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.about tee wonderfat
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Men a1 Spray
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Baekw�o
baby!" He patted tfte'eaint.
"Dynamltel" mid. "One' of them
etcke In the gizzard of that steam log
haiiler, other ! er st.foks 'scattered under.
their bridges and . along that road
they've built, and mebbe a stick under
their wangan camp where their pro
ateens are stored - and I reckon
;they'll be the ones teat will have to
ego to headquarters - for fresh
orders and a few things to do buss-'
mess with! 1 At any rate, there won't
Abe much lumberin' goin' on b*e at
Number 'Leven for a while!"
"Wicked! That's a wicked enamel -
:don, Bragg!"
"Well," drawled Romeo, "It ain't
exactly, like a eroq'uet• game at a,
Sunday -school picnic, I'll admit that;
but, on the other hand, them critters
over that ridge ain't Sunday school-
'ers, either!"
Georgeweighed the matter in its
arloue aspects. The thieves were
brazen and teckless trespassers, Their
!property bad no right on Clare, Cor -
Iran's land They were robbing her
:wantonly, wasting almost as much as
they felled, He believed he could see
'their ultimate object - it was to force
:her to sell other holdings on threat
of being the victim of further mar-
:ouditig.' In his study of the eon -
Vinous in the north country, he had,
'learned that this scheme had .been
!employed 1n other eases.
Decency held him back - the rode
;as it was observed ,.In that section
!prompted him to go ahead and play
:the game as .the others played It.
He was suddenly aware that men
had surrounded them. An oath from
One of his dozing crew infern3ed him..
:In his preoccupation, he had not
thought of posting pickets, Ile :was
new to the dangers of the woods,
When he leaped et his feet, Blinn
Wiggin faced him a rifle across
bis m-
"1'arni going to give yon a chance,
dude," he said, with Wait is his tone.
"'Vire've got you deal to rights. Your
chance is this - you carat and hike
that way," He pointed' in a direction
away from Corran-accbe. "And you
keep going. Don't you ever come
back, That's your chance, and if
you don't take it, you'll ewaln.p call-
pers for a golden harp -• and you
tan take that straight from
me."
It was insult that sought to pro,
!yoke. Harry understood. He restrain -
id m*elf,
"Ihi've got nothing eaa nut the reee
Of you," Wiggin went on. "I'll simply
advise you to be getting back to
where youcame from. St's you I'tn"
after. I've got you," he said to
George.
"Bo you've turned into a hired thug,
have you?" inquired Harry, surveying
him contemptuously.,
The men who stood in the shadows
were armed. Most of them appeared
to be woodsmen from the near -by
operation. They were not particular-
ly savage looking. Some of them
were grinning, as though their ex-
pedition were a lark. But Wiggle
prompted by hie grudge, did not try
to hide his anmosity,
"Wiggin, 1 have mote right In these
woods than you have," proceeded the
Corran manager. Be walked straight
up to the young desperado. Wiggin
held leis ground, swinging his gun In
front'of him, relying on 1t forpro-
tection, ' "You're mixing into a thing
that's none of your business:"
"I've got charge of seeing that
you're put out," stated Wiggin. "That
makes it my businese, all right!"
"Then, you're a cheap, hired thug,
as I said you were. Put down your
gun and put up your fists. I've got
en :e:ccouut with you," It was angry
youth declaring itself.
But Wiggin was not there for fair
combat, You step back," he growled,.
and started toraise his gun.
Harry's training in athletica had
been In the way of quickness of at-
tack and dexterity. He caught: Wig -
gin's forearm' with the wrench that
Malmo the strongest yell with the
agony of twieted muscle and map-
ping bone. The rifle fell.
"Stand back, you hellions!" roared
Bragg. "This is a man+s fight. Keep
back away from 1t, or here's fifty
pounds of dynamitethat goon into
•
that camp tire.." The tire was between
Wlggin's men and the combattants.
There 'le something devlllehly 'deter-
rent in a sack of dynamite. At that
moment, Bragg, wore an" expression :.
that backed upwhatbe threatehed,.
Even in the stress, of the contAct,
Harry wondered wiifmaically whether
he was to find nothing except fisti-
cuffs in that dreadful north country!
He had been forced from one battle
to another with grim ,lteraelon. His
opponent came on to his feet. The
wench had 'pent him to his knees
He made toward his gun with 'a cow-
ard's desperation, but George beat
himeek and nd he fail with his Lace
bleeding.
