VOL.- xxxvi
HUSELTOIN'S!
Showing of FALL and WINTER Footwear
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The biggest, most carefully selected stock of BOOTS and SHOKS we ever ot
tered is now assembled ready for the showing. Crowds are here all the time because
the best shoes for the money are here all the time.
We please everybody, no one disappointed, ask the thousands of people whom
we shoe and see. The newest styles from the
WORLD'S BEST MANUFACTORIES.
Women's Shoes. Men's Fine Shoes
kid skin and box calf AA to »„<it f2, 2.50, • • 1.:.i htavv soles all new
3.00 0111 V 3.50 ihese shoes are the most j ' t $ 50 ' 2 .00, 2* 50, 3.00 and Vs°-
comfortable shoe a women ever wore. i fr* , f 1 ' ; I
In McKay sewed 75 cts. to |r. s o. Satin calf #I.OO and 1.25.
t c Heavy Working Shoes
Women S Heavy onoes. J n k jp o ji j, ra j n 2 soles ami tap, high cut
Our celebrated calf kip and veal un- box toe at fr.so, ..< 0, 2.50 and 3.00.
lined at SSC, $1.25 and 1 50, then the oil Heavy veal and oil grain Creedmore's at
grain, kangaroo kip and grain at •$!, 1 25 SI.OO, 1.25 and 1.50.
and 1.50, you can't duplicate in Butler Heavy Boots a - 2.n° and 2.5".
Children's School Shoes. Boy's School Shoss-Strong,
We sell only the best unlined kip Dressy, Well Shaped
heavy sole tip only one pair to buy dur- Our Jamestown kip, high cut copper
ing the winter, no rubbers needed; then toe shoe; then Bengal calf. •' i! grain and
seethe heavy veal oil grain, kangaroo crack proof calf, 2 soles and tap at
kip; prices 75c, st.oo and up to 1.40, 1 25, 1.50 and 2.00, can't be duplicated
sizes 13-2; si/.es 9-12, 50c, 75, $ 1 and 1.15. in any store in Butler.
We sell "Queen Quality" Shoes for Women and
The Famous Mrs Jenness Miller's Shoes.
B. C. HUSELTON S.
Butler's Leading Shoe House. Opposite Hotel l.owry.
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WA We buy for TWO STuRKS now, therefore we buy
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goods and get our prices on the same, and see il we can
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Kid-ne-oids, the best remedy that has
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rectly upon the kidneys and nerves and
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Good kidneys make good blood, srood
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Mr. John Beightol, 123 Du Hois street,
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of an annoying nature Since taking
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these troubles and I am feeling better in
every respect. I will continue to take
Kid-ne-oids."
Morrow's Kid-ue-oids are not pills out
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CHAPTER IX.
A BACK BLOCK SU.V.S'TY.
When the sergeant of police arrested
Jack, we were all so taken by surprise
that it was a minute or two before we
ccnld realize the gravity of the sitna
tion, far less act. Savile came to him
self first, springing to his feet with snch
an excess of energy that Samson barked
in admiration.
'•1 say. sergeant, you're making some
mistake," he insisted excitedly, "fur
the man John Farijuharson you speak
of is dead as a red herring and buried
011 Scrubby creek near the Calvert
river. Why. I helped to bury him my
self. "
"Do you think you could prove that
it was John Farquharson who was
buried?" tlie police officer, with
the quiet, dry smile of one who is so
sure of hi t case that ho can afford to
; toy with it.
"Don't worry, Savile. old man," in
terrnpt d .Tack, "the sergeant can't
! help himself. Luckily Parker's a quali
i fied devil dodger and will see me safe
| through. Keep what you've said for
j him and don't forget the red herring."
Despite his words it was nut difficult
to see that my mate fully realized his
I position.
Just then, glancing around the little
crowd, 1 caught sight of Daly's face. It
might only have been fancy, bnt it
B<!oi;ied to me as if tli< re was an uneasy
griu there.
"Are yon sure ycu haven't made a
mistake, sergeant Y" he asked.
The :-.*rgeant, 1 thought, looked at
him rather contemptuously, but made
uo reply.
"Yes. that's my swag," said Jack to
a troop r 'i hen it was searched, rolled 1
up. and placed on t'n • back of a pack
hur- •.
"For mercy's sake, take me out of
thu, sergeant. " lie had seen the figures
of two woi.i. 11 approaching the group.
Tli sergt-iiiit made no demur when 1
spok" fo the pri . !]"!• o-.it of hearing (jf
the (Jilic rs My mind wa* made up. My
belief in .lack's honor was as positive
as my l eli 1 in the immortality of the
soul. Tii i fore we would fight. Whj
should tl. ■ innoe lit suffer for th.
guilty? Ai'ier all, I could not sweai
I»ositiv> ly t.i having seen my mate t r. '
any i»-:i -< from his own p.., kets ai. 1
trail- !' r T i t.» those of the man nn r
dered by .. blacks 011 Scrnbby er-■■
Besid s, I li id always known him :
Jack Tyn '• il. And there w r.s the m: .it
ter'B recognition of the murdered raan
The whole affair was a preposterous
plot, and, no doubt. Daly was at the
bottom of it. But Jack only shook his
head sadly as I talked.
