GRIZZLY BILL'S UNDOING. lIY A. J. ftIEISLER. [COPTRIOIIT. 1896.] "Thrilling?" said the major; "well, 1 should say so. It was the mostexciting thing that ever occurred to me. Wll3', I can't even think of it now without shuddering a little. I was considerably younger in those days than 1 am now. At the time I was a telegraph operator and dispatcher for the Mountain Valley Railroad company in n western mining country. It was a wild and lawless country and I was not much in love with my place, but being poor I was obliged to accept the conditions with tlie best possible grace. "Goldton, where I wa located, was really nothing more than a railroad sta tion. Is was not on the main line of the Mountain Valley railroad, but on a spur which ran to the Ingot mines. Travel was not very extensive; in fact, but one train a day passed my lonely station "On the IMb day of ever 3* month I received by express for the superin tendent of the Ingot Mining company the money with which the miners were paid off. The amount averaged between $15,000 and SIB,OOO. On the 14th of .Tune in that year the superintendent of the mines came to me and said: " 'Perkins, the pay money will he here to-morrow ns usual; but I want you to exercise more than ordinary vigilance in guarding it, as I understand Grizzly Bill is operating in the mountains ! again.' " "Grizzly Bill was a name to inspire terror. The individual who bore that unmusical sobriquet, was an outlaw of great daring and resolution: he stopped at nothing. It was, therefore, quite nnturul for me to feel some little trepi dation. I assured tlie superintendent, however, that I would do all in my pow er to guard the money; and I think," continued the major, with some self satisfaction, "that I kept my word ii: this respect. "During the night which followed, a violent rainstorm swept through the mountains. Shortly before ten o'clock the next morning I received word ovei Ihe wire Unit the train from Pikevilie could not get to Goldton owing to a washout below Summit Hock. It was thought that the track could be made passable ly afternoon, and that the train would reach my station before six o'clock. I communicated these facts tc t he mjne superintendent by means of an assistant who was always at the station during the day. "At five o'clock that evening I re. ceived a message saying that it would be imjiossible for the train to get through before nine or ten o'clock the next morning. I sent word to t.liis effect to the mine superintendent, who, in turn, communicated it to the men. Feci ing rather tired 1 turned in early that night. Sleep, however, was out of the question. "The baggage, freight, express and telegraph offices were all under one roof. One corner of the big warehouse (it was hardly anything else) was par titioned off so ns to make a private in closure. This box-like compartment I used for sleeping, eating and the trans action of the company's telegraphic and railroad business. The sender and re ceiver were afiixed to a table conven iently near my bed, and if necessary it was possible to transmit or take ii message without even arising. 01 course, 1 never found it necessary to dc this; I simply mention it to illustrate the arrangement of the office. "Along tow ard midnight thetelegrf.pl; instrument liegan to click. 1 heard my call, opened the key, and asked what was wanted. The operator at Pikevilh wired back that the train which had been delayed on account of the washout had started for Goldton, and would reach there between three and foui _f J .r — ElZllj ] Pj VMril 4 '■'j ifHrj M !fi j I SAW A MAN'S HEAD PROTRUDE IT SELF o'clock in the morning. At precisely u quarter 10 three o'clock the trail strained into Goldton. "The express messenger alighted ant handed me a huge and niany-scukx package. It contained $17,500. "'Oh, that isn't nil,' said the messcn ger, with a laugh; 'I have u box in tlu* car that's as heavy as lead. We've bcei wondering all the way up the iiiountaii whal it contained.' "The box was lifted from the cor anc placed on end in the freight department of the station. It was fully seven feet long and four wide—horribly suggest ive of the rough box in which a coffin is inclosed. I thought of t his state aflei the tram had resumed its journey. 1 put the pay money into the safe, turned the combination lock and retired. 