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The Web of
Destiny
By J. U. GIESY and J. B. SMITH
Copyright -The Frank A. Munsey Co.
"My Lord I" ho burst out, gripping
Dual'fi hand, "but I'm suro glad to.
bco you. Got your message yesterday
mornin.' I reckon that feller Bryco
muster headed you off, all right. I
got my first long breath after I got
your wire.V Howdy, Glace an' I
reckon this Is Missis Glace, ain't It?
Dual tipped off the marriage In his
message. I hopej see you well ma'am.
Say you folks come over to the car,
an' I'll get you home pronto. Then
we can talk. Hot, ain't it? Hey,
Moto, grab these here bags!"
An intelligent-looking Japanese In
the uniform of a chauffeur came for
ward, picked up our cases from where
wo Bad placed them on the platform,
and carried them toward a handsome
motor at one end of the station.
The four of us followed his lead,
and, while Colonel Mac held the door.
Dual, Connie, and I climbed into the
tonneau. Then the colonel slapped
his hat on his head, lifted his five feet
ten of bone and muscle aboard, and
spoke to Moto.
"Let her out, son." He sat down.
The car leaped away with" a dash
of geais. Sheldon turned back o us
with an audible sigh.
"It was fcure mighty good of you
to git action bo quick," ho ran on.
"When it happened I said to Alice
an' Archie: 'I ain't goln' to fool with
none of these here police or private
detectives. No, sir. There's jest one
fan on this little old ball of dirt as
can put tho Indian sign on whoever
done it, an' that man is the feller who
put it all over Colonel Mac himself.'
"Homer thought it was kinder
foolish, but I says, Tm runnin' this
thing, my boy,' an I got busy with
the wires. Then somebody signin'
hisbelf Dryce wires me you're headin'
this way already, an I could catch
you at Salt Lake if not sooner, an'
then I gets your wire from Grand
Junction. I reckon Bryce wised you
up, eh?"
"Ho wired me to communicate
with you," said Semi.
"Eh? Didn't he tell you what had
happened?" Colonel Mac seemed a
gcod deal surprised. ,
Dual shook his head.
"Well, my Lord! How'd'je know
then? You wired me not to take any
bteps till you got here. How " Ho
paused, as though struck by a thought
and a grim smile twitched the lips
above his fighting chin.
"I reckon you don't need to an
swer," he said slowly. "I've seen
eome of your wonc before this, Mr.
Dual, an' I mighter known. I'm
mighty glad you're heie. Now I
reckon we'll find that girl."
1 felt Connie's fingers close on
mine at the words, and knew she had
not missed their meaning. I Faw
her eyes resting on the giay-clad tig
ure of the colonel, with its heavy
gold watch-chain looped across its
brocaded vebt. C.
"What do you think of him now?"
I whispeied in question.
She turned her oyes, and I saw
they were dancing. Moie than that,
her lips were smiling.
"I like him," she Baid.
Colonel Mac had lapsed strangely
client. (Presently he drew a easeful
of his lavorite black panetelas from
his pocket and extended it to me.
"Smoke, Gordon," he invited, "or'
kin he Miioke, Mis. Glace?"
"Ho does wheiieer he wants to,"
laughed Connie. But I shook my
head. "A little too stiong or me,
colonel; I'll btick to cigarettes."
Sheldon chuckled, .selected and
lighted one of Ilia fclim brown rolls,
and put away the cube. "I been
mnokin' like a chimney for four days,
uu' I cribbed this cabelul when Allie
wasn't lookin'. She's kickin' about
lay smokiu' too much, but theio wasn't
nothin elbe to do; only send tele
giauih, an' I had to smoke to dope up
what 1 wanted to bay in them."
The car swung in fiom the btrcet
and Mopped at the slue of the houso
wheie unco 1 iiad called upon Alice
Sheldon In the days bcfoie her mar
riage to I'm ton. The colonel helped
uu out and led us up to the wide
poich, where Alice herself waited to
'gleet us.
