THE COLUMBIAN, BLOOMSBURft, P.
A Chase Across
The Square
There had been an epidemic of
burglaries in and about the quht
precincts of Randolph Square, and
The residents of that desirable neigh,
ir.rhood had been shaken out of
I'v'ir iiBual reserve by these occur-1'ii-fS,
and were on edge with ex
i I'inent.
.! :ick Lane, who lived happily with
.' i Jack In a corner house on the
it side of the square, was very
, . iinaophical regarding the burglar.
"Don't worry, dear," he said one
'ening, as they were going to bed.
"I have burglar Insurance you
kno."
"Burglar Insurance would not
.jritt back all my lovely wedding
presents. You men have absolutely
no sentiment," declared Mrs. Jack.
"Well, dear, go to bed," laughed
Jack. "I will stand guard," he
axcialmed striking as dramatic an
attitud. as was possible for a man
In pajamas, "and I will shoot down
any man who dares to put a profan
ing hand on the leant of those berry
Hoons!"
"Stand guard!" exclaimed Mrs.
Jack scornfully. "You know that
you will be asleep In tn minutes, and
tJipn you would not hear a burglar
If he sat down and played the piano. '
"Wall, It Is Just 11 well, dear,"
isneheii Jack, "because 1 ara not a
Vf-ry good shot, and porhaps the
burglar Is, and you world not wat
him to play my funeral march, now
would you, even If he were musical."
"You absurd boy! vVell, I hope
we won't have the luck that Barring
tons hnd." she went on resignedly.
"They lost such a lot. of things'
And then, after a moment's deep
thought she added, "I wonder If
Amy Barrlngton Is going to marry
that Clyde Jepson."
"Good gracious, I thought you
were going to propound some learn
ed theory regarding the Barrlngton
bui-plary."
"Well, I had rather she married
someone else," declared Mrs. Jack
positively. "Even that man from
Boston, whom they say Is devottl
to her, though of course that wouid
take her away from here."
Jacks reply was a slight but pal
pable snore.
"He Is asleep!" exclaimed Mrs.
'irk. "I wish men took more In
vest In love affairs," she sighed.
-. Is such fun to talk them over,
i t Jack Is a dear, all the same."
.id she lay there and was having
-rood think about Jack, when sud
. nly she heard a slight but distinct
tund on th tlooi- below.
"Jack!" she vhispered.
"What!" Jack was lde awake
BOW.
"I heard a queer sound down
utaiis."
"Oh, I don't believe It Is any
thing," sala Jack turning over. "It
Is probably the cat or one of those
wicker chairs creaking, or soine
tliing." "Jack, I believe you would let
t.tiem take every wedding present I
have without making a move."
"AH right, dear," saH Jack, get
ting Into his slippers, "I'll get ruy
pl.itoi and take a look around."
"Oh, Jack, you don't suppose there
really Is any one, do you? Be
onusp, If there 1b, I would not have
you ro down stairs for the world."
"Well, dear. If there Isn't, he
wur'r nurt me, and If there Is, he
will get the presents while we are
talking about It," " answered Jack,
moving towards the door.
Jack walked softly to the head
of tin stairs. The light was burn
ing in the lower hall d& usual, aud
be could see that 'bo front door
was closed. But, as ho looked, the
&htn1nR brnsB knob gave ' back
quhk r -flection that was gone In an
lnstsint, as thought a moving ligh.
had struck against it. The dining
room floor was directly at the other
tid of the hall, ..nd, If the door
were open, a man working with a
tull's-iyu In that room would bi
likely to flash it down the hall and
asalnst the door knob.
Lane went quietly Cown the stairs
keeping close to the wall, and, when
ho reached the bottom, he peered
around the big old-fashioned newell
post toward the dining room. The
oor was open, but he could Bee no
light and could bear nothing.
Taking a sure grip on his revolver
he made a quick step across the hall
and touched the button at the side
of the front door, nd the whole
lewer Door was a blaze of light
Lane took u quiet look around, but
sew no one and nothing appeared to
have been disturbed.
