VOL- xxxvi
BOOTS and SHO6S
'iflp Our entire Fall stock is all in and open and
-yi ready for your inspection.
M Onr orders were all placed early before the advance in
jjfl price and by giving large orders we were not only able to get
' if\ Hhoes at same prices but many of onr goods were even bought
,H \ cheaper than before, so look ont for some big bargains in
1 Winter Footwear at BICKEL'S.
Oar stock of Men's and Boys', Ladies'. Misses and
T\ Children's everyday shoes is very large. For men onr stock
\ 0 f box toe boots and shoes is the largest we have ever had to
offer. In Ladies'and Misses shoes we have W aterproo f Oil
-i>-£ \ Grain, Kangaroo. Calf and Box Calf and prices away down.
-*r\ , Onr stock of fine shoes is where we can interest yon all
Men s fine shoes in Box Calf. Willow. Calf, Cordovan and
Vici Kid. See onr line of
—naaa SOROSIS SHOES
M The new shoes for women, made in Box Calf, fin'- Dongola
; M an( j p a tent Leather with heavy soles and wide toes in all the
latest styles.
We wish to call special attention to
our stock of school shoes. GOKEY S
High Cut copper tipped shoes for the
Boys and Waterproof Kangaroo, Calf and
Box Calf shoes for the Girls. Ar*
C«:,
Big stock of FELT GOODS and '
RUBBER GOODS of all kinds. \4
V^,
SOLE LEATHER cut to any amount Xj
you may wish to purchase. 4r '•<>
JOHN BICKEL,
121 SOUTH MAIN STRhKT. - HUTi.KR. I'A.
HUSELTON'S!
Slaving of FALL and WINTER Foo wear
Th- biif/ Mt nutt carefully selected stock of BOOTS and SHOES we ever of-J
I■■t it I iH:nV :l naly f thi sh-**i.lg. Cr >» U aro here ill the time beevi, : |
t 1 • b-tt shoe* for th-.- m >n\v are here all the time
We plei4i everyb xly, no one disappointed, a-.k th-.* thousand<, of jx ople whom I
w • -.lot and see. The newest styles from the
WORLD'S BEST MANUFACTORIES.
Women's Shoes. Men's Fine Shoes
, , , 1 Coin" here if you waut tl l*.*s( for
\Ve ►how all the newest shapes an- your money, they are here i„ winter tans
f-.Mto.mble nanisfa shoes he*vy »»'«"• J _,,, x ca ]f/ C( , r dovan, *ax calf, English,
ViJ skin and bu* calf AA to r, at f2, 2-s''. { v|d kill> ~ 501( .,. all new
I"' anf ' 350 fh-rse shoes are tla mo..t . at 2 2 al „|
comfortable shoe a woniruever wore. Si4t { n , f f , (X) l3y
In McKay »ewed 75 cts. to f 1 50.
, Heavy Working Shoes
Women S Heavy ohoes. ]„ o jj J» ra jn 2 sijles and tap, hii»h cut
f)ur celebrated calf kip and veal un- box toe at 2-5" an ''
lined at 85c, it. 25 and i 50, then the oil Heavy yeal and oil Creedmorc's at
grain, kangaroo kip and j<rain Ht ft, 1 25 fr.oo, j.25 :'.nd 1.50.
and 1.30, you can't duplicate in Butler Heavy Boots +'-s°. *." f > and 2.50.
Children's School Shoes. Boy's School Shoes Strong,
We sell only the best unlined kip Dre3Sy, Well Shaped
heavy Sole tip only on» pair to biiy dur Our JarruMt/iwii kip, lni(U o»i
itiK the winter, no rnbljers needed; then toe slu>e; then Bengal calf, oil grain and
see the heavy veal oil grain, kangaroo crack proof calf, 2 soles and tap at fi.oo
kip; prices 75c, ii.oo and up to 1.40, 1.25, 1.50 and 2.00, can't be duplicated
sizes 13-2; sizes 9 12, 50c, 75, fi and 1.15. in any store i:i Butler.
We sell "Queen Quality" Shoes for Women and
The Famous Mrs Jenness Miller's Shoes.
B. C. HUSELTON S,
f><-;allnK Hhoo llonne. Hotel l^owry.
SSEE'F?. ESS! p, f Jff
Men don't buy (dothiny for the ptir , 1)1 if \ N .
A tpose or spending money. They desire.w. /||> L /
. .U> get the U-ht jx>'«siblc results for IheT AJJ • \Xy fJA
7 Cnioney cxpemle'l. Not cheap gofxls-m* /Jl 'I 1 ATA
as cheap as they can b<;^.
. .sol'l for Ind made up projjerly. "fC
7 Cyou want the correct thing at the <•«.r JiA I
J lf.ri.ct price, call and examine our.-if. " I \ »Jl 1
. "large stock of Heavy Weights, l-'allfn I \ lfi/1 If
7 tand Winter Suitings and «>"ercoats ofm* I \l Lyw ; f
latest Styles. Shades and Color-..j \1 J' Tfl|" U J j
"5 I j ' I - ,
Fits and Workmanship 1 'j J j
Guaranteed. fT s
G. F. K6CK,
142 North Main Street, But'er, Pa
;pooooooooooooocooo<>oo<>oooc
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I ► That the dread house- cleaning is nvt;r the next
( > and more important woik is picking ;i new tarpci \\
( ( To pick a carpet in our well stocked carpet rooms
I > is a pleasure, so say the many who have done so. i|
I We have the famous Hartford Axminister, Wilton
. I Velvets, Body and Tapestry Mrus.tels and Ingrains .1
. . in all the up-to-date patterns, only, and prices l
that will astonish you. Then our China Mattings, r
Floor and Tabic Oil Cloths, Linoleums, Ktios and r
' Art S'ptares, deserve a passing notice. Ask to
sec our i#
; * SI.OO Axminfster
Neatest thing for the money ever shown in Hutlcr at V
i DUFFy'S STORE |
!<)OOOOOOOO0OOOOOOOO(>OOOOW
PAPE'S, JEWELERS.
Diamonds, Watches. Clocks, Jewclery,
Silverware, Spectacles etc.
We have a large and well selected stock.
Wc Repair all Kinds of Watches.
If you have broken jewclery that you think l eyond repairs
bting it to us and we will make it a t good as new.
We take old gold and silver the same as cash allowing the
highest market price.
122 S. Main St., Butler, I'.a
THE BUI LEU CITIZEN.
Excellent Results,
THEY HAVE RESULTED IN A
STEADY GAIN OK POPULARITY.
People Who are Ever Ready to Recom
mend Wnat Has Dane Them Much
Good.
