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- == ? ... OOOOOOS0**00 :: THE DOOM TRAIL ► ' » o 1 By Arthur D. Howden Smith ► y-~ < { ) < jT ( ) o i Author of PORTO BELLO GOLD, Etc. ♦ «. WNU Oet-rle» (® hy Brent»»«'*.) I C HARTER I 1— The Fray in Mincing Lane "Watch! Ho, watch!" The words rang through the misty darkness of the narrow street I gath ered my cloak around me and skulked closer to the nearest house-wall. Could ft be possible the Bow Street runners bad picked up my trail again t And a new worry assailed me. Did the cry come from in front or behind? The fog that mantled London, and ■which so far had stood my friend, now served to muffle the source of this sud dien alarm. Which way should I turn? "Watch I Curse the sleepy varlets !" The houses past which I had beer feeling my way came to an end. An alley branched off to the right and from Its entrance echoed the click of Bteel—music after my own heart. The Mood coursed faster In my veins. No. this could be no trap such as had awaited me ever since 1 had stepped from the smuggler's small boat. Here was sword-play, a welcome change from the^ plotting and intrigue which bad sickened me. I cast my cloak hack over my shoul der and drew my sword from Its sheath, as 1 ran ove.r the uneven cob bles which paved the alley. Dimly 1 saw before me a confused huddle of figures that tussled and stamped about In the ghostly mirk of the fog. "Hold, friend," I shouted. "Make haste," panted a voice from the middle of the group. One man against a gang of assassins ! So that was the story. It savored more of Paris than of the staid London of merchants and shopkeepers over which the Hanoverian exercised his stolid «way. But I had scant time for philosophy. They were on me In an instant, one as sailant In front, an assassin on either hand, slashing with hangers and cOU fuses th at knew no tricks of fence, but only downright force. Their former prey was left with one to handle. "Get to his rear, one of you fools." snarled the ruffian in command whilst he pounded at my guard. But I hacked Into a handy doorway and barely managed to fend them off. And all file while the real object of their attack continued his appeals for the watch. Twas this which spotted the fray for me. I could .not but wonder, as I (lodged arid parried and thrust, what would happen If his cries should be hoard and thé watch appear. Would they know me? Or perchance should ] have the opportunity to slip quietly «way? I stole a glance about me. Several windows had gone up along the streel and nlghtcapped heads protruded to add their clamor to that of my friend. Surely— Aye, they had done it The ruffian on my left leaped back with ear aslant toward the alley en trance. "Quick, bullies," Le yelled, the watch !" With a celerity that was rlmost un canny they disengaged their blades and melted into the fog. Their foot falls dwindled around the corner as I detected the clumping footfalls of the approaching guardians of London's peace. This brought me to my senses. 1 sheathed my sword and ran across the roadway, glancing to right and left for the best route of escape. But I reck oned without the other participant in Tls our brawl. ___ - ..._ "Be at ease, my master," he said In a voice which had a good thick Dorset burr in it—I liked him from that mo ment I sounded so homelike; I ccnld fairly see the rolling fields, the water meadows, the copses, all the scenes that had meant so much to me in boy hood. even the sprawling roofs and chimney stacks of Foxcroft house Itself. " 'Tis only the watch yon hear. Hark to the jingling of their staves." "I know that full well, my friend." I answered him. gooseflesh rising on my neck as the Jingling staves and clump ing feet drew nearer. "But I happen to have pressing reasons for avoiding the watch." My friend pursed his lips In a low Whistle. . "So. sets the wind In that quarter! Yet you came fast enough to my help against those cut-purses a moment back." t laughed. The watch were all but In the alley's mouth. Twas idle to think n£ running jjpw. "Oh, I am no highwayman." I said. "Weil, whatever you may be, you aided Robert Juggins In his peril, and •twill be a sore pity If a worshipful alderman of the city may not see you through the scrutiny of a band of lazy