'JI1E SCI? AN TON TRIBUNE-SATURDAY MORNING, v JULY ; 38, 1894.
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1L11
How Cheirp .'the Palmist Read
the Hands of a Corpse.
1 FATAl MYSTERY CLEARED IT.
IV Mysterious Midnight VUltor and a Jour
ney That Revealed a Story of Love and
OeeJoney, Death, Remoree and Bctriba
tlon A Fatal Mistake.
Copyright im, by American Press Associa
tion. Seated in my room lu London onu even
ing toward the end of tho summer uf 18D3,
I was surprised and annoyed to be told that
gentleman down stairs In a carrlutfo
wanted to speak to mo. In the llrst pluco
I was surprised bocnuso It was past 11
o'clock, and In tho second I was annoyed
because, after a loiig clay's work, I needed
rest nnd sleep to prepare for nnothor busy
flay that was sure to follow.
However, I went down stairs and found
" a rather elderly gentleman waiting In a
closed oarrltttfo. . Without any more Intro
duction thun that ot "Good evening," ho
said, "Sir, will you come with mo tills
moment and read without asking any
questions the bunds of a person that I shall
cause you to meet?" I cannot tell whether
It was out of lovo of advohturo or love of
reading hands that, without any hesita
tion, I agreed to go.
I stepped Into the carriage, and In tt few
moments was being rupldly driven off lu
the direction of Hammersmith. I tried to
got my companion to talk, but such a
thing was evidently out of tho question.
At lust, tired of trying, I lay back in tho
carriage, feeling a little bit queer as to
my Journey and my destination. I no
ticed tho carringo was a hired one. It
might have eomo from any llvory stable In
auy portion of tho city, My companion
was evidently ft gentleman In every scuso
of tho word. By the Hushing light of tho
street lamps I could see the long retlned
hands, with their delloate looking ilngor
that twitched nervously aud Impatiently at
ruch stoppageor ubstuclo in our path. His
face, though bronzed and heavily lined,
was handsome, with Clear cut arlstoerutlo
features. His hair, slightly gray, was cut
short, and altogether there was a good deal
of tho retired military officer about' his
personality
As we drew near Hammersmith he be
came more uud more excited, aud, to my
fright and astonishment, as wo turned into
the Richmond road he pulled a largo
black silk handkerchief from his poiAvt,1
and insisted that I should be blindfolded.
It was useless remonstrating. Ho was
firm and determined. Tho more I resisted
the more ho Insisted, and as I hud resolved
to see tho adventure out to the end I at
last agreed. Ten minutes later I felt tho
carriage turn in from tho road, and in
another second the grating of gravel under
INSI6TED THAT I BE BLINDFOLDED,
tho wheels told mo that we wero driving
up some avenuo to a privato house. In
another second tho carriage stopped, my
companion got out, and telling tho coach
mu.' to wait nssistcd me out of the car
riage, np some steps and into a house. Ho
let me sit down for a moment whllo he lit
the gas, and then, without speaking, led
mo to a richly carpeted stairs, and thus,
arm In arm, we slowly and softly ascended.
On tho first floor he stopped, and opening
a door led ine into an apartment which,
to my watchful, excited senses, seemed
cold and uncanny. He conducted mo to a
chair, aud as I sat down undid tho band
age on my eyes, and hurriedly saying he
would bo back in a second left tho room.
Tho bandage had been so tight that I could
not seo for a few moments. When I did,
I sat bolt upright In my chair, my very
hair standing on ond with fright - and
nervousness. '
Instead of tho brightly lighted salon,
filled with waiting guests, which I natu
rally expected, I found myself sitting In
tho moonlight by the bedside of a woman
a oorpse.
The wlDdow at the head of the bed was
open. A faint breeze from it played with
ourls of fair hair upon her forehead, and
rose and fell llko a living thing beneath
the shroud. On her brc.ist lay an ebony
crucifix, In startling contrast to tho mar
ble whiteness of her throat. . Her face bore
no marks of pain nor yet of peace. Tho
last sigh I would say had been ono of sor
row. It Is hard to dlo when one is young,
especially if one Is beautiful, and this
woman was both. ' ' '
I wot still standing, lost In wonder, con
jecture and dread, when the .door opened
and my companion of the journey ap
peared. He quickly drew down tho blinds,
and lighting a lamp on a small table drew
It toward tho bod. Then, motioning mo
to be seated, he pulled back the shroud,
and with subdued eloltomcnt said: .(
"These are the hands I want you to
read."
