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THE SCTl ANTON TIUBUNE-FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER i, 1899
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p The Mystery of
the Bedpost Bank
W LElT. JOHN DOUGLASS, IN
1 had Just arilved In town, and hear
ing that my ll cliuin. .lack Manning,
hnd letunuul from (i six or seven years'
wandering In out of the way places of
the w oi lit, I determined to seek lilm
out.
While still meditating on the subject,
a hall bov bi ought a message to m
loom, whli h to mv gient suipilse,
proved to be f i iiiii .lack himself. He
had heatd I was about town and learn
ing also of my stopping place, li.nl
made huate to Invite me to his apart
ment lit No Kir III aeiuie. and
would epeet me at 8 In the evening
Kvcning found me at Jark's door,
whli h In icsponse to my lap. w.is op
ened by Jaik himself, who beamed at
ne from bis sW feel of altitude with
one of his old time jollj smiles He had
improved since l saw him hist and the
ltlildy hlonze of Ills lntelleetll.il flue
ivns well in kei ping with the stulwait
manliness of his athletic fume
The III. st greeting ovei. We pioceeded
to sample u bottle of the meny led
wine of gay old Pi ante and talk over
old times. Then at mv leqilest .lack
Fhowed me his mnmmoth collection of
ilirlos, gatheied ftoni all patts of the
earth Jack had a room set ap.ut es
pecially for this collection, which he
i ailed his den A strangei on enteilng
-w as confionted with a kaleidoscopic
vision of plants and animals iioni the
poles to the equator It was most In
geniously ai landed When. after
upending some time thne I tinned to
go. 1 dlseoveied a leuss In the hall:
which, owing to the Inanities and other
debris plied in tionl, I had not seen
befoie. l?.tmlnliijg it more elosi ly
I found it to be a miniature envo In
side of u Jilt lx was a stuffed tlgei's cub
peering savagely out at me.
That Is a memento of my most In
tel estlng and most teulble adventuie."
baid Jaik, notklng my look of lnteiest.
"Ill have to spin you the ain"
You must have an inexhaustible
supply of them." 1 answered, "I'm
uazy to hear some."
Accordingly we ptocieded to the
smoking loom nml lighted our elgais.
"Sow," said I. "for the tale "
So, settling himself eonifoi tably by
the open lire, Jnek communicated the
following tale, which I attempt to tell
In his own words:
"Well," ho began, "the whole thing
came about as a consequent e of my
making the acquaintance one du, on
my wa.v Horn I'atls to Havte, of a
young Kienchman named Plene Du
Maute. He was ti.teling apparently
alone, and as a icsult of my wander
ing about so much I had fallen Into
the habit of picking up with any and
eery str.tngei I met. It passed away
time. While conversing on dlffeient
subjects I learned that he was on his
way to Havte, to look up n position.
I was myself Intending to go ilrst
to Marseilles and then take passage
to India, where I had leason to be
lle e I cpuld add to mv bank aLcount.
The oung fellow became much Inter
ested In my India scheme, and finally
voluntceied the suggestion that I al
low him to accompany me. As I was
rather faorably linpiesed with the
fellow, I decided to accept him as a
comrade.
Well, a week later found us on
board ship bound for India, our minds
laden with golden clieains. For me
the voage was uneventful, its the nov
clty of an otean voage had long ago
oi n off.
"At last the voyage came to an end,
and I lost no time In teaching shoie.
Helng an entire stt anger, I Hist made
m?elf acquainted with the American
i onsul. rhiough lilm I heaid of u
pretty villa which he thought I might
purchase iheap, as the ptesent owner
was ety desiious of getting It off his
hands on account of Us ptoximity to
the jungles, which I was told weie un
(ommonly full of all sorts of laige and
small game. Including the tenible
seouige and tenor of the land the
bloodthirsty, man-eating tiger.
"The villa 1 found to be In the most
plctuiesque and wildly beautiful spot
' hnd ever seen. So after due con
sideration we ptil chased It.
"Hoth Plene and mvself were
charmed by it and 1 think we were
icith lured also by the sense of danger
as we sniffed the jungle bieeze.
"Hut a new difficulty arose. It was
impossible to hire native help to as
sist us. They nil believed the place
to be haunted, and It was so l emote
from other habitations that they would
not stay nights. So we detei mined to
stick It out by ourselves.
