FLIGHTOFRIP SHEA
The Surprise He Experienced In
the Upper Air.
By ALFRED C. PICKELLS.
ICopyrlght, 1910, by American Press Asso
ciation.]
"Pup" Shea woke up.
As far as vigilance over his wireless
apparatus was concerned, it mattered
little whether he had dozed twenty
minutes or all day. The day was that
kind which jiuts wireless stations on
land temporarily out of comiuissiovi.
A half hour before and at like intervals
during the morning he had bee * un
able to hear anythiug but the sputter
ing of atmospheric electricity.
"S—O—S!" It may or may not have
been meant for the distress signal—
the letters were so long drawn out.
Pup waited. Presently his own call,
"Qn," broken nnd mingled with a con
fusion of sounds, came struggling
through the receiver, and finally a long
rumble of nature's electricity that de
stroyed any semblance of code signals.
Pup thought of the high power sta
tion at Cape Ilatteras and without
waiting longer switched in the sending
apparatus. lie repeated "Ha" many
times, slowly and distinctly, and again
changed over and listened. Except
for the same sputtering and jumble
of letters there was no response, and
once more, after adjusting for all the
power his station was callable of.he
sent Ilatteras' call rushing through
space.
The unusually loud crackling of the
sending outfit brought Shultz from the
engine room.
"What's the matter, Pup?" asked
the chief, wiping the black engine
grease from his hands with a ball
of waste. Pup repeated what he had
heard.
Shultz's face became serious. "It's
worth looking to, anyhow," he said.
"I'll go over to the signal station
and see if I can get ITatteras on the
wire."
He returned in a short time and said:
"It's all right, Pup. There ain't no
Binnses offshore. Ilatteras says he's
been trying to talk to Diamond shoals
lightship all morning, but he can get
A VKStSKIi I.AV KAR OCT AT SKA.
lothing through. And if they can't
work in that short distance we might
is well take a vacation. Itut never
nind, Pupsie," he added teasingly,
.lapping his assistant on the shoulder;
'you'll get your opportunity yet.
•Somebody's always doing something
■tartling."
Cape Henry was to be the scene of
i balloon ascension and a parachute
oap that afternoon, an event which
iad awakened more than the ordinary
nterest in Pup. In his varied career
le had handled balloons, once assist
ag his eider brother, who did not only
jigh air, but, according to Pup. high
,'rade, acts in a valve balloon with
which, when the upper currents per
nitted, he ascended and descended
<everal times for the amusement of
lis spectators before he made the final
eap in his parachute. Then, too. Pup
.ad served an enlistment in the sig
nal corps balloon squad of the army,
ind, though the total experience was
?nfined to manual labor on terra
rma, the presence of a kindred sub
ect magnified his knowledge, and he
uirveyed the preparations with the
ritical eye of an authority and dis
bursed upon aeronautics among his
ssociates.
At the conclusion of his watch at the
v'ation Pup strolled over to the casino.
\ glance at the balloon attendants
>ld Pup that something had gone
iniss, and, diving under the ropes, he
, sked, "Where's Flyup?"
"Too much heat," came the immedl
ite reply. "They got him over there."
In the c asino oilice Pup found that
lie professor had been returned to
consciousness, but that he had been
i lade too weak to attempt an ascent.
"I guess it's up to you to make a
peeeh," he said when later he and
he casino manager emerged from the
fflce and walked across the lower pa
ilion to the balloon inclosure.
"We're in a devil of a fix, Pup, that's
ure," replied the manager, glancing
•t the crowd. He seemed undecided
or the moment.
While he pondered over the matter
up surveyed the balloon tugging at
is ropes, then suddenly turned to the
aanager. "Mr. O'Keane," he said, "let
le pull the show oil for you."
"I know you sailors have the nerve
o do all sorts of stunts, but you're up
gainst it hard when you tackle a bal
jon."
"That's all right," replied Pup, un
illing his clippings, "but I ain't green
a balloons. Glance over them."
O'Keane glanced, and when ho read
tip's army papers ho said: "That's a
■ig temptation, Pup. You'd save the
i.iy for us."