I had read hands under all kinds of po
cnllar oircumstanoes before, but never any
thlngso ghastly, so horrible. Besides, what
right had I to make that woman's hands
spook when her lips wero s(lentf Let tho
dead post bury Its dead. I would be silent'
too. I had borely come to this determina
tion when something llko a breath of 4old
air soomed to touch me. Whether It was
fancy or reality I cannot say, but, I per-:
talnly felt as well as thought that some-'
thing whispered In my ear: "Do not hesi
tate. Read and tell the truth." At tho
same moment I seemed to lose all power
of will. I seemed to be controlled by soroo
Invisible power or inUuenoe. I fell drawn
toward the bed, and with a shudder I
fonnd myself stooping down and taking
those doad hands tenderly In my own.
In order to gi-m more light, my com
panion lit another lamp, and as there was
no other table on which to place It he drew
tho ccffln, that stood at the foot of tho bed,
to the sido, and as he plaocd tho lamp upon
It I road on the block plate the simple in
scription: ,
i AGNES MORTON, :
:'. Aie, tt..
"I V "
TRAGEDYOF.TWO LIVES
1 .... i
Only 24, and yet her band showed great
trouble and anxloty, , but tho marriage
line seemed to bave redeemed all by tho
great lova she bore her. husband. ' As -1
read detail after detail tbfe Sgony of mind
shown on my companion's face grew mora
u and more terrible In Its Intensity. I wont
on to speali.of some secret affection that
Had been In her life from fior childhood,
an affection she had nourished In silence,
some ono she bad supported and helped by
her money, some one hoi whole heart wont
out to- -a relatlvo, a brother. With a cry
llko that of ono stabbwt o tho heart with
a knlfo, mycomponlon'ioUfonyard on tho
bed senseless, 'dropped the dead bands
I Was reading and rushed to bis sido. In a
few momoiefn ho recovered, and as his eyes
'Ml
BY TJIK BKPSWE OF A COKTSK.
fell upon mo ho pass'r-rt his hand over Ms
temples, as if to rcvollttct and account for
my presence Then, to my surprise, as ho
remembered, ho nervously clutched me by
tho arm, hurried inc.. from tho room, and
without offering any, explanation ho ex
citedly said: "I have heard enough. I havo
heard all I want to heara Go, sir, for Gud's
sake, and leave mo! .Somo day perhaps I
will send feir you and tell you all,"
Eight months passed. I neither saw nor
heard anything of tho strange episode un
til one owning a cub drove up to the door
and I was requested by tho driver to go
with htm to a private hotel near Charing
Cross. On reaching the hotel I was shown
Into a private sitting room nnd found a
man lying on n couch waiting to recclvo
mo. He held out his hand, apologizing fot
not rising. His voice was familiar. I re
membered him ut once as tho companion
of my strange adventure. Ho had changed
so torrltily It would Indeed bo hard to rec
ognize him except for his voice. Instead
of the smart, military carriago that I had
noticed obout him at first, he had a shrunk
en, broken down appourunce, as of a man
who had lived a lifetlmo in theso short
months. His hair had grown white and
thin, and his drawn face, that npoko of re
morse and puln, was terrible to seo.
i "Ah, you remember me," he said. "1
am glad you have como. . I want to tell
you all now. I foel I must unburdcu my
heart beforo it has ceased to beat. Sit
close, will you uotf My voice U not very
strong." '
As soon as a hacking lit of coughing
had subsided ho said, "You remember,
that night last August when I took you to
a house outside Loudon and you read foi
wef " I nodded assent, and ho went on:
"Well, that woman had been my wife. A
few years before that, when returning
from aetlvo service in India, I hud met on
tho steamer coming homo a very beautiful
woman, who was returning to England
with no other companion thun her maid.
Wo becamo closo friends on tho voyage,
nnd before wo reached England I found
fur fhe llrst time In my life thut I was
madly in lovo. 1 was 4u years ol age, a
man who had seen active military service,
fc'ho was scarce 20, a beautiful young crea
ture, and yet from tho first I fe.lt certain
there was somo mystery about her life that
she was unxious to conceal.
"Ouo evening In the Mediterranean we
were pacing tho dock together when I
chanced to mention this, She started, but
quickly recovering herself said lightly,
'Ah, colonel, women are children of mys
tery, and If wo uro to keep friends remem
ber I uiu to keep, my secrets,' Lotor in
tho evening, u I turned thut sentence
over and over In my mind, I becamo con
vinoedthat her words Were more serious
than I at llrst thought. It became at last
a strugglo between my ltive and my pride.
I reasoned that, after all, a man had no
right to demand to know everything about
a woman before ho met her, or she of him,
and I determined to go to her that, very
night and tell her how madly I loved her
and ask her then aud there to share my
futo.
"A fitting opportunity orrived. I found
her alone, at the stern of tho ship, looking
awny to whero the wako of tho vossel lay
liko a whlto road behind us. I stolo up to
her softly, and slipping , my hand In hers
drew her toward me. As sho turned I saw
her eyes wero filled with tears; Sho had
been crying. . 'Agues, ' I said, 'I lovo you
so. Confido In mo. Why are you crying?