There's the mark I've kept waiting
for you," cried Harry, "Wear that in
the place of, the one Clare Corran
gave you."
It was a taunt that stung so
wickedly that. Wiggin struggled up,
and came at his adversary once mo'
Woodsmen enjoy a fight. Even
Rriggin's men stood back; curiosity
as well ae that brandished OUR of
dynamtte governing them.
But In spite of his strength, the un-
trained bully stood no show against
the man who had already half master-
ed him.
He went down again, and Bragg
elle! in delight.
Gement nems roe Ceaada.
NIININIMIINIGNIMMININDINNINFMNIINNEMmiesmie
t cr.rev across :us. gun that h.y
unmarked in the rnelbe His, hand
clutched12, he relied over,; aud, half
reclining,it .
f ed
It as: Goorge.µ ee rtisl�-
ing up him 'Phe' butiet ate ltk •oi c of
the young mama upraised arras, and
lie went down:with, a'groan,
"You've killed., him! 3rou're all in
it! I'll testify against you in court!'
.ehriekeci Bragg, and the men fled in
terror, r From where they ; bad stood,
after retreating at sight' of 'the 'sack
of dynamite; 1t looked as though Wig
gla had killed hie 'man. Bloodshed,
evidently, was' more than they had
reckon 00. They had come merely to
intimidate.
Bragg leaped upon Wlggln,; and
wrested the rifle trout him, and kicked
him into unconeclouimeas. Then,, he
ran to George. He ripped the sleeve
from `his arm, and bandaged 1t with
the fragments of cloth, "'It's broke,
son, it's broke," he gasped; "but,
thank the'good Lord, you ain't dead'!"
"Give 'em the dynamite -- give 'em
the dynamite,' muttered Harry. "'Don't
wait. They want fight. Give it to,.'em."
Bragg helped to ,cal*e him to hit
feet.
"You bet, 1'1! give 1t to 'ear! Can't
you lean on a couple at the boyo, Mr.
George? I don't, want to leave you
here. They'll come back."
Barry's faintness had gone, under
stress of his excitement Bement awn?
with them. They lett Wiggin lying
where he bad (alien.
With a man to bear him company,
George took his position on a h111 that
towered above the camp of the timber
looters, ,. He did not see what took
place.' But his ears told him. Bragg
scattered, his men, and ordered 'them
to await the signal .of a rifle shot.
The devastation wits simultaneous all
along the line. The awful roar of
the detonations came up to Harry
where he lay, and the, earth rocked
under him. Then, one by .one, gasp
ing, running, his men rejoined him,
Bragg closing the retreat.
"We'll waft (111 morning before we
move," putted the intrepid lieutenant,
"And L reckon that thea we'll find
we've got the place to ourseiYea "
His prediction was true. Those who
scouted In the early dawn reported
that the camps were empty.
"I rigger that a part ot- them got
out when they thought Wiggins had
killed you," stated Bragg, en bis re.
turn, "And when the dynamite 'split
the night wide open, the rest of 'em '
probably thought there was a land.
that was fairer than this, ` There's
aothing left standin' but the main
camp, and that log hauler is the sick-
est piece of machinery, since Nelson
left scrap iron in Trafalgar Bay. We're
goin' to put you to bed in the camp,
Mr. George, and send for a doctor.
You needn't worry. Old Romeo Is on
guard from this time on."
His patient tried to protest that he
was able to walk, but he staggered
when' they raised him. An hour later,
he was unconscious in his bunk, and
a messenger was running toward 'Cor -
ran -cache with thememoryof Bragg's
oaths and brandished Piste to spur
him. .
XI.
During -that day aud the next, the
old guide left, Harry only • to scurry
to his outposts and issue profane
orders to shoot an enemy on sight.
"The boy's sick," he told them, "I'm
afraid he's all in. Oh, won't that doc-
tor ever get here?"
Such ministrations as he under-
stood he gave the young man, lying
there t his fever Bragg hardly ate.
He did not sleep. He cursed con-
tieually under his breath; he knew
ne other way of relieving his feelings.
When the doctor did arrive, he was
accompanied by a retinue that made
Bragg open eyes and mouth Clare
Correa led thein on her black harse.
She was first into the camp.
"He dont know nothtn ;" whispered
Bragg, a her elbow. "Ile ain't knowed
a thing for days. But, euro, Miss Clare,
he to a bully fighter. 1 ain't much of
a hand ,to pray, but I tell you -I've
offered up a few bushels of petitious
for that yougster."
