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OP THE STRUGGLES
A THRILLING STORY
ON THE INDIAN FRO
(By J. B. Home
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ed a dilapidated copy of a sellout
edition of " The Lady of the Lake"
ke light reading oti her Journey to
she little thought that she
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nasty lodgers, but you can't trust
to kill. So if we get the chews,
it's Abe cold steel ; and mind you drive
it hard enough to be Ma aura."
Trust nee, repleteBob, with e
g rte.
II Company had rejoiced to be the
first part of tbe bettellea to come
into contact with the enemy ; but
they soon discovered that "it warn't
all lavender," as one of the lance-
corporeis phrased it. Struggling up
uneven defiles Mumbling over huge
boulders, and 'lipping on rook sur-
faces, unexpectedly moist, all the
time under a more or lees pereistent
shower of bullele from unseen en-
emies, (bey managed to peuetrate
four miles into the fa/ensues of the
toe. .
Planking parties were sent out, by
prodigious. detoure, to secure pro -
mains nuratalte, only to Gad them-
selves shut off by Immitigable cheame
frota the points they bed been
instructed, to reach; detechmente
scaled preelpitotes ruck. to ,iisiotige
hidden marknuen, who made them•
selves scarce with such remarknble
promptitude that when the soldiers
mune to their goal no vestige or ilio
was anywhere rielble. They might he
doing very valuable vrork, tea they
ease no remota to think so', 004
though their captain made copious
mail In a pocketbook until a par.
tioularly wen -aimed shot shivered
the penult between Ida fingers, the
rank and file entertained a ouspiciuo
that the notes in question were more
for allow than for use.
At Oa captain gave the word
to halt, Just In time to save the bulk
of Ms party from dropping without
mare. He took out a map and Wl-
led It attentively, cursing the
dradghtsmen under his breath for n
blundering, Incompetent fool. Then
Ile called the coloreergeant, and held
a brat oceteultation with him, Cate
ualties had been numeroue, but not
very severe: no lover of fair -play
had provlaed the tribesmen with long
range rifles or emote/ma powder, no
would aimed seem to hare been the
twee in SOMe portions Of our most re.
cent Indian Reales; go, as the
hillsmen had kept-ilt a respectful dis-
tance, few of theta bite had done mer -
bus damage. However, he a slug In
the knee -Joint in almost as Incorte
patted') with _pedeetrlan exercise as a
clum-dom bullet through the Maier
there wee obviously going to be
plenty of work getting the wound-
ed liana. As the ooloesergeant turo.
ed away', the captain notleed Perrot
waiting uneaally near 41 hand, and
faked hlra what he sofa .ked
"Beg pardon, Mr, but do you think
that we've killed any of these beg.
gem .1"
"Wally, Perrot, what an odd
:it up alit nreillar of riatlifeeintLItioe
enemy yoe'll have your work cut
out for the next fortnight or too.
However, I don't suppose we beve.
They hael Magibue good cover, and
our sheeting- kismet been exactly.
first-rate; but I cannot bother about
rata a qintertIrm }net now."
Perrot ealuted and turned away;
511. work W61 dill to do.
It waa not long before the company
filed off on Its homeward journey. The
subaltern went first with a drone
advance guard, including all the
woundeol who could keep their lege;
then followed thole who bad to be
rarried; the rest of the force, mate
score of rifles, formed the rear-
guard, A. the wounded were borne
peat him on their imprevisedr seretch-
era, Perrot Inquired anxiously of the
sergeant in . charge whether he
thought that any of their wounds
rola mortal, ,
"Blest me, Perrot 1" was the note -
comes. reply, ,"oee would think you
were 'Intim/ for some local under-
taker. Doo/t you know that, on ac-
tive 'orrice, we've got to do with -
e .brsnk back rbaoitheid....,nora,biol;
wbtch ikwande.rar g.ta. :1. the great 'deo
Th Os.e
floe of tim allestaCe".4,11 rPeti.
men were wearier,' 4°' rile
Aguatrarrd elhalueght/tTat tbraDIV14411*Iit'
0A5 Wort. the eneiny's etrua b"
never hit hard enr,och to k:1;,, 63ili
fore ,tity gua el cum
of the twesty eito, .
t
Wil making herself responsible fur
the of four tribesmen In au
paws; nor Is It likely that
u h will ever be brought home
tutu In literature would,
have had no greater prae,
uteeme !lien tadea gen.
have, had It not charmed
1 prominent tradesman of dean,
alugton wan going to be married
that day tat Northcombe, eo that
Ike whole train was with
&tannin/ton tleople In their beet
olothee; and when it pulled up tat
Pillebam. where MIN Adeane propoa.
e d to enter it, every third -clam cora.
partial/ea was crowded except one.