What is this mystery?'
"Taking my hands in hers, sho kissed
them, and with hot tears fulling liko ruin
she said: 'I cannot, I daro not. tell you.
If you do lovo mo, never ask mo to tell my
secret, r. Lot that bo tho sign of your re
gard.' '
' 'Agnes,' I said, 'thoro Is only one
question that I will and must ask. Onco
you answer that you may keep whatever
secrets you liko. '.'IJo you .lovo another
man, and, If not, can you, will you, lovo
me?" ' With her head bent down, sho said
softly: 'I do not lovo uny other man. I
have never loved, but I lovo now. I love
you with my heart and soul.'
"When wo reached England, wo woro
married. Wo lived an ideal life together
for nearly throe years. I never asked uny
questions of her past llfo, nor sho of mlno,
One doy tho post brought a lottcr from
India addressed to hor. I took It to her,
sayingf 'Wliy,yhom'doyouknov In Indluf
I did not linngino yon had friends there.'
Sho started', her eyes filled witli tears; sho
uttered a few disconnected words, burst
out crying and left tho room
"Had I followed,, hor, had I tried by
kindness to earn her confidence, all might
havo been wcl I. Alus. as, it was. mv na
ture seemed'' to undergo 'In ono Instant
Bomo terrililo chnngo. Jealousy took
charge of my heart, slumped out my lovo,
raged liko a hot fire through my veins,
and rushing in on my brain maddened mo
like tho, sting of norpiqt, I ltept away
from -my wifo for (lays, pursing my. leal
ousyaml brooding twer jily misfortunes,
until at last I decider! iV plan of action
and afterward of revenge. I could seo now
why she dissuaded Jno from leaving tho
army. fho knew I should bo sent back to
India again, and she would go too. Iiut I
would wutch her, I would ., gain proofs of
what I wanted, 1 would lay those proofs be
foro her, aud I would havo tho satisfaction
of making her confess the truth. I.returucd
to my homo. I met my wife with a smllo,
but With' d glancd. sho ,-sftW it was fulso.
ondl wotuhed her. shrink Into herself, as
sonio flowers da at tho approach of lirfcht.
'TeW'peoplo cau realize what roal jeut-
ousy means. Few people sympathise with
this form of madness, and yet how terri
ble, how absorbing, how tiwful tt U, Tho
woman I hud loved lieram& In inycyesmy
greatest enemy. I cntilrl feel her shrink
from mo as I approached'.' I Hiiilledjin
her, but niy 'snilles'Seeined to "freeze her;
my kisses wero lot ttflvjjrslhut KlUiOtmUl
not bear.--1 diiJd cuter l'flrnwlng Toom
and take tljo point Of ytUitago fniv which
to obscrvo 'hbrv'- Ie'fild-t'toitchiohlud
trees In my girrdou'" that might watch
hor os she paswid.t-I Olild lirlbjPe. post
man that.'alt Jot..rcnrhrogh iy,
hands. 1 would- rlsa ai jfjit, and sWallng
Into her roomVateli her, fi,ryugh tho, dark
ness till lfcarcd.soiuutlu.7 my eyes would
burn her with tholr llorueimss. ,
"Ono night-I vus fWrtrik)d, I to)o In
to hor room nixWound Jirrl!itlng;fl fetter
and watohed Jij5r,laijj,n wtth eveMword
horote. It waWotMyjlt waf ffljsrfph
erous, lut I ceuW iifolWAL.. stole soft-,
ly acrew;tll ;Thfr'YnftCliia-e ber
wo shall meet. I am sending you a check
euro Hunker Uros., Calcutta. ' You must
accept It, dearest. I am rich. You are
struggling with poverty. Now, prumlso
nie you will use It for my'
" ''I could read no more. Mndwlth jeal
ousy, my worst fears confirmed, I crept
back to my room, determined to ond my
life nnd set her free to go hack to India to
the man she loved. I hud a medicine clust
lu my room, lu tho bottom of which I kept
a bottle thut contained uu Indian drug
thut promised certain und swift death. I
opened tho chest nnd saw It lying among
other poisons. Then I sat down to wrlto
to my wife, telling her I hud discovered
her treachery, and thut by tho dawn of an
other day sho would bo ftvo to rturn to
Indlu to marry tho man she loved. I took
out my will, read it carefully, that there
could bo no Haw, that sho might receive
all my projxirty without trouble or annoy
ance 'The other man Is poor,' I thought.
'Ah, well, if I make uny sucrillco, I may
us well make all. Yes, she must havo ev
erything. It will mako up for tho threo
years she has waited for happiness.'
