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adventure ZlLonl ninF!??. 1
:-J onuKI oKJKlhb OF THE DAY I mystery . romancr i m
j,0KS FEAR H00D00S.
k(t ami Burglnra Are the
t WlJly Superstitious Peo-
' ,ie in the World.
iri thf most superstitious
I ll,( w irld ' said 'i ri forme 1
iVt' I" '" tlie "0lTnmn House
I' ! Iv rsbody liux some kind
',', m (hat ilrectlon, but ctooks
' ly ihu y "Ith koodoos und
, J, t re nil bad men from
B' ' jj0 moves to old counttj
''.j t it li id luck to visit n pal
I sin " ' '" "nn ot "ie Bn,n '
-T: ., , j ii irook and Join
JC B ! u r I'd It ould lion loo
'a if ou jpped In nt the Tombs
B'rhli h ne"s that J oil ha J
'Korlb ru ountcrfelt mono) In
iloil n I ou'1' l"'n' ll1"1 '" "'"
'uBu.rr '" Uut if jou kept
f iB,,u nu b 1 him n luwscr with
'lurtlnj h e
en (, li o hem of a crook
t,,f t 1 1" prison the) know lie
,njteu I'lufcsslonnls leave the
,i i , trusting to his luck
rtti though they urn get
'wj ti him food tips nnd
,j, (in their headquarters
U Hi
"te th I" trnl robber He l
iperst ! nn old woman
ilhe Nc 'li (aiollim ( Ins enters
Jan R would lather dynamite
m , than eat reed blnls
f& I Iim id to .ontlnuc his
,r If I "'it ii ciuss-esed man
,,11,15 t, I at him Hut ome re
, hoi 'he lobbci knows the
-II i I nikcu and he resumes his
J. fcj r 'lh r mule
t ihi I) ""HI of nmnteur crooks
ifliondou wisdom limy stive Homo
-rtn trom t n jeurs In Jlnf Sins
( lo hut jou must do If ou nio
miou wus to lob u bank and see
tat ') d womun lomlng and c ui
mare the Hint to retraie jour
itslre llownrj lodging-house, be
toil gel Hie first peep at her Ret
top on her lis It were then crost
tnjers thus 'fatliiB' her and pic
irf the hoodoo
5j kro sing one's tlnRers Is im
,3t nuttd riilladelphla crook
mbbed a Jersey bank, sas that
a ii he i making a dash to dsni-
tte lie l'ltre vault a cioss-ejed
w ho was looting- the paying
in liar confronted him but
molt eroM-d his flngcts before the
i, thus lit. broke the hoodoo Al
ts rr ited with the evidenic
tit hln Hie robber got clear and
Kit (In doled with thq prosccut
iilornev s up eountrj sister-in-law.
Kiln If sou fall to iiitrh the hoo
if II t sou inn break the charm
U jou meet n humhback and
I his hump with join hand
jld sou fill In this )oud bo in
(Singer liimnmny hull within n
i A man s safcts lies In tupping
Ml hind on the hunchback, pro
line the woid Schenectady'
kly tiickunrd That frees him
i he iiUchitaft of the cross eed
ird ll s saed
III asain It Is bad lutk If jou ar
-wit or n a pollicmnn to leaie
oat or umbrella on a bed while
mcklni: a house for Jewelry or
3 Hi kc I know a man now In
spolltli il olllee who ome plundered
luers "aside resldente and carted
irlWO worth of sller l late In a
ib s Inn k It was a big haul
the Job was neatly done.
)nrtirhlhff home the man's pal a
i dlttrht leader turned panic
im and great drops of persplrn
Itollcl down his face ns ho ex
ntil Were lost I e left me roit
ombrcll on do guy's bed, furnlnit
Itlano Juit then n black cat bolt
Wo hr loom ufter u rat The pal
;bt tor by the lull pulled out three
te hair? burned them In a (andle
ltitl at a wake the night befom,
that klllcl the hoodoo
ure "imugh ' said he to me 'the
nr cit around the coat and um
'.- with a pol Ito note sajltig that
v a power In politics and had
hi foi his ticket he wouldn t gUe
".. uml aflei eleitlnn Hut for
tk of itching that cai and ha
lh( n Hi hand wed haxe got
tj J ir for tho brewei found our
men nme ilub tickets, with our
"jri In the coat It wus a
all fm two honest, hard-working
ki will a district organlratlon to
d up
The n row est escape I ever had '
I the i formed dclectUe "was
n I mnrhed a man s pocketbook
nAi nj Kaloon and was caught
hp a t b i hi cond-stor) chap w ho
ttfen ki ked out of our organization
not i lng on the siiuaro the
ting u'l i Ik had robbed a Harlem
iilon 1 had n big fat pocketbook
"iy I r 1 nnd was in the act of
'In? to the Inrkeeper who was
lu f i Allernun In our district,
' tond-story mnn tipped me
p talking to a girl nt the
docr iiitraucc Ho crooked his
il" irl me I was onto lilm he
( II sn South Iliooklsn nnd
'rrr lo lmL ieenge, prison r
i o 1 must have knocked a pint
1 th n his throat Hut he was
' r tc tilled against no at tho
" ll r the district crowded ths
nnjc The f.eiond-floor man up
1 I 'ills funns wllh all his leclh
kil i i:in the Judge smiled.
I th ins sister, n pretts shop
'' oiKe got away with thlrtj
J lk In a Blxtli nvenue depart
nl ' made eyes at me nnd sail
' locked to sens oldei wllh
1"' however, seemed dead
1 ' My lawyer, the chairman
f i ilatlon with a pull all tho
I ' Mliuny to the lintteiy, said
) vents In Sing Sing nnd I
i Just ns I was called before
J" to he sentenced I saw a
' M I talking with my lawyer.
1 ' ciowiIIiib hs him when I
1 master stroke or ms life
' - left hand on his hump I
J II ' old man wish ine luck'
in nhick looked me full In, the
' I like n Muj morning and
. all right, don't bo nfrald '
s ' niient 1 was stnudlng sort of
'i bofoie tho lienth sure of ten
' not mole, when the Judge
1 i i Led me olT ms feet as ho
- months on the Island '
1 t I the happiest mnn In
' s' I served ms time like rt
Ix weeks before ilecllon cUs
' , k at work with tho orhanliii-
he toothless chnp that gave
'or 'pinching the pocketbook
1 1 foi the Assembly by our
1 New nrk Ileinld
SAW A COON FACTORY.
