V OLXXXII
Mrs. J. E. Zimmerman,
wnv ARE WE 0
Hill THRONG*
WHAT ISTHE 9
ill nil 1 ATTRACTION-
It is only the unusual bargains that don't go a begging. Values and big ones a
that alone possess the power to interest. We have the values, and a visit to our big
store and inspection of our immense stock of Dress Goods, Millinery, W raps, 6tc.,
comparing our prices with prices asked elsewhere, will convince ycu that this store
is full of big bargains.
HERE'S TIIE BARGAINS:
25c all-wool black and colored Serges, 36
inches wide, real value, 35c.
39c all-wool colored Serges, 38 inches
wide, real value, 50.
50c all-wool black and colored Serges, 50
inches wide, real value, 75c.
50c all-wool black Mohair Novelty, 40
inches wide, real value, 75.
85c all-wool black Mohair Novelty, 46
in< ii wide, real value, Jr.oo.
50c r.'i 00l black and navy Storm Serges
46 inches wide, real value, 75c.
75c all-wool black and navy Boucle Cloth
latest novelty, real value, fi.oo.
13.9S latest style, Ladies' Jacket, Beaver
Cloth, real value, $5.00.
(5.50 latest style genuine Rothschild
Jacket, real value, $8.50.
SI.OO infant's Eider Down Cloaks, real
value, $1.50.
$1.25 infant's Angora Trimmed Eider
Down Cloaks, real value, $2.00.
JI.OO ladies' dark calico wrappers, lined,
real value, fi.25.
$1.25 ladies dark Flannelette wrappers,
lined, real value, $1.50.
50c ladies' all-wool skirt patterns, real
value, 75c.
This is but few of the many good values we have at old prices. The dry goods
market is steadily advancing. We fortunately bought our stock before the advance
in prices and gladly share the profits with you.
Don't forget that we are sole agents for the Rothschild Wraps.
Don't forget that we are sole agents for Standard Patterns.
Don't forget that we have the largest, most fashionable, lowest priced stock ot
Millinery in the city of Butler.
Don't forget that we have opened a fine Art Department.
Mrs, Jennie E. ZimmermaN f
Oppodie Hotel Lowry. Successor to Ritter & Ralfiton
Bring your friends along.
LORE LB TIE FIARPINTIL FOR. LOOK'DG FORWARD,
IN FOOTWEAR.
Always alert to the interests of our
E patrons. First in the field with th.
LATEST AND BEST
9 MP IN SHOES.
OT3R IDEAL ST7LES IN
; T TJNIO FOOTWEAR FOR
- LADIES & GENTLEMEN
Is what every customer ot ours Li l\ I I Z\
thinks he has received after making _l_ J 1 J 1
a purchase. We find that our cus —rX7"T
tomers being convinced of means \A/ I I M IX
many more customers for us. You V V * '■*
get more than you bargain for when m .g-j w \ t
you get a pair of our SHOES. W ■ /\ J\
Ladies' twentieth century SHOES SSS
Cork soles Goodyear welts. Ladies' Fine button shoes, l'at. tip SSC, f 1 .00, J 1 .2 , ».!•
J1.50. Heavy sole fair stitch at #2.00, #2.50 and £3.00. Goodyear welt* are perl. 1
¥ms for the price. Ladies fine hand turns Dongola and cloth top lace and button
ry our Womens' and Childrens' Kid and Calf Shoe -
They are the thing for School Shoes. They will resist water. \\ •. h:»\v tl* t-m
high cut, lace and button, at price that your pocket book will open quickly win
you see the goods. c
w • •It /*** 1 C* I Shoes for men in
INVISIBLE CORK SOLES^^TE
$2 00 f2 50, #3.00 and $4.00, Extension soles. Men's Heavy Shoes at 75c, fi.f".
Our* Kid and Veal boots, high and low insteps at <1.50, <2.00 £2.50 and $3.00. Dril
lers Heavy Box Toe Shoes high cut.
BOYS' AND YOUTHS'SHOESHI
the Youngsters are here,grand styles for dress or the longest road to school, posi
tively will resist water at 75c, #I.OO 1.25 and 1.50. Manufacturers are asking 25 per
cent advance on shoes. HUsELTON will sell this winter at old prices, qualit\
maintained
Wool Boots, Rubber Boots and Shoes.
See our new Rubber Boots with leather insoles, wont sweat the foot. We guaran
tee our best rubber boots not to break. Save Money Save Time Save Annoy
ances by buying at
B. C, Huselton's, -#
Every step you take in HUSELTON'S Shoes is a treat to tbe fee
102 N r . Main Street, -
READ THIS! -
—A N D —'TFH
You will the low prices Bickel is asking for reliable foot
wear. Why does he sell shoes so cheap ? Well, I will tell you
Next spring he intends building a new store room to take the place
of the one he now occupier and has been disappointed in getting
a large room so he will have to do business during the time h<
builds in a much smaller room than he now has and therefore w 1
ofiler greater bargains in all kinds of footwear than ever before offered
in Butler county.
Here are a few of the Bargains Offered.
Ladies Hand Welt Shoes at $2.25-
" Turn " $2.25.
Ladies line Dongola, patent tip at 90 cents.
Ladies heavy oil grain (waterproof) shoes at sl.lO.
" calf shoes in button and lace at SI.OO.
Ladies best kip shoes at SI.OO.
Misses school shoes at 75 cents.
Childrens shoes at 50 cents.
Infants fine shoes at 25 cents.
Mens bulT shoes, all styles at si.co.
Mens fine calf shoes at $1.50.
Mens Winter Tans, extended soles at $2.2;.
Mens working shoes at SI.OO.
Hoys fine dress shoes at SI.OO.
