6
THE VILLAGE STREET.
People say the street was run
Long before a house was done.
With a tinkle, tatikle, tinkle,
Kre 'U" vesper stars did twinkle.
Or trie night dews 'gan to sprinkle
Thirsty grasses sweet,
I'pward from the velvet meadows,
Homeward through the growing shadows,
Came the cattle's feet,
And the path where they would wander,
Winding here and wheeling yonder—
That is now the street.
That was years ugo, they say,
Hut it runs the same to-day—
By tiie clanging smithy sweeping.
Past the gray church pillars creeping,
Widening like a white pool sleeping
Round the hitching poles
Where the sunburned farmers dicker
And old Hiss and Dapple whicker
To their truant foals—
Thence it passes downward swerving
Toward the whisp'ring willows curving
Where the river rolls.
Changes come hut slowly here—
One may see, this very year,
As of old. a grandamc riding.
To the stile her sorrel guiding.
In her level basket hiding
Homely golden store.
And her newly-starched sunbonnet
Has a small blue iigure on it,
As had those of yore;
Quaint is she, but wholly human,
Like :t sweet, old-fashioned woman,
Hack in fifty-four.
More than careless eye may meet
Visits in this quiet street-
Here are dreams in open daytime,
Visions out of vanished playtime,
Youth and joy and budding Mayttme,
Wo had fancied done:
Yonder shouting barefoot lusty,
Paddling down the roadway dusty.
Little thinks of one
Par away, who drops his trouble,
And, in dreams, the barefoot's double,
Shares Ills foolish fun.
Aye, a-many ghosts go down
This dim street of Haunted Town-
Hearts that far a-fleld were roaming
Hither turn them in the gloaming,
Like the white-winged pigeons homing,
Now no more to stray;
And if longing could unravel
Knitted life, and pilgrims travel
Paths of yesterday.
We, too, o'er the faded meadows.
Homeward through the lonely shadows.
Glad would wend our way.
—William Hervey Woods, in Youth's
Companion.
Scoundrels la Co. 112
ByCOULSON KERNAHAN
Author ol "Captain Shannon," "A Book oi
I Strange Sins," "A Dead Man's Diary," Etc.
Copyright, 1899, by Herbert S. Stone & Co.
CHAPTER XXV.
SCOUNDRELS AND COMPANY.
I did think it over, with the result
that when I sauntered up to the book
stall at St. Paucras on the following
morning, the button-hole of my tweed
jacket was made gay by a spring of
led geranium.
Number Two looked approvingly at
it, as he gave me "Good-morning," and
Hubbock's little eyes leered meaningly
at mine as lie complimented me obse
quiously on"the lovely flower" I was
wearing.
A handsome tip to the guard hav
ing secured a lirst-class carriage to
ourselves, Number Two came to the
l»oint as soon as the train was begin
ning to move out of the station.
"My friends," he said, "I have been
through the accounts to-day, and I'm
sorry to say there is a big falling off in
subscriptions. The loss of that £5,000
may have done us harm in the way of
shaking public confidence, but on the
other hand if we had succeeded in our
attempt upon Lord Cranthorpe's house,
tir if I had not failed in my jubilee
scheme, or Hubbock in his Ishmael
club programme, I believe that our
finances would have been as flourishing
as ever. But we haven't much time to
spare this morning, and the immedi
ate question before us is, 'How are we
to retrieve our position?' One big
blow at tiie authorities will turn the
tide in our favor again and bring the
coin in. But this time we mustn't fail,
and it seems to me that the only way
to insure success is to back more
horses than one. I have a plan for
bringing off four different 'events' on
the same evening. One or more may
fall through, but if we have four run
ning, we are bound to get home with
at least one. If we should be so lucky
as to bring off two or three, we shall
have all the more reason to congratu
late ourselves, for every extra score
will mean extra coin in the way of
subscriptions. But if only one out of
the lot proves a winner, we shall at
least feel, and shall make the public
teel, that we have done something for
our money. Here's my scheme. I have
enough dynmiite still in hand to effect
four big explosions. There is enough
really for twice that number, but I
want the explosion to be the sort of
thing to set all London rattling, and I
propose to double the quantity of the
stuff. The next question is, 'What
shall we blow up?' Well, my idea is
that we have a go at New Scotland
yard and three of the prisons, Hollo
way, Newgate and Pentonville. I pro
mise doing tiie business in this way.