Jlmai' Jumped in Hotntlon, hut
Thero Seemed to Be Millions
Th s ivembei (lections, with their
' t change of olllccrs, serves to
tors that Hcnntor MrComas
!,u I mil wiih nt one tlmo fond of
i ' i his Dcmociullc eompatrlots
J I v as ii member of the House
. " r ulallves. At that lime there
, I ildetable dissatisfaction ex.
!a 1 by soino of the outgolliB lu-
"1 'n,h0,:,:?"Rhp,,"it"hi1'--'
them unde VheV . had lull,d ,
lion lhe c'e' eland admlnl.tn, I
1M"oli1,,0hrlhr',!,f ?' ,m, "1 " I
,JSS&2'-,,-,!,,
durlnLpl'elt ,,,,,,;. ufrt
ler,nfo,W1ahm le'k'wiZ ,' h",,
SnoHnker ?nd' S" - "Sa .'hmnp
nble'he,,g.l,rVI'"l""t ,rum "'""-
rrL .. .? " Tl,e "oud Uiilrred nulls
"ome from i ,T1C ' anA Wrt to
.ii.. n " ""eh nood at a lltil
distance trom the spot where I ,,, y
iirousld J.,lrlw,U Mn" tlioiouhl
K"' r'ept .autloiisl thiutieh
he bushes drugging ms gun after me
uT'l"y ' '"Kovewl the ctttiVl of the
disturbance Theie right In front of
me stool,, lull ,opllirR,ree r rath?
the remains r one foi the tup of it
had been torn off ah nn fort feet fiom
the giound while the dlamete. of thl
remainder was hIhmiI live ft nrni ths
rnot liom the top of the tiunk a
I iige coon looked w arils out for a sec
ond and thin Jumped clown with a
rebounding thud upon the ground tnk
Ing the forts foot lent nulte UH a
matter of course Iinimdlatels upon
leaching the ground the toon made a
beellne for i hole In the roots of the
tree, dlnippeaml nnd presenlls
emerged ngnln at the top when he
ngaln proceeded to take the Using leap
repealing this curious performance un
til I grew tired of wutchlng him This
was too much for me so 1 skirmished
nround got severul faimcrs together
and we nil proceeded In a imsso to lhe
spot wllh dogs nn I guns nnd axes
"'Well sir we cut down that tiee
nnd stilt It up the middle nnd what
do sou suppose we found? lhe trunk
was hollow all the was up from the
roots and I asure jou that It was
packed chotk full of live coons packed
Just ns tight as ou could get 'em
Then we understool the whole thing
ut a glance Theie was one nddltlonal
coon for whom there Mint enough
room, nnd when he fought his way
Into the hole ut the loots of the tree
he Just forced the whole heavs column
of live coons above him upward and
the top one hid to leap 'down and
out,' It wasnt the same coon that I
saw Jumping all the time but a dif
ferent one at overs trip Thes all took
It In rotation" New ork rimes
LIKES VENOMOUS SNAKES.
Strange Affection for Poisonous Hep
file No one who looks nt the handsom?
exterior of n certain houso In the
northwestern part of Philadelphia
would Imagine that one of its looms
has been converted into a snake den
The man who lives there Is Just as
little like what we might fancy a
snake-lover to be
He Is a man of education and refine
ment, with means enough to gratify
every reasonable taste Ills conversa
tion and his bearing show that he ap
preciates the refining conditions as well
as the conventionalities of life
And jet his hobby Is snakes
rI was brought up on a farm," he
said the other dis, 'and hive been
fond of snokes since my bojliood
"I used to makn pets of them then
and have continued to do so until now
'It's a queer fanes, I know as most
people look at It but most snakes are
harmless and for grace of form and
movement theie Is nothing In nature
that surpusscB them
Ilesldes some of them show In their
marking the most exquisite combina
tions and colors l.ven the rattlesnake
with Its dull brown skin Is a studs for
an artist"
Approaching one nt the cages that
lino the walls of his snake room he
raised the wlie-netted top and lifted
out a full-grown rnttler much as an
other man might have taken up a kit
Ills visitor movel hastll to the far
side of the room near the door
Vou needn t be nfrald " said the
snake lover, 'it Is perfects harmless
If properls handled
' That Is the secret of the thing sou
see ou must know how to handle
them , , , ,
Now, I am not a bit nfrald of this
fellow, in the first plure, nnd 1 can
handle him gentls. I do nothing to
make him nfrald of me and theiefore
I have his confidence Otherwise
there might be trouble for his fangs
have not been disturbed
Yes, I have been bitten innni times,
but n snake bite, ns a rule doesn t
amount to much Just two little holes
not any more tioublesome than the
It's different with n rattlesnake of
course A rattlers poison Is active
anl virulent mil Us bite requires Im
mediate attention
Hut if tho persons ihssleal audi
tion be good the bite Is seldom fatal
lhe great dangei Is In klving was to a
panlo of fear, which weikens the sss
tcm so tint It cannot resist the effect
of the venom"
At this Juncture- he put the snake
back In Its liox and closed the lid
' Home people have a notion that stu
pefying a man wllh whisks Is a suie
anlldote to a ratthi's jolsou
The only thing the whisky does U to
deaden tho mans nervous senslbllllles
so that his ssstcm may not be weak-
'The doctor's will all tell sou thit fear
Is the best ally that poison or disease
of any kind tan havt Keep down the
foil, and In ten nses out of twelve jou
will save the pitlent
The best way lo lie-it n smkc bite
Is lo draw out of the wound as much of
the poison ns possible hs sucking and
then to conn less the palls Just above
tho wound hs nn Impioinplu Imunl
nuet Ibis keeps the venom fiom go
Ing to the heart except In little drib
lets A nnn In gold sttong phsslenl
ondltlon will geneially la nble to le
ftist the effect of even a inttlers bite, If
he keeps n cool head and doesn t lis oil
Into a panic . , ,
Cheio one thing about a snakes
tattles that few peoplo understand
Ih" snake sheds Its skin twice a sear
and li new rattle doesn't grow from the
tin of tho old ones but fiom the en 1 of
t e body, at the roof of the rattles the
Inner edge of tho old I ittle closing over
tl o knob of the new one
What Is the teal object of the rat
lies? asked his visitor Is there any
giound for the belief that It l used ns
a warning (hit the snake Is about lo
"'None whatever. N'aturo doesn't
W?,bhe"1glv"esther'creature. the mean,
of protecting themselves, and of In
creasing their power ovu their ene
mies but novci jirovides a means by
which they wain Ihelr enemies Wi
CUIoii may be sure that nature dldn t
nuke the rattlesnake ellhet considerate
or mtilninimous -1'hlladclphla 1'ics.