That une had beau kept tempera-
tively clear by the inscription
"Smoking," as the rttitene of Scam
e legem were all on duty with their
women -folk, and consequently, on
their best behavior. So Mise Adeline
Iowa herself eompelled to Mare it
With atone red-faced commercial
- traveller, who waa blowing a cloud
from a rather rank Havana—though
no revolution In Cuba wise at all
likely to affect that particular
Ilelind—and private In the East
Wanes Light Infantry, who war
ationtentedly reeking at a short clay,
Witli en almost Imperceptible
ettri4 of her pretty ghoul,
she edited herself In
Net furthest removed
red -coal, and fixed her at
Upon her book, mail, ditt-
y es movement at the other
carriage, she /mut a side,
in that direction end.
soldier stealthily endothelia.
knocking the Whew° out
01.04. Her quick feminine De
Ira Ma native, sod
dy and Impulalvely—
deal I I should have no
Here If 1 objeOted to the
toliaoce intioke,"
"01,, 0 isn't that—Isret that, mine,"
ittame•red the soldier—he WM very
, saw, and vary
looking rather like an over.
Wbaby clapped into a scarlet
hy some whim of ha parents—
wee-only tired of smoking, Juse for
Ib. leatnent."
"Are you sure it wasn't that f"
Rosalind, with her aweeleit
l'and her mulles could be won.
irf ¥ a good many of
r aegualotanou 116Z1 found to their
mak, "j should be very sorry in-
' deed, to mot Imes interfered whit
g erm eise's ?immure,"
h, ft's al doh*, mies," rejoined
the Sadler, obeerfully ; and, so melee
Itelswear le bighly Infectious, the
' the weapon 01 51!.
oni his h and watched
glow fa way from ite
lenity a ng of regret.
fele uncomfortable, though
ot. eayotnythIng more;
left blatant: she brow
Seine Bluth. on leltiz.L.In
ber vexation Witt
enhanced her beautyTte
eteldier gaited at her witheall
.ren; this lovely creature free
to which hle prerkme Pe-
erless+, afforded him no parallel, with
Bartee lair and creamy ekin, so
well get off by her trevelling drew!
▪ j1/17), bine, COlihragOd in Its turn
/14 11 snowir walirtoota of soft white
Arlen dearout, regular fenhuree
darker eyebrow --the mar
anture—above the grey
tutuPett her kook.
u". S431,1 about her
and the soldier er-
bon It tot,
woo Shebi humor
eite„oraentie, Marna
Porelany ; " "weber
ten kW eir ;‘tertue „.11'
n the Weet °centre; she
an utweitoted teed.
dowven rto Itt
ost r lag*
, and the platform
'lc. Pesallnd Gamier
need ititerfere with
avenue' smoking no long.
swiftly quieted the com-
a leaf diengaged Its If
'and; Ohs floatItig for
the the
tiled
last merambie; ne It was, be never
reeked that four swot& and nhieldi
staled two bayonets were Merl
odds,
Two of the tribesmen were In
ranee of the other*. "Tile one on
your lids" &looted Perrot; "fehit
at ma face, and got home ii Ids wind,"
As the man Indicated threw up MK
'shield to kIRVO 11111 (nee from Bub'e
eoint, Perrot bounded aeries, and,
careless of coneequencee to hinmelf,
thrust hard at the bit Deb's
blade got home, almost as NOON. 'rho
concentratioa of effort staved them;
Perrot'a Innuedlate opponent Wised
him altogether, and went slithering
dewto the loot of the ascent ; the
two swordsmen behind both made at
Perrot and missed him by inches, a
violate! cut wrecking hie helmet, as a
well -Intentioned throat ripped away
his right shoulder -strap.