So iar as 1 could sec she was still
the same biilliant biuuclle I had not
been for two years, save that there
was an added matronllness about her
which was lather becoming. She gave
both her hands to Dual, and then
turned to me while 1 presented Con
nie, c
"I hiive known your hubband for
years," sho t.aid, btnillng, "but we
didn't know ol his mairlago until wo
had Mr. Dual's message. 1 am so
glad to meet you". Mr. Glaco spoke
of you many a time in the past. This
iu my husband," she added as Archie
Farton came forward, and he bowed
over Connie's hand.
Tho Inti eductions completed, Con
nie und Alice went, off to see the Par
ton buby und, Sheldon took us men
into tho library, to "get action," as
bVsald", ' 'As wo fcntercdth0-ioonr-a
young man lose fiom a chair of Spa
Jul) leather and stood while tho col
onel presented him as Homer Reich.
He was a dapper appearing indi
vidual, clad in blue serge and tan ox
fords, a soft shirt with French collar
and belt. He was what one would de
nominate a handsome man on first
impression, of an almoBt tawny com
plexion, brown eyed, and wearing a
great mass of wavy light hair, brush
ed straight back from where it grew
low on his forehead.
His brows like his hair were tawny,
his nose high of bridge and slightly
long, and his rather large mouth was
. thin lipped, blending into the general,
long, slender lines of his face as a
I whole. His figure, too, was slender
and his hands long. So much I noted
before he was introduced to me.
"Homer was Lilly's fiancee," ex
plained Sheldon, "an" I thought you
ought to meet him. I had him come
up an' wait here, when we knew you
was comln'. Now thet you know him,
I guess we'd better .dope this thing out
jest as fast as we kin. Sit down an'
let's get to work. First off though I
want to show Glace a Goldfield high
ball." He struck a bell on his desk.
A white jacketed Chinaman answer
ed yie ring 'and to him Colonel Mac
gave his order, by holding up four
fingers, and then separating his two
hands about six inches.
"Long ones, Lee," he directed and
glanced at Semi who shook his bead.
"An' a lemonade," said Colonel Mac.
The servant grinned and shuffled
from the room.
"An now," resumed our host,
"just how much of this here are you
wise to, Mr. Dual?"
And semi Dual answered prompt
ly. Even to me his words were a sur
prise, for remember there had been no
way for him to learn the things he
said save by his own peculiar meth
ods. Yet he smiled slightly as the
colonel asked the question, leaned
back in his chair and bppke.
"Merely the main points. Colonel
Sheldon. As I understand it, a young
lady is missing. She is a woman, in
whom you feel an interest, though she
is in no way i elated to you. She may
bo described as of borne five feet four
inches in height, medium complexion,
biowu haired, and with blown eyes
and a well rounded figure. She has
been in peril for some time, but it
was not until five days ago that the
climax of her danger arrived."
"Well, my loid," ejaculated Shel
don. He took his cigar from his
mouth and turned his eyes about pur
circle of faces. "Can you beat it?
An' he never saw Lilly, I'll gamble.
What do you think of that Homer, my
boy?"
"Quite a coincidence,'' said Reich.
, "Coincidence your grandmother,"
began Sheldon. "He kin do that any
time he wants "
"I might add," Dual intenuptcd,
"that Mr. Reich was one of the fac
tois in causing her disappearance."
"What do you mean by that?"
Reich sat forward and half rose from
his beat. "We may as well under
stand one another first as last," be
went on with a good deal of heat. "I
was engaged to marry Miss Lawlon.
Do you think I'd be apt to"
"Steady, Homer," Colonel Mac
cautioned. "Don't you go to goin' off
halt cocked. Mr. Dual says you was
n lactor, an' you was. That telegiam
said you was about ready to kick In,
an' that's why Lilly left in the first
place. You want to keep cool an' not
leave your feelin's lyin" aiound like n
cat's tall. Nobodj's aimin' to btep on
you."
"Perhaps you had better tell the
.story, Colonel Sheldon," buggested
Dual.
The China boy came back with th
drinks and terved them on the desk.
When he wab gone the colonel picked
up his and took a long draft, set it
down, and stuck his cigar back in a
corner of his mouth.