She was on her knees beside hila
when, the doctor 'hurried in. Governor
Harries was w'lth: hire, scrubbing his
thin hands,' murmuring anxious re-
grets.
Of: the tale et that following fight
with death, Clare: Conran Was the
When,', after .many . days, Harry.
opened1s eyes upon a world that he
dimly, weakly knew as reality after'
bis dreams, the doctor told him of
the battle 'the girl had waged for :his
sake.
"She went right down into the
valley of death.withyou, Mr., George.
I did what I could; but you Can feel
certain that her arms drew you back:
Medicines can do a lot, but a woman
can, do more than medicines. 'TM
going home, now. ,She wants to do
the seat"
During': the days of his convales
Bence, he lay gazing at, tier, trying to
:frame the thanks that he awed. He
wondered at his inability to say them,.,.
Once or twice,' he tried weakly to
utter some of his thoughts, but she
checked him with a smile.
At last, lie understood why 9 he could
not thank her as his soul :prompted.
He wanted to.go down on his. knees
and pour out to her the love of his
heart, Be knew- himself,` now, He
had seen what unselfish devotion
really moant, He knew what courage
signlfted. He realized that there its
e aoul-cousuming love that Offen
from the mere attraction et, man :to
7;.
woman, ''Bift'he could not go'down oh
his knees to her. • Ile had to shut file
teeth' neon his lips. Mary Laroche
had hie pledge.
One day, the lawyer sought them
out 10 the wood, led', by •Governor
Harries, who had copetltuted himself
their postman and messenger.
Romeo Bragg was still commander
of theguard, vigilant and determined,
though the enemy did' not reappear. •
S have secured the lnjuuctious,"
the lawyer tepid them, "Something
happened to'' make them mighty
supple. They did not come into court
to fight us."
Clare told 'him of what had oc-
curred on Number Eleven. He had
not heard till then.
"That die it," he assured them.
"They found they had picked up too
hot a propoeitlon. They're as ready
to hush it as you are. And with the
law behind us now, you're "sate. I'll
hurry home, and clinch thinge."
Governor Harriss bad laid the mall
on George's couch, and, after the
lawyer had gone, he opened his let-,
tern: There:.was one from Mary, but
he did not open that while Clare was
there. She glanced at the envelope,
understanding, and went out, Grief
*tabbed his 'heart wben he saw that
her 'lips were quivering, He sat a
while, 'tears blurring hip eyes, and
then opened the letter.
The next moment, he was on his
feet' In spite of his weakness. He'
took another look at the contents of
the envelope, and then, with a choking
cry; he followed bei, ,
/the had sat down under the big
pine that shaded the camp. Her worry
for his welfare /showed itself in the
cry' she gave when she saw him, and
perceived the expreselon on his face:,
"You should not try to walk, yet,"
the chided. But he hurried to her, and
pushed the letter into her hands.
"A wedding card!" she gasped.
'What does It meant'
She looked Jute his, face, and sue-
peeted.
"It's not - it's not the—"
"It's the girl," he said. "Read it
read the. letter. I could not. I could
not wait I could, not see."
Controlling . herself - turning h!s
face from him, she read:
"Dear Harry: You will understand
and forgive me, maybe. But 11 you
cannot forgive me, remember that I
thought L loved you once. You left
ore and I
Harry tore the letter from the
girl's hand, and crumpled' it in his
f! t She S e *tar d
e at him
started and
wondering.
"Don't' read any more = there's no
need of any morel"'
"Poor boy," she said, thinking site
Understood, though her heart was
breaking, "it is cruel - wickedly
cruel 1t kills you to listen. I am
lorry I read your---"-
"Cruel! No, Clare; it 1s fife to me,
that letter. It is strength, hope, love,
happiness, that letter! .0h, the words
are choking me. 1 must say them, I
must go down at your 'feet and tell
you the words that have been bursUug
In me all these days. I'll go away
after I say them. You want ea dis-
carded lover, I know that, But I Want
to tell you that I never sinew love till
loved you. Lt was ooh' a boy's
liking - .int.other! Tree le a mat's
passion, imd---"
She put her hand on hl? arm,
"Hush!" site said, looking past
him. She said it gently. "I went to
listen, Harry. But It's too sn.:red for
others to leas,"
He followed her gaze,; acid caw Ito-
ineo Bragg at the door of tithe camp,
trying to look iuuocent He took her
hand:
''Strength is in me again," be de-
tlared. "Cone, my Clare! Come up
to the hill,' Let's get nearer heaven
- for It is sacred, what have to tell
you!" '
"I've said it id
Romeo Bragg t s,•
"the , only thin off
g
r
I
would happen," said
o Governor Harm
g• Is, lie's bung
louger'n I expected he would,"
"Where do you reckon they're gofer'
to?" asked Harries.
