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BOOKS THAT INSTIGATE CRIME IN BOYS
THE CXEVER "RAFFI/E^f M ORDER OF BOOKvS AND THEIR UNWTERARY INFIAJENC^.
DETECTIVE JTORIB^ ANI> THE PROBI^BMvi 1 THEY »SUGCBvS'T.
YOUNG LrEONARDi\S \ST\JTTT OP THI^T KINI> OP NARRATIVE.
T TNPRECEDENTED In the history
|| of the Tombs prison is the num
of boys and youths who are con
fined there, and In the majority of cases
they are confirmed readers of a new
literature of crime. Novels of the sensa
tional kind which deal with the exploits
of white haired and gentlemanly
thieves, with tho stories of amateur
Bells and
Their Making
CiURCII bells are of very ancient
origin. The ancients, us we
learn from the direct and Inci
dental mention of them by the old
historians and other writers, had
bells 'for both sacred and nrofano pur
poses. By Strabo wo are told that
market time was announced by their
sound, and by Pliny that the tomb of
an ancient king of Tuscany was hung
round with bells. The hour of bath-
Ing was made known In ancient Rome
by the sound of a bell; the night
watchman carried one, and it served
to call up the servants In great
houses. Sheep had them tied about
their necks to frighten away wolves,
or, rather, by way of amulet. In our
own day this custom, like many oth
ers, serves to remind us of former
times. Faulinus. Ulshop of N'olu, is
generally considered as the first per
son who introduced bells into ecclesi
astical service, about the year 400. And
we are told by ancient historians that
in the year 610 the Bishop of Orleans,
being at Seno. then in a state of sle;y<?,
frightened away the besieging army
by ringing St. Stephen's church bells,
which is a clear proof that they were?
not at that time generally known In
France. The first large bells are men
tioned by Bede, in the year 6SO. Before
that period the early British Chris
tians made use of wooden rattles to
call the congregation of the faithful
together. Hand bells probably first
appeared at religious processions, and
were afterward used by the seculars.
The small bells were not always held
in the hand; they were sometimes sus
pended from a stand and struck with
hammers.
The arrival of kings and great per
sonuges was anciently greeted by
ringing tho church bells. Ingulphus,
abbot of Croyland, who died übout
1109, speaks of them as being well
known in his time, and pays that "the
first abbot of Croyland gave six bolls
to that monastery— (hat Is to say, two
great ones, which he named Bartholo
mew and Beladlpe; two of a medium
tilze, called Turketullum and Beterine;
two small ones, denominated Pega and
Bega. He also caused the great beil
to be made called Oudla, which was
tuned to the other bell, and produced
an admirable harmony, not to b<>
equaled in England." The bells used t>i
the monasteries were sometimes rung
with ropes having brass or silver rings
at the ends for the hand. They were
anciently rung by the priests them
selves, afterward by the servants,
and sometimes by those incapable of
other duties, as persons who were
blind. In the nourishing days of Pon
ery bellH were actually baptized and
anointed with the chrism or holy oil.
They were ulso exorcised and blessed
by the bishop from a belief that when
these ceremonies had been performed
(hey had power to drive the devil out
of the air, to culm tempests, and keen
away the plague. Tho ritual for these
ceremonies Is contained in the Roman
Pontifical and Is still used In Roman
( athollo countries, where it is üßual to
give the bells the name of some saint
as was formerly done In England
The doctrine of the Church of Rome
concerning bells Is that they have
merit and pray Ood for the living and
the dead; second, that they produce
devotion In the hearts of the faithful
The dislike of evil spirits to bells Ih
extremely well expressed by .Wynkeii
cracksmen and of polished highwaymen,
are the mental food upon which these
juvenile criminals nourish and stimu
late their imagination. Those who havu
come In contact with them and: have
learned their life stories say that in
fully twenty-live per cent of the cases,
and perhaps more, the downfall and
ruin of tho prisoners was due to the
de Worde In tho Golden Legend. Ths
passing hell was anciently rung for
two good purposes— one to bespeak
the prayers of all good Christian peo
ple for a soul just departing, and the
other to drive away the evil spirits
who stood at the foot of the bed or
about the house. Such was tho gen
eral opinion respecting the efficacy of
bolls before the Reformation, but since
that period "it has been the usinil
course in tho Church of England that
when any nick person lay dying a
bell should toll to give notice to. Ihe
neighbors that they might pray for
the dying party, which was commonly
called a passing bell, because the sick
person was passing hence to another
world, and when his breath was ex
pired the bell rung out that the neigh
bors might cease their prayers, for
that the party was dead." It Is now
only tolled after death.