'I soon touud Investments for my
money, tinil Pierre decided to turn
hunter, there being a good niniket for
pelts. paitleuUuly those of tigers, for
which a bounty was paid by Hip gov
ernment. These beasts are the plague
of the countiy. yearly destrovlng hun
dreds of people.
"I'ieire did wpII at his woik and
made money lapldlv. He soon made
for himself the leputntlon of being the
boldest hunters in the district. In this
way things went smoothly on, and
days passed Into weeks and weeks in
to months.
"We had been theie a year and a
lialf and wewe le both beginning to
think of an eaily letuin to moie civil
ized parts of the world.
Kveiy night Plene would take his
little pile of gold and count It over.
As he saw It growing steadily larger,
he grew more nml moie anxious to get
bach to his native France.
"He wns an eccentric feilow, and
ono of his oddities was his Ingenious
hiding place for his mone;- Ho hnd
hollowed out one of his be.lpcsts. an 1
having consldfinble Ingenultv. Ind ar
ranged It so that by twitting a sup
posed bolt, the top was loosencj and
pressed off by o spring Insido discing.
Ing a good sized cavity nearly filled
w 1th glistening coin. This was Pierre's
4bank.
"On coming home ono iftinoon I
found Pleire sitting on the v.randa
with n very ugly scowl on nil ujlly
placid countenance.
"Hollo, Pierre," said I, 'w Wit's lip.
old fellow?'
"A minute passed before lie nnsvveio.l
sullenly, 'Oh. nothing: some ono has
stolen my money, that's all,'
"'What!' I fxclalmert. 'none! Stolen!
"Why, Pierre, thoio numt be some -mistake.
Vou must have change 1 lis hid-
SV7ACUSE POST-STANDARD. y
Ing plaie and foigollen vvl'ei you put
It. rettalnly no one could dlscovi It
where you had It, No one knew of Its
hiding plate but you.'
"'No, no one but me - mid sou.
The winds and lone caused .'it? t)
stait. He was looking j t.Might a me,
with his small black eyes snapping vol?
units of hate, and his faie needed no
helping words to tell me that he Im
plied that 1 luil taken his hoarded sav
ings. "1 don't suppose 1 ever befoto be
came niigiy so qulrk.lv . Hut to be
called it thief was a new thing to me
and it was with gieat dlfTli ult 1 le
strnlned mvself from assaulting him
nt once. Hut. lememberlng what
i lose ri lends we had been so many
months, and that he had leally lost all
he had ever had, I stilled my linger
and tiled to reason the matter Hut
mv change rrom anger to npparcnt
friendship seemid only to unset him
more, and I hnd spoken but a few
words when hi Intel inpted me with:
"'Oh. you thief Hefotc, i believed
vm wete the thief, now I know you
llll '
"This was too much Blinded by pas
sion, I sttuck him one blow, knocking
him senseless, and he lay on the
giountl nt mj feet Hut not for long,
however He soon lrgalned his sense,
but to mv suiptlse instead of resenting
the altaik, he turned and walkul inp
Idlv to the house, tinning once at the
door to shake his list and swear ven
ge'ini e
"As It still lai ked lonsltleiable of
sundown, 1 took a stioll to collei t my
thoughts and tool olT I expected this
would be the end of filcud-hip and
companionship lit-1 ween J'leiie and I,
but to my HiirpiNe, on m.v leturn. I
found him piep.it Ing the evening meat
as If nothing had happened 1 was
still moie sin pi Ked when he tame foi
vvrd with outstietched band and of-
feied an apology foi his hast words
and behavloi.
"Still, his actions and winds did not
somehow, nppe-ii genuine Hut even
If I had known him to be deceiving me
I would not have believed him -as cap
able of honible tcvenge and tictiheiv
ns subsequent events ptoved lilm to
be Howevei, things seemed to fall
back Into thelt natuial older again
Plene decided to teinjln and began
his saving all ovei again. This time,
however, he had a new hiding place, or
which he did not tell ma, tnus eon
fuming ine In my opinion that his
filendlv words were false and that he
still mlsti listed me, In spite of his as
sertions to the contrary.
