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Tl"HE PJ4-OPLE S _ORA_ VTOL. 6:--N04. PINS, - ., C THURS--AY, w--ECEMBER=. 1k, CHAPTER XI. Ton o'clocC and no one yet camo rid ing back from tho column with later news. Almost as soon as the command had disappeared from view Mrs. Farrar had gone home, Helen, Ellis, Kitty anid Will in close attendanco, and t.cro they wero presently joined by Aunt Liuerelia, whose volubility even calamity seemed powerless to check, and then, to the ro lief of all tho women, Captain Lealo knockcd and was promptly adiiitted. "I am in search of my right hand m'an," said ho, with his bright, cordial smile. "''They toll me ho is playing Achilles and sulking in his tent, but I havo work for him1 to (10,"' and then onco more did Kitty look remonstrance, for she could fcrm no idea of work for him that did not involve deprivation for her. "You are not going to send Mr. Far rar away after aill," she began, but Loalo laughingly checked her. "Far from it, "' said he. " II ieed him at the guardhouse and mean to put him in chargo of the prisoners when they Coio ill. Tho chances aire that the colonel will havo to arrest not a few of thoso fellows, and ho'll do it in the in terest of peace and good order, despite the fact that ho ha.s no warrant. Are you ready, sir?" "I'm ready and willing to do any duty, Captain Leale, ", answered Will ruefully. "But I was the first to volun toor for that courier rido to Big Road, and I think tho colonel ought to havo given it to me. I'll be oficor of tlie i guard tomoirow anyhow, and would just as lief begin now. Shall I come at once?" "Yes, the secomd relief goes on in a few minutcs, and you would better in spect them. Everyt hing is started right. You have a capital sergeant: of te guard. I want the sentries oil the north t and east bluffs instructed to listeu for all sounds from the east and to keel) a closO watch on that plant of Bunko t Jim's. Watch every movement in that 0 rowdy town e-:er yonder, though I be lievo most of the populace has already ridden away at the bidding of the so called cow boy king. '' Will bent over and kissed his moth or's forehead. "I'll get my sword and a go at 01100,' said he, "and I'll be back as soon as I've mado the romnds of the 9 second relief. I Supposo nobody hero N means to turn in for ai hour yet. Wo ought to have news of some kind beforo c midlight. " With that lie quickly left the little parlor and, vaulting the low 8 fence, let himself in at his own door in the adjoining bachelor roost. Mrs. C Daunton, who had been occupying her- C self closo to Mrs. Farrar, presently aroso and stopped into the hallway, took a heavy wrap and noiselessly quitted the t house. Surprised, Captain Leale looked r about him for an explanation. Ellis had ~ drawn aside thme curtain and with pale, set face was gazing fixedly out upon the a piarado. Kitty looked bewildered. It was Mrs. F'arrar who spoke. i "This has1 booni a trying day for Helen. ~ She Is not strong, I fear, and tonight ~ she is so nervous and unstrung that she ~ seems to shrink from company or con versation. I have never knowni her sot distracted. I fancy she wants to be ' alone a few minutes and to take the ~ fresh air on the gallery." Ellis mioved ~ impatiently, but said not a word. She ~ could see that, so far from having stopped on the gallery, Helen Daunton had hastened through the gate, and, turning 1 to Will's quarters next door, was thero aw~aiting his reappearance. The boy r camno Out in1 a momlent, his sword at his ~ P side and wrapping his cloak a bou t him, and stopped short in ovidenit surprise at sight of Mrs. Daunton. SEllis well understood the purport of 1 thle Conversation that ensued, though she could hecar no word. Will searched one pocket after another, then ran back into the house, came forth again in less than a minute, handed a square, 1: white envelope to Mrs. Daunton, anid, raising his forage cap in farewell, has- 0 tonled awvay across the p~aradle. Ashamed i of her espionage, yet fascinated, Ellis t lingered at the wind~owv and saw Helen tear open the envelope and dlraw~ forthit a little packet or roll, which she closelyt inspected and rapidly countedl over. Money! Treasury notes beyond ques tiomni Monley, anud paiid 11cr by Jack Ormsbyl Ellis dropped the curtainl and1 turn~ed away. She care'd to seeo1 n oro. Over at the guardhouse the second re liof was being formed as Farrar reached the spot-seven soldiers in their fum ~,cappu and gloves and hxeavy winter over- - coats and arctics. The corporal had just reported themi aill present, and the lieu tenanit quickly yet; closely inispecte 0( their equipmnent, thon stppedl to tile a front again. F "'In addition to the usual ordlers,"'' said ho, " Nos. (I and 7 aire cautioned to keep