The saints' bell was not so called
from the name of the saint that waa
inscribed on it, or of the church to
which it belonged, but because It was
always rung out when the priest came
to that part of the service, "Sancte,
Sancte, Sancte, Domlne Deus Sab
aath;" purposely that those persons
who could not .come to. church might
know in what a solemn office the con
gregation were at that Instant en
gaged, and so. even In their absence,
be once, at least, moved to lift up
their hearts to Him who made them.
Bells at one time were thought an ef
fectual charm against lightning. Tho
frequent firing of abbey churches by
lightning confuted the proud motto
commonly written on the bells In their
steeples, wherein each entitled itself
to a sixfold efficacy, viz:
Men's death I tell by doleful knell,
Lightning and thunder I break asunder;
On Sabbath all to church I call;
Tho sleepy head [ raise from bed,
The winds, so n>ree. I do disperse,
Men's cruel ragu 1 do assuage.
Whereas It appears that abbey
steeples, though quilted with bells al
most cap-a-pte, were not proof against
the sword of God's lightning. Yea,
generally when the heavens In tem
pests did strike fire the steeples of ab
beys proved often their timber, whoso
frequent burnings portended their
final destruction. It has anciently
been reported, observed Lord Bacon,
and is still received, that extreme ap
plause and shouting of people as
sembled in multitudes have so rnrl
(lcd and broken the nlr that birds dy
ing over have fallen down, the air not
being able to support them, and It is
believed by some that great ringing of
bells in populous cities have chased
away thunder and also dlssipatd pes
tilential air. All of which may be also
from the concussion of the air, and
not from the sound. Ever since Hip
introduction of bells the English have
been distinguished for their proficiency
in the art of ringing nnd further par
tiality to this amusement.
Try Hot Water
The best toilet preparation in the
world is plain hot water. Here are
some of the uses to which it may be
put:
I nink a bowl of It every night If you
want good digestion, good Bleep and a
clear complexion.
Put a bag of It to your feet when you
have a cold, to your back wheri you
have a backache, or at the nape of the
neck when you huve a headache or
cannot sleep.
Bathe the eyes with it when they are
Inflamed.
Souk the feet In It when they are
tired.
Somehow, the temperature always
drops when the fall comet*. Most things
usually do.*
LOS ANGELES HERALD SUNDAY SUPPLEMENT.
reading of books which glorified and
Idealized the deeds of daring . law
breakers.
To this company belongs Henry Am
brose Leonard, the New York stripling
Books Flood the Literary Market Now
THE flood of new books from the
publishers is very close to high
water mark this fall. The num
ber for the autumn season already ex
ceeds 1500, and there are many more
to come before the holidays are at
hand. It is worth noting also that
women authors are increasing. In
published- lists of this season's fiction
there are '84 books written by ivomen
and 212 by men. The novels by 'women
authors Include "Rose of the River,"
by Kate Douglas Wiggin: "The Man
of the Hour," Octave Thanet; "The
House of Mirth," Edith Wharton; "The
Traveling Thirds," Gertrude Atherton;
"The Gambler," Katherlne Cecil
Thurston— all notable books.
"The Fort in the Wilderness," by
Edward Stratemeyer, is a romance In
that author's "colonial series" and,
like its predecessors, . is bound to be
popular with boy readers. The scenes
ol the story are laid at the time of the
conspiracy of Pontlac, a larger portion
of the action taking place at Detroit
and around the great lakes.
"THE FORT IN THE WILDER
NESS. By Kdwartf Stratemeyer. Boa
ton: Lee & Shepard.
Another of Edward Strntemeyer's
books on a widely different subject
from the above is "Dave Porter at
Oak Hall," which is the story of a
typical American school boy's exper
ience at boarding school. Like all of
the author's stories, this one has a
bright, cheery tone and no reader will
learn anything but good from It. . It
is the first volume of a line to be is-
Hued under the generul title of the
"Duve Porter Series."
DAVE PORTER AT OAK HALL.
By Edward Stratemeyer. Boston. Lee
& Shepard.
"The Abandoned Farm," the lust
work of the veteran novelist, Mary J.
Holmes, shows no diminution in her
power to interest and Instruct her hoßts
of readers. The subject this time is a
house party among the mountains,
given by a New Yorker who supposed
ho had Inherited the place from n de
ceased relative. It turns out, however,
that a young waitress employed at the
place was the rightful heir.