Call and see our stock of Leggins and overgaiters for I adits,
Missei and Children—the very kind to wear this t ; me of the ycai
Our stock of Rubber I'oots and Shoes is large. I* ull stfck of \len>
Boys, Youths and Ladies 1 *cll Boots and Warm Lined Shoes at Hoc
Bottom Prices. Full stock of Leather and Findings, includirg a
large stock of Lace Leather. Sole Leather cut to any amount you
may wish to purchase. Iron Stands with four feet each at 50 cents.
Mail orders receive prompt attention.
"JOHN BICKEL,
12S SMaln Street,
BUTLER, PA.
BRANCH STORE l2 s N- riain st,
75c ladies' all-wool skirt patterns, extra
size, real value, SI.OO.
22c per yard all-wool Country Flannel,
sold everywhere at 25c per yard.
50c per pair heavy cotton blankets, real
value, 75c.
$3.00 per pair heavy all-wool country
blankets, all colors, worth $4,00.
15c per pair Misses' and Children's blacV
wool hose, real value, 25c.
15c per pair ladies' black wool hose, real
value, 25c.
22c per pair ladies' fleeced cotton ribbe<
vests, real value, 25c.
69c ladies natural all-wool vests —pan! -,
real value, SI.OO.
25c men's heavy underwear, grev mixed,
real value, 40c.
50c men's heavy natural wool underwear,
real value, 75c.
5c per yard good dark calico, real value
6%c.
5c heavy sheeting—with advance price,
real value, 7c.
$2.25 Chenille Portiers, real value
$3.50.
50c, 26-incli fast colored Sateen umbrellas
real value, 75c.
THE BUTLER CITIZEN.
!t is Mot
What We Say
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Bat what Hood's Sarsaparilla Do*-;
that tells the story. Thousands ol
voluntary testimonials prove that
Hood's Sarsapa?ii!a
Is the Onlv
True Blood Purifier
i Prominently in the public eye today.
HEINEMAN & SON,
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f Wall Papei at less th.l
Jont-half cost.. 5
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JPa per in the couiily to b; .
?sold out either Wholesale ors
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rsale within t».o months #
Running Chances
is the man who buys the cheap and poo--
ly made clothing simply because it 1
cheap. There are just as good bargin
to be had in good grades of goods, sue'
.or instance as our $25.00 Clay Diagona
Suits.
Running Chances is the man win
rushei from this "alteration sale" totlia
"closing out barga ins." The safe wa;
is to prtronize the firm that does bu
ness on the same principles you do
You know that you have to deal wit'
then. You get honest goods for hones
prices, and don't save twenty-five ceii
hereto throw away seventy-five ee 11.
there.
Chances are Not " inning away fron
you, but you are running away from *1:
chances for the b.-st birgius of the yea
in Suits and Overcoats u ien you fail to
look at our immense stock.
Running < liances is the man who bin .
now when he can have lis make hiin u
fine Overcoat for 22.00.
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Largest stock of hats and
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countr) f . An inspection n ill prove
this to any ones satisfacture.
Colbert Dale.
242 S. Main St., Butler, Penn'a.
: iTTTLKH. P A.. THURSDAY. OCTOBER *24.1805.
*—-gpfBIPWELL. 0 , COCVRiGHT. 1895. 8Y ThE AuT.mOH.
CHAPTER V.
Finally, as tho result of many debates,
wo resolved to abandon tho Bank of
England matter temporarily, possibly
forever, becauso it was too dangerous,
and the delay would be too great. Our
new plan was to go to South America
on a buccaneering expedition, there be
ing no cable in 1872, and it took, as we
ascertained, 40 days to send a letter
from li'io de Janeiro to Enn-pe and get
a reply, so that if we executed an opera
tion boldly and well ve might hope for
anything.
Our plan was, in tho main, similar to
the cno we had lately used with so
much success in Germany and France.
Only in this case we propi :-ed to use
tho credit of tho London and Westi : i:-
ster bank, and therefore obtai.::i d the
documents required to e.tfkj- through
such an operation successfully.
The steamer Lusitania of tho Pacific
Steam Navigation company was adver
tised to sail on the 12th, and we deter
miued to go by her.
Modern buccaueers indeed wero we,
engaged in a nineteenth century pirat
ical descent upon the shores of South
America, instead of the burly, much
beweaponed pirate of other years wo
wer-3 mild mannered, soft spoken, cour
teous youugs.ters. yet our steel pen and
bottle of ink wero mere deadly instru
ments, cr at least of surer lire and of
better aim, than the long tomsand horse
pistols of the piratical bra v sof the sev
enteenth century.
The Monday before we sailed for Bra
zil I called at the bank and told the
submanager that I was going to St. Pe
tersburg and on to southern Russia for
a time to inspects me work Iv. a - doing
thero, and I pun> d to withdraw my
account. He begged mo not to do so,
suid many flattering things to me and
urged that it would be convenient to
have an open account in London.
"Well," I said, looking at my pass
book, "I see I have £2,3,>5 to my credit.
I will leave the odd £35 with you. " fie
instantly acquiesced. Had he sod, "No,
yon must leave at least £3OO, as our
rules require," I should have said ull
right and have made it £SOO. I drew
out the £2,300 at once, intending to de
posit £3OO before leaving London, but
in tho haste of our preparations I neg
lected it, and my balance at the bank
stood £35 for ail the weeks I was on
our piratical cruise to the Spanish main.
Storing most of our baggage in Lon
don, wo took the train to Liverpool, and,
purchasing tickets for Rio, we went on
board tho good ship Lusitania.
The firm of Maua in Rio was tho
most considerable in all South America,
and Mac's introductions were to this
firm. Tho plan was for Mac to present
himself to Maua & Co., and to draw
within 24 hours at least £IO,OOO, so as to
mako sure of onr expenses, aud a day or
two before steamer day to arrange for a
very largo sum, £20,000 or £30,000.