1 fel into a doze from which I was aroused with a start by what seemed to be the ticking of the sounder. It said ascleai as if some one bad spoken: 'Beware! danger threatens!' I sat up in bed The moon was shining brightly through the window. I gazed intently at the sounder. It made not the slightest motion, yet the message came again this time even more startlingly dis tinet than before. What could it pos sibly mean? 1 thought that 1 was | dreaming. "At any rate, upon hearing the third message my mind instantly reverted to the huge box in the freight corner. ! The partitioning of my little apart- j ment did not extend as high as the roof, but merely a distance of about five ! feet above the level of 1113* bed, and ly | standing 011 the bed I could peer over ! the top and see all parts of the interior ; of the station. I rose stealthily to an erect position and looked over the edge j of the partition. The tirst thing I saw j was the box, standing on end near a window in the extreme end of the sta tion; and as I looked, 1 taw its topi slowly rise and a man's heed protrude itself. "It was a thick, brutalized face, with grizzled whiskers. Tnstantl}' it flashed across my mind that it belonged to Grizzly Bill. "The sight sent my heart Into my throat with a bound, for I realized only 52 I FROM THE INTERIOR OF THE DON CAME A VOLLEY OF OATHS, too well that the outlaw would stop at nothing to get the money wh : ch he knew was in my possession. To him murder was child's play. But after the first emotion of fear I felt per fectly calm. In truth, I felt ns though fate had thrown this desperado in m.v way so that I could conquer hbu. t don't know why I felt thus; probaM.v I experienced the same emotions that a soldier does who goes into battle with fear and trembling, yet who, when actually in the midst of danger, feels as cool and collected as though he were out of reach of all possibility of harrm "I got out of bed, picked up tlie coal shovel and scuttle and made as much noise as possible. As the night had been an unusually cool one a fire was burn ing, and as I passed the stove I grabber] 1113' revolver and thrust it into my right coat pocket. Into my left pocket I thrust i :oine nails and a hammer. Then, whistling as loudly as possible to mis lead the desperado in the box, I left the little office and walked across the floor of the freight part of the station. When immediately in front of the box 1 sprang at it with the fury of a man fighting for his life and overturned it. It fell to the floor, top tip, with a re sounding crash. Instantly 1 was astride the box driving nails into the lid its hard and fsist sis a man in terror for his life could do. And all that while I was 3'olling at the imprisoned outlaw at the top of my voice, telling him that if he so much as breathed I would in stantlv kill him. "But my threats did not appear to frighten him much. From the interior of the box came a volley of muffled oaths that would have astonished a Digger Indian. I never heard such hor rible profanity. I fired my pistol twice in the air to let him know that I mean' • business. After awhile he became quiet. I carefully examined the box and found tliat there was no danger of suffocating, for at the upper end were a number of tiny perforations which fre ely admitted air. "I sat .astride that box until 1113* ns Ristant arrived at seven o'clock. It was a long and trying vigil, but the magni tude of 1113' victory buoyed me up. My assistant was almost too mueli amazed to speak when I told him of 1113' cap ture. He quickly went to the mines and told the superintendent to hasten at once with a sufficient grtard of men to the station and take Grizzly Bill into custody. It didn't take long to do this; and when Bill was hauled by no gentle bands from the box he was the angriest outlaw ever captured, lie fought like a tiger, but it was of no use. The men who bad him captive knew bow danger ous be as. lie was securely bound, and later in the day taken to I'ikev'lle. where he was subsequently sentenced to a long term of imprisonment in an eastern |k nitentiary. "That little adventure," concluded the major, "proved to he the turning point in n:y career. I was promoted to an important position in the cit3*. where 1 prospered, as you see. I am to-day quite content with myself and the world in general. Thus you sec Grizzly Bill's undoing was 1113' making." Frankness. Elder Baker, who flourished in n rural district of New England a good many years ago, was a strictly honest but painfully frank old man. One day be was approached by old Zckc Bill, a man of doubtful reputation, who said: "I.ookee here, elder, 1 want to make a request o' you, an' it's this: I want I 3*oll to promise me that you'll preach i my funeral sermon if you outlive me Will you?" "Why, certainty, Zeke, certainly." "An' I want you to preach it from the i text: 'An honest man is the noblest ; work of God.'" | "I'll do it, Zeke, T'll do it, and I'll add that I'm sorry there's such a fioor specimen in the coffin."