The people of Pennsylvania feel very
grateful for the great benefit they have
received from the use of Morrow s Ki 1-
ne-oids, the great remedy for backache,
dizziness, sleeplessness, nervousness an !
all diseases arising from the kidneys.
Morrow's Kid-ne-oids cure where other
remedies have failed and the people o!
this stale have not been slow to find this
out, and they ad-1 their testimony that
their friends may know what to u*e ar.d
get cured.
Mr. E. B. Clark. 404 Krst Park Ave.,
Trave'ing Salesman, Du Bois, Pa., says:
For sometime I ha -e had a dull heavy
pain in the small of my back just over
the kidneys. Iwas so nervous and rest
less I could not sleep. Morrow's Kid
ne-oids were recommended to me, so 1
decided to try them. They relieved me
in a very short time. I can sleep better,
the pain has stopped and my nerves are
stronger."
Morrow 's Kid-ne-oids are not pills but
Yellov. Tablets and sell at fifty cent-, a
box at all drufc stores and at
Groliman's drug store.
Mailed on receipt of price. Manufac
tured by John Morrow & Co., Chemists.
Springfield, Ohio.
Butler Savings Bank
Butler, I D cd.
Capital - $60,000.00
Surplus and Profits - - $ 170,000.00
JOS. L PURVIS President
I. HK.VRY riiOUTMAN'... .Viee-Pr.-M.Vri!
H M. CA M PBKU., jr < «• lilt r
I.OI'IS B. ST FIN I<'|> r
DIKE'TOIIS -J",pph • urvlh, I. Ilei-r.
Iro':(man. \V. l>. Kr.nriitau. VV. A. Stein. •! s
Campbell.
The Hutler Savings llank Is the Oiliest
Hanking Institution', n Hut l- r County.
r,i ii< ral liaiiUliu? business transit' led.
Vil- solicit accounts of ~il p reducers, 1 r
cliantM. farmers and others.
All h.iuinrss outrusi.rt to iin will r<" - eiv.
prompt attention.
lull-res* laid "" til'-*- d<-Ls»-wts.
I'M K"
Btiiici Coiinty National Bank,
Butler Penn,
Capital pail in ft xi.ooo.nu
Surplus and Profits f 130,703.95
los. Ilartman, ..President; J. V. Kill.-,
Vice President; C. A. Bailey. Cashier;
John G. McMarlin, Ass't Cashier.
t general banking business t ranHart*»d.
Int« r'-st, pai«i on Ilrne ib*|H»slt?>.
Money loaned on approved seeurlly.
We Invite you to open an sic<!ouiit with this
bank.
I»IK7)<T'JIIH Hon. Joseph Hartmaii. Hon.
\V. a. WaMron, I»r. :v M Jloover. 11. Me-
Bwt eney, K. h. A brarns, <l'. Collins I.
Hinlt h, Leslie I' lla/lett. M. lineirm,
W II L;irkln, II trry Heasley, l»r. W.
Me<'m<lies->. lien Masseth. I V. Kltt*
Braun's Pharmacy
Cor. 6th St. and Duquesne Way,
Pittshui/, Pa,. L. I). Telephone 2542.
Wholesale and Retail.
Importer and Jobber ol Drug:-,
Chemicals, Perfumes, Soaps,
Hrushes, Ktc
The otily lymse west of New
York carrying a full line ot
Meyers' Grease, I'aints and
theatrical goods.
Physicians' Prescriptions
Compounded Day or Night by
"Registered Pharmacists" only.
Wholesale and retail
dealer in Lubricating and
Illuminating Oils, Capital
Cylinder, Dynamo, Water
White and Standard Gas
lingine Oils, Gasolein, Hen
zinc, I'araffine Wax anil
Petrolatum.
Address all mail orders to
W. F. Braun.
Tggy t
Rare Bargains!
Wi* want to diapoae of our present
sto<l< of 'g9 rnodela, and in ordei In do it
ouiekly luivc cut tin- pricci from
•35 and *4O to $22.50 and $25. Tine
are s'.rictly «>igh grade and up-to-date
bicycles, and can't 1n- matched lor price
and quality, i)on't miss this opportuni
ty to procure a wheel lor little
money. We sell Btindru * cln-a ler than
and other houiie in town.
WHITE, WALTER & CO.,
303 S. M;iin Street.
H.O.HAYS. L.H.HAYS
PUT YOUR RIG UP AT
|Ha\Js Broj7l
Livery and Sale Stable.
Heat Accommodations in Town.
Weal Jelerson Street, IJutler, I'a
I'eoiilc'a Phone 109,
lleli'ti I'houe 59
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BLJTI.KW. R-A.., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20, 180^>
THEY THAT JiT IN DARKNESS
A3TORY(T
THE AUSTRALIAN NEVER-NEVER
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AUTHOR OFTHF. DLVILS PLAYGROUND Ai iD*3INNERS TWAIN."
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car>y#/£HT/599. rxfaMCKfl. JWKEs ccMPArjy.
The charge was to this effect—that
he, John Farqnharson, alias John Tyn
dall, did. near the Clonrarry, 011 or about
the ninth day of M+r*'i last, kill ono
James Sexton, a bushman and miner,
etc. "Guilty or not guilty
"Not guilty, " was the quick and half
indignant response. Then the sergeant
of police who conducted the case for the
crown, said that, on the Sith of March
last, one James Sexton, bushman, dig
ger, stockman —one, in fact, who, like
most other men in Queensland, turned
his hand to anything—-had left Cloncnr
ry either in company with, or on the
! name day us the prisoner, John Farqu
! harson; that, a fortnight later, the
prisoner entered tly 1 town of Norman
toii alone. At this time it was not
known that he had left with the de
ceased. A number of horses had been
stolen some time previously at the cattle
station of Millungera, and as the pris
oner Sad been seen with a gang men
who were recognized horse thieves, a
couple at police officers were sent up
toward the Cloncurryto find out if cer
tain horses had not been "planted" in
that direction. On their way up they
found the murdered body of Jane s Sex
ton. It was known that the murdered
man had abont him a considerable snm
of money. The numbers of certain bank
notes Q-:- nsland National bark notes
—h<- had were fynud on a i-lip of j.a
--p r, in a t Kill pouch which the mnr
derer had overlo iki*d. Tie watch of the
decea-d had al- > been taken The fact
of fiii'iin/ th l>ody had hi n kept as
cjniet ap. ■!ijle by the police, in order
that the 1a ird f. r i.light be put < 1 f his
guard. Afier it ont that he w.-;i
goil':C t > the gol-i oi;:; . . » 11 til 'ill
bert the prisoner L tl i;:-;ief. are 1 1
all traces i f Ids wh leubonts wer • loi t.
lJescript I'.is of hi in 1 ad b. < n cent I i : I!
tho | iiic • : t it;, e in ti;'Ci/intry S. .
few w> ; ago v. enl had been received
from a r< -pet-ted ;>ud v.a :1 known sqe it
t-r, Mr. M : . .'izie < f Tarrn; >ng an
the Itobii. : ii riv-r, that he and som.
