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Wm' (Ml it 10 The iyTER-MouyTAiy Fakmer act, KAXCioLiy, Tuesday MorooyG, July 29, 1902. 41 1 W0MM GIVM.THje CLUES .Mi' 111 I Watch IIer' Says tlie 01d De(cctlve' M as a Rulc' H mm 111 i Man Wanted Will. Be Caught. LLlllBi lilHlS S St' Tl"' herrhcr la fcmme proverb la LailllllB' iJ jjKlV ft ft m tilU nnugh wild thr oil detec- Hi 'ill!,?- $N "v '" "'" " Bno""'r rulp lhn" rHtv llfii 'i H' I ' rlv "" vnluabu In our busl 'L In.lifi Ht w it h tlio woman after you ve ''iHtJ SffiBw!! pil i r !i I IhV I tht second e,ora- Hitf 19 f! , , , , IM, ... (3 4J 'H 1 1 1 i " Uv ''"' you d r" ,Bn" I'H I"-' M 1 h t was knocked out of me "jHi? ', k'S tiJ i i n wtlon I cm. remember t.Hbjl: J3&SV " I ' " ' l lot of lh'nK" whcn " H j ''"(I flj'IS"' t t I. rr thle work Just Iwotuse H 'I 1 fill i l " 1 s."cn anil aoft-hcarted r,H i ', I a 4 -.11 u i t hilp Inking at men and JbibH cif JML v ..i iiim-in - ng Instead of fu .JbibbH lOTi! ,, "i v i n J mire I hurt too muih . B !' J K j) Sp i i i ' I milshrnent was going " 'b'bibV (J'l i 1' I f 1 ' . I i i imll C I' ! .x hi i ense was groat aport. .aBBBaW i I . V, 3 1l T i Hi In out when J had run t'B.H' B H ,'' rr iml I . mi I hated lo ba him I-H h ' J, , i ft T i . h romsnitng over pro- iU ! 3 J , t I in k . m n hen I was young IHitlt u Vti , Tl v I 1 1 km ihaneeswlih their IIH!'h , Ir'j.l i. I iuiy one Intimately (1 ! 5 'SI r i i nil them usually under- lalH ft! r 3 i iif I '' "I v But wn,n ' Kn'- ItlH ? ' i Jl I i r . i."i fin or of a man whose IbbbbbbbbI M ' i ' I r ill ii I i In htm and thought a. H ti'i n I i r .in I e noisily wished Id Ron aaaH h'h '' I i ' i .... I. it il.li ir mnn nth i hur- f9'M i r.tn l s n iiiKi id ot turning d. uc- H 't1' vU P. ' f tlio I'iln In 1 ii ns H '"'Ir , W 1 11, I .11 I It ! thotlKll It doOl HfiiM , ! . ' .ik ins out to iraki. n vonan IHffiH1 'i , s, i I , II .11 1 hm 1 wki younger t.lt'i ' 1 in I i u.di rms.'lr that I'm n ma- U W '' ,1 rh,m i .n1 in doing m duty IHmM 'I? 'f tl- t n s iifci i lnlni; a mnn lo Juml IH! - I it ' ' ni t mid that I hnv. n't any- W 1 15" ' t 'nt: to ill nlth thi ronaeqiiptu er, hut Vb).:! 1 . i 1.1 in Jot hwe lhn no giiod wo- IH'ft'.iV H ' t mnn i..l I In with thti dlity hualnea Vt' rt! 'i I ' io rilM a woman crook without jj 'ijsfi thi i in imih i K.'t hut iMwn It tomea M n " f ton. ink n tilr-c IMIIh woman break hi r It'i i hHrt i mi in sMtlnit my hanla on I ho ji.ll'i i ii v. I m 1 i.hifiM. frcl aa If Id rV1 "i " ' i-""11 l,k bbbbbH vM ir ii ould Juki ellinlimic the wo- ' liili ' ! I t n u i-i ' th dtNiilte liunlnem BBBBBBaiialRl I" ' ou i t n '! i to th.- iciound-tmt BBBBBBBi inB l A t, I 1 " II ' VMIHIHlll'Ullffl.W bbbbbbB h!H"jf!3 I t i ill I. ok Xl. Ioan t f irnlah bbbbbbBL lWt t J,i" 'i 'th 'I"' hut i.hc lvc inoKt bbbbbbB VJJ'H-i fiP ; r oir . i fhnta what aeiim ao 'luiK J 'r 1 it"1 v' ' ' u"lh ""' "" llf" 1o twi i1-,. I 1"J !"' thi .i nu 1ih loir jtt 111 nlnr IH ! .fitVl STh "h r t n li hell . lo bait IB !'t iiwl kSlfJ Mm 1 i .. I. lp fcHlliiK thiit It Ulit a IHTr iMllPW "I" I I '"I It ulB)H atrlkea me Hi' Vf "I'ttk i "' ' I tl t ilif 'tellim that Innt 111 LB 't t ilTkl " """ " lt i thr thliiR that luina li V ' ). -usT'e lu" ' v r l ' lm ln v W 1 iM 3ej' i Tlri "' ' ' '"" ' (0 l"'fn n '""" HM'i1 ! '' iS i ',n XU1H litutiially aafi out of our H'tti'l f I I f utili (iinir ir cpliiR Imrk Inalib tlio IBi' ii -u 1 diinmi llni for thp auk of u woihhii I 1, I ),?' f nism I i liniKcn up oi pnriiti 1 n H is- Ft X lnnu 1. 1 py rejnlona iih the inxt tnnn fl t 1 I i' , T t, . ut I tl lis limmxl If I Aiijoj It enll If IHnl I hi ill 3 " '''"''' "" '" "ltit.lnom B.ul sltl.iR ,. H f 'I ' , I If ill '"'" r,'"l"?' ' ' '" l "' H? I ' K I-rn Ml... tho mun la a ncnu.ulr.i IHl.l " -t id O-i ! mil tht wniii. i lint n eundhlnte for the ' ''i tU 1 hlitliix Tom If cho thlnka n lot of Hlfal ' 'f i nl" ' h" thlnka enough of her lo y; ; k C jl tike UIk rlmurpa for tht auko of cpflng IHl'' iWi ' I li r un t hilp Milling 1 rottld Ium Hl ifi nf J I li.nl a chiu " nt hhn In aomx ntln r m ly .'1 I j J 111' i 'K"v M u nmln t tfll Hny of tho vh B I H I 9 nlirut th I neer hem I he hut of ! kf ' " ' ' nl js put up n boll hlufr B 0! Alfi ! fi hut I m i km u tlonl of a molly rod lie aaai ftll'I'l-I Si l"l'l th tit li I ilon t lit It Inlerfeu H U ii lU 1 , 18 'li l'Uh. i ' r t M ii fl t""1"! ' ' ""' liner and I had n little 11 nil. f tl ill "ir rut lift Ihi Hum cloth I ha wilt 1 i 'II 1' t if 'I'll 1-' '111 ' of '"" "" I't't when I aee H Tljdji 4 U a moi.iii In tiouMi, It kIm-k .... in uu H I lv V f i r!t"y fcl'uit In my Innnlx I upioa, IH J ,f'.fl th 1st tllats "'"" I '""Ii'- ial hoartarh. but 1 S''ni tl 5 a ilst. t.e nlih n I.eniliiihP Mi ulillen fafafB K ilyV- Jul", htm I ropinltlon mm iMuildn t hi " Hl A i! liiH v'-" u'rt r "tiutwi I. mi jou H 1 I? t('" 5JI -tbout Mna thU uutihlng the woniaii 1)1 lu)if end of on. piofenlon o aie ulu ib H it ft mJ '" " """ llkk Hi f.,' i ' (t Ill """l ' u' a oung chap lately 11 I t l-j ffl He Mti n, i, riled about this,, month 1,1 4 J Ijj ago. an a f. Meeka Inti r bin eniplo. B "V Ii 'Hi "'" .ii i lib nlalli atuiiihled on a mi. ft H M ' W ir lis d bm. Morklng Hi uin, onn of H j L I , thore m "I linking Hiiinoth llkiahle H ft fli ' felliiMi and etibol hud all the .on. j j J fjj nicn t In him I ja MilNd In but the H ', I ' 1 bn gn tipped off noma iuiy mil made H ft 1 1 v i i' " run r ' H lljfftli f "lie dhln t hae time to iee hla wife HI Ii f 1 1 i( nor In sill In i Mind 1 in aure of that aHi I'll' ii i Iite ''"" " " "' ""' thln' 'xmp H ill 1 M tl iouhIi uamid It brnkt herull in plerer H iSvlR r H sl"' Moulliit liellet It at ftrat and aH lUR 1 Mil . nheii ahe had lo ahe MlUid No 'on aH (.' 