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TOE RED HEADED LEAGUE BY SIR A- CONAN DOYLK. ••Ha' our party la complata." aald ara raaaoua why tha mora daring him at th# door. * aatd Holmaa Holmea, buttoning up hia poa-]ackat, crlminala of London ahoold Uka a and taking hia haary huntrfg crop cnnaldarabla intaraat In thla cellar at from tha rack. ,, Wataon. I think you praaant. ■WAT TH* FLY. In Two PartM—Part IL The road in which we found our* aelvee aa we turned round the corner from the retired Saxe-Coburg Square presented as great a contrast to it as the front of a picture doea to the, back. It was one of the main arte ries which convey the traffic of the City to the north and west. The roadway was blocked with the im mense stream of commerce flowipg^m a double tide inward .and outward? while the footpaths were black with the hurrying swarm of pedestrians. It was difficult to realize, as we look ed at the line of fine shops and state- i iy premises, that they really abutted i on the other side upon the faded and stagnant square which we-had just quitted. “Let me see," said Holmes, stand ing at the corner, and glancing along the line, “1 should like just to re member the order of the houses here. It is a hobby of mine to have an exact knowledge of London. Thefe is Mortimer’s, the tobacconist; the little newspaper shop, the Coburg branch of the City and Surburban Hank, the Vegetarian Restaurant, and MacFarlane’s carriage-building depot. That carries us right on to the other block. And now, doctor, we’ve done our work, so It’s time we had some play. A sandwich and a cup of coffee, and then off to violin- land, where all is sweetness, and deli cacy. and harmony, and there are no red headed dients to vex us with their conundrums.’’ My friend was an enthusiastic mu sician, being himself not only a very capable performer, but a composer of no ordinary merit. All the afternoon he sat in the stalls wrapped in the nu**t perfect happiness, gently wav ing his long thin fingers In time to the music, while his gently smiling face and his languid, dreamy eyes were as unlike those of Holmes the sleuth hound. Holmes the relentless, keen wilted, ready-handed criminal sitent, as It was possible to conceive In his singular character the dual na ture alternately asserted Itself, and hia extreme eiactn*>ws and aatuteness represented, as I have often thought, the reaction against the poetic and contemplative m(*od which occasion ally predominated id him The swing of his nature took him from extreme languor to devouring energy, and. as I knew well, he was never bo truly formidable as when, for day# on end. he had been lounging in his armchair amid hi* Improvisations and his Mack letter editions Then It we.* j that It was the lust of the rhase would nd Lnlv come upon him. xnd ' t'*t hia br.lllaa: r*ason'.ng pow*T would rise to the i*-v.d of intuition o'"! those who w«-r<- u m»i q u a! n I ed | Vi '.hi methods won: ! 1 M.k a>-k<vnre at h m as on a man whose knowledge w a* not tbs' o' other mortals \\ lorn 1 s«w him thwt afternoon so enwrap l>ed in the music at St James’ Hall. 1 felt 'hat an evil time might be com ing upon those whom he had set him self to hunt down You want to go home no doubt, doctor. ’ he remarked, aa we emerged Yes. It would be as well '’ And I have some business to do which will take aome hours Thla buMneas at Coburg Square is ae nous Why Hertou*’" A considerable crime is in con templation I have every reason to know Mr. Jonea, of Scotland Yard’ Lot me Introduce you to Mr. Merrv- woather, who ia to be our companion In to-nlght’a adventure.’' "We’re hunting In couples again, doctor,’you •ee,” said Jones, in his ornsequentla! way. "Our friend here 1c a wonderful man for starting a chase. All he wants is an old dog to help him do the running down.” "I hope a wild goose may not prove to be the end on our chase," observed Mr. Merryweather, gloomily. "You may place considerable con fidence in Mr, Holmes, sir,” said the police agent, loftily. "He has his own methods, which are, if he won’t mind my