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7M Tllli! ICVNSAfi CITY JOURXAL. SUNDAY. AUGUST 11, 1805 Nvvl xv. SANDY'S LUCKY SHOT, 111 HI 1,1.1 M( sroii DP l'i:.SNMI,AMA. i;.iti. lluir n (IrnrrtitM Actlnii Sixnl n l'lo- nitT liny l'runi mlilfii Ileal li hy tlin 'lom ill ink. (Py WlUiam Murrrty nravtlon; copyright, UK, b William Murraj Uraion A nuHy IriT of 16, nlih a bronzoid Ami ni'idy Scotch face, rat on a bench autalde vt a og enbln, Iniltmtilutuily polishing a musket, oml whlsillnit i herlty tthlle he Morkctt. The I'abln olooit In a ten (tore i.-arlng Well up on the slojie of a llloiin i.un, anil ftffordml as 'hnrniln a prospeet ns oouJil be found In all William IVrvn's ftir provlm-efor this as the year UK, i'l the month hh June, 1 1 wb time of impending' danijer nnd trouble for the ouiik provir.'e, thoiiKh for ihe most pnrt the settleri ervl stoutly on villi their 1ci41 toll, relylnK on lioil nnd tti-lr musket' to tnke enre of the future. iiier.il llr.iddook'.i defeat near J'ort Jiuquesne was last ear's stor, and nou 1h.1t th spring liad openel. seatteret b.inds of Shauanese nnd Uclawnre, egKeil oil by the Trench, were punetiatlng south and east through tin- prolnee. Massacres an I nttn.'kF wen- of frequent o cm rente, and each d.ij the toiiuihauk find sc.ilplnff knife were cutting a wider M.ith. The nssembly at Philadelphia was loiiLcrtlng no fresh mo.tstires for defense lii-nv that H hnd llnlhed erecting n line of fortllled bloolthouset alotis t ho Suiiui -)i irnn, each garrisoned l a serge,ini and n. handful of private- Some few of the settler's had already MiuRht refupe li the forts wi-ii thfir tat tle and household kwhIs, but lionald Ma -Meal won not "o quirk to take flight. This htout heartt-d man AMit, loath to aba-mlon 31i; UFTIl) Illiill A Hi home for whh h he had exiled himsilf tr m Ills natKe tScotlainl, llo wint on v M his plowing and sowing, and at tht me time boimg liphol s In his cabin. ii i keeping his weapons loaded and Ms - aim tjiri, open, .t he knew that the red flend were to come his way before the tsunimi r d. and he was ready at a moment's ) 1 . o to lle to the nearcht fort with hi w r. unu son, jsanay. .-vow juuc was nan f r. and as ytt the lowir icaihf of the h squphannd-iMd not nmif with the ttrn h war whoop of the mw.i. lining polishid the mui-kct barrl until Ii tUhhed In the sun's raj. Sandy Io.i-kd t weapon turt-fully, pkfeid the Hint, t n w ovtr his hhouldtr a powder horn in. I bullet pom h that lay on the hmch 1 -id him, an l roo to nis feet with a t , h of satlsfacyon. As he turned around h - father came toward him from the ta I - ,i gaunt but powerful man. with a je 'dish biurd flowing down his ihest. . -you're thinking of koIhb uvir to J,o-)l- v my lad?" said Uoitald MucN'saL "1'4 forj-otttiii this was the day." lou bald I might ko," replied Sandy, "jmt If ther's wuik tu do" No. no. lad; J don't need ou. fllve I'.nle (i ureetlnif for me, and bid him stop vnli us uur night thu next time he conn a il. mm to the lort tor aupplles Aji, and l.-fp your ik Kolng and coming, lail." Tor lnilans' ' asked Sandy "I'll do th it lather, ilut j mi don't think they uro about?" "U'a not likely," replied th pettier, for we've heard of no mabsa4.-re within forty miles. Jtut a Ml (if caution won't go amUa," Aim oe sure juu re noiue weiore uarK, ' nddi d Mm. Ma .Veil, leaving her pots mid ai s to uine to the tubiu auor, "else J'Jl b' o're worihd." 'I'll stint Imik at 8 (,'iioek," protn ""l Sumly. and bidding him father and mother good-h, hu khouldei;d his luus y. t crossed the charing, and stimk into i, path that led westwaid along the dtnse li wooded buao of the mountain. The lad's destination wag the cabin of tl .icarisl neighbor, tbieu miles over in ti ' neit ule) Here, ull alone on H 111 -tu i;rant of land, lived David l,elle, an (ideily man. with the renting disposition of a, humll. llo had come to AmeiUa Foma jeam befoie, after taking an active part In the Jacobltis Using or '13. l'rior to that time he and Donald ,MacXeU had been frlendu and iielghbuia In .Scotland, und now they were on tho bidij terms (n tins foreisu land. V -Ult to David Leslie was a isre treat ri s.,ni l, an I lie iiutnugo'i to spend a ua 1 filuiMi nmi. ii innntli M'lie Old mall I rNVv.y'X ,v a v ".flitiwwfeKw v' ' X .ySrnr - A I fv rfJ-i'V'.WiHui't'K l " "" 1 Frrcnmlnit, Solidy nvv that he IS"? L v l ',.rT JtZy&'lh WP a tin re lad of about his own brc. lfp?