The Brussels Post, 1892-10-28, Page 2BEYO
1 RECALL,
CHAPTER VII,
CUA wrrT'an,
1 was hhot;less surprised than the rest
the passengers by the charge Horde agei
no, 1 think I joined them in a wurnrl
exclamation of estoutehnteut. The mal
message had led me to expert apprehens
for being concerned with the burglars
their ettoupt upon the house but it 1
never entered my mind that the more serf
crime might be attributed to ate. 1i
could I have committed the murder wit
had taken piece ten or Union minutes of
I
bad left the grounds ?
This was neither the time nor the pl
to defend myself, and as a perempt
" Out ye get 1" cause from my old ene
the constable of Richmond Hill, I step
out en to the platform. Tbe officers
each side, with a light grip on my ar
pushed a passage through tiro crowd of per•
tars and idlers who lata run up to see what
was the matter, and hurried me ort' to the
adjacent station of the Underground Rail-
way ; warning m0 on the way that an
thing I might say would bo taken in e
dente against me, That was an Immo
easy caption ; I had nothing to say.
It was dark when we remelted Richmond ;
nevertheless, a crowd (locked abort as we
marched quickly along the street, some run-
ning on in front to get a fall look in my
ace as I came into the light of the gas. All
seemed to know me. "They've got hen 1'
" The fellow who shot the policeman last
night 1" was echoed from side to side. In
the police station I was put in a raised dock
and a bar closet. me in, The inspector took
the constable's deposition, and then turn-
ing to me asked my name.
William Snaith," I sail, hoping that my
real name )night never be discovered.
" William Smith," said the inspector as
he wrote, "alias what ""
I made no reply,
"Like the rest of your family, no ad.
dress ?" he continued,
"No."
n
Then a description of my personal appear.
ance; my height was treasured ; 1 woo
searched and handed over to the warder.
" Do you want to communicate with any
one?" he asked, as he led me into the cell
"No. When shall I be tried?"
" You'll be took before the magistra
to -morrow,"
There was a wooden bedstead at the elid
of the white -washed vault. I sat down <
it, and set myself to think out. how 1 shoa
defend myself without casting suspicion
my wife or implicating the major, who h
befriended us.
t0 u1y was in his tent] as he said, " 1 ere
go Id," and pieweeded to write a few were.
Now, 1Villein) Smith, how eo you pro
of 081 to dear yourself no the lathe' 02211211022112111 1
oat ' liy telling the simple truth," raid 1,
red ` Then out with it, and let me beer the
„ee, iv/ ale &tory'," seed he, turniq_ r0111121r0111121full to
Inn the little.,he11, and bend log over hie blotting
in pad, pen in hand.
cul told his, simply holy I had found the
oilA rop e ladder, how 1 had been overtaken by
erY tln houeebreeker', how we had groped one
;ch W ' Recces; the n10adntt' and op the hill, and
ter how we had there hen,d the shot which my
eolnpanion attributed to }leaky. Mr.'. Bee -
ace ton listened attentively, and (1 jotted down a
oiy ! line or two now and then. 'There was char -
01y , meter even In the man's long, thin oar. Ie
p• moved like his eyebrow, and in its diverse
oW twitching I berme there was expression of
ms,
astonishment, doubt, and satiefaotien.
11 hen I came to the end, he turned retold
with a jerk, looked me straight in Ile face,
and said—
' I behove every word you've said. Keep
y, to that, and we'll get off on the graver
el. charge, acid perhaps -1 say perhaps—on the
es- Leese', But you must not expect to be ee-
ruitteti by the magistrates. If they believe
you as Ido, they woulc' not take upon thein -
selves the responsibility of deciding in your
favor. They'll send you up for trial,'
" Very well," said I.
At this U101218111 the sergeant came to say
that I must be taken up at once to the
court.
The inquiry was made with closed doors.
The only witnesses present were Mr. Thane
a doctor, the constable, ani) the detective
who had :apprehended me. I wassurpdsd to
find that the major wee not there.
1 ree gcised 11r. Thane rather by inner
consciousness than by anything eke. In the
fog and darkness his features were indis-
tinguishable ; I had never seen itis face be-
fore. Hebe's fear of hint and his behavior
when I was placed in his custody had led
me to expect in him the appearance of a
bully, for bullies I have found invariably
cruel and cowardly, That heavy, red-faced,
unhealthy.looking emu with the heavy jaw,
sensual mouth, end shitty, irritable eyes
just answered to my preconception. As a
vision of my wife, beautiful, sweet, and
gentle, rose before my eyes, I wondered how
to she could owe her being to this neem. I;ap-
pity we have two parents, and the offspring
may be as like the one and unlike the
n other as the delicate blossom of the tea rose
le to the briar r on whhich :tie grafted. As he
on e.aughtsight of olehenceldect Is heal fierce -
ad ly fn recognition, and spoke sharply to the
gentleman by whom Ile sat,
The charge was real o:or, the(lootermade a statement with regard to the now-
ke tlered man, and then the constable Jennings
to teas cullet upon to make his disposition.