Fate, providence, call it what you
will, seldom fails to i:r et wrongdoing,
making it rocky for the wrongdoer.
By an irony of fortune we carried
with us that which was going to balk
all, or nearly all, our lire seheme.
In our letters of credit in some mys
terious w;y the namo if ti.o subr -••
ger of the London aud We .
bank had r;cn omitted, alt!"
was absolutely e.-. eutial to t' << \aiio ty
of the letters. There was at o anolUei
error, an error of such an extraordinary
nature —that of spelling "indorse with
a "o"—that it is euougli to make any
man contemplating an unlawful act de
spair of success, since wo could be de
feated by so mysterious and unforeseen
accidents.
A few hours after our arrival Mac
called at tho bankers' and was well re
ceived by the manager.
He told him of his credits for £5,000
to £20,000 each, and that lie should
want £IO,OOO tho next day. Would they
have it ready?
The next day ho went to the bank,
George and myself being posted outside.
In ten minutes he reappeared with a
square bundle under his arm. He smiled
as he passed u.s, and, turning* a corner,
entered a cafe, where we joined him.
Ilis bundle contained £IO,OOO in Bra
zilian bank notes. He assured us that
everything was sereuo at the l>:.nk; that
he could have £IOO,OOO if ho v. anted to
ask for it.
Tho next day Mr.o went to the bank
er:; again and was rcqr.e tod by the
manager to show the hitter of credit c.n
which was indorsed the £IO,OOO he had
dra">\n against ii. Looking ;:ttho letter,
tho manager said: "This is i inf.;ul:.i\
There is only the lii.me of Air. Brad
bhaw, the manager, on this letter. J.
P. Shipp, tho submanager's name,
should be on tho credit as well. " And
then he went on to say that some time
since they had been notified by the Lou
don bank that all letters issued by them
would bear two signatures.
Mac was a man of nerve, but it re
quired all ho had not to betray his un
easiness. Ho said he really could not say
how tho omission had occurred; he sup
posed it must have been accidental, but
ho would examine his other letters as
soon as he went back to the hotel.
Tho look of chagrin and vexation on
Mac's faco when ho camo out was a
sight to see and one that is as vivid in
my memory now as in that farolV day
in 1872. What a sea of misery rolls be
tween then and now!
Ho went direct to tho hotel, and
there Gcorgo and I soon joined him. Wo
sat down and looked at each other. The
game apparently was up, and we were
a sorely disgusted party. Wo did not
fall out with or reproach each other,
but felt we deserved a kicking. Wo did
not ask each other any questions, bur I
know our faces all wore a sadly puzzled
look as we repeated mentally, "How
could wo have made such an oversight?"
But soon another blunder—the mis
spelled word —was to crop up that
made this oneflt tho omitted name seem
as a fly to an eagle.
Mac and I thought tho game up and
were mentally planning for flight. But
George, a man of extraordinary
courage and resource ns well, dec lared
wo could and would retrieve tho blun
der. Ho declared a bold step m;;.it be
taken; that its the bankers had only seen
tho ono credit tho namo of Shipp, the
submanager, must bo instantly put on
tho others. We had tho gennine signa
ture of J. P. Shipp on a draft, and Mac
at onco sat down to write it on all tho
letters. It was a trying ordeal for him,
Mac's nerves having had a wrench. Ho
was a temperate man, but under the
circumstances we advised him to take a
glass of brandy to steady his nerves.
Then placing the genuine signature be
fore him and tho forged letters he began
to put in tho name. The signatures
were not well written, bnt under the
trying circumstances it was wonderful
ly well done. All this had taken place
within half an hour after ho had left
tho bank.
It was a trying ordeal* but Mac was
quite willing to do as George advised,
which was tii..t be sli nkltake nrenlof
tho letters and march boldly into the
bank and say: "Here are my letters;
they are all right. Both signatures are
on all my letters but tho one, and from
that tho second signature has beeu un
intentionally omitted." George's last
word to Mac was: "Rely on us to extri
late you from anything. Keep cooL
Act up to the character you have as
sumed. They can never fathom that tho
names could have been written in so
short a time. Boldly offer them more
exchange on London, and if there is any
hesitation say yon will transfer your
business to the English bank of Rio at
once."
He started on his decisive errand, fol
lowed by us in a miserable state of anx
iety. He was not long in the bank, but
returned empty handed. Upon meeting
at the designated plaeo he informed us
tho manager was evidently agreeably
surpri: ed when shown the letters with
both signatures and transferred the in
dorsement froui the letter that had but
one s'guature to one with two.
Once more we had . all right
and tho broken place p : up again,
but it behooved us not to do so any
more. But we did.
The steamer we purposed to load our
money on aud ourselves, too, was tho
Chimborazo, advertised to arrive on
Tuesday aud to leave for the river
Plato and the west coast tho next day.
So it was agreed that on Monday Mac
should go to the bank and arrange to
cash his letters for £20,000 or £'30,000
aud go the next day for the money.
Monday came. We expected a nerv
ous day, not such a paralyzingly nerv
ons one as it proved to be. In fact, a
nervous Tvc: day followed a nervous
Monday. My reader must remember
that weweie in the tropics, with a blaz
ing fun 1" ; >£ dwnon us with an in
tensity i % made one long for Green
laud's icy mountains to cool us.
We went info the public park for our
last consultation before our fortune,
which never came, was to come.
Mac had in the little morocco case in
his pocket two letters, each for £20,000.
Certainly no man in the world but him
self could have carried off such a game
played for such high stakes. Handsome
in person, faultless in address, cool in
nerve, a master of all the lauguages
spoken in Rio—Portuguese, Spanish,
Italian and French. Above all, he had
a boundless confidence in himself. What
an honorable future might have been his
but for his youthful follies! Truly he
could have achieved a wonderful suc
cess in any honorable career. Unhappily
for him, ho, like thousands of our brain
iest youth, had entered the Primrose
Way. In our youthful fire and thought
lessness we saw only the flowers and
heard the siren's songs, but at last tho
Primrose Way led us down iuto a gloom
where all the flowers withered and tho
gay songs turned Into dirges.