When be reached the door of the
drawlnt, room a puff of air struck hla
face and be saw the curtain at one
the Bide windows waving. The
window was wide open,
"Hello!" he ejaculated. "This
Jooks like the real thing. Has he
Btifi1?, cr where Is ho?"
A glance down the long drawing
rnnrn showed that there was no one
tl'.eru. The door Into the library
was at the end of the room. It was
el used. Lane talked down to -t,
and, holding tho pistol leveled In his
riyht hand, threw the door open and
took a swift look around, the aim
t his pistol following the direction
f h eye.
"No one here," he muttered. "He
has got clean away, unlet "
"Jckl Oh, Jack!" came t fright
ened cry from the second story.
'He Is up here. Oh!"
Almost with the cry came a swift
rush uown the front stairs, and a
man in eventnr clothes, with light
overcoat flying wide open, dashed
across the drawing room straight at
the open window.
Lane fired at the flying figure, but
he might as well have aimed at a
comet. The man was gone like a
of right.
Lane's blood was up with the fir
ing of the shot. He rushed to the
window, and firing again as the bur
glar disappeared around the corner,
he Jumped after him but tripped on
the window ledge and landed in a
heap. Gathering himself up ho
dashed to the corner and almost
Into the arms of a rran who came
running across the 6treet.
"Hello, Lane! What are you do
ins out here in pajamas firing your
pistol like a wild west show! What
is . up?"
"A burglar! that gentleman bur
glar who has been robbing us all,"
printed Lane. "Didn't you see him,
Jepson?"
"I taw a "ellcw in a llghtcolored
overcoat run around the corner of
your house, going forty miles ah
hour. Just as I heard your last shot.
Is that your man?"
"Yes!" exclaimed Lane. "Which
way aid he go?"
"He ran diagonally across the
square," answered Jepson. 'I
haven't a gun."
"You have a stout stick there
though. I'll shoot him and you
beat him over the head. We have
got U get that man, I tell you." And
Lane all afire uow with the man
hunting instinct, raced across the
square with the unwilling Jepsoa
in his wake.
"Hold on," gasped Jepson at
length, holding on his sides. "What
Is the good of this. At the rate tlmt
fellow was going, he is a mile olf by
now."
"No, he Isn't," cried Lane ov,r
his shoulder. "He will not dint, to
r-'.n far. It is too conspicuous. A
soon as he gets a couple of blocks
away, and thinks he has given rue
the slip, his game will be to ttop
running and play the role of a r
spectable citizen walking iiiietly
home '
"Well, hold on then," panted Jep
son. "This pace is killing me. If
he b still running we have no show,
and if he is walking we can catch
him without breaking our necks."
"All right," said Lane, slowing
down.
Suddenly be seized Jepson by the
arm. "There he is!' he cried ex
citedly. "See! under that street
lamp about two blocks ahead. I
know that coat. He is walking
slowly. I told you so! Come on!
Come on! Can't you see him?"
In a few moments more they were
about opposite their man.
"Thai is the fellow!" whispered
Lane excitedly. "Now close in ' a
him."
As Lane spoke the man turned
and saw them advancing on him."
"Halt there! or I'll shoot you!"
cried Lane, rushing at him and
waving his ristol.
- The man wavered moment, then
started to run, but the fickle fate
that tripped Lane at the window now
squared accounts by sending the fly
ing man headlong over a hydrant
that stuck up through the sidewalk,
and, belore he could right himself,
Lane stood over hlra with threaten
ing pistol at his head.
"Get up!" commanded Lane stern
ly. "Put up your hands!"
The man obeyed Just as Jepson
came lumbering up. "We have got
him," he puffed. "I could tell htm
by his run."
"He is our man all right," agreed
Lane.
"Whom do you think I ara, and
what do you want with me?" asked
tho man.
"We don't think at all," snapped
Lane. "We know that you are the
burglar, who Just left my house by
way of the window, and what we
want with you is to land you in
Jail. '
"This is absurd," said the man
coolly. "I can easily prove my iden
tity. My name is Hollis Bailey,
and"
"Oh, no doubt, you havo plenty of
nam'ss," put In Jepson, who w a
strutting about with ..11 the Import
ance of a captor.