demdngs t,ld how 11e had seen m
But I could see nothing clearly. 1`'lt
question would beput to ore, or how I sheu
answer tier, I knew not. It wag 11
fighting in the dark. I gr(wdesperate wi
the souse of my own itepebrncy, arid as
buried my face in my hands' felt the Woo
pulsating in my temples as if it would bu
my veins. At length, overcome with t
physical exertion and the mental strain
the last twenty-four hous, I fell asleep.
sank unconselonsly upon the plank be<
stead, and there slept solmdly ti'I 11 w•-,_
broad daylight. That did me god ; I woke
calm and cleat' headed. I saw at once that
I had but to ]told my tongue to save my
wife. There el as no power to make me be-
tray her. I should 11e punished for my con-
tumacy, doubtless; but I should bear my
punishment alone, and it would be lessened
by the reflection that I hal clone my duty
by her. With these thoughts I ate my
prison breakfast cheerfully when it Was
handed in through the square trap in thea
door, A good souse in a bucket of water
added to my vigor, so that I looped for•
ward without dread to my coming examine -
troll only impatient of cleen3' lest it should
sap my resolution. There was a bible on
the shelf that served as a table ; I opened
it at the Psalms, and centred my thoughts
upon what I read. I was thus occupied
when the key turned in the door. " My
time has come I" thought I, closing the
book and putting it back in its place.
The douropenedand a middle-aged gentle-
man in e black frock coat, closely buttons
up, bustled in, followed by the head warder
Re hada titin, hatchet face, close-out sandy
grey whiskers, a long nose, and a pair o
piercing eyes, deep sunk, ander wonderfully
mobile eyebrows of the same sandy -grey
color as his whiskers,
They met as ho came to e. stand and loop
sed me over in silence ; then they went up,
as he said, setting down his little black
bag on the shelf—
" Your name is Wyndham."
" I don't wish my name to be known in
Connection with this affair. I call myself
William Smith."
"" Very good ; I understand. Your name
though is sure to come out at the trial.
However, for the present, you are William
Smith. My name is Becton. I am a solicitor
instructed to actin your defence."
"By whom?"
"A friend," he replied, with a most sig-
L ifiee11t bend of his•eyebrows.
My heart leapt ; I knew that the friend
was Rabe.
"" Now we have no time to lose," he eon -
tinned, briskly, taking off his gloves with a
couple of jerks, and slipping them in his
coat pocket, " We go before the magistrates
in half an hour, and have to lay down our
course of action beforehand."
Saying this, he opened hes bag, and fished
out a small blotting pad end aportable ink-
stend, The warder who had closed the
door and stood in surveillance suggested
that the sergeant might grant the use oe a
room,
" Very comfortable here, thank you,
warder," replied Mrs. Beeton, laying his
writing material on the shelf, and seating
'himself before it on eh e block that serves
prisoners for a chair. "Now, then, William
Smith, you are charged with burglary and
murder. Yon plead not guilty of comets on
both counts,"
"" Yee,"
"" What is your line of defence—with re•
gard to the bnrglah'y, to begin with ?"
• " I have none."
He glanoed up sidelong at mo with ono
eye ; the eyebrow was a note of ineerroga•
tion. I had nothing to add.
" Do yon deny being on the premises at
the time of these events ?" here his eye-
brows fell into a straight lino like a dash,
and seemed to imply the impolioy of that
idea.
" No 1 1 ems there," said I,
" Then, how will you account for falling
Into the hands of the police ?"
"1 obeli not attempt to account for it, I
shall refuse to answer any questions as to
that pare of the business," 1
"Yon cannot hope for acquittal on the
Charge of burglary by that means." f
• " Wllatevor the ooneegneno9 may he, I 0
11 1150( nothing whatever relating to the o
tenets that took place before myesse efrom a
the toalhouse," p
a
fire waiiiug about on Richmond Hill,
est and how my behavior had led hint to
he af; no suspect lig good at 1 dhow he heel followed oe a bad ane
of ,gown to limn Itaacl, and there been joined
iby Sanudcre, the murdered constable, to
W110111 lie signalled with his whistle.
eaun'lers told one," lie proceeded, "that
he hal seen two suspicions characters hang- t
ing about Mr. Thane's hove two or three w
days, so we thought we would take a look
round the premises. ~.antlers said the
fencing was being done up at the back of
the grounds, and that was the likeliest
I place for any one to get he 1%'e were going
up by the wall on the IIichmoul side of the
garden when we hearda glass smash inside,
which led us to fool pretty sure there was
something on."
"`A bell glass was broken ou the side
border," mica 31,•. Thane.
It was the one I lad struck with my foot
ill the dark,
Jemings, continuing his story, told how
he and Seunders with difficulty, having to
feel their way through the fog without using
their bellaeyes for fear of discovery, et
length reached the house, There was a light
at the hank of the house in the first storey.