a sharp lookout and to listeni at-I tontively for aniythsing at the eastward. lIn thlo event of anmy un iusual sight or F sound, ('a11 for the cor poral a t once. Who f * is No. 5?" "Oraico, sir, ' 'salid thIe (erp~oral, F Thme youngI. (filer's face darkeneiid a bit. lie had no( trust ini thle mian what over and knewv well his evil reputatioen. ''Graico,'' said ho, '"you have dloubulei functionis tonight. You have not only * the same orders as Nos. 6 auid 7, hut] k tho commanding officer directs that you beko speoa Watchl over (ho sottle HAUL15 KINt p-E rt M NYSOh Nf.; nent 1eross the rivo, particulariy o ho plaint of Bunko Jim. I believe you C0low it. "' "There are plenty of otlerts that Ilow t as well," wa; 1ho surly and unexpect d answer. "That will do, sir, " was the stern Ojoinder. "You were asked no ques ions and will keep si lent ni til you airO. )o you understand your instructions?" "I am not deaf, was the sullen re pollse. "Answer my question, Graice, " said Vill, tingling with indignation, but vepiniig his temper. Thero was a mo 1ent's silence, then "I s'poso I do." '"'here appears to ho somo doubt, lowuver, " said Farrar coolly. "Post 'our relief, corporal, and wo will look Tanidcd a 8quwre, white cnvclope zo rre 1)7anon. arther after Nc. 5. Has that man been rinking again?" ho t urned and asked do silent sergeant, as the re-lief marched way. "It's hard to say, sir. Ie's ono of hoso steady soakers. It would bo diffi ult to find him when lie hadn't been rinking more or less. I thinlik ho has cen drinking all day, but he knows 'hat lie's doing and is as sober as he i at any other time. " Farrar gazed doubtfully at the relief s it trudged away through the misty ioonlight, shook his head in some dis tisfaction, then turned in at the door ay of the tower. "I will look over the guardroom and elIs," said lie, "and visit sentries iter, " and, taking up his lantern, the argeant followed. A big stove burned brightly in the inter of the guardroom, and tho men f the third relief, sitting or sprawling bout, spralig Up and stood to att(Altioln s the officer looked in. Another stc ve, ie mate to it, wias burning almost at Ad heat iii the general prison room eross tie hall. Here were confined :nne half dozen poor devils, thle seape rates5 oif the comnmnd11( ; omet drin1k sod enI and1 stupIid, (othersi mlerely reckless 1n( "'ne'er (do weel."' Fellowving the pirit o(f hioliday dec'oratm l and11( iver1 xpect 1ing the visit of an offler t hat ighit, one of the number, with a fine m11e of humor, had induced a colmrad1e ri fetch him a parcel from thle bairracks, nd( niow- onl tho baro wooden wall oppo itoI lhe en1tranlco thoroe hung a chromio rit~h a flowvery border and tho pious nlt iment, "God bless Our happy 0111.'' Will's eye caulght it at the in taut. ''Take that dIownl"' saidl he, with mniifest indignation. ''There is to be o burlesqiue business lere tonigh:t. 'hero waIs a fainlt odor of dlead1 tobacco bout t he grIimy roomI. ''You'll have t o rarelh those meni and that room,'' said e to the sergeanit as5 they turneyd away. TJhiere mu1st lhe nitiher pipes, miatehes 01' anylthling with whuih they enni start fire. It t hIis old rookery ever flames it. 'ill 4ro hike a flash. Do it at once. Any 10n in the cells?"' "None. '1ir, and1( n1011 in tho outer "'Keep th1e other emupty, thon. The hances are it'll bo fil led tomorrow lhen ihe column gets back. Remnomber lhe ordelrs ablouit firo." "No loan's like to forget that, lieu enan11t, with the powder stored thoro on he second floor." "I know,'' answerod Will gravely. 'H ow much(1 powdler is there thero?'' "'Only a (dozeni cartridlges for tho (veille' gun, sir, but that's enough to 11ow th la1ce into flinders." "'There's 1no (ono ill thme light prisoni 001m (in that floor?"' "Noi onie, sir. Thaot floor is empty. he1'0n fizr(e up) there at al1." P'resenltly thme tramplh, tramp11 (of mar ial fec t was heard on~ thle e'runch~ing no0w, and ofliecer anld Ser'gean1t bothI tepped forthI to receive thle relief of ehnres just taken offY post. 0110 of 1them1 ras Orow Knife. ie gravely sadlutedl as 10 passedl his oflie'r and( placed0( his car Idto ill the arma rack, t heln went out 011 ho east sido0 of 1110 lit tle buti lhinlg and to0(d therle, slilent, listenling for sound1(s r0om the distant east. ''May I hafve the lieutenant's permiis 10on to go out 1n th10 bluff atwhile?'" he sked1, as5 Farrar camo by himn. "'I nn ear the 01al1 of tho corporal if wo aro v'ant ed for anything, and I am very anx rus."' And Will, who at first wvould (avo said no0, saw~ the anxioty in the nidiani's face and consented. "Cr-ow is strangelysuporstltious, ''5aid hn serunnlt- rafter a moment'n silence "H1 }s beenI0 like tinat ever sinco Came' t :uiard. 