saying so, just a little too theoretical and fantastic, but he has the makings of a detective in him. It is not too much to say that once or twice, as in that business of the H hoi to murder and the Agra treasure, he has been more nearly correct than the official force.” "Oh, if you say so, Mr. Jones, it Is all right!" said the stranger, with deference. "Still, I confess that I j mbs my rubber. It is the first Sat urday night for seven-and-twenty years that 1 have not had my rub ber.” “I think you will find,” said Sher lock Holmes, “that you will play for a higher stake to-night than you have ev'-r done ytt, end that the play will be more exciting. For you, Mr. Merryweather, the stake will be some thirty thousand pound?; and ft r you, Jones, it will be the man upon whom you wish to lay your hands.’’ “John Ciav. the murderer, thief, smasher, and forger. He's a young man, Mr M* rryweuther, but he Is at the head of his profession, and I would rather have my bracelets on bun than on any criminal in I/jndon He's a remarkable man, is young John <’lay His grandtath-r vvas a Royal Duke, and he himself has b**en to K'on an 1 Oxford. His brain is as t unning as his fingers, and though we meet signs of turn nr every turn, we never know where tr find the man himself He t rack a < rib in Scotland one Week, and be raising money to 'build an orphanage m Cornwall the next Ibe been on his track for years, and have never set eyes on him yet " I hope that I may have the pleas ure of Intro lucing you to night, bve had one or two little turns also with Mr John Clay, and I agree with vou that he is at the head of his profe* sum It I* past ten however, and quite time that we etarted. if vou two wil take the brat hansom. Wat son and 1 will follow In the *e< ond Sherlock Holmes was not v.tv -otnmunu at:ve during Iht long dr ve Hid lav back In the cat, humming the tunes which he had heard in the ..'•erno.m We rifled through an .idles* lahvrtnth of ga-lit 'reels in.til we emerg'd into barring Ion Street \\<« are close tier.* now my friend remarked "This fellow V.-r- rv weather Is a bank director and yr aonally Interested in the matter. I thought u aa well to have Jones with us also Me Is not a bad fellow, tho’ an absolute Imbecile in his profes sion He has one positive virtue He !a as brave as a bulldog, anil itu tenn i lous as a lobster if be gets bis claw s upon any one Here we are, and they are waiting for us '' We had reached the same crowded thoroughfare in which we had found Tt !• our FT*nch gold.” wh*ip«rwd the director. "We have bad several warning! that an attempt might he made upon 'ft-” "Your French gold?” "Ye. We had occasion aome montha ago to strengthen our re- sourcea, and borrowed, for that pur pose, thirty thousand napoleana from the Bank of France. It has become known that we have never had occa sion to unpack the money, and that it is still lying in our cellar. The crate upon which I Sit contains two thou sand napoleons packed between lay ers of lead foil. Our reserve of bul lion is much larger at present than is usually kept in a single branch oilice, and the directors have had misgiv ings upon the subject." “Which were very well justified,” observed Holmes. "And now it is time that we arranged our little [dans. I expect that within an hour matters will come to a head. In the meantime, Mr. Merry wea* her, we must put the screen over that dark lantern.” "And sit in the dark?" “I am afraid so. I had brought a pack of cards in my pocket, and 1 thought that, as we were a partie Carree, you might have your rubber after all. Hut I see that the fnemy’s “Afcd 1 you." Holm** answer*! "Your red beaded Id** w*« very new and effecUte.” "You 11 *ec your pal again preaeot- H ’’ said Jonea. "He * quicker at climbing down holes than 1 am Juat hold out while 1 fix the derbies.’’ "1 peg that you will not touch me our prisoner, as the handcuff* clat- L red upon his wrists. "You may not he aware that 1 have royal blood in n.y veins. Have the goodness also, when you -address me, always to say ’sir' and ‘please’.” “All right," said Jones, with a stare and a snigger. "Well, would you please, tir, march upstaifs where we can get a cab to carry your high- i i ?s to the police station.’’ “That is better," said John Clay, serenely. 11** made a sweeping how ,o the three of us, and walkel quietly c;T in the custody of the detective. “Really, Mr. Holmes.” said Mr. Merryweather, as we followed them from the cellar, “I do not know how H e bank can thank you or repay you. There is no doubt that you l ave de tected and defeated in the most com- plete manner one of the most deter mined attempts at bank robbery that have ever come within my ex perience.” “I have lad one or two little -cores of mv own to settle with Mr. Juhn Clay." raid Holmes. “I have preparations have gone so far that we j t t en at some small expense over this cannot risk the presence of a light And, first of all, we must choose our positions. These are daring men, and, though we shall take them at a disadvantage, they may do us some harm, unless we are careful. I shall stand behind this irate, and do you conceal yourself behind those. Then, when 1 flash a light upon them, close in swiftly. If they tire, Watson, have no compunction about shooting them dow n.’’ j 1> obv iocs from the first Hint the only 1 placed my revolver, cocked, upon j possible object of this rather fant.is the top of the wooden case behind tie husines'- of tlo- advertist ui'nt '’ which I crouched Holmes shot the j the League Hit Hta Hard —Ok* Prto* at th* Hklaa I* 10c Par Plat. The Orangeburg Tima* and Demo crat aaya; The ladle* of the Domeatlc Clrel* of tbta cit yhave Inaugurated a "Swat with your filthy hand*," remarked fly’* campaign and have arranged to buy all the dead Alee that can b* cornered and killed. All yon have to do tt to get you a weapon, find the fliea and go to work. When you have a pint or over take it to "Uncle Wad” Way at the town hall and you will be paid ten cent* for every pound.: There 1* no time limit —you can begin now and kill them as long as you want to. Hut thla is a serious matter. Files carry disease, hundred of germs may be on the foot of the fly walking over your table, and these germs entering your body start diseases. According to an expert, germs enter the body In only two ways: through the natural openings such as your mouth or nose, and then through cut* and punctures in the skin. A great majority of them come through the first way. As soon as a germ enters yonr body it hunts up a favorable place and begins breeding other germ*. They are some plentiful in a little while, too. A germ population dou bles Its Inhabitants every hour. Now figure for yourself how many germs there will be In your body If one germ enters an! multiplier regularly for two days. Of course that would be imnosslitle, for long before the germs’ two days were up, you would i t>»* there wouldn't be room for an other germ Several hundred thou sand millions times million germs would have been brought Into exlst- ence, H-ut it would take over one bun dle I freight cars of ordinary capacity to carry them out. If you don’t be lieve these figures, try it’ Start with one and double them each hour for two day? The t!> is a grenrf carrier of germa. especially typhoid The only way a tw-rson can b«-ceme infected with ty phoid germs Is by taking to bis body an Infinitestlmal portion of the excre ment of another person Vho has the disease. The fly Is the carrier, swat the fly and stave off disease Einun nm m nmd NIT VUT muir BUR n:n t; w h 1 < •h I i-’liall (‘X pect t lu > ban k i •» rel'qt id. 1* at fieyo'H 1 . t l hit ! J ! i* am- i.iy rep aid 1 y hav in ir P? hud 1 n ex- ,.-i lelM't W 1 liH h is 11 man y ways i. i. n ! e. li i! 1: \ h* p l.V' t he \ ry re- I'll! r 1\ a D 1 ’ • 1 . 1 I 1 alive o l [ lie R •u -11 p.t d- .'