-rA, L' S? SSzfctiJZ'Jfr 'lhe MiRrtin of tha twtnther nnd Hie VVSSSkTa" ' v&&Pir )((& fi.t(J ?"' "r I'" victim movee! the vounfr ci.lo- VSE.j' . JiS ..VY-1 - nlt to mild, n plly. his prudent reo!ve VVvii-'," .iVwCrl O V vs "' forpntun. and, without a thought of vi- . (1'"P3!W':;,"VB5ijS - v a the r. iin in-i, he knell on tine knee 1 i. W?P! ww'Ti'SrttrnM" x'x ft"' drew n trofiil flirht on the beasts p. VrH-cW3W? V&3 "cV heil. ll1 lifiiitiil nn instntit, fc-irlnir tu Y vM V-w Ma v i"l'' 't Hi' In n in iiiMiud, nnj then pulled is. lft-.Ul.Va Fa lft the trice r iJS . fjl" KA V-U t-fl '( . intu i 'i n loud report tnltiitlc'l n crv IV?T h' ?' S1? f'ji - imi) of an ') 'lhtonc,h the unllng stnok" the S3(v'vlVxV B , j t '- r i - WL ft c A M VI wi y 11; " jt Mi"(lLtiSlp?W Mm Pill V& had taktu it fancy to the uungt.ur and got onu of its torepaw fast In the thlik liu would spin him taUs b ih hour of tint of hair on the rtdskln's irovvn. As ,ha Jucabiu jlslog. am, iioimla I'rinctriiHa -"elriJi n jiravm om pf ihs cleft, 1 rx , 'rasvn tmbrnmrnm I'lnrlie. and Ihe brius flora Mctlonal 1 "nut Utiles he would take the lnd Into tin r n "t, and gt him a shot at a tur or u Uei r. Tordny Sandy wns looking fotnnrd rntln i more eageily to a hunting trip than to the xtoiles, for his fnther luui ienl v bouelii hi in a new musket In the plnn- or the ol I and faulty one with which he hi I lenim I In "hoot, ll" trudged on hi" w i with 11 llKht heart and llirhler ten, ulilti; ".n ly a thought to Ilidlnn, but riom mi i stlm t kci plug ee iiikI u on the ulin as ho thi'iided the familiar pith 1I11 n the depths of the wood When he was nearly two liillo f" in home the trnck turiifl shatpli otr to Hi left nnd led up the mountain ldi Sin i now had little mote than n ml.e to j. i yet, but this was the wmM put ol Mi jourhe iii the one fine ol the mount m down ihe other and ncrns the swamp t the old Scotchman's cabin. Hut the lnd was well trained In wind mi 1 muscle and with untiring emtgv h moiim ed hlirher and higher, pulling hlm If fioin Urtge to ledge, from tree to tiee, an I si rambling between dcne thickets of fiin anil Inure) At length he gained Ihe ll.i and narrow summit of the mountain, ati I n. he pauied for a brief tet be heard tn sounds that made the hot blood leap quick er through his wins u elnlll cry from human luuirs nnd the ungrj.r.iiplug scream of n wild animal. Sandy was moro startled than scared, but hli hand trembled a little a he pulled bad; the hammer of hi" mukei and he felt a queer "ensntlon nt Ills heart "It's a panther," he said to hlnfelf, "an I the critter Is chaslnv ome person. It can't be Dare Leslie, because I know hl volce; but mebbe It's one of the sotlbi' from hlKhei lip the nlli " The po"sihlllt that Indians were In the neighborhood nexcr occurred to the lad The sounds came from the left, and foi i moment or two he strained his ee In that direction, ppecling to ce man and bca-t burst into Mew from the bushes "Tho ain't koIiik either wav." be mut tered, as tne snriii outcry continued In icssanth "It sounds like they worn lighting and the man was tailing for help. flI.I.STi:NrNO TOMAHAWK. I must try to eavo the fellow, whoever ho K Won't father be pleased if I shoot a punther! I never had a ehunco at one be. foie. and I ain't golntt to lose this one." With the clamor of the combatants ring ing in his ears tin mi v turned to the left and crept through tho low thit ket that covered the Hal ridge of thu