—N. Y. World. Ptono Paving for Street*. The first stone paving for streets In America was laid in ftew York in 1058. MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS. —lt is well known amor g oculist ex- 1 perts that the opera glasses which may ' be hired in most theaters frequently j become the medium lor spreading very \ serious wye diseases. —The residents of Great Neck, L. 1., who have been bothered by "tough" ! picnics on Sundays in past years, have j subscribed a purae cf SOOO, which has j been given to the ollicers of the steam- ! beat Idlewild not to make t- landing at Great Neck on Sunday this .year. —lt is not now considered fashion able to go on a bridal trip to Europe. The proper thing is to remain at home for the honeymoon and when it is all over and the little dovies are settled and sedate to hie to the seaside or mountain top and pass the summer just like old married folk. —The passenger elevator has become fixture in the homes of wealthy New Yorkers. More than 100 owners of fine residences have elevators in their homes, and some of them more tliar. one. About 70 of these elevators are hydraulic and 30 or more electric. The latter power is coming into gcnernl —B\* actual measurement of 50 skel etons the right arm and left leg have been found to be longer In 20. the lef< arm and right leg in six, the limbs or the right longer than those on the lef in four, and in the remainder the in quality of the limbs was varied. Only seven out of 70 skeletons measured, or ten per cent., bad limbs of equal length. —There is a movement on foot, in London among a number of j-oung men who find it very hard to get to business In time, to start a "lazy club." Their idea is "to establish dressing-rooms ir: a caravan which goes round to each member's house, thus enabling him tr finish his toilet in the van on his war lo business." Tt. is further hoped tr nttr.cli a restaurant to the van "some day." NEAR-SIGHTED AND IMPULSIVE. When SIIO I'ut Her Theory Into Practice tlie Kotult Wat* Rather Amusing. She was near-sighted and impulsive, and she felt called upon to right a num ber of the wrongs of humanity, in con sequence of which she was frequently in the hottest of hot water. She was walking along North Clark street the other day, with her eye glasses dangling from her chain, and expounding one of her theories to a politely interested friend. "The fact is," she was saying, "that only a small percentage of women ure fitted to have the care of their children. In my opinion oil children should lie taken from parents who ure not up to the approved standard and—" "But, you see, the parents might ob ject," broke in her friend, "besides, what would become of the pooi babies?" "The parents must be convinced that it is a matter of right and advance ment, and, as for the children, the state must provide nurseries under the care of well-equipped—my goodness! that woman will kill her baby!" She dashed into the street where a woman, who was apparently uncon scious of an approaching cT.ble train, was trundling a baby carriage across the t racks. It was the work of an instant U snatch the carriage from the hands of the astonished woman and propel it beyond the line of danger; then, as the car whizzed I) 3*, she turned upon her in wratli. "A nice mother you are," she panted, "can't, you take any better care of your child than that? Ic was a mercy that the little angel was not killed through your carelessness!" The woman put her hands on her hips and regarded the speaker. "And who said anything about a baby?" she demanded, in a high, sar cnstic key, "I'm a wnshlady, I am; an' it's a bundle of dirty clothes I'm tak ing home an' not n child at all. An' how would it be the business of a chit ike you if—" But the petticontcd philanthropist heard no more. With one swift glance at the shapeless bundle, tied in a check ered tablecloth, which filled the car riage, she fled as if for her life.—Chica go Tribune. A Itnndy Answer. Some people are never at a loss for an answer, and tlie colored valet who got off the following is a good exponent of that class. It seems he was a lazy rascal, and his master one day re monstrated with him about his neglect of duty. "lint, massa, I's am not equal to dc oacasion as I once wuz." "V.'hy, George, what on earth is the matter with you now?" "I's a stitch in my side, sir, dat trubblefi me a powerful lot, and I's not able to do as much as I hab been doin'." "A stitch in your side! Oil, come, George, that won't do. Where did you get such a thing ns a stitch in your side?" "Dc oder day, eah. You see, I wuz hemmed in by a crowd." Tlarpcr's Hound Table. At a ItevLlon. Some conscripts hardly know what to invent in order to obtain exemption from military service. "Sir," said a youth to the revising captain, "I have no disease that will warrant me in claiming exemption, but I am the support of the family." "1 don't believe it." "Why not?" "Your father and mother are circus performers and earn their own living." "Well, I am a member of the same compnn3 f , and have *o carry daddy and mammy on my head; doesn't that show that I support the whole family ?" —Motto per Hidcre. In the Cause of Art. "Heavens! Who is that throwing a wheelbarrow over the bannisters?" "Don't get nervous; that