"Heard him say something about
'heaven'," chuckled Bragg. "But 1f
that girl ever looked at me tete way
she looked at him, just now, I'd
reckon that ole earth was a good
place, to may 0 while la,"
"They'd better not go too' tar,"
mumbled Marries "I ain't said any-
thing about. It -= for I didn't want to
worry a'slek than or Miss Clare. But
fen knowin' to it that that hyena of
a young Wiggin has been hangin'
around this place on the sly for some
time."
"You :must be mistook;" declared
Bragg, turning to his duties; "he don't
want any more George provender
passed to him. I$e ain't got appetite
for it.
The two who slowly climbed the
hill did not sec the skulking figure
that ran away toward the deeper
woods of the summit., The men who
ran evidently did not want to en-
counter them in the open.where those
at the cants would detect him.
It was Blinn Wiggle) who ran.
Be Lound a hiding place near the
top, He seemed to guess: that they
would„come that way. ' Hie shelter
was a hone ander the looming ehadow
of the roots of an upturned tree, that
had been' felled by a teinpeet. The
roots held in their meshes the broad
plat of earth, !nixed with stone, and
the heavy mass was set on edge, sup-
,ported in that position by the, pros -
trete trunk, Wiggle squeezed: bin>,self
down close to the plat 10. the ,hollow
It had left;` Ile swung hie rifle into
poattiou. ,Ile couunanded the path.
But there alas nhitulking
figure to tree hilltrJpawotoods,er aa Ogura
that lied followed Blinnth'iggiu .for
many drys,
1t appcored now with . cautious
steem,' It” dna what ai::ouscade WTg-
gin had prepared. It was Noel, the
Hear, treadlug with the soft foot of
the trailer. He
heard the v
o
1cee of
the y oyng people, as they climbed
slowly, favoring Harry's new eon-
Valescence.
Noel stood for pne,moment, motion-
less, He understood.
He threw his knife and ran to the
rear of the' upraised plat„ 1'de peered
at lie upper edge, as though he in-
tended to clamber up and drop on
the 'man waiting there with rifle
aimed,' But, glancing down, he saw
something that brightened his dull
eyes, When the tree had fallen ,ita
trunk had been splintered across a
boulder, The stub at the plat was
Joined to the tree only by strands,of
wood fiber, already halt rotted,
The Indian had the quick knowledge
of his forbears in regard to the at-
fairs of the woods.
He kneeled upon the trunk, He
began to cut at the fibers with his
keen knife, grunting all the time like
a quillpig at hie gnateing, Wiggin
.growled a curse, and , threw back a
handful of petl¢les to scare what hie
ear told him was a meddlesome
porcupine finding hie supper of
spruce bark. :The stashing of the
site blade sounded like an animal's
teeth. With his grunts, the old man:
made the illusion complete:
Wiggin could not emerge to bother
with a permupine -- the creature mat-
tered nothing to him at 'that moment,
He was after bigger game. It was al-
most in sight on the path, now. ' Pia
finger pressed softly on the trigger.
Hate blazed in his eyes. He had wait-
ed Iong, but he had never dreamed
of such an opportunity as this, He'
would kill him at her feet, As for
the girl wino had scorned him, well—
The last fibers' snapped. The weight
et rocks and earth flipped the stub
of tree upright. With a hollow
"ploek,' with movement as swift a9
a steel trap, the plat came back into:
ins :old-time ,place, fitttng into its
hollow as though 11 never had been
disturbed. Ten feet deep, under the
stub of tree, Blind Wiggin was en-
tombed, life crushed from him as a
fly dies under a housewife's palm.
"There's Noel, the Bear, from the
Aznaki tribe," whispered Clare, as
tbey passed the spot, She pointed
up at the old Indian, standing beside
the stump of tree, his arms folded.
his face calm. "He has been wander-
ing through the woods lately like a
lost soul 'There's gossip that some
one has deceived
letsan -d
gr d aughter,
White Lily - the pride of the tribe.