mountain, lie advaiuod t-autloul, but rapidly, holding his toi ked musket r ady for Instant use. lie bad gone no more than llfty yards when the bushes ended In an open glade, A tree was conveniently near, and crouch. Ing behind it, the lad watched with buliting eves and fast beating heart the thrilling li ne before him On tho farther odge of the Blade, half a doaen yards aorobh, a ledae of rocks rose to a height of twenty feet. At the base of the ledge was a. narrow, triangle shaped cleft, and before this squatted a huge, taw ny animal with a sweeping tail, the largist ami ugll.st panther Sandy had ever. Ihe beast was yowling and screeching ferociously, aud suddenly it mgde a spring at the cleft Then .juukly a dusky taeo Hashed Into view, and a naked brown arm, clutching a tomahawk, made halt a dozen cmlck. sharp blabs at the Intruder. With a blood curdling stream the balllid panther sprang back, its faie dripping with blood, and crouched for anoihtr attack, p'ront the depths of the roi k sBii!e rang a loud whoop -uioiv a tdgnal for aid tliun an epret-lon of triumph. Sandy's . heeks were ghastly pale as he waahiv"'", ""h,,n,J ,l,u t'e. ami there "This critter has got nn Indian cooped m in L.ni.t,,." I.., .. i,.. i .'. ..... ' -? Well miht the Inil .i.t thld ,,uauC.n TI., had hem brought mi to fear and detest Indians as be vvoulil rattlesnakes. Now itiat the loiig-thiiateued peril had actual- l airiveii be- tdt it his duty to hurry olf ut onu, and siiadlhe ahum among the ?r ii hi i ii. .-',,,le0V'r' ,,u Km-tt ,,1'u IkHll ilier made- auo.l et dive ut the deft, and (hi time-, in suite of the tomahawk, it "P ' Jouder" lie whhtpeted lo himself signs submitted b invnitoro, and then he and of i ourre, tin re uie inoiuaf the led- had lo put up a sign. "No trolley fendcis skins about. Mrbbe by this time they're wauled. All soils of Ideas have bec-u down at oiu cubin, a-bultherln' father and utilUed to keep the Hacks clear of pedts- lUuilnr' What shall 1 do"" tnans There are hideous bells and noie iiioni s. vvi,ie H."'7'", ft0"1'1 .'" aU "i- 'n anle 1" l'0"1 ,1U umUr h dasher l llhood sp.-edil) llnd himself u prisoner, llh a nlvoted framework forming a trigger a good prospect of being nut to death. 1 1 J.hZZl . t, .,,..i,.V i! ,VJJ5n l'J?VS' -. - -. - I'Hiivnri a in xilmjii vLtrii u.is. fir fin u n iiiiy.mki .irr.inuim t bo his llrst impulse was to leave the In. ', alien in trout of the cur the air ii freed fSm V anatuSndaKn.l"bblerh "fft? ' an " Srtul "riwn iKuS from the n& before he cSuldae't uiJin'lttherimio. zl- hlowlng any ordinary obstruction olf ediinged wm. staMl'lii'ilii'iil!16 rK the track and out of the way of the wheebj. vi $ ur I ,! ATSC7 . v v fl M fm rrtoM i:nv tnstincts ki:i:i'ing j:vks and i:aus ox tiii: ai,i:ht. panther bounded hlqh In the air, rolled to the middle of the glade, quivered convub ivelj and lay Mill and quiet Kl.itod by the success of his shot Study could henrcely repress a shout of triumph. With his empty musket clutched In one hand he jumped up and ran forward He found the brute stone dead, the ball liav-Ini,- penetrated Its brain. lly this time the young Indian was on his feet. lie was a slim, h,indome fellow, loosely i lad in buckskin breeches and friimed moccasins and armed with a. tom ahawk. A f i vv Jnggtd nnd bleeding scratch es were all that he had to show tor his terrible encounter with the panther Tot several moments the two lnd, so widely dliferent in nature and uppiaiancc scrutinized each other curiously. Thin Sandy wisely concludea that it was tlm. lor mm to leave, ami just as ne was aooiu to do so. without ceremony, n hand w is reached over his shoulder, aud his musk.t was torn from his grasp. With n start nnd n gasp, Sandy wheeled around, to llnd himself face to face with a bh.iwaneo warrioi a huge brawny siv ige, decked out in war paint and caeles' feathers; his countenance was cruel and feroi Iohh, and two freshly severed scalp" d.uuJed