<i I .enj: u**." You Watson 1 * he ev pi ain< d. in ' I’.e •• ;trly Iu mrs of th • ■ nior ni ng. as w *• sat o\ ♦*r :t g I 1 - s of w his k* y and SO.] a in Uuk i-r Street. “ i t was L" ■rfer' - and t he copv ing ot t lo lia . must he to get the such ! not ovi,-blight ;>:tw nbrok'T out of slide across the front of bis lantern. ' I bn \ i lopa* and left us in pitch darkness -such * an abholuate darkness as I have nei-.th*- wav for a number of hour* everv er before experienc'd The unell of | dav It w is a curious wav of man hot metal remained to assure us that aging it, kut really It would e do the light was still there, ready to t 1( mlt t'> suggest a bet'er The meth- fiasb out at a moment's notice. To od was no doubt suggested to Clay » me. with my nerves worked up to a ! mgeniou* mind tty the color of hts pitch of expectancy, there was some-j act nmpl > e* hair The four poun Is thing depressing and subduing in the sudden gloom, and in the cold, dank air of the vault “They have but one retreat." whls p-red Holme* “That l* back thru' •he house Into Haxe-t'oburg Square 1 hope 'hat you have done what I ask ed 'on Jones’ ' I have an Inspector and two of ficer- waiting at theTt£>nt door 'Th«n w.- have nUkpped a week was i lure wl.n'.i must draw him and what was it to them who wer- playing for thousands’ They put in the advertisement, one rogue has the temporary office, the other rogue incites the man to apply for It. and together they manage to secure his abs"iice every morning In the week From the time that I heard egate* j>r of the assistant having come for half H>K FN'TIKK \K1UTKAT10N Xmerloan I’care (Ainference Hu"ports a “Hankering" After War. Renrne Bqaad of th* railed Burma of Mine* Located of the Victim* and Brought Bevfi ■ tjr of Them to the Rurface by ICM-\ night. The live* of 100 miner*, potalbl; 120, paid the toll shortly after boob Wednesday of a disastrous exploalM in the Cincinnati mine of the Mono gahela River Oonsolidated Coal and Coke Company at Finleyvlll*, Pa. Over three score of workmen In the minq made thrilling escapes, crawl ing most of the time on their hands and knee* through deadly gas fames and over debris. Preparations are being made to handle the dead. Box ears have been ordered to a mine skiing. Tbw rle- tim& probably will be taken from tho mine at daylight and shipped at Mtcp to Monongabela City, where they are to be prepared for bnrlal. At 9 o’clock Wednesday night res cuing parties coming from the mine were of the belief that all the en- tomberd men wore dead. The force of the explosion waa ter rific. A fifteen-ton motor was turn ed over. Many feet of mine track were twisted and ripped from th* tie*. The mfne la aflame. Rescne work Is being carried on with djfflealtj, owing to the Are and deadly fum**. The coal company maintain* a ra—UB corps patterned after mins fore* ef the United Plates Government. Aid from the la said, pany. Only a few of th* mlB«rs who reached th* surface eould talfc. tvf* ferlac from bums er fright tho mta- er* oily 'll new thud aa aaplMlao ha* ooeurrwd aad that a targ* aamhar ef men ars either hi Bed by the or auphyvtated by *o after Several tie Federal adalag expert*. It wae declined by the ooal eem- all Hi** wsgr*. it w «lobvious to m*- that be believe that we hhall b*- iu lime to ] ourselves in the morning Our cabs stop It Hut to day being SMunlav w ♦ r»* rather complliates matters 1 shall wan: your help to night At w hat time’ ’ ' Ten will t e early enough I shall he at Baker Street at ten." “Y*ry well And. I say. doctor’ the’'' may fie some little danger, so kiml’y put your army revolver in vour pocket “ He w awed his hand, turn' d on his heel, and disappeared in an :: Mant among the crowd 1 trust that I am not more dense than my neighbors, hut I was always oppr- s?ed with a sens** of my own Ktup! i:y in my dealings with Sher lock Holmes Here I had heard what he huu heard, I had sm u what he had .Keen, and vet from his words it waa evi '. nt that he saw clearly not only dismissed, ami following th* r uidance of Mr M* rrv v\ .