"While engaged in writing 1 could hear
her moving in her own room, Ah, sho
cannot sleep, I thought. She has one of her
uttuelts of neuralgia. Her nerves uru
broken down. Well, she will havo rest
when I om dead. Then I heard her door
open. I listened. Sho was coming to my
room. I had scarcely time to close my
writing desk when sho knocked. I went
to tho door und found her lu u loose wrap
per, standing on the threshold. 'Oh, Ar
thur,' she said, 'I am so sorry to disturb
you, but I am sulTcrlng such agony I Will
you give me some laudanum out of tho
medicine chest, that I may get some ease?'
As I did not speak, but held tho door
open, she entered and went toward whero
I kept tho medicines, but seeing the chest
open lu uu instant she forgot her pain,
and rushing to my sido said: 'Arthur, Ar
thur, are you 111? Korglve my being self
ish lately. I was hurt by your manner
toward me, but I seo now you have been
111, very ill perhaps. What is tho matter?
Ho forgivo me, darling?'
''I longed to take her in my arms, but I
could not, dared not. ' I could not trust
myself to speak, for I feared my voice
would falter and I would break down. In
tho morning, I thought, my letter will
speak. Sho will know then what I know
now. I pu.hed her from mo roughly, per
haps brutally, in my anxiety to cut short
such a painful Interview, and quickly
handing her a small bottle, just sullicient
for ono dose, turned back und resumed my
seat at my desk. Slowly and reluctantly
she went toward tho door. Sho puused for
a moment on the threshold. Our eyes met.
Sho said 'Good night!' I said 'Guodbyl'
"Troubled und disturbed, I recom
menced my letter. I did not liko what I
hud written. It seemed too harsh, so I
tore it up and commenced another. I did
this ugaln and again until I was surplsed
to find tho day breaking uud my deed not
dona 'After all,' I suid, 'a few lines will
do,' so again I took my pen and hastily
wrote:
" 'Goodby! I havo discovered all. You
are now free. May you be happy!'
"I put the letter In on envelopo, ad
dressed it to her and thon mado u few
othor preparations for the end. Sho will
be asleep now, I thought. I will steul In
to her room, kiss those lips I havo loved
so much, then return to my own room
and well, tho rest is easy.
"I stolo softly into her room, and stand
ing at tho door watched tho first rays of
duwn gliding over her pillow. Creeping to
her side, brushing back my tears for fear
they would wake her, I bent down for that
last kiss. Her lips woro cold as Ice. 'My
God! What Is tho matter?' I cried. I toro
back the clothes; I pressed her to my heart;
I kissed hor hands, her face, her breast, till
suddenly a cold finger seemed to writo
across my brain tho awful thought sho
was dead.
"You can easily understand what had
happened. In my excitement I had given
her, instead of laudanum, tho poison I in-
Hi! HELD OUT HIS IIAXD.
tended to use myself. The only point I
cannot oxplaln is my going for you on that
awful night and getting you to read those
dead hands. It was well I did so. You
said that somo ono sho loved, a relative,
had tiecn a burden on her and had ruined
her life. You are right. Tho man to whom
sho had sont tho money was her own
brother, who had fled from England In dis
grace. I havo lived only thut I might
carry out her wishes in regard to him. I
have been In India. I have seen him there.
I hove returned to dlo. "
Threo weeks later I was tho solo mourn
er who followed to tho gruvo tho remains
of Colonel Morton.
ClIKIKO TnK I'ALMIST.
Competent,
"Can you support my daughter?"
"I think so. I huve supported some of
the best emotional people on the road."
Detroit Tribune.
' At the Counter,
Thoy stood lwlilud tho counter, two ratlin
pretty tdrU,
With rufilen on their shoulders and Lilliat.
Russell ourls, .
And, oli, tliclr hearts wero merry uud tiiuli
- tnninioswcru running fast
Of their lovers, and their dresses, and Iheii
pleasures new and pust,
When thorn wandered to tho counter, with t
tired and worried face,
A quiet littlo w oinan who usked to look at lace
Ono of 1 hem looked her over with a cool, con.
toinutuous stare.
Then chatted on, "Oh, Daisy, I wIhIi that you'J
ocon lucre:'
"I s'posu thai Charley looked too cuto'" "Yot
bel that hu'sulivel
And niy dress was thut pink satiu that we sold
at ninety-live.
And 1 had t hat woman muko it that mado tilt
droits for liraco."
"If you plciujo," ihero enmo a weary vcloe, "1
want to iook at lace."
"And Mary Jcnkn was tliero. Oh, girls, you
uuifiu iu genu tier uain
It wob curled and frlzitcd to death and' don'l
you toll but I don't cure
I don't believe tho half of It grew on hor head
at all. .