Thn thruster lost his. beinesee, giv-
ing Perrot time to disengage hie rifle
and awing the butt, with a elm/ening
thud, Into the bearded brown faoe, re-
ceiving, at the same time, a out ou
tho Moulder, which glowed bike molten
lead. Bob caught the other sworm-
man's point in lei left forearm, aa,
with Ms right, he rating hie reeking
bayonet home hi a thrust there was
no need to repeat. The tribesman be-
low had peeked himself up, but seemed
dielnelined to try conclusions with a
pair who had already shown such
prowess In hand-to-hand combat, He
refloated a momert, then get off rune
Iia along the road they had come
"Send a bullet after 'De, Bob, for
'Evintee sake," gasped Perrot; "what
deriltrlee 'II he be up to with Cullum
and the captain
"I can't-1've only one arm. You try
It, BIR I"
"Curie it, I've only one myself. Here,
op with your rifle! 111 hold It ; you
fire. 'deviate fire, kerreencel"
Bob wee a good 'hot, but though
the composite marksmen thought the,v
00-19 the white robe of the fugitive fal-
ter onoe or twice on de career to-
wards their wounded conaradee, they
could net Mahe any hits when tho
tnagasino wee empty. The hilleman
passed the insensible Cullum, and die -
appeared; the came tom faint re-
ports.
"Come back," said Perrot, gloomily,
'our work herrs'a done; but If he'e wet -
tied the captaln—" Gritting hie teeth
WWI the only adequate way of ending
aentenota
With Mutiny co-operation, they re-
oharged Hebei rnagasine, and returned,
elosely and Nader, over the ground of
their charge. Holding thelr dem at
the ready, am well aa their maimed
00/Make would allow, the one on his
left lip, the other on his right, they
cautiously ascended to the track.
peering anxiously around for any
elgas of their late target At Deo top
they race a eight whbolt surprised and
delighted them; the captain wee /sit-
ting half up. with the fugitive lying
aerate Ide feet, deed, a revolver bul-
let through him bride., and, In the chs.
banes. the Ponjahees were approach.
Mg "to pick up the piton."
Eighteen wounded," he old, with
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She Had Tried Many )1 edIrlare h.
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Few bodily offIlotente more ter
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five la csoustatit dread mid expecta-
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farewells untspoken, Is for most IPO-
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the moat merlon !Rigel -WE illness. The
alighted excitement brine offering
aml danger to such people,
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pelpitation of my heart while) caused
me the greatest alarm. I tried many
medicines and waa treated by sever-
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Dr. Williams Plnk Phis cure by go-
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Base Apathy.
"Say, Thompson, did you ever no-
tice that I woe brutally iadlifereurt
to my ehildren f"
"Certainly net. You're quite the con-
trary, Hermes" r
"Well, do look like a miscreant
who would :be only too glad to oboe -
don them to the mercy of areagers1"
°Of course not. Whet ever put such
en idea eto your head!"
'Or have I the rerputelioo of being
toe selfish that I would, mot disturb
or exert myeelf tette slighterto se-
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perste dears
10111 Wha'f, Irma occutium
Met of mut tbloge I"
ewe. ••
He Has Proved Electivems 1 Burden
Bearer in South Afrlea.
At the proseot moment. when the ef-
ficiency of our alley11, Pouth Africa
largely depends on1he stability of Ito
tranoport, It may not he Buda to con -
eider the capabilities of the trek, or
transport, oy, whirl; atter all, despite
nines and traction engines, la the
mainstay of the South African trans-
port. Tho imperial authorities In the
t'ape Colons cud Natal are now bully
engaged to bolus- all the available
1.4 tronsporte they cam ae le testified
by their numeromi ativerttsements In
colonial papers.
Oxen Qr., eapmelve titan utters
They are elow, but sure, never tieing
more than three tulle* an hour, OV
twenty mike u day, which 1. (ousel -
ars] a good trek. The Zeta ox is the
base -broil animal, bet email end top
iterviceable Yellen compared to the bas-
tard Zulu or Natal ox, which thrives
on both the "emir" veldt, or collet
gram, and the "tweet)" or upcountry
veldt. Oxen, however, require very
careful handling, end matt 011 00 MO-
M/1n be OVOMVIV011 ; they must have
at least eix hours 1 day for grnzino
purpoeee Di the %elate', which is opin-
ing on flow, they rail find a pleklier
on the parched Ve41244.101411re 6 mule or
horse would fail.
In poor conditeet are, naturally,
f1
ut P111.11".
Dynamiters' Work Was NA
Well Done,
IMPERILLED MANY LIVES
Few the Illsereacts Operated on
Look 24.
GOOD WORK OF LOOM, POLICE,
•
Public Determined to See the Law
Vindicated -- Thorold es/tiered
Prom the Exploolon—Whet
Young Woman Saw—leyplIcate
(late' Ready to be Put on.