"I'm afraid, old man, it's no n
he whispered to me hurriedly "How
ever, I'll t< il you nothing just now that
might interfere with your evidence —
you unJer.-tand. I dare say it might be
ns well to light them, for I don't like
the idea of being 'bested' by a villain
like Daly I'm rare he's at the bottom
of this."
"Perhaps," said the sergeant, "if
any of you think yon can do tho pris
oner" - liow he winced at that word
"an)- good, you can come into the Mac
arthur tomorrow at 10 o'clock. He'll
be brought up then before the magis
trates. Some of you may be served with
summonses to appear.
They were leading Jack away to a
spare horse they had saddled hard by
when Norah Mackenzie went up to him.
There was a slight Hush on his face,
most likely arising from his painful po
sition. Still with head erect, and a look
of quiet dignity, he waited for her to
speak. At first he had tried to paws her.
but she stood right in his way.
She took l>oth his manacled hands in
hers and held them said:
"I liavfi heard most of what has pass
ed, Mr. Tyndall. Yon must mind
this silly mistake, or rather this black
piece of villainy on some on®'s part. Ev
erything will be put right tomorrow,
' depend upon it."
There is no denying it, J;u;k looked
queer for a second ur two ho
heard her speak like It was some
thing that lie evidentlyiiad not expect
ed. She had alwayp, though perfectly
frank, kept him at arm's length, bnt
now that the handcuffs were upon his
wrists she treated him as if he was a
very old friend.
Jack thanked her, bnt it struck me
that her action comforted him more
than her words. There was something
in his face that filled me with a sudden
fear. It was not the face of a man who
considered his arrest the result of a
mistake, but as something not unex
pected and the outcome of which he
dreaded. Doubtless Miss Mackenzie saw
it, for she added pleasantly as if to re
assure him>
"Goodby just now, Mr. Tyndall.
We'll ride into the Macarthur township
tomorrow morning. Perhaps you could
spare Mr. Parker, Gordon? I'm sure
he'd like to go some little way with his
friend."
lint Jack would not liavo this. "Oh,
no, yon are too good, Miss Mackenzie,"
he said. "That would be too much.
But perhaps, Dick, yon eon Id come in
\ tonight after you have finished tallying.
I'll be all right then—not a convicted
felon yet, you know.'' Then aside to
the sergeant he whispered, "Get on,
please, for heaven's sake." And poor
Jack rode off between two troopers, 0110
of whom had a leading rein attached
to the horse he rode.
When lie had gone, it was as if there
had been a death in camp.
An hour before sunset Gordon told
, nie I had better go to the police bar
racks and see Jack. Ho said he himself
could count the bundles of wire that
came from the vessel. I went up the
little rise to tho tent that" had been
pitched for the two women. When I
had seen the way in which Norali Mac
kenzie had spoken to Jack on his arrest
1 by the police, it not only surprised but
made 1110 speculate on the sentiments
that had prompted her to interest her
self on his behalf. What if, after all—
-1 and I thought it not unlikely—Jaek
hail made an impr<?ssioii on her which
was to be the deathknell of my hopes?
When I reached the tent door, the bark
ing of the dogs before they had recog
nized me brought out Norah Mackenzie.
She spoke first, probably to relieve me
of any embarrassment. Elsie Gordon
left as I came up.
"Oh, come in. Mr. Parker! Somehow
I thought you'd come." Her manner
was much as usual and as if she were
unaware that anything disagreeable
had occurred.
"I suppose you're going to see Mr.
Tyndall tonight? Have yon any idea at
whoso instance the warrant was taken
out or who gave tho information?"
' It was one of those points on which
one could only have a suspicion, for,
much as I disliked Daly, I bad ii" ac
tual proofs that he had communicated
with the police. I hesitated before an
swering her, and quickly reviewed the
circumstances of the case. That Jack
had been in the company of the mur
fK.M i
I sW tV f.
Thcbarkirmof the dou* brought nut Norah
Mackenzie.
dered man 1 had learned from his own
lips. As to the identity of the murderer
I was, of course, ignorant, but until he
was discovered there was a strong pre
sumption that my mate was the guilty
party. Now. I felt morally certain that
Jack was innocent, but unless he proved
—as there was some chance of his doing
•—that he was not John Farquharson,
but Tyndall, and thus gave us time to
bring the real murderer to light, in all
probability ho would be hanged. I .sup
pi is" as these thoughts occupied my
mind the girl must have misinterpreted
my silence, for she spoke again.
"You needn't answer. I daresay it
was silly of roe to expect you would
take a woman and a comparative stran
ger into your confidence" there was
just the faintest trace of pique in her
manner. "My reason for asking if you
knew who gave the information was
simply because I thought there was
something in which I might be able to
tssist yon. "
Still I could not see what good was
to be attained by making a confidant of
her; so I remained silent. Resting her
chin on a sun browned hand, she looked
steadily at me for a minute and con
tinned
"I can see yon think I know noth
ing. "
"If it's a fair question, what do you
know?" I ventured. There was iir real
ity nothing I would liav." liked better
than sharing something of a confiden
tial nature with her, but r.s yet to me
the life of my friend was a sacred
thing.