bench-loafers." * 'That is good hearing," I answered. "Will they have your description 7" "I think not, but If they Mk me to account for myself I shall be at fsoIL Ld". ITr.HÏÏ'XSZ >rmnC He pursed bis lips once more In the quaint form of a low whistle. "I begin to see. There is a foreign cut to your wig that I do not like," he commented. "However, we will bra sen It ont Here they come." The watchmen rounded the comer flat* the attey. lanterns swinging high. "Ho. kaavoo," proclaimed a pompous voice, "stand and deliver yourselves to us." "And who- may you be?" demanded my friend. "No friends to brawlers and disturb ers of the peace, sirrah." replied the stoutest of the watchmen, stepping to the front of his fellows. "We are the duly constituted and appointed con stables and watchmen of his honor the worshipful lord mayor." "It would be nearer the truth to say that yon are the properly constituted and habitual sleepers and time-servers of the city," snapped my companion. "Draw near, and examine me." "Nay, sir," adjured the captain of the watch portentously. "do you ap proach and render yourselves to us. Tls not for lawbreakers to order the city's watchmen how they shall be ap prehended." "You fool," said my friend very pleasantly, "if yon -would only trust your eyes you would see a face you have many times seen before this— aye, and shall see again In the morn HOWEVER.. WE WILL BRArEN (TOUT.' s i / i; '.♦s' * 'll 7,71 7 * ing before the bench of sheriffs when you plead forgiveness for your dila tory performance of the duties Intrust ed to you." My friend left ray side and strode toward the captain of the watch, who gave back a pace or two until he felt the stomachs of his followers at his back. "How, now," said he who had called himself Robert Juggins, "hold up that lantern, you, sirrah, with the shaking arm. Look into my face, lazy dogs that you are. Dost know me?" He poked his finger into the fat figure of the captain. "Sure, you are Master Juggins," as sented that official with sullen reluc tance. "And is an alderman of the city and a cupmate of the lord mayor and sher iffs and the warden of the Worshipful Company of Merchant Traders to the Western Plantations, on his way home from a meeting of his guild, within the city precincts—aye. In Mincing lane, under the shadow of Paul's—I say am I to be held up hy cot-purses, stabbed in* the arm, forced to defend my very life—and then denounced and threat ened with arrest by the watchmen paid I»y the city to protect its citi zens? -" Y e n «und -h e r e U y lugt « profg TH I, and not they, who have sought to rob myself. Go to! Ye are worthless, and I shall see that the sheriffs and the magistrates at Bow Street know of IL" "But we will be after the scoundrels, worshipful Master Alderman," pleaded the captain. "Can you but give us a description of the knaves?" "Shall I do your work for you?" re plied Master Juggins in his delight ful Dorset burr. Zounds! How I liked the man with his broad humor, bis ready courage and prompt good sense! "Nay, but—* "But roe no buta Be about your round« And if you see any hang-dog rogues or homeless knaves or master less men, do you apprehend them for the night and lodge them In the Fleet. In the morning yon may let roe know _ _ 4Z4X4Z4Z4Z4Z4Z4Z4Z4Z4X4Z4»>Z4Z4Z4Z4Z4mmZ4X4Z414X4 - " Franklin Would Haye Put .Maxims on Coins * ' --— w-.. . „production« of "Poor Rich whlch onr gre|U A *cr 4L. Benjamin Franklin, ind.mtrloau The first third of the Nineteenth century was the heyday of Stafford shire ware decorated with pictures. And not the least Interesting of this china was the aeries picturing maxima, proverbs and morals. Of this didactic china many pieces ly circulated through hla Poor Rich ard's Almanack for 26 year«. The Poor Richard maxim« were very near to Franklin'« heart, and he let no chance «lip to get them Into greater circulation. One of hla proj ect*-which, however, wm not ear of The copper coins of the new Amer ican republic «orne proverbs of SoRf what you have done. I will then con sider whether your belated efforts may overset your cowardice and lazi ness in the beginning. "It shall he {is you say, good Master Juggins." assented the captain meek ly; "Which way went your assail ants?" "What? More questions?" exploded Master Juggins. "Nay, this is too much."