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THE FARMER: APRIL 1, 1909.
Anril Pnnl'c Va99
IS INOt
The Only
Day
You
Are
Fooled !
"Qeben Sie Achtl"
which means
Look Out !
Be Careful !
Keep your eyes open !
"We will be remembered
when all other clothiers are
dead because we make
money, by making it for you
(saving you $5.00 on, each
suit) while others make
money by taking it from you
When you buy a suit here
you get an honest deal
no" trolley rides no trading
'stamps, etc. You do get a
suit that is sold so close .to
actual cost of manufpcture
that any other store must
get $5 more for it.
Ask to see lot 576S a $20
suit for $15.00.
Get Hurleytized !
W.R. Hurley & Co.
'The Proven Value Givers'
HOT Main St. Over Dillon's
MAY MOVE BODY
OF COMMODORE
M'DONOUGH
Champlain Tercentary Com-
mitte Asks Permission of
Hero's Descendants.
Remains Now Lie in Mid
dletown Marked Only by
. Small Stone Slab.
H
A
P
P
Y!
It Is A
Cinch
Any young man or young lady who wants to get
should call on "Berger" at The Bridgeport
lold Supply Go. Here you can be supplied
the entire outfit for your home and pay small
payments, and for the same price that the
rent stores sell you for cash. A trial will not
you even to those who have houses already.
and inspect the full line of furniture, baby car
go-carts and almost every thing .you need
ywui uuiuo. ureb we pi lues cum Hims at Uie
eport Household Supply Co.
1346 MAIN ST-
Look for Berger
MONEY
For Easter Shopping
$ 1 0 and Upward
Daring the recent depression everybody lias been won
i jtiy. ,ad worrying bow they will get their Easter outfit.
Don't let anything like that worry yon. Call to see us aa
we have plenty of money ana win gmoij give you inu
L particulars in reference to same.
Household Loan Co.
ROOM 80O-8O3 MEIGS BUILDING
Bridgeport, CXJnn.
Third Floor. Rlarht in Front of the
Elevator. Tel. 1384. omce
-Honrs: 8 a. m. to t. m.
Saturdays to 10 p. m.
McDonough Commanded
American Fleet in Battle
of Lake Champlain, Vic
toriously Fought Sept. 17,
1814, in Plattsburg Bay,
Against a Superior Brit
ish Force.
Middletown, April 1. Tie descend
ants of Commodore Thomas McDon
ough, the hero of L.ake Cnamplain,
have been asked' to consent to the re
moval of his body from Riverside cem
etery in this city to Plattsturg on the
shores of Cumberland Bay. The fam
ily of Commodore McDonough are con
sidering' the matter.
The request came from the McDon
ough committee of the Lake Cham
plain Association who are making the
plans' for the tercentenary celebration
of the discovery of the lake.
The celebration is to be attended by
President Taflt, Vice President Sher
man, Senator Root and other men of
national reputation, and it seems par
ticularly appropriate that the sugges
tion be made at this time.
As to the transportation of the body,
if the family consent, a small torpedo
boat, or if the passage through the
Champlain canal make it more desir
able a lighthouse Inspection boat will
probably be provided by the govern
ment to carry the body down the Con
necticut river, up the Hudson, and
through the canal and lake. Pitting
ceremonies would be observed at Mid-
dletnwn as well ae at Plattsburgh, in
which the Navy department would be
represented.
At present bis grave is marked only
by a small slab about four feet in
height.
Though Commodore McDonough was
not born in ithis city he spent practical
ly aH of hie life here. Hie house stood
on the site of the T. M. C A. building.
It was torn down at the time' that
building was erected.
Some of the woodwork, however, was
k placed in EL K. Hubbard's residence.
xue CNtixie ok xjaKe vaampiam was
among the great naval battles of the
War of 1812. Commodore McDonough
who was at that time only 31 years
of age was in command of a small
American fleet in the lake. A British
fleet carrying more guns and more
men attacked him on September 11,
1814, in Plattsburg Bay. At the first
broadside fired by the enemy a young
game-cock kept as a pet on board Mc
Donough's ship, the Saratoga, flew up
on a gum; f lapping his wings he gave
a crow of defiance like the blast of a
trumpet.
Swinging their hats McDonough's
men cheered the bird again and again.
They went into the fight with such
ardor that in less than three hours all
the British ships that had not hauled
down their flags were scudding to a
place of safety, as rapidly as possible.
That ended the Invasion from Canada.
Within a few months the treaty of
peace was signed.
McDonough continued- to serve his
country until his death in 1825. He
was in command of the fleet in the
Mediterranean when he was taken ill
and had to be relieved from duty. He
died soon after end was buried in (his
city which had been his home so many
years.