at his belt. t tt ilng a guttural CM-lamntion, the Sh.iwi.ee plnntd the lad by the throat with one hand, while in the other he I ti 1 hich a glistening tomahawk Hi 1 1 tifu. the aeadly stroke could fall, the mi In i'an gave nn i.iger cry and thrust hlnis It between the two. .Sinlv wis Instantly released, nnd he stn id mmhllng, nnd cljselv wati hed whili Mi. two Indians conversed in their nitive tnnsTiie. They were evidently father an 1 son and it was equally clear the latter w is telling the parent how he hnd been i,s ue i fur ho pointed twice to the dead lianthi i The discussion lnsted but a few mom, nts, then the elder savugo turned to tin ! 'How while bov come here"' he de mand, d in lalrlj good ISnglish. "What do? When- live.'" "11 live down sonder by the river," Snndv stammerliiKb explained, pointing be hln 1 him. "1 I was going to to seo somo one " The Shawanee appeared to understand. 'I'oiii' " be said, with a shrewd look, .Mi show vou " ll, ltd Sandy to the opposite edge of the mountain, and, glancing far across tin inttrvenlng slope and swamp the lad s iw i column of urnnlif rising from tho i Inn nd lulus ot David Leslie's cabin. Hlt t r tun tilled his cve-i and he clinched his fists with uncontroll ihle rae and indig nation, lorgettlng lor ihe moment his own doiiliitul plight. "N, stay here," the Rhiiwnnee added, ton -ling Sandy on tin, shoulder. "More Indians come im bbe kill white boy. You sluot panther save little warrior. Me grateful to white boy You go home tell your people make haste to foit," The savage lookid cautiously on nil sides for a moment, listening Intently. Then he stripped the lad of his powder and shot, and tuadct signs for him lo lead the way. Silently, and in single tile, father and son followed Sandy over the ridge, down the rugged slope, and theme along the two miles of winding forest path. It was plain ly their purpose to piotect him from other Indians, On the edgo of the eleailng, and In sight of Donal I MacNeal's little cabin, the two Hhawaiuse silently shook hands with the lad, and swiftly vanished in the depttu of the wood. Sandy hurried on, grateful for his es cape, but grieving blterly for his lost mus ket and for the terrible fate of thu kindly old S'otcbmnn. However, on bursting into the cabin, the first person he snv was David Leslie. The settler had given the savages thu llp, und had arrived but a few moments before. Sandy was greeted as one dead, his pa rents having abandoned liopo of Ills return. He hurriedly told his story, and as It was too late to warn the settlers farther up the Juniata if. Indeed, they had not already been massacred the lltle parly at once took boat down the Susquehanna to Fort Hunter, giving the alarm along the way. That night a number of families came in to the fort for protection, and the mur derous band ot Shuwanese and Delaware s took but few scalps llh ihuu when they left the neighborhood a clay or two later, after ruthlessly destiojlug the crops and cabins of the settlirs. S indy gr, vv up to manhood among those times of deadly H rlls, aud played a piom tnent part In the history of the provlm t Hut he t'e-vcr afterwards saw either of the Shawanese who had befriended him, and in the autumn of his lite he loved to tell the tory to his gfanjc hlldrt n, as they sat on his knee In the dusk of the winter evenings. Wind fur t'ur l"i mli r. An enormous number of trolley oar fen ders has poured into the lutein oitlce ut Washington for legiutry. A tiaetlon com pany olni nil said a it w days ago that ho Iiuil t-nuiuiiic i mulls oi j crju uiiierent lie- uu(,..pal,ru t, i.ii.. IimiioIa nil ...-.,, i,m ,., I, .j to kno.k them ull, levolving blooms to sweep them olf, and nuw comes a 1'hlla- delphia mvetitur with a devise for blowing them olf He Ii is just been gianted a pat- enl. Ills ai.paiutUs consists of ,c tank in 'he fuiward pait of thecar, lightly ehaiged I biuon for Kuii.i. Shipped dally in secure packages by CiEultUK i:y.SSi:i,L. Druggist, Opps;lw waiting rotfiu, Unlvn dtpot. 