'f 'I 'tS "" l1'-"'" Juat Midi" mil hurt HIMt j 'riff That Uu wo.at aort Id rather they aH X(--.J'irtil 1 ,K,I I ' l' 'Ithler aH !' 'flSVa5!n I THirs no uki bothering the lit- H ill SWi 'l tl Moirni She n.uldnt hilp ll It Hi M'nWttll'iS J ,k ' r,u inlnutia to llnd that out to aaBr Mf-ifi'ttJ ut " ' ' u' on othr tralla It huh H' ffMi l B ' r'" lhnt hut we couldn t get n Mir.i ST t i If? '"" ,lml l,n 1IaJ Jmrpeil olf bHii B( ' Vi ii lhl' """ nnted him wnnted him ntTf VflVt "'" n I tin e was Juat one auie a 15! I (- ' 1 to play th- Biino 1 t don to Match '!i Ij the Mini in Thc hail h-eu nmrrk-d IFiiii; f I' "" o nttle vhll nnd ho m.ih plumh 7, ) t( k iltt oMi her lis hud had tht nen, ' ,1 Jl 2 to gi wi tilth nu seeing hei buthe aH .Vf. "U 'I Moullntst -. .Ma lit , (,j too ' j I f that 111 Hi lldlit itn Mrlti to hei bbVI i i J fifiiu." e ronlln't ininjer Mlth the j f, I j)S im'l hit ti -oulit see h 1 htteia he j X t I pit fire i' Msnt In to hfi and I aui pone I )' ' l, II he th i b it .hi io nua winw ihanta of BHii I), . i lit i. b lie. ilinlahlug a ilue HI J ' 1' It I 'lhe 1 I n mnfiii ia in to atu with l i 'Id n'r Tl"11 '!' Mia on Die I ,nt tide H ( ) , Ii Wo to k a I tie i.ihujl.ole ln a place I H I il , .T iriaa thi ? ie t and k pt a nun th 'e Mh .i " lhn Mja a aolld month lih noth- B L Ij I Ing 1olnH 'lb, gin p,od to atanu it M r ", J If th wild inort of the time Kven H It ' , .1 nftet th, i i;ht8 were nut at night the H ' .( '11 alreit ' ehia Mould h rnr hei ther M , l. i J i am tin. a until lung uftr ml Inlghi M 1 I'M IB J'eople camp in I mnt and mo hnl a bH ' !' ii ' " R""1 l0 k ' "'P'" ll rinully one B U i" A "Igl "hi i ft udixlt, an old man l t, Jv Men. Into Hi honae !, (1 1I looki 1 Hkp a reaniitable old 11 , , 'f roc but uN Mhiikua u.ul hlK Mguin bbbbsi Meruit in i ml iheie us aoinc- f , I. 1 thing olY rMor ulmul hl maiinci Ha 1 , ) il'dn t i unit fut Miln Ths Unlit Mint H' , "tit ul. of a amlili n Ihey usually H i , i burnoil lals M n i impo I In a Vetl- H , i I '"lie near hv At .'10 oiloik th an. lii, iJlM 2 float and oneuiblo i ime alldlng Into bHi Mrnli1 'I the stifet Wo aioppid him lie was fnlMUy n' (tu man all tight enough The girl bH IlifiJE'K'.! I I! V" nt UlB wlndoM liimlng out a tittle bH) IKlfflw i lo ivulPh him v i Satlar-iaoiy, wasn I H m ri ' ' lt? w,n J fflt '"" n ,we(,p H B'll j Ij 'lialf the Urn ih v i.nan gee to H I Vf I J -i" iif th mini lfthtf ire nail) InlovoMith H 'l, r-'!.' 'eh othei the II go If hoaendsfor her. i! , A ThJ " u" fl '""g tln.e but sooner ,' ' ' ! or later if he rtoean t i . ahi II go, ,.' ind all you need to do Is to follim her (, t I, .a end watih her 1 ueut all thi Mnv to Ji 'n.iife'1 Honoluhi with one little Monuin to aie lJ.il tr 11" her meet her liiiiliaml I h. y both tann I ' ' l A haik with me u eek lot i t-V Un 'I.vn old crook, who kro better, j ( r. '( put their heads Into thu nooie ih sami 1f iia, though tlie an cinft' i uhuit , . ' . ( the was th) plan things an I 1, . liki- m I f I), y to Kt caught ou aco thej .,i aort J ; , of familiar with our muhois Momo- ,J I j , times the worst of them lme nl, d". VI,. cent Mhea or swiethearts lu ittmd- . I ' ' el a queer lit of loiers niiellngs I Si ' i , have I wasn t e ecieil at thi un1. Ti'l ions, waan t tven Inilted but I made jl!'! j Point of golpg wlih tho lil . of JMJ J u walling with her for liei snu, thiiut (t IS hi nnd III be diinnel if I like it a i i ivtk "" d" 'ome hack to what I said nt 1 ll 'llw 8 "r' Trapping a man through n good r! jJrS 1 woman who Ipies hlin Is din busliiDss v'2f' I ''fJPf J H'"h ln heaien I hud neiei run up ' Mi Pl T 1 ngatnot anything but out and out i H !Ir V toufch cases whoie the ti all would lun "Ii i i through iIIiph and limine the jiofpKh llil!," ' ini1 there d bo no nice women In 'he V'i iff I " ' rl" a a fJlr 'I'll and no fno 'f If i) Hut hlesa our heart It s next to lm j possible to hut the women n it h-v man punt ) Is tangled U I h if woman or other and the rhm t ui that he thinks a lot of him int Mr he may think of her Am i i ) many etets in the buslm running up against the u i n i i sltlon and lm thankful whn Hi i mans a sort I cant feil mu h b n pathy f ii When It Isn t n wife or a swirih art or a mistress like aa not It s i u lh and that a the limit Whj lip mil. 1 months frr my man and nnbh I him whn he rami bark hei ausi hlK moth i was djlng nnd wanted to me 1 lm and I lost a hap for five months and then rlnpt d my hand on him l. mine he ouldn t stav away more than two w.pks after his baby was born