"That was in my daughter's room. Site
barns a nicht light," explained Mr. Thane.
d "There was also another on the second
story on the north side," h
- "'Those are the servants' rooms. I knew th
f it," mid 111x. Thauo, eagerly. tit
"We tried all the windows and doors and ni
found then: closed. Saunders thought we an
had been heard by the burglars and had fri
- frightened them off; but just as we was about se
turning of it op, I discovered a pair' of nail era
boots against the conservatory door. Then) es
boots there," he pointed to my boots stand- co
ing on a cheer. g
"We then knew one of the gang must of
have been let in by some of the servants," VV
"I was sure of it 1" )broke in Thr. Thane. niz
"Packed every ono of 'ern off the moment the
after prayer8 this morning." mu
The clerk of the court quieted the excited w
gentlemen with a gentle deprecatory move- on
merit of hos pen ; meanwhile my solicitor con
made a note, and his eyebrows twisted into evi
a bracket that seemed to enclose a very inn- fav
portant passage. the
Saunders and me," pursued Jennings, in t
" knew the prisoner would Dome down by gar
that door to let in his accomplices as soon for
mit was all olear and right inside, so we bele
just drew off and stood handy behind a is
shrub, After about two hours, or may be Of
three, wo heard a scratch like a diamond any
going it, hot we weren't certain, so we just Her
waited on till we see a glimmer of light in his
the ooneervatory. "Come on,"says I to exp
Saunders, and we crept up on our hands
and knees, not to be seen, to the glees
door. Presently the door opens, and
we 088 two of 'eenby an end of me-
dic they had to light 'ell, and one with a
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belt'
it bele' 1 so thick, which pulled mo up for n
moment, I hoard the lighting pretty 01000
at hand, and jest as I started fnewerds 1
heard the pistol go off, and recognised the
pt ieen01',''
1f, w' did you recngnleu the prisoner
mated hlr, Becton,
" Partly by the flash of his pieto,, and
partly by turning my lantern on hill,'
"How far was he from 7011 at the lime?"
"r'll,unt as lar 118 I and from yon 1mw,
ell'.'
That ie about three yards,"
I won't Swear 10 11,"
to the beet of your belief, aloof three
yards,"
"Yes, sir, 10 the best of my belief."
" Yet tho moment before you had run
against a tree, after terming 011 your bulls -
eye, owing to elle fog being so thick thee
you cetteltet bee it."
"Saunders told yon be bad seen the man
with the bag," said one of the magistrates;
"hail the prisoner got the bag when you
saw hint ?"
Jonningspaused anmment, and then, with
the smile of self-gratilioation which a 1111111
Iwo in avoiding a pitfall of cross-examina-
tion, he replied ----
"It was the men who broke away first
who had t he bag ; not the prisoner."
" Will you swear that the man had not
got the bag .
, Yes, 1 will swear to that."
"And you will swear that; you recognized
the prisoner at three yards by the flash of
his pistol and the light of your lentern?"
put to 1lir. Boston.
"I will swear to the prisoner being the
men who fired the pistol."
I thought my solicitor's eyebrows would
touch the parting of his hair, as with a gen-
tie shake and a smile ho bent down to make
a note,
The next witness 040010ed was Mr.
Thane. Asked how he cane to suffer his
prisoner to escape, lie explained that he
was suffering from a complication of ail-
ments, and had nothing on bntslip slloesand
a dressing gown, and that he hail handed mo
over to Major Clevoden to lock up in the
toolhouso, under the belief that as a mili-
tary man, and a man of great physical
strength and vigor, the major was be r
able than he to guard o desperate ruflian
like me.
"Where is Major Cleveden? Why is ho
not, here?" asked one of the magistrates.
The clerk e, plainel that the mnjor had
left the Cedars, whore lie had been staying
as a visitor, awl that he Was not to be found
et hie London address.
" Yes, he left my house yesterday morn.
ing early," said .111', Three. '" I think it
right to state that I was exceedingly an-
noyed by his want of proper care in guard -
the the prisoner after I laud weeded him
to his care. I looked upon it as a breach of
trust which Wright involve me in serious
difficulties. It 4.08, in my opinion, not the
conduct of en otiicer and a gentleman, and
I told elm so."
" And he left your honer at once 1" said
a magistrate, who had birnself the air of an
old military man.
There was some further disettesiun, and
then I was asked whet had to say in reply
to the charge (111(1)0 agonist m0 ; whereupon
my solicitor rose and said that we reserved
our defence,
That left the magistrates 10 course but
o commit me for trial ; and committed I
as there and then,
CHAPTER VIII.
i r511 IltWnn 110 310 sOLiCtTOR.
I was taken to the House of Correction
at 1Vandsworth, to await Iny trial at the
next assizes to be held at the 011 Bailey.
Teo same afternoon Mr. Bestow came beet-
ling into my cell in 0onipa11y with a stolid
W0lder.