"Well, then," he began, "I reckon
I will. Lilly's last name was Lawlon.
Her dad was a foreman in my mine,
in' a mighty fine r.traigl)t man as they
m. Wo had a c.tve-in n year ago an'
he got killed. That left Lilly stranded
as you might ha, an' I bays to her,
'little glil, 1 knowed your pa and I
liked him, an' old Colonel Mac nln't
nolu' to see his gal want for nuthln'.
i'ou come over to my houso an' help
Mile take care of tho kid, an' wave n
feather brush once in a while, an'
we'll tako kcer of you till homo likely
Her Mies what a nice gal you are.'
"Well, she come, an' barrin' inissin'
hr dad she had a good home, an' we
tiled to make her fcrgit her pa every
..ay wc could. Then Homer hero gets
into tho game. Ho blows into town
about two months ago, an' he meets
Lilly at a dance.
"Then, nftcr a hit ho begins to call
on her. First thing I know Lilly
monies to mo an' says he's asked her
.o keep house for him steady. 'Do
you love him, gal?' I asks her, an' she
says 'yes.' Well, beln' as her pa wus
dead, I 4ells her I'll havo n look at
Homer's pcdlgiee, uu' if its clear, 1
woi?fputuFnbholler; ''
"1 sends for Hoincr an' asks him a
few leadln' questions, an' ho answers
'cm all right. He said he was think-
In' of buyin into a movin'-plcturo
show hero in town, an' settlln' down.
I goes to sec tho frller who wns run
nin' tho show at present, an' ho tells
mo Homer an ho's a hen on, an ex
pect to mako a deal. So I says all right
to Lilly, an' tho next thing I know
they've set tho date for tho last of this
month. That was up to ten days ago
about.
"Then Homer has to go to Salt
Lake to sco about gettin' some new
stuff for tho picture-house, him an'
tho feller bavin' agreed that that was
tho way Homer would buy In by get
tin' tho new stuff for his interest, and
then five days ago thcro comes a tele
gram from Snlt Lake for Lilly. Wait
n minute, I got it here."
Ho opened a drawer in the desk and
took out a yellow telegraph form.
"Here it is."
Miss Lilly Lawton,
Goldfield,
Care of Colonel McDonahua Slid
' don,
Homer Reich injured in auto
mobile collision. In Holy Cross
Hospital. Injury fatal. Wants
to see you. Will meet you at
train and take. you to him.
Dr. Morehouse.
He tossed the message down on tho
desk.
"Lilly was pretty near crazy an' she
come to me with the message. 'Little
gal,' says I, 'don't you tako on that
av;ay nohew. Maybe it ain't as bad
as it sounds. Doctors don't always
kill everybody they aim to. 'Course
you kin go to Salt Lake, an' I'll tele
phone the station to fix your ticket
light now, an Allie will help you pack
your bag and git ready.' Then I takes
her flown to the station and she
catches tho first train out, an' .ve
ain't heard a blamed word from her
sence."
"A fake message," said L
The colonel nodded.
"Sure, cuss the yeller dogs what
sent it. The second night after. Homer
comes to the house. 'Where's Lilly?'
says I, 'cause I' was so surprised at
seein' him, when he "was supposed to
be all hashed up.
"'Ain't she here? he says, as sur
priseU as I, an then we lied it out. It
seems he hadn't had no sort of trouble
an' he didn't know a thing about the
message, but he was acquainted in
Salt Lake.'an' he was dead sure theie
wasn't no such man as Dr. Morehouse
in the place. Gad, jou kin imagine
how we felt."
The colonel threw the cigar which
he had chewed to" rags into a basket
beside his desk, lifted his glass and
finished his drink.
"That's about all," he resumed In a
moment. "Homer and I spent a day
telegiaphln' to every one he thought
likely to know anything about x it in
Salt Lake, an' then 1 staited to round
you up."
"Did you notify the Salt Lake po
lice?" I asked.
"Nope," sajd Sheldon. "Hcmex
wanted to, but I told him that if I
Vould get Mr. Dual, he was better'n
all the bulls In the country. 1 made
him wait, an' I Jia'd a fine time holdin'
him level."