Ana nercosioom-woiii ueiore ru wear such a
' Kurincuttoaballl ,
And how sho over tfcts a follow with tlmtlcoklu
facer'
"Will you kindly," suid a weary voice; "will
you lei nie see somo loco?"
"I saw that fellow you know that was ovsi
lu the silks;
He's just t(X g-ono for anything on that stuck
up Pusy Wilkes. ' '
I never" Huro the customer, up plucking'
heart of (rrace,
Spoke boldly: "1'leaso to wait on me. I want
to see some lace."
The salvBcirl paux-d, impatient SOcb. psrsisU
nee to discover . .
"There's only veilings here," she said; "the lacs
is Uiroo room over!"
New York World,
WINNIEIASAWINNER
nvv
n
LiU
(ill
A Confiding Candidate For Con
nubial Bliss and Cold Cash. .
A SAjU'LE matuijioxi.il "AD.'
A Frpali Verification of the Theory That fhe
Fouls Are Not All Dead Vet "Voul'iiy
the Draft ; I'll Do the Ket" Wiu the Uur
den of llur Sons..
Tho sago opinion ventured by tho burnt
cork philosopher that "thcro is a fool born
every minute" seems to find credence with
tho patrons of tho matrimonial wlvertlso
ment columns of somo'of our pretentious
metropolitan contemporaries. It is evi
dently for the purpose of reducing tho
supply of fools that these columns' uro con
ducted. The bait danglod beforo tho eyes
of tho aspirant for matrimoniul bliss is al
ways of tho most tempting description.
Tho udvertiser is Invurlubly rich, healthy
and handsomo and endowed with uncom
mon moral, social uud intellectual quali
ties. That sucli a ono should need to go'beg
gtng In tliu niatrimoulul market seems ro
markablo; that suuh begging should bo
successful seems preposterous. Yet thcro
is abundant evidence thut many lino gud
geons uru hooked by tho glittering bait of
tho matrimonial advertisement. Witness
tho following not leu, which appeared in a
New York paper, uud Mm sequel:
VliKr'INKD and accomplished young Aihcr
iciwi ludy, u icood housukeeiHir, juet com
plutinit hor education la Europe, worth $10,1X10
uud liviiik' unhappily with heruuardluu, wishes
to correspond with some good, ts-.u man living
In America who Is matrimonially inclined; no
objection to country life; noadvonlurersnoed
uimwor; no attention will bo paid to replies
unless tho writer contemplate immediate mat
rimony and clve full name, age, present occu
pation and stale tholr financial standing. Tho
photograph of the writer must also positively
bo Inclosed. Address Matrimonial, box DUO, 4UU
Oxford stroot, London, England.
This tempting "ad. " caught tho hopeful
eye of a young St. Louis man, who wroto
to tho "accomplished young American
lady" and pictured himself In glowing
colors. Ho was literally rolling in wealth,
and all ho needed was a handsomo wifo to
help him spend it. , . We havo tho word of
our veracious contemporary, tho St. Louis
Republic, for it that ho received tho fol
lowing letter In reply;
Cahudad, Austria, Juno A.
My Dear FiUENo Among the many replies
that I have rcreivod to my matrimonial adver
tisement signed iiox 900, 1UU Oxford street, Lon
don, Engluud, yours Is the only one I Intend to
answer. I do nut know why, but it seems as If
I was guided in my choice by Cod aud the
WINXIE WOODWAKD. .
Taken from the photograph sent to St. Louis.
spirit of my angel mother. I was born and
roared in New York city. My mother died
first and then my father. I am the only child.
My father's will left nie his entire property,
with my uuelo as solo trustee until I marry,
when his power over me ceases, thank God,
forever. My property consists principally of
bank stocks and railroad bonds.
Now, my ancle, who cams here from London
to drink the mineral waters for his health, in
order to carry out his own selfish ends denies
me the company of all young men aud con
stantly forces upon mo tho society of his son, a
wretched dude, whom I despise aud whom ho
wishes mo to marry In order to keep the money
belonging to me in the family. I would rather
kill myself than marry him, and tills state of
allalrs has become unbearable to me. I mot a
lndy in London who advised me to advertise
for a husband. She met her husband that way
and leads a very happy life.
Of tho man to whom I would give my heart I
would not ask if he posscisod a dollar, so long
as he was good and true and gave me his love
and attention and was willing manfully to do
Ills duty la that state ot life in which it had
pleased God to call him.