O'TOOLE STAYED ABOARD.
Strange Mystery of Hoodooed Ship
Was Easily Solved Peril of
a Cruiser I
Bluejackets of thenuvy partkuiarls
the nil shellbacks re rttj apt lo
wax superstitious over queer batmen
Ings on hliu) thes re senilis alnmnl
of ind s erulssi non nut on the l'a
ellh station to which I vvns attached
few sears ago might easll) have got
R repnUtlon as a liewltrhed or hoo
dooed ship on a certain occasion had
not the mrstery been so prosaltallv
cleared up Mid a naval officer un dut
at the deaarlment
The ship was ordered from the Man
Island navy jard to the southern coast
of California, to take part In the win
ler Mower tlcnta at tfau Diego and In
' Identalls to go through Its seml-aii-nual
gieal-gtin practice and deep-wa-ler
drills as a side Issue of the excur
sion w hen we got clown to snn Ulego
the iwoplt ashme made n whole lot of
us and the men for aid were almost
taken on theli feet with the hospital
Its thes founl on the beach
In fact ev ers thing rnme so easj for
them In Sin Diego that the ships com
pans was a goo I deal denim allied and
llbunl as the pklpptr was In oveilook
Ing absenteeism on the part of the
bluejiukets the mallet -at-nrms was
kept buss all the time putting nd in
the beach to bring In long oveiduc sail
ors who hul got so mixed up In the
whirl of the carnival that thes tonkin t
navlguti back to the ship Aftei we
had been In the hnrbir of an Diego
about a wttk It became neccssars for
all hands to report on boanl for the
captiln decided to have a llrst rate ex
hibition of the drill, 'All hands nban
don ship
"o the Jltnms-legs went ashore for
a big touncl-up or tho iltiellctH and he
suetitded in getting In nil or the lib
eits-bieakeis except one man nn oiler
named O Toole O Toole had been on
tho beaih live dass ovei his leave an I
when the master-at-urius returned to
the ship with the boatload ho had
hauled In and reported that O Toole
wont llndnblc anywheie, the oilers
chances for a general court-m ntl il
when he did icturn were pretts good
Menm was got up nnd the ship
pulled out Into the open harbor for
the All hinds abandon ship exercise
ii big Hock of tugs an I Jachts cans
Ing people from San Diego who wanted
to take In the drill following after
'Now, when the ofllcer of the deck
puses the wind anl the bosuns mite
gives it piolonged blast on his i Ipe nnd
biwls tint long-drawn out rather
moving call 'All ha-a ands abandon
ship' there Is surelj a whole lot of
movement on a mun-o-war foi It Is
the most exacting drill on tho tiro
gramme not oven cxreptlng the drill
Clear ship for action' livers man in
a ships company has got a numbei,
nnd In the abandon ship drill his num
ber cnlls upon him to do certain things
ard the hurrjlng and scurrslng for
live minutes after the call goes Is
something llvels to look nt
The deck crew handle the boats
load them up with provisions nnd all
useful appliances for a prolonged pea
son In the open sea und evcrs imn In
the black gang down below In the en
glneers department has also a good
deal of business on hand If the ship
Is under steam, the Hies ore banked
the villi cs are set the engines nio
locked fast, water-tight coni artments
are closed and cverj thing below ar
ranged so that In ease tho ship leills
doesn t go down she shill be found In
decent shipshape order w hen she rides
through and Is picked up later ou
Thus evers man has got lo be ou
the Jump to do his little net otherwise,
when the skipper who Is the last man
to leave the ship, makes his tour of
Inspection of tho ship he Is nhout to
nbindon the bluejacket who has neg
lected to do his little part Is likely to
get Into trouble nnd a heap of It
' Well when the ship had steamed a
couple of miles fiom the anchorage
road In tho harbor of f-nn Diego tho
long call went, anl the usual rush en
sued Within Just four nnd n half
minutes from the time the call went,
all hands viero In the boats and the
captains gig was alongside wnltlng for
the old gentleman to finish his rapid
Inspection nnd quit tho ship himself
Then he stepped Into his gig, which
sheered off Instantls nnd there vvns
the line white cruiser standing ullerlj
deserted In the swell with overs olll
ter nnd mm of the Clew In boils .00
oi 100 saids off The drill was n (list
late success, and the skipper was get
ting leading to pour out his expres
elons of apnoval ns he stool In the
stern sheets of his gig when u queer
thing huppened
' The water above the crulser'a twin
screws began to churn nnd the ship
slow Is hot Into motion The wheel be
foie the ship was abandoned had been
liehed hard nport and the cruiser, un
der a melts fair hendwoj of steam
to Judge from the churning of the pro
pelleis began to turn injldlj In wile
circles
lou never saw such a sensation on
land ni sea ns that Job created It
wns utterls Inexpllruble The engineer
office! s knocked theit foreheadn like
cruxs men There wns absolutely no
theors upon which the movement of
the ship could bo explained The steam
had been shut on" the main sieam
pipe before the ship was abandoned
nnd It Is quite nu opeiatlnn to get a
ships steam Into her cjllndeis and tn
make evers thing tends lo turn the en
gines Hut theie ( licled the ship look
ing ns It she might he turning on u
pivot and obvlouslj undei as much
rlinm as theie was left In Hie boilers
wllh the banked (Ires
She s a bloomln' witch' some of
the old-lime flat-feet of the tiew shout-
ed and the men looked at the crnjsj-
ailing ship with a bit of feiu In theli
ejes She win tlrcllng about still when
the chief engineer, who wus In the
sttam cutter, had the cox'un mako foi
the cruisers tunzwas Willi all speed
and In a short time, he with a half
dozen other olllccrs and men had
' climbed aboard and were rushing down
I the engine-room hatch
The chief engineer, lhe Mist nun
to tench the engine-loom found Mi
O Toole, oiler nt the throttlo of the
port engine Mr O Toole was as drunk
as nn owl and he smoked a tla$ pipe
turned upside dawn with nil the com
placenty In life The chief engineer
had the mnn by the throat In a Jin's
nnd a couple of minutes later when
some of tho mnrlnes kot aboard o Toole
was put In double. Irons in solitary con
finement hen O Toole got sober enoiif.li ho
was brought to the must and questioned
lis tho eklppet , It seems that on tho
night before O Toole, being In a crafty
stnu of drunkenness and knowing that
he would be thrust Into the brig Im
mediately he nnlfd on hoard tho ship
for llbcrts -breaking had hired a shoio
boatman acting under the Instructions
of his foxj, Jugged pasienger to qulet
j i ull the boat alongside lhe anchor
chains und O Toole vvs Just nimble
enough lo shin tip the fholns, under
cover of darkness In the middle of the
night and aftei lencfilpg the to -gallant
foc'stlo. tneuK flown below to an
empty bunkui, along with a couple of
quart bottles nf wlilskj
He had com to life JuU us the 'all
hands abandon ship m m mi
with his ar iss full i whisks he unitl
it Into his head thai It was his nn t or
the Job to set the ship in in, Hon
he had tin no) thi steam mt the cvlln
dels of the pon tnglne , t the ihiottle
at the run speed ahru I iiotih and Just
el her go It was finks the wheel was
lashed hard aport or the ship would
unquestionably have been b. in lied aed
popMhls destruvell Instead of sluiplv
turning In ettntil .titles o Toole
i?.'.." ",.ur' "" ttal unci whs benched
without lmptlonntnt and the old time
Oat r,et lot their gient chame to tall
U" ,,iru'"r h 'hew liehed ship -Wnshlngtin
Petal
A GRAVEYARD SQUIRREL.