is only thq girls in the dramatic school upstairs learnig how to fainL"—Chicago Rec ord. A Counter Irritant. "Yes. dear wife," unci he closed h:v. eyes, "the end is near. The world prows j dark about me. There is a mist around | me gathering thicker and thicker, and ; there, as through a cloud, I hear the ! music of angels—sweet and sad." "No, no, John, dear; that's the brass band on the corner." "What!" said the dying man, jump ing from his bed and dinging the boot jack at the leader. "Have these scoun drels dared to come Around here when I am dying!" And he recovered. Cay City Chat. A Itfliii'.irkahlo t'aso. "Here's a sensational elopement story that is rather remarkable," he said, looking up from his newspaper. "Does it fail to say that the girl is beautiful?" she asked. "„\o. It says that she is 'entrancing ly lovely,* " he replied. "Then what is there remarkable about it?" she inquired. "It fails to say that she moves in either 'an exclusive set* or 'the highest circles of society.* " —Chicago Posf!"" What Ailtd 111 in Honest Barber—Mr. Jenks, you know I never bother my customers about buy ing my hair restoratives, and such tilings, but I must say to you, in nil candor, that your hair is disappearing dreadful fast. Now, my Elixir of Life, if applied in time — Mr. Jenks (sadly)—No use, my friend. Nothing can stop my hair from coming out but death, or divorce.—N. V. Weekly. The Greater Fatiguo. "I should think," she said, sympathet ically, to the young man who acts, "that you would get tired of saying the same thing over and over." "No," he answered, with pensive sad ness, "it isn't that that makes us tired. It's hearing the same thing over and over when we ask for the salary that never came."—Washington Star. Ills Llttlo Compliment. "How ilo you like your new bike, M.'ss Wheeler?" "Splendidly! Why, Mr. Pedleman, do you know, it rides so easily that half the time it seems as though it wanted to run away with me!" "Perfectly natural it should, I oiu sure. If I had its chances I would do so, too.' - —Odds and Ends. Not a Thins;. "Ilello, Ilalket, where have you been ?" asked Hi land, who met h ; s friend on the street, looking very weary. "Been fishing." "What did )ou catch?" "Nothing." "Nothing?" "No; not even a train for home."—- Pittsburgh Chronicle-Telegraph. An Explanation. Brown-—The goal of his ambition was a million dollars. He lias it now, am! every time he thinks of the fact lie; i'eeL blue. Robinson —How is that? Brown—Well, he had two millions a one time and he dropped one.—Brook lyn Life. Ditln't Export Much. "Do you really think you will If nappy with me?" asked Esinerakki Longcofiin of bus DeSmith, to whom she is engaged. "I've no doubt of it. You see lam one of these easily satisfied sort of fellow who never expects much, anyhow/' re plied Gus.—Texas Pifter, Before and After, He's most polite, the candidate. Just prior to (lection; And after tl:at you contemplate An ossllled affection. —Washington Star THE EXCEPTION TO THE RULE. r I "I suppose Fred's letter is about the same silly thing as usual?" I "No, it isn't; he didn't mention your name once this time."—Brooklyn Life. Heartiest*. Ho told her ho had lost his heart, As he gazed in her lovely eyes. But, alas, the cruel maid answered: "Why don't you advertise?" — fp-To-Date. A Great Difference. | "Bobby, I'm glad to see that you I have taken good care of this knife am! I huve not lost it as you did the one you | had the other day. "Yes'm; this 'tin's mine—th' one I I lost wa> pop's."—Chicago Record. Ills Rival. She—Did you hear Mr. Gushington? IHs conversation is inexpressibly sweet. lie—Sweet? A liberal flow of sun docs not necessarily have any effect | upt*n the maple sugar market. —Boston Transcript, Flattered* I She —What charming teeth Mrs. j llighsac has! He —You (latter me, madam. She—Oh, pardon; you are her lius j band? lie —Oh. no; only her dentist.—Judy. Too Affectionate* ! Mamma—You know, Johnnie, that ! when mamma whips lier little boy she ; does It for his own good, j Johnny—Mamma, I wish you didn't I think quite. ;o much of me. —Tit-Bits. fine Marriage u SUCCOR*. ! Wise Father (to married son) —Yoi. are living very nicely, I see; but ere you I saving any money? Wise Son (whispering)— Yes, but don't tell my wife. —N. Y. Weekly. WOMAN FROG HUNTER. How a New .Jersey .Maiden Makes a Com fortable Diving. ! Miss Mona Seldon, of Friendship, N. ! J., is a hunter of renown. The game she bags is frogs. For seven years she J has been supporting herself by her unique method. Now she is one of the j most prosperous citizens in the little town, and she is reputed to have a bunk ! .account which, if it keeps on growing, I will eventually enable her to give up | frog shooting. Before she took to frog i shooting Miss Seldon taught school in I the country regons. She did not partic larly enjoy teaching.for her pupils were