It was agreed that Pup should make
he ascent, then descend to within a
I'W hundred feet of the earth with the
open valve before making the para
chute leap.
Pup hurried across to tlie station.
When he returned he was clad In a
brilliant red bathing suit, and he took
his place on the double bars of the
trapeze, eager and confident.
O'Keane grasped his hand. "I ap
preciate this. Pup," he said warmly.
"Keep your nerve and be careful. All
ready?"
Pup nodded. The ropes were releas
ed, and he sailed rapidly skyward.
Below, the pilotboat. which had
agreed to come after him in case he
went offshore, was heading In his di
rection. It seemed down there as if
the world had flattened out. making a
great level map. Old Point Comfort,
Norfolk, Virginia ISeach and Cape
Charles were all in view, and he un
slung his marine glasses. As he ad-
Justed them Mild turned them first on
the cape the red and black double
squares of the United States hurricane
signal flashed back at him through the
lenses. It had been hoisted since his
ascent, and he glanced skyward anx
iously. Overhead there were long
mare's tails and iu the northeast a
rapidly gathering thickness. He had
been stationed on that coast long
enough to know its signs, and this one
had proved its truth.
The westerly breeze had died out.
Seeing the pilotboat almost beneath
him. Pup grasped the valve rope to be
gin his descent when a fow Isolated
bits of scud came from out of the
northeast, a puff of air fanned bis
cheeks, and the balloon swung slowly
around, facing hiin eastward. At the
sight which met his astonished gaze
his eyes widened, and he exclaimed,
"Holy Mike!"
Again he unslung liis glasses. A
vessel lay far out at sea, miles beyond
the sea level limit of vision from the
coast and even barely visible to his
naked eye. But with the magnified
view through the glasses he saw that
great clouds of smoke were rolling not
i only from her funnels, but from fore
! and aft, and an occasional bit of flame
j leaped through them. At her bows
there was no white foam, Indicating
' that the steamer was at a standstill.
| The few tiny dots to the east and
north proved to be small boats filled
to their capacity with humanity.
The parachute was the quickest
means of descent, and Pup chose it
without hesitation. But in his haste
to shake it out he let go the rope
which held it upright to the trapeze.
It ran out swiftly, the canvas toppled
over downward, and before he was
aware of It it had jerked itself loose
from his hauds and, turning complete
ly over, shot downward through space
with the swiftness of an arrow.
Ills brain whirled for a moment;
then, excited and eager to descend, he
grasped the valve rope and gave it a
violent pull. In an instant, gasping
and choking with the air roaring past
bis ears and the blood rushing to his
head, he dropped toward the blue sea.
"There he comes!"
The cry came from scores of lips as
the spectators saw the parachute start
in its desetnt. Rut the cheer that
broke forth died away to a tense si
lence. They watched with bated breath
while the bit of canvas continued to
fall at the same high rate. Then
something like a groan filled the air.
"My God, what's the matter!" ex
claimed Shultz, turning to the profes
sor. "It doesn't spread out. Ile'll be
killed!"
The professor was already training
a pair of glasses on the parachute.
"He is not in there." he said. "He
must have dropped it."
.\s he spoke the big sphere dropped
suddenly and swiftly, watched in
frightened silence, until within about
200 feet of the earth it slackened its
pace and came to a stop. By this time
it had drifted farther westward with
the shifting wind and was shaping a
course for the Chesapeake bay. Hut
th y could easily see the red clad fig
ure of Pup on the trapeze.
"A few more pulls 011 the valve will
bring him down." said the professor.
"Can you signal?"
Shultz strippeu his big navy necker
chief from the collar of his blouse and
tied it to a cane.
"He's signaling now," he said, wav
ing an acknowledgment. Then he re
peated with a pause between each
word: "Passenger—liner about— hun
dred—miles— offshore bearing—east—
by—south— on—fire—disabled. Passen
gers—in—small—boats. Send—help."
Shultz darted across the sand hills to
the signal station. In a few moments
the uews was telegraphed to Norfolk
and firing from the signal masts hi
brilliant colors. The pilot boat barely
waited to answer It, then steamed
swiftly seaward.