"IVe have 110 time to lose, 1Vflliam
Smith," said he; "tlhe assizes open on the
thirteenth.''
"I'm glad of it," oail I. "I wish it
were all over and my fate decided."
"It must be an anxious time for you, of
course ; but you may loop forward with con-
fidence to an acquittal on both counts."
"leo you really think so 1" I asked, in a
tone of mingled hope and doubt,
" With regard to the graver charge, I
ave not the slightest doubt. No jury in
e world would convict you of murder on
e unsupported evidence of that man_Jen-
ngs. His animus is obvious. You made
enemy of him by rC1ecting his
iendly advance on Richmond Hill. He
t you down for a bad lot, and his opinion
s confirmed by finding you attempting to
cape from the house. 110 may be honestly
evinced that you did shoot his comrade
unnders, but it's clearly the hallucination
a man dominated by onnfhrmod prejudice.
hat men, outside of iottoe, oould recog•
e another by the flash of a pistol, and
t through nitre feet of dense fog ? What
trier er, after killing his an tegonis t, would
wa for the light of a bulleoyyc to be turned
his fade? Police Constable Jennings is
vleted by his own lie. That part of his
deuce wl1io11 is true is equally in your
or. The lie will acquit you of murder ;
truth will acquit you of being concerned
he burglary. His statement with re -
1 to finding your boots at the conserve.
y door, the doors and shutters all fast
w, and the light in the servants' wfndoty
worth a Jew's eye—and more—to you.
000008, you are still resolved to refuse
explanation of your being in the house."
e he paused in putting his gloves into
pocket, and bent his brows with an
ression of tale most fixed determination.
Yes," I answered, firmly, " Nothing
on earth shall make 01e say a word about
that."
advi
g on his shoulders. We made a t•nsh, and coo
a struggle ensued, iu which I received see that
era) wises all over my person. We used but
our truncheons, and sn000eded he getting
'em down. I had 'old of one, but it
turned out to bo Saunders ; and Saun•
dere had hold of another, but It turned
out to b0 me. However, we gavo obese of
the two others who had went off, we didn't
know where, and I WAS making m way
back to the house to see if it Was el) right
there, when Mr. Thane called to ene, and I
then took prisoner into custody. I turned
my light on his face and )((mw hila at once.
I will swear to hen, Saunders then signal.
bog me for help, I then left prisoner itl cue.
tociy of bar. Plume, eulIing upon him in the
name of the (been.
"I had nothing on but my slippers and a
dresoing-gown," said Mr. Thane, appealing
to the magistrates for cotemis0retlo1L
The clerk pointed his pen at Jcunings to
proceed.
' "I joined Sanndors,who was up by the gap
n the fence, lie said he had aeon the man
N tho bag, I said 1 would have a look
or him along by the palings while he guard.
d the gap. I hadn't been gone above a
ouplo of minutes, and I hadn't got far
way, when Saunders aggain sang out to me, mar
11 at Che samo time i heard a struggle Willy
along plan. I turn0c1 en my laltorn, and 50000
ried out I was corning," 413
"Yon ran to hie asoistelce 1" "(,1
" Vas, sir, and 1 ran up against a tree, have
For your own sake, I think that course
sable," he said, impressively. " Of
rse, contempt of court is punishable, but
is a trifle. The judge will disapprove,
the jury will be influenced in your favor,
by your refusal to implicate, and probably
bring into disgreoo the person—whoever
that person may 1>e --whom you were visit-
ing at this time. Well, now to business."
With this he soatel. himself, and for the
best part of two hours he sat there cross-
examining mo, as if he believed me guilty,
taking down my replies, and making mar-
gined notes upon them. Then ho had not
finished.
The next day he came again.
"Will)arn Smith," ho began, on thfe 110-
008io(1, "1 am instructed to tell yeti that
the person you visited at the Cedars is pre-
pared. to mine forward at the time, and give
e full explanation, and supply a satisfactory
reason for your being there on the night of
tho murder, I need not toll you that this
statement meet exonerate you entirely on
tho charge of being there with hurglarous
intone,"
My eyes filled with tears, and I could not
speak for the emotion thee choked me, es 1
thought of the saeifoe m clear wife w
prepared to make for lee, y as
" The person pgoen further than that oven,"
Hued Mr.. 3ooton, " and will most me -
melte that statement, unless you ex-
ly forbid it,"
do forbid i1," I cried, vehemently,
hito right, William ,Smith. I myself'
forbidden it in your intorests and in
" That is your fixed intention ?" t
r1 It is." e
I thought there was a look of approval
in the expansion of his oyobrows ; thereon.
my own —fur my j,rnfesslonai reputation le
concerned in geared yin oil. And 1 say
once 111(1:'0 emphatically, that your most
epedi1(tcourse au 1110 trial will be the
clime. udheretere to that rel teeime you your.
self suggested, Naturally the 180001 hn
11 noel ism Zein 0001' terrible anxiety concern.