It seems strange that Middletown ha
never erected a monument to mark his
resting place. Not even a street in this
city is named after the hero.
The anniversary which is to be cele
brated this year is the tercentenary of
the' discovery of Lake Champlain by
Samuel de Champlain, the famous
French explorer.'
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I THE LADY OF THE HEAVENS.
"Kid Terry" Knocked
Out by Strikebreaker
Young "Woman Gives Him
One in Eye in Resentment
for Word "Scab."
Special from United Press.)
South Norwalk. March 31. Tony Tor
torelli, a featherweight of local reputa
tion, who fights under the name of
"Kid Terry" Is nursing a discolored
and swollen optic to-day while the
prosecuting attorney is investigating
his complaint against his alleged as
sailant. Miss Estelle Ruther. a 17 year
old girl employed as a telephone opera
tor at th hat fantorv nt Crrfitt nnrl
ffiCnapp.
The alleged assault occurred last
evening as the strike-breaking em
ployes of the hat company were leav
ing the shop. Tony was standing on
the curb and according to M'ss Ruth
er's statement, called her "Scab." In
an instant Miss Ruther's tiny fist shot
out and landed oh Tony's eye. after
which she continued on her way.
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So he left what had been the town
Mafooti. Walking along the edge of
the cleft Into which Ishmael had leapt
on fire, he climbed the wails built with
so much toil to keep out the Zulus,
and at last came to the river which
Rachel had swum. It was low now,
and wading It he entered Zululand.
Here the natives seemed to know of
M3 approach, for they gathered in
numbers watching him, and put food
in his path. But they would not speak
to him, and when he addressed them,
sayingi that he followed a Dream and
asking if they had seen the Dream.
they cried out that he was tagati, be
witched, and fled away.
He continued, his journey, finding
each night a hut prejjared for him to
sleep in. and food for him to eat, till
at length one evenlnar he reached the
Great Place, TJmgugundhlovo. Through
its streets he marched with a set face,
while thousands stared at him. in sil
ence. Then a captain pointed out a
hut to him. and into it he entered, ate
and slept. At dawn he ros, for he
knew that hore he must not tarry; the
spirit face of Rachel still hung before
him, the spirit voice still whispered
"Forward, forward to the north. I
myself will be your guide " In his path
sat the King and his Councillors, and
around them a regiment of men. He
walked through them unheeding, till
at length, when he was In front of the
King, they barred his road, and he
halted.
"Who art thou and what Is thy busi
ness?" asked an old Councillor with a
withered hand.
"I am Richard Darrien," he answer
ed, "and here I have no business. I
journey to the north. Stay me not."
"We know thee." said the CounciPor,
"thou art the lord Dario that didst
dwell In the shadow of the Inkosazana.
Thou art the white chief whom the
wild beast. Ibubesi, alew at, the kraal
Mafooti. Why does thy ghost come
hither to trouble us?"
"Living or dead, ghost or man, I
travel to the north. Stay me not." he
answered.
"What seekest thou in the north,
thou lord Dario?"
"I seek a Dream; a Spirit leads me
to find a Dream. Seest thou it not,
Man with the withered hand?"
"Ah!" they repeated, 'he seeks a
Dream. A Spirit leads him to find a
Dream in the north."
"What is this Dream like?" asked
Mopo of the withered hand. ,
"Come, "stand at my side and look
There dost thou see it fioatinar in the
air before us, thou hast eyes that ea--read
a Dream?"
Mopo came and looked, then his
knees trembled a little and he said:
"Aye, lord Dario, I see and I know
that face."
"Thou knowest the face, old fool,"
broke in Dingaan angrily. "Then
whose is it?"
"O King." answered Mopo, dropping
his eyes, "it is not lawful to speak the
name, but the face is the face of one
who sat where that wanderer stands,
and showed thee certain pictures in a
bowl of water." t
Now Dlrigaan trembled, for the mem
ory of those visions haunted him night
and day; moreover he thought at times
that they drew near to their fulfilment.
"The white man is mad," he said,
"and thou, Mopo. art mad also. I have
often thought it, and that It wou'd be
well If thou wentest on a long Journey
for thy health. Th's Dario ehall stay
here a while. I will not suffer him
to wander through" my land crazing
the people with his tales of a reams and
visions. Take him and hold him; the
Circle of the Doctors shall inquire into
the matter."
So Dingaan spoke, who in h's heart
was afraid lest this wild-eyed Dario
should learn that he had given the In-
kosasana to the dwarf folk when she
was mad, to appease them after thy
had Droohesied evil to him. Alo he
remembered that it was because of the
murders done by Ibubeei that the In
kos-azana had gone mad, and did not
understand if Dario had been killed at
the kraal Mafooti how It could be that
he now stood before him. Therefore he
thought that he would keep him a
prisoner until he found out all the
truth of the matter, and whether he
were still a man or a ghost or a wizard
clothed In the shape of the dead.