- " The watchmen turned In their tracks and herded out of the alley like bewildered cattle, all clumping boots, tingling staffs, waving lanterns and Jumbled wits. My savior removed ids hat and mopped his brow with a white kerchief. "So much for that" he remarked cheerfully. "Now—" * But he was Interrupted from an un expected quarter. The captain of the watch returned alone; "1 crave your panion. Master Jug gins." he hegan. "But we have been warned to keep n watch for a danger ous malefactor, an enemy of the state, one Ormerod. an emissary of the Pre tender who la here on an errand against the crown." Juggins favored me with a cursory glance of a somewhat peculiar nature. It was not exactly hostile, and yet much of the friendliness which had characterised his manner was gone. I felt cold chills running down my back. Would he give me up? What right after all had ITo expert better treatment from a total stranger, a man who had nothing to gain from shield ing me? "Go on." said Juggins coldly to the watchman, withdrawing ids attention from me. "Why, worshipful sir. there Is no more to say. It Is just that I thought, the attack Iteing made upon you. a well known eltlr.en, it might have been—" "And how should I know tills per son of whom you speak?" "Why, sir, that I cannot—" —"Be about your d u 11 os. sirrah,' ferrupted Master Juggins, "and pester me no longer." The captain stumped off to where his faithful band awaited him. the sev eral curious-minded citizens who had listened to the altercation from the vantage-point of their bedroom win dows retired to resume their slumbers, and Master Juggins strode back to my Tn side. "Is your name Ormerod?" he asked. "I am Harry Ormerod, once a cap tain of foot under the dnke of Ber- ; wick ; and 1 formerly had the honor! to be chamberlain to the man whom ] people call King James the Third." "You are a rebel, a conspirator against the crown?" "I do not expect you to believe me, I some could, "hut I am not a rebel—In spirit or intent, at any rate—and I am not conspiring against the Crown at till» mement —although I have done so In the past—and I am at this moment a Master Juggins fugitive from justice." said "Humph," thoughtfully. He stood there In the middle of the; alley, caressing h!s shaven chin. "Ormerod," he murmured. Harry Ormerod. But surely—of y ' Ormerod of Foxcroft In Dor yon are set." "I shook my head sadly. "No. my friend; If you know that story you must know that I was Or merod of Foxcroft honse." Master Juggins was suddenly all animation. "I know It well." be returned. I j j i You and Charles, your eider brother, were both out In the T9. Charles died in Scotland, and yon eaoaped with the remnants of thwexpedltlon to France." "And Foxcroft heuse was seques trated to the Crown," I amended hit terly. ■'The Hampshire branch have It now." went on Master Juggins. 'They toadied it through the Pelhams." "Yea. - them !" _j Ormarod has known th« In gratitude of prlncoa, but ha is to discover that gratitude is a qual ity that has not altogether die appeared from the earth. (TO BK CONTINUED.) mon and other sayings encouraging thrift. "Diligence Is the mother of good luck," and "Plow deep while sluggards sleep" were among those he suggested Hla practical and benevolent mind pic tured how many a family would read and ponder hla precepts as they gath ered round tha hearth.—The Antiqua rian. Ancient—but Up to Date An ancient hostelry near Shaft«*« bury, England, ia named "The Listen Inn." The European cq ze« s ge butterfly was brought to the United gute, «sboul th« time of the Civil war. ' « THE WORLD'S GREAT EVENTS ALBERT PAYSON TERHUNE (S by Dodd. U»d & Company.) Tamerlane A LAME man, sinister and swarthy «f fnce^ and magnificent of «t tire, stood In a chariot, drawn by five other men. Behind the chariot, trun dling along in on iron cage, was a gorgeously attired prisoner. The sinister charioteer had a strong, ugly Mongolian face. He lashed the five luckless men who drew his char iot, and at every lash his watching army applauded. For he was Tlmour the Lame, commonly known as Tam erlane, conqueror of the Hast. And the five men who drew his chariot were kings whom he had captured and whose countries he had subdued. The