"Do I look like a burglar?" de
manded the man.
"Yes; we are on to tho gentleman
dodge you are playing."
"If you are a reputable citizen you
will be ready to account for your
movements during the last two
hours," put in Lane. "Where have
you spent them?"
The man hesitated a moment and
then said, "that la a matter that
does not concern you."
"Oh, of course not," Jeered Jep
son. "You are quite right not to
incriminate yourself.
"What did you try to run for?"
demanded Laue.
The man looked at him utii
smiled. "I thought from your cos
tume that you were an escaped lun
atic running amuck, and your keep
er," pointing to Jepson, "was In pur
sut of you."
Jeps-n's puffy cheeks grew puf
fier with rage.
"I say Lane," snapped Jepson,
"do you suppose he got anything at
your house?"
"I don't know," answered Lane.
Jepaou's face glowed with a great
idea.
"Let i search him. It we And
anything of yours, that ia all the evl.
dence wa want"
"This U aa outrage," rclaimod
the man hotly. "You have no right
to search me."
"That Is what they always say,"
put In Jepson.
As he spoke the mau reached a
tealthy hand toward the lnstd
pocket of his overcoat
"None of that!" ordered Lan.
"I believe you are right, Jenaon.
Look in the pocket he was reachim:
for."
Jepae put a hand Into tYe pork4
and pulled out what appeared to txi
a small Jewel case.
"Opon it, Jepson," sa:.l Lane. "If
this fellow makes a move I'll put a
bullet through him."
Jepson opened the case and jwo
a startled exclamation. "Fty Jove,
Lane, here is Amy fiarnng-.en'
watch. The very one that she to', l
me was taken when their nouae m
entered." As he spoke something
fell out of the case and rang on the
stone pavement Jepson picked t
up and looked at it. "We have the
right man sure enough!" he cried
triumphantly, holding up the obju-t.
"This iu a ring that I have often
seen Mirs Barrlngton wear."
"How did you come by these
things?" demanded Lane.
"I I " stammered the man.
"Well, Miss Barrlngton gave them
to me."
"That is a likely story," put In
Jepson. "Miss Barrlngton told ..ie
herself that the watch had beon stol
en." "I can explain about that if "
"We don't want any explana
tions," cut in Jepson. "Como along
now and if you try to escape I'll
brain you with my ttlck and Lane
will pui a hole through you."
And the trio walked through the
quiet streets to the Barrlngtons.
Jepson rang ihe hell and said to
the Bervant who came to the door:
"If Miss Barrlngton has not retired
please ask her if Mr. Jepson may see
her for a moment on an Important
matter. Do no', say that there Is
any one with me."
"Lane," he went on with an air
of importance, when they had gone
Into the drawlns room, "Miss Har
rington is very nervous and the
sight of you with a pistol in your
hand guarding the burglar, might
upset ber. I would suggest that you
take the fellow Into the library and
I will prepare her and then call you
In."
"All right," agreed Lane, taking
the prisoner Into tne library.
In a momont Jepson heard MIsj
Barrlngton's step, und he rose to
meet her with proudly beating heart.
"Good evening, Mr. Jepson," she
Bald. "I hope you bring no bad
news. The maid told me you came
on a matter of importance, and it ia
so late and all, that I was afraid."
"No, Miss Barrlngton," answered
Jepon impressively. "I do not
bring bad news. In fact I am sure
that you will be delighted to know
that although I have been through
a very exciting and I may say dan.
gerous experience thts evening, it
has resulted in the capture of the
burglar who has been robbing all
our houses, and giving me the great
pleasure of restoring to you your
watch and your ring. Here the:'
are," and, swelling vith pride, :ie
took them from hla pocket and
handed them to her.
"Why, Mr. Jepscn, wiere did you
get these," she exclaimed. "I don't
see how "
Jepson waved hlB hand dramati
cally. "I took them from tho thief
himself. I caught him red handed,
and"
"But, Mr. Jepson, where Is "
"The thief?" put In Jepson. "Ila
Is here. The rascal dared to say
that you gave him. your watch and
your ring think oi It and I
brought him here so that you might
confront him before he goes i.)