Reich, who had sat with face rest
ing on his knuckles, arms on knees,
raised his head.
"You can imagine how I felt," he
burst out. "We were to have been
married in a few days. She went to
me because she thought I needed her
and it was a trick they used her
love to betray her. Ah!" He rose
and. began to pace the floor. Sudden
ly he paused in front of Semi.
"Mr. Dual, you were right I was
a factor in her betrayal,"- he said.
"There remains then the opportun
ity to assist in her rescue," said Dual.
"But couldn't you have stopped hei
by a telegram on that train?" I ques
. tioned.
"No. Homer didn't show up here
till it was too late for that," Colonel
,Mac responded. ' "I reckon he passed
her train when he was coming down
the other day."
Reich nodded.
"I was near enough to alraqst react
out and touch her."
He pressed his lips closely .together
find walked over to a window, snap
ping his long fingeis in a nervous way
as he went. I followed him with my
'iyes.
Dual bald nothing. Of a sudden h,e
Had lapsed fiom all appatcnt interest,
hiuking down in his chair, with droop
ing lids and hands lying idly lolded
in bib lap. I gave hlin one glance and
knew that behind his seeming lack or
attention, his mighty brain was alive
and at work, in its own way upon the
problem of this human soul in danger.
Sheldon glanced at him, opened his
mouth to bpeak, caught my eye and
filled his' parted lips with a fresh
cigar rather than words.
Parton smiled In a satisfied man
ner. He surely had reason to trust
Semi Dual who had saved him his
wife from a deadly peril. Reich turn
ed away from his stnilng into the
outer sunsnino, came back and mutely
questioned us others with his eyes.
Wo sat on. The bilence seemed to
got on Reich's nerves. He licked hip
lips and eyed Dual with impatience.
"What is he a trance medium?"
lie wlilsporcd to Colonel Mac.
"Shut up," lilbsed Sheldon.
Dual opened his eyes and turned
them on Reich. I knew then that he
lr.d caught tho words.
"Mr. Reich," ho began, "I must
mako you a slight explanation. My
methods of gn'inlng my results are,
vlowcd from the usual police proced
ures, HomewhafumiKunl peculiar, If
you piprer. 1 do pot In flip least ex
pcqt .you either td uudi-jslund ors'ym
pathlzo with. them.' At-tho,j.ame thne
,1 bavo prpsent throe witnesses as to
their citpllclty' for R'aIrtlng'i-C8Ultn,-iitiO
bo 1 fear you will need accept their
word and for tho rent await tho end."
(To be Continued.)
I
From Homeless Lad
To Judge's Bench
Michigan Man In Rapid Rise from
Poverty to Exalted Position at '
Hands of the People.
Cadillac, Mich. Fifteen years ago
Wexford's County's probate judge dis
posed of "Fred M. Breen, a 10-year-old
boy, "whose greatest misfortune
had ben tho death of his parents, leav
ing him homeless and with no one to
care for him.
Tho same boy, now a young man of
26 years, -has taken the oath of office
as Judgo of the same Probate Couit
that only a few years ago sent him to
a State Institution. Official records
will show that Fred M. Breen, who
took this responsible office, is tho
youngest judgo of probate In the
United States.
A year following his disposition by
the court, he was returned to Cadillac
by the efforts of a man who desired to
give tho boy a home. He worked in
factories, studied nights, desiring to
show his appreciation to the man who
had lifted him up when he was down
and out. His wages were small, only
25 cents a day, and the work of carry
ing water to several hundred mill
hands was not as pleasant as it might
have been.
Being anxious to secure an educa
tion, he did chores for whomever
would hire him, and by such efforts
completed tho course in the public
schools, graduating as class valedic
torian. Not being satisfied with a
high school education, he took a course
in Ferris Institute at Big Rapids,
Mich. Securing a position as stenog
rapher in a lawyer's office, he began
to Btudy law in his spare time, Anally
passing the examination for admission
to the bar, with papers so good that
he was excused from the oral examina
tion. Without any solicitation on his
part, Mr. Breen was elected Circuit
Court Commissioner and is also a
United States Commissioner.