"Well, things went on In this way
for six months or more, when one day
Pleii" Invited me to go on a tlgtr
hunt. Now, although I had bo long
been in India and so netr the jungles,
I hud never pulled a tilgger on one
of the beautiful demons So now. glad
of the chance, I accepted Pieire's In
vitation, coming as it did when I was
unoccupied vUth other bulne.s'.
"Our piep nations weie soon com
pleted, and early one motnlng we
stnited for the place, which was a
Jungly spot s-eveial miles from our vil
la. Our pait was made up of Pleire,
myself and two natives who were along
to manage the elephants on which we
weie pel cited.
"At Pieire's suggestion T climbed
Into his how dah. that we might the bet
ter converse. Ho In this manner we
went on until near the Jungle.vvhen one
of our natives, who.mounted on my
elephant, had been ahead reconnolter
ing, returned with the news that signs
were plenty of big game being near He
had discovered the catenas of an ani
mal which had evidently jus-t been
killed by "nine- wild beast. Howevei, It
was not touched, which would Indicate
that the beast which killed It had been
obliged to leave it for some urgent
leaon and might soon leturn
"Of course the news filled us with
excitement, and hastily dismounting
from Pieire's how dah, I climbed quick
ly to my own Put I had scaicely
settled myself Inside when the ele
phant, trumpeting shrilly, began acting
queerly and plunged suddenly forward
To add to the awkwardness of my pie
dleament, the native guiding the ani
mal, Instead of checking the brute's
mad caieer, slid quickly to the ground
and was taken at once Into the other
howdnh.
"I would have followed his example,
but to my hoiror I beheld them tin n
quickly about and make off lapidly In
the opposite direction.
"I suspected, of ionise, that some
thing was wrong and thought that pos
sibly this was a mad elephant they had
piocuied with which to practice a
praetlial Joke on me. 'They will doubt
less cume to my aid when they have
had their fun,' I thought.
"With every Instant the elephant was
plunging more w lldlv than ever, and It
neineil to me as If the how dah must
bo torn 1 lear from his back ns he
parsed with terrible speed under the
low hanging limbs. I dared not Jump,
ns I knew not where I was not What
dliectlou to take In older to rench
home ugaln.
"I thought also the elephant might,
beforn demolishing the how dah, cinry
me towatds human assistance.
"Hut tlieso thoughts were mdely In
termixed. With a Jeik, which came
near sending me out on my 'head, the
elephnnt halted, and, raising his trunk
I1I3I1 In the air, let out a blood curd
ling hcreech, but whether of fear or
anger 1 could not tell
"Horror of horrois' Looking straight
abend, T saw an open space. In the cen
ter of which and cieeplng towards me
Mowlj, terribly slow, was a writhing
object with honible, scintillating eyes,
which, seeming to emit green lavs of
phosphoiescent light, held ine ns by a
spell hypnotized
"Hy a grent effort I threw off my
lethargy nnd stooped for the iltles
which had been stowed In the howilah.
"Uut. horrible discovery! Thoio were
no illlos there. I decided thut they
must have been removed by the native
while he was ihllng ahead, WhiU woh
I to do? No time, however, was given
me for rollectlon,
"The tigress, which had now op-
1
Harvest Week
Here is the supreme effort of our Great All Day Friday Sales as it happens,. during this great Harvest Week. A fitting time to be sure. Here
are offerings for one day that stand without a parallel in merchandise. Goods at prices that will literally jam this store on the busiest of all days. To
add to the Friday interest, the prizes for the best specimens of fruit and produce, entered in competition here during " Harvest Week," will be awarded.
Do not miss this big buying harvest carnival.
An Unparalleled Sale of Domestics Half Price and Less
Luck strikes vou at everv turn in this greatest of all Fridav Sales. Never have prices been so low. Never have coods been better or assortment
greater.
Read this list and profit by the saving chances.
An extraordinary bargain. 2,000
yards of new Fall percales in an entire
new line of styles and absolutely fast
colois. Not a yard in the lot worth less
than 10 cents. Fiiday only.
First quality Outing Flannels at less
than mill prices for case lots. All new
goods no better styles made. These
come in great assortment, anJ aie tiuly
the big b.ugain of this Friday sale.