"Yon think I don't know it was Daly
who rode into the township last night
and told the police." du; answered after
a pause. "And you think I'm
that joat friend's name is n ' Tyndall.
But all this is of no account. Vm think
I don't know what you came to ask. "
The hint struck home, and I remem
bered what had brought m 'nere. It oc
curred to me that seeing I had not in
vited her confidence she might consider
it a one sid<«d bargain I was trying to
drive. As I hesitated she anticipated
me.
"Yes, you can tell Mr. Tyndall I'll
come to the examination tomorrow and
prove that my father recognized the
man who was killed by the blacks on
Scrubby creek as John Farquharson. « >f
conrse wo can all bear witness to that.
Is there anything more you'd like me
to do?" She rose from the box on which
she had seated herself.
"You can listen to all I know about
the affair, and then perhaps forgive me
for not having told you sooner," I
broke out, the fullness of the girl's
knowledge, my unjust and uncalled for
reticence and her generous treatment of
the same making me feel considerably
ashamed of myself. In as few words as
possible I told her all I knew about the
matter and my contemplated plan for
action. Then I asked for her opinion.
She reseated herself and, clasping her
hands round her knees, spoke.
"I dare say it's possible to have Mr.
Tyndall released tomorrow, if only wo
recognize the fact that we've to deal
with men who'll swear to anything
That of course means we've got to light
the devil with his You look
shocked.''
"I'm not, only the devil may—to
morrow. "
"You're frivolous, sir"—this with
an assumption of severity. "Remember
an innocent man's life depends npon it.
Lnckily the cargo will be out of the
boat tonight, so that wo can all go into
tho township tomorrow. In the mean
time go and cheer up Mr. Tyndall and
tell him from me ho shan't want
friends.''
I had a pannikin of tea and, saddling
my horse, cantered up to tho crossing.
Toward dusk, by following down the
beautiful high bank of tho river, I
reached the Macarthur township, but
stopped at the police station first, a
large, new, galvanized iron building on
the brow of the dip a little to the south
of the town. When tho sergeant showed
me into the presence of the police mag
istrate, whose name was Wilcox, I dis
covered him, with a neighboring store
keeper, busily engaged eating canned
oysters. There was also bottled beer
upon the table. I found the magistrate
a middle aged, gentlemanly qnd some
what talkative individual, with a
shrewd, kindly face. In as few words
as possible I told him the nature of my
business and also of my professional
qualifications.
"This is rather an out of the way
affair," he remarked, frankly enough.
"I certainly received notice.from Rod
erick Mackenzie of tho Robinson river
regarding the murder of one John Far
quharson by the blacks on Scrnbby
creek, but he didn't •;t>' ho positively
identified tho body as John Farquhar
son's."
"But Farqnharson's papers were
found on the body," I insisted.
"It was easy to pnt them there," ho
remarked dryly. His eyes wandered
over the table. "Have some beer." he
added, heartily enough.
I thanked him, but declined, much to
the astonishment of the storekeeper.
"Of course," continued the magis
trate, "when Sexton's body was found
no one knew anything about the mur
derer. Sinco then Farquharson has been
the suspect Now, this man you've
come to me about, who goes under the
name of John Tyndall, has been recog-
nurd hy certain p.irtf-s wh-» have ffiv«'U
the inforuiati»Q and who are now in tho
Macarthur. Farquliarson. Mr. Rus
sell here, a brother J. P.. issued the
warrant. I've only done my duty by
having him arrested, and unless it can
be proved that he's not our man I
ma t commit him for trial. 1 stipi>ose
you've known him for some time?"
"Yes. for some considerable time." 1
repli-' l. with difficulty keeping cool
"But I needn't trouble yon by explain
ing th nature of the mistake you've
made, until you've had an opportunity
of justifying your action Is it it fair
question to ask if the character of your
information is above suspicion?"
The police magistrate's face Unshed
slightly, and he appeared not a little
annoyed. 1 wonder now why he did not
kick me out
"Mr. Parker. " he said. "I'm not here
to discuss the pros and cons of this ca-*-
with you or any one else. P;irdoii me if
I show any warmth in the matter, but
tomorrow, if there's been any mistake
in arresting the wrong man. you'll have
an opportunity of proving it. If not.
I'll Ik? obliged to commit him for trial,
and. as the government cutter's in the
river, must send him round and deliver
him up to the Queensland authorities.
In the meantime, yon wish to see your
friend? by all means."
He touched a small bell The ser
geant reappeared
"Sergeant. Mr Parker here wishes
to see the prison. i Perhaps we may
have the pleasure of seeing you later
on. Mr. Parker. Good afternoon.
1 was taken round to the police Iwr
racks, some 00 yards distant, and had
a lung chat with Jack. What I said to
him it is unnecessary to relate. Strange
ly enough one point never touched njion
by us was his real identity, lie seemed
to take it for granted that I considered
it immaterial. We only speculated upon
what weight Miss Mackenzii's, Gor
don's and Savile's testimony us to the
•cognition of the body by the squatter
voulil have with the police magistrate.