11 v w i htm km felfP, h 1 "f.-cj IE .- I . V SISSY. nil: iiudmi'ii up t.oti ai.i.pd.v, Tin: M IMS 1 1 II"? SON. A Mnlet l.mt Who snrprleit n Ton-n Toll it Hoys by lll I'lurk und Count Pi . Ilj'C. r i,pter. , (CotrHtfiti 1595, by F. Lester.) ..! ?a'j. fellowg, he r- gulnr slwyr' said ill Frost to ii ki .up ot boys on the school ground enp ..ft. rnoon. "He" wns Uul8 Allison, the l itot srrHBl nt the Klmvvood school, and tin other boyn Repin ed to share Will's op don To begin with, 1ouls the son f th new minister. "And, ot course," est I Jnek Woods, idty ItiRly, "what could y a ixpectV" ruither more, he rooked rat'ir slight, vvns very quiet nnd had it rn 'iir giilish luce nnd stld "Thank you," wlum ver nliyone did iitiv thing for litm, lb had been in school time divs now. hut In that time hndn't tin own a single paper wad, ent-n anything oeiunci i ne oesK or iuii a imii lesson in fact, "Imdn't dpno thing to show any spirit," said Will. '!s.v ' he was nf ready nlcknnined, and no doubt, rightly. "Hut sny, boys." t ut In good imtured Walt Ufown, "We o mill to give him a show, you know. L t see It ho won't piny now. There lie is, by the end ot the ledge." "Well, we might trv him. I siint'0p," said Jack Woods, tin bright )xrtlcular star oi tne scnooi nine, "inougu i uon i suppose he can hit u balloon." l,oiil, netepled Ihe Invitation, .lotnewlmt to the surprise of tho boys, who hnd hnrdlv Imagined he would even care to piny. It whs "three old cat," or "scrub, us the boys railed It, nnd he went Into right Held ns the newest comer, "Votl'll bat by and by when you've worked round, you know," c xpl.iliu'd Jack Wood, pntioni2liigly. "thanks, I think I understand," respond ed IhiuIs, with a queer look In his eje. "Lived In lioston ull his lite," thought J.i k. "1 supjioae lie's hardly iiad a bull in his hiind. Hut ns the game went on tho boys be gan to conclude that "Slssv" knew a 111 tie of the game nfter nil. At last Tom Hrtok truek out and llrown tosed the ball to lwiils ns next pitcher and went In to catch. It happened that the mighty Jack Woods was the next battir. The queer lock enme into Louis' eves ngnln. lie i ilbd tip his "leeves and dug his toe Into In ground. "Swish!" en tne the first ball netit nt Jack's head. "Wild, of coursi," thought that heio ns he diopped back t get out of the way. but Walter Hiovvn niliid, us he said. "What do ou want. .1 ii k ' That was nutate over the plate'1 The ball by a beautiful out shoot had "cut the center' almost exactly. The boys grinned, .Im I; muttcted some thing or other, nnd n the next ball camp slovvlv In, Just level with his chest, made i siv lge strike at it. Hut about that time tin ball, seeming to giow vvcarv alt at hup, sanl- gracefully towntl the earth an I passed ll good fool below his bat. 'Swoop!" again went the bat. with n grunt from Jack, now thoroughly on his mettle. This time the bill shot in. nar rowly mlslng hH ear. The Iwys were per fectly still. Was the "s?ly" going to stt Ike out Jack Wood', the "slugger?" It looked so. II. Hut Just then sotm thing happened thnt avid Jack from the late he was really beginning to fear, but drove all thoughts of baseball from the minds of the boys. Dcperato at the thought of striking out, ft ?Jl ?., .. .. - ' MADH A IITSH I'OTt Tin: ri:ci: Ar- THIt THL I'LLLMNC. I'lOUKH nnd that, too, tn the pitching of a fellow whom he h.ol '-l lately il lb tiled J n k made a stand tint) effott ntui sun ceded in hitting the next ball pitched, not fairly, thoushi lor it slot over Hrown's h, ad a high foul, and tell In tin- road bivond. Scarcely hud It struck w-lien a ragged nglle llgure set meil to rise ud 'enly out ut the ciound, c night It on the bound, mid was off like a shot up the rem! tuwuid Marble Hill. Tin boys stood fur a second speechless, and then, with a w'ld. sur prised, nngrv shout, of "Dan Hcnnessy!" "Catch him 11, "s hooked