It was nearly an hour before Pup
worked the balloon slowly downward,
•lust as he plunged into the water to
escape the collapsing canvas the cruis
er Prairie raced out the capes, heading
eastward.
"See that, Pup!" shouted Shultz as
they steadied the surf boat in the sea
way until Pup grasped the gunwale.
"Bully for you! What did I tell you
this morning?"
Pup scrambled ov«- the side. "Cut
it,"he said, floundering weakly into the
bottom of the boat. "I guess I've lost
my nerve. No more balloons for me."
CANADA h'AS NATIONAL PARK.
Almost Entire Eastern Slope of Rockies
Now Conserved.
The entire eastern slope of the I lock j
mountains from the International
boundary northward to just above the
fifty-fourth parallel is now reserved by
the Canadian government It will be
administered with a view to the proper
utilization and reproduction of the for
est, the protection of the water supjily
of the prairie provinces and other re
lated objects.
The area of the district is about 14,-
000 square nriles, of which 4,850 square
miles have Jnst been put under reserve
for the first time.
What He Lacked.
"They tell me." said the innocent
maid, "that your marriage was the re
sult of love at first sight. Is It true?"
"It Is," answered the round shoul
dered man sadly. "Ilad I been gifted
with second Right I'd still be in the
bachelor cl "-Chicago liecord riur
ald.
Wealth is not his that has it, but
his that eujoys it.
ABEBNAYHY BOYS
MEN IN GOURAGE
* * • i « - . * %1 * *
Teach Self Reliance From Cra
dle, Says Captain Jack.
CORRAL BEST KINDERGARTEN.
But Youthful Horseman Will Have
Harvard Eduoatione, aa Did Roose
velt, Their "Catch 'Em Alive" Father
Promises —Trip to Mexico Prelimi
nary Canter For Cross Country Ride.
"Teach a boy self reliance from the
moment he tumbles out of the cradle,
make him keep bis traces taut and
work well forward in his collar and
ninety-nine times out of a hundred his
independence will assert Itself before
he is two years old. Then guide him
with a firm but tender hand; instill
into him the principles of right and
wrong, and the rest Is easy. If there
Is no taint in his blood nnd he doesn't
possess a yellow streak be will develop
Into a fine man. That's my rule, and
If you don't think I've taken the right
tack talk to my boys for five minutes
and they'll convince you that they are
men In principles even If they are ba
bies in years, God bless 'em."
This Is the theory of John It. Aber
nathy, marshal of Oklahoma and
father of Louis and Temple Aber
natliy, the two "kiddles," aged respec
tively ten and six years, who made a
triumphal entrance into New York
astride the cow ponies they rode across
country from their father's ranch to
greet Itoosevelt. There are five little
Abernathys at home—all girls. And
according to their daddy each and
every one of them is Just as "wonder
ful," Just as self reliant and Just aa
grown up as Louis and Temple.
Is Man of Strength.
Marshal Abernathy might best be de
scribed as a "great big little man."
He is about five feet six, well sot up
ai<l shows every Inch of his height,
lie is brond of shoulder and tapers
down to the perfect V. He shows
power, great strength and determina
tion In his every gesture and move.
Aside from the wide brlmmec, tan col
ored felt hat there is nothing about
him to suggest the man who "catches
ivolves with his bare hands and stran
gles tbeui to death."
"When Mrs. Abernathy died," said
Captain Jack, "I called the children
around me and had a heart to heart
talk with them. They knew of my
frequent and protracted absences from
the ranch, so I mapped out the work
and gave each his or her task. Each
was made to feel that unless they
lived up to their part of the work the
ranch would goto the devil. Wild
horses couldn't have held them back
then."
Corral Their Kindergarten.
'Terhaps your boys would have had
better educational advantages bad
they lived In the city?" was suggested,
"No, they wouldn't," the captain
quickly answered. "They have lived
close to nuture and they have studied
It Their book learning hasn't suffered
either, for they are just as well ad
vanced In their studies. 1 find, as the
average city child of their age.
"Their kindergarten course was ob
tained In the ranch corral. Horses,
dogs, wolf and bear cubs were their
playmates from infancy, and their
knowledge of the traits and habits of
each of these animals is as intimate as
my own, and I have been studying
them forty-five years.