But the most important feature of the
case would be the nature of the prosecu
tion. Would it l>e sufficiently strong to
mtweigh ours? I expressed my inten
tion of going down to the township and
getting information on this point. It
would not do to litive everything to
chance. Besides. I considered that when
we had to fight the devil it would serve
no good purpose to shirk the ta.-k hy
pretending to sjiit ethical iiair> If
Jack were Farquharson. he had at least
not committed the niuril»r it would,
however, bo necessary to prc.T,- tint lie
was not Farquharson. so as to avoid n
miserable period of captivity, during
which suspicion might be from
the real murderer. The end v.i.Hil jus
tify the means.
Jack seemed apathetic. He either con
sidered his case hopeless or lie was re
gardless of consequences.
"I don't see why yon should put
yourselves to all this trouble al»out me. "
he said.
His indifference only made me tho
more determined and occasioned me to
speak my mind to him somewhat
plainly.
"Jack, if you'll excuse my saying so,
you're a fool! Leave this affair to me.
r'll look after your case tomorrow. I
showed the police magistrate my pa
pers, and he said there would be no
trouble about my appearing for you.
You're Jack Tyndall to the best of niv
belief, and I can swear to it if neces
sary without perjuring myself. It won't
do to let them make out that you're
Farquharson. for then they'll commit
yon for trial, pack you off toCooktown,
and there's uo saying what may hap
pen. Besides, once out of the district
we'd never find out who did commit
the murder. In the meantime put 'a
stiff heart to a stae brae.' Here's some
tobacco for yon."
I then gave him Miss Mackenzie's
message and, saying I would see him
first thing in the morning, went.
Though my words were purposely easy
going and even brusque, my heart was
heavy.
I went on to the township, where I
strolled into tho combined sb>re and
grogshop kept by one Jack Reid. It
was a typical place of its kind, all iron
roof and veranda.
The room in use for shop und bar was
roomy and comparatively cool. At one
end was a rough counter manned by
the barkeeper, dark eyed, alert, in
shirt sloeves and with a cabbage tree
hat on his bead. Ranged behind him
were bottles, barrels and an assortment
of general merchandise as varied in its
nature as 4ho contents of a dry goods
store in Chicago. A few barrels and
benches were ranged around for the ac
commodation of the company. Tho
company, however, mostly preferred
the counter, as affording a point of
vantage which based its claims tn su
periority of position in that when shak
ing for drinks was resorted to the dice
could be easily passed round and the
drinks themselves were handy. Tho
bushmen and cattlemen present were
of the usual type—garrulous, heavily
bearded and travel stained. The man
from the cutter who wore a coat was
looked upon as giving himself airs. A
pair of moleskin trousers and n shirt —
am
Jm
Some were plai /In;; rtirdx on the top of an
old barrel.
worn outside the former—rolled up at
the sleeves was the prevailing fashion
in dress. The inevitable revolver in its
case on the belt completed tho costume.
When I entered, some were playing
cards on the top of an old barrel, some
were talking, and a select little party
of drovers and bush bands were playing
pitch and toss with half crowns in an
other corner.
I saluted tho company, as was cus
tomary, and went to the bar. To enter
a hotel and not drink was then jnst as
extraordinary and reprehensible as tak
ing a "Jack Smither" —i. 0., a lone
drink —or without inviting every one
in the room to drink with you. I there
fore called upon those present to "breast
the bar and signify by what deaths they
would die.''
That this was a popular form of sui
cide was evidenced by the alacrity with
which the entire company responded to
the invitation. In fact, three or four
old loafers, who had some days previ
ously undergone the process of "lam
mini; down." and were now in the con
dition when a drink is not only doubly
acceptable but a sort of physical neceu
sity to alleviate that prostration called
"suffering recovery," were so moved
that, having first assisted themselves to
respectable sized nobblers of Queens
land rum, they Rot together in a corner
of the bar and, holding out their ghis*.s
toward me, began to sing in anything
lyit the or most musical ol
voices:
"Come, till up your (Imoi ami drink whil
y (Hi can;
Whatever'* the damage I'll pay.
So be ea«y and fire while jroo're drinking
with me—
I'm a man yun don't meet ererr day.'
They were doubtless right so far as
the last assertion, considered in a per
sonal sense, waa conc« rrn-d. Still, the
kinduf man these convivial old h»h had
special reference to was a man like
themselves, who came in with his tll'H)
or £l5O check, as the case mignt be.
after a long spell of bnsh work for some
squatter, r after a »'ng overland trip
with some druver, and wh<>. handing it
>ver the bar to the publican, said. "I
<ay. old stick in the mud. just keep
tin- "ere and let's know when it - done,
will ye?" Then straightway cried to
the boys: "Breast the lor. ye sons of
Aaron, breast the bar' Nominate yer
p'isins and give it a name " And this
would last for four or five days. «>r
maybe, if the publican was not quite so
unscrnpnlons as the generality of pub
licans. for a week or even ten days.
This was their l»:m id> ; ,l , f man
the sort of man you didn't jw®V»t with
every day!
