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CHAPTER XIII.
A VZETXKG l.\ TIIE W XDEIUCSSS.
EVEIILEY s< t out on his mid
winter journey to Kaskaskia
' SJH with a tempest in bis heart,
: iind it was perhaps the storm's
■ f-nrrgy thr.t gave him the courage to
f.: ■ ■ undaunted and nudoubting what
his experience must have told lilm lay
in bis path. What meant suffering to
him if be could hut rescue Alice? And
what were life should he fail to rescue
lier? The old, old song hummed in his
i n art. every phrase of it distinct above
the tumult of ihe storm. Could cold
. and :i-.volleu ravenous
wild beasts uhd scalp hunting savage 3
balile bimV No; tic re is no barrier
that can binder love. lie said this over
end over to himself after his reivcoun
: ter with the four Indian scouts on the
j Wabash. lie repeated it with every
heart b< it until hs fell in with some
' friendly red took him to their
' can p, v. ::< re, to his gsv.it Mil-prise, he
! me! M. Itousslllon. It was his song
' when a-iin lit? strode o!T toward the
■ west on his Ion? !y way.
IPs did not know that Long Hair and
| bis band were fast on his track, but
| the knowledge could not have urged
j him to greater haste, lie strained ev
i cry muscle to its utmost, kept every
nerve to the highest tension. Yonder
toward the west was help for Alice.
That was nil he cared for.
But if Long Hair was pursuing lilm
with relentless greed for the reward of
fend by Hamilton there were friendly
footsteps still nearer behind him, and
qjic day at high noon while he was
bending over a little fire broiling some
liberal cuts of venison a finger tapped
him on the shoulder. lie sprang up
and grappled Oncle Jazon. At the same
time, standing near by, he saw Simon
Kenton, his old time Kentucky friend.
The pungled features of one and the
fine, rugged face of the other swam as
in a mist before Beverley's eyes. Ken
ton was laughing quietly, his strong,
upright form shaking to the force of
bis pleasure. He was in the early
prime of a vigorous life, not handsome,
but strikingly attractive by reason of n
certain glow In his face and a kindly
flash In his deep set eyes.
"Well, well, my boy!" he exclaimed,
laying his left hand on Beverley's
shoulder, while In the other ho held a
long, heavy rifle. "I'm glad to see ye,
glad to see ye!"
"Thought we was Injuns, eh'/" said
Oncle Jazon. "An* ef we had 'a' been
we'd 'a' beci>Shore o' your scalp!" Tho
wizened old Creole cackled gleefully.
•'And where are ye goin'?" demand
ed Kenton. "Ve're makin' what lacks
a heap o' beta' a bee line for some
place or other."
Beverley was dazed and vacant mind
ed. Things seemed wavering and dim.
He pHslied the t\vo men from him and
gazed at them without speaking. Their
ptvkonce and voices did not convince,
hi in.
"Yer meat's a-burnin'," said Oncle
Jazon, stooping to turn it on the smol
dering coals. "Ye must be hungry.
Cookin' enough for a regiment."
Kenton shook Beverley with rough
familiarity ns if to rouse his faculties.
"What's the matter? Fitz, my lad,
don't ye know Si lientou? It's not so
ijiig wiiice we were like brothers, and
now ye don't speak to jae. Yo've not
forgotten me, Fitz!"
"Mebby he don't like ye as well as
ye thought he did," drawled oncle
Jazon. "I hev known o' fellers "-beta'
mistaken Jes' thet way."
Beverley got his wits together as best
ho could, taking In the situation by
such degrees as seemed at the time un
duly slow, but which were really mere
momentary falterlngs.
"Why, Kenton! Jazon!" he presently
exclaimed, a Cordial gladness blending
with his surprise. "How did you get
here? Where did you come from?"
He looked from one to the other back
and forth, with a wondering smile
breaking over his bronzed and deter
mined face.
"We've been hot on yer trail for thir
ty hours," said Kenton. "Bousslllon
put us 011 hack yoniler. * But what
are ye up to? Where are ye gota'?"
"I'm going to Clark at Kaskaskia to
bring him yonder." lie waved his
lianil eastward. "I am going to take
Vineennes and kill Hamilton."
"Well, ye're takJn' a mighty quour
course, my boy, if ye ever expect to
find Kaskaskia. Ye're already twenty
miles too far south."