THE ABANDONEE* FARM. By
Mary J. Holmes. New York. O. W.
r.'UHnghani Co., For sale by C. C.
Parker. ..■•...
"Flower Babies," by Elizabeth May,
is a color book for the llttlo ones and
It will certainly nppeal to their young
hearts. While each page Is bright
with one of our common flowers it but
serves an a background for some ap
propriate scene. For instance, that
quaint wild flower, the Dutchman's
ripe, serves as a border for a scene
depicting a Jolly Hollander puffing his
long pipe while he holds convrse with
a wooden-ehoed youngster.
FLOWER BABIES. Ry Elizabeth
May. Akron Ohio: The SuuMeld
Publishing Company.
"Amy In Aeadla" la the first volume
of a second series of the "Brenda"
books which have gained much popu
larity for the author, Helen Leah Reed.
The scene is laid in Aeadla, which la
certainly a tine background for a story.
AMY IN AOADIA. By Helen Leah
Reed. Boston: Little, Brown & Co.
Those who delighted in Edwin I.
Babin's "Roy" sketches when they ap
peared In serial form will welcome them
gathered in a bound volume. "When
You Were a Boy" will appeal not alone
whose Imagination . was carried away
with the reading- of detective stories and
accounts of criminal finesse until he
thought It would ba an exploit worthy
of any. man to rob a bank of hundreds
Helen Leah Reed
AUTHOR OF
"IRIIA AND NAP.*
<£> 3>
to boys themselves hut to the fathers
of the boys as well. No writer hns
caught the real boy spirit more truly
and set it forth more pleasantly than
Mr. Snbln. Look at the headings of a
few of the chapters: "You at School,"
"The Circus," (Join 1 Fishln'," "A Boy"s
Loves." The book is p.-ofusely and ap
propriately illustrated.
When You Were a Boy. By Edwin
I, Subin. New York: The Baker &
Taylor company.
Kdward S. Wilson of Columbus, 0..
has written an interesting little book
on the '•Polltlcnl Development of Porto
Rloo."- Mr. Wilson was appointed
United States marshal of the Island by
President McKlnley in 1900 and reap
point ed by Mr. Roosevelt four years
later. He resigned the following year.
He was. thus enabled to observe this
effect of our acquisition upon the peo
ple of the Island and venture, an intel
ligent opinion upon their future. In the
opinion of Mr. Wilson the United States
owes a big debt to the island which ho
hopes the country will soon pay.
Political Development of Porto Rico.
By Edward S. Wilson. Columbus,
Ohio: Fred J. Heer.
A real homelike, happy story is "The
Larkins Wedding." by Alice McAlllly
Mrs. Larkln, the leading character, Is a
cheerful, light-hearted washerwoman,
who sets out to marry her pretty
daughter Patty. Patty of course gets
married, hut not to the man her good
ma had first selected.
The Larkins Wedding. By Alice
McAlllly. New York: Moffat, Yard &
Co.
"The Fusser's Book" is what Anna
Archibald and Oeorgiana Jones call a
collection of "rules," enunciated by
them for the amusement and Instruc
tion of their fellow beings. Some of the
rules are sensible, some nonsensical and
a few have a, philosophical tinge. Taken
as a whole, however, they make a very
readable little volume. The lllustra
of thousands of dollars In securities.
Novels In which the consummate thief
was exploited were the inspiration of
his sensational crime.
One of the pricipal duties of s wardens
tlons, all very appropriate, are done by
Florence Wyman.
The Fusser's Book. By Anna Arch
ibald and Georgiana Jones. New York:
Fox, Duffleld & Co.
"Sweeter Still Than This" is a book
of love poems from the pen of Adah
Louise Sutton. The volume is especially
suitable for a holiday gift, being a.
beautiful piece nf bookmaking. The
poems are musical and many of them
ring with exalted sentiment. There are
appropriate illustrations and each page
is decorated with tinted borders. It is
printed in four colors.
Sweeter Still Than This. By Adah
Louise Sutton. Akron, O.: The Saal
field Publishing company.
"The Joys of Friendship," a compila
tion by Mary Allette Ayer, makes a
very appropriate gift book. The pas
sages quoted all have reference to
friendship and have been selected with
rare discrimination. Tho binding and
topography are In happy harmony with
the selections.
The Joys of Friendship. By Mary
Allette Ayer. Boston: Lee & Shepard.