I was brought up in the ProteBtant faith, but
am very liberal regarding rollgion. I am now
Sit) years old and In perfect health. I am con
sidered a good pianist, and I know that I am a
good cook and housekeoper. My feelings would
nover allow me to stray from the paths of rec-
tltudo and virtue
Having dcoidod upon this step, I Intend to
carry it out to tho end. I am going to put my
self absolutely In your bands. All the corre
spondence in tho world would not bring us any
closer man we aro now. e must meat loco
to fin e and ore. to eye. I muit go to you. and
if I am to go I must start very soon. My nnelo
after his course of treatment here is going to
Japan and Intends to take me and his sou with
lit m. My bullet is that when we meet at your
homo we cab eomo to an understanding In an
hour and be married the same day. i If you aro
dissatisfied with me when we meet, wliy, wo
can part good friends, if wo marryj Which I
feel la a foregfeno -ooaOluslou, we will iorco a
set t icuient oi my estate at once.
I have been to tho shipping olilce and learned
that it will cost me about t'M) to como to you
llrst class. As It would bo luipotslblu for uvi
to secure the money without aronslng suspicion,
I will draw a draft on you today for the
amount, lu tho meanwhile, should my uncle
with to start on Ills journey, I will feign sick
ness and compel him ui wait until the money
arrives from you. I will thun take tho llrst
train for London and will telegraph you from
there what ship 1 will take lor America.
Do not wrllo mo here, as my linoh) might get
tho lotter. Simply pay tho draft; I will do the
rest. Awaiting wltli greatest anxloty the day
of my departure to begin a new and happier
lite, 1 remain your loving future wife, : -Winnie
0. Wooowaud.
The lotter was written on autograph
stencil paper and duplicated by tho mime
ograph process. Therefore It Is supposod
that many thotiRnnds of them wero sent
out. Doubtless tho advertiser, tnalo or fo.
male, has secured enough money . from
credulous persons to enable hei to pursuo
her continental journey until autumn.
when somo other brilliant Idea will lilt
into her head, and sho will proceed to cash
It us aim did this ono. It Is perfectly safo
to announce, however, that any ono con
templating matrimony and awaiting tho
arrival of the fuir " Winnlo" to comptoto
tho contrast liud better go homo and
raise another crop and then marry some
Dioo Amorlcun girl who htiB not had the
advantages of a Luropcan education. '
WITH BABIES FOR BAIT.
An Interesting Method of Catching Crooo-
, , dilos In India,
"We used to have great sport in India
going out after crocodiles with Hindoo
buhlcs for bait," said U ox-army ollloor of
the British army to a New York Bun manv
"The buby wasn't baited on a hook like a
minnow or a flshworm, but simply, so
cured on the river bunk so that It couldn't
creep or toddle away or tumblo into the
rivor. Some babies don't )lke their being
niado crocodile bult of, but that fact In
creased tholr vulue .to the sportsmen, for
thon they yelled and mode a great noiso,
which was lust what Wo crocodiles were
wuitingtoheur, and thu d como hurrying
from all directions to have a chunco at the
babies. 1 '
Where did wo get these babies for bait?
From their .mothers. All tho feU.bw who
wUi)fed tp'rfo crocodiling had to do was to
noise Hbrb.au tdSfluieuUun, und It vasii't
long Ufui'i native women would, llock in
with 'babies to bo rented out for bait. The
ruling price per head for the young heath
en Was -about 0 costs for the day. Some
mothers required a guarantee that their
offspring should bo returned safo and
sound, but the most of them exacted no
such agreement. The bubles wero brought
back all right,, as a rule, but onco in nwhilo
some sportsman was a trllle slow with his
rlllo or made a bad shot, uud tho croco
dile gut away with tho bult, but that
didn't happen Often.
"If your bult Is In good form for croco
diling und starts lil with protesting yells,
you may expect to get your crocodllo very
soon, but If Uw baby proves to bo what Is
known as a sulker and takes the situation
In quietness und putienco you may havo
to wait some tliuo before you got a shot. I
used to have the option on an Indian haliy
that was tho most killing bait for croco
diles In all that part of India. I killed
more than 100 crocodiles with thut young-
ter as a luni.beforo sho outgrow her use
fulness; Sho hail tho most persistent and
farreue'hing yell I ever heurd coinu out of
mortal being, und no crocodile could re-
II ; L'ffl
WITH A DABT FOn DAIT.
sist It. Sho wns a real siren in luring the
big reptiles to tlioir fato, and I was very
sorry to seo hor grow and got too big for
bait and havo to give her up. That dusky
Infant alwuys commanded a premium in
themnrket.aml her mother was very proud
of her Indeed.