"Carryln' his gun 011 the same shoul
der all the time," said Oncle Jazon,
"has made 'lin kind o' swing In a curve
Ilk' 'Tuln't good luck nohow to carry
yer gun on yer lef' shoulder. When
ye do It ineks ye take a longer step
with yer right foot than ye do with
yer lef, on' ye can't walk a straight
line to save yer liver. Ventrebleu! La
venalson brule encore! Look at that
dasted meat burnta' ag'ln!"
He jumped back to the lire to turn
the scorching cuts.
Beverley wrung Kenton's hand and
looked Into his eyes as a man docs
when an old friend comes suddenly out
of the past, so to say, and brings tliw
freshness and comfort of a strong, true
soul to brace him In his hour of great
est need.
"Of nil meu in tin 1 world, Simon Ken
ton, you were the least expected. But
how glad I am, how thankful! Now I
know 1 shall succeed. We are going lo
capture Vineennes, Kenton, are we
not? We shall, shan't we, Jazon?
Nothing, notldng can prevent us, can
It';"
Kenton heartily returned tlie pres
sure of the young man's hand, while
Oncle Jazon looked up quizzically and
said:
"We're a tol'ble 'spectable lot to pre
vent; but, then, we might git pervent
td. I've seed better men 'an us purty
consld'ble pcrvented lots o' times In my
life."
"For my part," said Kenton, "1 nm
Willi ye, old boy, In anything ye want
to do. But now ye're got to tell me
everything. I see that ye're keepln'
something back. What Is It?" Ho
glanced sldcwlso slyly at On:le Jazon.
Beverley was frank to a fault, but
somehow his heart tried to keep Alice
all to Itself. He hesitated; thc«-
"I broke my parole with Coventor
Hamilton," he said. "He forced me to
do it. I feel altogether justified. I
told him beforehand that I should cer
tainly leave Vineennes and go get a
force to capture and kill him. and I'll
(o It, Simon Kenton; I'll do It'"
■ I t.-e, I m i-," Kei|tou .1-. eiili-d, "but
What was the row about? What did
do to excite ye, to make yo feel Jus-
tilled in brcakin' over yer pnrolo. ; n
that high handed way? Fits. I Uu «w
ye too well to b; it. :- i 1y y. You've
gut somethiif In 1.. i t"yc d n't
wai.t to tr-ii. Well, d;*n't tell It.
Oncle Jazon and 1 v.iii go it blind,
won't we. JazouV"
"i'lind as two mo! said the old
man: "but, as for ther secret." he add
ed. winking both e\ s .-it ;'i:cc, "I doll t
know as It's *o mi !.:y hard to guess.
It's always safe to ':; i.• a woman
in the case. It's women thet
sends men a-trot!::f 0.1 'bout notliin'.
sort o" craKylike."
Beverley looked guilty and Oncle Ja
zon continued:
' l'ii y's a pooty ;a! :;{ Vi::c. 'incs, an'
I se:» the ytui- !•'. . ' in' into
her house about :i li' . a d:y
'fore I lef the place. M.-V- Ue'3 tuck
rj, wi' one o' tin j i ii -.1 officers.
Gals is slippery an' oas irtin'."
".Jazon," cri;id Leverl y, lhat in
stantly. or I'll wring your oi neck!"
Ilis anger was real, ami he 1.. Nt what
he said, lie clinched his h nds and
glowered.
"I>on't get mad at the old man." said
Kenton, plucking Beverley asid-\ "He's
yer friend from his heels to his old
scalped crown. Let him have liis fun."
Then, lowering hi 3 voice almost to a
whisper, he continued:
"I was in Vineennes for two d iys
and nights spyin' around. Mine. Godere
hid :ue In her house when there was
need of it. I know how it is with ye.
I got all the gossip about ye and the
young lady, as well as all the informa
tion about Hamilton and his forces
that Colonel Clark wants. I'm goin'
to Kaskaskia, but I think it quite pos
sible that Clark will be on his march to
Vineennes before we get there, for
Vigo has taken him full particulars as
to the fort and its garrison, and I know
that lie's determined to capture the
whole thing or die tryin'."
Beverley felt his heart swell nnd his
blood leap strong In his veins at these
words.
"I saw ye while I was in Vineennes,"
Kenton added, "but I never let ye
sec? 111 c. Ye were a prisoner, and I
had no business with ye while your
parole held. I felt that It was best not
to tempt ye to give me aid or to let ye
have knowledge of me while I was a
spy. I left two days before ye did and
should have been at Kaskaskia by this
time If I hadn't run across Jazon, who
detained me. He wanted to go with nie,
and I waited for lilm to repair the
vtock of his old gun. He tinkered at It
'tween meals and showers for half a
week at the Indian village back yonder
before ho got it just to suit him. But
I tell ye he's wo'tli waitin' for any
length of time, and I was glad to lot
him have his way."