"Love, a Mosiac E.say," is another
the brochures compiled by Paul Elder,
and consists of appropriate quotations
gathered from philosophers, presenting
the subject of the volume In its highest
Interpretation. There is a frontispiece.
"Mother and Child," after Toulmouche.
I Love, a Mosaic Essay. By Paul Elder.
Sun Francisco: Paul Elder & Co.
"Tommy Joyce and Tommy Joy" 1?
the story of the adventures of twj
boys, the first a spoiled child of wealth
and the liitter a plucky little orphan.
The two form a novel partnership and
see and do many things ashore and
afloat.
Tommy Joyce and Tommy Joy. By
Harriet A. Cheever. , Boston: Dana
Estes & Co.
Three city children— Edith, May and
Agatha Armstrong— spend a summer
with their mother's spinster cousin.
This visit Is fruitful of adventures,
which the girls and kind hearted Miss
Eunice Verney relate In a series of
letters that Mrs. Laura E. Richards
has given to her girl readers under the
name of "Tho Armstrongs."
The Armstrongs. By Laura E. Rich
ards. Boston: Dana Estes & Co.
"The Woozlebeasts." by J. P. Benson,
Ih an up-to-dato wonder book which
ennnot fall to amuse the elders and
it will certainly make the youngsters
look upon Its unique pictures with
open-eyed amazement.
The Woozlebeasts. By J. P. Benson.
New York: Moffat, Yard & Co.
The American Book company has just
ipsuert a number of text books for use
in schools and several especially for
<ollege students. The volumes all have
the merit of being strongly and appro
priately bound, the type clear and the
paper of excellent quality. The list In
cludes Ferris' Cieometry, Lamherton's
Thucydldes, Beldlng's Commercial Cor.
lespondence, Carpenter's Africa, Tur
pin'a Hose Primer. Woodhull's Physical
Science, Somervllle's Algebra. Mather's
Caesar. nurton'B Livy, Lyman's Arith
metic and Conley's "La Fllle de Thuls.
knn."
American Book company publishers,
Washington square, New York. .
When Gertrude Atherton visited
Southern California last spring it was
find of the teachers who look nfter ths
prison schools those days la to conflln
ente the novels which mnke the crim
inal a hPro nnd n modern knlglit errant.
Most of these books nre smuggled Into
the prls-on by friends nnd relatives, who
yield to the Importunities of those who
crave their favorite literature as nn
opium fiend does the drug which
soothes his nerves or the dipsomaniac
the cplrlts which raise him from sodden
lethargy.
Such novels are found hidden beneath
beds nnd under blnnketn or secreted in
recesses. Just as the felon who plans
escape would hide away sawa nnd
knives. So far as the Juvenile offenders
are concerned, this literature which
they crave Is the mentis of putting dis
tance between the details of their prison
life nnd the world of their own maklnre
In which they lived and in which they
conceived the crimes which brought
them into the clutches of the law.
Deadwood Dick and the James
brothers are not tho stuff of which
crimes are made these days, for the
youth of this latter day go to the au
thors of literary skill for their inspira
tion. Their heroes are like Raffles and
Stlngaree.
Deeds which require only physical
courage do not appeal so much as
crimes which have their Inception In j
Intellectual smartness. There Is a
steady demand for accounts of law
breaking with a highly polished ve
neer. The young criminal likes the de
tective story In which the hunter of
murderers and robbers uses subtle de
duction, but most of all he likes his
detective stores reversed. The outlaw
he fancies escapes In a dress suit and
n hansom cab. The stilted speech of a
Raffles or the blithe remarks of Stlng
aree are much to the liking of the
readers of this new primer of rascality.
Sherlock Holmes and his faithful bi
ographer are becoming slow coaches
these days, for they are respectable
and honest In a way nnd are given to
pages and pages of preaching.
Nothing Is so distasteful to the
readers of the dollar dreadful as a
finale which has a lesson. It is well
enough to see the villain foiled In a
play, for In the melodrama vindication
of virtue and triumph of honesty are
In the moral property room and must
be lugged out to keep up the Illusion.
But In the books the eager student of
crime wishes something practical. It is
not to his purpose to see the evil doer
caught. He prefers to have him drop
Into a concert unexpectedly with a
brace of revolvers and then take to the
Australian bush with a pleasant nod
of the head and a threat to perforate
nnybody who follows. Stlngaree, who
escapes, and Raffles, who slips softly
away, are admired by the followers
of this new and practical cult.