man in the cage was Bajazet, the once mighty sultan of Turkey. Tamerlane was In the full glory of his career. He chose the foregoing way to celebrate Ida achievements. in 1836 this unprepossessing, ugly son had been born to the petty chief of a Mongol tribe near Samerknnd. The lad was brought up more as a student than as a warrior, but before he was twenty his wild fighting blood. Inherited from his great ancestor, Genghis Khan, broke out and he threw aside Ids scrolls and Inkhorn for sword and helmet. Handicapped hy lameness. In a country and age when physical per fection counted for far more than I now. he nevertheless, by sheer force of character, won early laurels^ a« general and tribal chief. On his fa ther's deatli Tamerlane and his broth er-in-law. Hussein, were chosen as joint rulers, hesitancy, murdered Hussein and made himself sole chieftain. But this by no means satisfied his boundless ambition. He had laid out a plan of action worthy of Charlemagne or Caesar, and with Ids scimitar pro ceeded to carve his name upon the map of the world. He began ut horae/by changing the semi-savage lawlessness of his own people Into an established, firm gov ernment, worthy of a much later day ; then started on his carefully prepared campaign of world conquest. Persia was the first object of his attack. It —la an odd fact .that-nearl y ever y great conqueror of early times, from Alex ander to the Tartar, chose that pow erful but ill-disciplined land ns n primary goal of his achievements. Tamerlane swept Persia, his fiery tribesmen carrying all before them-.• He captured the Persian king and laid the country waste. Tamerlane, without Cheered by tits easy victory over s country so much stronger than his own, the Mongolian Invader next sub dued alt of Central Asia and carried his conquests from the Oreat Wall of china to Moscow. Had he been a European his first Idea would doubt less have been to conquer Europe, and he would have left the East for a later expedition. But, to his Orlen tnl mind, Asia seemed the most itn portant part of the earth. It was. | lane's that Europe was not overrun : ),y the Eastern hordes and Western civilization and character tinged fer ever with Orientalism. Europe was probably reserved for subsequent In vasion — an Invasion which fate averted. Rumors of the wealth of India rM/ . hed Tamerlane. In 1308 he mBIV h e< j ),i a vast armies thither, pj OW |„g „ bloody furrow to the Hanges, overcoming all opposition, an{ , lootIng milllonH of dollars' worth of native treasure. Here Ids native barbarity cropped out more strongly than ever before, and he left behind him a name for mercllessness that lives to this day. In one Hindoo dis trict alone 6e .uufssucred'lUU.OOU prls oners. The Turks, under Sultan Bajazet. were menacing the Eastern empire. Learning of this and Jealous that any other man should emulate himself as nn Invader, Tamerlane hurried back from India and marched against the Turkish dominions. Like an army of ant* hts countless hordes overran Turkey, seizing Syria from the brave Mamelukes, and. on June 20. 1402, meeting Bajazet 's army on the plain of Angoria. After a fiercely contest ed battle Tamerlane routed the Turks and took Bajazet prisoner. Not. con tent with subduing Turkey, he vented his hate against Bajazet In a unique fashion. He caused a great iron cage lo be built- Into this be thrust the beaten sultan and carried him about ns a sort of human menagerie exhibit nntll the broken-hearted prisoner died of shame. . The conqueror next planned a mam moth expedition against China. When he should thus have »ubdued the i«st A sia » po we r tw waulcLhe faea »>■ A |irn his attention to Europe. But. In 1405, fm th# eTe of the campaign. he died, and the "yellow peril" was -becked, jj a< j Tamerlane been wholly a bar barlan his feats would have been less far-reaching In their effect on the hls tory 0 f t |, e WO r|d. But he was also s patron c f science and the arts, a pro moter of culture at home and abroad. an author and a man who^hullt up civilization even while he destroyed nations. By forwarding (he cause of learning, aa much as hy wholesale slaughter, he left an indelible mark on all the Orient. Camblert Advertise I» Chin, the are •"«*»« tb * '* r * eal sdvertlsers. Wß m SOY BEAN MEAL IN ~ DAIRY COW'S FEED South Dakota farmers will be Inter ested in an experiment conducted re cently by the dairy department at South Dakota college which indicates that soy-bean meal is somewhat higher In feeding value than oil meal. •'Data obtained show that when oil meal is valued at $45 per ton soy-bean meal is worth $58 a ton. "Live-stock farmers have been ad vised and urged for some time to feed a balanced ration," the report on the expriment states. 