-at h* r. we parsed down a narrow passage, and through a si ie door which he opened tor us Within there was a small lorridor. which ended in a very mas sive iron gale This also was open ed. and fid down a flight of wiudmg -tone steps, which terminated at an other formidable gate. Mr. Merry- weather stopped to light a lantern, ami then conducted us down a dark, earth-smelling passage, and so. after opening a third door, into a huge v ult or cellar, which vvas piled all round with crates and massive boxes “You are not very vulnerable from above," Holmes remarked, as he held up the lantern and gazed about him. “Nor from below,” said Mr. Merry- holes And now we must tic silent and wait W'hat a tune f seemed From comparing notes atterwarts. it was but an hour and a quarter vc* it ap J eared to tile t lit’ the night must I uv'e ulluoS' guio . Ilid 'he eawn lie t leaking above us My lirt..»s were wiary and sMft. for 1 feared to ihting'' my josltion. vet my nerves were work*-! up to the high"st pitch of tension, and my hearing was so acute that 1 could not only hear the g*ntle bear'hing of my comi'anions, hut 1 could distinguish th'' d*ep**r. heavier inbr*alh of the bulky Jones from the thin, sighing of the bank director From my position I could look over the case in the dire lion of lie floor Suddenly iny eyes caught the glint of ;< light \t tir-t It was ;>u» a lurid spark upon the s’one pavement Then it I'tigHiened out until it became n yel- had some strong motive for securing t h*' sit uat ion Rut how could vou guess what th*- mot 1 v*• w as ' “Had there been women in tin- house. 1 should have slispec'ed a mere vulgar intrigues That, howev er, was one of the question 111'' man s business was a small on*-, and th.re was nothing in h'.s house which could account for such elaborate pre paration? and sui h an expenditure as they w er*' at It must then be something out of the house. What could It be I thought of the ass,st ant's fondness for photography, and his trick of vanishing into the cellar Hie cellar' Ttier*' was th* end of this tangled clew Then 1 made In quiries as to tins mysterious assist ant. and found that I had to deal with one of the coolest ami most dar ing criminals in London 11** was do ing sonieth’ng In the c.-llar some Th*- fourth American P«*ea (?ob- gresa began a three day* a**«loo at Kt l/outs Thursday morning with del ta from ail part* of the lew liti' . and then, without anv warn-, tiling whie'i took manv hours a day w in., happened, but w..at was about ”»tber, striking his stick upon the to happen, while to me the whole 11: ’K H whirh lin ^ d the floor ' ‘‘ Whv ’ business was still confused and gro tesque. As I drove home to my house in Kensington I thought over it all, from the extraordinary story of the red-headed copier of the “Ency clopaedia’’ down to the visit to Saxe- Coburg Square, and the ominous words with which he had parted from me. What was this nocturnal expe dition. and why should 1 go armed? Where were we going, and what were we to dof I had the hint from Holmes that this smooth-faced pawn broker's assistant was a formidable man—a man who might play a deep | lantern and a magnifying lens, game. I tried to puzzle it out, but began to examine minutely the gave it up In despair, and set the 1 cracks between the stones.^ A few matter aside until night should bring seconds sufficed to satisfy him, for an explanation. I he sprang to his feet again, and put dear me, it sounds quite hollow!." he remarked, looking up in surprise. \“I must really ask you to be a lit tle' more quiet," said Holmes, severe ly. ‘ You have already Imperiled the whole success of our expedition. Might I beg that you would havwe the goodness to sit down upon one of those boxes, and not to interfere?” Ttie solemn Mr. i.Merry weather perched himself upon a crate, with a very injured expression upon his face, while Holmes fell upon his knees upon the floor, and with the It was a quarter-past nine when I started from home and made my way across the Park, and so through Ox ford Street to Baker Street. Two his glass in his pocket. "We have at least an hour before us," he remarked, "for fney can hardly take any steps until the good hansoms were standing at the door,' pawnbroker Is safely in bed. Then and, as I entered the passage, I heard they will not lose a minute, 'or the the sound of voices from above. On