Looking at his watch, Mac jumped
up, saying, "It is 10:45 aud time to
be off. " So ho started for the bank, we
following at some distance, our nerves
all on the stretch. We felt that our lives
and fortuned were trembling in the bal
ance. While watching we saw several
persons enter or leave the bank, and
still our friend delayed his appearance.
To our suspicious minds there ap
peared to bo strange movements about
the bank that boded ill for us. A thou
sand suspicions born of our fears came
and went through our minds uutil at
last, unable to endure the suspense, I
entered the bank myself and stood
there, pretending 1 was waiting for
some one. I sharply scrutinized every
ono and everything. Mac was some
where out of sight in the private offices.
The clerks wero gossiping together, and
that to me was suspicious. Then, to my
alarm, a bank clerk entered from the
street with an eagle eyed man, a He
brew evidently, of about 45 years of age.
Both passed hurriedly into tho private
office, leaving me in an agony of sus
pense. My only relief at that moment
was the thought that George and my
self had not as yet compromised our
selves, and could, in the event of Mac's
arrest, manage to save him, cither by
bribery or a rescue.
Without appearing to do so I watched
that dingy, mottled door leading into
the private office until every crack and
seam in it was photographed indelibly
on my brain.
In the trying periods of one's lif-\
when the heart and soul are ou the
rack, how strangely trifling details of
the objects about one will be noticed
and remembered. It seems some cell of
tho brain, quite separate from tho cell
of feeling and sensation, works calmly
and steadily on, photographing tho ma
terial of one's surroundings.
At last, unable to enduro the sus
pense, above all the uncertainty, I
went to the little door, aud, opening it,
looked in. To my intense relief I saw
Mac sitting there apparently talking un
concernedly with Braga, the manager,
and tho Hebrew. As I had not attracted
attention I closed the door, went out in
the street and gave George the prear
ranged signal that all was well. Just
then our partner emerged, but with a
telltale face. It was flushed with cha
grin and vexation, and there was gone
from the contour of his body that inde
scribable pait that tells, better than
words, of confidence and victory.
We went by different routes to our
rendezvous, and I will leave it to the
imagination of my readers to picture
our stato of mind as wo listened to his
recital of woe—tho tale of Priam's Troy
over again.
Mac had been cordially received by
the manager, and had told him he
would require £20,000 tho next day;
would ho please have it ready? The
manager replied that ho did not require
any more exchange on London, but
that ho would send out for his broker,
who would sell his bills ou the ex
change. Ho (tho manager) would in
dorse the bills of exchange and indorse
the amounts on his letters of credit. Of
course Mao could only acquiesce, and
Mr. Braga sent a cli rk to his broker,
Mr. Meyers, to come aronnd. This was
tho sharp eyed Hebrew whi m I saw en
ter.
The manager introduced Meyers to
"Mr. Gregory Morrison" and explained
that lie was to sell exchange for £20.000
on Morrison's credit, which tho bank
would indorse. Meyers said, "Please
show 1110 your letters." Putting bis
hand into liis breast pocket and pulling
out tin? littlo morocco c*i.-0 containing
tho two letters, lie handed the case and
contents to Meyers, who, probably with
out suspicion of anything bcirg wrong,
unrolled 1» ;li letters, and holding them
in his hands rati his sharp eyes down
one of them and read right through the
body of the letter.
Coming to the "note" which read,
"All sums drawn against this credit
please indorse on the back and notify
tiie Loudon and Westminster bank at
ouee," ho suddenly halted, turned his
hawk's eye on Mac ai.d said: "Why,
sir, here's the word indorse misspelled.
Surely the clerks in the London banks
know how to spell I"
Here was a thunderbolt, indeed, that
pierced poor Mr. Gregory Morrison
through and through, but he showed no
sign. He coolly remarked that be did
not care to have his bills sold on the ex
change, but would go and see the peo
ple of the London and Rio and River
Plate banks, as they probably would
want exchange and would doubtless let
him have what ho required.
Meyers said very sharply, "Have you
letters to thosobanks?" "I have," said
Mac, at the same time producing two,
one to each bank, and each bearing the
stamp of their respective banks.
That he had letters was a happy thing,
and no one under 40 days' time could
say for a fact that they were not genu
ine. The dramatic production of the e
letters lulled the fast gathering suspi
cions and would have called a halt h.. l
they purposed any serious action, for
the reason that during the 40 days it
would take to communicate with L :i
--don the credits could not be proved to
be forgeries. That such letters existed
at all was due entirely to the foresight
which had provided to meet just such a
contingency.
Wo all were for a brief few seconds
utterly dumfounded, but quickly aroused
ourselves to the necessity of instant ac
tion to protect our* comrade. We saw
that we must at once give over all
thought of trying to do any more busi
ness in Rio, and set all our inventions
and energy at work to save the £IO,OOO
and to smuggle our companion safely
out. of Rio. But how?
The Ebro. going to Europe, was in the
harbor taking in cargo and coal. The
Chimborazo, going south, was not yet
signaled, and we determined at all haz
ards to get him off by the Ebro. We all
had American passports, aud by the use
of chemicals could alter the names and
descriptions on them at wilL
Of course the names in our passports
were tho same as we had in our letters.
George went to police headquarters, and
giving a douceur to an attendant had
the vise pnt on his passport at once.
Then, going to the passenger agent, he
bought a ticket to Liverpool by the
Ebro, and by paying 10 guineas extra
had a stateroom assigned to him alone.