11iesy the ghost de wvere hm ivling the d eath I stong la:si ni iI t hat sinehoI's tN get 11 doit blow tonight. \Ve can't. laug him o of it.'' Will turned away and watcelied ti ralpidjy retreat ing form, growing djil mer every secondtl. "I suppose Io de1.,a< troublo for his pleI)IQ, and this ro makes him nervous," said lie. "I'm g ing the rounds now, sergeant, and wi leave you here in charge. " "It is just 10:30 now, sir. Shall v call oi'?" "Aye, aye, lot it go,'' was tho answi as tho young fellow stalked away in til direction of the stables. It was his pu pose to tako the sentry posts inl inver order, so as to visit first those on ti eastern flank. Without a break the watch cry wei from man to man, No. 5 shouting gruff, stentorian, "Allf. well, " th: again directed tho attention of the ofl ocer of I ho guard to his probablo cond tioni. The last sentry had Cnlied off all No. I had given, loud and proloige tho fihnal assuranceo that all along ti chaiii was peaco and security before Wi reached the bottom of te slope and bi gan his examination of tle stables il corrals. The last thing he saw as I cast a backward glance northward alor the snowy slope that terminated ti plateau on its eastern side was the sol tary figure of Crew Knife, standiri mute, motionless and attentive, just . the upper end of tho post of sentry c No. 6. He was delayed unexpectedly amon the stables, for one of the orderlies, i the absenem of his troop and oilleers, I, gono visiting amiioig his associates i tho adjoining building, and one or twk sparo horses were loos and roainiii about the g:angwav. The next thing I heard of his sentries there were excitc shouts for tlie corporal of the guar< and, hastening out into the night to a certain the cause, ho nearly collidc with little Meinecke, the trumpeter. "Lieutenant," cried tho boy breatd lessly, "Crow Knife's killed, sir. Stal bed to deal!" "My God!" moaned Will, as lhe ha toned up the slope. "'There's a curso c Christumstido at old Fort Frayne.i" When 10, 20 minutes had passe away and Helen Daunton failed to r< turn, Mrs. Farrar had becomo anxiot and ill at easo. Leale, too, had bee listening eagerly for her step oil tI porch with out, and, unable to cointr his longing to seo and speak with he despite her palpable efforts to avoi him, he had early taken his leavo a gono forth in searli. Ellis, sIlippir from the parlor into the dining roor had thence managed to go to her ou little chmnlter for a moment or two herself. Whatever doubt remaiMed as the just ice of her sispicions up to dinn timo that eveninig, it was banished rno an(1 her heart was hard against Orms! that ho should have so braved and d ceived her. Looking out from her wii dow she could seo much of the walk i front of Officers' row, but not a sign 4 Helen Daunton. The clouds had thic ened, the moonlight had grown dimm< all of a sudden. Once more tho sno, was sifting down. She could not dro where Helen had gone. It wasi a desperate woman wlho fitol silently out of the little army hom and intercepted Lieuteiiant Farrar i the gate. In few words sho mado know her (erranid and asked for the noto Mi Ormsby had placed ini his hand, an Will for the first time rememnbered I, lie had stowed it ini thle pcet of th overcoat he was wearing as lie roturne with Ormsby from theocolonel's and wri compelled to run back indtoors again t find it. Absorbed though ho was in hi own trouble, Will could not but remar: how strange it seieed that hismnolhier companion sho~uld be seeking anid Oru by senin~iig t hise myksteious11 notes a night. ie madrne such exphmauat ion an excuse as lhe could, however, then hmi ried away. WithI nervous fingers Helen counte over the money ini t hie envelope. Tw hundred (1o1llaris! Ormasby wasi indce generous. Then, desperate, determined thoughtless of the iiilitary crime sh Was abonut to urge uilan her husband thinking only of thle driadful1 meniac his presence was to Ithe liendi~s who has harbored and shelltered her, she spel away up the roiw aind, t uiing thbroug) the broad open spiaic' nea the I' colonel' quarters, caine o'utnt h iIle snow cov oredl brow of the heights oveiliangii the silent, icebound st reani, and there barely 10)0 feet away, the dimi outline of the huge, hulk ing Iiguire could b seen. Shie knew it onily too wll-kner it at a glance. Cririe w:i sI tanding o: post at the mlomenit, Ilistiniig alpparenti ly to somie faint, d isnt iIsounids c maudlin revelry that rose from thle ui hallowed walls of Bunko ,Jimi's, hoyoni the Platte. WVith one brief' miuttdire prayer to heaven for guidance an1 strength, she spied across I lie snowy e, panse and wa's at his side before h could either halt or chiallenige. Hie nmeve had time to specak before imipetuousl she began: "Rolyle .Farrar, I must slpea:k to ye hero and now. If your