(fibers to pri • te-r anion,; the nii-.nb. r
—had com • aero. • the body of a man
who had b> n mnrdet'ed by the blacks
The <i- cri prion of this man corre
spond. ! ' i that of Jdin Farquhai n
and the pa; ■•ra found on th" Jjody were
also tiro*! of tlis latter. Itwasthur I
beli v d th.it the murderer of J.tue--
Sexton |iad met with hi i jut dM rti at
tie- hand . of the blacks Ilowevi r, a
few days the pri oner was re. io
nized as I. ug the real John Farqi'h; r
son, living nnder the assumed name of
Tyndall. lie won Id produce witin es
bi swear to his trne idenlity. The sur
mise wan that when lie discovered the
Isidy of the man who was murdered
by thu blacks, seeing in it a prtrent
ment of himself, the idea occurred to
him to effect a transfer of personalitii s.
J!., bud pr».vion«ly ilihukml Ii• m mime to
that of Tyndall. lie therefor.• transfer
red his own pajwrs to the person of the
murdered man, whose real identity had
thus be. n lost. Moreover, two £5 Queens
land National liank notes had been
found on the Issly corrcHjioiidiiig with
the numbers on the notes that had been
taken from the body of Sexton. To say
the least of it, it was an ingenious de
vice of the prisoner's. Personally the
sergeant had no knowledge of the ac
cused, but he would produce witre sen
of undoubted respectability and probity
who would identify him.
At the mention of the aforesaid wit
ne«ses of "ri pect,ability and probity"
an old bushman in the body of the court
broke into an explosive snort. He had a
keener sense of humor than his com
rades, but. he was promptly eject, d
from the tent by a stalwart trooper.
The sergeant now produced a warrant
for the pri oner's arrest and testified to
its execution. lie repeated that lie
would produce witnesses who would
testify to the prisoner's identity and
Justify hi.i worship committing him for
trial
He paused. His straightforward and
earnest manner of stating his case had
made it ■« impression Jack, however,
seemed perfectly unmoved Then the I
sergeant called his first witness, Timothy
Daly I looked at. this representative of
"undoubted respectability and probi
ty" and confess to having experienced
a species of admiration for the man's
cool ef'lrolltery He was a handsome vil
lain in his way ; at least he was the
style of man that some women would
call handsome There wus a suggestion
of MephistopheleH about him. Tome
| that set smile and those shifting blue
| eyes were only the Veneering of a cold
blooded, crafty nature. I noticed that
Norah Mackenzie never once took her
| eyes oil him while lie gave his evidence.
His examination was to this effect
It was much against his natural in
{ clinatiolis that he was in his present
posit ion as a Witness in this case against
: the prisoner, they lieing to a certain
i extent comrades and working on the
| same station He had liceti at the ('lon
curry iu March last, had seen the pris
! oner with the deceased James Hexton
and understood they intended traveling
j together toward Normanton. He was
: aware that Sexton had a considerable
i sum (if money with him; was sorry to
say that lie had then lilm suspicions
abont the prisoner's character. As, how
ever, the witness had shortly afterward
left the (,'loncurry, traveled down to
liurketown. joined the traveling mob
of cattle belonging to Mr Mackenzie,
j and come with tli* m right out into this
northern territory, he had had no op
portunity of hearing the news of Sex
ton's murder Next saw the prisoner
on Mr. Mackeuzie'ii run on the Kohin
son river, lie was then going under the
name of John Tyndall. He bad heard
that one John Farquharson had been
murdered by blacks near the Oil vert
river, but thought that the prisoner
had simply chang'sl his name through
some private reason that was no con
ceru of his and instances of which
were by no means uncommon iu the
gulf country 111 short, the prisoner he
saw was John Farquharson.
Then i ro I. to i rons quest ion Daly,
| and 1 admit. 1 took pleasure iu making
him teel uncomfortable. I was deter
j mined to play a bold game and began
1 at once to do HO.
What was he doing at the ('loncurry
about the beginning of March last, and
would he state the names of the men lie
was with?
Daly betrayed but little outward snr
prise, th nigh a subdued gleam of rage
could lie delei'tcd ill Ills cold eyes as I
asked tills qui 111,11 III' took tiic bull
by the horns, however, and appealed
for protection to the bench. I was a
friend of the prisoner's, he said, and
was endeavoring to make out, that he
had b". it !<• . ping certain notorious < .in
pany, with which, unfortunately for
' him, he had come in contact. Hilt the
bench mado him give the nan;> s of the
parties, all of whom had warrants ont
against them for horse stealing.
' Now, Daly," I said, and tried to
rivet those shifting blue eyes of his
with l.iine, "if, as yen tell me. yen did
not know anything about the murder
of Sexton, why did you steal out of Mr.
Mackenzie's camp a con; 'o of nights
ago and come into this township on
purpose to tell that you believed John
Farquharr-.n, the reputed murderer of
Sexton, was in the camp?"
This was a U>ld shot and ought to
have 1■ t n a telling one, bnt I had not
gauged th • depth of villainy and cupid
ity which lay under th;it smooth, smil
ing face of his and that bland. }*iusi
ble tongue. He looked down and said
as if with evident reluctance
"In trying to harm me you're harm
ing yonr own case and the prison- r's, a
thing I've no desire to do As for steal
ing out of the camp, as y<> • rail it, I
wasn't aware that I'd first to ask your
permission or any other person's, for
the matter of that. "
Here a very solemn faced individual
who sat on his heels in the back of tho
tent, and who had once, when in very
different cireuin t:in< -. belonged to a
debating society in the old country,
under the iiupx> *ion that he was in
"Codger's hall" listening to a debate,
promptly shout* <l. "Hoar, hear! He
w«s promptly stippre -< 1 by having
his hat jammed down over his face.
1 isily continued . "If I suspected that
Farquharson murdered Sexton, I
couldn't help my suspicions Besides. I
didn't think of the serious fix I was
getting the prisoner into when men
tioning the-e suspicions. Of course I
didn't know that he committed tho
murder. I may have had some words
with the prisoner, but I hope there's
no ill will borne on either side. "
At this point I caught a glimpse of
Elsie Gordon's face and fancied there
was a look of disappointment on it as
she listened to the hypocritical speech
of her admirer, bnt still it could not
altogether conceal a certain hint, of pride
as hlie gaz' d upon his cool, unchanging,
devil may care countenance. I had no
time or inclination to feel sorry for her.