After this ho took a boat and went out
to tho steamer, carrying with him two
bags of oianges and stowed them away
under the bottom berth.
To mako the escape a success it was
decided prudent for George as Wilson
to get the agent well acquainted with
his face and appearance, so if the ques
tion was asked, "Who is this Wilson?"
the police would see by the description
it was not the man they were looking
for. For the next 40 hours George made
the agent very tired. At one time he
would want to know if he could not get
some reduction in the passage rate, or
if the Ebro was seaworthy, or if there
was any danger of her engines breaking
down, etc., until the agent got not only
to know "Mr. Wilson," but wished him
at the bottom of tho sea.
When George started for tho police
offico he left Mac and me alone in the
park.
It was absolutely essential thnt Mac
should put in one more appearance at
the bank. It was an ordeal, but one he
had to undergo. He even dreaded to re
turn to his hotel, but go ho must; so,
just before tho bank closed, ho called in
and casually informed tho manager that
he should start the next morning for S.
Romao, a town in the interior of Bra
zil, to be absent a week. He was then
to go to the Hotel d'Europe, pay his
bill at the same time, stating that he
was to leave Rio by the 4 o'clock train
tho next morning. As Mac had two
trunks and other impedimenta befitting
a man of his importance it was neces
sary to take a carriage to the station,
which was nearly a mile distant. It
would be unsafe to go in a carriage be
longing to the hotel; therefore he was
to say that a friend would call for him.
As it was still two hours to sunset I
suggested that after ho had arranged
matters he should saunter out, walk
about the streets until dark, then return
to the hotel and be ready when George
should call for him at 3 o'clock the
next morning.
After these arrangements we separat
ed, George had I following to ascertain
if he was being watched or shadowed
by detectives. When he entered the ho
tel we remained in view of tho entrance.
It was not long before he reappeared
and walked leisurely along tho street.
A few seconds after wo saw another
man come out, cross tho street and go
in the same direction. I followed him,
and was. soon satisfied that ho was keep
ing Mac in view. This sort of double
hunt was kept up until dusk, when
Mao returned to his hotel, unconscious
that a moment later his "shadow" en
tered the place also. Hero was a "stun
ner, '' no mistake, though it was no more
than we had anticipated among tho pos
sibilities. Still I had indulged in the
hope that tho bank would rely entirely
upon tho passport system, and take no
further steps for a day or two, which
was all the time required to carry out
our plan. Though Mac had good nerve,
it was already somewhat shaken, ami
surely tho situation would liavo un
nerved most men. Therefore, fearing
that tho certain knowledge of imminent
danger might still further confuse him
and cause some false move, we deter
mined to keep our discovery to our
selves.
Geoi"ge next proceeded to an obscure
part of the town, and stopping at a
small but respectable looking tavern ho
rngaged a room for tho next day; also a
carriage, with an Euglish speaking
driver, to bo in readiness at 3 o'clock
the next morning. Promptly at the hour
he was at the livery stable, where he
found the carriage ready, and was driv
en to tho Hotel d'Europe. Sending tho
driver up to the office on the second
floor, Mac soon appeared and informed
him that he had promised to take to the
station a man who was stopping at the
hotel. "He is going to S. Romao by the
same train," continued Mac, "and
seems a good fellow, for I had a long
talk with him last night."
Upon seeing signs of disapproval in
my face he explained, "Well, you know,
be' said he could not get a carriage at so
early an hour in the morning, and I
thought it could do no harm to take
him in, and he is waiting up stairs."
Hero I joined them, and it would be
difficult for the reader to imagine the
effect of this surprising communication
upon our minds, for it was clear enough
that this was the very person who had
been "shadowing" Mao the day before
and had skillfully ingratiated himself
into his now friend's confidence. I could
but admire his nerve in asking a con
templated victim for a ride to tho sta
tion. I said to Mac: "What in the world
can you be thinking of? Don't you see
you are blocking our whole plan? Go
up and tell him your carriage is loaded
down with luggage and express your
regrets that yon cannot accommodate
him."
During this time the baggage was
being placed in the carriage, and as
soon as Mac bad dismissed his "passen
ger," who for some reason did not show
himself, wo started rapidly for the sta
tion. On the way I requested him to
avoid making any new friends until bo
should find himself well out at sea I
said:
"It might bo fatal to attract tho at
tention of luly ono or to let any ouo see
T wU kavo tho Ufiln. Of course tliia nffrt
acquaintance ot yours lsuaiy u conmry
-111 an, but it is not possible to foresee
•what disaster the lea>t mistake or want
of caution might originate. These cars
are on the English system—divided into
compartments. You must go into the
station, stand near the ticket office un
til your new acquaintance come-, then
observe if ho buys a first ciars. If so,
you take a second, and vice versa. Pay
no attention to him and let him see you
get into your compartment, but keep :m
" his movement.-;. In case ho comes
to get ... • t-ou are, despite the dif
ferent class oi . '' «. tell him the
compartment is c. D " -vthinar
depends on how yoti carry \. ... ■ t"
through the next 20 minutes. A singlo
false step, a word too little or too much,
will surely prove fatal to all."
In accordance with our prearranged
plau, I stopped the carriage opposite the
station, it being still dark. Mac alight
ed, went straight inside, and i:i a few
minutes saw his "passenger" come
puffing in, nearly out of breath Un
questionably supposing 'lac's baijga-e
to be already on the train, he pr.rciia* 1
a ticket, end after seeing his intend', d
victim enter a compartment got iuto
another hinipelf just as the train began
to move.
This was the vital moment for which
Mac bad been waiting, and having pre
viously unlocked with his master car key
the door opposite he stepped olf on that
side, hastily crossed to the other plat
form of the dimly lighted station and
made his way unnoticed into the street.