Jail."
"But It cannot be possible that
you "
"Oh, yes I did," pe In Jepsoi
eagerly. "I have got Mm all right."
And turning, he called, "Lane bring
in the prisoner!" '
When the pair appeared in the
door, the prisoner in front and Lane
behind him, enveloped in a coat
many Blzea too largo, and carrying
his threatening pistol, Miss Barrlng
ton looked at them and gasped out:
"Mr. Lane what does this mean?
I'
"Here is the rascal wfto says you
gave him your watch and your ring!"
exclaimed Jepson.
Ml.is Barrlngton turned a flushed
perplexed face on tho prisoner -xiA
Btainnured, I I do not understand.
What does it mean?
Jepson looked from one to the oth.
er in troubled uncertainty. "Of
course you could not have given him
your watch when you told me your
self that it had been stolen," be Bald.
"Yes, my watch was stolen," an
swered Miss Barrlngton, "but one
of the maids found It yesterday af
ternoon In the grass in the back
yard, where the thief had evidently
dropped It, and I gave it to Mr.
Bailey this Is Mr. Hollis Bailey
this evening to leave at the Jeweler's
for repairs."
Lane sheepishly concealed the pis
tol In the pocket of his big coat and
looked down uneasily to see if the
legs of hla pajamas stuck out.
"He had your ring, too," blunder
er on Jepson desperately.
At this Miss Barrlngton hesitated
and glanced In confusion at Hollis
Bailey, and then turned with flush
ed face, and said, "yes, gave him
the ring tor tor a measure. Our
engagement has not been announced
In fact It la not very old, but I
am glad to hare two such old frlendj
aa you and Mr. Lane know it before
everybody else does."
! KOft&AN'S WONDERFUL BELL.
A CMW Wae Sacrificed In Melton
, Metal Before Casting.
A queerly shaped gong, which no
cuplee a position of honor in the cen
tre of the City of Soul, Korea, is said
to bo one of the largest in the world,
and Is called "tho bell with the wall
of a child in its voice." When flr.it
cost the bell sounded with a tau.li
and cracked note, and tho supersti
tious Emperor, fearing an ill onion,
consulted with his magicians. Tho.se
gentlemen held a long confab, and
finally stated that the boll would novor
sound right until a live child wag giv
en to it. The mass was then melted
again, and a live baby was thrown
Into the molten metaL The wall of
agony uttered by the ltttlo tot as the
bronze engulfed It seemed to be repeat
ed every time the bell was toloJ.
and to-day the Koreans still claim that
the wall of a child can be hoard in
the voice of the metaL
L
J Iron Turned Into Copper,
A curious And was recently ma'e
In one of the coppor mines at El Co
bre, Cuba. These mines, or.co aruouj
tho richest in the world, have ton
abandoned for over thirty years be
cause during the Cuban lnsurroct.on
of 1868 the coal supply was cut off
by the insurgents, and consequently
pumping became impossible, so that
tho mines filled with water. After
the Spanish war an American com
pany bought the mtnea and proceed 1
to pump out the water. In one of the
shafts thus made accessible was found
what once represented an iron piek
axe as well as some crowbars. The
metal in those implements had, how
ever, turned to copper.
) Repaired the Family.
The following is a iueral copy of a
bill recently sent by a cobbler to i
Yorkshire. England, squire:
Squire Knowle to S. Watson, Cob
bler. 8. d.
Clogged up Miss 10
Tapt Master S
Heel tapt aud bound up Madam.. 11
Mended up Miss 2
Heel tapt Master 8
Lined bound and put piece on Ma
dam i 03
Stitched up Miss Kitty z
Soullng the Maid 8
Putting piece on Master 2
Total 5 12
J Teeth of the Savages.