Ing your hue. Ily holds will 1,e etrellgt)t•
ewe eeneidera111y if f run convey. to 111is
person a decision on four part which may
wllvlate 11 rash outbnrs4 at the trill on the
part of that mean,"
"" 11'111 she be there," 1 gasped,
"1 fear nothing will keep ths,4 poison
away-. Our "lief hope lies in 111114 pors111
keeping silent."
"fell her," I said, "'Pha1 11 my life de.
pondod upon it, I would not have her break
that secret, '
"I will toll her tent goer life :lore depend
upon ha' keeping the excret, 1Villettn
Smith."
And 80 lie sea down as before, and went
on with his interminable questioning ; but
for some time I could not fax my ideas upon
that subject, for thinking of my dear Kobe,
her suffering told her love, Nor could I
think of anything else when he had gene,
and that night i slept as sweetly on my
wooden bed as if all my troubles were 0(11
ed.
"Tho person who is so greatly interested
in yon,' said 3i'. 1180ton the more day,
" wishes to see you."
I could not repress a cry of joy, Oh, if
I could only son her once more, only lot her
see how much 1 loved her now, I should not
mind what sentence was passed upon ole,
"But I have begged that person to forego
the meeting. Better Meet afterwards than
run the risk of never mooting again.
My heart annk like a stone in my breast.
"It is meet dangerous and inadvisable.
1S'hy? Because, to obtain a sanction from
the authorities, eve should have to show
that the cause of justice was furthere3 by
by this meeting, which could only bo done
by revealing the fact on which your very
life depends. If you respect the future nap -
pieces of that person, you must (18011ne the
interview."
It was a hard struggle to agree to this,
but I was persuaded by mygoo l eohcitor to
forego that one happiness—possibly the last
that might be offered,
Mr. Becton brightened up considerably
when I had made the sacrifice.
"I wilt give you my reasons after the
trial, if, happily, they do not tomo oat in
the course of it," said he.
I sat upon my bed dejected, picturing to
myself how she might have rendered my
cella very paradise by her presence,
"The prosecution are getting a groat
show of wit:losses, but tbey can do us no
harm," he said. "Amongst then they have
got the w0m0n in whose hoose you lodged.
Your old clothes will probably be brought
to you in order that you may be identifier
more frilly. Pot 'em on. You'll look more
like a scrvah4's visitor in them than in your
now clothes."
He was not quite so bright the next day,
"They have subpeenaed Major Cleveden,"
he sail, his brows wrinkling as if he felt e
twinge of toothache. " I've seen hint, and
I don't quite like the look of him."
Nothing could have more surprised me
than this statement.
"`As a witness," he explained, answering
my look of astoniahnteut. " No, I do not
lilte the look of him."
"" if you knew all," I said, " You would
think otherwise. He has proved inco11tes4•
ably his devotion to—"
Yes, I know whom you mean," lie
said drawing his )land down his long
jaws, and caressing his chin reflec-
tively. "I Lwow also that a want of eau•
tion on his part might involve hint ho thin
affair, with very serious consequences to
himself. Ile might even lay himself open
to the charge of being an. accessory. Never-
theless, I do not like the looks of him.
What do you know about him, William
Smith?"
"No more than I have told you half a
dozen times."
" I mean, what is your personal opinion
of the major's character?"
""I think hien a chivalrous gentleman.'
"'i+1, yos ; that's jnee what 1 feared. Your
ohivalrous men stick et nothing—never
weigh the consequences of an act where
their prinuiples are concerned.
rheir's not to reason wily;
'Their'; but to do or die.' '
I should never have dreamed of this hard
headed man of law gaoling poetry.
"If he hadn't been a chivalrous man he
would have kept out of the way till this
trial was over ; instead of which he goes clay
after day to his club, looking for his sub -
sena, I suppose. Well, come on.; we must
finish this morning. Your case will be call-
ed to -morrow, and we will hope for the best,
If that old idiot had only crossed the Chan -
Wel," he murmured, hardly audibly, as he
lliaked ofl' his gloves,
The stolid warder who was ever present
at our consultations had taken a kindly
view of my case, and descended now and
then to jocosity. In this spirit he came into
my cell early the following morning and
said—
" She's
aid—
She's some for you ?"
" She 1" I exclaimed, thinking of my wife,
and springing to my feet wild with joy.
"Maria 1"
""Maria 1" I echoed, in perplexity.
"I can see you're not an old ]land," he
said. "I should have said your carriage is
at the door. Well, I wish you luck,' he
added, giving ane hie hand.
Tien two ol$eers Dame and led the off to
the van that was to carry me to Nowgate,
(TO 'tit 00\T1NhOn,)
A Clever Ruse.
Although partially intoxicated, Galilee, a
bad character arrested for disorderly con•
duct on tato Paris Boulevards, was sober
enough to be able to try on an eminently
original dodge for the purpose of escaping
from a police station. His trick did not
eventually snowed, but it was well planner)
and admirably carried out as far as it went.