the bill"' the whole e:owd mule a rush for the fence after tht llec'ing ilgure. As In most small towns, there was a lower class In Clmwood, the workir in the marble quarries, whose boys i cined to have a natural antlpttby to tin wcilth ler, better educated fellows of the town, who atti ruled th. school. A leader among these was Dan Hennc-gy, who hnd lust now so effect uullv broken up the ball game. He was known by many of the boys to their sorrow, ns u cold, bold en emy, able both lo light and to run The latter was his wisest policy now, and he was pushing It v lcoroiisly. He had a good mile to go to th. stream whlili was the nndei stand limn dary of the Hill' rs' teiri tory, but had e minted on the sin prise of the bovs to .-ive him a start. The chase had began more promptly than he had nntlilpitid, however, and when Wpods and Hiovvn, the two neiret the road, had cleared the fence, the littler . ' i 2 "- - -! ?- -I - r4 &$&i ON Till! HltlDUi: was morn than s. veiity yards In the teud. Hut a surn chase is a long one und tile- lesult was dubious for liu sc lioalboy s. "How fut a In- tot to run'"' usked Louis of the buy beside him, ns he tumbled into the- load "More'n a mile," was tho reply, "but he ruus like a streak. I don't be llevu we'll ciiteh him. Dollar'!! a quarter ball gone, most likely." Apparently the newcomer was discour aged by this news lor lie seemed to make liu elXort lo ovntaku the itadiis. but lather lo diop luck If anything Will l-'ox skimmed by. "Huh, afraid, 1 suppose," he said to himself, "It's a wonder he blurted." Hut by the time a quarter of a mile had been tun, un observer would have begun to see u method in Louis' behavior, He rolled up his othei sleeve as he ran, opened the neck of his outing shirt, look out a i jbber band Horn his pu ket und be-ju chewing it. and even stopped to snuuh a couple of pieces ot deadwood from the ground, which lie held lu cither hand, aa tunners do "j;rps." a a long Ulsttunce iac, iu tajt, J l 'V AT I. i t5 9 ltri V-"S.5 r the tail idea was the very one on which. he was acting He mw (hat It was n rtce be tween Inn HenneMy and "tho lipid," ni n sporting man would sny. Tho two near est pursuers. Hrown nnd Wood, were playing the pnrt ot ptcemnkers. He could see thnt Muy were not saving thpmelvci nt nil, and. would, probtbly be unable to catch the Hitler before ho reached the bridge. Hut they might tin him so that louh, by raving hlmelf for n. determined spurt nt the end, might overtake him. Hence our young friend's apparent Hi nt, At a half mite Ionls pisfcd two or three who had bien lending him, and Jtut then tho road curved. I'n'Mng tho bend he could see Ihe bridge a half mile nhend, nnd began to ralculnte hU dlstnnoe. Hrcuvn and Woods were Juu holding their own, but evidently with nn effort. IJven now Hrown dropped lmck, holding hl side. "Woods'll never do it," thought IaviiI, "Now for It'" Will I"rot was Just muttering to hlmsclt between breaths, "No tie might ns well give up!" when a gray nnd white streak shot pnt hltn up the rood. "Well, of all things'" he gasped, "Hum, Jimmy, see him go'" He wan "going." for n certnlnty, nnl there was need of it. Only a third ot a mile more nnd then the bridge, nnd safety for the bol I Ililler. ftiuldenly the fugitive hetrd a shout behind him. "flood boy, Allison'" "Oo It, we'll bnrk you!" It was very shnkv. for Hrown nnd Woods hadn't much wind left. Dan Hotinessy turned nnd saw our hero coming for him like n small whirlwind teeth set, hnlr liv ing, lists clinched, and not twenty ynrds away! "Little fool'" he said to hlmelf "llo can run, but wait till he catches me'" nnd ft contemptuous grin calne across bis face els hp tilodilpil nn. tip lend nlren.lv formed his plan. He would reach the bridge It he could, then turn nnd demolish Ins pursuer with a single blow, and with tho start this gnve him on the others he coill 1 cross the long bridge to his own side nnl safety. lie glanced back