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Wr^^m |g|j The ?ii IL. Sf ? 1 Tihi&l fr0**1 Scenes in - SonifO**9 ^ the Thani CHA^**'" : adventure to Qe met j if half an hour latdT^ F~ "Was It necesfy to keeP that in- < visible letter?" jSpljil* IB "No," said Jos."Would it hftjpaptir affairs a < ^ri^rious turn Ifjj |d &flen into alien ] "Decidedly," a 8$$ Jones, "it ] would mean fligH I^M^e Black Hun- 1 dred or a long J tie ander cover, if our friend Brainy that Russia I was now taking interest in ! the doings of the?j5<fc'?undred. And < eventually all owjSS?* would have 1 to be done over L "You look a UP- Any- j thing happened keen-eyed ] butler. "Nothing. mu<&jp >Mtde a cigarette i out of the letteri|g^P0^ed it." Jones chuckleHRBr5^ lUttl *uu have had an ad' wjjlfti13* some > but it can wait.' "jjjjBfr "Because I ws pack off to Washington." raSj "Washington? lg| "Yea. I wai ; jHE *? Interview ] those officials 4$*'ino,st famillar I with the extradffl^y8-" "A new kinky Mm "What I wiahfegF1 iB this: Can i L a Tuau, formerl^j^^'8-^?' take out c uattralization itpflBOf1(^ hold to the f protection of tf 'Kd States 8ov* ' eminent? ThaeNflBby, a poisoner, menaced by SilfelBr-011168 an American citizen. WW abducted and carried back topflj Could he look i to thf? Koverimpi' protection? , That, ia what to flDd out" I "That will b?jH When shall I "As soon aJfflUn pack your ; "That's alweffifl|d," replied the teporter. "Y<S*| I'm eternally shunted hlthe;?MB at a moment's 1 notice, so I alv8ijjfie an extra grip packed for quliflH." "The Rus8i?laH| wants Bralne, Vroon, and tt?4?f$3i and tonight I'm going to ?flKnt them out to him. It wouHnp me more than anything I k&Jjjgg eliminate' this v precious trio ijawftn fashion. It's thorough; aafJH^ accomplished. , L good-day to thfwHhundred in America. The gngion in Russia has still sonn^Bal significance, hut'on this wfjmhe water it is D| merely an amjHn of merciless "I'll take t| v^rain out But you will tell Itft" HDT OU&Uljr. VMRQ MM|| 44And take fflwM^our own heels. juM Yon were waiNH the hotel." '1 know itflfatB watcher coald Kleam notttngfiti&iervan as a name suggest gjlflHKo the fool who HHSpllowed me.ttaflR, we both knew R^Hthat he wasnrfl^) peek through QBttthe keyhole. jfuHlptel, you know, ^^n^^Kill retainsibdj^f-fashioned keyraDHSflVo keep agSgln good humor, M^^HH^Bppose," l^i??n. "Well, I must HHHjd my w0o Jrae th.it flyer." two &fcMKps and Jim bur^^^^ried off. Tljiu^yatched" him till lie diaappeai d<p^the subway. ' "Ho'# ? ? win hn mnrmnr0l1 k O, ? HWht UC UIUlun??vi*? "and a brav^H^od money.is only P ail incident iuMpfaffairs after all. [ I'll be a goduttHknd let the two L be happy, sii tfcKrtove each other L and have pfljfiin a thousand I ways." '?| L Meanwhile jHgan agent settled L down before Hug portfolio; and j once or twic^^Hrote he thought he heard a ^Hfctside the door. No doubt thi^H of Hargreave's \ hatf been walKgd followed. By and by he roafljw^ig revolver, end tiptoed to th<^M|)]iquely so that r- % the watcher o^Mjght not become I aware of hi^Hhh. Swiftly he I swung back tHKn(j the member of file Black HBh stumbled into m the room. ^Ktantly the Rus| sian caught the collar and B bfld him up. ) B jf"What wer*j,ing .outside my The man d^ftiswer. He was B^L trying to colI^Khoughts. BgM "I'm a det|V said the man finally,.thinldflKv his way clear. ^HH^^|nd what IIS expect to learn j^H^^SS^kking IhlBe kevhole of my me your in his hope would waver, thief." declared rns such I shall I fy*ver to the hotel Pfcjp tell me exactly ,QlWdurub; He hung ^pd the deep sea. ' the organization Ujtruth; If he kept ged In jail, perfyfihe hadn't a sav unnwvhej IvesjSupplied H^SHUWBttp&^o^f how the seal HHMmfon^ fcr when the HHBHH ? -Aely levered with ^E^G|^|8pfr*aH $\j& HnH?S|||:Beam which is a BRHHMV 9cS fur^Barer, is the SK^uEBsb^h ^ 'n?ri' H^HBBY#fi4wlon- Un~ E" h^ouser Film Company I J. infold MacGr&th) op police record. Presently his nerve gave way in face of the steady 3ye and hand, and he confessed the w hy and wherefore he had sought the k(?yhole of Servan's room. "We are after this butler. Whereer he goes we follow." "Well, you've wasted your time, my m an. All I am here for is to take 3\ er some, property Mr. Hargreave le't in France for sale. I know ac thing about your private feuds. Nc >w, get out. But keep out of my wity: I am not a peaceful man." The spy tumbled out as he had tumbled in, by an act of gravity; and Se rvan was. alone. He spent two 3a is in comparative idleness. Then things began to wake up. * * * * * # 1'or a long time the leather box apr incc TL-Vilph wan InRorihAfl '"Stanley Ha rgreave" lay in peace undisturbed. A. busy spider had woven a trap acrsss the handle to the quaint lock. Tho box was still badly stained from its immersion in the salt water. At a. c ertain time it was quietly withdra svn from its hiding place. It was stealthily opened. A hand reached in and when it withdrew a packet of pap ?rR was also withdrawn* The box was again locked and lowered; and pres ently the spider Returned to find that" his cunning trap had been total!