While this was passing 1 sat in the car
riage. and it was not many minutes be
fore I had the satisfaction of seeing Mac
coming back to me. But for the benefit
of the driver we then had a dialogue
somewhat as follows:
, "It is too bad. Our friends have not
arrived. What shall we do?"
"Well, I suppose we must go back to
the hotel and wait for the afternoon
train," I answered.
"But I have paid my bill there, "said
Mac, "and do not care to go back."
"Then." I replied, "meet me at the
station, and I will look after the lug
gage."
In case they recovered the trail the
information obtained from the driver
would cause confusion and delay suffi
cient, I hoped, to enable us to get Mac
out cf Rio.
I then told the coachman to drive me
into tho city. It was not yet daylight,
but-after awhile I saw a sort of eating
house and tavern combined and had the
carriage halted there. Alighting, I en
tered and said to tho person in charge
that I did not wish to disturb my friends
at so early an hour and would pay him
for taking euro of my baggage, as I
wished to discharge the carriage. The
offer was of course accepted, the bag
gage housed and the carriage dismissed.
Li the meantime Mac was waiting for
us in au appointed place not far away,
where I joined him, and we went to the
obscure tavern, where the room had
been engaged. George was awaiting us.
So far our plan was successful. Mac
was safely hidden away, while his
clever friend was speeding miles away
on a wild goose chase. Thero was only
one train a day each way, and we knew
the detective could not get back to Rio
until late. We felt certain when he
found Mao was not on tho train he
would think his intended victim had
slipped off at some way station—pos
sibly with a view of making his escape
into the interior. Even if he sent a dis
patch to the bank—an unlikely thing for
a Brazilian to do—it would doubtless
be to the effect that his quarry liad left
Rio on the early traiu that morning
with him.
We passed some trying hours together.
Then George left to tako Mac's baggage
off to the steamer. He engaged two stal
wart porters. They stand on every corner
busily engaged iu plaiting straw for
hats while waiting for a job. Dividing
tho baggage between the two, he had it
carried to the wharf, and taking a small
boat quickly had it stowed in the hold
and the small articles carried to the
stateroom. Soon after be joined us on
shore.
It was but 10 o'clock when George
joined us, aud it was with something
like dismay wc realized that the whole
day was beforo us. Until the day be
fore, when Mac was iu the bank, I had
never known how long an hour was, but
this day we all camo to know how long
a day could be.
At last tho long day drew to mi end,
and the shadow, to our intense relief,
began to darken iu our little room,
where we were holding onr watch. The
tropic night closes quickly in. Soou the
city was shrouded iu darkness, aud we
sallied out to the beach at the head of
the bay to find relief in movement. The
time passed quicker then, and at last we
sat down on some wreckage there aud
watched the tropio night as it revealed
its wealth of stars, and sitting there we
moralized upon the destiny of man and
his relations to things seen and unseen.
npon spiritual force, most of all upon
divine justice, which in the end evens
up all things. But like so many other
philosophers who write the style of the
gods aud make a pish at fortnue we
failed to make a personal application of
our philosophy.
We sat for an hour longer, and then
securing a Ik £ x ''ith two uegro rowers
we pulled for the ship. Three or four
small boats were fastened to the com
panion ladder, and our arrival attracted
no attention. Two officials in uuiform,
probably customs stood at the
companion way. It was an anxious
moment, but we slipped through the
dimly lighted cabins aud passages and
were soon safely in the stateroom. Bid
ding both goodby and promising to be on
board again at 8 in the morning, I went
ashore and straight to bed and soon was
dreamiug of starlit seas, of tropic woods
and summer bowers white and sweet
with May blossom^.
My health then as now was perfect,
and I awoke fresh and hopeful. After
breakfasting ou a dish of prawns and an
other of soft shelled crabs I was off
across tho bay. Soon after 8 I knocked
softly at tho stateroom door, was ad
mitted and presented the lunch I had
brought. They gave me a warm greet
ing, but neither had slept. The room
had been hot and stuffy, and the noise
of stowing cargo had helped to banish
sleep. Both were unnerved 6omewliat,
but I had just come off shore confident
and cheerful, and my confidence and
spirits proved infectious.
I knew by sight the chief of police
and those just under him. I also knew
Braga, tho bank manager, by sight.
They of course did not know jne, and I
could unsuspected be a looker ou in
Vienna. Soon the shore passengers, their
friends and many idle visitors came off
in boatloads, while I of course scruti
uized every boatload as it came up the
side of tho ship.
At 9:30 I saw a boat coming, which,
when half a inilo away, I recognized as
containing the chief of police and sev
eral of his subordinates. Ten minutes
aitor Braga and one of the bauk officials
came, the only passengers in their boat,
and at once joined the police on the aft
er deck and stood with them waiting
and watching the boats as they arrived.
In the meantime babel reigned around
the ship. About threescore boats sur
rounded her, the owners soiling to the
passengers everything from oranges to
monkeys, snakes and parrots.
I determined to conceal from George
and Mac that Braga and the police were
on the ship, and about every 20 minutes
I would slip down and report all's well,
but soon after 10 o'clock the enemy was
joined by the ticket agent from shore,
and I ccujifl.PWUigy were contemplating
some movement. Slipping <to\. _i to tue
cabin, I Raid: "Boys, everything Ls all
right. Keep perfectly cooL and
the police are pulling to the ship a:.d
may sea it it. If so, it will take half cn
hour t<> get her>>. I will keep everything
in my eye an<l give you umple notice."
1 thru returned oa deck and vtood
an;' !.(! tii. . nici.ils i'hey eouver.-ted in
Portuguese, which was Greek to ma
Soon the agent dived below and reup
peared with the manifest of the passen
gers and an enormous heap of paht-poit*.
After tomo conversation they sent the
passport.- b. k; then, healed by the
agent and purser, inanit™-.t in hand,
they began to verify the list and scru
tinize tl" pa-setigers in the stat'-rooms.