Gaillot, when brought into the station, was
interrogated as to hes status in society and
full name and address accordeig to the
traditional rules and regulations of the force.
Instead of answering the questions put to
hint, he suddenly blurted out, "Don'utouah
me, I have a fit of the cholera coming on."
Thus annonnoement, made by a man whose
oyes seethed to be starting out of their sok.
ote, 'rooted an undoubted penin in the police
station, for (laillot was able to open a
window near him and to jump out of ib be,
ford the oomoissary ant his ileal hod re-
covered from the alarm caused by the start•
ling statement of the Ahem oholora victim.
The rogue was not long fn the enjoyment of
liberty, foram energetic chase Was organised
by the constables, who brought him to bay
near the Place do la Ii ation, aid conveyed
him as soon as possible to rho central station,
where be is badly Wanted in aonuection with
more serious misdemeanours,
IL is estimatod that twenty'five tons of
gold are mined every weep throughout the
world.
Cranes, etorlts, and v.41(110300 fly fast
enet1g11 to maze trip 1rem Vorthorn
flurope to Africa, in a week, bat most of
them rest north of the Mediterranean,
HURTING WITli THE OfiliETAII.
how tete elven tell tiv0rfnues aunt ('aphtree.
nig (;ante,
During my service 111 Indln I happene.1 to
time rictus. the lather' o1 ono ul' ml' 0121
s,:heel fellewenamed Pritchard,o gentkernel
in teivernulent employ, and of high eland.
in; In Iplcei1i1 tube in1Ntr4lli,G of taint 004114.
try. 'I he feet of my 1riving Leena friend
of Leeson was more than stlilleient to <mu1-
moutl mo to the 0111 gentleman, and before'
long we had Bone great 1l knee, that is
its 611• es it was oonlpatillo with our eros,
for at the Limo I was tesirecly more than
boy, On the o violent of our meet ing lie Was
011 a (oast diplomalio uremia to the nateve
Prince of Iarohh, awl net only suggested
that I should go with hint, but also 110021
his lnfltltne with my Colonel to obtain the,
1400ea'1ll;3' lead'e of abeeece. The chief,
touch to my delight, 5110o 11113 ttva ment110,
and day or Lwo afterward 1 cot riot with
my now•folud friend for the .Princ0'H r,sid•
1(10. 'I'ho business, whatever it was, could
1104 Neve been of very great import and was
readily disposed of for the four days fn
which w'o enjoyed tee Prince's hospitality
toweled to bo entirely taken tap 10 amuse -
men of ono hind or another,
On the hest day of our stay itwis pro.
posed to 000x80 the hlaok buck by means
of trained 011881ah8, of which the Prince lad
aovoral. The country around his residence
was most levwt'lLble for the sport, and
though occasionally subject to inundation
wits at this time perfectly dry, exposing
level surfaoo for mile upon mile.
0prouting grass was not more than 1
inches High, so that the general nature
the country resembled that of a huge ra
coarse, here and there overgrown w'itl e
tonsivo patches of bush, varied with at
cesiohah acro or se of cultivation. '
cheetahs, three of thom,wore brought oto
in a peonlior kind of a cage, which forms
the substitute for the body of an otclinery
0(1^, 23, 1892,
SOMETHING AEOIJI' BAIBBITS
Are T140ro Any of T'holn in Ontario ?
't'erelbin 51na0e or Bawls in .(nxlra�
into wilt notelet< et. Kcal rarer nee,.
11 i lie 1.overu went tllsl0)0 That
flu bbl is .ire 0turex and ,1t01�t ho ree4ect
til t'
1',u•loni l,,l lees ba00 been published in
the nape; a of 1, to oon0en1n5 rabbits, The
"hiof l om wet don 111 the Ontario govern-
tho
says that OMNI am no rabbits 111 this
proviw0--nnlyhares: beta number of well -
nil
winetl peoelo dillcr entirely from the
view of the chief warden, and the evi11e1108
seems to be conclusive that there are rab•
Lite in 801(0 part of Ontario, 1f the govern,
went•, though its thief warden, prevents
the killing of these pests It may be lent the
+onditiol of the country will, in a few years,
b" like that of Australia. 'rho following
from an 1l,nglisil paper tells somolhing of
the Adatralian rabbit plague.
" I am deeply interested in the extermina-
tion of rabbits to Australia and New lealana,
and 001 on my- way to these colonies to
watch the noosing of tho new act in Now
South 1Pa100," said Charles W. Kent, of
London, the other might,
" You would like some statistics? To
cotnln01108 with, on oat dui calculation it
is now settled that two rabbits in too years
will multiply to 70,000,000. That is a
moderate figure. Rabbits have particular
adv'antagos for thriving iu Australia, and
h have used those advantages for forty years,
lie since they were introduced. In New South
ave Wales the government expended over $4, -
of 000,000 from 1883 to 1800 endeavoring to
ae exterminate them. Resides that a greater
sum has been expended in private money.