Seitng the kid foi live minutes i-ost him six years Fine bahv It waa though I m n mutton head That s what I am Any boy that has a soft heai t an 1 a taste for sohlng problems had better chuck hi detectlte stories In the fire and learn chess lie hei n pretty surressiul na sue cess go s In this business I ve got n fool repord and when I Uke up h thing hang to It lm' I guess I wasnt cut out for a detpiini lm n aentimpntal chump I d ought to be running a mat rlmnnlitl burenii o . onrtu ling ninth em miptlnge or managing i lojt nurserv I Tncj d le mole lu mv line gm nu engagement in half an hour with t couple of gi ins who (.ot mini I on tl cli Ideas of petsonat propeitv in Mil ir, last week There Isn t a woman In sl,ht Thais luck 8 lung -New A nrk Bun rather of Thlity Theie Is a hapm father of th.rlt ihll dren whn IKea al Urteien HpKi n. Hi has been married twice un 1 bis piooenv Is, lotniosed of twenty two bo an I eight girlii Old Gent round It "I,ook caddie Tint was n good drle Did sou see where tin ball went to' N'aw but I giiesa tint old gent ocr thi re kin till yei Mbeie 11 at link Hi a a-feelln in his hiad POINT OF VIEW. Ostrich ti-i tha pcn- Whit an odd crea ture' It 1 is all Its (Itines un Its head NATURALLY. WMm Kl 1 1 i Th" weitlur here ory rare ls agre th my cousin Km Ho tlnf Kldd r lie a tht Stnto weather fore cuM i The Detective Story. How an Assayer Fell Into a Cunning Trap and Ex posedllis Guilt of Murder. 'Tint said Iho deter(le Is an I other stors ou have, of course heard numetnus versions of the affali hut none I future to say more thou passingly nittinile, for a handed don tale lu a milling eamp soon loses Its Identity and theie's not a mun among all I havi seen In camp todus who was her when the thing hnrpened 1 had lesson at that time toi becoming fi miliar with eierylwils about the plate and It a part of my business to retnetn lier fates It was dusk nt tho tloe of n hot milium, das on the di sort Ouisl lo the otllti of one of the most ruinous gol.l prndurera of the feouthwest four men sat I, lis eiijnslng ihelr ilgars In tho Hilling breise Tht attention of three of tin men was centered In the enn xeriatlon of the fouith n slianger, whn had nrrlied on I he afternoon atngc It una the lata ids of clean up , on thu morniM the gnat uiiisa of uhlning iimalMim In the wife nuld go to tin retort to niaki Into an appurentls Mtlueliea blown simnhS iiiuks, and then Into the fin mice to enlarge final Is u large shining bar lepieseiillug the monthls pmlu t of the mines I set this math bit of cxpiesu matter safels to Un ileslluatlon ut Contra Cos tu w is the eibject of tin stinngcr s Msit fin st iry iifirrnl to was the I'aul sou muidei whkh bud been a nisslers for Mceks and which bid fair to le main so but for tht skill of th mm speaking I hnxen t been down this wa to stop since Hint muider, he iiintlnuel fur no work as su erln tendti t of tho northern dlilslon tisuulls kt'f.is mt on tho othei side of 1'rlsio Our regular man being skk hnneier, It nu ii, i. .1 to me t run down to this plate this in mill an I ImMontallj te in w iitiiuiintiiiiiea Things look nlnm the same though as thes did when I dropicd off Ih stage her one after tioin sis sears ago for the same pur pose that brought he tixln) s sou know, gentlemen the splen did financial condition of the compans nt that lime had been effe led thiough the caivful maneuement of James I'.iulson the suiieilntinden' who was imiidtreil He was a thin, wlrs little) man who though he never seemed to tire winked .ntirels on uenojis ener g Attn othels had lellt, nilthed tlli'll b.islnesa toics foi Hie day he might be sent going uIhiui to sutisfy 'ilnis. If that some mlnoi detail hid btcn at tended to It wna this iharaiurlaili perhhps that had won him n reputa.l t i "tig mining men as tl" most su i kSful mining malinger n the West hut which brought him to an unllmilj slid On the night of ms anhal I talk 1 with the ild man' as he was famllini ly culls 1 until u late houi after wliitli ho l-ft siiMiif he guessed he would si e if things weie all right nt the csanide plant befcii retiring That was the last time I sum him alive Ho did not ap pi ai ut the usual time the m M morn Ink' nnil investigation showed that he had not nicupled hli room feteiirih was made In all directions and II was onls a shoit time befon the bods of the Hiipeiltilendeut waa found In a lit tle arioso leading to the mountain nt the back of the plant Anotlur discov ery made nt the same tlmu thr ugh lu Ikiht of the first not so siarilimr n the theft of 30) pounds nf pret Ipltati s ftom tho ivanldi hint It was fair to pitsume hit Mr Paulson had sur prised the thieves ln tht nit of rol -bery and, feut Ing recognition tins had made way with lilm A sanlbng with which the cilmo had been cunmltted was found on thi rocks luur In 'It waa a day of grei t must ran. linn Naturally affairs Ml to ms di re. Hon that morning ami later my company directed me to ontlnue the Investigation 1 hanks to a nriuhby growth of beard I had inalvntentls failed to leave with the tanner befoie coming out from the city I made up (.uflli lently rough to gu on