being liere iiemi only danger and harm te nit, you mil: do your worst, anid I would levar t. Yo are under a false name. Your life h: so d hanged yeu that as yet iio (on he rcecogiz~ed you. but it cannot last, 'ii then there Will be bitter shiame and pe: haps death that would lie at your dec -your mother's; your peor, gti mother, Royle, who hioldls her life onl through the belief that you ar e no Ioi ger alive t) briing further disgrace I tour father's name. But now lie had partially reenvere himself andI angrily iinterrupted : " Is my fault 1'm here? Did I suppose of a cursed places thiey'dl sendt mue to it woul be here, to be ordered about by my eni of a brother, to see my noble captai making love to my" "You dare not say it!" she cried. "You've had 80nma axpnionno of wJt I daro, my lady, and ono thing I d and mean to do is to stick it out ri t brd and take my chances at Fray Thore's no other post whero I'd find it many friends at court if things wron~g.'' "You shall not stay hero if I hav buy you to go," she cried, but ishrank even its she spoke, as thoi dreading a blow, for with uplif hand he sprang to her side, then rou 1 ly, savagely, seized her slender wrisi "Who aro you to pose as guard angol of tho I?arrars? Who aro yor say 'shall' to me? Do you realize, r love, that your placo in the army in: in officers' quarters, but down yon le in laundressos' alley? By the Lord, I a mind" II) But here a dark shadow fell betwi bhin and the slonder writhing ohjec1 it his brutal rage, an iron grasp wNas I in turn on the hand that so oruc t crushed tho whito wrist. A d-p voi I- eloquent with wrath, controlled, boiling, seemed to ring in his ears two words, "Let gol" and then, role ing perforce his hol on the slirinkii startled woman, Graico writhed in rious effort to free himself from 1 olinch of Malcolm Loale, and writ] in vain. " "You've the devil's own grip," g savagely hissed through his grind teeth. i "I've a grip, my man, that wo loosen till you are past doing furt i mischief here," was the storn, rele i less answer. Then, uplifting his voi Loale shouted for the corporal of g guard, and at the instant the cry w 1 echoing over the posts of 6 and 7. 'l d sentry still writhed in impotent ra 1 Finding his struggles futile, ho oi moro lashed with his tongue. '"Don't be too sure of that, capta Thero are somo kinds of a hold ce d your grip can't loosen. " "No insolence. You go from here the guardhouso as it is." "D-n the guardhouse, and y, too,'' raged the soldier, hurling do the carbine. "If I'm to spend Chri mnas in limbo, I'm cursed if you sil spend it making lovo to my"- A her, with a tigerlike bound, his f hand brandishing a glistening knife, lunged at the officer's throat. A li d forim had come leaping like a pant up the path, and even before Helon's had died away Crow Knife had hur himself between the mn11 and the sh ing blado was buried out of sig There was a moment of furious str, glo, and then the sentry lay, felled I an ox in his tracks, and Leale's foot i at his throat. The knife, blood stain had dropped in the snow. The Indi his han1d pressed to his sido, was sw ing slowly back as the sergeant. of to guard, with a brace of m1en, camo r t ning to the spot. r "Taiu this man1.1x to the guardiou was tho brief, stern order, as they I cd Graire, stiinned and sodden, to eefoot-. TUi the captain turied to 0Q Knife. "Did that crazy bru(o sti . you? Aroyou hurt?" he asked, in d conceri. "Captain, " said tho Indian slow r "I believe I'ml killed. " Lealo sprang to support him. Ot] n men, running to the scene, linked th hands and mado a chair and raised I c poor fellow from the ground. "Ca liim gently to the hospital, lads. I'll t with you in a moment, 'said Leale, a then hn turned to where, tremublit terrified, lielen Daunton still stood Sthough powerless to move. "'Helen-Mrs. Daunton I First let o se you homne. I ask no confidence, Sexplanaxtijon, but this is somlething a which I must help1 you. I have guess othe truth, have I not? Thlat mn is yt Sbrother?'' k '"My brother, Captain Leale? G s pity me1, that uman is my hlusband!"' .For a momuent not another word v tsp)oken. IA'ale had1( recoiled--staggo -as thbough struck a miortal blc 'Tien, inl boarse whisper, so choked r broken seemed his voice: "'Your husband I Your husband, Il enI? Oh, myv Godi And I hlad thouj 1you free to be loved, as I have learn --as you ha~ve t aught mie--to love yoi ",'Captain Leale,"' sihecried, "'in p say you d1o nolt bel ieve thitat. Oh, h< Sme! D)o unot tunx fromx me,"' she imaph ,ed, for int his misery lie had1( averted l face. ''You shall not thlink me1 so vik 1she wenlt (xn der~lperately. "' I never ki until todaty thait you had leanxed it enror for mxe. I tihoutght all that had gn with 1my3 youthx---h, so lonlg ago!lIor axsked of life a pxlae where, I could usetful and1( safe and wvhere, by anmd 1 e perhaps I could forget. I haIvo seemn to myself so Old and dn!l :'d nal, differenClt from1 thle womlienx moen love (I I nxever drieamied it my dut1y to say I v not free. Oh, I thouxghit you Were frienid. My heart, has hoeni so heavy a so numbtiiled I hxavo thoxeught it dead sih t hat Chrmist max~s eve fouxr years ago. 2 1let mue tellI it to you, and3( you will unmd stanxd. Four y'ears ago this nlighit my etle Sick( bably wo~ko and wai led w r painx. TJhat manx, my hlusband, was a drnnkeun sleep n thle floor. 