13 In ono year 25,280,000 skins had royalty
1'he paid upon them,
"Now, there is another side to this quee-
ng tion of extermination, and that is the rabbit
killer's ,old the rabbit -skin dealer's inter-
ests, A killer gots 2 cents a head royalty
from the government for destroying the
animal's life, He then sells the skin at
from 4 to 0 cents. On the meat, at the
canning faotories, he averages from 2 to 4
cents. It is a nice, 0asy way of ,laking
money, The skins are bale pressed and ex.
ported to London. In that city there is a
general auction sale of skins every six
weeks. The sales average from 1,500 to 2,-
000 bales, and the average to a bale is 200
skins.
"Therm are ten companies in Australia
and four in New Zealand engaged in the
rabbit -skin trade. Of these one -hair add
the ,neat•0a ring to their business. You
will understand, therefore, that there is a
Lig monopoly which is not at all aaxia1ns to
see the rabbits exterminated. Interested
in it is a vory large number of the popula-
Lieu who find rabbit -killing more remunera-
tive and less hard work than farming.
"Pasteur endeavored to exterminate the
rabbits by inoculation with thicken cholera,
It is well known to those behind the scenes
that he did not get a fair trial, and, in fact,
watt so hindered and hampered that he
withdl'0w hes 05011(8 from further exoeri-
meat.
"The gnestimr Lae comp np before the
government again, and a bill is now 1+eforo
the Sydney legieloturo asking for a vote to
build n brick wall entirely around the agree
cultural boundary of the colony of New
South IValea. Rabbits will not burrow
lower than two and o, half feet, and it is
proposed to sink the wall to that depth.
Phe well being once built, a general extor-
eninetion of rablcite within that enclosure
will bo camn,eheed and carried through.
The other colonies will -watch the experi-
ment with great interest, and if it suoteele
will probably all follow suit. Such a course
world confine the rabbits to the great Aus-
tralian bush, in whose sandy deserts they
would son die out,
" What nae is made of all these rabbit
skins? Why, rho hat on your head is made
of thein. The hair is pluoked off the pelt
by hand. A' 10r4u0e awaits the elan who
can invent a mealtime to do it. A fine bino
fur is then left on the pelt. The skin is
then pared away from 11,e fur by delicate
machinery, machinery so fine that when the
last paring ns out off the fur somethnee
hangs in ono filmy section. This is worked
up into felt. Ordinary hats are made from
rabbit skin, The better class are made
from halo skin, The best are made from the
nutria, a kind of water rat trapped in Buen-
os Ayres, and then ooln0 beaver and mus-
quash, obtained in the United States and
Canada. The cowboy wattle; the beat hat
in the world, and to he pays for it to gets
it. The nutria felt atatnd8 wet and renhaius
stifr-brimmed after soaking, because 11 ie
made front the Fur of awatee animal. The
American jackrabbit is of no use at all to
the trade, The English rabbit supplies the
best fur, like silk, but, of course, not water
proof. Tien comae the New Zealand rabbit,
followed by the Australian.
"" Why an I interested hi the extermina-
tion of rabbits in Australia 7 Well, I am
interested in ono of the chief for companies
in Loudon, and wo want to see our Englielh
rabbit protected against the marvelously -
multiplying Australian competitors,"
wagon, and was drawn by a couple of b
locks. Of course every 0110 except t
animals' keepers wore mere speotatore
the hunt, though it is a beantifn1 spscta
and fully compensates for the laolc of trio
active sport. As soon as we had aerie
at a spat whore game was expected lo
found, a cheetah was taken from its c
and seated outside of top, side by side wi
its keeper. The animal's sight was blind
by a species of hood, and it sat nprig
patiently ince a clog, encircled with its ma
ter's arm and wetting to be released fro
the hood, which it fully understands as
signal that game isinsight. Blaehbuck we
plertfu) in the neighborhood, and we ha
but little diflimety in finding a herd whi
contained several magnificent epee11181
black as slight. The hood was now roles
ed from the cheetah, and we approa0h
the herd as stealthily as possible, take
every advantage of the Dover afforded 1
the patches of bushes, and the wheels of t
cages made 110 1,0180 on the soft, le
ground. Behind ono of these pet0lhes
halted, as the herd seemed uneasy, b
again resumed our stealthy advance as the
quieted (104011.