Kenton, who was still a young man
in his early thirties, respected Bever
ley's reticence on the subject upper
most In his mind. Mine. Godere had
told the whole story with flamboyant
embellishments. Kenton had seen Al
ice, and. Inspired with the gossip and a
surreptitious glimpse of her beauty, ho
felt perfectly familiar with Beverley's
condition. He was himself a victim of
the tender passion to tho extent of be
ing an exile from his Virginia home,
which he had left 011 account of dan
gerously wounding a rival. But he
was well touched with the backwoods
man's taste for Joke and banter. He
and Oncle Jazon, therefore, knowing
the main feature of Beverley's predica
ment, enjoyed making the most o? their
opportunity In their rude but perfectly
generous anil kindly way.
By indirection and Impersonal de
tails, as regarded his feelings toward
Alice, Beverley in due time made ids
friends understand lhat his whole 11 m
bltion was centered In rescuing lier.
Nor did tin; motive fall to enlist their
sympathy to the utmost. If all the
world loves a lover all men having the
best virile lustlnct will fight for a lov
er's cause. Both Kenton and Oncle Ja
zHu were enthusiastic. They wanted
nothing better than an opportunity to
aid In rescuing any girl who had shown
so much patriotism anil pluck. But
Oncle Jazon was fond of Alice, and
Beverley's story affected lilm peculiar
ly on her account. *
"They's one question I'm a goln' to
put to ye, young man," he said after he
had heard everything anil they had
talked It all over, "an' I want ye to an
swer it straight as a bullet f'olll yer
gun."
"Of course, Jazon. Go ahead." said
Beverley. "I shall be glad to answer."
But his mind was far away with the
gold haired maiden In Hamilton's pris
on. He scarcely knew what he was
saying.
"4ir ye expeetin' to marry Allco
Bousslllon?''
Beverley started as If a blow had
been aimed at him. Oncle Jazon's
question Indeed was a blow as unex
pected as It was direct and powerful.
"I know It's pooty p'inted," the old
man added after a short pause, "an' yo
may think thet I ain't got no business
askln' It, but I have. That leetic gal's
a pet o' mine, an' I'm a-lookln' after
her an' expeetin' to see thet she's not
bothered by nobody who's not goln' to
do right by her. Marryin' Is a mighty
•good thing, but"—
Kenton had been peeping under the
low hanging scrub oak boughs while
Oncle Jazon was speaking these hist
words, and now lie suddenly interrupt
ed:
"The deuce! Look yonder!" he growl
ed out lii startling tone. "Injuns!"
It was a sharp snap of the conversa
tion's thread, and at the same time our
three friends realized that they had
beer 1 careless In not keeping a better
lookout. They let fall the meat tlicy
had not yet finished eating and seized
their guns.
Five or six dark forms were moving
toward them across a little point of the
prairie that cut Into the wood a quarter
of a mile distant.
"Yander's more of em," said (hide
Jazoii, as if not In the least concern- <l.
wagging Ills head In aw opposite direc
tion. from which another squad was
approaching.
That lie duly appreciated the situa
tion appeared only in the celerity wit
which lie acted.
Kenton at once assumed comment
nod his companions felt his perfect
ness. Thero was 110 doubt from t' •
first as to.what the Italians meant. In
even if there had been It would 1..'
soon vanished, for 111 less than 1
minutes twenty-one savage* v t
swiftly and silently forming a clicl • .
"closing the spot where the tin will
men, who luid covered themselves a.
i -.-t iliey could with trees, waited in
■ tr-iidine-. s for the worst.
(.juitc beyond gunshot range, but neai
i , i: --: i for Oncle Jazon to iv<agnize
• _ Hair as tfteir leader, the Indians
• • d and began making si-:ns to one
•. ni.er all round the line. Evidently
, :ey deeaded to test the marksmanship
ef such riflemen as they know most
border men to be. Indeed Long Hair
had personal knowledge oi" what might
certainly be expected from both Ktn
t. n and Oncle Jazon. They were terri
ble when out for tight. The red war
riors from Georgia to the great lakes
had heard of them; their names sinack
id of tragedy. Xor was Beverley with
out fame among Long Hair's followers,
v.-ho had listened to the story of his
r.uliting qualities brought to Vineennes
the two survivors of the scouting
party so cleverly defeated by him.