''After lie hud secured his baby ut a prop
er spot it wns tho custom of tho sportsinun
to hide behind a convenient bush or blind
and wait for his guino. If his bait was
lively and of good lung, ho would not
have lung to wait. I've seen half a dozen
crocodiles como hurrying from as many
different parts of tho river toward a baby
live minutes after it wus set. With such
a rush us that, though, the sport becomes
a triflo trying to tho eyes of the baby, but
generally tho llrst crack of tho rlllo will
scare tho big reptiles back intofcho water,
all except the ono you have sent your bul
let Into, and ho, if your aim has been
good, will flop over and thrash about for a
few seconds and then give up tho ghost.
But iu a short tlnio buck will come tho
others again, aud if you huve time you
cun cveutually stretch them all on tho
bank. A considerate sportsman, though,
will not work his buby moro than 15 min
utes nt a timo. Then ho will havo Ills na
tive servant sootho It and refresh it from
a nursing bottle, which is part of a croco
dilo hunter's equipment. I havo killed six
crocodiles, over that favorlto baby lure of
mlno In less thun a quarter of an hour,
''I was in rioridu a year or so ago and
tried Jto hire) a baby to experiment with
for alligators after the method in India,
but folks who owned babies down there
didn't cem tocnter into tho spirit of tho
sport, nnd I couldn t eet ono. I conmro
'm'tsed 6n''d ratljor lLvoly nnd.complidning
uog. iiq yyas a success, itnu i nou quite a
lot of u!n, ultiiough tho sport wus a good
deal tnniiQri.tUuu jt would liave boon If I
hud only had a baby for bait, "' ;
,
"Tramncrles" For the Tnunm. ' -
Tho . most unique' proposition for tho
suppression of ;the "trjunp," of TTbom 'so
much has ueeu written suico the common
weal movement was inaugurated, comes
from . Ilofer, a California philosopher,
Mr. Ilofer proposes to organize "tramp
communities," In which tho professional
tramp shall bo subject to vigorous law, tho
llrst of which. Is work. Deprived of citi
zenship aud freedom, tho inhabitants of
each "trampcry" shall bo forced to solvo
by means of hoe and spado tho problem
of his own living. Intoxicants and tobacco
aro to bo unknown quantities, while regit
lur bathing and cleanly attire will bo rliild
ly enforced. Tho proposition provides for
stnto and county control of the tramp com
munities. n .
Ventriloquism Extraordinary.
"At Raglnn castle," said Mr. Gnn
thony, tho ventriloquist, "I guvo an enter
tainment in tho open air, uud throwing
my volco up into tho Ivy covered ruins
said, 'What art you doing up thorcf To
my amazement a volco answered, 'I climb
ed up 'cro tills mom in 'just to seo tho
folk And 'cur tho music. I won't do no
harm.'. I replied: 'Very well, stay thero
and don't let. uny ono see you. Do you
hearr'..,Tho reply came, 'Yes, muster, I
'oar. This got mo thunders of npplauso.
I mado lip my mind to risk It, so I bowed,
aud the boy never showed himself.
Reducing the Menagerie Supply.
Mr. Suvl's olephun.t hunting expedition
excites tho Indian press, on account of Its
wundui'ful et.cr.ess. In eight weeks ho so
ctirinl 3'0 uleiihanl, all near Jalpalgurli
llo also bugged -throo tigers and n tigress
respectively 10 feet Inches, 0 feet 8
Inches, 9 feet 7 inches und 9 feet ono
rhinoceros, an elephant Of 10 feet, Ave
leopards ajul six Hiimtul, besides small
game Mr, t-avl sold all the elephants ex
cept J)0- beforo leaving Julpaiguri.
s.. ,. C-. r.
, i She Fouled tho Fond Females.
Tli6 Miost romurUublo triul on record
was that of Mary Hamilton, an English
woman, who Was brought Into court on
Oct. 7, 1710. Sho yas one of tho greatest
frauds of the duy having succeeded In de
luding her own sex in u most cxtruordl
nary manner, It being olearly proved at
the trial that sho had nt ditlcrcht times
and places married' not less thun 14 other
Women of various ages.
. '. ; ' " '' , ' , r -.-ir.v;
. ', ' .':;: Very Curious.
"Walk up," shouted a showman, "and
Inspect this curious phenomenon a real
live woman fish, the only one in existencel"
The place was crammed. The enrtaiu
rose, fojd a 'young wopuui, dressed all In
black, npuchred.on the Htagu aud said:
"Ladles and gentleman, 1 am the woman
Ash. ..There's my marriage certlllcate. My
husband's name was Fish. Ho was killed
lust summer through a fall off a scaffold
ing, and as ho has left me with four chil
dren unprovided for I will take the liberty
to go round aud make a collection on thcll
behulf,1,; TlfrUiU, (
A Tragedy.
Bitting on the side vorenrta,
Bcrond from view by leafy vines,
Edward toward his dear Amanda
'"' Tenderly at last inclines.