* destroyed. With the infinite patience of his kind he began the weaving of another trap. Perhaps this woujfd be more successful than its predecessor, i Liter Henri Servan received a telephone call. He was Informed that hiB purpose In Anierlca would be realized ,by his presence at sach and such a box that night at the opera. Further ! information could not be given over the telephone. Servan seemed well satisfied. He dressed carefully that evening, called up the office clerk and inquired If his box tickets Tor the ppera had arrived, rfe was informed that they had. Instantly the spy, wjio had dared to linger about the hotel, overhearing this conversation, determined to notify Bralne at once. And at the same time, Norton, In disguise, determined not. to lose sight of this man whom he had set himself to watch. The spy left by one entrance and Jim by another. Jiin had learned what he desired: that the Russian agent would be followed to the opera and that it was going to be difficult to hand the documents to him. The spy emereu a urug mure auu telephoned. Jim waited o\itside. When the man came out he strolled up the Btreet and entered the nearest saloon. Jim's work was done. It was Bralne's lieutenant, however, who took the news to Braine. "We have succeeded." "Good!" said Braine. "He will go to the opera. He will have a box. Doubtless they have ar? ranged to deliver the papers there." "And the next thing is to get the number of his box." This Braine had no difficulty in doing. "So that's all It Was Stealthily Opened. fixed. He calls himself Seryan and registers froiji Paris. I'll show the fool that he I has no moujik to deal with this tii*e." "And what are Ithese documents?" asked Olga. \ "Ah, that's what we are so anxious to find out. Sotof papers are going to be exchanged 'between this Russian spy and Jonbs or his agents. That these paperi concern us vitally I am certain. v That is why I am going t< get them if there has to be a murder at the opera tonight. N)rton has been to vv asmngton. tie w*s seen coming out of the Russian ejnbassy, from the secretaries of statA and war and a dozen other office^ I've got to find out just what all 4 its means." "It means that \ie time has come for us to fly," sak Olga. "We have failed. I have wan]ed ;*ou. We have still plenty of montp left. It is time we folded our tenfa and . stole away, quietly. 1 tell you I ^eel it in my bones that there is a pft before us somewhere; and if you f<i|ce issues we shall all fall into it." j "The white featl^r, my dear?" "There is altogether some differfence between the white\feather and common-sense caution."! "I shall never gjre up. You are r der his tough, thicd skin he has an inch or more of blub er. When the ice closes up the open i vater in the Arctic the seal selects j1 spot and begins to drill a hole to th< surface by pressing his warm nose qj ainst tbe ice. Nobody knows how mj| iy hours it takes him to accomplish^ lis task, but be n nnnnnn }f O T* #4 nlii? 1_ U <% tn SN. Vn1 \ rtnfl ii auagco n> auu tuuiUUgU uw 10 UUI?B^u lo work most of .theptime, because the surface of the^ho^b is continually freezing, be ke9jb3: i| open all winter, Seals have betenSknown to drill In free to pack up and go if you wish. As for me, I'm going to fight this out to the 'bitter end." "And take my word for it, the end will be bitter." "Well?" "Oh, I shall stay. You know that my future is bound up <n yours. In the old days my advice generally appealed to you as sound; and when you followed it you were successful. Prom the first I advised you not to pursue Hargreave. See what has hap pened!" "Enough of this chatter. I've got to die some time; it will be with my face toward this man 1 hate with all my soul. You trust to me; I'll pull out of this ail right You just fix yourself up stunningly for the opera tonight and leave the rest to me." Olga shrugged. She was something of a fatalist. This man of hers had suddenly {,'one mad; and one did not reason with mad people. "What shall I wear?" she asked calmly. "Emeralds; they're your good luck stones. You will go to the box before I do. I've got to spend some time at the curb to be sure that this Servan chap arrives. And it is quite possible that our friend Jones will come later. If not Jones, then Norton. 