At the bidding of the King, guards
sprang forward to seize Richard, but
the old Councillor. Mopo, shrunk away
behind him hiding hte eyes with h's
withered hand. They sprang forward.
and yet they laid no finger on him, but
fell off to right and left, saying:
"Kill us, if thou wilt. Black One. we
cannot!"
"The wizard has bewitched them.
said "Dingaan angrily. "Here, you Doc
tors, you whose trade it is to catch
wizards, take this white fellow and
bind him."
Unwilling enough the Doctors, of
whom there were eight or ten s'ttin
apart, rose to do the King's bidding.
Thev came on towards Richard, some
of them sinsinK songs, and some mut
terinir charms, and as they came he
lausrhed and said:
"Beware! you Abangoma. the Dream
is looking1 at you very angrily." Then
they too broke away to right and left,
crying out that this was a wizard
arainst whom they had no power. .
Now Dingaan grew mad with
wrath, and shouted to his soldiers to
seize the white -man. and if he resisted
them to kill him with their sticks, for
of witchcraft they had known enough
in Zululand of late.
So thick as bees the regiment formed
un in front of him. shouting and wav
ing their kerrlee. for here in the King's
Plae-3 thev bore no spears.
''Make wav there." said R'chard, "I
can stay no longer, I must to the
north."
The soldiers did not stir, only a cap
tain stepped out bidding h!m giv u-
his soear and yield hlmse'f, or be kill
ed. Richard walked forward, and at
a sign from the captain, men sprang
at him. lifting their kerries. to dah
out his brains. Then suddenly In front
of Richard there appeared something
faint and white, something that walk
ed before him. The soldiers saw it,
and the kerries fell from their hands.
The regiment behind saw it. and turn
ing, burst away like a scared herd of
cattle. They did not wait to seek the
gates, they .burst through the fence of
the enclosure, and were gone, leaving
it flat behind them. The King and hl
Councillors saw it also, and more
clearly than the rest.
"The Inkosazana!" they cried. "It
is the. Inkosazana who walks before
him that she loved!" and they fell ui
on their face3. Only Dingaan remain
ed seated on his stool.
"Go," he said hoarsely to Richard,
"go thou wizard, north or south or
west, if thou only wilt take that Spirt
with thee, for she bodes evil to my
land,"
So Richard, who had seen noth'ng
marched away from the kraal Umin
gundhlovu. and once more set his face
towards the north, the north that drew
hirr as it draws the needle of a pass.
The road that Rachel and the dwarfs
had travelled he travelled also. Al
though from day to day he knew ni
where his feet would lead him, sMl1
he travelled it step by step. Nor did
any hurt come to him. In the coun
try where men dwelt, being forewarn
ed of his coming by messengers, they
brought h'm food and zuirdd h'm.
and when he passed out into the wt'd
erness some other power guarded h'm.
He had no fear at all. At n'ght h
would lie down without a Are. and th"
l'ons would rosr about him. but they
never harmed hitn. He would plunge
Into a swamp or a river and always
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pass it safely. When water failed he
would find It without search; when
there, was no food, it would seem to
be brought to him. Once an eagle
dropped a bustard at his feet. Once
ne round a buck fresh slain by leop
ards. Once where he was very hungry
he saw that he had laid do wn to sleep
by a nest of ostricbj eggs, and this
food he cooked, making fire after the
nauve rasnion with sharp sticks, as
ne knew how to do.
At length all the swamps were pass
ed and in the third week of his jour
neying he reached the sloping uplands,
on the edge of which he awoke one
morning to find himself surrounded by
a circle of great men, giants, who
stood staring at him. He arose, think
ing that at last his hour had come, as
It seemed to him that they were about
to kill him. But Instead of killing him
these huge men saluted him humbly,
and offered him food upon their knees,
and new hide shoes for his feet for hla
own were worn out and cloaks and
garments of skin, which things he ac
cepted thankfully, for by now he was
almost naked. Then they brought a
litter and wished him to enter It, but
this he refused. Heeding them no
more, as soon as he had eaten and
piled his bag and water-bottle, he
started on towards the north. Indeed,
he could not have stayed If he had
wished; his brain seemed to be full of
one thought only, to travel till he
reached his Journey's end, whatever it
might be, and before his eyes he saw
one thing only, the spirit face of Ra
chel, that led him on towards that end.
Sometimes It was tnere for hours, then
for hours again it would be absent.
When it was present he looked at it;
when It was gone he dreamed of it, for
him it was the same. But one thing
was ever with him. that magnet in
his heart which drew his feet towards
the north, and from step to step show
ed him the road that he should travel.