It was fortunate that I looked at her
mistress, for I rend in her eyes that
which plainly said she had something
to communicate. Instinctively I fol
lowed her gaze. It resti-d on my hat
lying on the bench alongside. I picked
it up and in tho crown found a small
piece of paper, which, unobserved, I un
folded and read. 1 had not seen it put
there, but such were the di-tractions
of the restive little crowd that any such
action might easily have passed un
noticed. It was as much as 1 could do
to Hiipj.reHs my surprise on reading the
smull, clear, linn handwriiin r. Though
it contained wlmt rm not a
revelation to me, still it showed that
the writer knew more about this wit
ness than she thought it discreet just
then to divulge and that le-'r subtle
brain had devised a plan by which,
without precipitating matters while
holding our knowledge like a sword
over the witness' head, we could bring
him to modify his views. As the note
directed I put tho question, then with
drew it. It was a strategical movement
worthy of a Mai"tiiavelli.
"Now, look here, Daly," I said in a
careless way, but in a tone which con
-4$ on
Ml fe
h If mk\
MwSr
look hrrr, Duly," I nul<i
veyed a note of meaning to the witness,
"do you remember buying a horse and
paying for it in Queensland bank notes
iu May last?"
And hero I found the right chord bad
been itruek In a second there was a
startled, scared look in his eyes as lie
replied hastily and significantly
"I can't see why you should ask me
que tiomi that have nothing to do with
the case. Can't you ask me something
that'll be a sight easier to answerT"
I only wished my position had been
luch as to follow up that question, but
I did not possess the key to it, and his
time hud not come yet. Ho had, how
ever, nnfnrled the white flag, and I
knew that the fortress had capitdated.
I paused for a moment as If influ
enced by what I" I .1 aid. then asked
him another qtn ti< u
"I think you .. I >"•> • nlv met the
prisoner once before, pf-uig him on the
Robinson river. Are you prepared to
Mw ar positively that he is III" John
Farquharson whom you saw on the
Cloncurry 1"
-110 panned fur tin l cake of apiiear
Mire'l, I MUppOHf til' I' I'll ' red H lowly
'' I'erhapH I KJK>!C" t'»i |n>nil1 vcly in nay
im* I conhl identity liim a* .!<ilm Far
<|iiharMon. 11l looking lit liim now it
appearn to mo tli/il I mil > have kji'ii
taken in liy HOIIIO iiiii HI '
"Tliat'H towiy, you admit having lieen
mintliy ii i<mhlnncnT"
"I'll not »iwear that If h llih Miiim
man," Ii" iiiiMwuriol
"That will do. I'vn no more qnofl
tionM to UHU. "
If tint innKixtrnti'H ami Ilm HjMftatorx
appeared not a little Hiirpri • <I »• ml mya
tilled at tlm turn things hail taken. Ilm
girl at leant allowed nothinjf of what
nh" thotiKht. Tim next witne-w fur th«»
pro nciltlon wan Ilm liotthi noaod <•*
pkipper, Dan Hinyth<' Kor l omo years
hi'liinl itiifxmod lilm nnwi'li iiiim presence
on tlm United Htatei ami evidently
thought it tho projH-r tliiiiK In jiarmlo
tin- fait liy an nmlnly accentuated and
exaggerated form of *p« «"'"h
Tlm MI TK' ant drew from him that he
hail *'«•• II John Ka.ri|«harnon and Hex ton
together at tlii' Cli nmrry on the (ith uf
March M lie "lawiil" Uuit im
coilM Hwear ]K>«it ively that, the priiminr
in tie 1 l« x WON tin' identical John Kar
qnharnon Im hail iii'i'ii with Hex ton on
tlm ("liincurry. no mat t"r what he called
himnolf now. Me "«ni "I, reckoned
and calc'lated," when Interrogated hy
tho magiMrate an to the ineaninK " r
interpretation uf tho word "Km > " that
"he didn't keer a i n' : . »ni| Im < rtili|n't
MW It mattered a darn in to how he ex
pre> ,ed hii elf anyhow !
When tho ncrgeant Hat down and I
was about to b In my cross examina
tion. it was t: tic. able that the appi tr
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llf /<II dou-n in <i fit.
unee presented by the witness had
arons' 1 the latent and playful spirit of
humor that was in the crowd. Possibly,
as th day was warm, some< f them had
visited the hollow tree too often. As
Smythe. the "respectable and vera
cious witness" had. in addition to a
black eye. a strip of sticking plaster
running right down his nose and an
ngl trick of glancing over his left
shoulder every few minutes, it was lit
tle w in! r that he was an object of de
rision even to that crowd. One tall,
travel stained, cadaverous looking na
tive called out from the front ranks: of
the spectators:
"Steady. Dnn. steady 1 No use look
ing over your left shoulder. He's not
really there, you know. Yon only think
you t- him. No use anticipating tho
in< vitaV4e He'll get yon one day, snre
enough 1"
"Sergeant, have that man arrested
for cont -mpt of court," cried the mag
istrate. This was promptly done, to the
no small amusement and evident grati
fication of the crowd. The offender was
not popular He had been the forcible
menus of making too many of them
stand the drinks.
It was quite evident that Smythe
was in that conditon bordering on what
is felicitously te.rnusl "the horrors."
Still. I could not shako the stubliorn
pertinacity of this witm <». who clung
to his assertion that the prisoner was
no other than the John Farquharson
he had • 1 n with Sexton, the murdered
man. Just then I found on looking
down that another small piece of paper
had been put into my hat. Instinctive
ly I knew what it was ami who had
caused it to be put there. I picked it
np carelessly and read, "Ask Smythe
what ho did with tho half caste boy
Freddy he used to have with him, and
notify the magistrate that you wish to
have an opportunity of examining
Smythe later on in order to confront
him with a witness of importunes"
I looked across at Norah Mackenzie.
What card was she going to play now?
I tut her dark eyes did not betray the
workings of her mind 1 fancied, how
ever, there was the ghost of a smile
hovering about her lips
I put soine other question to divert
attention, then asked Smythe suddenly
and with as much significance in my
voice ns could bo thrown into it what
he had done with the half caste N>y.
Kreitdy
Tho witness glared at me with wide
open, fearful eyes for a moment with
out speaking Ho was evidently taken
by surprise.
Surprise was on my side now. fer
ho fell down )>> a fit
"I wish to give notice, your wor
ship. that I would like to examine tlio
witness later on in t he day. "
"If the witness is in a proper condi
tion to appear," said the magistrate,
"you will have an opportunity for ex
amining him."