'This means that they must either purchase or raise high-protein feeds. The college want ed to find out whether soy beans, which can be grown for both seed and forage In South Dakota, could be prof itably substituted for such protein feeds as oil meal, frequently pur chased at a relatively high price." The results of the experiment indi cate conclusively that farmers can make money growing their own pro tein feeds and In this way decrease the cost of milk production. Does soy-bean meal fed to dairy produced from these cows? Results of this experiment Indicate that where moderate amounts of soy-bean meal are fed the quality of the butter is not lowered. When too great a quantity Is fed it produces« soft, salvy butler. Judicious and ^economical feeding would eliminate this trouble, because It would not he advisable to feed ex cessive amounts of soy-bean meal If economy was kept In mind. The exi>erlmentai animals showed no ill effect from the soy-bean meal and gave every appearance of health. Their coats were glossy and Hie con dition of flesh as good as when oil meal was fed. Dairying as Side-Line Aid to General Farming Dairying ns a side line to general farming has often enabled the fanner who was farming at a loss to ranke a profit. The cows furnish a market for surplus feed grown on the farm. Tristem! of liaullng feetl to fown.iliuht Ing buyers and often taking less than cost of production, counting labor, equipment, etc,, the grain and hay may be fed at the barn and the fer tility in the manure saved and ap plied to the soil. Then the farmer lias work at home in had weather, milk ing cows, feeding, hauling and apply ing manure, taking cream, milk or butter to market. The best way to utilize dairy prod ucts, Is separating milk, selling cream and feeding the skimmed milk to pigs. Should one be situated where liiere Is no creamery near, the cream may be shipped and the cans re turned. Five or six good cows will produce their own living, provided the farmer raises most of the feed, and in ad dition, afford a living for the farmer's family, provided good cows are kept and markets are satisfactory. Most families on farms may milk; feed and care for the cows In addi tion lo producing a crop. Cotton, corn, grain, sorghum, oats, and other crops usually grown may be placed in the rotation, or at least several of them, so that the cows may be cared for as well as the other farm work done. One may begin with two good cows, using the products of milk st home, and raise enough cows to begin dairy ing for the side Hoe suggested. But pasture must be provided and feed must be raised, and burn-room must bs Atm lahed-.—. _ _ Flies Lower Milk Yield Care should be taken to protect cows. In a large measure files are responsible for low milk yields dur ing the sûmmer and thin cattle in the fall. Cows should be protected from them ss much as possible. An Indiana dairyman keeps his cows stabled dur ing the heat of the day in if mot, darkened barn, the windows of which are darkened by nailing gunny sacks over them. He also has gunny sacks hanging over the doors, through which the In such that the files are brushed from them as they enter. Summer Fly Evil Giving dairy cows access to cool, darkened haras during the heat of the day will go a long way toward taking the "sting" out of the summer fly evil, thereby preventing a drop both In milk yields and profits. Win dows can he darkened by nailing |>ulldln| paper over them, sacks hung In the doorway will brush the flies from the cows' backs as they enter the bam. Fly repellants may be effective for a short time In lessening the annoyance. Gunny Silage Taste and Odor A silage taste and odor might even improve some milk by drowning out more offensive odors. 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