Animal Wns Protected by a Spell nnd
Could Not Be Killed
-IsNiklng of the giav.siilM rabhlt
that lemlnds me or a si ivesard squli
tel I ome knew rail a member of the
gtoup nnd the oxpeilenic 1 hnd a
number of times with thin Inle'estlnR
i realm i minle im lelhvt that the
squirrel jo might have power lo i-on-Juie
The squirrels home was out on
n hill In southeastern rkansa at a
I oliil mar where c route) e Itldge
slot rniiier sharpl lowuid the mouth
of st I nintls rlvei lhe Utile hill for
mini than a qunttei of a tenturs has
teen used ns a ginvevard hs the cinin
115 folks of Hint sj Hon and there art
mans 'labs nnd mounds and sunken
plutes there now It was enilj In the
70s Hint I made the in (maintain e or
lhe spihrel In question allh lugh it
that lime many of the older tesllentsl
had expeihneed thi same turlous sen- J
salton which Ml to mj lot one das I
hid he.n ,,ut hunting In Hit hills lank
or the gravejard and lefoie I reullxel j
whcie I was I loomed up behind the llt
Ih coiintrv t,cmettis The hill used as
a buislng ground was inieitd with
low lump lieeeh ties 11 was In the
fall an I tin be,eeh nuts were Just ma
turing Thes made line rood for squlr
leNand birds mid the gravesntd squlr
lei to width I have nfirud wus reed
ing In one or the lues when I uirlved
Mil hulls wcie rattling In tin drs
leivcs width carpeted the hill anl at
ter n shoit hunt I located the squinel
a iretty i,ras member with u long
bushs tall curled up over Ills back He
was tar out on u limb ami I coull get
u goo I bend on him I look taietul aim
nnd trucked down on him To ms ut
ter astonishment the tetort of the hun
and the tattle of the shot thlough the
houghs or the biech tree nround him
had iiusolutels no e fleet on the squint 1
He tontlnutd to reed on the sweet and
luscious nuts of the beech Just as If
nothing had hat pened I bln7cd nwns
ngaln The hulls ke t railing In the dr$
leaves which vv nipped tho graves In the
brown carpeting or autumn I vvns ton
f ued for the momtnt and higan to
belleio that ms eses and ears were
trilling with nio Was there renlls u
squirrel In the tree' Did I see him
and did I hen the hulls of the beech
nuts falling among the leaves f Itealls
1 wns not cerloln nlniit It Hut I
thought I would lire a few inoto shots
nt the squirrel, whether the thing was
nil or Imaglnirs nnd so I began to
shoot again I guess I must have llred
a doseu limes nt that squirrel, an I
the emit was alwass Just the sime It
was getting dark when I left the (.rave
surd and the hulls or hiech nuts wen
still falling among the leaves I told a
number of rriehds or my experience,
and thej said It was a vers lommon
thing tor a stranger lo trj to kill the
graves ard Hqulrrel That squirrel has
been there fm seals" said one of them
an I he has ben shot at mans times,
hut no man lias tier been able lo either
hit hhn or frighten him ' He said the
squirrel seemed to be unlir some kind
of a spell and theie was a nelghboilng
legend to the erTttt that the little anl
mnl was a departed spirit and the he
ller was very strong among the moro
superstitious members or the cominu
nits Or course theie vvns nothing In the
belief but ut ans rate the squinel could
not be killed und wns living up lo the
time that I left theie' New Orleans
Times-Democrat.
CASHED HIS COUPON.
Thla Poker Player Was Very Nervy,
nnd Set Return Ticket.
Here Is the latest thej are telling It
conterns a well known tatron of the
spoils, who his an Innittable appetite
for the great Ainerltan gamo "
'I hid a dream about our good old
friend Myer last night whlth mas be
prophetic" begun the (jood Stoij'
Warehouse ns the congenlul spirits
gathered about him ' In mj visions I
thought that lie had died an tknas mu
klng at pllcutlnn to t I'eter ot the gate
of heaven for admission
St I'eter looked at him thoughtfulls
'ours wns u ilean rttord on earth'
he paid 'ou vvert commonly known
us a square siwrt ' I bellevo'
I tiust I wus' relumed Mscr mod
cstls 'At itnsl I tried to Dp,'
tome In" said St I'ettt. 'I think
that sou will do'
' Mycr mill muted ids thanks and en
tered He strullel uroiind tin awhile
hut piesently hf was back ngulu at the
gate looking disconsolate
" Ale sou not satlslled'' queried the
. salnl In astonishment
I Vc-s on the whole I suppose I um '
I lespnnded Mscr but thelo Is one thing
lacking' and he whlsiered In ht I'e
ter s ear
i eitalnlj not" tiled St Iti after
receiving the whispered communica
tion Iheie Is no jokn playing heie
Mser sIMiid pondoiousls
"the severe lines in the good saints
fucu it luxe I
u might rind a game down be
low hi nnsivtred slow Is
Oh but 1 shouldn't cine to remain
down there sou know ' said Mjir
ott ate loo good a man for that '
was the iepls However theie Is lhe
elevator I might give sou a ticket with
a return coupon nnd permit sou to bo
down anl find out for jourseir
'So in h was on the elovatm whiz
zing down und down and down until
the lift bumped near the main en
ttunre of Herr l'lutos ennanent pyro
technic exhibition
Sure enough, there was a poker
game kolng full blunt like tin adjurent
furnaces and Ms" Jojfulls dimaiided
1 ermlsslon to sit In
' Wheres voui monej " Inquired
Hen Pluto who wus acting us bunker
' Msers fint fell
' Mono ' lie repented h I
Inn en t ans dldn t know jou needed
monej down here
"What sort or u grart do ou think
I m conducting unswas? retorted Herr
I'lulo stacking the deck under cover
ot the tompllmcntarj laughter or the
players huso out un the outskirts
und lay OI 1 Maid '
I hen vvtre ttal a In Mjers ejes as
he turned aw as
Ibis certainly is h I' he burbled
'Hut wllhln file minutes he was
hack ugaln wllh a giln su wide thut
It wet the lobcH of his ears
' (live me two sinks ho ordeied
drawing up a chair and casting a hand
ful of coins on the table
' Herr I'luto surveyed him In amaze
ment 4k
How in tho world or I should saj
how In hades did sou mupige to bleak
uff Hint wad" be gied
1 pi a man of icsnurees said Xlsir
pompously I sold ms icturn coupon '
New lork Evening Teiigtam.