Niagara Valls report: Whatever
may Luso been the ti,hlect of the
.lytta star conopirators, 1t, Is Sign that
they did their work In a modelunaly
manner. Had any judgment been toed
the dynantitere might have blown
look 25 of the canal into feegmetite.
The Imhof water from the ammo*
beta abate the lock wuuld then have
carried away lock 25, and the desire
(4 the wretolses would have been
achieved, But the operatore took Very
little pales with the work, They were
content with exploding the dynamite
near the lock, without oaring to even
place the detonating substance In
spot where 15 amid dosevere datuage.
Heti they known enough to plant the
charge 006t the Junction of the gate.
the lock would have fabled to wit11.
wand the Mock and would have apread
apart without trouble. 1( 1, difficult
to calculate the amount of damage
which would have been done had the
gates been enrrled away. The 1191N11
of Thorold and the village of *writ.
ton would dinve been latuelizted, and
the horrors of the Jolinstewil flood hi
Pennsylvania eon* yenre ago would
have been repeated on n, ranch larger
scale,
Law Respected Here.
People are asking, "What would
have been done to three Canadianx
they should attempt to blow eltbe
F.rte Canal In New York State?'. ) Tim
voesenews of the 11.111/1117-TH In that
the perpetrator.; would wirer live to
realize wbut arrest for such a, crime
wortlit mean. The activity and feow
Menem of the heal pollee are "nat.
tea of (‚10 bot 011 ail older, awl It 14
LX.111(1414.41 that their determined ef-
forts put au end to the multinational
of one of the vilest bends of ruthless
criminate that ever Wrested even
temporarily thin portion of the
reentry.
via Prisoners Chums,
Inspector Murray and Detective
Mains went amass the river to -night
to Inquire into the movements of the
thr1311 men while they were to the Am-
erican elty. They found abundmit
evidence to 311.070 that the prlsonere
all were acting bit concert. For about
ten theya before the attempt was made
the trio were bosom companions Nolte
and Waleb stayed at the mime hotel,
registering ite John Smith, of New
York, and 11101311144 Moore, of Wasultig•
toll, respectively. When thelr actions
Marietta] attention at ono hotel they
moved to, another, where they gale
their addresses as Dublin. IMilman
1060 seen talking to them tat several
nova/done and' when they 'poke to
etrangers they profeseesi to be tour-
lete, although their appearance belied
their statements in every detell. The
two younger men seemed to have a
knowledge of Dublin, however, and
were able to give plenty of hifortna-
Lion about their native land. The
three went around together to wee tile
Weide They WO plenty of 610116X and
took term in peeing oar hires and
other Wile Incidental to their travels
in Ole neighborhood. Didlinftri lived on
the Cnnadlati aide of the slew% but
went /arose frequently to me 1111 epee'
The Mace weave the dyneenitei
was mei waa filet left unvisited.'
•I'hey all Ilei a peep at the 'pot
where the damage wax eventunil
and loot co
inte'rrisiten"1,
g,oes,
4.1 eloi.,.ints, cloves
tr:ongt., 4 he apex
at wh!Lkil r1 he ,Avo mow
wr,ea rtrurse open up
cb.clitho force of wat...
break! 1. 411:art, ti
• beta ;.g cc
itiwtet
1 hy
Ole .10
41411.!4,
heir eh.
of 1,4'
r04) 111 '
xi/lesion.
io ;polio h
all L.
p
of
- mit
wate
-ooze.
of
et of
the
owet lag pol
would bets
the expl
when ex
ag inlet
fermi beItu
directi
that the
tfair,
Onocussion re .
wee altD041
t..tf rhe heavy
and titter *eel hi
torn and disabled
wrought little
this, and Mr. W,
superintendent e.
to -night that he be
would be delay
the canal for the
tion.
Shattered Wits
The moults of the' es'
easily traced In the ell
old. The windows la all
Mgt near the look are VI
le the store of dire; John
goods were hurled from tido
and the struettwo aself has e
pearanoe of having petaled th
rand earthquake. The reports
heard In Port %theme, eight
away, and so largo tem the a
of dynamite need that evAvoite
tulles about knew that an ,ott
had helm mode 5uc'
ernsolv.
In. an u,..egeni
xpleine the feet
t tee hullo -
oily by the
from the Meek
05 O the lock
t he tr V01.4
e dynamite
mere than
memo ttae
a I, stated
bccV it ^re
ening 01
na visa -
. '
iy after It Mel beet',
the Mine cows for th
two men now la Welland
plenty of *Weave Will be
from the noses of the
r
caulk!