Shortly after 1 entered an old organ
ette was placed o», the counter and jjyuie
wonderful gyrations called dan> ingtt- re
described to the strains of the "Devil's
Match. " Another and perhaps the most
popular < f the innocent little amuse
ments indulrnl in by this typical happy
family was that of having a friendly
spar without the aid of bosing gloves
on the slightest pretext. Chi the com
pletion of one of these rounds, which,
with due regard to the proprieties, was
always fought outside, the party who
had come off "second best" was obliged
to set up the drinks all round. These
little incidents were rather encouragwl
than otherwise.
Entering into conversation with one
or two members of the company who
seemed in rather a less liejnnddled con
! dition than their fellows. I learned that
not a few of those present were simply
delayed there until the thunderstorms
had proj>erly set in, so that they might
surmount certain dry stages on the un
certain track leading to tin- newly dis
covered goldtields in Western Australia.
; Of conrse. the chief topic of conversa
tion was the arrest which had been
made that afternoon. I found that al
though popular feeling was dead against
the supposed murderer, still, from the
fact that the man, by name Dan
Smythe, who had laid the information,
bore the reputation of being "a crook>-d
one even to his own mates."' the crowd
on the whole was open to conviction.
As I knew the indirect influence of
public opinion, even on a |*>lice trial,
in such a part of the world, and not
wishing the witnesses for tlft- prosecu
tion to have the moral snpport er the
encouragement of that all important
community, I expressed my opinion
pretty freely regarding the trumped up
nature of the case. A £5 note was soon
»IH;nt in "shouting" for the company,
and I so far sacrifict-d myself and self
respect as to l»Tpetrate certain digres
sions in the viK-al line for their especial
benefit. They seemed to like it. bnt
then there is no accounting for tastes
When the "fun" was at its height 1
slipped out and made my way back to
a grassy rise overlooking the river,
wht.ro the gentle breeze would blow
away the mosquitoes, and where the
air was fresh and cool. There I intend
ed to camp for the night. My hone,
only a little way off. was cropping ths
rice grass.
CHAPTER X
THE MAJESTY Of TltK LAW
When that early riser, the laughing
jackass, crashed into the tender spirit
of the dawn with its discordant cachin
nation, I sprang from my bed of dried
grass, over which my blanket had l»-en
placed, and went down to the river.
Then I found Barney and b.iiled my
quart pot under the leafy Moreton l>ay
ash that did service as my roof tree.
The air was as yet comparatively cool
and pleasant. September being only a
spring month. A ghostly, gauzelike
mist rose from the river and crept lin
geringly from tree to tree. The tawny
yellow in the east changed to azure,
and as the white quivering sun row
above the tree tops, the dew sjiarkled
on the grass as if a shower of fine dia
monds had falleJi
I had in a great measure shaken off
the effects of the fever, and as a conse
quence my spirits were acquiring their
old buoyancy. Once more Iw as appre
ciating the beauty, the freshness and
the freedom of life in the Australian
bush.
Having finished breakfast. I went
over to the jxilice liarracks and saw
Jack. He had recovered much of his
coolness and self confidence by this
time. There was a look of quiet deter
miuatiou on his face refntthing to see
after his apathy of yesterday 1 knew
now that he meant to fight.
"I've Ikhh digesting what you spoke
of yesterday," he said, "so if you want
to 'sup wi' the de'il get out your long
est sliankit spuin ' You want to look
oct. though, and not burn yoar tongue
If you think yem can stand the old chap
off with what you already know, yon
can lw master of ceremonies in my case,
but look out for your tongue. You un
derstand T"
Aliout 9 o'clock Duly drove np In the
station wagon with Elsie, the rest ar
riving on horseback We pitched a tent
for the women near th» river by a group
of acacias, within convenient reach of
the courthouse. Gordon, I discovered,
knew innch mora than I had given him
credit for. Being a quiet, cool, long
headed Scot, he had provided for cer
tain contingencies that made me in
dulge iti considerable speculation.
At 10 o'clock I began to get a little
nervous. We were now all gathered to
gether in the large marquee tent, with
the sides looped np, and alongside the
unfinished courthouse, which was n<>t
yet available for use. There were two
women present, the publican's wife and
her sister. They were accommodated
with chain. A iarge table, behind and
around which were ranged several camp
stools, stood at one end of the tent, and
occupying the l>ody of the court was
the truly noteworthy public. Contrasted
with the lAlarioua appearance some of
the individuals composing it presented
on the previous evening their present
staid demeanor bordered on the fu
nereal A clear space was left between
tin- magistrate's tableandthe apprecia
tive little crowd of spectators There
was not oil" coat in the company, and
no one dreamed <>f removing his hat
Home of them had washed, some had
postpom-d washing, and others again,
judging by appearances, had evidently
forgotten that there was such a thing
in the world as water, or at least feared
that its use might interfere with the
liquor ihey were just then ussiniilatinf
into their systems. Several bad well
defined halos of black and blue encir
cling their eyes and suggested anew
species of n»ik. Of these rings the hap
py posstssors were doubtless proud, tes
tifying as they did to their powers of
endurance in another kind of ririif.