ut noon tending 'chuek' In plact of on of the old hands who hud been tnktn w th ctupips Itun a machine' v hy ms ,lia. fellow, a man In my hualness Hilda it to his advantage tu bi u .In. m.rman liolstnwn amalgamin ir swampu or inaclilneman and with the knowledgi I pltkul lip while on a one special nt the mint 1 belleli I i iih do a fair lob of assnslng on a pinch I joined tho union l, in the hunkhoiiHe wsa a good felli uhh the bos and n' one outside thi oflli even suim'scd my Ideiltltj To all appear, unces the lni.il Constable ani leputj U,om the Hheilff's offlte had ehargi nf affairs No one allou.d to leave wimp without a n.Oht rigid eximlnnilin and soim of the ten-dus 'loho fiatn rlty w.rc hold ovei their limit hcvi .1 diiss ! suspicion Iiass lenglhensd Into wctks and still no clue was found The HiMiid of 1.000 offtied by the ouitv frlrnds and the i nijany was i I il I lm w'lhout avail I mfe k ' ' th I' ok h . dark I I . I air I it , n, nv tiii tit wiitn tin, ilr t bicam of light came to me through in Indian nnl since that das I have ft.lt that the old snslng The onls good Indian Is u dead one la not In all Instances cor- ett Among the Indians doing odd Jobs about tlio camp than was Old Jim u handsome stalwurt fellow Mho for his .nuns good riuullllea Mas the recipient of mans favors fioni the olllie nnd wuh of tin implored about the store bit ting down bs ms side so qulctls ntf to lie unnoticed ns I sat on the store bem h one afternoon hi said 'Aon no woikiim much white fingers Me saw) sou tnlkum long time with boss suine night lie go over there and the old fellow pointed toward the plant with a quick ilmoet Impeitei Ible mo tion of his linger 'White mun kllum bor me show sou' mais I nt the iniiti a eftronters. It Is needless to say I followed him without further ques tion to where the supeiititendent a bod) hail been found I Iftlng n blond piece of shale which I remember hav ing placed undei the dead mun s bend at the liuinest the Indian ilrelovl the I I rfei t Imp. Inti of a pnlr of hob nnileil shots mi tht sole was fashioned n horseshoe and on tho heel n trial. ale In the f nut i two nnllk 'mining the how wcro misting In the Unlit foot iiniilnt while the bai k point null was missing In the left hi el I luid t n ainoi g Uu HrM to airlve at the scene n thi fatal morning and I wns sure no ont hud pietedid me wealing ml in rs rlunisv shoei Odd Indeed it was that bs plating a tint rock over the one sumll runlit of suml I had unwlttlnrls pieserved the onls elue which held 1 iiimlst of good results Dated nt the il isme I manifested at his disioveis Old 1 1 m sail You waiitum shoes nu calchuin That nf tsrnoon I in ule casts of the lini rlnts and afterward sat for some time Willi the Indian near the slur doni btfore which ever nnd aimn he would sweep rinalls a man passed Into the store nnd Jim amuse I me from my rending b) easing Same shoe and trill) In the cnrefull) swept adolie were tho prints we were after The vieartr nf the shoes was a soung Indian Iml to whom no suspicion cniild be attached Oil Ilm shore I my manifest disappointment lie sat In the corner of the dings store loom for an hour looking slea Ills nt the tvlllnle shoes anl then tltsupiwarel The next morning he led me to tho tent wantuin shoes me cuthum Thnt af alone Hvervwhere were the l rlnts we so muih desiitd Shoitls afterward McKenna was bioiight to the office bs the fonstnlde rninged nt being pus pictl nt the cilm, he maintained a sulltn silence in til lon'rontcl with ihe shuts which flttel the marks about hts tent He then a lmltted II ty weie his bin hi 1 b n siolin from his tent a feu dasa befi.p the muider Uttle noil e was given this last statement nn I preparation wws mado to get him to the county Jail Immodl atels foi to have held him In camp ovei night would hnve simply been murder sentiment was so high All this L.,n to show gentlemen that we are oftentimes mistaken und 1 am niulnii I that nuns Innocent mm an innt,ed on tlrcumstaniinl evi dent c At the last moment Mi Kenna limed to our complete satisfaction that he spent all of the fatal night pin) lug pokei in the company a saloin Klu nights later nfm a long rile through tht Indl in lis nation I te tuiiuU to tamp with the soung buck fnm whom we hail taken thi shoes lietwein thieais un I promlsi s lu took me slrulght to the house where he hud strict! the shoes Coming back to Hie ofllce I was nt tracted to the hoepluil bs a little group at the door The doctor was engigerl lu diesslng mine ugly wouiils on the young assayer who las unconscious nn the i pointing table It was evident the man had a serious fall on thr lo, ks Aiding the physlcluu I washed the pa tient s fuce nnd hands and t leaned his gilms nails Later he was able to walk home After he had gone I said Doctor will ou pliuse 1 rush the elvii is of this coat iniefulls' Ho dl I so an I a daik powder fell onto tne pa pel I had spread to lecelvo it ' ind this (hunting him u hi u k ni cumula tion on my knlfo blade) may nleo be put with tht pnwdet Do up tho sam ple cun fulls mil seal It' He ill 1 so and I put it In the safe 'The next morning, in the pieeenre of the docloi I handed the nsaiyer a package which had iittc lib!) come through the null and diked him to gl n me an assay on It He hnnded me a repot t Ihe next lay ut lunch At 3 odiek that afternuon the otllcera of thu compuns met me hs npi ointment i m the pleu that I bid lost his leport 1 naked thi assiyt',i come over with hla letord lusik l.ei see hero it Is Krldas lulv mil ussas 13 left bs Mr I) inns aim In goll, ltlt tracea nf n pper and zlni I hi n In ihirt Mr Wllklns, 1 ex I nnd t.rnlng su I lenly In ms chulr. It a p It) filr umpl of a cyanide ir Ijlute ' 'iho lad taw his predica- PARROT'S "Wp" SHRIEKS From Its Paper-Covered Cage Resting on a Coffin Gave Train Crew a Terrible Fright. 