'To bhs cry wolke him., He swore a dreadful 0; at t ho 1lit t ho weak, whxite thinig in arms1x anxd siruck it hard acrossi t outhI. I donx't knowi wixat wild wel I aiitxy huxsbanxd, but I toldl hir wuld never see his face again. The: e aught mxy baby to mty breast, andl I r danid raxn trough I th cold Christn1 streets, and( l ith strs wvent out, and i1 ri lxhn wentt out iin thte houses, and little baby on3 my breast grewv heav anen, and hby and1( by it waxn day and(, oht, so cruelly cold, and I1- ! i ed the sha:w] and~ saw"-- Here, ov com1 tby the recollection, the poor won covered hxer face ini her hanids and1( bux II And( thenx thxe captain. "'Helen, 5 d1 on my3 poor, poor girl! IHush!i I spi 1) like a brute, but I wa~s hit huid. I v Syour frientd; I ami your frieund. Ii h ate. You must go in. Take my cle. you are shivering. " ,t With that lie turnedj and led hem Island could be cleared of ieptiles, the explorors taking the utmost precau tionti, wilIe att work. Gold oxpeditions arm starting all the timo from places along the coast. Southern Cali fo'nia sends out several every year ; and places least suspeotod of I.r loring souls with tho gold fever have ships lying in harbor, bound for slome southern port, but carrying' In t'Ci r assenger list entiisiastjic pros hlIetors for gold. Tlie prohability of a gold island In the ,Pacilie I. readily considered by mIari0 ners. '.Il'hey say t.hat bailors are very ready to 1ind a ship in need of re paits near t-ibeso islainds, and for this lellon tle sea oif 'atinma iN marked i dangerous " on tho lialrineli' carts Onl atccoun t of tie nutill ierous shi ps lithat lay in the p1ort thbere fo' mend liiur. But It is the fault of the sailors, who pur posely conceal defects intil I near these island in t.he hope of landing. Once landed and tlhey hope to 1ind a spot wvhere ore is liel enough to warrrmnt alrtling alwity i) bags. The old Maino earpienter brought honie with lim twenty bags of oro, much of which pasised for fruIt and the remthai nderm' as cnurios picked up1) inl his1 travels. One lard, rich picce of ore wis prT'e t'ed attd his son has It today to show would-he hutiter-s for tho lost island. lal I and wi nter are the seasons when the :old hunt is most protitable in the Southern 1 'ac iLe. It is cooler nOW ItId the crew tiId miners arO low willing to exert themslves. In the spring, wlien the feverish weather coies on, all can sail home. An islan(l of puro gold is not an iml possibility. 13y this is not imeant, the lear, pure-t ore of ColmlIerce,for. this is Im possible. But th rough, streaky, 'ellowish , datirkish stulf' that, hWing valre(d, slows m1ior1e gold than rock. eh io ale 1iaIs allioot, entirely of ,i II and it is not, impossible tbat an tI-guli islanid Imay be found. If the sixtI ex ped itioni succeed, or Sany of tiihem , ihero will be a " Souti 'acific gold Colmimnaly " its powerful anti ;rganizatiou as the Cecil Rlihodes South \ I lean dialiond corperation. ISTAiTi'1NG A IIALKY lIORSI,. I'lie Alulimait Thinks or Only Onte Tiaig a. a 'I'Ime. A skinn, ,illl-fed, discontented and tnareh istlic liorbe Iad conie to t.he con 'husion that it had hauled its load farl mougl and bthat it would defy the )velhieatr ing master and go no further. I'hie result wits at blockilde of the street, inuseA by a balky hore. As Is usual in such ciLses a erowd gathered to dis L-uiss tihe situation. l0very one took a hand at trying to lead thc horse, but it planted its fore feet firmly and refused to be budged. Various suggestions WerI' (ffIered to assist its locoIIotion, but few: of them were tried. The com eliani of .he.crowd offer-ed the titme worn 14uiggestidoir tilit i fire--b3- buhilt tinder it, but it fell Ilat and no one even smiled. In the cr'owul was a well-drossed man in a silk flmt andt a natty overcoat. li baud olserved in siflhence all the wayt and Iimeans for moving tie obstinate borso. At length he btCepped forward tnd said : "1,,-t mc try. Who's got a piec of itring ?" A sImIll boy went into Iiis loekets and prod uced the desired arti .h-, a good, stout length of packing , ine. "Now get me a short stick and ve'1 soon get tiils horse out of the vay," said