sooner they do their work the longer entering his room, I found Holmes In animated conversation with two men. one of whom I recognlzel aa Peter Jones, the ofllcial police agent; while the other was a long, thin, sad-faced man, with a very shiny hat and op- presatvely respectable frock-coat. time they will have for their escape. We are at present, doctor— as no doubt yon have divined—in the cellar of the City branch of one of the prin cipal London banka. Mr. Merry weather la th* chairman of directors, and h* will explain to yon that there n.r or sound, a gash k*'**mi** I i > oi»*qi ;>tid a hand upn* art d. a while, almost •vomanlv hand, which fel’ about in tfi. t filter nt the little area of light For a minute or more the hand, with i'.- wroiiing I ngers. protruded cut of 1; e floor. 'I hen it was wRndrawn .-.'nidi nlv as i' appeared, and all was dark again save the single lurid spark, which marked a chink between the stones. Its disapi earanco, however, was hut momentary. With a lending, tearing sound, on^ of the broad white stones turned over upon its side, and h ft a square, gaping hole, through which streamed the light of a lan tern. Over tho edge there peeped a clean-cut, boyish face, which looked keenly about it, and then, with a hand on either side of the aperture, drew itself shoulder-high and waist- high, until one knee rested upon the edge. In another instant he stood at the edge of the hole, and was haul ing after him a companion, ’itne and smell like himself, with a pale face and a shock of very red hair. “It’s all clear,” he whispered. “Have you the chisoJ and tlu* bags’’ fireat Scott’ Jump, Archie, jump, and I'll swing for it'" Sherlock Holmes had sprung out and seized the intruder by th * collar. The other dived down the hole, and 1 beard tin* sound of rending ciotli as Jones rluRhed at his skins. The light flashed upon the barrel of a re-j n volvir, hut Holmes’ hunting crop came down on the man's wrist, and the pistol clinked upon the stone floor. “It’s no use, John Clay,” said Holmes, blandly, “you have no chance at all." “So I see," the other answered, with the utmost coolness. “I fancy that my pal Is all right, though I see you have got his coat-tails." “Oh. Indeed. You seem to have done the thing very completely. I must compliment you ” "There are three men waiting for for months on end What could it bf, unco more’ I could think of noth ing s iv*• tiiR li" was running a tilli n' | to >o;r,o other building. “So far l had got when \v<* wont to vHit tlie scftio of action. I surprisod you by lif.Ring upon thf pavement with my stiik 1 was asefrtaining whfHi.r thf t'fll.ir stretched out in front or behind. It was not in trout. I'ln n I rang tin* bell, and. as 1 hop ed. tin* assistant answered it. We have ha I some skirmishes, hut we had never set eyes upon each other before. I hardly looked at his face. His knees were what 1 wish to see. You must yourself have remarked how worn, wrinkled, and stained they were. They spoke of those hours of burrowing. The only remaining point was what they were burrowing for. I walked around the corner, saw the City and Suburban Ibank abutted on our friend’s premises, and felt that I had solved my problem. When you. drove home after the concert I called upon Scotland Yard, and upon the chairman of the bank directors, with the result that you have seen." “.'nil how nv.ld you tell that they would make thei r attempt to-night?” I asked. morning waa dHIvnrwd by A*4r«v Carnegie Benjamin F Trneblood. a*crM*ry of the American I’eace Socielj apoka on »he “ 1‘Tenent I »emanda of the F**re .Movement." Nay ing "v* hav* b«*rd too much about ’national honor* aad vital interewt* and hair aplltttng dlMttnrtious bet wen justifiable aad non justifiable dispute* Are we not trying to conceal a hankering after war and pilag** every time w* on** of these vague aad fadeflaabl* terms’ There are no anarbUral eon troverale* in our day between nation* where independence mutually is r**0- ogiilied " He also urged that the United State* tak** the lead for an agreement among the