Made speoially
tor 'finding the substance..
In British Columbia there, is a pe -
melee mine train whieh a kind of snap
is obt [tined. The oVigin of the sub-
stance Is a Mystery, but It consiets of
borax ape eome fatty Ingredient Mena -
ed by Native into the sembitems abd
cremate:my of soap. -
eolcanoee should be Seen .and Not
)3, lb,
gr selik
TrY SA1EADA.
Stones A out eitanown eo
1110, "Poem. The origin cd noiice is an oe-
eta OU w len burglar:, actually brglto
in—without receiving or coarse the
above invitation. He was insured, and
the eonipany wore quite eaey about
teeir responsIbelitiee, eor Mr. Sang -
will's rooms weee iiiimediately above
Mr. J.' D. Rockefeller, probably the
world's alchest mae, hoe lately spent
much, of his leisure, it It is :said, in
writing yeame.
'Asked by a poetry society to attend
a dinner in honor omets eighte-eixth
hirthday', he declined, sending the fel- these of the then solicitor -general)
lowing lime, in tieing se:— Despite this tact, Bill Sikes was net
f was earrly tatiglet to work as well ae deterred.
play; . '1'he .burglars made straight for a.
My life haa been one long happy holt- ivxmllbeleexovloaqtcalitotoeiti, aontd abia•olkehe intatiapeoat
gold and entree All they found Was a
huge cola/peon of prees cuttings. They
were eo disgusted eleat they left with-
out searching any further.
"So you eee," et:nerves Mr. Zang -
will, when relating ,th s story, "the
acmes has its nese after ."
A Wonderful Family.
day,
Fill of work and tea otplay.
I. dropped the worry on the way,
And God was good to me, every dee.
The Child Understood.
Like all people whose work brings
them into intimate relation with the
human side of thinge Sir Herbert Bar-
'111.1aels‘,
athegrfealliattmliskiTer flPoili.lacthivilecireun7eLnd • wber, Video:int • Jellicoe vieked
many of his best eternes are about Southampton recentlyto open the new
them. Here is one. 13arbar Beerd ohleee,, his eirst concerns
"Daddy, Is to -day to-mcrrow?" asked Biter performing the aereniony, was
little Wifile, to cell on his aunt, Mimi Catherine
"isT0' 11111 8011, 'at cclur-4.6 tosiay is4't 1.10e6litihe°bairtwhhillY-
to-merle:rive' answered his father that day e,elebrated her
Lord Jellicoe is a memberlof a ore'
long lived family. An uncle of his
died not loag ago at the age of ninety;
les father was ninety; while the lat-
tore, cousin died In. her 105th year.
A' Pious Mete
"But yeti sail it vtatl." objected
Willie.
"When did I ever say that today was
to -morrow?"
"Yeaterday" answered Willie.
"Well it was, To -day was teener -
row yesterday but to -day is to -day Just
as yesterday was. te-day yesterday but
is yesterday teaday. And to -morrow
will -be to -day to -morrow which makes
to -day yesterday and tomorrow an at
once. Now run along and plam"
Playwright Was Saved by Power
of the Press.
If you should visit air. Israel Zang -
will at We London home do not be sue -
prised to find the following notice ort
the door:
"To )3uglars,e-you are cheerfully In-
vited to eater as everything valuable
has been taken awayl"
Prince, Arthur of Oonneught has
visited ainierit every eountre in the
world, niceties witb many _strange ea-
t:melee:cos In the course of his travele.
Astory he id fond of telling concerns
a Journey. he made on a epental miss'
Mon to Japan during tile war.
Ile was. greeted eyerywhere with
tea greatest enthusIrtem, but the of-
ficials of one teem he vieleed had ap-
parntly not mastered English any too,
thor,oughly. For the lirst thing he
sew on. entering the place was a
triumpbal arelnbeateng the -words:
"God help Prince Arthur!"
Start the Day 'eerily.
when is. new day come to greet you,
• , riee to tneet It with a riniile—
Every task it brings will lighten, aed
' be easier the while;
'And the journee, long and tiring, that
you really dread and fear,
Will be shorter and muck brighter if
yuo mtart the day with cheer.
If you wake to grouse' arid- gruMble,
_and to wear a sccowl or feown,
Orosaing bridges ere you reach theM
will niolit surely let you dowel,
Be the elands all dark and gloomy, and
the outlook sad and drear,
You will see zeine gleams of eunshine
if you start the day with cheer.
•
Other gpnts haye got their tireubles,
• every oue muat have hie share;
Don't be fretting Over troubles that
you may not have to bear,
nate° the new•born day with gledness,
• meet IM tasks with hope, not
oys ,areeart-s-ralting round the corner If
you start the day with cheer.