A number of the giant men accom
panied him. He noticed it, but took no
heed. So long as they did not attempt
t- stay or turn him he was indifferent
whether they came or went away. Aa
a result he travelled in much more
comfort, since now everything was
made easy and ready for him. Thus
he was fed with the best that the land
provided, and at night shelters were
built for him to sleep in. He discov
ered that a captain of the giants could
understand a few words of some native
language which he knew, and asked
him why they helped him. The cap
tain replied by order of "Mother of
Trees." Who or what "Mother of
Trees" might be Richard was unable
to discover, so he gave up his attempts
at talk and walked on.
They traversed the fertile uplands
and reached the edge of the fearful
desert. It did not frighten him; he
plunged into it as he would have
plunged into a sea, or a lake of fire,
had It lain In his way. He was like
a bird whose instinct at the aoproach
of summer or of winter leads It with
out doubt or error to some far spot
beyond continents j and oceans, some
land that It has nerer eeen. leads it
In surety and peace to Its anpo'nted
rest. A guard of the giant men came
with him into the desert, also carriers
who bore skins of water. In that
burning heat the Journey was dread
ful. yet Richard accomplished it, wear
ing down all his escort, until at its
further lip but one man was left.
There even he sank exhausted and be
gan to beat upon a little drum that he
carried, which drum had been pased
on to him by those who were left be
hind. But Richard was not exhaust
ed. His strength seemed to be greater
than it had ever been before, or that
which drew him forward had acauired
more power. He wondered vagusJy
why a man s'.iould choose such a place
and time, to play upon a drum, and
went on alone.
Before him, some miles away, h
saw a forest of towering trees that
stretched further than his eye could
reach. As he approached that forest
heading for a certain tall tree, why hi
knew not, the sunset dyed It red aa
though it had been on fire, and h
thought that he discerned little shapes
fitting to and fro amidst the boles of
trees. Then he entered the forest
whereof the boughs arched above him
like the endless roof of a cathedral
borne upon innumerable pillars. Thre
was deep gloom that grew presently to
darkness wherein here and there g'ow
worms shone faintly like tapers dying
before an altar, and winds sighed like
echoes of evening prayers. He could
see to walk no longer, sudden weaH
ness overcame him, so according to his
custom he laid himself down to sleep
at the bole of a great tree.
A while had passed, he never knew
how long, when Richard was awaken
ed from deep slumber by feeling many
hands fiercely at work upon him
These hands were small like those of
children; this he could tell from the
touch of them, although the darkness
was so, dense that he was able to see
nothing. Two of them gripped him by
the throat so as to prevent h'm from
crying out; others passed cords about
his wrists, ankles and middle until he
could not stir a single l'.mb. Then he
was dragged back a few paces and
lathed to the bole of a tree, as he
guessed, that under which he had be?n
eleeping. The hands let go of him
and his throat being free he called out
for help. But those vast forest aisle
seemed to swallow uo his voice. It fell
back on him from the canopy of huge
boughs above, it was lost in the im
mense silence. Only from c'ose at
hand he heard little peals of thin and
mocking laughter. So he too grew sil
ent, for who was there to help him
here?
He struggled to loose himself, for the
Impalpable power which had guidd
him so far was now at work within
him more strongly than ever before
It called to him to come, it drew h'm
onward. It whispered to him that the
goal was near. But the more he
writhed and twisted the deeper did the
cruel cords or creepers cut into hli
flesh. Yet he fought on till, utterlv
exhausted, his head fell forward, and
h-3 swooned away.
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CHAPTER XX TV.
The End and the Beginning.
On the day following that when she
had summoned Eddo to spak w'th
her. Nya sat at the mouth of the cave. It
was late afternoon, and already the
shadows gathered so aulckly that save
for her white hair, her little chliaiiKe
shape, withered now almost to a skele
ton, was scarcely v'sible agilnst the
black rock. Walking to and fro in hr
aimless fashion, as she wou'd do for
hours at a time. Rachel accomon'ed
by Nole passed and repassed her. till
at length the old woman lifted her
head and listened to something which
was quite inaudible to their ears. Then
she beckoned to Nole, who led Rachel
to her.
"Maiden beloved." she said in a
feeble voice, after they had sat down
In front of her, "my hour has come,
I have sent for thee to bid thee fare
well till we meet ag'iin In a country
where thou hast travelled for a little
while. Refore the sun sets I pass
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dwarf-woman who had been so kind
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Mother," she said, "for thee It Is
loy to go. I know It. and therefore
cannot wish that thou shou'dst stay.
Yet what shall I do when thou hast
left me alone amidst all these cruel
folk? Tell me, what shall I do?"
(To be Continued.)
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