"Each shall have a college education.
Harvard will lie their alma mater uu
less they suffer a change of heart. You
know, they fairly worship Colonel
Roosevelt, and he Is a Harvard man.
Anything the colonel does or has done
is perfectly all right in their eyes, for
next to their daddy he is the greatest
man in the world."
Harder Trip Last Year.
Whereas the country at large )»
amazed at the feat of the boys in rid
ing: to New York, Captain Abernathy
does tmt think It as hazardous an un
dertaking l>y one-half as the trip to
Mexico the boys took last year.
"You see, nothing was written nbout
that trip, and the boys were Just as
anxious to keep their present move
ments as secret as they did when go
iug to and from Mexico. Those little
chaps bunked In with Indians, brig
ands and outlaws all down through
the alkali country, and unt a hair of
their little heads was harmed. They
weren't afraid for a moment. They
returned with uiore money than they
started out with, and they made it nil
by swapping horses. Can you beat
that?"
BURIED TREASURE GOOD "AD"
London Nearly Torn Apart Seeking
Sir Grorge Newnes' Gold.
The recent death of Sir Georgi
New ties, proprietor of the Westminster
Gazette, founder of the company own
ing Tlt-Rlts and the Strand Magazine
and donor of the international chess
trophy bearing his name, will recall to
many the "buried treasure" method by
which he advertised his publications
in London a few years ago.
It was announced that a tube con
taluing 500 sovereigns had been buried
in some secret place, the clew to which
was contalued In a story published in
the Strand. The resulting excitement
can be imagined. All England was
turned upside down. Then came the
announcement that another deposit of
ten lots of £IOO each had been made.
Something in the story seemed to
point to Trafalgar square as the place
where the treasure was hurled, and
the police had to bo called out to stop
the eager treasure hunters. Houses
were pulled down, shops Invaded bj
persons who Insisted that they be al
lowed to burrow under the floors, and
tratlle was held up while the gold era/.y
horde measured off distances with
tapes.
Finally It looked as If they might
tear down the Nelson column. It wits
then that the police Intervened and put
a stop to the plan, but the Xewnes
publications had already rciined a tre
mendous amount of free advertising
CONGRESS GRIEVES FOR
KEIFER'S SWALLOWTAIL
Veteran Onioan Drops Dress Coat In
Everyday Wear For
Modern Saok.
The house of representatives gasped
as onu man recently when Genernl
J. Warren Kelfer of Ohio, who Is
known as the only living dross suit
statesman, appeared on the floor wear
ing a simple sack suit For many
years he has, sartorlally speaking,
turned night Into day. A regulation
evening swallowtail and a wnlstcoat
cut low enough to show three buttons
on a broad expanse of snowy linen
have been part of his daylight COB
tume.
General Kelfer's new suit Is not one
of the Kolledge Klothes kind. It Is
sedate In color and conservative in
cut
"I am going out to Ohio In a few
days," said he."The tailor persuaded
me that this woultf prove more com
fortable traveling attire than my swal
lowtail. I will not promise that the
change shall be permanent"
Speaker Cannon noted the change
with deepest emotion and trusted that
GENERAL KKIPER, PAMKP POK ARCHAIC
ATTIBE, WOOES MODERN CLOTHES.
General Kelfer's Insurgency would ex
tend no further. General Kelfer was
speaker in the early days of Mr. Can
non's services In the house.
Representative Stanley of Kentucky
said:
"It Is eminently proper that General
Kcifer should appear In his natty garb
of gray. He is getting younger all the
time. About this time In the next cen
tury 1 confidently hope to look down
upon the youthful general disporting
himself In knickerbockers."
KING GETS ALL_ STURGEON.
Welsh Captain Followed Old Custom
With George V,
The Welsh captain who caught a
sturgeon in Pwllheli harbor and offer
ed it to Klug yeorge was doing uo
more than his duty. Ills majesty is
entitled to every sturgeon landed lu
the United Kingdom, and one of them,
caught In th" Thames, graced tbe fes
tive board at Queen Victoria's weddlug
banquet The king also has the right
by statute to the head Of every whale
caught on the coasts of his kingdom.