Among tho savages anything save
perfect sets of toeth Is an extreme
rarity, and the Eskimos, who live un
der tho most unhygienic conditions of
all people, have tho most perfect tee'li
in the world. Tho reason for this ij
found in the fact that they eat tougli
foods, which require long mastication
before they can be swallowed, and this
long mastication cleans the teotb, pol
ishes them, so that they offer few in
ducements to bacteria, and sweeps
whatever germs may havo found lodja;
mont in the mouth into the stomaeii
with the food, whore they aro spoodily
Lilled.
The Divining Rod.
A divining rod Is a rod with forked
branches, usually made of witch hazel,
but sometimes of iron or even of
brass and copper, and UBod by those
that pretend to tell where water,
minerals and metals are under
ground. According to the superstitu
tlon, the rod is said to dip when held
over the desired spot.
Heat of the Earth.
Lord Kelvin has calculated that, m
Bumtng the earth to have been a mol
ten mass when It first Btarted on Its
career, it would have taken 100,00!),
00U yoars for it to have cooled down
to Its present temperature, but Lord
Kelvin showed prophetic Insight when
he added, "provided a new source of
heat was not discovered."
Strange Oversight.
"Say," remarked the boarder with
the unbarbered hair, "I am writing
an ode to our landlady. I wish you
would suggest a rhyme for spoons."
"Is It possible," queried the bald
headed bachelor, 'that you have over
looked prunes?"
Ordered 10,000 Evergreen Trees.
John D. Rockefeller has placed an
order with a Tarrytown, N. Y dealer
for 10,000 evergreen trees, which will
bo planted on his estate at Pocantlco
hills. This is said to bo the largost
order of its kind ever placed by one
man.
Wild Geese Annoyance.
Farmers of the Falkland Islands
are offering rewards for the destruc
tion of wild geese,- which increase
and multiply to such an extent as to
threaten the subsistence of the sheep
A Five-Legged Calf.
Joseph Lafle of Benson, Vt, has
five-legged calf born June 2, which It
thrifty. Mr. Lafle has been offeree
$160 tor the calf and hla mother.
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HOW ROYALTY DINED.
Forks First Introduced In Queen Ella
abeth's Time.
None of the sovereigns of England
had forks till the reign of Henry V1L
All, high aud low, used their Angara,
llouce, in the royal households there
was a dignitary called the ewer, who,
with a set of subordinates, attouded at
the meals with basins, water aud tow
els. The survival of ewery was evi
dent after forks had come into fash
ion. We learn when James I. eutur
tainod the Spanish ambassador at a
uli.ncr "their majostles washed tho'r
Lauds with water from the same ewer,
the towels being presented to the king
by the lord treasurer and to the queen,
by the lord high admiral." The Prluce
ct Valu3 had a ewer to himself, which
was afterward used by the ambassv
The first royal personnge In Eng
land who was known to have a fork
nas; Queen Elizabeth, but it is doubt-'
ful whether she ever used it Fonts
cauie no slowly Into use that they were
ii.iloyed only by tho higher classes
iu the middle of the seventeenth coa
tmy. About the period of tho Revo
lution, 1CSS, few English noblemen
had more than a dozen forks of silver,
along with a few of iron and steel.
At length the steel fork came in tor
iini.rul use and was manufactured at
l.tfflold. At first they had two prongs,
but afterward another prong was add
n ii. Loudon Modern Society.
Why Animals Survive.
How Is the balance of lite on trio
filobq nuintalned? Why have not spe
cies exterminated species? Why have
not the birds exterminated the insects
und the hawks aud owls exterininutud
the birds? Because the insects ara
fci much more prolific than the birm
&nd the birds so much more prolific
tt an the hawks and owls. Tho hawkj
cud owls are also more restricted as
to food. The more adaptive an an!
l -al is the greater are tho chances of
surviving. If wolves and foxes could
browse like deer and sheop and ral
I'il.u, they would be as numerous as
U.j.ho latter species.
The potato bug has unduly in
neaEed In tho east bocauso Its food
Is abundant, and Its enemies have not
tI geared. The forest worms threat
iT.ed to destroy tha maple woods of
i..nio sections, till its enemy, the ich
m nian fly, appeared. Rabbits have
::;ioased unduly In Australia because
tbtlr natural enemies have not kept
pj.ee. Oittiug.
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