"The liver colored cowards," said
Kenton, "are afeared of us in a shoot
in' match. They know that a lot of
'em would have to die if they should
undertake an open tight with us. It's
some sort of a sneakin' game they are
studyin' about just now."
•"I'm a-gittin' mos' too ole to shoot
wo'tli a cent." said Oncle Jazon, "but
I'd feive half o' my scalp ef thet Long
ii: ir would come clost enough fo' me
to j;it a bead onto his lef eye. It's tol'-
,i!ain ihet we're gone j-oslin's this
time, I'm thinkin'. Still it'd be mighty
:-i'yin' it" I could plug out a lef' eye
or two 'fore I go."
Beverley was silent. The words of
his companions wcr • heard by him, but
not noticed. Nothing Interested him
save ihe thought of escaping an 4 mak
ing his way to Clark. To fall meant in
finitely more than death, of which he
had as small fear as most brave men,
and to succeed meant everything that
lit'" could offer. So In the unlimited
selfishness of love he did not take his
companions into account.
The three stood In a close set clomp
of four or live scrub oaks at the high
est point of a thinly wooded knoll that
sloped down in all directions to ihe
prairie. Their view was wide, but in
places obstructed by the trees.
"Men," said Kenton after a thought
ful and watchful silence, "the thing
looks kind o' squally for us. I don't
see much of a chance to get out of this
alive, but we've got to try."
lie showed by the density of his
voice and a certain gray film in his
face that he felt the awful gravity of
the situation, but he was calm, and not
a muscle quivered.
"They's jes' two chances for us,"
said Oncle Jazon, "an' them's as slim
as a broom straw. We've got to s!an'
here an' tight it out or wait till night
an' sneak through atween 'em an' run
for It."
"I don't see any hope o' sneakin'
through tho line," observed Kenton.
"It's not 1 oi'.r to b.> dark tonight."
"Wa-a-1." Oncle Jazon drawled non
chalantly while he took in a quid of to
bacco, "I've been into tighter squeezes
'an this many a time, an' I got out
too."
"Likely enough," said Kenton, still
reflecting while his eyes roamed
around the circle of savages.
"I tit the skunks in Fcrginny 'fore
ye's thought of. Si Kenton, an' down
In Car'lina in them hills. If ye think
I'm n-goin' to be scalped where they
ain't 110 scalp 'ithout trylu' a few
dodges, yer a dail dasteder fool 'an I
used to think ye was, an' tliet's makin'
a big compliment to ye."
"Well, we don't have to argy this
question, Oncl£ Jazon. They're a-git-
WJ 7 -
L>y
it young tcirrrlor leaped hl'jh nnd fell
jki nil i/zcd.
tin' ready to run In upon 11s, and we've
Rot to tight. I say, Beverley, are ye
ready for fast shoot in'? Have ye got
a-plenty o' bullets?"
"Yes; Kotisslllon gave me a hundred,
bo you thftik"
He was Interrupted by a yell that
leaped from savage mouth to mouth
all round the circle, arid theu the
charge began.
"Steady, now!" growled Kenton.
"Let's not tie In a hurry. Wait till
Hiey come nigh enough to hit 'em be
,'ore we shoot."
The time was "short, for the Indians
enme 011 at almost race horse Kpced.
Oncle Jazon fired first, the long, keen
crack of his smal' bore rifle splitting
the atr with a '-»n of vicious
fiiergy, and a lithe y • -rlor who
was outstripping all I ,v leaped
'•'■•h 11 ml fell paralyzed.
' ■n't nhoot wo'tli a cent." mut-
I r.-il the old man, deftly beginning to
feload his gun the while, "but 1 Jes'
happened to hit that buck. He'll never
git my scalp, tliet's sartin and sure."
Beverley and Kenton each llkewlso
dropped nn Indian, but tho shots did
not even check the rush. Long Hair
had {>l?i ii n<*<! to rupture his prey, not
kill It. Kvcry savage '"is orders to
take the white men alive, ilnuillton'ii
larger reward depended on this.
Itljrlit on they caiue, as fast an their
nimhie lcg» carry them, yelling
like demons, and they reaelied the
jtrove before the three white ne-n could
reload their guns. Then every war
rior took rover behind a tree and be
gan scrambling forward from bole to
bole, thus approaching rapidly without
much exposure.
A BtruKxl" ensued which for desper
ate enerny ha* probably never l>een
surpassed. Like three lion* at bay,
the white men met the Mhock, and llon
llke they fought In the rniilHt of seven
teen Htalwart and determined savages.
"Don't kill them. Take them alive.