Poor old man!"
They went on, hated In hand, and
Iett him there.
Ae was there when they came
down again, Harry George's Ilea sweet
with her kisses, his soul brimming
with the Joy Of living and Is vbn„
TUE END notate teat '
Mohammedanism In the Sudan.
Dr. Karl Kamm, ii adventurous
missionary explorer, who ham lately
returned to Johannesburg after a
journey across the Sudan from the
Niger to the Nile. has created some
sensation by a series of lectures on
the inroads which Islam is making In
the Sudan. He Says that a consider-
able number of Mohammedan students
are being sent into the Sudan treat
Cairo to Islamise the people, who are
regarded as the best negro fighting
populatort In Lite world.
Illustrating his contention that but
tittle is generally known of Sudan
affairs Dr. Kumm mentioned the re-
cent liberation of 200,000 slaves In
one district alone as the result of
the intrusion of European Powers,
stating that it wee an event which
had hitherto not been published.
Dr. Kumtn declared that unless
counteracting Christianizing influence
were forthcoming all over the Sudan
Isi'am must become n great menace
to southern as well as to northern
Africa.
HANK O'i) tY
The veteran plel'er and umpire
Hank O'Day, dean of the National
league arbitrators, will direct the des-
tinies of the Cincinnati ball . club --
tor 0 time at least.
A 'I`.111Ii SPOUT
"The l:nglishmtan is a true sport,
He innelste on fair play," said Dr. J.
K. Foran of the House of Commons
in the course of u delightful sketch of
a,. typical ,John. Buil as seen through.
an "1 rleh mea 8 eyes.
In Inustrabon of John Buti's dither=
ant love e e of sport, lar. Foran .told of
the admirals who 1ett..an unfinished
game of bowie to attack the Span b de'
Armada, After they bad wrecked the.
power of .Speen these Engiisli sabers
insisted on completing their game,.
even before sending their despatches
to London announcing their sweeping
victory,
GOVEItNtllt.t,lgNE:Itu SPOICT '
t'A'1'itON.
That Hie Royal Flighness the Duke
of Conno,. le omnl
the hockeyughtgamesa atpatl'the Ottawa'aat 0
ArOuay0f
botds 111 the lntereprovincial: and N.
H. A. seriesla now assured, and
Manager Dey, of the Arena has erect-
ed a sheeted box in section le to be:
need by the royal : pasty. . There is
a private entrance and exit the same
se Earl Grey' meet last season. Bit
roya lhiglrness will be a patron af the
*into Skating Club but ie not expect-
ed to take any aetive'partdeipatton at
theskating evenings,
Biliousness
is certainly one of the most disagree-
able ailments Which ileal' is heir to.
" Coated Longue -bitter taste in the
mouth'- nausea,-
dizziness - these
combine to melee life a burden The
cause is a disordered liver -the cure
Dr, Motse's'Indian Root Pills. They-
go straight to the root of the troubk,
put the liver right, cicadae the stom-
ach and bowels, clear the tongue ae,5
take away the bitter taste from the,
mous . At the first sign of bilious -
nese e
Dr. Morse's'
Indian Root` Pills
A LAND IIIYSTI;EY
The building pf' a railroad by the
:Wish from Persia to Karaehf across:
tebran may not 6f itself, as the New
kirk Sun says;, be a project of lm-
ortance, Eurot;a has offered little'
{:position, and engineers say the
outs presents few serious obataclea;'
art it brings the rest of the world innns'.
outset with some oe the earliest
cenea of Eastern history and opens e
land of mystery of which -there have
sen only glimpser about every thou
Ind years,' s,
Mekran is the coastal region of
lainchistan and extends from India
5 the Persian Gulf. Sailors before
led since the voyage of Alexander's
tdmirai, Neaclue, have " coasted k
r
(long its white shores and found
hemselves surrounded by females
theles such as the first map makers
alighted to picture. high pooped
lative crafts like ancient galleys ear-
ning pirate slave traders and gun
Unners dodge into its shallow ham -
ors. British steamships sometimes
tap at one of its ports for ,a cargo
d dates er rice for the Indian trade.
fit sailors never aenetrate into the,;
lenge of yellow hills or, erose the;
terile plain, "the hottest' land of ant
Isla," where the sand rolls'inwaves
end floats in stifling clouds. '. Oases
Ire tae along the 'streams that flow
kom these ridges!,,the'country Is dry,
Leather worn, desolate, shunned by
an.