LOOKING FOR A LOST TOWN. I
Itunynirde Kansas Wns n Livclv
Place While It Wns on '
ths Slap
"Iheie Is u (own in Kansas that has
lost Its plsie nn tin map ll was
named Kunnitde but H l no moie
('apt Charles Heton who was fount r
IS an offlier In lhe llrltlsh arms ie
turned reci ntlj to this ttmnirs unci'
when he rend of a hunt fm lust towns
In Kansas he told the following slots
u twill Ituncmeile
V.iiu must tlrat know said he
thai llunyinetle was a etinililnatlnn of
llrltlsh Inexperieme British i redullt)
llrltlsh innnes consldeinble . mknejlsin
and n ludicrous attempt to lite on fool
Ish hopes and foolish promlsis
The Immigrants who tame fioni
Hnitlantl to Kansas expelled to prrow
rlih over night nnd then retuitl to
I'niinnd to live on champagne and
venison
ft look two sears in wear off the
vaintsh break the hank nnd mm out
the lights And Home- or 1 should say
lluiisinedt-bntvhd In the Interval
Itunsiuedr wns mated bv u north
of lielanil iiftttni.H mimed Tin ill. y
who had lost moms In Hit .otlon busi
ness In the I'nli d states Ills son
Idwanl baighi ITnn ,r,B f , ,
SI So nu mie In HmiM-r tiiiintv and be I
Ran a.lveitlsliiK In I Ing I a nil that h. was
lord or a West. in pmudlsr where gol
den blids snug In the ttets nnd sliver
iheie. rnn tinkling to the s.a
Tor IMV) n your he engaged to ten. h
the Sons or I'ngllsh gentlemen lhe inss I
terles or successful running mid stm k
lalslng tiovlde for their i tissual inula
und iiilmlnlstei such educational toulis
u would ennlle them to hold Hi. win
nlng hnml whereur thej might In
f Itiiusmede twelve milts northwest
irilailei In the ml Idle or a I mindless
liullie with onls one tlte In sight was
tnun in! ns Hiectuttr or this enteritis,
und nt Itiiusmede tongngated tin M I
souls who listened to Ttitnlis s tinted
tales
It was to lie the gnat tommeirlat
it" t t or the Wtsl 11 was with klow.
lug li arts that my puts ot sixteen
men anl women sailed rmm Hngland
In Mas I'M foi the new vvorll
M anxious was I to tlud agtt table
quarters at the en I nf my J mines that
with fearrul c xtnivagame ! sent a
long cablegram to Turnles lo bull I me
a house rorthwllh and have ll leadv
ror me lit on ms arrival Winn I
tturhed Itiiusmede theie wns no house
In sight and wi were iilul likewise dis
gusted to find lodging ut Hi. ranch
houses where we brnved tho tenors
or corn hiend anl rut hitcoi, until
houses wen built
Some or us had consldc table m.intj
None or us had any llnam Inl sense
While we walled ror a mliarle lo be
performed tint vvnull transfoini our
arid home into a blooming garden and
the town or llunjmedc Into a vast
metioiollH we rcasted and drank aid
nude mens Wo enjised ull the sports
dear to l.ngllsh hearts anl drcsed In
the uondirmi girments wt had brought
rmm the laud whose white tlirfs look
across tin channel to Cat lis
Kansas wns known us n prohibition
htnti und one guileless rather thought
that lluiijmiile would be the salvation
or his son wliohndacqulicdii big thirst
ror liquor The lad ke t the trail hot
between Itunsmide und Harper and
maintained uu Inlgatlng t lam that
would huve overwhelmel the thlllren
or Isincl lie alwass had souii kind
or a Jug
Kansas prohibition was a rnllurc In
Hunsincdf The goo I llvtrs brought
vvholt tnrgoes or the vers best whlskj
rrom Chicago One jouth fell htlr to
111 000 a jeur nnd the thermometer In
Hunjmeile wenl up several degrees
What a time he ha I
lhe men Imagined that they were
In the vers heart of the West when tin
blood tan wildest nnd teddest They
wore towhos outllls nnd un ursenul of
Mill und knlies rnttlrd un them as
this walked 'Hies wnul 1 not go out
side the house unless tinned to the
teeth This wcrt rond or lsislng for
their iHirtrnlls In photographic gullerlet
at Harp, r nnd Wlchllu and I tremble
even now lit the terrible desperado. s
that e,are at me fiom Hit faded pie
tures Cap! Pnulkner was an tspe
tlalls Ilerte looking towhos and vvns
almost afraid of himself when lu full
regalia
I.vtrs fortnight theie was rating
Hunjmede had li steel It tourse which
afforded much iiinusemeiit The ildt rs
bedecked Ihemselvts in ull the glorj of
Solomon lohn lob wns the beau or
the steepltthase lTsn one oi.usiou
he ap eared wenrliif, u while sllrr bo
Mimtd shirt a collar and it Honing
nteklle a black ulpaea (oat checked
ttousers tint reached hair was li ids
knees while so. ks dancing ptimj s a
granger hat and lavender kid Moves
Dick Wallmike who urTettid tow.
boy hats und a fcioclnus looking hurra,
lo oitimat l an this laic with ml and
white bunting wrapped mound his l.gs
hat lies nnd wealing a black shlrl
Hunsinede wltheied like a Power
unl died Its cltlrens weie scattered
rrom ocean to oteun Tew returned
lo 1 nglauil
irnnsone should tin 1 tin lost' town
of Hunjmcdi nsk him In mink the
srot with a Mont bearing the words
'We had a goo I time while It lasted'
-I'lilladdplilu I'rtss
"THE TWAIN SEVEN SHOOTERS."