the man. Tie small boy ,lso prod need a stick. Tihe eiowd gazed tupidaly and wondcringly at thie pre )arations, al thonghii those wiose sug restions hatd bieeiinrejected1 smiled sa ir'aenhy. Th~e mnan in the silk hat had tied one mdo of the string to thme stick and then >cgan to wind the other end arouand Liio lorse's ear. T(he horse hunwg hiis head i.nd lookeid obstinato. As the string Jegian to tighmteii thbe horse woke up and ,red to jerk hiis head away. Th'le furm her the string was wound the uneasier he horse grew. A fter the last w ind ind beein takenct the stick was thrust *liroiugh the brow band of the bridle. Pihe bsorou wriggled his ear v igorouisly, shmook hiis head imipatiently, then his aye grew wild and lhe hegan to move. Ilis will was beginning to weaken. Bud(denily lie staited oil' wagging his ~ar briakly3 i and the cr'owd cheercd. "T~halts the wvay we used to startL dal ky hiorses and miiuhIl when I wats re ighting odown in Mexico aL good many carsh ago. A hioiro can onily think of )fe tlhi ng at aL Lie anid the string on i Is ear' takes hiIs atteaition away from lis balk. It's veryv simpe"Kna Jity Star.iipi"-Inss v ill venitiura" to as',eirt Lthat if each boy Sgiven at llock of fowls, if onily JHan ,ms, a'nd hii alone have the mianatgo nen11t, and Lhe receipjts--ai ver impori1101 ant adjuncnt - Lihe Ilock of fowls will sauase the boy to take an interest ini 'aring~ fromn th2 stairt, I t himu bo somne attctustomeid to the breedl anmd he will soon learn t~bo poinits ouf all breeds. Anid ho will n ot st.4 there, ie will ri to know the br'eeds of cattle, sheop, hors~es anld hogs. Ili will loo(k forwaird '0o the exhihitions of thu couintr'y fairs, ,Lnd str'ive toi win pr'izes. I to will have, L liovo for' thme farma bredl in hi hm fr'omi hme stiart. and( wvhen lie Is a aman he will 'earn fort the hatppy (lays sp~ent oni the arma, and wIil get ba ck to it if lie can, houi1li e be. inrduierd aLway. Whlen otno >ecomies' inltilirested( in poul tury on the ar-m, he becomes emdiitted to an liter est In everything else. As soon as your lOy Olnn Imanage themi, give hiun a few lantamns, and atfter he is oldler statl~ iim withi some pur io breed oif standard Izer. It is the host plan for teachIng he boy to rem-ti n on the faarm. --A Sv-eed ish servant-maid, lindling ,hat her'a istress was tr'oubled wIth dleeplesness, told hem' of a practice of the loople of her countr'y who were almi atry anlicteod. It was to take a napkin, lip it in ice cold water, wring it lghtly tnd lay It acr'oss h10r' yes. Trhe plan w-as followed, and It workedl like a ~harm. The Iirst nighmt the lady slept oumr hours w ithouat wakIng-something ihe had not (lone for several months. A~t the end of that tImo the napkin had 'como dry. By wettIng It again she. At once went to sleep, and it required 30nsidorable force to arouse her in the mnorning. WAYSIDE GATHERINGS. Hilts of* Humor and Nuggets of Truth for the Itultitudo. --Not to love the good Is a proof that you aro bad. -Tia first and worst of all faults is to clhwatt one's self. -The rich are ri h because the poor are industrious. -Thoro Is a breed of dogs In Russia that cannot bark. --Thcre are thirt3 towns called Washington in America. -An ounce of oncouragement is worth a pound of faultfinding. -Tho Japanoso, up to 1858 wore vaccinated on the tip of the nose. -Thoro is a growing demand In E'ngland for human skin loather. --Th biggest coward in all the earth Is tie man who Is afraid to do right. --The reproaches of enemies should quicken us to duty, and not keep us from it. -If you want your life to be a suc cess, never be found opposing the truth. -The pen is a mighty engine, and it sometimes runs away with the en gineer. ---If thou d i ro the happiness of the child, tenoh hhn obedience and solf restraint. -No mnit ever bolieved that a cry ing baby belonged as much to him as to its mother. -Somo women look at a secret much as ia man looks at whiskey-as too good to keep. ---A woian readily pardons a ininls ter's failings. To her, it's human to forgivo divines. -Uts arO sid to bo niusicial be cIsO thOr infSdOS are comI)osd00 most ly of liddlestring. -l1 who does his best, however little, is always to bo distinguished fromt him who loes nothing. ---upposo everybody should stay away fromn church as much as you do, what would be the result. - --Charcoal is very highly relished by fowls, hoth young and old. Al- "s ceop a supply before thema. -I ook over on the bright side, Which is the heaven sido of life. This is far better than medicine. -Two statos of the Union-Wyo ming and Nevada-have less than one inhabitant to the square mile. --There are many more fools in the world than thero are knaves, other wise the knaves could not exist. -Every real nice old womaa