Throw them down and >iuj<l tbem," wan
Long Hair's order, loudly shouted In
the tongue of lilh tribe.
I loth Kenton and J a 7.011 understood
every word and knew the significance
of such a command from the lead«r. It
naturally came Into Kenton'* mind
that Hamilton had been informed of
his visit to Ylncennes and had offered
! a reward for his capture. Thin !>•■! nt£
j true, death an a spy would !>;• the cer
: tain result If he were taken back. He
might an well d'e n<>* A* f'>r Itever
ley, he thought only of A lie yonder us
lie had left her a prisoner In llamll
-1 ton's hands. Onele .la /.on, If h ■ thought
lat all, probably conoid-red nothing 1>««»
present eric-ape. though he prayed audi
bly to the Cli mscU Virgin oven wjiite be
lay liclplesa upon the ground pinned
down by the weight of an enormous
Indian, lie could not move any part of
liinisflf save his lips, and thos.- me
chanically put forth the wheeziui: sup
plication.
IJevcrlev and Kenton, beta;: yr>un;i
and powerful, were not so easily Mas
tered. For awhile indeed they ap
peared to be more than holding their
own. They time and time aga : .n scat
tered the entire crowd by the violence
of their muscular efforts, and after It
had finally closed ip upon them in a
solid body they swayed and swung It
back and forth and round and round
until the writhing, savage mass looked
as if caught in the vortex of a whirl
wind. But each tremendous exertion
could not last lonjs. Eight to one made
too great a difference between the con
tending parties, and the only possible
conclusion of the struggle soon en me.
Seized upon by desperate, clinsing,
wolflike assailants, the white men felt
their arms, legs and bodies weighted
down and their strength fast going.
Kenton fell next after Oncle Jazou
and was soon tightly bound with raw
hide thongs. He lay on his back pant
ing and utterly exhausted, while Bev
erley still kept up the unequal fight.
Long Hair sprang In at the last mo
ment to make doubly certain the secur
ing- of his most important captive. He
Hung his long and powerful arms
around Beverley from behind and
made a great effort to throw him upon
the ground. The young man, feeling
this fresh and vigorous clasp, turned
himself about to put forth one more
mighty spurt of power. He lifted the
stalwart Indian bodily and dashed him
headlong against the buttressed root of
a tree half a rod distant, breaking the
smaller bone of his left forearm and
well nigh knocking him senseless.
It was a fine exhibition of manly
strength, but there could be nothing
gained by it. A blow on the back of
his head the next instant stretched
Beverley face downward and uncon
scious on the ground. The savages turn
ed him over and looked satisfied when
thej- found that he was not dead. They
bound him with even greater care than
they had shown in securing the others,
while Long Hair stood by stolidly look
ing on, meantime supporting his broken
forearm in his hand.
"Fgh, dog!" he grunted and gave
Beverley a kick in the Side. Then
turning a fiendish stare upon Oncle
Jazon, he proceeded to deliver against
his old, dry ribs three or four like con
tributions with resounding effect.
"Polecat! Little old greasy woman!"
he snarled. "Make good fire for war
rior to dance by!" Kenton also re
ceived his full share of the kicks and
verbal abuse, after which Long Hair
gave orders for tires to be built. Then
he looked to Ills hurt arm and had the
bone set and bandaged, never so much
as wincing the while.
It was soon apparent that the Indians
puri»oscd to celebrate their successful
enterprise with'a feast. They cooked
a large amount of buffalo steak. Then,
each with his hands full of the savory
meat, they began to dance around the
fires, droning meantime an atrociously
repellent chant.
Before this was ended a rain begau
to fall, and it rapidly thickened from a
desultory shower to a roaring down
your that effectually quenched not only
fhe fires around which the savages
were dancing, but the enthusiasm of
the dancers as well. During the rest
of the afternoon and all night long tho
fall was Incessant, accompanied by a
cold, panting, walling southwest wind.
Beverley lay on the ground face up
ward, the rawhide strings torturing his
liiuhs, the chill of cold water searching
his hones. He could «re nothing but
the dim, strange canopy of flying rain,
against which the bare boughs of tlio
■crub oaks were vaguely outlined; he
could hear nothing but the cry of the
wind nnd (he swash of the water which
fell upon lilin and ran under hltu, bub
bling and gurgling as If fiendishly ex
ultant.
The night dragged on through Its ter
rible length, dealing out Its Indescriba
ble horrors, and at last morning ar
rived, with a stingy and uncertain gift
of light slowly Increasing until the
dripping trees appeared forlornly gray
nnd brown against clouds now break
lig Into masses »4iat gave but lltlle
lain.