Tin- face <>f one man resembled that
of a Maori chief lx-iiiK fantastically
tattooed with sticking plaster Some
had a comical, maudlin, bleary look
and blinked like owls in the sunlight.
Evidently they had been already allay
ing the considerable thirst engendered
by the libations of the night before in
.1 th<>ront;h and coti-. :• !-.*: i. -r
In fact, dnrinjt the pn«r ..f the trs;»l
it was citetuiiiary f. r -
af< Tvsaid thtr>ty iadividnula lo l»-iv«
the tent «jnietJv by tnrna .ni adintn
to a cert.i'.:. h ill \v tr> ;:i : !••.-'*.
from which tli y came l*ck I> kin-* re
fr.-shfsl ai.il a« innocent a« the t ircnm
stanc s {s raiitted.
In the backgrontxl. hanging r-iud
the tent was the jii 1> <«f Maclea alr> »<i\
reft-rrtsl to. They exemplitied the rhtl-l
, xVy
v\ M, vx
A®
v lip
- WJ
TTic mayistrnte rfr I WIL a chair #r».ra NN
drr him.
like simplicity of thegi ntle savage witli
deliKhtfnl originalty. Having l»s-n or
dered by a paternal government to
clothe themselves after the fashion at
riviliz#-d society snch as it meant ont
there - they did it according to their
own gracofnl and airy ideas The gins
of the jiarty were akin to the moot fa»h
iooahle Parisian and English eipon.-nt*
of dress in that Hiey only won- as
mnch of it as was absolutely n«-cessarr
and barely enough to meet the demands
of th<- laws regulating common decency.
One of the bucks had managed to pick
up an old nightshirt and an old chitu
ney jx.t hat -how the latter article
came to Is* in that i«rt of the world Is
one of thoso mysteries i>ast all clearing
up and in these he strnttcd about with
that kingly step which no other people
in the world haTe to such perfection
as the Ahstralian black fellow This
irentlfinan. with a line s»>ns>» of his dig
nity and importance, kept somewhat
aloof from his less fashionably attired
brethren Donbtless they were dying of
admiration and envy, and more than
likely he afterward wa« cTeated a chief
on the strength of his superior tastes.
But some of the others ran him closely
for originality of dress- One wore a
pair of new "one crown" moleskin
tronsers tied round hts neck like a huge
boa, and several wore their shirts as if
they were ca|>es, tying the sleeves of
these useful garment* in front, as they
would have done a scarf A favorite
form of headdress was a glaring cotton
handkerchief roond the forehead and
inclosing the hair A crowd <<t hnngry,
mangy dogs yelped, fonght and slunk
about. The women carried the pirka
nninit-». and th" men strutted almnt with
dignified 1< oks. carrying ls»>merangs
and nulla nnllas in their hands. like
the lords of creation they were.
The police magistrate and hie eol
leagne now took their seats I*u k*>k
tnx anxiously &rimn<i when a general
turning of beads in a certain direction
U>ki me that Miss Mackenzie and her
maid wen coming. Nothing (hurt "t
two strange women would have can***!
such a flntter of excitement in that
truly Ilohemiaa throng Norah Mac
kenzie came in with a self p»w
sess.d air The magistrate had tnrriHd
his head with an impatient *estnre at
this distraction But when he realised
the can** of the interruption. it seemed
ax if he had unite forgotten the ditfnity
of his wit ion and the occasion, f. >r.
spriuxing up. be <lr<»gic>d a chair nn
ceremoniously from nnder an nnw»«hwi
and hairy looking individual, who had
coolly appropriate! it, and sent him
sprawling on tie gronnd Being. how
ever, in a place this individual had a
considerable amount of wh<.le«»me re
apect for. and knowing it would he irn
possible to challenge the "P. M to
have a '"set to." he wisely beM his
tongue and betook himself to the hoi
low tree Then I saw bow charm in* the
sqnattw's daughter coald I* when it
raited her purp«iee She sbouk hands
with the P M and seemed »» ifetvnin--
ly delighted to see him that the worthy
magistrate would hav>- gooe "» talking,
utterly oblivions of any snch thin* In
the world as a trial, if hi* brother nuut
istrate had not given him a slight re
minder by covertly kicking him on the
shins It was obvious that we should
Hot have the P M prejodiced against
one of oar witnesses
A few men from the government cut
ter and a coople of police rmvUhlei
were interspersed throughout the crowd
so HS to eject anybisly evincing a diapo
sitioii to levity There ytntt silence Kv
ery one was in a state of expectancy In
another minute Jack marched in be
tween two constables I had fear**! that
he would feel the humiliation of his po
sition and present an appearance lesa
consistent with injured innocence than
that which was to be desire"'. In this
I was mistaken. He might have looked
a trifle jwtle.his demeanor ra«v T have Is-en
rather thoughtful and aobdued, but
there was a quiet dignity and an • >pen,
unabashed en his face that ill ac
corded with tne popular id»-a of associa
tion ivith hardened criminality I nie
ticed lu-only once somncd to oloerve the
presence of the women, and then he
turned hi* head ijnickly away, never
looking at them again, at least so far
as I could make out
There was H hush, and the magistrate
read over the necessary preliminary pa
pers in connection with the charge. In
dealing with this cast- I shall neither
repeat discussions regarding j»'ints < f
law nor give in full the evidence of the
witnesses, confining myself to the main
features. I therefore do not pretend to
be technically correct.