thinks that people hike to hear about her mar ried children and the grandchildron. -The wiso man does not toll all he knows; and- does not always listen while others Cll all they know either. -Women opmprlse two-thirds of the ch uic'h -mer hopI- of the-United States' but only one-thirteenth of4ho arImnF Inas. -When we strivo to do the best we can, we are sure to find that our best is beyond anything we had dared to hope for. --Tihe ronsons why somu mon are such inveterate wind-bags would seem to be becausO their wives blow them up every day. k _j -1Evory man is the architect of his own fortanc. And its lucky for the most of us that thoro is no building inspector around. -Tho man who is drawn Into a sclhemto to invest I cent and draw oat iil may not bo a fool, but he is in no langer' from brainl fever'. - - In l 'arais there Is a skating rink formlued of real ice on a circular basin of water artificially cooled by piptes containing ammonIa gas. -It has been said that it costs noth ing to say a good word for another bu when one nuast lie to do It the word seems rather expensive. -FVogg is mean enough to say that, generally speaking, the women who remain- single " from choice " are not a particularly choice lot. -When you have a cold you do not know how to cure it. All your friends know how and they tell you; but that dloes not all'ect the coldl. -When a woman gets angry you can generally doepond ont her sagng frackly what she thinks-or at least, what she thinks just then. --" Oino swallow does not agake a summer ;" but it mnay have occurred to you that one grasshopfper makes more than a dozen springs. --The war and navy dopartments are ondavoring to arrange for tho use of smokeless powder, such as lhas been adopted by Fr'anco andI Gcrmtany. -A matchinc that outs match stIcks maikes 10,000,000 a r~.y. TIhey are ar' ranged over' a vat, andl have the headis put on at the rate of 8,000,000 per day by onto maan. -"Come in and get your' soul saved whlil yc ou wait,''is the notice that a G;lasgow itan ref-,tes ho saw at a Sal vnationa Armty mueetintg dluring( his re tetnt stay Ina Chaicago. ---A clergyman rays It is not wrong to dlance if you (dance proper~y, ~Judg ing from his subsequient. aemar'ks, the way to danc prtopeorly is to sit in the cornerW andI twirl your fingers. -Many times we aare under the tiivino influence when we are not con sci(ous of It. No man speaks a good word( or per'formns a goodl deod without beintg anil uenced b~y the spirit. -"Madam," shouted the attorney, "do you know what the punishment will be if you do not toll the truth as y ou h ave sworn to do ?" " Certainly I do;'L will'be crossedqucstioned again." -.' Seventy berths in the ladies - cabin !" exclaimed Fogg, after hearing . a dlesca'iption of the new steamer. "0 treat Scott ! but there must have been a terri ble Eqcmall about that timel" -The people of, the District of. Columbia are getting ready to ask Con gress to substitute a oreaq tory for the potter's field at Wa~b an4l it is believed that the pl J p. proved. --In Russia the people #8.t0 thor mometer of Leslie an Englishman; In Germany, that of hEoaumer, a Froeh man;, in 'France, that of Colsius, a,, Swedo; in E~ngland and 4ierioa, that di F~brenheit, aGerm -~ aro .io angle Ly the colonel's quartorx, and gIt therO she looked up 0110 instant into hiS no. sorrow stricken face. "Do not cone far so ther with mie,"' she implored. "You go have beon so good to me," and, boving to her will, he lot her go, and stood, to following her swiftly retreating form sho with him longing eyes. And then, soft igh and sweet and clear, as though rising ted above all surrounding of crimo or sin or gh.. sorrow, there floated on the night tit prolonged notes of the cavalry trumpet ian sounding the soldior lullaby, "Lights i to out." my "Lights out, " murmured Leah. not "Lights out. Alh, God help mo l For li t', dier and lovo it is iudeed lights out. " 've The next day Crow Knife died. "PH TO III- CONTINUED) NE*XT l:1:l. of - y AN ISLAND MADE OF PURE GOL., ce, yet IN TEIl SOUTII PAClFIC OCIAN. thie ail- Marvellous Story as Ilow i Was 1g, 1jst to View--The Gold Belt is fu- Guarded l)y Snakes. lhe IM, biggest gold yarn ever told is led einitg whIispered around ; and, strange to say, it has found so many believels he that no less than six expeditions are Jng being fitted out. 'he gold yarn is about an island of gold in the South Pacific Ocean. it lit's n the belt of gold islainds, wet of Ir anaita. But tihis olne is so much larger nt- than the others, so much richer and so 00, mtch more etisily wor-ked, that it is the the muagnet that is drawing all the mnt gold parltics towro-d it. 'he When Cecil Rhodes said lhe was go go. ing to corne the dimiond market of :c ll.e world hv % '.ting J)o -sessiol of the en tir e Sout .