' "Do you lovo hie, dear?" ho asked her,
: w'nve me faithfully and well"
" ' And If e ho does hot she masks her
Cold indillorouoe vory woll.
. pound her waist his arm goos stealing,
' , . ' On uli shoulder rests her cheek.
Both, of them just now are feellug
' Too Inthralled with bliss to speak.
Then a shriek of terror gave me
Chills that made my blood run thiok.
"Oh, that horrid June bug 1 gave mat
' "i Kill him. darllugl KU1 him qnlckl"
' " 1 Somervllle Journal.
mm
FELL OVER A PRECIPICE.
Re Bad a Bear For a Companion and Was
Mot Hurt by the Fall.
. The members of a hunting party recent
ly returned to Pheulx, A. T., from the
Sierra Nevada mountains toll of a thrill
ing adveuturo one ot them bad thcro.
The party consisted of five old hunters,
and they took two Indians along with
them to perform tho hnrd labor.
After exploring tho country at the base
of the hills und finding no game threo of
tho party concluded to try ono ot tho
OVER TOE PKKCIPICE.
mountains, tholr companions continuing
their hunt In tho canyon below. Those
who climbed the mountain found nothing
worth expending their powder upon for
several hours, und finally selected a largo
llat rock near the edgo of tho precipice
aud began to eat their lunch.
Whllo thus engaged they heurd the po
cullar grunt of a grizzly bear In tno thicket
near by and know that they had a fight
on their hands. Thero was but littlo food
upon tho mountain top, aud thy bear wus
undoubtedly hungry. In this condition
they wero well awuro that ho would ut
tuck them without a moment's hesitation.
The savory odor of tho food cooking at
the campllro had attracted him, and ho
was determined to havo it at any cost.
They did not havo long to wait before the
shaggy animal appeared through an open
ing but a few yards from them. All threo
fired at him, but only succeeded In enrag
ing tho brute. Two succeeded in taking
rcfugo behind large trees, but the other
was Immediately in front of the animal,
and it was impossible for him to get out
of tho way. The bear came with such a
rush as to knock the hunter down and
had passed very nearly over and beyond
him. Tho mun seized tho bear by the
throat with both hands, and the unequal
struggle for life commenced. Tho preci
pice was but a few feet away, and In their
struggles they went nearer and nearer to
it, noithcr having Inflicted any serious In
jury upon the other, until finally the bear
lost his foothold and fell, dragging the
hunter after him.
It was 2,000 feet to the bottom of tho
canyon, and the other hunters naturally
supposed that their companion had been
dashed to pieces upon tho rocks below, but,
to their surprise and joy, heard a cry for
help. Hastening to the edge of the rocks,
they saw the man clinging for life to a fir
treo which grew out of a niche In the
rocks. Ho had fallen Into the treo and
bnd succeeded In obtaining a lodgment
thcro. It was still a serious question as to
how to get him out, but he was alive,
which was a matter of very great congrat
ulation. A rope was Improvised from a
wild grapevine, and within half an hour
the man was with his comrades again,
somewhat bruised, but with no bones
broken. Descending tho mountain, they
fpuud the bear dead, with several bones
broken.
THE CITY DIRECTORY GAME.
A Novel Form of Gambling- Indulged In by
Chicago Girls.
Thero Is gambling In Chicago no
doubt of It. Three buds of promise in sum
mer gowns oanie flutterring into a West
Side drug store, whero a Record reporter
was idling, and went to tho soda water
fountain as if by Instinct
"Will you let us have the directory,
ploasof " said ono of them.
Tho bulky volumo was laid beforo her.
''Now, girls, remember, the last figure
counts, right hand page, and each one gets
three outs. I'll begin."
Sho opened the book and snld,"Oh-h-h!
whllo the two giggled with delight. Tho
page was i(4i.
"Put down 3 there," sold she. Anoth
er cut bought 407.
"That makes 10. Now I get another.
Good! That's 5 more. Fifteen isn't bad."
TnK CITT PIKKCTORT GAME.
The second girl opened nt 200, so that 0
was her llrst count. Next time sho "cut"
8, nnd tho ln.it number was 7, making hor,
as sho observed, "high man."
The third ono began with 70, added S
and collapsed on tho third trial, for the
right hand page was HM.
"I'm stuck," sho said, with tho philo
sophic air of n thorough sport. Sho began
to rummago in her purse, and tho highly
entertained drug clerk drew throo choco
late lee croams.
Ho observed, after tho girls departed,
"That's tho first time I evor knew tho city
directory was a gambling Implement"
Mot to Illame.
"Harry, yon have taken the lamest peach.
You should remember that Doddle Is th
eldest."
"That lun't mv fault. "Arlnntd Tmit
I J nay.
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than other soaps.
Ask Your Grocer for It. .
If he does not keep it send us order fot
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