• . —Alice Wise.
Weapons of Antiquity.
'The oftensive weamats ot the Aitees
censieted of bows and arrows, slings,
clubs, spectre, light javelins and
sword. The bows were made of tough,
elastic wood and were about five feet
111. length, For etrIngs they treed, the
sinevrs of animate or Maga' hair, twist-
ed.
The arrowsmorromf light cane, witia
about six inches of onit or other hard
wood inserted In the end; at the ex-
tremity a leen iteli (obeidlen) wae
fastened with heneguln fibre and fur'
Cher soureci with a paste of reran or
other adhesive eubetatee. •
Sometimes inetead of itzli they used
the bones of enimale er ash. The bone
•of a WM OSIled /iblea is old to have
caused by its venomous properties a
wound very difficult to heal.
It is well know that tile leTahua ta-
dime did not use poitoned arrows;
such weapo,ne wauld have defeated tee
object foi• which they often fought --
namely, ehat of taking their enemies
1 • , p so 0. Sacrificing,
A Poem YourShouId Know.
The Donkey.
51 Gilbert K. Chestertoe had never
written anything except the following
short poem he would 'have done
onoligh to immortalize his name. The •
poem JO Probably the only firsteate
piece of literature entirely devoted to
that humble eervara or nein, the dom
key.
When Relies 'flew and fereste walked
And figs grew upon thorn, •
Some moment when the moon was
blood,
Thee surely I was born;
With monsttotes head and sickening
And ears like eirtent
Tile devil's walking pas -ods
Of all four -footed things.
.The•tattered outlaw of the earth,
Of ancient cfrooeed will;
Starve, emu/seeder:1de me: Tern dumb,
I keep my secret still. r
Pools! For a alsohad my hour;
One far tierce Maur tied sweet:
There ,was a shout about my ears.,
And seams before nlY feet.
Back to the Ocean.
• Foe quite a generation we have,
heard sad etories of the death of oils
ing shim says a Writer In "The Cardiff
Timm" The vanishing. of salla frono
the silver eerie Is one of the rot/lame
tragedies of motlern life, according to
most literary fele :who "write about
these things. How many people real -
Me the true. tit-ete? Actual official
steels:Um OW there is more sailing
totnage afloat 10 1985 actuelly than
there wars ine1819, the yew of the lint
Atlantic passage by a steamship/ In
the latter year, while steamers totaled
Only about 5000 tons, lalling tonnage
totaled 8 000 000. Teday the world's
steam tentage Is well. oVer the 3,000-
000 mark, but there are still afloat
'nailing elii s of a total tonnage
lamounting to 4,000,000. And here le a
really strange fact. If the Diesel em
gine develeps anti gusto steam, the
IdaY may some when onceagain sailing
tonnage win outboast steam upon the
sea.
them upon the alarm ot their gods. -
--re--0— --
a,a7alleieva an Spring'.
Leaping through the air like a kan-
garoo is the exciting onsation (armed
to children by thhv recent inveateen of
shoes with spriags• AFTEP
These novel exercising toys are
strapped to the Met In the mune man- •
•
-EVERY
nor es roller akates, and the wearer
eaa walk, ren, jump, or dance on therm
The steel syringe; while of unusual
strength, are eeMemely elastic. The
eitiect produced is said to be like walk
115 on air.
Bach :Mee 'has Mao spiral mmines
sees a writer In "Popular Science"),
and the lowem one of each is testenett
to a, sole "'that prevents tile springs
trope Injuring carpets or polisbed
floors.. With a tittle practice, It is
said, a child,Can make enermeee lespe.
Daughter'a ENPlarletiell• f
A eiornan been 1ciociatod
against typieold preparatory to going ,
abroad. Being- dleitelined to see any-
body- for a time, she remained in bed.
rt happened ' that he intimate frieuel
areived, ancl a shall elaughter was sent
downs fairs emeeplain ,
"eluanny'le in bete" elle iiicl
"Yes. She 1,155 into:doted yester-
day arid has a bad head/mho."
The 1:Indere-vete:lease was having
iessmi elemereary geograpliy.
"Can any ef yontell tile rhat a 501.,
can° is?" asked the teacher.
"elle yaa anavered one small boy,
"it is a high. 11105)11taln that izeops 00
Interrupting:"
MEAL
affords
benefit as welt'
as pleasure4
no,atthfof exercise for the teeth
ana.a SPur to chgestiOn. A hinge
lasting refreshment, 'soothing Se
:nerves and retornacia
• Tho World Bantams
Sweetmeat, atitcsucheti
by hands, aull of
fiavoe.
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