1 was a fool not to shoot him when I had the chance. We could have covered It up without the least difficulty. But I needed the information about that paper. With Norton going to Washington and Jones conferring with this Servan, I've got to strike quick. It concerns us, that I'm certain. Perk up; we've lots of cards in our sleeves yet. Be at the opera at eight-thirty. Pay 110 attention 10 any one; wait for me. Remember, I shan't write or send any phone messages. Be wary of any trap like that to get you outside. Now, I'm off." Jones approached Florence immediately after dinner. [ "I have important business in the I city tonight. Under no circumstances leave the house. I shall probably be followed. And our enemies will have need of you.far more tonight than at any previous time. I shall not send I you phonp or written message. You have your revolver. Shoot any strange man who enters. We'll make inquiries after." "We are near the end?" whispered Florence. "Very near the end." "And I shall see my father?" Jones bent his head. "If we succeed. * "UliawA In Aon rroi' fMnVirkC rtf )lPP A UC1C LB UaU()Vt WUAM?M?*0 w. lover. , ' ' "There la always danger when I leave thiB house. So be good," the butler added with a smile. "And Jim?" ''He has proved that he can take care1of himself." "Tell him to be very careful." "Ill co so, but it will not be necessaryand with this Jones set forth upon what he considered the culminating adventure. The usual brilliant crowd began to pour into the opera Braine took his stand by the entrance. He waited a long time, but his patience wan rewarded. A limousine droVe up and out of the door came his man, who looked about with casual interest. He dismissed the limousine, which (wheeled slowly around the comer whero It could be conveniently parked. Then Servan entered the opera Braine hurried around to the limousine. ^he lights, save, those demanded by traffic regulations, were out Tfee chauffeur was huddled in his seat. "My man," said Braine, "would you like to make'some money?" "How much?" listlessly. The voice WttB ULL UUlCUi "Twenty." "Good night, sir." "Fifty." "Good night and good morning!" "A hundred!" "Now you've got me interested, What kind of a Joy ride do you want?" "No Joy ride. Listen." Briefly the conspirator outlined his needs, and Anally the chauffeur nodded. Five twenties were pressed into his hand and he curled up in his seat again. Servan entered his box. In the box next to his sat a handsomely gowned young woman. He'threw her an idle glance, which was repaid in kind. Later, Braine came in and sat down beside Olga. "Everything looks like plain sailing," he whispered. Olga shrugged slightly. During the intermission between the first and second acts, Servan took the rear chair of his box, near the curtains. Braine, watching with the eyes of a lynx, suddenly observed the curtains stirring. A hand was thrust through. In that hand wa^a packet of papers. With seeming indifference Servan reached back and took the papers, stowing them away In a pocket. Braine rose at the beginning of the second act. "Where are you going?" asked Olga nervously. "To see Otto."' A bold attempt was made to rob Servan while In the box, but the timely arrival of Jim frustrated this plan. So Braine was forced to rely on the chauffeur of the limousine. As Farrar's last thrilling note died away Braine and Olga ro3e. "Be careful. And come to the apartments just as soon as you can." "I'll be careful," Braine declared easily. "You can watch the play if you wish." When Servan entered the limousine he was quietly but forcibly seized by two men who had been lying In wait for him, due to the apparent treachery of the chauffeur. Servan fought val this manner through 50 feet of solid Ice. Whether or not they take turns In the slow drilling is not positively known. It is at these "seal holes" that the polar bear seeks food in the winter, and there the Eskimo waits, spear in hand, for his weekly supply