Once more I hurried below and reported.
Mac was naturally very dignified, but
divesting himself 01 e>«r. vest and dig
nity at the same time he planted him
self under the Iterth. Very close and
very hot quarters he found it, and we
put the bags of oranges in front, .-pok
ing of them so ES to make it appear a*
if they filled ilio whole space, when in
reality they wore a mere screen.
Then we opened the door to the full
est extent. Wo had taken off our coats,
it being frightfully hot. and with a bo*-
Hi
IT« had token of our coot*, ft Iseii\<j
frightfully hot.
tie cf claret and a bowl of ice standing
on the little washstand and two gla-sses
all in full view we waited the arrival
of onr friends the enemy.
Our door was flat against the parti
tion, giving a full sweep to the rooi-i to
the eye of the passerby, and George an_
I waited confidently for tho inspection
we knew was inevitable. I sat on tl
foot of the lower berth smoking r.nu
swinging my feet. George sat on a fold
ing camp stool, with his faoe toward the
door, but not obstructing the view. Soon
the procession arrived, with tho ticket
agent in front. When he saw George
he simply said, "H-TW do yon do, Mr
Wilson?" and passed on without look
ing in the room. Braga and the police
followed, casually glanced at us two
and were gone. I put on my coat and
followed the procession, and at 11:30
they went up on the after deck, evident
ly satisfied that their man was not on
the 6hip, and conteuted themselves with
watching new arrivals. I flew down
and gave them the good news that the
search was over, and poor Mac, half
roasted, came from behind the bags oi
iranpres. Declaring he was roasted alive
and dying of thirst, he finished the bot
tle of iced claret.
Ten minutes before 12 tho bell was
rung and all people for shore were warn
ed to leave. Soon wo heard tho pleasant
sound of the steam winch lifting the
anchor, and at noon precisely, to cur
relief, the screw began to revolve tit
quarter speed and the Ebro to respond
by forging slowly ahead. All boats roll
off but ours and the police boat. At h.< t,
after giving a go<;<l look up and down
the bay, Braga and the police entered
the boats, aud casting off soon were left
behind. Once more and for the last time
I flew down to the cabin. They saw the
good news in my face; then, shaking
Mac's hand in hearty farewell, v;e ran
to the upper deck, down the ladder into
our boat, aud a moment later the big
ship, putting on full steam, left us
astern, we ordering the boatman to pull
hard after the ship. MacT'oon appeared
on the after deck and waved his hand
kerchief tons in farewell. We gave him
three che-*s, and excited and happy,
with onr long nnxiety over, wo returned
to the shore.
With Mac sailing northward, hoi with
Wilson's passport and ticket in hi*
pocket and all our money save £2,000
in his trunk our buccaneering expedition
on the Spanish main was over and all
but a failure when comparing the £ 10,-
000 we had captured with our ma#
niflcent expectations.
So, destroying all documents save out
passports, we paid a visit to Bnenos
Ayres, and then embarked on a French
steamer for Marseilles, arriving tb. -e
without any particular adventure, and
the next day had a happy meeting with
Mac in Paris.
We resolved to see something of Eu
rope before returning to America, so the
next few weeks we spent in a pleasure
jaunt.
In the course of it we visited Vienna,
remaining there sometime and bringi::;.
away many and pleasant memories < *
that music loving old city on the D.ui
ube. Wo finally all returned to Wies
baden together and visited the casino,
watching the play and players with an
interest that never flagged. Here we
saw such vast sums of money ever chang
ing hands that we almost insensibly be
gan to think the thousands we had were
as nothing, and when divided up the
sum coming to each seemed almo6t beg
garly.
Gradually we began to speculate as to
ifae desirability of doubling our capital
once or twice at least before we threw
up our hands and gave up the game. I
need hardly tell the reader that what at
first was a philosophical speculation, an
airy theory of a happy possibility, rap
idly crystallized into steadfast purpose
and determinate resolve, and soon our
brains were wi >rking and readily brought
forth a new scheme. For was not there
the Bank of England, with uncounted
millions in her vaults, and was not I,
as Frederick Albert Warren, a customer
of the b;ink and as such were not the
vaults of the bank at our disposition?
Finally we resolved to go on with our
postponed assault upon the money bags
of the Bank of England, at the same
time evolving a plan that seemed to
promise unbounded wealth and complete
immunity for us all.
So we packed our baggage, bade fare
well to Wiesbaden, and one early June
morning in 1873 saw us all once more
in smoky London, resolved to rouse that
old lady called the Bunk of England
from her century long slumber spent in
dreaming of her improguubility.
[TO BE CONTINUED.]
Carrie's Blonder.
Little Carrie had been instructed to
learn a Scripture verse with the word
good in it. Accordingly her parents
taught her, "It is lawful to do good on
the Sabbath day."
The little maid repeated her text
many times softly to herself before the
beginning of the general exercise, in
which all the Sunday school classes were
to join. Then, when ber turn came, she
tent a ripple over the audience by recit
ing, in clear but lisping accents:
"It is awlul to be good on the Sab
bath day. " —Youth's Companion.
•NTo 40
Nrtlcola**4 Aalial*.
Aim Oft every group of mammals has
eoine members conspicuously striped,
otheri spotted or covered with rosettes.
Even those that are plain or self colored
exhibit atripings or stars as a frequent
abnormality. Thus, most donkeys and
horses show some trace of stars, of dap
plinga, or, in rarer though common
cases, of xebra marking*. Most lions
show here and there on their sides ro
settelike markings recalling the spots of
the leopard. A very large number of
■elf colored animals have ringed tails
or spotted bellies. Another frequent oc
currence is a disparity in coloration be
tween the young and the full grown
skin among many animals. Dr. Bouavia
mentions that the plain colored puma
gives birth to spotted youri#, while many
deer, tinted a uniform brown when
adult, are barred aud spotted when
young. He might have added that lion
helps almost invariably are bpotted,
and that tapirs are born with whitish
spots cu a brown ground color.