And now tho little crowd was neing
rewarded for its patient attendance by
the sight of this unfortunate wretch's
misery. But fits are not uncommon iu
the vicinity of back block shaatics. In
relation to shanties they are purely a
prodnrt of home growth So ore grave
yards. Savile and a brawny trooper
seized Dan Smythe and carried him out
kicking and struggling. As if by magic
half a dozen black Kittles were pro
duced from the inside of shirts and
brandished before the sick man's face
with the ui>st reckless prodigality It
was evident that some of the whites,
with praiseworthy philanthropy, did
not tieliovo in tempting tho innocent
ravages outside by turning a hollow
tree into a temporary wine cellar.
They reasoned that if liquor could put
Dan into such a condition it could
surely fetch him ont again. Tho wo
men left the tent, and the police mag
istrate declared an adjournment for
lunch. 1 noticed that Norah Mackeii
zie sent Elsie on ahead and waited out
side for the two-magistrates, who went
with her over to the camp.
What the sergeant had said a!»iut
the two Queensland bank nytes being
found on, the body of the man killed
on Scrubby creek corresponding with
those taken from the murdered mail
Sexton fairly staggered me That
Jack had possessed no money I 1 i-w
for a certainty 1 had sei n him. now
that I taxed my rerollei lion, I P> what
looked like bank noli i (ton Ik* d d
man's pocket and put them bin*l; again
Was it likely that if he had mni»l«-i<•• I
and robbed Sexton and wanted to lose
his identity, but anticipated discovery
of his scheme, he would put sui'Ji iu
criminating evidence as tho bank notes
into the pockets of the man killed by
the blacks, thns virtually proving that
lie, John Farquharson, hud murdered
Sexton? The coso was fast Incoming
a mystery even to me and baffled con
jeeture.
Hut. still I cheered Jack ns Is-st 1
coulil. As to who the witness was that
Norah Mackenzie sjMike of bringing for
ward, something told me It would be
unwise to ask questions Regarding
Dull Smythe's antecedents neither Jack
nor I know anything.
liefore leaving my comrade I had th"
satisfaction of learning that Smythe
had recovered from his fit, though feel
ing "rather queer," as the constable
who had him in charge said, and who
was pledged to produce him in a proper
Condition in the afternoon.
Then I went over to the camp, where,
in the dtiitky Hliado of a ureal, leafy treo.
Home little dihtance remuveil from tile
utherH, I Haw Nurah Mm keiizio enter
tainiliK tho two inaKi«trati ■ I K"t a
pannikin of tea from Havile Italy wan
very <|iiiot and, indeed, neeme«l an if Im
rwgrcl ted the (HiNition in which ho found
himnelf. Uurdoii informed mo that ho
fell 11 lie KivitiK him liiM monoy ami tell
itlx him to K". I>ut the cireuin-tiilieeM
hardly juntifleil thin Hiimmary mode of
procedure AM it wnnld have dofented
my projei t ilim, it munt tie euiife- .id,
of ultimate fiilllllmcnt fur eventually
discovering the murderer of Hex ton, I
commended hiw view* on thin point
Then I had a talk v. ith Havile and < en
don The former Home what hriellv told
me that the witm i MIMM Maikenr.lo
luel referred towiiMahlack lmj\ at pres
ent with I'ercy ami Hi ruton, the drov
ern, who were then on the Mncarthur
I null t excilKe him, he explained.
t>j» minutely at prcneut Into particu-
lar-. As doiiirf so nught nly j>nt re
straints on me while evidence.
Suffice it that this boy had < uee Uvum
Stnythe'a employ. He banded niv * rue
questions un pai*T which I nii?ht ask
the witnt >-■«. hnt lie twcxM thnt ht 1 —
Savile- shonld first be sw-.rn in a« in
terpreter, and that nc questions should
bo asktni the boy save through him, the
lad b< ingalm< -t a myall black and only
talking a «-{k eies ef pifje»>n Emtlish.
\Vh 11 Savile t Id me that he had talked
to Mifcs Mackenzie on the mhjeet and
that this was her request. I at once ae
qttiesccd to this rather on" side«l form
of procedure.
CHAPTER XI.
A MTBTERIOCS WITNESS.
Tho two magistrates left the camp
end went over t<> the coorthouse. a MR
nal that the trial was about to reoom
u - nee. We returned to the marquee,
aud th> pris'inr was one® more
iti It wasqnite evident that the greater
number of the spectators in e >nrt had
dine.l. fir they did not present quite s.>
orderly and intelligent an appearance
as they had dt.ne in the morning. There
was a tendency among them to indulge
in fucetions pers >nal remarks in a tone
of voice hardly permissible in a court
of justice. In fact, one or two had
'd into that condition of mind in
which it seemed they only vaguely real
ized that they were there at all, and
then only fur a very brief j>eri<«l indeed
These lucid intervals were even more
noticeable than tho periods of imbecil
ity, for they were inclined to assert
th- ir right to be present when nobody
dreamed of disputing it and to state that
they would very much like to be shown
the man who said otherwise
Some bush wag having told the blacks
anil they in their childlike innocence
having believed that a white man was
either to be hanged or burned alive
that afternoon, after the fashion of the
Christian whites, they had turned out
in full force with their gins, picka
ninnies and dogs to enjoy the spectacle
Christian white ladies could not have
mustered in better form tc enjoy a pi
geon hatch than those black ladies of
the bush did to see 11 white man roasted
tilive. The beau of the party, who had
Kiasted of the nightshirt and the tall
hat. was now eclipsed by another col
ored g. atlciiinn who hud picked up from
a refuse heap an old pair of trooper's
long ltootj and stalked about in them to
tho admiriition and envy of his com
rades As, howover. the only other ar
ticles of wearing apparel he possessed
consisted of a bunch of feathers and a
Hy net, a young constable made a dart
nt him whenever ho showed tip ucur
the marquee, and thus put a <-heck to
his vanity and love of admiration.
It wutdd only weary tho reader to
detail the particulars of tho trial 1
opened the case for tho defense. i»ying
with all due deference that the police
sergeant, who commanded the resjiect
of every right thinking person, had
only done his duty in making the
urrest, and that I was grateful for the
chancy thus given of vindicating the
character of an innoc* at man. The
prisoner's arrest was due to mistaken
identity. I would not waste time by
commenting on the fliinsine~s«>f the ease
against him. I would prove it by wit
nesses, of whose "probity and r< *pecta
bilitv" I would say nothing, after what
had been said of certain witru .es that
but u'Lmw jh
evidence would speak for tie ni; elves.