of meat At the Ticket Window. "Tbatlnan is a poker player," said the ticket'Seller, afte^ hftipushed -a^bit of pq^teboard .out/to a hurried man^ carrying a aplfe "There's a great] taiilly, for ail that be knew what tho end of thlB exploit was going to be. One of the men succeeded in getting the documents from Servan's' pocket 'Done, my boy!" cried the victor. "(Jive him a crack on the coco and we'll beat it." "Just a minute, gentlemen!" said a voice from the seat at the side of the chauffeur. "Ill tike those papers!" And the owner of the voice, backed by a cold, sinister-looking automatic, reached in and confiscated the spoils p of war. "And I shouldn't make any attempt to slip' out by the side door." "Thanks, my friend," said Servan. shaking himself free ffom his captorB. c "Don't mention it," said Norton ami- t ably. "We thought something like M this would happen. Keep perfectly p. i I,, . a '{ b t , EJralne and ftla Accomplice Plan Cap- tl ture of Servan. t u S t( quiet, you chaps. /Drive on, clmuffeiirij ^ drive on!" n "Yes, my lord! To what particular 0 police station shall I head this omnIbus?'" ' . . p * "The nearest, Jones; the very near- b eBt you car think of! Some day, when/ I'm rictx, 111 hire you for my chaof* ^ feur. Hut for the present I ishall ex-1 ^ peel: at least a box of Partaj?as out of i{ that hundred." ' tl Jonea chuckled. "Til buy you a box . out of my ovrn pocket That hundred goes to chiijlty." C1 "Here we are! Out with you," said Jim to his prisoners. He shouldered a them into the police station, to the C( captain's desk. 0| "What's this?" demanded the cap- ? tain. ft "Holdup men," said Jim. "Entered ^ this man's car and tried to rob him," h( "ITh-huh! An' who're you?" ^ Jim showed his badge and card. "Oho! -Hey; there; I mean you!" said the captain, leveling a finger \t t Otto. ' "Lift up that ,hat; lift it tip. Sure, It's Fountain Pen Otto! Well, ^ well; an' we've been lookin' frr yo#; for ten, months on the last t forge rr u case. Mr. Norton, iny thanks. Talc* T "ein"below, sergeant. \ YouH be har6 n< to make the complaint in th' mornh^ n, sir," he addled to S&rvan. y< "11'.' it is laecessarj." 'It may bo against Otto'sf pal. I y, don't; know him-" in "Very well."* And Jones and Norton and Servan *1 trooped out of the station. " { ; : y{ At last J Dnea and the reporter ea- ia te red a cheap restaurant and ordered 'w coffee , and toast. ^ *t "You're it wonderful man, Jones, , even If you are an Englishman," said m Jim as ho called for the check. ej "English? What makes you think * I am English?" asked Jones with a curious glitter In his eyes. "Ill tell you on the night we put the rollers under Bralne and company." & Jones Btared long and Intently at 81 his young partner. What did he really know? (TO BE CONTINUED.) - ^ HAD REAL CAUSE FOR GRIEF P III Happy Event, Under the Circuit^ ,li ittanccB, Brought f!ev* rte of Joy u to the Small Boy. ,n ti "Boo-hoo!." yelled the itmall boy di*? ta consolately, as he wandered down thin w street;, hneadlng his eyes with htl lc knuckles. ' v "My dear little chap, what's thin trouble?-' asked a benevolent old {gentleman, stopping a moment for a be?.* *s ter view of the small, miserable one. P1 "My Biater'ti getting- married tc? P' daj'!" broke out the youngster wratfc- al fully, and then again made the street resound with his lusty lament n< "But, my dear little chap," exclaimed the. kindly old soul, binding down to w stroke the youngster's head conBolinjr ly. "yon ought to be ve:ry glad you? sister Is going to be happy. Anyway/ *n lt'e nothing to cry over." bi The "dear little chap" jerked biM th head free and burst intb more violent Pi and ear-piercing music as he spluf* tered sarcastically: th "Oh, ain't it? If?if you'd been pal.t ^ a quarter a week to k-keep out ef thvj P? way when her young m-man came to the house, you wouldn't be sorry when th your sister had gone and g-got mri- th ried, would y-you?" w1 in. Name far the Indian Children. w Small people catch cm to much mo* a *n from the ialk of thair elders tha \ 111 grownups generally suppose, says th ) Caldwell News. A little girl of four 11( and one-half years one day last week w' was poring over her primer. It wai m a lesson about Indians. The mothe* ea explained Che pictures to the littln a<3 one, telling her some of thu. cuatom.i fe of the tribe, and ended by te>!ing he in 1' ll/lwnri wnro nallA>! fVi Iine luumil I.U1IU1BU n<?u "papooses." The