4ro BE cosTntcml
Mot u Close Überrtrr.
"It seems almost incredible," said
the railroad man, "but I saw a man
the other day that couldn't give an in
telliKcnt description of his wife. He
cnue to the office to get transportation
for her. to which he was entitled, and
under the present rules we mnst have a
d'scripti n of the person that is going
to use the trnns|Mirtation.
«>II the margin of the ticket are
places where the auent can punch out
u very good description of the person
that is entitled to use the ticket in
his possession.
"I asked the man first how old his
wife was. Ho could not tell within five
years.
"Nest I asked him how tall she was
The lieat I could ascertaiu was that she
was not very tall, neither was she very
short 1 punched ont the Word 'medium'
and let it go at that.
"Nest I asked the man what the col
or of his wife's tyres was. He ptndied
for a full Intlf minute and said he be
darned if he was snre whether they
were blue or gray.
"When it came to the color of the
woman's hair, he was attain in a i|nan
dary. He was not dsad sure whether it
was dark bmwn or black
"The only thing this husband was <
sure of was that his wife was slim."—
No. -42
THE HESSIAN FLY.
fc kal 1«i »>• l»*»* lft»r Kkni H«r
--• Drray ( f f
The llesaina 3y i* fnlm tmMv IB
i»fi"'i< »»•» «>f the country In a
NiSft.n »f tis - |4rti;»Bt of ifrtroi
tnre •« AN flj tlx rvuw-dio-* diara**->«s|
at IpbiA an* burning tbo MntiiV,
pi v. ing the stuf.Me. lintrWlM
»ft. ; :nt»-.r wt.-at. , .anting docoy
•trip*, ruiiini Üb> sowing of fail
wheat. lateM Hr.-ut w heat culture |«u
luring with shoopk mowing and «efc»r
ti<>n of rr»:-:.int utlHlr* Mr II **»
t mt: -r of tie *ar»
th.it a l.t:4r thought cucu-erumg th#
■ensure* ill- aaned. with a r>" <>gtut!aa
of the life history facts vpno vr Inch
they art* «ill suggest that tk*
l" -t practical results wU he Dbtatanl
aot hy r»-Iu»«»<-* upon any one
but l»y an IniriUfpnl ada;>tatn>n of turn
or in rv a.-.-.>r>l!n« to the ■ ooditUins
prevailing for the wawt. TWw win
mustiinir a iffc-tlr* whlrtl e*a b*
ni*«d ,*;.•! f..r .-a.-h year ax the .-on. 11
tl.vu- will ll»!.catr
With tlte l ari.-sting of graft titer* hi
open tbo |» I icy of hnniiac tht stuhM.*
or plowing it ualir r
stand for t.,e Mrl'.i'tmo of benettrtal
|M:i«'if« If the w-ather Is trrj itolL
It will l»-«t t«» ilffi-r burning. to al
low tin- issuance "f as many parasite*
a* p -- I4«\ foil If burning is to he
wiaftnl at all It showld bo d.me twfors
fall - t in or tie Bold ha« grown
up t«> «wl< If rains <*rw rtrtjr.
burning will l«c l»»t, and In any caat
tl»e stubbie should be i>lnw«| nnder
•B'l niLtil as m>« *.< there la any ap
l»:irau«-o of a vohraiwr growth of
wheat The -ha IT from thrash! DC
•UOIIUI tie burnt d id*l tbr s. r'-nlug*
burned or fed to stork as early as pa»
•IMe. ,'iihl are should taken during
ant awn to plow >m«ler and roll the rol
unit**r wheat that *;> ring* up In tbr
«U> k)ar<l If winter wheat la to ho
plan;.-.!. -trips of ilvTti; wheat way bo
put ill to t* plow ml lldWr at the end of
three or four weeks and Anally the
« Top planted at as lair a -late as prir
tlcable. a< >lll illng to dates gives In the
imraxniili on late planting Thla pt*--
ti. e rnu Is* duly combined with thf so-
Mm of resisting varieties of wheat
and the applh atlou of fertlllam.
It » ill be ot«rrv«l that the nmditlra
tlMM an* tiaw<l primarily on the weath
er whether dry or moist, a >*»n>tttS(>a
apiwrent to e*ery one. ami that the *n#
gostion aiuoimtH to <»f
bwrnine "T plow-tint it «lry. «r tho early
adoption of one or h«tb If wet.
Th.- proper time for «>wln( iloroya
will vary with the latttixle At* "nlln#
to \Vel--ter. for northern Iml tana they
shouhl tie sown ilurlnic the hitter part
of Vocnst. sn.l in th*- •Minthorn part of
the state not later than the Snt weok
In Sep'.'inher To the north ami «>«th
of this bo iloes not umlortnke to (tw
dat.-i !'iit It w.itihl itefwnal npon the
•late of :i|>t*aran«-e of the fall hrootf
of (lies, the whent hrlnf plaoteil early
eT»>U(h to aftra. t the fl!<*s at the time
of their eiuergeiwe. A deeoy crop
should I* destroyed within foor weeks
at tlie utmost, and turned under aa
deeply that any insoets mntnrtnc
wivil.l Is* unable to <*»pe.