634c
(jr
10c Percales.
tur
8c Planne
Very Good
Lace Curtain
Friday
Harvest
At an oppoitune time when
most needed we offer two
hundred pairs of Nottingham
l.ace Curtains in both white and
ecru. Very neatly iluec vards
in length, nicely made
aiiu uiiisiieu; arc itiiiv C
woi tn S()c a pair. un
Friday only
Men's Shirts
On Friday only we offer a big
variety of Men's Sott Bosom
Shirts in odd and bioken sizes.
Most of them have
sold up to 7; cents.
A big bargain for Fii
day at
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othei store m this city has ever sold
TailorMade Suits lTy
The first twenty-live appreciative lookers will take
thee very handsome suits on which the price ically ought
to be $12.00. They are of ,n all wool material in black or
navy blue, made 111 the latest approved style and per
fectly finished throughout. On Friday only t ,.
theprice V.Dli
Women's Crash Skirts 'SB.'
A remarkable offering of handsomely trimmed crash
and duck skirts for Friday. These come in great variety
and have sold leadily all season at from $1.00 to .
$1.50. On Fridav only take them at 4vC
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K J
Regiment Band, of Wilkes-Barre. It
at 8 a. m. Tickets, 85 cents on sale
pioacheil quite elose, crouched ready
foi a spilnK Jly hiculh came in quick
R.isps. I thought I wni done for whin
I hen id that honible, KrowliiiK loar,
and saw her Catherine and winking
her muscles ready for the sprlntr.
"Another roar, and hut, simultane
ously vlth the creatine's leap, the ile
phnnt plunged foi ward, the hoivd.ih
caught upon a low limb, and mvself
and the how dah were precipitated to
the Kiound.
"The elephant never stopped, but
continued his rapid flight through the
jllllRle.
"The tisie'ss seemed taken by sin
prise at so misslnt? Its Intended piey.
Hut I Knew the more unsuccessful at
tempts It made, the moie exasperated
and s'tvage It would become.
"It now crawled toward me slowly,
stealthily, lashing Its tall from side to
hide, nnd glaring at mo with Its savag"
ecs like horrible balls of Hie. I piayed
ye", piayed In teiror As the blood-
thlisty beast ilievv neater, neaier, I felt
myj-elf growing sick and fnlnt. I Im
agined Its hot Ine.ith binned me, al
though It was leally seveial .vaids
away. .My head swum. I fainted.
' I must have levlved qnlcklv. On
fit st icgalning consciousness 1 could
not tell wheie I was. My mind wus
confused. I thought I was in the region
of eternal punishment. I could feel the
hot breezes of the Inferno fan my
(heek, and little demons tin listing led
hot irons Into my flesh. Hut as my
mind became ileuier the hot lions be
came awful teeth, the hot bieezcs the
tigress' scorching bieath
"I think now that my fainting haved
my life, he must have Just finished a
henity meal, and for that icason re
frained fiom devouilng me at once.
My lifeless appeaiance saved the blow
which would have ended my life. Hut
Imagne my hensatlon If you cun, when
I felt myself lifted bodily In the tigress'
mouth held In midair for one hesitat
ing Instant as the beast snlfled the
bieeze, then bounded forwaid Into the
Jungle, cairylng me ns u cat would a
mouse
"This was not as dllllcult as It might
seem, as I had been In 111 health for
some Urn, and was then. In conse
quence, ns thin ns a mil. The beast
was also of enormous size, being the
largest of Its kind I ever saw. On and
on she sped, nt times almost bteaklng
my back.
"What was to be the outcome or It
nil? Was she carrying me to her lalr?
Or, wns she simply Intending to get
me us far as possible from my friends,
that she might enjoy the feast unmo
lested? "Neither, liven ns I pondeted, she
stopped befoie the enttance of a laige
cave, from the inteilor o"l which pro
ceeded lioumbj as of several animals
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clILa before the day drew to
this famous work under 18 cets and
Notions:
On Tuesday, September 5th, the employes of Jonas Long's Sons' Stores in Scranton and Wilkes-Barro will enjoy an outing to Heart Lake, noar
Montrose, Pa., 1,900 feet abovo the sea level. Through the courtosy and kindness of -the Arm, wo aro to have with us Alexander's Famous Ninth
is the wish of the omployos that their friends join with them in making this a gala day. Special train ovor the Lackawanna Railroad loaves Scranton
in the Book Department. No tickets will be sold at the station. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
qiiaueling A low growl from the
tlgiess was answeied by a pellmell
rush to the outside of thiee oung cubs.