next dap girl w] was heard to "read:" "Th? IiicMana t do not live in houses, and they fell st ' their children Bull Mooses." ^ CO deal to be learned from the way a fr passenger lays down his fare. Tligt co chap?the thing that gave him ana/ ro was the wa.y he laid down his coin. The average man slaps his t.ickel w: down and lets it lie. This man held his curved ii^he first Joint of his forefinger ajj^Lsed it gently-toward nc 1 ^ ^ Confessions sf a Mail Order Man Br Mr. M: O. X. Revelation* by One Whote Experience in the Buaineaa Covera a Ranee Prom Office Boy. to General Manager AIL TO 8UBS1DIZE TH^ COUNTRY EDITOR. In waging a campaign for1 In reased mail order business I wanted lie country press on my side. ] ranted to get more kind words Into lie columns of the small newspapers nd country weeklies because I realcpH thon no T (in nmv tho nnwor nf ,W1* v"v"? wtie country press and the great alue it possesses to present a claim 3r preference before the people ol tie community. I outlined a plan to whip the counry newspapers into line and arrange >r them to carry my advertising matjr as well as to persuade them ta ive me free reading notices and ed:orlals, telling what tf' great help and omfort the mail order bouses were j the people of the country. It was nothing more nor less than ribery. I believed that I could get lie editors of the country newspaerB to be false to their home inter3ts and foster ours, for a price, had the money to pay them and I aought lots of dollars could do the ork easily and readily.. -, I worked months over that camaign. I prepared ah electrotyped ilvertisement In which I advised :ie use of the mall order medium and rged the. readers of each newspaper >: send into the big cities for the catlogue. I prepared sheets of "press otices" and editorials, with elabrate and plain instructions for their tie. I was going to convert the peole of thd whole country to mail order iiying. . ' I expected to spend thousands ol liars during the course of the noxt jw years, but It would be worth it, I obtained the results. I was after le people's dollars. A strong form letter was prepared i the first step, this letter to be. seat at to the editors of the country newsapers. From advertising agencies nd from various other souroes I implied a liBt of something like 19,. )0 newspapers, all'of whlch wei'e pubshed, in small towns. I was already red with the big daily newspapers, he only touble was I couldn't-someow or another fix it with the coun7 newspaper. The letter read something like this: 0 the Editor: Dear 'Sir?You are tmblishin* a newsoa ir for business reksons'? not for your jalth.' \ You find it difficult to obtain adequate ipport from the merchants tn your town, hey do not appreciate the value of your rWspaper as an advertising medium. We know that you , are printing a live jwspaper to your community and that m are entitled to toore support than you e^recelving. #/?.; . The-postal laws, under which you enjoy e privileges of second class postage for ailing your newspaper, require you' to jcefct. all legitimate advertising offered your rates. ' Enclosed please find a contract for adtrtUlnfc to the amount of............ dolrs. Please sign it and return ,to us and e'; w*ni forward electrotypes of adverlements to be run together with inructlons. In giving you this business tt is but itural that we shall expect you to run, tch week, the reading notices and ediHals sent herewith. Very truly yours, BLANK ADVERTISING AGENCY. : . ? ? . v . Yes, It was a great scheme. I exacted to swamp tbe country with igared editorials knd splendid no:c3 about the 'mail order business, cheerfully anticipated that I would lit the country merchants out of busiuss. I even went so far as to figre out a plan for taking advantage ! the conditions of business depreson that would inevitably follow such sweeping fall in values and consld ed the organization of some Sort of land trust to buy up the\ richest Lrms and most desirable town prop ty in the communities where the poly would work out the quickest I as becoming a multi-millionaire wlthlt delay. But I experienced the most astonhing disappointment of my life. The an; so well considered, so carefully anned, so craftily laid out, was an )solute fizzle. Why? It was the perversity of the swspaper editor. He would not be >ught, he would not be bribed, he ould not be cajoled or threatened. In reading the -preceding letter you ive noted the "bunk" and the jollyg, followed by the appeal to his isiness instincts and then the covert resit about the postal laws. Yes, the an was well laid. But who can delve into the soul of e man who will spend his days and ghts in running a country newspa>r in a community that will not give lequate support? Who can fathom ie motives of a man who hustles all e time to boost his home town, but bo has difficulty at times in collectg the subscriptions to his paper and bo falls to obtain more than a grudgg pittance in advertising from the erchants in his town? I could not understand it. I be;ved that every newspaper editor ould be overjoyed to receive repl oney to the amount of many dollars ,ch week, merely for printfpg the Ivertising copy and, of course, the w paragraphs in the way of readg notices and editorials, which I ought he would like to have with tiict. to fill up his paper. *-- uru^fi ? Anil- lue aaowcio. vvucw. vvuai a orm! One would Imagine from the anrers I received in response to my mrteous invitation to take money om the mail order houses that the untry editors were wealthy and all de In their own automobiles. Indignation, reproach, invective, rath, disdain. They did not want the money. They ere poor but proud. They would >t bo bribed. They would not print e fulsome and false boostB which had forwarded with the contract be signed. They would stand by elr home town. They would be loyal the community in which they lived. ? :??? the local merchant!. They would stani by their subscribers and would no prostitute the coluim^ of their neve papprs to inveiglf the people In the! community to send their money to m: mail order house. I haven't recovered from my astor ishment yet' To think that the pool est paid and hardest worked ?m#n Ii every community should decline i good business proposition out of sent! xnent. I couldn't understand It And. even yet I insist that .was th most chivalrous act taken with pei feet accord by thousands of men seal tered all over ibe country, that T-hav known of. Honest and loyal to thei ; home commwiities Ir could not fall t> ; admire their dislntarestedness'cwhii< deploring that ; a great scheme ha< failed of accomplishihent What was their recompense? Dli the merchants' in their home- town sprinig to th# support of thosi atewsBfl pers as a reward. for their docllns tlon to Introduce competition.; I don* know. Ask the editor. Of course, this plan filling it ,wa necessary for my success to evolve i new plan. I must* get Into close toad with the people In the country! I ha< my appropriation of thousands of dol lars, and more, so I. worked out an other plan. I'm not going to tell you Just wha it was, but if you will renlember tha a few years ago there was a grea fl^ck of mail order Journals flying al oyer tne country?prooamy every reaa er of this article has received man; copies, samples and otherwise?yoi can guess what became ot thousand of dollars. Hert s, something that the buslnes; men In every small clty should give i careful thought to. Perhaps yoi . do not know it, and perhaps you neve: heard of it. I give the tale out of ad miration for a good enemy, a good am . ,.i_ rm. i. .it'ui?. i. 1ft ltftU ilguiei. 1 Utile 1? IIULUJ115 u ; the story for me to be proud of, be cause I was the l<Aer But you* business men in the smal towns, were the gainers. It was wortl millions of.dollars to you. It is wort! millions to you every year. What did the newspaper editor ge for. this servtoe. to. the business mei of the community? Aakhim. If he had rendered a similar aeryta for my mail order, house be wouh have been handed a pocketful of ad , vertifling contracts thatj -frould havi made hia newspaper a very pitofltabli business Indeed^ It would have beei worth it What did the business men of hit home town do for him after he ha< chased the mail order magazine com petition away? Ask the newspaper editor in you towp. ??.... 1, . \ Reforming a Chief., In "Among the Primitive Bakongo' lit. John H. Weeks teils the story 0 a tibier, Mampuya of Klnkuzu, yt? , called on him at Wathen station t request that a teacher be sent .to hfi town".' He seemed a very quiet, gentle manly sort of a man, say# Mr. Weeks Snd I was very much surprised t< ear that he had not always been bi deferential and modeqt. 