How They Were Lost in War and He.
covered in Peace
In his book ot war remlnlstenies
The Twin Seven Shooter Cien
Jlundersnn of Omaha tells an interest
ing storj of two levnlvtia
When spring tomes, (ten Manderson
one perfect daj Is sur rise I to see Hie
baltullou lefurm again after parade is
over mil dismissed 1 his sudden de
votion to dill! Is not exi lalned until
he Is called Into the center or the hol
low square und presented wllh the
beautiful wvniHins which urn the
theme or his storj They stand m
In good stead very orten and ramlllar
ItS with them does not breed tontempt
ot theli powci
A few months later den Muudeison
Mes north un leave ostenslhls on r
trultlng setvlce but In teuills to pur
ticlpnte In the momentous Hiough
iillandliiliani inmpalgn Tills duty
jerronmd lie turns southward oniu
more to tejiln his regiment at (hat
tanooga Hearhlng Stevenson Ma
he makes in ariuiiMiueiit bj vv hie li
dipt Keels who has been wounded Is
tn go rorwurl with the baggage train
while (ten Miindirson hurt lei to ( hat
tunoogn In the saddlt 'lhe (leneral
plated his prized seven-shoteis in his
trunk Some of (Jen Joe W heeler s
trooers swiep lown und capture Hit
bugrugt and for jenrs the seveu
shooters uie lost to their soriowlug
owner One Is returned lo him twenty
nnd the other liventy-elght jears aftei
tho war The llrst one to find lis way
back reaches tho lienernl after he has
become u Hulled Slates Senator Ills
name attracts the attention of an Iowa
Major who raptund u seven-shooter lu
the South during recnnstruitloii dass
'lhe levnlver heals uon Its ban lie the
fact of the presentation and the Mujoi
writes to Identity the ownei The i
suit Is that in u shoit time the seven-
shHt.i is i i in i , t iiiiiim, s
I ossrs.lon
Th. lee.ni It .1 II I, , nvnlvil ,s
thus d. si i ti, in tl I nik
IllintS light v u lipsi after thi
lavnllj told In th H mitihli voiles
Th. t ongress Is 1 1 s. sslon mid a
diear) debate drags us weal) l.ugtli
through the hours Mv viiwnlng pies
enee In the emit,, .immber would only
add emphasis to thi dullness then
and I go in the iiuiimiitie room to en
gage lu the usjnl employment nf a
Congressman s spare hum thi data
tlnn or replies to the tudltss let tils
fmni every itlreiilou on ivny lometv
able soiiJh t Then coin, s a iiiessen
arr and this his message The . ompll
ments if Hemtloi Pugh or .vlnbnmfl
who requests th. plniir of seeing
you In lhe marble mum I resiaintt
qulikly to me call and go to the loom
or slmpllcltv anil hcuuti thai is one or
the .hill attractions tin It i thi ktciii
while dome N'eni at hi ml an time
men two or them well known ii me
the third a stranger
1 hu"tcn io greet ms tolleugut and
then shake hands with wmmth of
greeting wllh lhe gtntleman I huvi
amwn lo renpetl and like It is Hen
Wheeler omv a dashing i avail s lia.br
In forensic debate nu nuthnrllv ou
naillamentnrs law and an all around
leglslaloi whose mm hint pen Is
smely as mights as hln vigorous
sw onl
I am lutrotluttil bs the einittls
Senator inigtl la his islet mid mnstliu
em ex Confederal. Col lleev.s of
Mabamn I greet him with pleasure
for he bears upon lilm those v Idem es
which rommaiul r. spiel lloth up
iHnrami and spteih deihue th.
Mnulherner and the son btaatl a
cents fall pleasingly on the ear II.
snld ! think sir I nan souu thing
Hint nine belonged In sou nnd will give
II to vou with plensuio f.o 1 nsiiiiie
renin the Ins. ilptl.iu on II su will
prla. It hlghls
'lie produces tht long lost molm
nnd tells Its storv He bought It mil
Its itiinpnnliiu from one or ll.n Whiel
ers lroiers who sail he lainuinl It
at the battle ot Mission Itldg. I
mlldls suggest Hint at Mission Itldge
lhe .aptures wen on the other sld.
He -mile I in. piles. . lit mil sail lint
lie .a red mile at the time ot pui.liase
whenrt It tame so Hun Ihel might lie
his He hat uirrlt-il them through the
war until a terrlbl. w.iuii I hid .lis
nl. lei him fiom rurlhti 11.11 .hits
flir the war he had loam, I one lo
the Hln HIT or his counts and from
hint It had betn . aptiued bs eom. of
our Irooiis I tol 1 lit lit or the itlurn of
that one lo me eight suns b. r.ne W.
exrhengo lenilnlm.iups or Hi. gieat
struggle We ..impure experleiites
llnemles In war we me rrltnds la
1 eat t
HAD FREAK CALF.
A rennrkable slurs mines ft tun Silt
I.lrk nine miles oust or here, and Is
lourhett for bs a soung minister whose
reputation for vrruelts bus nevtr been
questioned Willie Illurk aged about
li jears i Inline to taisscss n fiimlli ir
spltlt,' or silrlt or divination and as
serts that he inn tout use with peoplo
long since (lead through his medium
Sumo time uf,n he was sent lo n pis
Hire near his home to dilvi hunt the
rows Then he says he saw a white
rair Ho pail no attention to It hill
went on home The next day he wtnt
again ou the same erianil and again
saw the while call He pal 1 no atten
tion this time nn 1 wenl home Ijiter
In tin night he siw the cult rrom a
window nt his home He unit out to
the reure und then notlied the ralf had
the head or u man
The boy tailed his patents and askt I
them ir thej tould r. . tin tair tluj
telling him thej tool I not He spoke
lo the .alf which answered lilm I hej
held an extended conveisatloii the
head telling the boy that the cults
bods c-onlnlned th. soul or a in in who
Is said to have Imn killed In Tinning
counts several stars ago
Amoni' other things Hie head told the
boy or u little child that dlsai emiil lu
I hmlng county some jinrs ugo mil
whose holy wus niver roun 1 nnd toll
the boj to go lo n certain old house
and dig In a spot d. signaled un ler the
llior and theie he would llnd lhe
chllds skehlou and two me Heine hot
lies lhe boy Is suld In have gune to
the siot carried out tho dlrtitlons und
round tho rhiltl s bones und the two
bottles
All this trnnsilrtd some time ago hut
lllaek now holds rriqueut cominunlcn
Hill with dead people alwass using the
whlti cair us ii medium The story,
has created much .xtiliment In thut
nc Ighhoihcnd some p. rsons are afriil 1
the bos Is possessed or a devil and will
not ko nem him otlurs are said to go
nnl have lllaek talk through the me
ilium of the while e ilf to Ih. dend
f l lends nnd lelatlvts -Owlngsvllle
IKy) lor St Inlls Post Dlspatih
FLIRTATION ENDED WITH SHOT.