I could see them by slightly turning
my eyes.
"Of course I expected to be Instantly
tout up In sections for the benefit of
these jotingsters
"Hut heie another stupile After
laving me gently on the ground the
old one began lolling me about fiom
side to side with bet paws, mm h as a
cat plays with a half dead mouse. The
cubs soon taught onto the game nnd
Joined in the spoit The tigress settled
011 hei haunt lies and wutihed the play
go on. I suppose 1 was 1 oiled about
theie for an hour or mote. Of course
I dined not leslst, and I humored the
cubs as nun h ns possible by rolling my
self In whatever dlicction they pulled,
hnlf of the time l.vlng on my face.
"Dining this maneuvering I noticed
a few feet away what npcared to be nn
opening in the giountl. It appealed to
be a naiiow chasm about the width of
a man's body. 'Oh, If I could onlv
reach It." I thought Perhaps It might
be an 11 venue ot esiape. Perhaps, too,
I would be dashed to pieces at the bot
tom. Hven that, howevei. would be a
thousand times more welcome than be
ing toin to pieces and dying Inch by
Inch.
"It seenid n hopeless attempt, but a
low giowl decided me
"Puiltively glancing In the direction
of the tigress I noticed to my dismay
was licking her Jaws In nnth Ipatlon, as
It seemed to me, of the coming feast.
"Heretofoie, I hnd let the cubs roll
me aimlessly about, but now, If they
pulled tow m ds the cievice, I aided
them as much ns possible, when they
pulled the other way I resisted gentl.v,
but Dimly, nnd, for some time succeed
ed In getting myself nearer to the nar
row road to delheranie without urous
Ing the suspicions of the old beast.
"Hut getting Impatient the neaier I
came to It. I leslsted the lubs n little
too much, causing n gteat snarling nnd
clawing among them. 1 lnvoluntatlly
gasped for breath as the old one leaped
lnstanly to her feet, and icslgned my
self to my fate. Hut too soon.
"Instead of Intel fei Ing, she only
came a lltle nearer.
"I was now so excited that It seemed
to me that I was almost sweating
drops of blood
"Dellveianio or doom!
"One or the other In so few shoit In
stants t
"Oh the suspense' It was terrible.
Which, which would It be?
"Another tug by the cubs! Fortun
ately It Is lit the direction of tho crev
ice. Neaier, neaier the chasm. Only
a foot. Now only six Inches.
"Another turn or two, and Oh, can I
ever leach It?
Extra Special.
3 cents a yard for very good quality of Bleached
31 AUislln. 20 yards to a customer.
t .1 cents for Iringed tray cloths and doylies with
1 22 . open work borders and centers.
l cents a yard for plain ciinolinc lining in black
2i1 and white. A rare bargain.
EVRI Hh MyLSjB K IflulB BAH IKalw HHEr
e8 the indulgence of our public, because our supply of Chas. M. Sheldon's great book was exhausted long
a close This Friday we have guarded against all mishaps 500 copies aie to go at Four Cents. Not an-
in most places it is 2S cent. Read
Friday Basement Bargains
Every item something you need and more than fairly
priced tor Friday.
Gnamel Pans Four-quart blue enamel,
worth 30c ; on Friday 2A)C
Clothes Pins In lots of one hundred. Worth '
12c hundred. Friday OC
Frame Mirrors White enamel and" good Q
clear glass, worth 1 5c. Friday oC
Tin Cuspidors Full size and well made, Q
worth 12c. On Friday at oC
Galvanized Pails 10 and 12 quart size.
Were 29c and 35c. On Friday 1 1C
Stocking darners, each
Aluminum Thimbles, each
Wire Hair Pins, dozen papers for
Safety Pins, tine dozen assorted
F.mbroidcry Cotton, 2 spools for
"It looks nairow Peihaps It Is too
nairow after all The thought drives
me w lid ond I almost faint at the Idea.
To be so ne.11 and jet to miss' A growl
nt my side startles me so I almost cry
out. "Now or never I think The chasm
is no,v nt my side. With a quick rev
olution I toll on the edge and over and
down, down I go. carrying with me
one of the cubs, claw Ing and scratch
ing "Althought It was nil done quickly.