'v. Mampuya at one time treated th? people, of his town in yery cbntemtu ' ous fashion, and was always extorting on one plea or another, fowls, goats and other goods from them; M las they could bear his extortions no long er, and so they hound him securely put him on a shelfin his own house built a fire under him, and eprinklei a quantity of red pepper on it. Thiii they went oat, and shut the door close ly behind them. The pungent smoto filled the hut, and Mampuya sneeze* tremendously!. He wonld have diet if there had been a little more peppe: on the fire. At last they took bin out of the smoke, and tied a sticl across his chest to his extended armi withy the intention of punishing hin ntlll further* hut thftv lp.t him nit m 7~" ' "7* ?? ~r~ ? payment lof a fine and many promise! of betteA bebavi ir?which promise! he haa scnipulously kept. Pri.ca of I democracy. The price that Harold pays for de mocracy is in a slovenliness of speect which I find, often sive and Emmelint finds utterly districting. It .'seems t 'pity to have his nchool drill in pho netlcs and the memorizing of good lit erature vitiated liy the slurred ant! clipped syllables ?<f the street Har old says, "It is me " and frequently h< sa^s, "It 1b nuttin'.^ The final g of the participle has virtually disappeared from his vocabulsry. He sometimes says, "I ain't got nuttin'." While Em meline is distracted I am merely of fended, because I recall that there if a great body of linguistic authority growing up in favor of Harold's demo cratic practices In phonetics and gram mar. When Harold says, "jt is me,' Professor Lunsbury should worry. Bj the time Harold grows up it will profr ably be good grammar to say, "I aln'1 got nothing." By the time Harold grows up, the Decalogue, in its latesl recension, will read, "Thou shalt nol hftTB none other eods before I." and "Thou shalt not bear no false witness against none of thy neighbors."? Simeon Strunsky, in Atlantic. The blazed Tree Trail. A trail of blazed hemlocks, hickor les and oaks, declared 4o have been made nearly a century ago, was recently cited by the state of North Car olina to prove to the United States Supreme court its claim to a large section of disputed timber land along the Tennessee line. The state's claim, the Washington Star says, was set forth in a brief filed by Attorney General Thomas W. Blckett. When North Carolina ceded the territory now embraced in Tennessee to the United States in 1790, a commission was authorized to mark the boundary made by the surveyors ol "three hacks over a blaze on each fore and aft tree and with three hacks on each side-line tree." The line thus established, he saye, substantiates North Carolina's clain* to the disputed timberiand. The Right Thing. Mrs. Bridey?I admire the man who says the right thing at the right time, don't you? { Spinster Friend?I'm sure I coul^jfc I ever had the pleasure of meewf such a man. ~ | J5 to usefulness to ! Deborah had enthusiasm and ' devoid-tif fear (Rom. 8:31). Shy to nerve the entire amy of Iartg^^l|9| , Verse 15 tells us who l^was ihat iron . the stars tdughtagalnBt Sisera, mesltt- ^ flj > Ing that God turned the elements to tho , advantage of Israel's army. Showers Jffl of meteors have been recorded Instills , land In rectent times and 5:Jfl tells of v; II I the floods of water that "swept awsj,":"' ; overthrew, the chariots of Sisera. Tie r-0 . word "discomfited," we are. td&, JH ' scarcely suggests the sudden tentjl^H | and confusion which fell upon Slsera't army. Like all of God's victories, r . JM was most complete. By this mB the resistance of the Canaanlteii. is ."JO completely overthrown and the Israel- JJ ltes secured the complete ascendency H l over the land. Sisera fled northward JflE toward Hazor, the capital city,. a)onjjr: the same path followed by the Turks^y aB | In'1799, when Napoleon and his allies defeated their army on this same flell^^H^H | Barak followed the main army airag&Ii ' the chariots and thereby missed' ! chief prize. Sisera lii bis flight came ' to a settlement of the Kenltes, whlc&^^flH be thought he could trust, and <urae& llltO 1116 IttllL Ul v?aci| vuo n nv v? ^ ber. Weary, he fell into a dftep steep, Taking a hammer and a tent pin she , M , drove it through his temples Into tJre^^aj ( ground, completing the victory of tDb. M borab and Barak, and fulfilling thW prophecy of verse 9. We are told that .'"gH the Bedouin tents of the women always closed, whereas those of the -jl men are always epen on one For a man to enter the. tent of woman^othti^flflw that of his wife, is ; ^ Ja^l dBmded h?\ife a^d reptiRation hythe only