'During Ihe twelve jears thit I have been In the monkey and parrot busi ness" said a well known bird and animal denier f this city the nther da) to a Tost reporter I have had misfortunes of every description accidents wlthoat end and mishaps until sou en ddn t rest but a thing hai pencil last Monclis that 'npi d the climax of a long series of ml hnia and which In point of downright absurdity, beat ans thing that I ever heard Several weeks before the accllent of which I sreak occurred I received nn order from one of my wealthiest cus lomers to secure regardless of cost an frlcan gray parrot of t xceptlonal con verautlonnl powers and training anl after hunting about for some time among the dealers of other and adjoining cities I finally loelted one In Baltimore which I felt would pie iso and satlsfs ms cus tomers and which I ordered sent to mo by exprest Parrots are nlwass shipped In nrdlmrs bird cages done up In a stout pater covering tied down with string" mil before telling sou what hapicned after this iirtlclll.tr llrd was shlpied let me ndd that when their cngi Is thus env rred with paper, and the lire left alone It Invarlillv muses their temper and nu k s them tilkntlie Nnw It so hnppenel that my i arrot was ehliird at th' si m" lime nnd In tin same car with a c rp-e thnt was m. kltia a lonk Joiirm t iron snmewhero up Past lo nn Ohio mint anl In lecelv lig the bill nt 1 ,111m rt thoso In I lung uf I'ip loadl.it nf Ihe cor licet It at one end of tho I .ng esse containing th ho.li n. express messenger hsvltig fills 1 In the hmrv nnd onfusinn alien hint upon li ullng the car to mquilnt him self ri tin tnntents of th cage or even t notlci the iikn,e (onldnt.it: the bird was frightcncl half out of a vear's growth when ns th train wns pulling n it nf Unltlmuro nt full speed, t u hear the follow Inn limine in out 1 mm t-out, out. out, ater want sin' witir! To the express messenKer who stood trembling und half rnralvzetl with fear on the sldo of the casket opposite from when the tage containing the pirrot sloud thise cries uttered lu hilt eho.ik Ins nnd somewhit husky tones soun led ns though thus tmannttd from the coffin llu colli I hear the Ice i urkeil around the holy rattling downwu I us It rielt 1 from time to time To lump nt the conclusion thit the b lv In the coffin was a case either nf prcmnture burial foul plav or duvnrlKht ghosts wns for the messenger the wirk if n s.cond Nor dll the parrot give him anv time for reflection but Immcdlatels after 'the rtrst voile) of exclamations the little rnsrnl gave utterance to a series of the most I lool cniiKralli.g scrrcchcs veils and Jabherlnita noises that lelt no doutt In the mini of the messenger that the bn1) within the mket hnl returned to life He was nlmn.it on the point of deserting the conch but plurikliig up courage man age 1 ti stumble woak from fright Into the rear c inches and there to relato whit he hnd hiard to the rnnluctor the 1 rakeman and twn of the baggage vnnsh ers who enaer It see for themselves the cnuse of the messenger s fright accom rnnlcl him Into the ixnress car where pnllv was talking nnl schcerchlng nwn) at a firrewt rati With the oxceitlnn of the brnkemm whe was tall skeptical nnl tnslnncbols cved nn I whose hen 1 resemble 1 a pill on the cr 1 of 1 telegriph pole the others were snon in the same state of fright as the express messenger and would hive J lined him In a precipitate tllght from the car had It not Ih en for Hie sad ecd I rakeman who lepin to Investlgite anil who snnn nscerlnlnel the source nnl the en is of Ihe noise Then It was thnt tho others inme forward anl I eg m explain ing In each other thnt thei were nol In the least scared I ut were slmils a little wirrled to know the cause or the noise The matter was kept quiet for a time lut flnall) It I iked out anl it Is onl) quite recintly that I heard of It MosiilnMun 1 r st M llllmMi 1 mWk Uncle SI Curious critter, got his hip pocket In ftont animaItopers. " Numerous Instances of Unmistakable Appetite for Al coholic Drinks Among the Four-Footed Tribes. A favorite means nf persuasion with (lie old temperance lecturers, Invented, lorslbl) bs the famous (lough, wis the elevation of the brtt.e animal ns the su perior of the hunnn animal who used uloohol ln any nf Its foims Who ever heard of a dog swilling beer7' they would nsk Cold water Is good enough for him. Will a cot lap whisky? If a spring were flowing with wine coull