There was greot stir among the In
dians. Long Half stalked about scru
tinizing the ground. Beverley saw him
corno near time and again with a hid
eous, inquiring scowl on his face.
Grunts and laconic exclamations pass
ed from mouth to mouth, and present
ly the Import of It all could not tie mis
taken. Kenton and Jazon were gone—
had escaped during tho night and the
rata had completely obliterated their
tracks.
The Indians were furious. Long Ilalr
seikt out picked parties of his best
scouts with orders to scour the coun
try in all directions, keeping with him
self a few of the older warriors. Bev
erley was fi*d what lie would eat of
venison, anil Ixing Hair made him un-
licvcrlc]/ dashed him hotdlon'j ayalntt
ihe root of u tree.
derstatul that he would have to suffer
some terrible punishment on account of
the action of his companions.
Late in the day the scouts straggled
back with the report that 110 track or
sign of tho fugitives hail been discov
ered, anil Immediately a consultation
was held. Most of the warriors. In
cluding nil of the young bucks, de
manded a torture entertainment as
compensation for their exertions and
th« unexpected loss of their own pris
oners, for It hart been agreed that Bev
erley belonged exclusively to !<ong
Hair, who objected to anything which
might deprive him of the great reward
offered by Hamilton for the prisoner
If brought to him alive.
In the end It was agreed that Bever
ley should tie made to run the gantlet,
provided that no deadly weapons were
us< d upon him during the ordeal.
[TO nr. rowrtNnm.J
If you seek to make .me rich, study
not to Increase his stores, but to di
minish his <i<*lres. -Seneca..
ClllflES IX OLD INNS.
OLD WORLD OUT OK THE WAY TRAPS
FOR UNWARY TRAVELERS.
An la an Inn on tbf
Spauish frontier—Kesnrta In Unral
Prnncr Wlicre Tl:ef« and Harder
' and Wor>e Awaited the YJetlnis.
From a worldwide traveler come
these stories of evil ruins abroad, of
dark nights, evil companions and lone
liness. lie says:
"I sometimes think of a night I
spent in an inn on the Spanish fron
tier. in a little seaside village surround
ed by a thick pine forest. I was ac
commodated with a bed in a large
room in which another traveler was
lying. He was talkative, as most
southern Frenchmen are. and curious
as to my business, circumstances and
future movements. I told him a story
of my financial troubles which seemed
to me to have saved my life. lie wa9
restless during the night and kept go
ing to the window. I could not go to
sleep while he was moving about.
"In the end we both fell asleep. He
had f.iven me his name, a name with
which a year or two later Mae whole of
France was ringing. He was tried for
a double murder, perpetrated uuder cir
cumstances of peculiar atrocity, and
with such a motive of petty robbery
that the opinion was he must have
had long familiarity with crime. The
murder for which he was convicted
was carried out to gain possession of
£2O, and people believed none but a
hardened criminal would nerve himself
to murder for gain so paltry.
"Such was my companion in a lonely
inn, where my disappearance would
have arroused neither curiosity nor
suspicion. How he would have dis
posed of me I could imagine from the
crime for which he was convicted. He
traveled with a large trunk. I some
times think it was Ihe one afterward
seized at the cloakroom of a station
on the Cherbourg line containing the
body of his fiitest victim. I think all
that saved me from sepulture within
it was the cunning with which I had
concealed the fact I was in possession
that night of a considerable sum.
"It was with similar cunning that
my brother and myself avoided a like
danger at Itotterdam. We were lads
of ten and twelve respectively, on our
way home to England from our school
In Wiesbaden. As the ship did not
start until the day following our ar
rival, we had been obliged to pass the
night in Itotterdam. A loafer conduct
ed us to a miserable tavern in a slum
off the Bompjes, where we paid for the
best room.
"As the time for retiring came our
villainous looking landlord conducted
us to a dark closet and told us to
sleep there. 'We have falleojnto a
trap,' I said to my brother, and so it
seemed when later we heard a stealthy
step on the staircase. Then we began
to talk In German, the gist of our
conversation was: What would become
of us the next day If the money ex
pected from our parents did not arrive?
We colored the story of distress, and
probably our being awake saved us in
stead of the tale overheard. We heard
the step retreating, and, remaining
awake till morning, we were not mo
lested.
"From what I have since heard of
this class of house In Rotterdata and
Amsterdam I have no doubt that we
had a narrow escape."