Here a seedy 1' mkity: gentleman of
sporting api>euruiee and 'ft face
betokened that lie Vi l l . en 1 'iter days,
forgettiag himself for the moment, in
dulged In an audible "Hooray!'" To
his own surprise and the intense en
joyment of tho nt of thisf-rowd, ho
was promptly caught by th* nai>e of
the neck and bundled out of the mar
quee.
After giving my own evi<V*ng<> and
having undergone a cross examination
by the sergeant, I called npon Miss
Mai kenzie to give her evidence
I can never forgot the effeet cf her
presence there as a witness !>eforo that
motley crew. They became orderly anil
respectful to u degree. Only once a gal
lant old bushman who in a tit of ab
bcii tmiiiilndiiens had dined in two differ
cut places rather forgot himself. This
gentleman had a reputation for dandy
ism be«-ause he wore a Niiled shirt and
a clean handkerchief tied round his
neck It occurred when, in answer to a
repeated question aslod by the ser
geaut i f the witness, "if she i'i ill Id act u
ally swear her father had recognised in
the corpse nf the man murdered by the
blacks the person i >f John Farquharson,'
she had inquired quietly, "Is it neees
sary for me U> swear twice to every
thing I say If"
Af tliin the K"llaiit "Id I*rty ho of
th"' IM iil nhirt had thought it iticuiii
hint mi hi* reputation to applaud and
mine 11 feeMo "Hip. hip" Hut he
IIIHO left the tent abruptly
I linked only a («w leading qwwtlonn
Of tilts witllcH*, not WtHhUIK to keep her
Hnhjt>i'tit| to the oerutlny «>f that court
longer than I conld help. It wan a
t)li tn we that well hr»>d ami
iH'autiful K>rl ntaiiiliiiK facing lite, in
Mich a place, iiiimlitf th« time Worn,
rough looking men, many of whom,
though rough tn "Xt'-rior and even in
manner, had not alwayn he«*n no Once
111 M>n a time they might even have
claimed acquit lilt a nccMhip with her Hhe
ht* MH 1 there IIH calmly and IIH Wlf JIOH
W'Mscd as MIIO might have doll" In her fa
thcr'a drawinK loom, only perha|»
there wan a MiUlued and dimple earn«-Ht
lie 1.1 in h< r KJHI'CII which lietrayed the
fact that -lie felt the gravity of the po
hitlnn and of the chariot agalnnt the
priMoner.
i tin' thiiiK noteworthy al«>nt her evl
deuce WIIH that, without Iwilnn tutxk
her coiict-ming certain |H.intH which I
WIIH Homewhat IIIIW i 111 I<K to do, ohe
Heeiieil todiviue n»y reluctance and an
HWered the i|ui'HtIOIIH Juxt an I would
have de.-dred luid I worded them diifiT
ently
Her examination lieilitf tlniahed, eh«>
(•at down
I then explained it wan IIIWIIM to
take Up the ti me of the eonrt hy i|Ur*
tinning Mi . Mackeiurie'n maid and
companion, who could only bear out
which wan <|uite unnecewnary what the
former had mild At tin Kl«in (iordoii
limited Nomewhat mirpriwd Then the
women left the court
I called II|HIII Havile, ami that reeni
illgly Minple one noiiu'what Wirprlwd
lie hv 111 * lintlltenei ' After hi < exalili
nation lie a Iced |>eruiinHion and with
drew
(e-rdon WIIH le \t eialllllnd It iri till
I ii \ li. par'ln ulari/.e the evidence
for the IL''FETI4E It WIIH all 1 conkl. Un
DEL the CIRCUIUHTMIICIV*, have desired
Hut I felt that TINLCHH the evidence of
1 *IIII Unix the could !*• U|iwt tin- magli
triiti would !>•' quite jn- titled in < IN
mittiiii' the PRIEOIMT for trial I L»-caiu«
II INN and merely a lod my wltnerm*
few 11II1111P<II t int <|iientionH HO H • to give
Havile time to hringhlM Suddenly mum
of tin- meiiilHm of the court, who hud
IM I niiie a little wearied of th« proceed
I|IJ;H, evlnciil U lively interint in the ap
prom h NF wime IWRNNII or |NT*IIH who
came fioin thedlrection NF oar camp I
looked It WIIH a remarkable procranion
liending the way came Haiiimin. that
elegant poodle. in a knowing and dix
allied manlier, an if coiiNciotiM of the
fact that lie had a pernoual intercut in
.iter ii h (!>•! !' -p. rt. d «rl». r
ry <-»■' r.-i nbhun t:*d r «n<i hi< f x<e-
Wk N* vt i-aaw Savilr with a k*>k «>(
ISI
A
TJif urtirh flirty th<>ok at if Korrnr
ftricken
rrcterr.ataral gravity on hi* r> nod and
glowing face, and following cl »-!t.
with the pccnliarlr rtilted yet dimiti'd
walk peculiar to his kind, wan a dark
skinned half boy. Hr were a Larxe
cott-'ti shirt ft bout two «i*os too l*r,ce
for hita of a moat atiocioue blue pat
tern, moleskin trousers. and a or'-at
(raiilr print kerchief tied ronnd hi?
neck nr. ! another encircling his brow
and hair, after the fashion of setnicir
ilii <1 blacks. Jndging by hU manner
he 1 <'k- d aa rnr.i-h n myall as any pr.re
bred bluck fellow. Tli" approach of the
two wna the signal for a break in the
monotony of the proceedings.
"It's Savile and bis Al»sal< mr«-
mr.rk'.l a yo-.n* stock man, who had
hitherto pTMMWid silence. In an »*»•
stricken voice "When shall we
meet nj;aln V some one asked in trasjic
tones, bat with A nasal iboan "Shur*.
now, he's a broth of a bhoy as yon may
well 1*» proud of, Savile, and faith, bnt
d'« >n t he take after hi* fath«T?" an
other sai<l with a broad br-ame. Hut
Savile pushed hi* wav to the front and
did not seem to h«nr th»-se invidious
remarks, which were. however. quickly
suppressed.
The police magistrate. who had Ui-n
intent on reading armor- {tapers in front
of him. suddenly looked np anil caught
fight of the remarkatile figure of the
half caste.
"Hello!" exclaimed that surprised
worthy "What"* thin?"
Now. as Savile at that precise m»-
metit wait admiringly contemplating the
form of Samson who bad at on<-e as
•tuned a lagging ]«xition right in front
of the magistrate's table. thinking that
som< thing was required of him he at
goce replied with an air of promt pro
prietorship
"Samson, your worship."