a horre be persuaded to quench his thirst at It?' W hether It Is thit in the development of the times, the brute tins deteriorated and has dlrcoveieU a tendenes to self Inlulgence which his ancestors re 1 r. pp1 and cinttolli 1 oi that the tem perance otators weio not so well In forms! us to tho tastes nnd hiblts of the animals they chose for superior Illustration bh they supposed, the fact lemalns thit alcohol his a very de cided nttinttlon for many animals There Is u noble looking St llernard In this city who Is uttirle ah lmeless and reckless In his oxren lituns for beer I. very tent ho his or cun get I ocs for beer A nickel being given to htm he Immedlatels trots oft to his fa vorite joint i Inces his foro paws tiutte humanls on the bar deposits his live tent piece on the top klves n loud balk which li Imme lintel) Interpreted as a demand for beer Is forthwith served wlih It In n diminutive woolen tub and he tape It up to the list drop nnd goes bntk to the stable wheie nickel contributors aie more frequent thin elsew here Nor does this canine degenerate let the satisfaction of his thirst wait on the accident of lontrtbution When he thinks the time between drinks has been s long ns It should be he begins nn Insistent begging for the nickel nor will he le denied Hs lou 1 linking deep growls leaping upon the person ho hns silected to solicit nccompinlel by an nctaslnnal hutting with bis nuis. slvo head that neurls carries one off his feet he makes his wants known Less than n nickel will not sitlsfy He has learnel t distinguish Ictwicn a tent piece and n nickel to know thit u cent villi not buy n schooner He has not learned that a ten-cent piece v 111 bus two s honers, nor thnt n larger sum will bus a rnpld drunk A cent a ton-cent i h e i quuitir or a half he will lis ut tho feet of the tlvet nnd renew hie Insistence for a nlcki 1 which being given him he nt once desists nnd trota off to his boozing ken " It would bsprctts nsl'epsa'ass to recc rd th it this canine i nnhandlei tnkes cents nnd hoards them until Iho requisite number la soi tiled Hut the record tannit be male Uovei knows nothing of uctu niulntlon He lna hla clients from whom ho can obtain tho exact pli c he lequlres and they ore not a few for ho begs onlrlbutlons from neirls nil the customers of tho stable his mister owns In a commuter a town In the suburbs of Ivtw oik a contractor has a stable wherein he k'tps n number of horses Adjoining Is a chinking place a roj 1 way sep anting the two bullllngs On this roilwus looks out n window tint Is Immedlatels In tho rear of Ihe bai A hnrse thnt had been temporarily lamed und therefore for the time out of n Job wns nllowel lo rrum nhnul tho stable.yard at his own will One dns wandering Into the londwas and the bur window I ting open Impelled by cu rloslty doubtless, Dobbin thrust his hoad through an I surveyed the Interior The batkeeicr had In his hands nt the moment a vessel containing the drip Pings from the keg which ho was about to throw away Plisfully ho tin nut It under Dobbin b nose The hoise snutllng It a moment, eagerly drained the vessel Trom that moment tho habit weiB foiined Three times a day the noise i scnls himself at tho win dow and re 'Ives his portion his master settling the hill onco i week Dobbin differs from Hover The dog cited will drink when und as often as he can while tho horse Is a tegular drinker Indulging only it stated times -a mo Urate drinker, limiting his in dulgence A fumlls otherwise respectable, maintains us a pet In tho louse a gris nnd while rabt.lt Tho malum of the house hiving fallen Into weakness waa advise 1 by her fqinlls Ihssklin to Hunt but retaining his picsenio of mind he snld 'Ive left ms burners k-olng ut tht assay nlllce. 1 II be buck In a moment sum ns I turn them off ' The ile put) stipicd him and r intoned his nrms Taking up tho mans took from the floi r I nnl rVldny Juno lltli assns No n left by All. D :0(X0 In mid, trace of copper nnd ilm came fiom ..our own finger nails und tlio sleeves of )nm rent On the nlkht of Mr I'nulson a murder you woio nhot-s stolen from .MrKenna and stibsequ ni ls stolen from sour tent by an ludl u Your cuts wern received on r'turnlng from the mount tin, where you liavo concealed your i hinder. drink n bottle of beer before retiring Tho rabbit one nirht leiped on the lap of the matron while she was tnking her tonic, and discovering a cuilnslt) as to the contents of the glass on the ta ble before her, wns fed with a drop or two of the beer, nnd showed an unques tioned liking foi it Mure wis given and In n brief time lluuns was skip ping about the lioor in a most eccentric nnd ludicrous manner, cleirly and hl lnilnusls intoxicated Lver nfter of n night liunns was given her portion be cause she Insisted on having her shmiclcss little drunk Now the moral oiihht to bo that Hunny wnslcd and died '.he dldn t she throvi nnd fat tened raised Innumerable descend ints, nnd onls (.ave over tho habit of dissi pation when tie matron hiving recov ered her normal tone suspcncicl the nlghtls practice nnd then onls as was clenrls uppnrent most nluctnntls A family of