frequently boys about twice as big as herself, and they had that particular form of humor which shows itself in being obstreperous. Moreover, the sal ary did not satisfy Miss Seidell's ideas of proper compensation. Consequently, when she found that frogs were a cost- I ly luxury she resolved to invest her i savings in a frog farm. Friendship be ing rich in bogs and swamps, Miss Sei dell bought ~J acres of land, fenced it in and began to raise frogs for the New York market, to the scornful delight of her neighbors. They thought she was a harmless and amusing lunatic when they saw her practicing shootingfrogu. But wli 'ii they learned that she cleared SI,OOO the first season, those who came to scoff remained to imitate, and frog shooting became a popular occupation in Friendship. The other shooters sell tlieir game to Miss Selden, who in turn sells it to the market. WHISK BROOM HOLDER. What an Ingenious Woman Can Do with Plain IlrusH ItiugH. The possibilities of brass rings are numerous. In the broom holder 42 brass rings are all worked over in double crochet with dark red Asiatic crochet silk. These rings are joined together front and back, as seen, and ribbon of the same hue is run through FllwgM Iff the outer row of rings and formed in tasteful bows at the corners, ribboi also forming the means of suspension ar.d being bowed at the top. —Eva M. Niles, in Boston Globe. FOOD FOR CHILDREN. A Few Facts Which Mother* Would Do Well to He member. No solid food of any kind should be given to a child until it has the larger share of its first teeth. Even then it must not be supposed fhat because a child has acquired its teeth it may par take of ail kinds of food with impunity. The digestive apparatus of a child dif fers greatly from that of an adult in its anatomical structure, and in tlie character and amount of digestive fluids, and it is by no means proper to allow a child to eat all kinds of even wholesome food which a healthy adult stomach can digest with impunity, to say nothing of the rich, highly seasoned viands, sweetmeats and epicurian dishes which seldom fail to form some part of the bill of fare. Children are not likely to crave unsuitable foods un less a taste for such articles lias been de veloped by indulgence in them.—Mrs. E. E. Kellogg, in Good Housekeeping, Tenting Cuke In the Oven, Miss Parloa gives the following dl reel ions for testing the oven in cake baking: "For sponge cake put a piece of paper in the oven, close the door, and open it in five minutes. If the paper is a rich yellow, the oven is right; but if it is a light yellow the oven is too cool; if a dark brown, it is too hot. For pound cake the oven should be just hot enough to color light brown. Cup cakes require an oven of about the same temperature. All thin rolled cakes require a hotter oven, so that the paper should turn a dark brown in five minutes. The length of time, required for baking certain cakes will vary with their thickness or tin size of the pan in which they are baked." Fresh Currant I'mhllng. Pour over squares of stale sponge cake a very sweet custard into which ripe currants have been stirred and serve at once. Or, stir ripe currants thickly into a rich batter made with two eggs, half a eup of sweet cream, one cup (if sugar, one teaspoouful of baking powder and enough flour to stir thin: pour all into a but tered basin and steam one hour. Or, stir currants thickly into n nice bread pudding. Or. put layers of bread nicely toasted and buttered into a baking dish with very ripe sweetened currants between them. Pour over little water —just enough to moisten the bread—and bake the puddingabout half an hour; then serve it with sweet ened cream. llow to Clean GIAHB Globes. Try washing glass gas shades or globes with tepid water in which a little soda and blue have been dissolved. Turn down to drain, wipe with soft, dry leather. If the globes should have the least crack or flaw in them be very care ful to keep your hands well protected with the towel when drying them, as if the glass were to "fly" suddenly a painful and perhaps dangerous cut might result. When adjusting globes never screw them tight, or they are certain to break when the gas is lighted, as glass expands with_heat —- THE FREELAND TRIBUNE Gives all Hie local news in a concise, accurate man ner, and serves it earlier in the week than any other Freeland paper. This is an advantage which every person thinking of sub scribing for a local paper should look to, inasmuch as it costs 110 more than something inferior. A HOME PAPER One which merits the term in its strictest sense, is not met with in every town. A paper which the oldest ami the youngest in the family may read with equal profit and pleasure is what the Tm HUNK aims to be. Subscriptions will be ta ken for any length of time. sl.s© I PER TEAR.
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