(•▼rv rntpi>
WlifTf a aitroffpiow ffrtHl»r hi aet
dnimL rye h» a rmt e*rtf <-r»p It tn
also usefiil on rery light, sandy sotl*
ami on rery hanl. lumpy soOn. whom
other t*n»ps are not easily grown Jk
few vears of rye may improve «rac*
■oils <otfletently to permit the use of
other er*»ps Turnlpa uare hettt w»w
ni*'ii*l*s| for uae on bard, dry kill,
where other eropa do not start readily
Rape may terse a uwfttl pnrpmae an •
rover crop. Corn sown thk-kly IS to 3
months before fmat la snJd to make a
f»-»l winter corer for orchards, though
•|ui> kly killed by .old weather- Bnrh
wheat Is cooil for the <ame purpose If
•own ■»•• as to reach tta full height. Jfcac
Bot to pmlora «eed before winter
Anionir other plants of mow «e In*
▼nine as coirer cropn are oats, whutf.
harlev millet and sparry
lew* •««!
In <s>mntenting upon the omplniats
of eonsnmern that s«r«.'«t corn on the
ear as fotind In . tty markets la entirely
deroid of 4wretneaa and Sar.sr. gl
thoii«h It amis fresh and Jntry The
Kural New Turker snys that no othrr
farm |>n»hiil loses 4»tof more rapidly
after catbertnc thao «reen com. and if
It ronld U* sold nw»re promptly tn tho
nmsnroer we ohould bear ao mora cam
plaints of Its deteriorated inality.
In a t'.iiui»itaa rxperlwa* trarataa
tlx- wti--.it stnhblr. thm •1lakln« »»l
drilling in the •«rr«l g»rw * better rr-mmtt
than •Irillinc thr aerd ._>n 'iirw.l «r an
bnrnnl «lnl>htt or om ditJiH uahm ■• ■!
atuWde.
In answer to the • juration wfcftWf
nmn-ir>\ wbrrr mwilM tea Wo mH
for l-'Hit i« Injur! to and. Amer
Iran «;ardenlnc t»aa oMaiaed tte pto
k»n »f mrb t«wl IUUMCWN M !***►
fe***»ra I»aj of Ontart* fuxh. CB»
ton of Cornell nnlrrniltj. Yaarbeea of
X.w Jrrary. flebla of oniabooui and
I»r II U Wiley of Wuhinftw. fran
all of which It appear* thai, opos tfce
whole. thw I* on valid "bjrctloa ••
tli.- oar of saw «li»t. I Toff for Day
think* an i-ipr»al»« unooat M light
land might |»-*all>ty Injur* the testae*
of tbr *)ll
It l« «nl that in oil rvftoML »k»r»
roJi'N lunf Iwb uIW by ar
otherw lae. they are firm and duatteoa.
Th- .-Mlmatc of e*pena« of oil for raad
liuiinxenimt. u vunltai to a (own
neat civil .nglnerr, la not to rxctwl
914L50 prr tulle. •». tmrral betas
rsoO(h for 3«> fret of roa<lw»y 12 (rrt
trldi It la reported that an rspevt
jnent In tbi> line la to be rna<le by thr
dipartmeat of agrtrnltnre la coaJa»«
tton with tlw Ux-al authorities of !•«
Ilolmn on country rnnda ronneeted with
thai city Everybody, whether »kepf •
cal or coaftdent In the project, arlß
■wait thr outonnr with Intrrrat.
Wkr Ikr Mail «>■ Croln«»4
m Trail rir> I a
"Apropos of thin beaatly hot wrath
tr," mid a fat man betvwaa
"di«l jr' pror nnlk-r how i-<«nfouiMl»-dly
ra«v It 1* for pmptr In tturrb to rulw*
thrlr iimprntnrT? Thr facility with
which they do It la perfectly nia<M.ti
Ing to n fdlow who l« trying to dodgr
ajH>|>b>i\ with It*' tfeeraoaieter at K
In thr a hade. I was reading a popular
romance last niieht and took thr tr<>«
hlr to Jot down a few passage* l» ar
lug on the Mihjrct llerr they are
" 'Kunt'N px aoundrd In the i-orr 'l*>r.
anil I turned «'«>hl with npprebena».
" *Shr frow nir with a h>uk. -Sit""
abe cried.'
" "The l»are thought chilled tne « lb
horfor.*
•• - l opened thr door. an.l an ley a! • • k
paaard through my vein* '
" 'Mabel received m« coolly; etHm'
ly abr knew all."
"Wht'D I «trii»'k that la«t pasaag' thr
one al>oiit the haughty Mabel. I got "iad
and chucked the Nx.k through tli. win
dow. Kmot IOIIH havr DO *uch efl. •t on
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