Bohemian proclivities nlwass closing the dns hs worship at the shrine of Gnmhrlnus ns regulodly ns the night came poured a portion Into a snucer which wns Inpped up by a pet dog in 1 i oat together And thes nlwasH looked for It as legulirly as the humans CONVENIENT. Stormly I'm tired of thi rusty olJ n1) of clothes I need a need ovc. I itntcr Well tho Iioko Is working pret. t) well I hopo to let thr ilkh with thi) Job of wlutcwunhlng If It dou t all lo "Through the cracJ-s' Stormly Ah, thanks! Just what 1 minded. Just tho rlclit ctripc ' Ohirles Wllkini. I nirest vou for tho murder rfJainea Piulrnn ' l)u '", ,llt'fe, Proceedings lu n,e of. flc 10 Constnble had Imrnessel n Hit v ti upi ;inil a fiw mlnutcH latei we were hurrsliiB the i ilsoner to thi loun. ty Jill It was shown that !,, miliar with tho oierntlona at the rlail Mllklns took nn upportunlti wl n ii. precliltatea weie senbd In ,ni,a rtalv for shipment ol inula was with thi m On the night nf U,e mur Ir j- ,o i, , , packed the cans on a muli nnd wua Blurting for n plnci of loncialment in the hills when the superintendent ills, covered and rticognlzed hlni. -Los An Kles Times 0 P0ETICAI. QUOTA TIOW IIXtTBTtED5 ' There Is rnpturo on the lonely shore " FLORA'S TIlELYRESCUE:!,,' My friends, tho 'U Ildcrs, nfter a sojourn of some years In the W their Wisconsin farm at an excellent profit nnl returned to N'ewEiui Their son Hilph, n mere child when they went away, was now yt nnd grown up complete!) nut of ms knowledge. Upon calling on th t hlln frolicking In tho sard with his dog cm,,l Hoy and dog soon cam Into tlio house, nnd I wna given an lm tho young lid by his father, while the four-footed favorlio Introd " the moment I wns reseated by placing her head In my lap She was "e' creature, tan colored, nnd with a coit like velvet. 'Tlon Is a vers Important member of tho household," s0u t, ' nnd she mnkes nil our friends her own without hesitation She l ' we like nnd dislike nnd I hnve not tho least doubt that she undents thing of what Is pild In conversation. ' ' I lora, goo 1 1 lorn! ' sil 1 llnlph. And the dog turning from me, rut her paws nffcctlonately uponi, masters shouldeis, her hend, as eho thus rilsod herself, being nWri ' as his own uijii There wna a touch of emotion ln Mr Wlldcr's voice, as loc,u two he continued ' """sfpi ' he Is all Intelligence nnd attachment, and deserves whatever t of her good qualities we nrc nblo to bestow. I fear that but for her nST not hnve been with us now, ' '' ' Indeed I ' I rcmnrked ' Tray tell me how It happened" Weil ltnlfh can 1 elate It better than I, hecause he was pregtaL m will have reason to believe, a deeply Interested Bpectator, while I in tho scene w It took plice ends Inst spring I hnd bought a heifer from t un, nbout live miles off Hie was somewhat wild and always on Ihe lookm thnnce to run aw is. nnd t,ct lmck to her nld home. " 'Soon after making the purchniv, I wna obliged to attend the con, ns a Jursm in with thi prospect of having to remain day and night fa. session as there were some Important cases Iletore going I chirped llnlph to keep an eye on the heifer sniliu care of cverslhlng nbout the Premises, and I felt easier from the facttt had two iloga to help him for, besides 1'lorn, wo had a big bulMor, Hector ' ' It had been n great winter for heirs nnl wolves nnd I thought thin the heifer get out she would stand a good rhanco of having her botei' whlle (.(rasing toward the place whence she had come" es ' I rem irked na he pause 1, ' thero would naturally te daneern You left this soung t,entli man In command then?' ' I'nder his mother" resume 1 Mr Wilder, with nn affectionate rj. ward Italpli, 'scs, he was In command under his mother a sort ct lieu general ' ' And n good one, too, I nhould Judge " There might have been worse" said the father. ' nut the helferr In spite of nil his vigilance, nnd though It wns getting well tosartai must look her up ' ' I clt 1 sense of responsibility, no dm. Ml I sold les of comae' Anl now Itn'ph, sou can tell whit took place iSc for I might not get In nil the details properls " 'Well sal 1 Ualph glinclng at rinin, as If wondering If she erttr ' I took Hector and started nut flora wnnled to go, but she haJloj puppies, oni two diss old, and I dldn t llko to have her tike auchir pcclnlls as there was some snow on the ground I think she knew what I was going for, beciusp I svwherlrr mother and me ns wo wcro talking nbout tho heifer, und she dll lock! If she undcrslc oil ' Mother snid I must get bick before dnrk, nnd If the stray animal hi. straight to her old plice, I must not follow her so far, but wait till moral 'The tracks led on In tho direction I hid supposed they wouki alt nnd I followed them foi about twojnlics Then In a piece of timber ii to a plice where sho had plungod out on one Bide of the path and gone ol left hind ' I took thin trnll nnd soon came upon some wolf tracks that led uph sldo until they Joined the com. tracks und then I knew whatltwailh turned her from her course hhe had seen wolves ahead, and aiiheru the Kith they had started nut, too, to cut acrons her was, though they h