Annul ed at lhe lontluue.l err.irls or a
fireman on a Height train of the I'm
Iral railway lo start n lllitalloii with
her, and detei mined to put u stop to
bis unsnlltlied attentions u woman
who lives at the tlcven mile imsl ou
the Cenltul llred at her iiniiojcr with
u shotgun Wednisdnj or last week as
the train wus whisked lis on Its wus
to the tltj
She does not know win Ihu she hit
the objei t ut with h she aimed hut I te
sumes she did not as then lias been
no report or u easiiults along th. line
of load She xui re.-1, .1 how. tel In
searing III. offender so h nils In has
not a n no nl her again mil piol.nl. Ij
will not do so, even It he mains his
place with the load
That, also she hot es lo ireveul for
this afternoon hei husband will pay u
visit tn Hie olllciuls of the Central In
Suvunnah end.uvot to burn the I len
tlty of hei annosu und Intend. d vie
llm and seek to seiuie his xpulsl m
from the servln or the toad
Acronlliik to the woman the wrs.
t u I Inn to w 111" h sh. has liven suhje. led
lias gone on foi a long Hint The train
on whlth the man llred was u way
Height making regular slops up anl
down the line nt the road As It went
up lu the morning the fireman was ou
the side ut lhe tab away rrom lhe wo
mun home but coming toward the
cits lie was on hoi si h or lh track
and unnoed her with hlx offensive at
tentions He would wave and kiss his hand at
hei us she stood in tin gulden lu fiont
or her house smile and leet as the
train iwssed and uupiouchlng mid .!.
pal ting give th bell a tap tn atinounic
his turning and hid fuiewell Ihu
thing wenl on until she tould enduie
it nu lunger
Wednesday morning us the time for
the trains coining uppioathed she
ll (Hided herself with u gun und stool
In tht ggrlen The train lame and
framed in lhe window of the tab the
Indignant woman aaw u leering fate
while from ll waved i hand In frlendls
graceful greeting
She null. I aland It no li nicer url lit
IIS The train had passed and sin was
unable however lo tell what effn t her
shot had u oil und
I timid have killed him easily she
sajs In illstusslng the inutlir hud It
not been tor the feiu thai I would also
kill the engineer He hnd neier or
fended me and I had no deslie to hurt
hln. Had it not b.en foi this I would
lie perfrslly sfroure from annoyance In
the future and there would he a Mi
ca lie) umong the III emeu of the Cen
tral I wnull have shot when the en
(.Ine was cq poeltc while I stinl and
not walled until it had passed Ha
lunnah Pi ess.
1 A CURIOUS BEAR STORY. $
I Ilcmnrkablo Experience of an Old I ,'fH
Hunter In tho Wilds ot I ' BD
Arkansas F Mm
I VI
The uintemi lilted War hunt of tho E S
Hooseiilt parts up In the Stale of Mis ll H
"Isslppt said an old hunter reminds jj 'M
me of a unions lit lie- experleme I had f ,
a number ..r jeurs ago while hunting 31
heir In , Kansas sin, , that time I , I
hat, nem n ti HI. slow nhoul bear i I
hunting Sotm how th- ex.rlnio t ,71 4 W
had ik im seed mi mid I have never f ii M
been able 1 1 quite lecover fiom the hut I ' ,
effwlsotll It wns In one or the wild lull
er entinna r lee tountj In eastern IR (In
Xrknnsas The inn. must have been UiW
(hilly feet high nnd the hrnlti wns aw- 1! I E
fulls d.lis. . nun ni) get. UM "W
thiough the nutted nnd tnngl I miss. ijif HI
I had in some whs bi.ome separate 1 li II
from lhe other munbeis of Hie put.' H li
and was um , vn wllhln soun I of th 'fj 11
dogs t union i am with a large henvy ill f
knire whhh I had with me and rnwl. ' Ifil
Ing ou no oil r.uii., n tin ills sue. .'j! Ufn
reeded In giltlug out hit i mi opening iTIItlU
where I could g. t a . Ie irer view ot the ll I f
surrounding i-nuntrs So Idenlv I heard W ft
Hie .leaves rustle In n tn. m ur bs an 1 ' f
whlth bent m a rather sluup angle If 1!
(Ham lug lu (he illitiilm rrinu whkh J 4
lhe noise hud tome I saw a hear hug- J f
glllg the nunk or the ti e The hear 3 jl
whs or medium site and was thmwlng n Hi
eulhn siulnta n roun I towni I me ut In- a Kj
tennis Tin re was but one thing for f (1
me lo do an I Hint was lo blase away jU
s lain as ms thing I hid rv r ! 3
lieu id iieroie mil In the most pitlietio Wt fj
lone the wounled leal i rled out O. lit!