The tall of the whale Is Queen Ma
ry's perquisite, the object of this curl
ous division being that her majesty
shall always be well supplied with
whalebone, although singularly enough
the whalebone is the king's, half
Among other things which the king Is
entitled to receive are a pair of white
doves, a pound of cumin seed, n pair
of scarlet hose and a silver needle from
his tailor.
THIS POET IN CLOUDS; HE
SINGS OF AVIATION.
A novel poetic contribution to aero
nautic literature recently appeared In
the Harvard Monthly, signed by J
Gordon Gilkey, 'l2. It deals with the
thoughts of the aviator while sky scud
ding, as follows:
Over the sea wastes tumbling free.
High above cities of sleep below.
In a veil of clouds the airships go
On the top of the winds we never know.
To the lands we never see.
There's a touch and a spark and a thrill,
and I share
The breath of life with my steed of nlr.
And the lowest clouds rush up and away
As 1 swing through the night to the
bounds of the day.
Athwart the empty blue I rest
On double wings ot silk and steel.
Beside mo throng the wandering clouds,
And frightened eagles round me wheel.
To wide horizons never crossed
A level path lies clear for me:
Above, the slopes of doming sky;
Below, the fields of wrinkled sea.
MANY RULERS ARE SMOKERS.
Cigarettes Lead In Devotees, but Pipe
Has Followers.
The late King Edward was a great
cigar smoker, but In the privacy of Ills
workroom at Buckingham palace and
Sandrlnghnm he liked a pipe. King
George is also a cigar smoker, but lie
does not disdain a pipe, for which he
formed a liking when Ije was an active
naval officer.
The czar of Itussia contents himself
with cigarettes. Formerly the kaiser
was an inveterate cigar and pipe sinok
er, but on the ndvlce of his doctors he
has almost given up the habit. In
spite of his eighty years the Austrian
emperor Is fond of a pipe, and smoking
does not affect his health.
King George of Greece smokes quan
tities of cigarettes, which he usually
throws away half consumed. Kins
Victor Emmanuel is a moderate smok
er of cigars and cigarettes. King
I'etcr of Servia prefers a pipe, a habit
he contracted when he was at the
military school of St. Cyr.
King Alfonso manages to get through
a fair quantity of cigars nnd ciga
rettes. His neighbor. King Manuel of
Portugal, has not yet learned to ap
preciate a cigar, contenting himself
with the cigarette.
The true, tne good, the beautiful, are
but forms of the Infinite. What, then,
do we reaiiy love In them but the In
finite?- Cousin,
HOW HER
FORTUNE CAME.
' M ' ' •*
Also Her Husband, Who Proved
an Important Element.
By ANNA BENTLfcV.'
[Copyright, 1810, by American Press Asso
ciation.J
May 10.
We have all received a dreadful
shock. When uncle's valet went to his
master's room this morning he found
uncle on the floor dead. Poor, de»i* old
man, to die all alone, without :in.. \yifV
or child to soothe his going! If he li.-iVi
only let me live with him 1 niisii<. at
least have been within call at I lie* mo
ment when he was stricken. Hut. no;
though I offered repeatedly to be a
daughter to him, he steadily refused,
persisting in living alone with no one
but servants in the house. But uncle
was very eccentric.
I supposed there was no doubt that
uncle died of some heart trouble or
apoplexy, or something like that, but
they say now that the doctors declare
there are no evidences whatever of dis-
IT WAS A TREATISB ON POISO*.
ease—that he was in perfect health. It
is suspected that he was murdered.
But how could that be since no wound
has been found on his body? Oh,
dear! I am so frightened! I am
uncle's nearest relative—lndeed, his
only relative so far as Is known—and
unless he has left his wealth to chari
ties 1 shall inherit it. I do hope noth
ing will come of this theory that he
has been made away with. Suspicion
will fall upon me, for it is quite likely
that I shall fall heir to all of his es
tate, which, they say, will turn out to
be worth milllous.
May 11.