It still was not quick enough for me to
escape a vicious dig from the claw of
m late captor, ns she made n leap for
my dlsappeatlng form.
"I fell about twenty feet, landing on
a pile of brush at the bottom I wns
thanking my lucky stais nt my mlrac
ulous escane when a shaip scratch on
the leg lemlnded mo of the proximity
of one of my late playmates the c lib
which I had dragged down with me
Oroplng around In the il.ukness I found
a club with which I soon dispatched
my troublesome neighbor. Having
some matches about me I struck a
light to discover, if possible, the na
ture of the place Into which I had fall
en.
"Dlscoveilng a leslnous knot I light
ed It and found It made a. very good
torch. I found nijself In n good sized
cave, containing large quantities of
leaves and brush. The device through
which I had entered I found to be nar
row at the top, gradually widening
tow aids the bottom and merging into
the ce In which I now stood,
"Happening to hnvo a piece of tope
In my pocket I tied It to the cub nnd
tin owing him over my shoulder 1
started on a voyage of discovery.
"At first I could discover no outlet
Howevei, I knew there wns a very
Ktioug draft blowing, so strong ns to
nearly extinguish my light. A closer
Inspection revealed a small opening In
the further corner, which, ns no light
came through, I reasoned must lead to
another cave. With some dlfl'cultv I
ninnnged to squeeze myself through the
opening, 'ind found myself In a higher
and much lnrger cave than the one I
hnd Just left.
Hut 1 was destined to meet with a
grcatei stiipilFe than any 1 bad as yet
had. Walking across this undei
piotind 1 hambcr I appionched an open
ing luiger than the one I hail Just
come thiough, which seemed to lead to
another cave. It wns i-o huge I easily
wnlked thioiigli It.
"Hut m breath was neaily taken
away when I found mjself not only In
nnother chamber, but surrounded on
all sides bv boxes, bundles nnd flie
arms. Thoie wore also n large table
and seveial ehaim In the center of the
'room.'
"Seeing u half burnt candle on the
f
Brown or bleached, and every yard
warranted all pure linen. The entire
lot of an importer is here; in no other
way could the price be so ridiculously
low lor Fiiday.
5,000 yards of good quality Ameri
can Red, White and Blue Bunting, just
what you'll need lor decorating next
week. Your chance Friday to buy it at
the lowest price ever known.
it
crlday
Sale.
Muslin
Drawers 20 dozen lints quality in four beautiful
styles; very full ruffles, lace and Hamburg
trimmed. Reduced from 591 on Friday only to.... 39C
Corset Covers It you wear a 38, 40 or 42 this is the
.l. .. n( ( Iia a n I 1 n 1 4 linrn 4lrj ritfif Da
(.uaiii-c ui nit ycai. iuy nicac mice sues. ic- .
duced from 39c on Friday only to 1 y C'
Prlday
Sale.
Fine Striped Skirts
4c
ic
A chance for 75
7c
3c
3c
third off. Two distinct
cuch.19, ULiuc vci y lull uiiimcna jvaitci u, uiiciy jr0
corded. Take them on Friday only at VOC
table and being satisfied theie was no
ono about, I proceeded on a tout of
Investigation 'Walking across the
floor of the cavern, my foot touched
some object which gave out a very de
cided metallic 'chink.'
"Stooping to ee what It was, I was
considerably surprised to find It was
t lerre's money bag I could scarcely
believe my eyes.
"While still pondeilng over the mat
ter the sound of voices struck my eai.
Looking toward the faithcst end of
the cavern, I discovered what I had
not seen bifore-a high, nanow pas
sage. ' The voices seemed to 1 ome from
that direction. Whoever It was, they
seemed to be touting neater
"Setting mv candle back on the table
I blew It out and, hastily concealing
mvself behind a pile of tuft. awaited
developments.
"I made up mv mind I had stum
bled on the lendezvous of a gang of
ptofessonal thieves, nnd I wns some
what nnxlous to discover their Iden
tity. The voices grew nearei Then,
to mv utmost surprise, there appealed
befoie my astonished sight the two
natives who had been with us In tho
morning
"They cairled toiches and weie con
versing audlblv as they came In. As
I understood the native dialect veiy
well, I wns able to get ihe gist of what
they were saying.
"1 need not repeat the whole of It.