The infernal machines will be rather
heavy, and not at £.l! convenient things
to cart about London; so I vote that
we engage a private brougham for the
evening. One of us will have to be
driver, and each of the other four will
have to be answerable for an infernal
machine, and for placing it where it
can do the greatest amount of damage
to the building which lias been as
signed to him. I'll take New Scot
land yard myself, as the most danger
ous, and you can settle it among your
selves who shall be driver and who
shall take the other places. The driver
will pick the four of us up at points
we can settle on, and when the circle's
complete he will drive to Holloway,
dropping tiie first man with the box
uul.ov.'.sy a bj w.u.-U i ihmu
the infernal machine, at the most con
venient spot, and picking him up
again, after the thing has been placed
and the fuse ignited. By that means
the dynamiter can get clean away from
the neighborhood some time before
the explosion occurs. Then we drive
onto Pentonville to do ditto there. ;
Thenco to Newgate, and after that to
Scotland yard. There will be no cab- j
man to come forward with evidence
about their fares and where they got i
in and out. I think the risks will be |
fairly distributed. Perhaps the driver's j
got the best, of it, as he hasn't got to
place and light i lie machines; but on
the other hand he must undertake to
procure the carriage, and unless he
can contrive to steal it, there is al
ways the chance of the police getting
wind of the way the thing has been i
done, in which case his identity will
be the clew they'll have to work upon,
and he will be the first man they'll
look for. Well, are you 'on' for my !
scheme or 'off?' Please yourselves. '
Hubbock's with me, 1 know, but what I
do you other three say?"
The other three assenting, Number j
Two went on: "That's all right. Now j
Ju H iK
STALL.
the next question is not, 'Who killed
Cock Robin?' but, 'Who'll drive the
cab?' I'd rather it were one of you
three, for 1 want Hubbock to undertake
Holloway prison. He knows it well.
Too well, don't you, Hubbock? —the
inside as well as the out. Can you
drive, Number Four?"
"I'd rather not, unless I must," was
the reply.
"I don't suppose it will be a case of
'needs must,' though it will be 'the !
devil driving,' " laughed Number Two.
"What about you, Number Six? Can
you handle the ribbons?"
"No, I can't drive at all," responded
the councillor addressed.
"H'tn! Your education's being neg- j
lected. How about you, Number !
Seven?"
"I'll drive," I replied, promptly; "I'm ;
quite at home at it, and I know London
well."
"Capital. That will do, then. Now ,
to settle the other preliminaries."
The details of these "other prelim- j
inaries" may be spared the reader.
Before the train reached Southend
everything was settled —the day, or :
rather night, for the series of explo- j
sious fixed, and the time and place of
meeting.
♦ ******
It was nearing 11 o'clock as, with
all my villainous crew inside, I
whipped up the horses as we ap
proached the gray wails of Holloway j
prison. My. instructions were to pass
the main entrance at a slow trot, and
to pull up sharp when I heard Number
Two tap twice at the carriage window.
Outside tiie entrance a man was stand- j
ing. His attitude was that of a
lounger, but the queer way in which 1
he looked up and down the road, every
now and then, belied the indolent air ;
he bad assumed, and as we trundled |
towards him. he started, took a step
forward, and then, as if recollecting
himself, stopped short, and stood stiff
and still like a well-trained setter at
sight of a bird. I felt that the man's
eyes were upon me and upon the car
riage, and raised my whip to lash the
horses, lie saw the action and snapped j
out the word, "Now," like an officer
giving the word of command, and the j
next instant we were level with 1 lie !
entrance. Jerking my right rein vio- i
lenity, I switched the horses round at
right angles, whipping them up merci
lessly meanwhile, and dashed into the
prison yard at a gallop.
As the ponderous gates swung to be
hind us, Hall, followed by Hubbock,
leapt out, but, almost as their feet
touched ground, the black shadows on j
either side swarmed suddenly into
men, who had seized and secured the
four conspirators before the echoing
clang of the closing gates had died
away.
The psychological moment for which
I had waited so long had come.
"What does this mean, Number Sev
en?" hissed the now handcuffed Num
ber Two as I got down from the box.
"It means," I said, "that I have been
a spy upon you all along, and that I
told the governor of the goal why we
were coming here to-night, and ar
ranged with him that the waving of my
whip should be the signal for the gates
to open."
"My God!" lie said, quietly, "and I
mistook you for a gentleman."
* * * * • * *
The case lias not come on for trial
yet, as the police are completing their
investigations and their chain of evi
dence. They tell me that what I know
against the conspirators is but dust
in the balance compared tot lie calen
dar of crime of which the syndicate
lias been guilty, and that, in effecting
the arrest of Number Two, I have
been instrumental in bringing to jus
tice one of the greatest criminals of
modern times.
All the same, I do not feel very proud
of my share in the matter.
ITIIE li.s'D.l
CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, APRIL 14, "904
A COLLAPSIBLE STRETCHER.
De3igned by a Swiss Inventor for the
Comfortable Conveyance of
Wounded Soldiers.
"In time of peace prepare for war" is
a motto which lias been quoted to na
tions time out of mind, and has likewise
been profited by, as witness the action
of our sailors in their engagements a few
years ago. Their marksmanship and dis
cipline stood them in good stead when
the hour of trial came, and possibly the
result might have been different, or the
struggle at. least prolonged, had the ene
my also profited by the above good ad
vice. It has been said that Japan went
to war with China simply to secure the
discipline and training necessary for the
impending conflict with ltussia, which
is but another example of a nation profit
ing by the motto, though admittedly pe
culiar in the manner in which it was
carried out. But nations are not alone in
heeding this admonition. The inventor
has taken it upon himself at all time to
strive for the improvement and advance
ment of all that goes to make war terri
ble, from the ship-burning mirror of
Archimedes to the rapid-fire gun of the
modern inventor. But if war has been
made more horrible, the hospital equip
ment has in a measure kept pace with it
from the humane point of view, until the
sick or wounded men can now be proper
ly cared for until claimed by the grim
reaper or restored to health, with the
chances more in favor of the latter out-
SW'lss INVENTOR'S IDEA.