I can't wait to see the morning pa
per, and yet I dread to look at it for
fear it will contain some terrible de
velopment.
Great heavens! "Arnold Maxwell
came to his death through an insidious
poison!"
Who could have had an interest in
murdering hiin? No one but me. 1
shall bo charged with tbe crime. In
any event, I shall be suspected. Oh,
how many horrors accompany wealth!
May 12.
Every one is talking about uncle's
taking off. The papers are full of it.
The police, they say. have been very
active, but do not claim as yet to have
got any clew. One account says that
both servants—there are but two—have
been under close surveillance ever
since that dreadful night, though they
have both proved that they were at a
servants' ball from 10 o'clock till 3 in
the morning, while the doctors say
uncle died between 11 and 1. I wonder
how they know that. Oh, how 1 wish
they would find the poisoner!
May 14.
This morning I saw the lirst news
paper mention of myself in connection
with uncle's death: "No will has yet
been found, but it is understood that
Miss Clementine Deane. a daughter of
the deceased's late wife, lias long been
the heir expectant. Hut Miss Deane,
not being a blood relative of the mur
dered man, cannot inherit under the
common law."
What a relief! I cannot inherit un
less by a will. And .vet what a singu
lar position In whl !i to be placed!
If a will Is found making me an heir
ess I shall dcu!i!!ess have to answer to
a charge of murdering the man who
loved me well enough lo leave nie I.is
property, God grant that no will may
be found, or. if one is found, may
some one other than I be the bene
ficiary! I would raiher work and
starve than go through the orde;:l of
being mistaken 112• r n murderess. Think
of the lons wait in jail for a trial,
my portrait everywhere staring nu in
the face, gaped at in a crowded court
room. My God, I shall go mad!
May 20.
Tor a week I have been dreading an
arrest. I fancy every one with whom
I come In contact is a detective watch
ing me. I am getting thin and have
lost all my color. I must divert my
mind and look less worried or It will
I.e assumed that my crime is preying
upon me. I will try to read. Perhaps
a sensational novel would draw my
thoughts from this frightful sensation
of my own.
I have been to the library and
brought homo a book, now kind that
librarian was to me! I wonder If he
Elihu Yale's Grave.
Elihu Tale, from whom the college
in New Ilaven took its name, sleeps In
the graveyard at Wrexham church,
near Chester, England. The following
inscription (restored some years ago
by the council of Vale) is to be found
on one side of his tombstone:
Born In America, In Europe bred, in Af
rica traveled, In Asia wed.
Where long lio lived and thrived; In ten
don dead.
Much Rood, some 111, he did. BO hope all's
even
And that his soul through mercy's Bono
to heaven.
—Boston Globe.
knew that I was dreading n terrible
misfortune. When he was telling uie
about the singular things he finds be
tween the leaves of books returned to
the library I forgot my trouble. He
says he fiuds everything from a love
letter to a huirpin. now careless we
women are! Men seldom leave things
between the pages of books, but ineu
don't read as many books as women
Mny 21.
The will has been found. lam heir
ess to a great fortune. I have been
congratulated. I hinted to one of my
congratulators that I shall be suspect
ed of having poisoned uncle. He re
plied that I would at least have "mil
lions for defense." But that would not
remove the charge, the trial and the
stain to follow. The same person jjade
me not worry. lie says that detec
tives have been watching mj every
act since the crime was committed
and they have admitted to not getting
a single item of evidence against me.
I knew it. That woman who insisted
on coming into make a dress for nie
for a song was one of them. That
man I saw at so many places, In the
shops, on the street, everywhere, was
another. I am not reassured by the
person wbo has comforted me, but 1
have finished my book and will go for
another. I long to talk to my friend
the librarian about what is on my
mind. He lias become my only confi
dant.
I am electrified by a spark of hope.
This morning 1 received a letter ad
dressed in a strange hand. I studied
the superscription a long while, but 1
could not make out from whom it
could be. It was postmarked as sent
from this town. Finally it occurred to
me to open it. I suppose I would have
done so before had my mind not been
so tortured by the frightful specter
that has been hanging over me. What
was my surprise to see at the bottom
of the letter, "Your friend The Libra
rian."