Above all those who are sitting at
the feet of the creators of the suave
and engaging burglars and highway
men of the present day fiction delight
In the hero who is talked about, yet
the throng passes by unobserved.
. Studies made of many of the cases
which have come under the observa
tion of the police show overwhelming
pride. The most notable of this char
Intimated that she was getting ma
terial for a new novel. That there was
a wee bit of truth In the hint is to be
found upon turning the leaves of her
latest books, "The Traveling Thirds,"
for one of the characters is christened
Catalina Shore, and she hails from
that lovely isle off San Pedro so vleai
to the hunters of the tuna. The Moul
tons—husband, wife and two daugh
ters — are doing Europe accompanied by
their California cousin Catalina. Upon
the urgent entreaty of the latter the
party journeys to Spain, and it is in
that land of romance the main action
of the story takes place.
• The Traveling Thirds. By Gertrude
Atherton. New York:~" Harper &
Brothers. For sale by Stoll & Thayer.
A sorrowful novel yet full of power
and possessing a fascinating sort of In
terest, is "The Trident and the Net."
by the anonymous author of "The
Martyrdom of an Empress." The
scene is laid In Brittany, and the lead
ing characters are a mother, the Mar
quise de Kergoat, and her children,
Loic and Gaid. The latter is disliked—
hated with an unnatural hatred— by
her mother, while the marchioness
idolizes yet continually nr.oß her son.
The love of brother and sister is al
most sublime and tends to make the
misfortunes and sad end of tho former
all the more deplorable. "Truth is
stranger than fiction," and there Is ap
parently about as much truth us
fiction in this story. The Illustrations
are in water colors, done by the
author.
The Trident and the Net. By the
author of "The Martyrdom of an Em
press." New York: Harper & Brothers.
For sale by Stoll & Thayer.
A very clever satire on that exclusive
set of men and women which Is often
referred to as "Our best society," Is the
book bearing that title. Because many
of the characters are drawn from life
(In New York) with very thin dis
guises, the publishers having deemed
best to conceal the identity of the
author, so it Is printed anonymously.
Whether It will become as popular as
did a book In somewhat Bimilar lines,
"The Potlphar Papers," published in
the last generation, » is doubtful. It Is
certain, however, that "Our Best So
ciety" will be very anxious to ascer
tain the personality i : the writer of
this book.
Our Best Society. New York: G. P.
Putnam's Sons. For sale by Stoll &
Thayer.
In "Mrs. Raffles," which the author,
John Kendrick Bangs, describes as the
adventures of a cracksman, the reader
is regaled by a parody on the criminal
adventures of the notorious Raffles,
which his widow continues after his
decease. Mr. Bangs lets his bubbling
humor flow unchecked and there are
few readers who will not crack a smile
(no referenre to the departed intended)
when they read of the widow's schemes
and how they turned out. The illus
trations are by Albert Levering.
Mrs. Raffles. By John Kendrick
Bangs. New York: Harper & Broth
ers. For sale by Stoll & Thayer.
In "Life Stories for Young People,"
which have been translated from the
German by George P. Upton, are to be
found some admirable short bi
ographies. The volumes are of a most
convenient size, the letter press is ex
cellent and all are well Illustrated. Late
Issues Include Frederick the Great,
Maria Theresa, The Little Dauphin
and Johann Sebastian Bach.
Life Stories for Young People. Trans
lated from the German by G. P. Upton.
Chicago: A. C. McClurg & Co.
ncter la that of Henry Ambrose Leon
ard, a young clerk in the employ of
ft brokerage firm, who planned to show
Wall street how easy It would be to
brenk down ltd bonsted system of pre
venting thievery. He planned the theft
of the securities at first as nn Intel
lectual diversion and then he was
filled with the Idea that he, of all men,
wan clever enough to put the scheme
Into operation.
Leonard Is the son of a police ser
geant and his home surroundings were
of the best. He wns employed at a
small salary by a firm of brokers, but
his chances of advancement were good
and he was looked upon as one of tho
coming young men of the street. Ha
knew the Ins and outs of the money
market, and only a few weeks before
his arrest he was quoted In a financial
Journal as one whose opinion was
'worth having." A chance conversa
tion which he overheard In the bank
gave him the knowledge that certain
securities had been deposited as col
luteral for a loan of $300,000. He car
ried Into execution a plan for using a
forged check which he hnd often con
sidered In a theoretical way. His
scheme wns ns well devised as the one
whereby Raffles, the cracksman posing
as wealthy, obtained the gems from
the Bond street Jeweler. It was with
a feeling of pride, despite the fact that
detection was perilously near, that he
read the newspapers which descanted
upon the mysterious and cleverly exe
cuted crime.