hThe few inhabitants are the flotsam
bid Jetsamof the civilization that
Lave passed over it. They are the
ereckage that drifted into this ob-
cure world from the earliest move -
bents into and from Sadia to the first
learch of Europe for Eaatern empires.
the Portuguese that conquered Ming
tat and captured the islands of Ormuz
ind Kishm and founded colonels at
lander Abbas and Gwadur left their
ribute of adventures, as did the
Dutch, French and English that came
:Ker them. These found here older
leople of whose origin all trace was
bst, colonies of half bred Arabs left
ly decline of the Arab dynasty at
find, Mongols from the time of Gen
thiz Khan, negroes, descended from
pediaeval slaves, and stragglers
om every central Asian tribe.
Yet Mekran `cannot always have
leen such a dry, desolate land. 'Buried
the sands beneatho the little
n nesome cot t
awns are the ruins of titles. AC one'
)lace en explorer found the wails of
fix towns that must at some time have
leen places of some Importance. In:(
Ste hills above Gwadur are the re--
trains of a great reservoir Tombs
lett) fragments of pottery that no one
teems able to identify are often un-
lovered; many of the hills are closely
levered with stone houses with dome
Ihaped Interiors. 'there are remalue
if works of masonry that were greet
lams for catching the waters of the'
elver at flood time. In arid deserts
etplorers have found forests of dead,
Imes that have stood stark for cell -
and on some of the hills ter -
laces that must some time have been
ill a high state of cultivation. No one
(pparently is able to tell who built
hese cities add reservoirs, cultivator
;he terraced bills, or were buried ITA
:be tombs, The very reason why thl
'and to -day is only a rebon of great
)eat, thirst and death is one .of the.
meets of nature,
Bohemian Summer ltesorfe.
Accor'dl r to the latest statistics
thou $41N45,000 is expended each
tear by visitors from foreign court-
2r
tries who take the "cure" at the
tatural mineral spring resorts In
gaster. Bobemia, atoug the Ei'zebirge
(Ore Mountains.)
This does not include the sum spent.
by foreign transient visitors who stop'
tor less than eight days or by those:
!rem the various crown lands. The
grand total lsn of less than $45,000,000
to -50,000,000.
Some idea of the volume of business. •.
transacted at t he great Bohemiam
"pas may be deduced from the tack:
that the railroad office in Marienbad„
which has a resident population of
1,2770, receives from outbound passen--L
tees for transportation tickets alone,,
axoluaive of baggage receipts, .400,000
annually,
Tile pest, office in the same city,:
turns over"to the government after
paymeut of al] expenses a net profit
bf u like ailment, These figures cam
ice multiplied by three of Carts/tad-
the three resorts depending on their
natural mineral springs for cure pur-
poses (Carlsbad, Marienbad and Fran-
aenbad] pay $913,500 annually la'
birect taxes exclusive, of the spectate
aesestnsents
•i
HE WAS S8j RPJEISB1):
lfonse Trite Ii cns£teked While Fundir
Sit on Doorstep.,
Whit Mr. Ovide Tan ua . in ora-
While g y, c
pany with his family was enjoying
the fresh air en the front doorsteps.
of bis on Gilford Street, Montreal, a
nervy second story man introduced
himself through a window in the rear
Ind ransacked' the place from top to
bottom. When Mr, 't'anguay made up
his mind to retire he, was dumbfound-
ed to note the appearance of bis bed-
room. All .the drawers had been
emptied and coutents were etrewm
pell-mell an the floor while all the
jewelry and other valuable e iirLleles
had been taken. Two watches, a watok
chain, two stick pins and three rings
are missing.
tressed 286 Babies and Coaxed $90!
'After kiseleg 286 babies, -ranging!
In age from six months to four years,
and consecratingth
em to the "cause
of Zion," Overseer Wilbur Glenn.
Veliva, successor to John Alexander:
Howie, stood by a barrel In Shiloh£
Tabernacle lately and watched hist
disciples toss $27,500 into it a "'merle
flee otfering: ``
eoliva kissedall of the intents and
consecrated them in exactly 49,
minuteed Sunday viae the annual
consecration at Zion, and 1n the lima
of awe and women that contributed.
to the sacrifice fund". were 831iit
perSons. �1