Thor•
build•
and
the
ye
11
Ll0d. Whet(
*ltol of the
runty Inli
forthcoming
a-ri of Thor.
e'e Story
0 lir, „ehe daughter of rt
redid of Thurold, will be 4111 143.
portan wbSne.a tit the trial of the al-
leged ff nambtere, she Jim) been on
her w to tlw towa and WW1 about
bridge, over the waste
'2.1„ wilco she Haw two
tlt!t. 1'1'110511:JP. Ine.tuktli hill liol
11 1.111111211- rod telexeope volinc.1
man, the shorter of the twowent
to the head gattt, 111 the, taller ono
to the font gates. Taklv mon11 rope
from their puektt thev tied it to
the II1111404 nnel Owerol them lown
the lock Wall. Then she tuitived them
strike lo ilglit and law ennetleter
tfliilotallckerinmnn
goii tela, mygrluey eetere111, 1, laionneritd,
or It will go." loth num ran 114 fast
nil they mild from the leek, goiter
in the dIrrotioe of the Fall' along
imprint, followed soon art."
the atone road, A monient,aI, ttilitu(Ireto
toe
eraeh tt'‘tPle141111the'llellattl Ugin't foot°The nett
crash broke In the doors of the in
othanty isuid 1111111th4TP11 the window,
The lock tender roil to the telephone
to send an alarm, when the emend
tomtit shettered the inetrionent,
to re
weir
111E111 Ill
114911 54)
Others Sew 'Phew.
John Hoover, it young farmer living
In the vicinity, also maw the two me0.
lie became aware that an attempt
was being mode to blow op the canal,
and ao, be law the smoke from the
feu at the head gate of the loth
he ran In the opposite tilrectIon,
and then uoticed a Siegler fuer at
the foot gatesHe then turned into
the golly need by the Weiland Rail-
way, mad was there when the emcee.
live ex Oolong came.
Mr, Joe.pbi Wilkinson, a ferment..
lag math of the canal, near the Motto
road leading to Niagara FOAM, dates
tied ,on eanirday night Just befit.
-
the explosions 14 ',test*, ewe
ow 'el down i
ovi
the 1.
!to
Medi
Malt M
flora
of asphalt title
tined to pi
It Wee SO
eventually
regrew to ell
productu of t
bi tenezueM. pe
New Year./ Day,
Ito cored mid to 1'
had already come
through clew 1114
Venezuelan trestle
woe then shippin
hY million, In got/
ed Into his prlyn
he finished roadie,
petitiotter we. no
acme. An undersirA
whiskers, a New
and a et ou t -da te
Hamilton. Et In
the ['reel
move hie
iy nee
. 6114
( ths
• not accepts
e had turned Yee
-
u. Nevertheleu, on
Year's slay Bawer
Um couceedon.
%smitten departed
rl. fluttered into the
distioctly a daughter
with coal-blaek eyes,
r, and a oupp:e forn.
daughter of t he Pre.
uela, for In that fir*
ow with her father
tweed her views re.
'Rerinouder concession,
rant It. would be for
zu.ole, and (bat her
ter not longer refuse
floe, of s further 111-
prke of het "yea." Stilt
"no" lo hbidotigiver,
Jug ai h6 ;/ feu momems before
said "se' to hlo pe.taloiser. This
daughter afterwards married it 41.5-
lul11UIilii French noblemetn, and bo
nowt
the fi
ref
No
thaa a
room,
of Venee
shining res
She wee
eident of
minattea'
abia ee y
gerding
e ttAng tha
150 goo
et4.er bad
crease of
MAW
, .
chem de Moray, a ear In
ble firmament of Paris,
Loliallifil, end New York. It *stein that
lb1eO ll Preedent Stamm. The future
purlieu de Moray one day said to
%mitten 1 "The concession you wadi
would 1*41 pretty wedding presetu,
would It not 1 Harailion forthwith hair
t ened the marriage ; and onsk.of the
ftrst wedding presents rreelred
was the concession of 1 11,0141"114
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ise,esginaatie side of her father a
na * e. Such is the romance bit the
history of asphalt.
The "natural produete" alluded to
the coneeeslusi included the Melt
lake from which tomes hilly half of
the asphalt with whirl" the etreete
of the eitlea of the United States Sae
now paved, Title luke Is considered
one of the greatest naturaD
Mei of the *odd. Hamilton as'
frientbt were probably the flat'
of English-speaking people
that lake. About tweet/
the mast Hamilter •
found what at'
covered wit'.
of asph^
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