Suffice It to sav that 1 learned thev
had been hired bv Pierre to help htm
get me out of the vvav. Of couise,
this conllimed my suspicions that
I'ieire had never foiglven me and that
he leally believed I had taken the
m one v.
"He had walled patiently until now
for his levenge, and had deliberately
planned It so that I would either be
destioyed by the elephant Itself or by
lis earning me, as It were, to the veiy
Jaws of some wild beast.
"Heie Is what I learned:
"A sharp pi od had been fastened to
the bottom of the how dah, and It onl
needed my additional weight to dilve
the animal frantic.
"Also, the fastenings of the hovvdah
hud been weakened purposely, thut it
might be more easllj knocked off. Kvi
dntly It had been Intended that tt-ut
should be my last ride
"Piesently one of the natives picked
up Plerie's money bag, and gtlniiliigly
held It up for the other Inspection,
reminding him of Its curious hiding
place and how they learned the secret.
"Then, from the conversation that
followed, I learned the partlculats of
the lobbery,
"Pleire was a great sleep-talker. One
uay he fell asleep on the potch, and
r tor I
8c Crashes.
X 3c
Bunting.
Woven Torchon Frlday
' Laces, ,,nrvest-
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Another Friday sale of this
greatest of all bargains in woven
Torchon I.aces. This time an
entire new lot, bought at a re
markable price, in which a
you'll share our fortune, i r.
Up to 'i inches wide. 'T
On Friday only
Yard
Women's Yests
On Fiiday only we offer
twenty-five dozen Misses' Fine
Ribbed Vests, silk finish, taped
neck, high neck with long or
short sleeves; would be -t
a big bargain at 25 cents. I B0
Take them Friday for . . JL
Underwear
women to buy ii.45 skirts
at one
styles in beautiful Roman
btriped
-v-
these fellows, happening by. gathered
fiof his muttetliii: the secret of tho
'Bedpost Hank "
"Of' course, after learning the secret
the simply helped themselves. Aftert
talking for another half hour they toold
thelt depaitute. Waiting until theln
voices had died away In the distance.
I Issued from my hiding plate, lighted
my torch, and statted along tho same
nauovv passige by vvhlih they had
enteied and dKippmied.
After walking fifteen or twenty
minutes I found myself In the open air
once mure I had taken one of thp
lilies fiom the stolen tieasuies, nnd
feeling It to be ample piotectlon
against fin ther mlsfoittine, 1 set out In.
the ditection I supposed I should take
"I soon came upon familiar land
walks, after which It was tompatathe
ly easv for me to teach home, which
I did shortlv befoie sundown
Tlndlng no one theie, I hastened on
to the village, wheie I staved with a
filend over night In the moining E
told lilm the stoiy and taking seveial
oflleeis. we went to Hip underground
loom, wheie we suipilsed the two na
tives Thev weie securely bound, and
taken to the v lllnge.where thev wero
Hunsequentl.v tried and convicted
"My appearance nearly scared Plerra
to death I told him my adventures and
how I hart found his gold and the man
ner In which It had been taken He left
the next ilav and I have never seen
lilm since I sold out nnd within a
month wns bound for Hngland. After
u couple of years 1 decided to como
back and settle In my own countr
"Now you see why I pilze my tiger's
cub so hlghlv. I might say he was ono
of the muses which saved my life and
helped establish my Innocence, and
that he umaveled the mysteiy of tho
'Hedpost Hank '
' Have nnother ilsai "
SHE IGNORED THE COURT.
Woman President of Railway Com
pnny in Jail.
San Kianc Isco, Aug 31 - The only
woman piesldent of a railway company
111 the Cnlted States was foinnlly com
mitted to tho county Jail for llv days
fur contempt of iourt bv Judg Tioutt
todav The woman Is Mis. Aunln
Kline Illckutt. the railway corpo atlou
of which she is the head Is the Stock
ton and Toulomuc Hallway cor-pany.
Some time ago Chailes Ki lesson, a
continctor. sued the company U le
cover Si,765 for laboi perfoim I rnl
matetlnl furnished Mis. Kick -tt de
clined to nllow the books to leave thn
company's o'llce. Tho couit oidered
Mrs. Hlckett to biing tho books Into
couit. Mrs. Hlckett again Ignored thu
order and the eouit sentenced her to
Jail for five days.
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