Instances such as this and a school
of young criminals which Is crowding"
the accommodations in the prisons
cause those who are studying the ten
dencies of the times to wonder to what
extent the new literature of finished
rascality will carry American youth.
The crime story characterized by finer
literary methods than the old time
half-dime series Is as pernicious and
more Insidious than the crude produc
tions of another age.
Why the Senator Was Vexed
I Senator McEnery of Louisiana Is as
deaf as a post. One day last session
one of the newspaper correspondents'
interested In Louisiana news sent In a
card to him, nnd Mr. McEnery came
out of the senate chamber to see him. ,
"Any news, senator?" shouted the
correspondent.
"What's that?" said Mr. McEnery. •
"Any news today?" roared the cor
respondent, getting purple.
"Don't hear you," said the senator.
"I — say— la— there — any — news?"
"Oh! Yes, I believe I have got one,"
mumbled Mr. McEnery, feeling In his
pocket. He pulled out a cigar and
handed It to the newspaper man. The
latter, seeing the hopelessness of the'
case, accepted the cigar as the -best
way out of the situation, expressed . hltjt
thanks In pantomime, and went away.
Senator McEnery returned to . the
senate chamber and sat down beside
Senator Foster. "What do you think
of this for Infernal cheek?" shouted he.
"Young Blank of the Palladium called
me out in the midst of this Important
debate Just to ask me for a cigar!" v . .
Their Speech n
Is Whistled
GOMERA, the sixth in size and Im
portance of the Canaries, gener
ally unknown to tourists,. is the
only place In the world where the cus
tom prevails of talking across great
distances by means of the whistling
language. Originally all the islands
knew the art, but In Gomera alone it
is used at the present day.
San Sebastian, the tiny port and capi
tal, is a desolate spot, lying In tho
mouth of a huge ravine surrounded by
dusty palm trees. Its dark, ugly church
is famous as the last building in. the
old world that Columbus entered before
he sailed away on unknown seaß.
A visitor exploring the place recently
fell in with a muleteer who understood
the "sllvando," or whistling language,
and promised to show him what it was
as soon as they were up among the
mountains, where is was used exten
sively. So they rode away from the
swarm of beggars in the town up a
bridle path that led through a wilder
ness of volcanic clefts and gorges. Here
were ranges of basaltic pillars surpass
ing the Giant's Causeway, spires ot
black rock perched at lnoredible angles.
Great gloomy glens In the dark hearts
of unknown hills, and on the roughest
of the rocky shelves th 9 candelabrum
cactus held out Its quaint arms, each
holding a crimson star of blossom.
The muleteer scanned the slopes right
and left, but there was no one in sight.
Then he set his two forefingers to
gether at an angle of forty-five de
grees, placed them in his mouth, and
then what a whistle issued from his
lips! It seemed iiw>oßslble that any
thing so shrill and loud could be pro
duced without the use of some instru
ment. Like an arrow the sound sped
Into distance, over the deep ravines
and up the stony terraces into the
heart of the hills.
They held their breath to listen. Then
out of the far distance, from some in
visible being hidden among the heights,
came a very silvery reply, thin as the
ghostly shrilling of a bat. The call had
been answered.
The muleteer listened, his head
cocked on one side like a fox terrier.
When it stopped he went on talking
in whistles, using the echoes of th«
rocky mountain walla to catch and
toss onward his calls with wonderful
skill. It, seemed to be a Bort of Morse
whistling code, elaborated into lons
calls, short calls, high and low call?,
dropping and rising Inflections and cu
riously articulated calls, like a ming
ling of bird notes and human words.
The power of the whistle was mar
velous, and more wonderful Its inten
sity and carrying force. The short
sentence with which the muleteer be
gan was answered by another, then
another.
"I asked, 'How are you?"' ho ex
plained. "They answer, 'We are two,
up in the hills.' 'What are you doing?"
•We are cutting grass. 1 I replied' that
I had a traveler with me. They said.
•Ask him If he will buy our cow. We
will hrlng It over for him to look at.' '.' .
A cow was not just the sort of sou-^
venlr our traveler wished to take home
with him, but he said he wouldjbuy,
some milk It the cow were brought
down. More whistling followed,' and : it;
waa arranged that they should ( oome,,
and the muletteer and his companion
i ode on at a smart pact '