again Ills rnemv hm gaining fast. A stone's throw from the bridge he was not a rod behln 1 With n last purt the Miller ran a ilouen steps on the bridge, then turned like a llnsh nnd prepared for a left hand blow straight In Jil pursuer's face. The rest happened so f.it that the point ing boy behind hnrdlv knew- what took place. "Look oul!" cried oeK ns the Ililler turned around. Hut he bad harlly got the words out when lie saw Ixitils Fprlng forward, dodge beneath tho dan gerous left hand, block the right with hi" own left, catch his opponent's neck In hl right nrm, and, bending suddcnlv forwnrl nnd towaid the left shot the astnnNhe 1 Ililler over his head like a bag of meal Thcie was a loud crack ns the illmy rail gave way under the shock, and then with a howl of fright Dan llennesxy tumbled hend foremost into the deep stream ten feet lw low Hefore the bovs could rpach tho spot Louis had looked over Ihe edge for a mo ment, thin with a frightened evlumntlon h", too, disappeared Into the river below "yulck fellows," he gasped In a moment, coming to the surface. "He hit his head when he Went. I've got him. but he's aw ful heavy, hurrv, hurry," his head sank bennth the rurfnee but came up again, white but ib-termlned. In it moment more the bovs had rushed down the bank, shoved off an old skiff nnd hauled the two boys Into It, both unconscious. Dan. strange to av. was the flrt to come nrotind. "Well," he gasped, with i weak attempt nt hl old bravado, "You've got me now. 1 'spoe I' got ter take it. Wot's the matter with him?" he asked In wonder, n he catight sight of Louis, dtenched like himself, Just opening his eyes under the vigorous though unscientific treatment of two or three others. "Hum," s-ald Harry Nichols, "Why he went In for you, you know. You hit your hpad on a beam." 'W'ot'a that!" cried the Ililler, starting up, but sinking back dizzily. "Did he Jump in after me. an" fainted nwav tryln' to git mp out' Well I'll be blowed! Say. young feller" he said to Loul", who was last get ting back to his normal state, "You're n brli k vou are, you beat me runnln', an' vou done me In a tight, an' you slung me in ;he rivir an' 1 guess I'd never come out only for you An' If you want ter take It out of me now for hookln' ver ball, whv Jut pit h in. you got a light to, nn' I'll take L like a sojer'" "Hut we don't want to do any pitching in, do we Iwys"" said Louis, with a smile "I gu ss Dan has had enough pitching in for on nnl 1 m sure I have. Whv can't we shak i hands and be friends" I think that wjuII be more sensible," and he hold out his hand to the Illller.'vvho grasped it ens- rlv but shamefacedly. And right there In that handshake of those two water soaked, be lraggled bovs, began a friend ship and a better understanding of each other between the two sides of the town, hat grew in strength nnd extent till the Hillers and school boys wete ns good friends ns they had been bitter enemies, ind the old lights and guerilla warfare be came onlv a memory. Louis, needless to s.iy, became very pop-ul-vi in the school nnd helped in many a game for the nine bv bis skill in the box. I3ut somehow tho old nickname still clung o him, and when vcars afterward. In one of the gre itest college games of ihe sea son, the pin nomenal batter of the opposing earn. Woods, lost the game by going out on strike-, a young man named Ttost stood up In the grand stand and shouted to the delighted crowd, "Now boys, let her go! Three times three for Sissy Alli son!" sm:i:wi) coNvicrv uncus. How- They Coiillllilllii .lie "W'llli Their friends Outside the Prison Walls. From Tid-Illtf. ' "I was once offered fl.ono if I would agree to take a note from a certain prisoner in one ot our big convict prisons to his friends outside," paid nn cx-prlsoir warden tho other day. "The pilsoncr was a J. r. who had appropriated some trust mor.ey to his- own use. I promised to convey tho letter, but Instead, of course, took it up