"Humph!" remarked the magistrate,
who had not obeerred Savile's mistake
and never bint hie little opp..rtnnitv
"S«s>ius to me that be * profits! I«y the
lesM ii tanxbt bis illnstrioiis namesake
and doean t intend any Delilah to get
at his lock
As tb< court, with the utmost g<»d
nature and most cummemlabie (sjlicy,
roortsl ugain at this sally Savile felt it
incunils-nt »n him to smile a sickly
smile, although be could not see th«
point of the joke.
After a few t< chriicallties in regard
to the nusle of pnwednre hail Iss-n dis
cussed I represented that as the half
caste bad ls-eti brought up princij«allv
with tin- Macks and conld hut imi» r
fectly talk Knglisb. if tbe )s>m h |w-rmit
ted. I would question him through >a
vile, who had special knowledge of bis
pecnliar plgmdi mngli-sli. ami Ibus tbe
possibility of luiy misunderstanding
would Is.' prevente«l Tliis a-as agr.. d
U{MIU. and Savile was sworn in as in
terpretcr
In tlm scene which follows it will
therefore Is- understood that The f|t|«
tions put to the witness by Savile w.-re
lirst communicat<sl to the latter by roe
Tin- half caste stood with his Iwk to
the court, facing his interpreter Ime
ticed he bad all tbe natural good l.««ks
of his kind, the hands< me Caucasian
features and tbe large, dreamy, ilark
eyes which wriu to s]» ak of a soul that
Is. alas. tis> seblom there. There were
doahUess many others present beeides
myself who thongbt him a hantbs-me
youth, although his skin was darker
than a half caste's generally is. and the
rnl cotton kerchief tied ronrol his head
gave him a luzarre appearance.
••What i» yonr nameV" wkwl the
inaKi-trato, ft irifrttifiK that ha bmi
NWoni MII ujt'-rjiri'Ur
''Nnine t > I<>r»|fiit to mo. Frrddy," tha
boy pmndly ri*plM
"Hiivp yon no mirnaiiuv mr 1ml*"
If he hml linked hun thin In tlreek. it
would h»v« Just a* mn«h
menuing to tlu> witnea*
"What nnine that young man Jab
bwJ" H-kiil th»> jmulwl half
turning to Mavile fur an e*pb»natioi»
Th" lr<x>j» r» promptly wujiprr-wd the
outbreak on the |>art at tin- PprfUtnW,
and Ih" mugiitri»t«\ who wan no longer
young. did not rnn'iit the Imputation
concerning his year* Mavlla MplainMl
"||m had liviol moatly In the blacks
camp, your wurnhlp 1 apoluf(tan for the
witneia - way of putting thing* I may
nay. yonr worship, that all along he *
only iM-t-n known tw PriiWy "
"Oht Then Freddy la yonr i»mi>'
remarked the magintrate Then yon
mu.it nnilitnUnd, my lad. that yon hare
to t«-ll the truth, the whote trnth and
nothing hot* the truth, and If you *ay
what is not trua tho great
ranux yon to twt horned in the big tlr*
when yon die. Bold up yonr hand
The half rant#' held np a brown hand
Hut it wax here derided that the youth
miiMt not iiiakc a imx kery of the oath hy
taking It In the regular war The mat
far waa compromised by Freddy saying
earnestly
"Freddy Iwal gmnm->n Me *avey hi*
fellow master pnt him alonga lire ho
loiigln to itrrlldrill a'pmin ho hurt
'm fallow final lilii do any harm
"That's good. yon can pr«a-e*4, " said
the magistrate "Oh. hy the way. yn
want to confront him with Mr
limy the I"
"l»honld likK him to be preeent when
the witlieMl Ih MMnllMlll, " I nduiltteil
In spite of an infatuation for French
potslles and a |>redile«-tton for paper
Pliaken and «'hliwae passim Havile n
hihited an ustute pmrtm of mind
I wax Wondering how S»*il« had
managed to pick up thl* hoy and what
the rennltof the examination wiw tali#,
M-eiligthat Norah Mackenzie had wm
«*d t.»ei|» ct audi important issue* from
It. when my att< -nttoii waa »tUni»d by
th« |i«|io table and tiwiolM Mr I >a»i
iel Suivthe This worthy wan truly not
in a pri'pN condition to (five exi.lell. ••
Iti a court of Justice lie glared furtlre
|y round the tent a* If eijio-tlnK to Hnd
Home one lit hilt ellatW WlloUl he did I* t
imrtii-nliU'ly wish to «»• Thla incited
several of the «t"'< tutor* to |<a<w Jocular
hut unkind r- marks. which were • til*
put a Mop to with difficulty When he
caught sight at the half ■ »•», I feared
he would have another At ami that tha
C««e would have to l»- again >|)iwnii»l
Tli>> wretched el -kipper of the ketch
Alh. rity fairly shook aa If horr- r ->tri< k
en If ha had nr»n tha *h<»t ..f MM*
one whom ha had murdared. he n'ntl
not hara li*>tr«y«l if renter f«ar Aa f.«r
the half i aata, henlowly turned hi* great
dark oyia apnk him. and. a* if MmyUw
had bri'U wimx animal f»»"lnata«| hy the
ryi« of a nuaka. ha >"uld not free him
w!f fr..m their "pall My informatl. n
wn» that ha ha<l ownad • half raata N.y.
whom minor aald h»> had hasten tr (
death. The prMvttcv ut tUia half
\o. «*:t
t"' r»fi» Slled h:m with a -ir*r«'.itictW
dr. ad
i |ro ta 1-rrareml
MEXII"AX ASSASSINS.
THE XURTtROUS REVOLT lt» T<*«
TAOS VAU.IV
<»•« «•» •» r «»<»•!**« 1■ 1 rIUM
n *»" Tra|mr4 kf Ik* ■■ a^.
i:*r»»r4 iwk u.
<*»r •»» » 'r» or
John \H . rt. who rthkd Uts .tar« tt
Wahvatait « «>*••. tuft r\> itsa* ad-
Tratan In w.-»t of th*
MMs.iifl He «aw two van aa4
took ait artlrr sharv in tbr laAaa jp
rls;n r*. ye* tlxn no bin <!>-itrhM»l h#
was to .i . wtf t«» a rr porter tfea
•eww h>* » mMhwl etoHiac Hi
his lift* he i .<*«* a therms with wllrk
few if aay <>f bis eoantry ram are ae-
H«< laleii.