Hi.-, general conclusion is that all
msnimab were originally spotted, and
that etiiprs have resulted from the
TJV.OU of rows of spots, and self color
f.iin the obliteration of spots. So far
he might lind many naturalists p-p pared
to agrte with him and all n: ■ .-lists
wiu ng to consider the e< 'let \i- • .t old
and new facts tending t >'v> .1) ni
dation. On the other • mi. I *er,
Eimer, a Gorman natut.:!>t > has
mcde a special study of tl.o i:i.ir.' ■>;* of
annuals, has shown at least a:: equal
weight of evidence in favor of the view
that spots are the result of bands break
ing up and are newer than bands in the
history of animals. For our own part,
we do not think that there is enough
evidence to draw a definite conclusion
•itber way.—Saturday Review.
The Great Wall of China.
Authorities differ as to the exact dato
when the great wall of China was built,
but the concensus of opinion appears to
be that it was begun at least in the
reign of the Emperor Che-Hwang -Te,
the founder of the Tsin dynasty, who
ascended the throne in 231 B. C., and
died 210 B. C. There does not seem to
be eny reason for doubting its actual
existence. It ii true that, tho late Carter
Harrison of Chicago, whon visiting
China in lbSfl, wrote home that he was
inclined to look, upon it as a myth.
Subsequently a paragraph went tho
round of the papers, copied from the
Liondon 'limes of Aug. 5, 1887, which
attempted to show on the authority of
Abbe Lairien that the great wall "deJfcs
not and never did exist," that there are
.ndced "square towers of earth faced
Kith brick at considerable distance from
each other, but these were never joined
together by any wall, as originally in
tended. "
This paragraph called out a lively
controversy which was settled in favor
of the wall Among others, H. S. Ash
bee wrote to Notes and Queries insisting
that ho himself had seen the great wall;
that he had climbed upon it, and though
he had never measured it nor traveled
along it for any great length he could
bear ocular evidence that it extended
from the point where he stood upon it
in a straight line, unbroken save in
places where it has been allowed to fall
into decay, as far as the eye could reach
in either direction. "While crossing the
gulf of Liau-Tong I plainly saw, from
tho deck of the steamer, where the great
wall started from the sea. Further, in
the same part of China, but unconnected
with the great wall, I observed the
square towers in question.''
Idleness—lts Varieties.
Idleness plays many parts. There are
tho constitutionally indolent those
,\ no, we l»r. Johnson, are never phys
ically ready to get up in the morning,
but who, i ke him, are possessed of a
uc.nsc:euce which compels them now and
again io face the reflection of what they
have—ccinphrud with what they might
have —dune and to stand aghast at the
comparison.
There are those whom circumstances
have uiade idle —riches, absence of mo
tive lor exertion; ill health, real or
fancied; indulgent friends and much
more often by self indulgence. That idle
ness is cue of tho seven deadly sins
gives them no sort of concern. It is of
the esence of their complaint to have
no feeling of their own infirmity. They
are asleep. They cannot tell their
dreams, for they do not even know that
they are dreaming.
Giving up, nerveless relaxation, has
become a habit, and to thern—as to the
immortal Mr. Toots, though from a dif
ferent motive—nothing is of any conse
quence. But whereas it was his own con
venience, his own feelings, his own
comfort, that never were of consequence
to the unselfish Toots, it is precisely
your convenience, your feelings, your
comfort that are, to the idle man, of no
consequence. Floating idly about on
"the great Pacific ocean of indolence,'
he makes first one compromise, then an
other, with self respect, until ho ends by
sacrificing the etteem of his fellow men
on the private altar of his own sloth.
His affairs get first muddled, then em
barrassed, then decaying, then desper
ate, aad he feebly flatters himself with
an idt.» of repose, now that all is gone.
—Chambers' Journal.
THE FASHION PLATE.
The smart 'white mohair gowns of the
FnnjLuJr serve admirably as demisaison
dinner toilets.
New belts are of soft, gay plaid silk,
knotted under a metal clasp at one side,
and ate suggestively named toreador.
Framboise or raspberry red is a color
that will be- much seen in millinery,
feit bonnets and hats being shown of
this tint.
Wide effects continue in millinery.
The early autumn hats look vory much
overloaded in their abundance of ostrich
plumes, wide ribbons and elaborate or
naments.
All browns with a reddish tinge are
in especial favor for the coming cool
season, though no wardrobe will be
complete without one good black gown
for the street.
The pretty fichus of the summer in
gauze mull and chiffon arc to be contin
ued for autumn wear in heavier mate
rials. They are of the regulation Marie
Antoinette cut and are trimmed with
lace or ruffles.
The women who come back to town
with black mohair gowns lined with
colored siik to match the bodice worn
with them ueed wily a small, full cape of
black velvet, trimmed with jet van
rijk«-s, to have handsome early autumn
toilets.
Although ibe Ekirts of gowns remain
pi a n for the iaoet part, and the godet
ikirt is still the fashionable one, frills
are seen oxi some of the imported gowns.
Ibe road back to trimmed skirts un
doubtedly Ins by way of flounces.—New
York Times.
ODDS AND ENDS.
Monazitei a rare mineral which nei
ther melts nor burns, is found in the
rieh metallic heart of the Appalachian
mountains that lie in North Carolina.
It is estimated that 293 hairs on the
head, 30 on the chin, 23 on the fore
arm and 19 on the back of the hand are
respectively contained iu an area of a
quarter uf an inch.
If there were but one potato in the
world a careful cultivator might pro
duce 10,000,000,000 from it in ten
years, and that would supply the world
with seed cmoe more.