This is what he says:
After talking with you yesterday I went
home and, taking up a newspaper, read
a detailed report of the doctors who were
deputed to analyze the poison found In
the case of your late uncle. Suddenly
my fingers released their grip on the pa
per, and it fell to the floor. An Idea had
flashed upon me. What a singular fac
ulty la memory, and how marvelously It is
awakened! I remembered a wet, dismal
right a month ago when I was sitting at
my desk In the library. A young man, a
stranger to me, came In and asked for a
rara work of a foreign author. Sine# it
had never been called for before I should
not have remembered It except for Its
rarity. I went to the shelf, where I
found It covered with dust, took It down
and gave It to the stranger.
It was a treatise on poisons.
A group of events recorded In my brain
had led mo to tills remembrance My
chats with you as to your uncle's death,
all 1 have heard about it and lastly this
report of the doctors—might not that book
contain mention of the poison reported by
them as having been used to kill your un
cle, and might not this In some way con
nect this stranger with the murder?
I hurried to the library, found the book,
which had been returned, and opened It.
You remember that the Itrst day you
came here I told you how many article*
are left carelessly between the leaves of
returned books. Well, the bQOk I opened
contained an instance of this kind. Or
running over the leaves looking for men
tion of the poison named by the doctors
I found lying between two pagas devotee
to a description of It and Its effects a
soiled piece of paper. On It was a notf
written In a peculiar hand referring tc
the chapter and page on which this pol
son that killed your uncle was described
But one thing more remained for me tc
do to establish niy find as a bit of evi
dence. 1 referred to the record of thf
book's withdrawal and found the name OJ
the person who had withdrawn it, or at
least the name he had given. I also found
that the book had not been taken out
since he had taken It.
The volume, the bit of paper—evidetulj
slipped in between tho pages for a plac;
mark and forgotten—and the record co.?
corning Its withdrawal are now all in K
hands of the police. I write this to you
before going to bed that with the ironiir
light you may have a hope of be:'-; re
lieved of that unspoken suspicion that yc
cannot but feel overshadows you.
Isn't it delightful? If it really turns
out that this mau who seems to h:i > .
been so Interested in this especial | >
son killed uncle I shall be vindicate-.',
and rich.
But it may turn out that he wished
the poison for another purpose, Tliuy
may never find him. If not. at auj
rate this bit of evidence proves his
existence and diverts suspicion from
me:
June - i.
The young man who took the l>u>>!;
on poisons from the library has beet:
arrested. The police have been a lon;.'
while about it and would not haw
succeeded In fluding him had it not
been for the handwriting on bis slin
used for a bookmark. The way it
came about was this: Uncle has a
nephew, a real nephew, bis own sis
ter's son. 1 have never before heard
of him. lie is a physician. He put
in a claim as next of kin for uncle's
estate. As soon as the police beard
of this they secured a specimen of bis
handwriting. It turned out to lie the
same queer hand as that found in the
book.
Sept. 18.
The second part of the horror at
tending uncle's death is ended, thank
heaven. Yesterday the murderer re
ceived his punishment. I did not
know it till it was all over. It is all
so dreadful! I don't wish another for
tune to come to me in such an awful
way.
It is my wedding day. And whom
am I to marry? Why, Ibe man who
removed the cloud that bung over me
at the time of uncle's death. Isn't it
natural that I should appreciate such
an act even if it came unintended?
But be sympathized with me from the
first. And when he made the discov
ery that vindicated me he could scarce
ly contain himself for joy.
Aud so ends the episode of the
coming of my fortune. We are togo
abroad, my husband having received
a commission to examine libraries
there and purchase a new lot of
books for the library here. There has
beeu a gift for this purpose. Who
knows who Is the giver? I do.
The "Gold S*.ake."
A Mexican superstition, very com
mon among miners iu that country, re
lates to the "gold suake." This spe
cies of serpent is perfectly harmless
and very handsome, being green In
color and with a golden iridescence in
Its scales. Faith is entertained that
wherever a gold suake makes its nest
there is a ledge containing the precious
metal, and there are many miners who
will locale a claim at once if they find
a gold snake.