1Ve hal gone perhaps a ]nnndr0cl ys
further when an old buck, which was son
what separated from the herd and had o
plenty caught sight of our advance, leer
trotting oft at an oblique direction. Her
upon the cheetah was immaliatoly loose
bounded lightly to the ground, and wet
like an arrow tatter the game. The 1batt
did not perceive his danger for a momon
or so, and the oheetah got within 100 yard
of his quarry. Now the real chase bogy
and it was a thrilling sight to watoh th
almost ineredibleepoed bosh of pursued an
pursuer. The buck simply flew over t
level surface of the plain, end the oheete
was going at full stretch, wavin0, his long
thick tail abovohim. The keeper; who ha
hitherto restrained us, now gave the word
and away we event as hard as nue horses
which were all blooded, could speed eve
this favorable ground, but wt simply wa
not in it with the buck and the aheotal
The best we could do was to keep them i
sight, and note the incidents of the chase
The book was' straining every nerve an
mu801e for life and death, but the oheetn
was swifter and gaining at every bound
Now the buck doubled on his tracks an
gained perhaps thirty yards by his mn
rnuvre, for the cheetah, unprepared fo
such a move, rushed straight on, and it wa
some time before 11e oould straighten on
and follow In the quarry's tracks. He son
recovered himself, hot; ever, and seemed t
put on extra steam, arid, the blob, to
nerved himself for a supreme effort, One
more he doubled, in the hope of shakiea o
his relentless pursuer, but this time the
way beast was not to ue fooled and tul'ne
almost as quickly as the buck, and, wither-
ing itself for ono supreme effort, lossenc
the space between then, Yet again the
buck turned, not in Melte this One, but
boldly faced his foe with lowered Thorne,
standing on the defensive egainsthie terrible
onset. But the cheetah know better than
to thrust biome! on their sharp points.
He sprang nimbly to one side and struck
the buck in the haunch. Down they went
in a cloud of dust.
A motnone later the bunk was on its book
and the cheetah's fangs, fixed with a vise-
like grip, were in its tlhroat, Wo soon at'•
rived at Olomouc of action, where we found
the cheetah so exhausted that he could
scarcely maintain his hold. The keeper
immediately replaced the hood upon its
head and covered the eyoe, which were wild
with excitement, but et 8ti11 maintained its
terrible grip of the book's throat, Tho
keeper now tools a rope and passed it once
or twice tightly around the neck of the
buck, drawing it tightly, end then cut its
throat close to the olloetah's jaws. As the
blood came sporting out it was caught in a
shallow wooden ladle held beneath elle
crimson stream till it was nearly full. The
keeper then once more removed the hood,
and the cheetah, seeing the blood, relaxed
its hold of the buck, and commenced to lap
it greedily from the spoon. A8 soon as this
meal was finished, the keeper replaced the
hood, and the cheetah was led back to its
cage, for they aro not permitted to run
more than one coarse en a day.
The skill of the other two cheetahs was
also tested, and they both 0ncceeded in fell-
ing and 8eou'ing a fine book, hat Melchor
of the courses was so good o' interosthlg as
the first, which was the most exciting lover
saw, hot excepting the fox hunt in Eng-
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An Effort of Nfemory,
011 friend—What became of that handl•
some young man yon were engaged to at
Fashion Springs three summers ago?
°hiango matron--Let—me—see, I mar•
riod him, I believe.
A 100000 started morass the room in a
North Atobisou house and a girl mutinied
so loudly the mouse fell over. Onpioking 10
up it was fatted to have died of fright.
When 11 is tviotlod to reduce fu appoa t'
011.30 the height of an object, horizontal or
Whine lines should be employed, and per -
56(1111.1111m when h0g1t 10 eequu'e(1. In
papering a room with a IoW ceiling this
should b0 rememhored,
Things That are Worth Knowing.
A 100.10olh crack left in 411e lower sash of
a window helps much in keeping the room
clear of flies. Screen all of rho windows but
0210, and before the open crack of this, ou a.
stand of just the right height, place a row
of plants, with thick foliage. The foraging
flies, with their persistent inquisitiveness,,
will Crawl through the network of loaves,
then out of the oraok into the sunshine
outside, and but few find their way bask
through the aperture.
Ibis unwise economy making nee of rancid
butte', burned lard, soggy broad and cake,
and material badly damaged in any way, in
your molting ; for "tainted blood will tell,"
and so will the miserable, clammy, soured,
(11110d ingredients you Omeggle into cake
and toast and pudding, believing you are
saving, when, in fact, you are spoiling
whatever wholesome material you may have
added to the tainted compound.
A large steel knitting needle is best for
cleansing the rubber tubing of a nursing
bottle, since the tittle brushes gold for Ghia
purpose moo break and loosen from their
twist of wire, leaving minute, stabbing
bristles inside the tube, liable to find their
way into baby's throat. Pass the noodle
through the tube, and then With thumb and
finger worts the robber firmly about it until
every parllole of curd is seemed from the
tubing.
Bots koop hest through he winter
months when they are put in bins or bar•
role, and dry sand sifted thoroughly among
them.
There is little more tomeol18in4 to a man
than to go home with something 10 his mind
ho wants to snold about and find company
there and be obliged to not agreeably.
Occasionally a good idea comes from
Russia. She has fust ordered tato poet,
Krazowslti return
, to r L 1 rn to prison,
A big patron of Oho shoe hlla01001 is Allen
Milton Browning, of limntington, W. Va.
Ito has led six bruins to the altar and is the
father of sixty.seven children,