France, too. Is dotted with houses
where murder and theft lurk behind
the mask of treachery. In the forest
of Chatenay, three miles from Macon,
you may see the ruins of a church con
secrated to Rt. John. "Not far from
this," writes Itaoul Glabert, "a scoun
drel had built a house for the accom
modation of travelers. In this house
he murdered all who came to lodge.
The monster used the flesh of his vic
tims for nourishment.
"A man came there with his wife and
asked shelter. Having rested, his wife,
prying into a closet, discovered a heap
of human remains. At this the trav
elers grew pale and made for the road.
The Innkeeper tried to stop them, but
terror lent speed, so they were able to
escape to the town, where they Inform
ed IYlnce Othon of the discovery. A
great number of men set out, the mon
ster was found In his den, and no less
than forty-eight human heads were dls
eovered, remains of travelers whom he
had murdered and devoured. He was
dragged back to town, tied to a beam
In a cellar and burned to death.
"I myself," says Glabert, "was pres
ent at his execution."
From other chronicles of this period
cannibalism seems to have been looked
upon by Innkeepers as a prerequisite of
their profession. This story Is In Its
way more horrible than Hamilton
Aides' Action, for In his evil inn only
the teeth and hair of the victims were
coveted by the two sisters of Cologne.
The French inn of most sinister repu
tation Is still standing In a mountain
pass In Auvergne. This Is known to
history as Ihe .Murderers' inn. The Inn
Is a death trap. Booms assigned to
travelers have windows barred with
Iron. In an outhouse Is the furnace
In which bodies of victims were dis
posed of. Hundreds of lonely travel
ers. belated In this Inaccessible spot,
have been plundered and murdered.—
Philadelphia North American.
Nc'lllnir (joodi In Uaibon.
Around IJMbon arc* certain entrancea,
generally gateways of the old walls.
All persons bringing chickens, eggs,
butter or any other product Into the
city for sale are stopped at the gate
and required to pay a tax proportion
ed to the value of their articles. At
the depot all passengers on suburban
as well as through trains must have
their bags anil packages examined and
pay for any wares they are bringing
Into the city.
DOMESTIC STRATEGY.
tfvtv One Woman Made Sur» That
Her I.etfer* Were Mailed.
Mrs. Aiken's husband was one of tho
ten or fifteen million men who forget
to post letters, cmiccrnlug whom tho
annals of humor contain thousands of
jokes, lie was nut a bad case, for he
did not always forget, and when he
did he remembered again within two
days. .Mrs. Aiken was not u bad case
either, for she did not scold her hus
band.
When she hail an especially Impor
tant letter to post she either went out
to the corner herself and slipped It Into
the box or lay 111 wait for the postman
on his early morning round, one day
she was not feeling well, and several
Invitations to dinner for the following
week were due to tie posted at once.
So she Intrustisl them to Mr. Aiken,
who made the usual promises. Bho
followed lilm to the dining room door,
saying Impressively:
"Letters! Letters! Letters! Now
don't forget! Letters! Look me In the
eyes and say It after me."
"If you hypnotize me I shall forget
everything. All right. letters! Let
ters! L-e-t-t-e-r-s!" He kissed her.
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shoved the handful of envelopes into
his pocket and went out.
He did keep the letters on his mind
all the way to town in the train. Al
though two men stopped him before be
got to his desk, yet he kept his hand
on the bulgtng pocket. He unlocked
his desk with fbe other band, and be
fore he allowed himself to look at his
morning's mail he put his wife's letters
into the mall basket and called the of
fice boy.
"There," he said to himself, •'those
will go to the post an hour before the
office mail. I think I can remember a
few things once In awhile."
His sense of virtue abode with him
all the morning and all the afternoon.
On his way home at night be thought
of a few facetious remarks to make to
a woman who had so little confidence
In her husband's memory that she must
go through a burlesque dramatic per
formance after breakfast to Impress a
small matter on his mind. As he open
ed the front door he saw her coming
down the stairs.
"Well, my dear, I suppose you are
going to ask me whether I posted your
letters." v
"Oh, no, dear. I know you posted
them."
"Now, there Is confidence!" said Mr.
Alken, with genial Irony.
"Not confidence at all, darling, but
knowledge. If you had looked you
would have seen that among the let
ters was a post card addressed to my
self. It came by the last delivery this
afternoon."—London .Tit-Bits.
To Remove Doit From Gye.