to the governor. "It was lound to contain n request, In a kind of abbreviated longhand not easily readable, thai certain papers at tho pits oner's hue home should be destroyed. On n. search for the papers being made they were discovered and found to contain par ticulars of other misdoings on the part of the prisoner. On their being laid before the judge who trld tho ense, he, how ever, aficr obtaining ndvlce from the homo ottlce. decided that the sentence the mag istrate! hnd already received (ten yc.irsj, amply tove red the other misdemeanors. "A sittci ssful attempt to coinmunicato with nn acquaintance was mad by a con vict two years ago. He had contrived to bee ome frle ndly by signs rather than by anything else with a good conduct pris oner in tho bakehouse. I'rom this man hi mnnaged to get a. stump of lead pencil how th- other prisoner had iibtnineil possession of It passes my comprehension, although probably u warden had dropped It Thin on n piece of diity brown paper he- wrote a message in Hitman s short hand, and whin exercising he dropped tho not.', rolled up In a small cuinpass, by tin baker's side. The hitter, however, placid It by mistake insllo a. roll intended tor me governors tame nut it never i.arhcd the governor until one morning, vvhtn by nn accident the man mixed up thu roll with some others At breakfast the governor's daughter was snrprlse-d to find a piece of imper In her roll It was the shorthand tetter and the whole schema was given away. It had, it was discovered, bee n the baker's custom w hen passing within the outer walls of tho prison, to throw over the roll at n certain spot, where? it was found by the- letter writer's friends." CIIII.T Ol' 'I I IK SIX JsATIONS. White W'oioaii Who Is Itulir of Mm Indian 'tribes uf 1'iiitr.il ew Ynru, I'rom tho lloston Transcript. The only white woman legally accorded full rights nnd privileges by valid recog nition us chief, custodian and adviser of the Six Nations 's Mrs. Harriet Maxwell Converse, who was burn In Illnurj, N. Y but for many yeais has resided In New urk city. 1 or thiee Kt-neintlous her fam ily has been accepted as the guardian and friend of tin- Aim 1 1 .in Indian Her gran J father was adopted bv the Senecas in 171'J and called "Ty-we" thonest trader) Alter his clt alh her f.ilhei was made a member of the Deer clan In HsOl, receiving the name of Ha-Je-,ovv" (bravest boy), lu isSO .Mis, Converse vvus publicly adopted In the Sen eca tribe and made chief of the Snipe clan, giving, her tho Indian name of the stepdaughter of Hed Jacket, which Is tla-ya-nos-ha-oli, unci dignities "the bearcr of the law " Sim is. (In refute, n member of the councils of the Six Nations l-'or he-r faithful work in legMiture in piotc-t-ing their original landed iuteiests and teirltorlal boundaries she rec-ilved as an acknowledgment the titlu ot Chief Vu-le-wa-noh (aha watches for us), conferred and signed September 18, 1431, by the chiefs of Six Nations ut Onondaga tattle, their national gov eminent house. She is in pos session of the- Indian lellis. heirlooms, wampum belts and other historical relics of the different tribes. She considers the historical und national wampum belts the most valuable relics in her possession. They are centuries old, and In the rows of wampum beads, their color and arrange ment, cnronlcle Important events In their domestic and civil government. The lead er of these belts is a most Important per sonage la the tribe, generally transmitting this sacred charge to a special member of one clan, who Is instructed privately for this oitit-e Mis. Converse is a leader of these belts und translates this history of uliim-oi. jUoJs ana Important events. OIjAIREJTTEI soap. IMIWHeWMtWM9oeMtll8MMIMtMml "SAY BOSS! Them People l Won't Take This VII fc &&&& ldXr ."" "stiX "Ov"-" I.I C l( 5f& I Wj) shT" sttm?zrit iv" 3tT5s-Ti-vJ'1 Jul ConB oiv GROCERIES V i - -. 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