obliged to fall In behind her I followed them for a long distance, Just ns vexed as I coull le ti thes should be chasing tho poor little cow I wusn t ufruld for Ihailnirl loader, and I knew besides that old Hictor wouldn't want any better It to get nt three or four of them and there dldn t nppenr to be more Ibu "H)-nnd-hy we came to n place where tho heifer las dead Thejti her all Into strips nnd two wolves weie nt work on her then others 1 think they were the three that had chnsld her were itanainilj their hunger wen Katlsiled The two that were eating were eome Ir that ha 1 come In to help make awns with the supper after the wotkim ' I fired both barrels at them but the whole live ran off, with Heeler chnse This could run two surds to hla one, nnd I called him back" 'I was feeling nbout In my pocket nfter more shells flrat In oci r then In another till nil nt oneo li occurred to mo that I had letttieai desk In my bedroom Then I thought the fewer wolves Ihe better ' It wns quiie daik bs tills time nnd knowing thnt mother would Ni nbout me I wanted lo m t homo na booh na poiwlble ' I"rom the plact where the heifer had been klllel I had three mla the vnv being mostly open pialrle. for the wolves hid chased ber out i tlm 'ore thes came up with her. ent nlong vei) fast, sometimes passing through a hollow, indf then Hiking n stuntel bush ' a 1 had tint gonn more than lnlf n mile when n big black beams Ing hi nose over a ridge an 1 hfforo I coul I think whit was the mil wno such n gioHlliu-nnd scratching nnd biting as I never heard biton 'Oil Hector had the hear nnl tho benr had him, nnd they tumbH so Hint I could hardly tell which waa which Hut tho bear struck nfc-' and nked awfully hard, too, with thoBo big claws I could see and teg to know that I ran up, hnflng to help Hector with tho butt of my gun, but then' ch-incn to 1 1 1 In a blow tin s were so mixed up ItS-nnd b) he tot the bear by tho throat, nnd kept tug-glnf IW though ho wna all the tlmo totting torn himself. He dldnt uioW but ilepenlcl on main force At last, thouth tho benr gave up, nnd seemed to lie almot 11 wns thinking of vvlut Id have to tell of tho fight, when I saw atolM same aort Bitting nn his hiunchiB and pawing tho air not more thu- I bcllive bo wnul 1 hive (.one nwny IT wo hndn t molested W w Hector Inoke 1 up fmm his ol I enemy nnd saw this new one, heJutrJ lilm a moment nn I then made for lilm I snld llru hen' Como backl' ' Hut be wnul In t mind me ' He hud been hurl so Hint I didn't want him to fight any more ' W ell the. 1 1 ar swept bis pnw mound Just na a man would llf l-outd the I low and Bnw Hector tumble over. He had got It right c of lib. hi id Tin n thty cllnrbcl, nnd I broke tho breech of my gun trslw"1 Inor dog in a minute or twn he wna no torn that ho couldn t get P- ' I buikr 1 nir nu 1 the bear let go tho dug and enmo at me IM"' nnd run and be after me Ho give me a 1 low across tho back that tore my coat, and I w1" struck nt lilm with what wns left of my gun. Hut ho caught ltl paws an I Jeike 1 It out of my hands . I thnucht of mv JncR linlft nnd turned to run again, In "" tlmo to tet it nut, but ho wns rlLht upon bo In a moment and th"" lefoic I loulil gtt tho bl ule open. m, 'Just then I hi ml two en thren quick selps, nnd saw somctblM "' streak coming nvir Iho sniiw. Tho benr Bat right up on his H1"" Mime 1 I,, fiirnet nil ut out me 'That dark slit ik wna Flora Sho was sprlnrlng lt ", slnliihtenel rlLht out nnd Living shoit llttlo yelps becnuse h "' an 1 nfruld I biii i ,m; thnt aim wouldn't get thcro In time . , Vt hen she enmc, up old bruin had enough to do, nnd I """",.. way They had n dn ndmi light, but ri.ua never allowed the "'?, hug on I.e. h,e . pen led uron darting In and out, nnd ettln Iww tho best liana -ion inn t think li nv sho How around! She U ""J hep teeth un sharp too Hut (hen, tho boar waa thrco limes ah ' At Inst ho gut lliel of It mid whr never thero wns a chance n' dnivn on all funn, i Totreut a llttlo, but riora would 11 " hrlng him up ,B hnunchi s . , loe) She Hskel toi much though, nnd wns diendfullv I""' .,r Hows but llnallv I lulled luriiff, mil Iho old fellow went loplntT" lrnlrb glad mouth to nuke his encupe. ,. .jai One ' f oui m Iglibc ra killed him next day nnd found thaj, ". 'Li ovei J() loumlH lie was nil emend with tho marks of IlortJ ,,, othii buir h is n.unl too n .null Jiut ciawl, but then J''" ,1 bull log thirty pouudJ he is Icr thnn Flora, l'uor old Ilectori tlio snow w A siiidin molsiiire inso In tho bos'a csea when ho had sl ,b Iookei down nnd patted Horns head .,,.w lm sail Mm Wlldu, aftn Htinsct I began to fiel ""'"jr nnl looking at h.r nnl hei little f imll. I said aloud to m' I u 1 gone too with in ctor.' niip ' Sin. got right up am went to the door. I opened It nnl si ml 1 nf hei sin , nked like a slrenk on the prairie ns she rnn M,. linn, wtiu imuka enoiiLli nf Ihe honr'a cluvva on her to" i toiy hi; 1 not bi en un eass one, said Itulpli'M father, Oo"1 " more tlian wo can ovei pay!' , ,,A"1,11" hanlw.m, dug looked up In our fares w Ith an deemed lo pay t,al b10 klleB NWiat ,1u ,)CC th0 st,tcct of our cw iJL