To remove a bit of dust from the eye
is, after all, an easy matter, though
the greategt care should alwllys be tak
en In so doing. If the dust lodges ou
the lower lid, press the eyelid, pulling
It down and telling the victim to look*
up. This exposes the inner lid, and the
dust can be removed upon a toothpick
or hairpin, about the end of which a
bit of cotton has been wound, to avoid
a scratch or a bruise. If the upper lid
Is affected, take the eyelashes firmly
between the forefinger and the thumb,
ask the patient to look down and with
a quick movement turn the eyelid up
over the point of a pencil or, better
still, the edge of a card, which should
be pressed agulnst the eyelid Just above
the stiff part. This causes no pain,
and the dust can be wiped off as from
the lower lid.
A bit of steel Is more difficult to re
move. If a magnet is at hand, it is
sometimes easily drawn out by the
magnet's attraction. No particle of
.dust or steel should be allowed to re
main la the eye. It is likely to cause
serious inflammation, which may re
sult in the loss of sight.
Why a Cemetery Is Bo Called.
Webster says a cemetery Is "a place
where the dead bodies of human be
ings are burled." But that Is nil he *
says, and there Is not a five-year-old
child in the land that could not-tell as
much without referring to his Un--
abrldged. In tracing the derivation
of the word I find that the root Is in
an old Jewish word "caemeteria,"
meaning dormitories or sleeping places.
Later on the form of expression was
changed to "requletorlum." In that
section of "Camden's Remains" which
has the beading of "Concerning Brit
ish Epitaphs" I find t be following:
"The place of burial was called by St.
Paul 'semenatoria,' in the respect of *
•ore hope of" 'tL rtamxeetitm" The
Greeks call it "caemeterion," which
means "a sleeping place until the resur
rection." The old Hebrew word®for
cemetery means "the bouse for the
living," the Idea being that death is
only a protracted bleep that will ter
minate on the day that Gabriel blows
his trumpet—Exchange.
The Lover»' Leap.
Sappho killed, herself by jumping
from the Lovers' Leap, a Leucadlan
cliff. This leap was often taken by
lovesick persons, who believed that if
they survived the fall they would be
effectually cured of a hopeless passion.
The leaps were always witnessed by
crowds of spectators, and the would bo
suicides were In no way Interfered
with by the state. Boats were in at
tendance bolow to pick up the leapers
If they came to the surface of the sea
after the plunge. Sappho had a pas
sion for a young man who did not re
turn her love and leaped from the cliff
in order to be cured. She perished in
the fall. So also did Artlmesia and
mony other celebrities.
Pliny tells a curious story of an old
Athenian miser who was in love with
his cook, and, desiring a cure, went to
have a look at the cliff. He peeped
over, shook his head, went home and
man-led the cook.
THE BOOKS THEY READ.
Cowper read only his Bible and his
prayer book.
Chopin rarely read anything heavier
than a French novel.
Voltaire's favorite classical author
was Juvenal, the satirist
Rossini for nearly thirty years read
nothing but French novels.
Jean Paul Rlchter had only five or
six books, all philosophical.
Lord Cllve said that "Robinson Cru
soe"' beat any other book he ever read.
Franklin read all he could find re
lating to political economy and finance.
Michael Angelo was fondest of the
books of Moses and the psalms of Da
vid.
liach wus no great reader, but much
enjoyed books of Jokes and funny sto
rles.
Baxter read only the Bible and best
enjoyed the prophesies of Isaiah aud
the l'saluis.
Wordsworth was fond of the poetry
of Burns, but said the latter was too
rough and uncouth.— Booklover.
Animal Cariosity.
A cow will approach a new object
fascinated, but with timorous suspi
cion,''and a horse is even more timid,
gazing at a distanco for awhile, ready
to flee In n moment. The monkey will
snatch nt everything that Is new aud
deliberately examine it till, Unding
that he cannot eat it or mock mankind
with It, he will drop It and let It pass
from his shallow memory. There Is n
pathos In the slenderness of animal
curiosity, It is so easily satisfied. The
thought, if thought It be, usually euds
with the first flush of surprise aud the
impression of sAfety.
a ponce Cake.
"Do you call this sponge cake? Why,
it's as hard as can be."
"Yes, mum. That's the way a sponge
is before it's wet Soak It In your tea,
mum."—London Punch.
Knowledge <inlned.
Friend—llns your son learned much
during his college conrse? The Old
Man—l'm afraid not. but I've learned
a whole lot.—Puck.
Had Jnat Refnaed Him.
"ne looks awfully blue. What's the
mntter with him?"
"Heart trouble," replied the girl, «ome>
whut consciously. -Chicago Post