I ord At the same time the hem with It klfej
bis right taw reached out mid grab- J
blng a wad or leivts altempled to put Jin
"hi Into the wound I hnd evidently 1 i m
made s qulrklj as possible I again I I il
lonleil mj gun It wis an old fash lit
lonecl mtissle loidei mid In nee It took B H.H
snmi lime lo g. I rinds to make the B !(
s. i on. I assault Hul ns soon ns my gun 1 S'B
was iiloulid I blind nwns nt the benr all
again I. (ting lnh barrels go Just ns H Sim
I hid on th. runner occasion For the H B
senind Hint the bear cried out O a f
Isird mil reaihed ror leans Just us il T
he had ou the lulllc Hon ot the first a&M
woiinl llie iiuves wen slurred Intra H In
th. wound I was reeling a bit shaky g M
hs Ibis lime It was ms llrst expert I W
i nte wllh u bear and I sui pose I was K '
a trllli t hit km hearted Hut I inus- I
lend up enough tsiuinge lo shoit
again I heard I he same sound but It fj I
vvns weiikir than ber.ue I could hircj- tv
Is hear II The Ih in tiathed for haves 1
ngaln I ul Hit p.uilj pnlslcd arm fell IH
short The animals stteuglh was B .
nhoul I.OI.I i, ai 1.1 not hold out Ml
agnliist tin shower of had 1 had poured WW
Into the ior iieatuies bods llu ly
sh kuied fainted and fefl from the Ireo f(Kl
lo Hit giound Tor some time nfter llaH
that 1 rould In ar Hut wounded bear iifl! i
crslngout O lord' nnd could sec his fM 11
law i. uli out foi huvrs wllh whkh iitli
to slop the How ot IiI.ki I whlth crlm- Hell
Mined the wound In his side That was iMtl
ms lust buir hunt and tn be honest IPtl
about Hie mutter, I don t niro for the i'IB
exiirltnu ai,aln New Olieans B'SijE
ilm.s-Uemocrnl ' JPfl
PANIC MADE HIM HEDGE. j J
Bookmaker Lost Ilia Nerve at Wronp I FM
Time and lie Hedged Jtl
(leorge Win clock the plunging book- ijnl
maker who always gets down here tor ; , J.
Hie Wnshlnglon lute mtctlngs, elennet j 111
up heal II) on the New Virk result on ; iji
Tuts his last, but his was n sad, sad ' iS
slurs nt the time Mi, Iloosevclt wns ' jfl
tunning against Judge Vnn Wytk for I
(lovernor In U'lS' sail u tuifmau who M
lius a siting out nt Helming " Vbout jl !n
two weeks berore thut election (leorge ,11
took a long look over the political ' M
form e hut mid he dually doped It out j ':
that Mr lloostvell wouldn t be able to , i
l.si the (lovernorshlp It he tried Like ' f
movt bookmakers und rnclng men, t
lit. lock never hnd much nf a polltl- J
cai bias one way or the other He re- II
gard. d Hie altuiitluu in told-hlooded i it
lashlon fiom the speculative point of A I
view mid when he got thiough doping ft j
the huh. rnuturla! nent ho expressed jl n
Hie conviction lu Ids frlenl thut lu his M
opinion Mi Hoosevelt was a good 'I- j
l.i-la shot Hut the betting was knock- A 1
Ing iiiouml i veil money all the time, m I
ucvtrthel.ss, und so (ieorge slatted In 1 I
to pull off a hog-sluughtertng m u
He put ii itoxy on his high stool 1
down ut the raie track and went gun- '11
nlng tor all or Hie an W yck money he QK
nmld llnd There wan lots ot Vnn Btlj
Wsck t oln talking around Now York ', Pi
right up to lhe das "t the election, j K
and so Wheelock was qulikly actum- B
inodated Two dujH betort Hie dec- fj
Hon hi slood to eop uut n pat tS'iOUO In ,
case Mr Itisisevelt won out i S
On th. daj betore tht election ho ' Ml
was strolling mound the Tenderloin n!
lueutiills blowing In the I450OO nn a f
winters tilp down the Nile und a tew t
mom bum lies or Improved teal estate
diwn ou liug Island when ho tell lu u!
with it gang of Uemucrall. rooters and SI
klddeis iaininany friends of his 9
'I his nulled him lu doorwuss and told tub
til in Ihut lie was us Miod as on the jH
links of a lee shoie IT lit was betting Wi
in th. tough rider tondldulu At llrst :JJ
he laiiijicd them awuy and funnel IM
I In-in with Ids ex tessluin of complete SH ,
I lonlldenci that his bets were already jHJ
won that the rtsult wus already in' tji
hut urtir u few hours their earnest ffi
prognoslli aliens htgan lo tell ou him. MM
When he net 'llm Sullivan and Tim M
told ti I i that Julge Van Wjck wns VJ9
the goods lu bulk und wnull win lu a !
iouii (liorge begun to gnuw on hln 11
miistuche tirilty hard Hs nlghtrall TB
lltome wus lu sevtu different kinds of (H
a stamped, und he commenced to do aV(
the panic sttlckeu hidke He had to fll
wotk like a guiles sine right up to JR5
the midnight hour In lhe ton Idol s of Bm
tin IlolTmati house und the I Ifth Ave- mm
nil hnlel to untie that big ts.()00 knot, W
but he llnnlls gave was with It So 3t
toiivlnttd hid lie bettune lis mllnlght (9!
thut Juili,( Van Wyck would win out tan
Hint the last bet he made before tuin- Vh
Ing In after ht had hedged off trry 4B
dollar or his () bets on Sir 1 loose-
Mil was a IIUissj wager that the H
Den oi latle tandllate would win It Jn
was an out uml out Hop of course Um
When it was announced nn tho M
evening of eltctlou that .Mr Hoosevelt MfJ
ha I got under the wire llrst with ut
hast I .'.O'lO iliiiullts I suppose that jjli
(leorge Whet link was e tally th sorest IX
und wruthteM IndlUtluai tl "ver iH
stood ilkht In the middle nt lire Iway H
and i ussed out loud for liftren straight (CT
luluutes lhe hedge on tho day heroic 3ffll
hid stt him buck Just a cute IOoCXK)-- 'jM
the Jr, (K that he hud stood tn win '!
hi Mi Hoosevtlt us his bets weie or- tevR
Iglnnlls lluel and the J10 0O0 that in JffiJ
the final lioui of his stutnpede he had V
wagered on the clian.es of Judge Van Vm
Wjtk rhey tell me that on the night SM
or the t lee Hon l.cori,e went In bed and
sliijed there tin three dass chewing
on th bed lollies and making re- PJ
marks as to hln own personality and f
inentnllts tint weren t fluttering He
took a long sweai-nff then on tho bet- Fj
hedging game and Inst summei at '
Sheepshind Has it hut his advisers n
suggested to him that he'd better J.
hedge nut no n NO (WO bet thut he made IP
nu n horse thut was sien to bo lame on Rt
his way to the post Oeoige all but irf
thruw things ut them as he ted I them I
that bed rather lose 1100 000 thin ever
do unothir piece nf hedging He was
light In standing pat for tin lume
hotse won lit u walk. 'Washington I
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