Rome than they were even a few years
ago. In the matter of stretchers for car
rying the wounded from the field of bat
tle, the hospital corps may be interested
in the idea of a Swiss inventor, as here
illustrated. It consists principally of a
set of lazytongs, with a canvas cloth ex
tending from head to foot when the
stretcher is extended. It will be noticed
that the handles by which the carrier is
lifted are attached to the lower section
of the folding frame, serving to fold the
stretcher when they are turned down
against the legs, and to extend it. when
in position to carry a wounded soldier
off the field. —St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
Sun Spots and Hainfall.
The most obvious changes on the sun
are those marked by spots, and it lias
been long understood that the cycle
of 11 years in which these spots occur,
corresponds to a similar cycle in rain
fall on the earth. More recent study of
solar influence, says Lockyer, show that
it is the prominence instead of the spots
that are chieliy associated with atmos
pheric and magnetic disturbances on the
earth. The prominence cycle of 3.7
years is especially conspicuous in the
meteorology of India, while a third
cycle—3s years in length—has been
traced recently in the climates of the
whole earth, each 11-year cycle being
different from that ii®mediately preced
ing and that following.
Tight-Rope Scorching:
A Perilous
IN AN article on "Perilous Public |
Performances," an English maga- j
zine, the Royal, describes the fol
lowing:
The incessant demand for novelty
has led Edward Doan, a tight-rope ;
walker, to perform his usual clever [
act under circumstances distinctly
original and exceedingly dangerous.
A wire is stretched on poles across 1
a motor-car. And on this Edward
Doan goes through many clever evo
lutions —while the car is moving at
high speed!
First it races around a track, 1
Doan's body bending in at an alarming
angle in order to keep his balance;
tiic 11 v.p a 3leep iaclmo, to da-ih down (
RAISING BIG BRICK HOUSE.
This Undertaking Was Accomplished
Without Breaking Even a Sin
gle Pane of Glass.
The picture is taken from the En
gineering Record. This brick building
was raised straight in the air ICO feet
and then moved 300 feet along the top of
the bluff without breaking windows or
cracking the walls. The picture shows
the building at the top of its lift.
Tlie main sills were jacked up to lift
the building clear of the foundations,
which were then removed and the
ground leveled to receive lines
of cribbing under each of the
main sills. Each line of crib
bing was located on the center of the
sill, and consisted of a continuous row
of cribs made of six by eight-inch tim
bers about 3*6 feet long. The bases of
LIFTED OXE HUNDRED FEET.
the separate groups were made horizon
tal, but at regular heights, offset to cor
: respond with the surface of the ground,
j There were in all eight lines of crib
! bing perpendicular to the face of the
j cliff, one under each main sill. Two
1 lines of cribs supported each end wall
| of the main part of the house. Two more
| lines were spaced at equal distances be
tween them and two carried the end and
center of the wing. About 300 five-ton
jacks were set under the sills bearing
on the second course from the top of the
cribbing. These were divided into 30
groups of from eight to 12 each, from
three to five groups being located under
each sill. At a signal given by blowing
a whistle, one man started at the end
of each group and gave each jack in suc
cession one-half turn. After all the
groups had been turned, another signal
was given and the men returned to the
starting points, screwing each jack
another half turn, and so on back and
forth, simultaneously screwing the
jacks so as to raise the building uni
formly about one-half inch at each
round trip.
The building was thus raised about 14
inches ia less than two hours. A new
course of cribbing timber was then laid
in the space between the last course and
the sills, and the jacks were simultane
ously slacked off sufficiently to lower
the sills to bearing on it. The jacks were
then screwed down, set one course high
er, the building raised another 14
inches, and so on. As the building was
raised the lines of cribbing were ex
tended so as always to reach beyond it
to the gradually receding face of the
cliff where new cribs were started on
successive footings leveled to receive
them. In every eighth or tenth course
longitudinal timbers 20 or 30 feet long
were used to bind the cribs of each line
together, and the next course above
them usually contained several long
transverse timbers reaching through,
and built into the next line of cribs to
bind the two together and insure their
lateral stability.
l on the other side and swerve sharply
I to the left; and all the time Doan
| kneels, dances, stands on one leg, while
i every moment, the audience look to see
him dashed to the ground—truly a
; perilous display of reckless daring.
The "thrill artist" does not always
bring off his feat. A Prof. Leon tried
j to astonish the natives and visitors
by an attempt to ride a bicycle down
the steep water-chute at the Cork ex-
I hibition. Before he had traveled very
I far, however, something weu.t wrong.
! The bicycle began to wobble, and in a
! moment the professor was thrown
heavily from the machine, and traveled
alone down the chute for the rest of tho
, journey.
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