Tlw r«*t«tt tn »I«* Ta<« TtUr;, if ex re
it iißw to the ears of tbr anlfmctUia
was u.- fi u m versa*j tiiwuiiiiaiMl
It »|'i«* ara *>tt >.• |»ti«r of <-<>ttti»«a hl»-
iwrj. a. .L 4iiU*i«h fur horror tt w
purrs b.oniU; «nb ibe ma—j»tw at
11«* Alaiuo, uo aHriiM tuts ma It
to make it a t- iirnal throw
The *1 '<.<>■ nt-w Ldowu as V* Mm
iio was formally taken p* m of
!•> lU«* A tt. ..aits lu the sprta* of
IM'i to-tiv.al K*-arny was at that
tituv iu eeaaoMnd of tbr 'n ratlin*
foreea. lit* cta.lt. Itls hn<V|iarifr« at
Sama (V an.! rruiatae*! la settrr mm
prriatrailt-apt f.»r ntore than a yeas.
At the espiratlaa of that nmo.l the
growing need ..f rrw'iw oa tbr Partfc
ena«t led i« his withdrawal to Uw*r
t ahforuui- He left two rrftowaM
niiii a iui!.:ar; governor la .-barer
Cbarlrs Item, with a handful o( nirn,
was left to ciianl Asnta IV The Mrs
bait |u\. jut*, tirttrral Armtjm. had
tin! o«i i!m* atlvanrr of the katnl Taa
krrs. tits |K-«>|»le. nw luattrr what (Mr
Jtrerrt lli.'u.till uilgbt be. h)HI hrro Ik*
■aust |.,a. t*uM« of tubjwU. yet Ike
My <>f tbr araiy luhl aot brra tun*
two mouths before Ihr Aiarriratts saw
that trouble was iiuiutavat.
The only man who rx-apni has tuM
lbe xtorj more graphically than say
pen >in portray It. Armya linoda
wax a town of aotue IJIJW Inhabitant*,
mostly Mi-ixatM am) l"urWn ladtaaa■
It lay la the Sauta Ke ilWrlrt, but to*
far away for aid to corn*. The total
of Aui or tea na In tbv place wa* I?,
most of whota were rough trappers
ami mountaineers. The entire towa
turned out to an impromptu maaa
meeting oa tbe plaza. It waa decided
to rvtult and retura te tbe Mexlcaa
authority. Well knowing that tUe
l>aixl of Tun keen, although own para
trvely iuslK ni Scant la numbers, would
resist iix'h a step to tbe last. It was
determined to shoot all oa sight. f*ac
this purpose the mob spread thnml
the town. Hut through some warn or
other * iovcroor Went had received a
tip. He sent off to Santa le for help
and then, leathering Ins little hand
about him. fled to the oaty re fag* the
place afforded
"The nest morning.** said John Al
bert, "they comuieaced the attack by
sending In to a* a flag of troe*. de
manding our artna aad ammunition
and aa unconditional surrender ot oar
selves. I told the boys they MM 4*
as tney pteaaert. tntT t *Wtr TTMUTWfT
would lead us to certala death la tbe
eml, and I was golag to «lle wltli my
gun la iu) ha tula sad not be murdered
like a common «log.
"This was the turning po-at In the
matter, and they all coochided to light
it out as le*t they ■ould The men
who came to make a treaty wtth aa
went hack. Their forces were seeretsd
Iw-hind the brow of a bill near by w
and one of them, after a manner at IS*
wild Indian.* in opening a ba»tle. •■ante
to tbe top of the rtdgo imi fenced a
Jig and miig % g of defiaar*. I
knew the time had coaie. and tbe toaa
er the bloody work <-.-mmenced the
sooner we would know oar fate.
"We of the mountaineer* had col
lected la a building ot .-onahlerable
site ami the only one la tbe place that
was two stories in height. Tbe <laar
lug Indian was within gunshot. and t
killed him Billy Aturtla stood clone be
hind me. and when another man came
to drag tbe body bark Austin shot
him Hy this time my run was loaded,
ami I Killed a third man Then tbe
hurrah and the air waa
tilled with bullets from tbe guna la
the hands of the men who lay behind
the top of the hill. Tbe bullets rattled
against the honae like hall. There was
not a window left in It. Although are
saw we were In a irap. we fought on
""When the sun was setting, tbe Met
leans ma.le a furloaa charge ami set
tire to the houae we were In and got
under the walls of other '-Hidings
Soon everything was ablaar Tbe op
roar of the yelling ll»ab on tbe •►St
able and tlx- excitement of tbe men oa
the Inner sble was deafenlag. We triad
to eacape by digging through tbe Asae
itown Into the granary The hoaae
was tilling with Meilcaaa. and eeary
thing was In confusion. Ftnttwntaly
for me In the <'onfusi»»n I eaapgd from
the honae I don't know how man*
shots were tired at me. but aoae tw*
effect I had a bullet In my ehrtbea.
IHW cut off the brim of my bat. ami an
other cut the t*ad. ami I halt It ftsra
my head, la the excitement 1 f«np»t
my coat ami was oat la the woefcl
atone without coat, hat or ft-ienda aad
with IK> miles of mountala road be
tween me ami safety."
Albert watwlered foe three days oeeT
the mountains wit boot food sad e«
posed to tbe bitter cold lie reached
the American lines at last, tbe ftrat to
brlag news of the uprtalag. Wf coarae.
* hen a regiment arrived on the seem l
the Taoe valley <|ak-kly -inletert. It
was not k>ag after that that tbe Meat
•■an war broka oaf half of that
nation waa transferred to l ade Sam
In conahleration of which old arorsa
were w lpo*l oat So penaltlea were
eia«*te«l for the Arroyo ll»nda aaaa
ere. yet It moat go 'lown aa oae of tbe
moat borrtlde in >nr weatern aaaala •
«;im-fnna?i Kmiulrer
4a «a»*->!•••<• taaakto
Sweet «»trl ja(Tecttoan»etyi Pam
you wouldn't like me to tear a ya
woahl you 1
I'a pa (fondly lialee.l I Would a«€.
my darling
Hweet «MH Welt. then. I'll marry
Mr I".»t. hap lle'e willing to Nee
here .%ew York Weehly
a.o»r» »t ik* rnai
-| anth-ev" *abl Rivera, that t^bnet'e
vi» ill organs do not seem to have l«-ea
Injured at all by th« euuwl he got tt
was not a dnat*lura '»ullet that hit
hlm " t'hicagu Tribune
S..T KMCSNSIL
Heeatme a mmu uae t'wea a fries*! of
the poor oSN-e ta his Bfe ' hat la a >ea
aaoi wby he should f«»rerer re-,o»<a
poor j'let to show to* sympathy 1 *al
las \ews
Sw*«uer •
"Uiuk at that girl yomb*r wMb a red
pen-ale waW."
" Tea sod a ml peri ale nMSfbtfai*
-t likagu U<t uril