power* for a limitation of armament. TEA CHURN OK AUKIOULTTRB th* all t rich! mth ef th* mlB* 171 ■>** wuui U who entered tt M to «JH« f**t Ofth* 179 Are Scarce an*! the (>>v« For More of Them. M Cell* The United State* bureau of educa tion at Washington Thursday issued an appeal for agricultural teaeher* in high schools. The bureau inciden tally pointed out that while the salar ies of the majority of male teacheni In the high schools average only $700 the teacher* of agriculture were re ceiving $1,200. “Lack of teachers" is the expla nation offered by the bureau a* the cause for the higher remuneration for those who teach agriculture. “Not only Is it found that the av erage pay of instructors In agrieuF ture Is higher than ot other teach ers," says the bureau, "but that teachers who are able to give such instruction in addition to regular work command better salarlee than they otherwise would and are more likely to be advanced to principal- ships than if they had not epeclaltoed in agriculture." » ♦ ♦ President to Urge Jury Reform. During a trip to New Jersey, this week in the interest of jury reform, calling for a state constitutional con vention. Presidenti. Wilson hones to the bUo*. aad tl or 44 •anaped through the Courtney aatry. w Robert Garten, a Lach-toyur, wtV oeewped Wednesday night told thu following *tery: % I had been work ing at Che head of No. 18 an try, after eating hineh I reeuaed work at tladi and bad driven only two aplk** when the explosion occurred. The uoaen* sion knocked me down and I waa tin* eoneetoea lor fifteen minute*. Oth ers quickly arrived where I wan. Fol lowed by about twenty-five wi*w k started down No. t Motor road, on* of the mala road* of the min*. We had not gone far before we found there wae so math smoke we eonla go bo fsrther. We tried No. 7 Motor road and found thte also ehoked wMR smoke and debris. Loss than lit *• Well. wh* a tli* •y dosed their mee FA*a gue of!' c r ‘S that w a s a* si;rn that f °i they cared no longer about Vr Jab'". IO Wll son's j res* 1 nee: in nth er words, ‘-'at tha they had completed their tun- nel Rut It w as essential that they \ sho nl } us* it soon. as It might h** ene* di?< "vered. er the 1 lullion nReht h° The rer n ve*| Sat tirday would suit fb**m plea feet in No. It entry we found our way blocked. We turned back end had penetrated No. 15 entry nonrn distance when we were again blocked by debria. “I found a hole at the top of the debris. I crawled through* this ha my stomach for a distance of XQ8| feet and the others followed. FtnaQy I reached No. 4 Motor rood, whtoh was dear. I could not hear thosS behind. After a time I reached the surface. "Later the other men reached the meet the Democrats yf the legislature j were ill and dazed on • conference anil will urge them ■ arry out their pledgee of the *• plu’forra. '' ’<*w tn-'* i i -ia ba^ an iTdep^Tid- aecouat ef K i ame*. might rn* ence day uf her own to celebrate, ] ^ thfl TT th*m 1 T , h " SaV : n,:a,> K rWS “ V3 “ Win me, and NIchotoa ; ant fh**m I please aeen her firecrackers at I , he*t< r than any other day, as It woul i give them two days for their escirte For all these reasons I er- pected them to come to-night.” "You reasoned it out beautifully.” I evrlaimed. In unfeigned admiration "It t* so long a chain, and yet every link rlnga true." "It aaved me from ennui," he an swered. yawning. "Alas! I already feel tt cloelng in apon me. My life 1* spent In one long effort to home?” VS'*: agree with The News.. from the commonplaces of exlatence. These little problem* help me to do so ’’ "And yon are a benefactor of the race." said I He ah rugged his •boulders. "Well, perhaps, after all. it Is of aome little u*e,” he remark**. ’’ ‘L’homm* e’**t lien—I’oeuvra e’eat toot.’ as Onet*re Flaubert wrote fee George* Sand." Boom for Hadley aad Batter. Ex-Gov. Herbert 8. Hadley, of Mla- souri, was boomed for the Refubflua presidency tm M. Butler, dent of Cohnnbta. as hto mate, at an enthusiastic Ri dinner of the MkkUeuex chib* at ton, Masa ♦ ■ ■ . ■ ■>*-* tiff ttt! hr that h* had to