\frican lines, spiecla tols lLlghedI at I hil), Ind investor.1 ' wanited to imtipr)isolt him atd BaIrnta.(to n and' lir iw era.y knaves who were tryintig to get rid of the iuoney intirust to eli to themt. lit Ielt, I arnato and IRhodeus knew u, whore the" C1ornter1 " ias locatd, anild wn they fouid it. st- Tite hiuinters for the new gold field are talking about " cornnrs." They ay that gold lies so plentifulliy In this ne'w region that to own it practimlnhy ree corne rs the gold of thu world. l'rom'n he nowlere else catn it he mined so cheap he ly or plentifully, and that fact alone ir 111,tt ve00i at coriner. ary The gold field towar(l Which tle six led winter ex ped itliols arte Po1intling Is in i. thu waritl partof te lI'acifie. It con ht. i-to of jul islaid w itl sandy beach and twoi tiouintains which rise like horns 3 at the opposite enis of the island. The iko bac:h is rich with ore, even the peh Vas ble)l hcaring that dark rusty look that ed, tmeans gold. Bitt the richest layers ni, -ar ., the t in uni,4 .-S, -wh re there is (1 ny- whole ldge of .oft, rocc that is more the than ialf gol. Tie ledges reach es u along one 1nd (if the iantd, which is n giarter of a mile in w idth and rises ill geat height, rich int goid. The di scvery of this islndd ates hack twelity year.-: and for that Ilengt-h Is of time ecxpeditions have been getting OW readv to sail for it. Hot all have Iet ike witl sone calamity before starting. LCp MeIIwlile the secret huA bon kept. 'The story is something liko this 1y. Twenty years ago a Maino carpenter started by silip front California back er hote, gOing by way of Panamna. When nearly in port the shipi stoplped at an ( island for repairs, and the catrpenter h0 took a day to enjoy himself. At the ry pliclie house--for the island wa!, I he stnall sentlement--he met two tSilort, ,,(I who had with them a bag of oro. , Hearing he had been t miner they as asked him to test the metal. le did so, findinug it nearly pure gold. The Ssalilors said they hiad ootainied it froamt tan island one day's sailing north. . TJhe~ sailors proposed that all go back " to the island and get, a ship load of ed gold. They would start in a vessel mrin purchased with thecarpenter's tmoney. T1heo carplenter agreed and back they ad went. Near the island a severe storm caime up, wrecking themi. Th le car as penter and one saIlor were cast ashore, ed butt the crew perished. v Next0 day they-the carpenter and 'hesailor-explotred the island and nd wer delighted to linid it rich in gold. They gathered such (of the mineral as ci- they could and that day wvere prov i ~ht dentiailly picked Iup by a vessel hap icd pening along. They hailed her and ." were taken abroad. ity Returning to his home In Maine he 'ar mnarried, intending niext year to return -to his island of gold. Ils wife object )-ed, however, to the voyage and so the ,, years passed. Last year the carpon ter died, bitt otn htis death-bed Ito told hits yson how he taed the sailor had shovel foed upi pebbles that were more thatn no half gold. ly But the son was less adventurous be than his fat her. Liko his mother he was incred uIl( and told the story to (afriends as an evening tale. The first 'rientd who heard It after the old1 man's death sin ang to hIs feet.. " if youtr famther told that story," said hte, "' it is 'Strue, ar~d i am going to lit out an cx ny ped itiotn to look upl that island1.' itd A patrty was spteed ily formed and in irma a few dlays It will sail firm Mvaine to Jh, look for the gold island ini the South or crn l'acific. it- Meanwhile, htowever, ithe news fith sprnead, and parties in Boston took It up and began fitting out a ship of thteiir ,own. y~ 5 Th location of the island is such thl for the bearings were found In the ef ny fects of the old ctarpentern-that it hoe mlghtt easily exist and lie laden with as gold, for It is in the richest gold belt i known. I Such an island mnighit easily have been foumnd ~befroronow by oter ex is year, but for one fact. TJhere is a cer It tain latitde of the South I 'acific Ito where the greatestt qjuantity of poison ifor caus reptiles live. TIhe Islands are alive mt w ith theml and SO venloous and fierce a.ire they thtat mariners do nt land cit er- these Islands nor does a living soul1 nn touch them from year to year. Marl rst netrs' courses lie as far away fromt them as possib)le, and thtis Island lies ini 'tac very midst (If this "Snake Belt." Al. Trhe exploring party would he ke obliged to rid the island at once of rep 'as tiles. They would first assure them is selves that they had found the island so rich it gold and then the snake. could he driven outt by poisons andh by to planting certain herbs that are repul sive to them. In six months a small