There are a thousand persons In the
world who can hurt you to one that
can help you.—Billings.
UNION OF SOUTH
AFRICANSTATES
How Cecil Rhodes Cream of
Empire Was Realized
GREAT NEW ERA OPENED UP
Hj : I ' ♦ V ; ! \ 1
Whole United Country Expected to Be
ft Wonderfully Strong Amalgamation.
Business of Its Provinces Will Be
Immense—Administrative Offices
the Government In Power.
Cecil Rhodes lies burled these eight
years on one of the Matopo hills that
he loved and left a fund to preserve
and beautify, and yet so clear was his
vision of the future that in his will
he left his estate and house. lie Uroote
Schuur, "for a residence tor the pnoio
minister of the federal government of
the States of South Africa when con
stituted." The Union of South Africa
has now been formed, and where
Rhodes foresaw an inevitable federa
tion a closer tie has bound the erst
while colonies of the Transvaal. Na
tal. Orange Kree State and Cape Colo
ny, reducing them to provinces mid
raising theui, weided as one. to a slate
of high dominion.
The fourth South customs
and railways conference i.**i at Pre
toria on May 4, 1908, for the purpose
of drawing up a new customs agree
ment and settling some intercolonial
disputes over railway rates, but the
delegates turned at once to the far
greater issue which lay behind these
and on May 5 passed the resolution to
form a draft constitution
This national body met at Durbaa
on Oct 12, 1908, and the delegates in
cluded such men as Generals Botha.
Smuts, Qertzog and De Wet and Dr.
Jameson, Dr. Smartt and J. W. Sauer.
Constitution Carefully Revised.
Ia a secret session they agreed to
unite, and the convention was ad
journed Nov. 5 to reconvene at Cape
Town on the 23d of November. There
this closer union convention in Feb
ruary brought its deliberations to a
close, having successfully eln bora tod
a draft constitution, which was sub
mitted In llarch to the parliaments of
the different colonies sitting simul
taneously.
The chief difficulty was in reconcil
ing the interests of the coastal and
Inland states, but Bnally the thing was
settled to the satisfaction of each sep
arate parliament, and July 1, 1901S
saw nineteen delegates. Including tlx*
four prime ministers, from the col.
onles In London to watch the passage
of the bill through the Imperial pnr*>
liament.
Only minor changes were made In it,
and it received the royal assent oi*.
Nov. 20. It provided that a royals
proclamation might be made withlo.
a year of the passing of the act to the
effect that the four colonies should be
united in one government under the
name of the Union of South Africa,
and provision was made for other teiv
ritorles joining the union later.
The administrative offices were to
be a governor general appointed by
the king at a salary of $T)0,000 a year
and an executive council, which would
be a cabinet of advisers; the legislative
branch, a senate composed of eight
members from each province and
eight appointed by the governor, and
a house of assembly with fifty-ona
members from Cape Colony, thirty
sis from the Transvaal, seventeen
from Natal and seventeen from the
Orange Froe State.
Great Business Outlook.
The membership in both houses la
limited to persons of European descent.
The new uniou will have au area of
almost 500.000 square miles, taking In
the southern em! "112 Africa and extend
ing from the Atlantic to the lndiuu
ocean. It will have a population of
about 0,500.000 one-fifth of whom are
whites.
The combined business of its prov
inces will he immense. In 1007 the
Imports of Cape Colony amounted toi
over $24G.000.0<)H and the exports to
over $222,000.0(hi Natal lu 1907 had
Imports amount!* to $;i3.o00.000 and
exports to slß.t 'HOOO. The Orang<»
Free State in the s nne year figured it*
Imports and exports both In the neigh
borhood of 515.000.000.
The Transvaal, fouuded In 1831 by
Boers from Cape Colony, values Its
imports at over $78,000,000 aud Its ex
ports at more than $150,000,000.
Hardly.
An English political speaker was ad
dressing an audience. Urging Ula
hearers to give utterance to their
views, he said, "If we remain silent
the people will not hear our heart
rending cries!"
Be patieni. God has all eternity in
which to make plain the bidden things
of your life.
sum ® i
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