Mr. Breen handled his own cam
paign. He did not berale his op
ponents, one being the sheriff and one
another attorney. Walking through
the county, he talked with every rural
voter. At times he ate but two meals
a day and sometimes slept in barns.
For three months he campaigned and
when the primary vote was counted
he was high and dry with eleven hun
dred votes over either opponent.
Judge Breen's receipt for success
such as his has been is a simple one:
"Mind your own business, let people
talk, hear when you listen, see when
you look, and stick to a thing until
you get there."
DOG FEEDS TRAPPED MATE
Steals Meat and Carries It to Animal
Imprisoned in Old i
Shaft. ,
Durango, Colo. Chifiado, a prize
winning Blue Kenmuir sheep collie, im
ported from Scotland by Rinnldo Mar
tinez, one of the wealthiest sheepmen
of Southern Colorado, disappeared
three weeks ago.
A -wide search for the missing dog
was started under the direction of ex
perienced guides, but was given up .
when hope of recovering the valuable
animal was abandoned.
It was observed at the ranch of Mar
tinez that Roslta, mother of the fam
ous Rosita string of collies and mate
of Chifiado vanished nightly, remain
ing away until daybreak.
Employes of Martinez followed her
one night, but lost trace of her In the
darkness. I
A night rider guarding the sheep
herd of the Archuletta estate near
Mount Baldy, three miles 'from the
Martinez ranch, saw Roslta crawl
stealthily up to the camp mess tent
the next night. He watched her. He
observed that she leaped a dozen times
at the string of "jerked" beef and ven
ison hung in front of the tent. He
saw her gather strips of the dried beef.
In her mouth, whicli she carried off.
He followed.
He saw her stop above the opening
of an abandoned mine shaft a mile
away and drop the beef into the murky
hole.
He investigated. At the bottom of
the shaft, 29 feet from the surface, he
discovered Chifiado. The dog had fal
len into the opening. He was brought
to the surface apparently none the
worse for the experience through
which he had gone. He had been
saved by his mate.
He was returned to the Martinez
ranch in the afternoon. Rosita met
him. Their greeting touched Martinez
and his employes. Chifiado smothered
his mate with canine kisses. She re
turned them. Though both are nearly
10 years old, they followed this with
playful puppy antics. They have been
mates for eight years, and are consid
ered the best sheep dogs in America.
Martinez-has ordered a party of his
men to board up every abandoned mine
shaft within a radius of fifteen miles
of his ranch.
Gladys, the twenty-foot python in
Lincoln park, Chicago, received her
semiannual meal recently. Twelve
ceepers, with the aid of a sausage
stuffing machino and a five-foot pol,
treated her to thirty pounds of ground
beer, followed by a twelve-pound piece
of beef.
Instead of the old-fashioned "pound"
party, tho Rev. and Mrs. C. L. Eaton
were entertained at a "pint" party at
their home In St'. Jbhnsbury, Vt'.', re
cently., There were plnlB of cann'etl
fruits nnd vegetables, one pint of coal,
uovoral plntB of sugar and two pints
of oeals given them.
QUEER NOTE IN
UNCLE SAM'S FILES.
Booming Guns Break Child's Doll and
She Made a Government Claim.
Washington, D. C.-One fine day
several summers ago n littlo 7-jear
old glil was playing with her dolly at
her home at Capo Cottage, Mo. At In
tervals sho paused in her play, as
though frightened, and listened to a
torrific booming that made tho house
tremblq and the windows rattle.
It was the sound of the great guns
nt Fort Williams, near Capo Elizabeth,
and they boomed and kept on boom
ing. And tho houso kept, trembling
and the windows kept rattling, and
tho little girl, whoso name was Mari
an oggeshall, grew moie frightened,
and nt Inst sho commenced to cry.
Marian had placed her littlo doll on
chair and had crouched Into a cor
ner from fear. There was another
loud boom of the great guns and again
the house shook. And this time tho
chair. trembled, and dolly lost her bal
ance and crashed to tho floor, break
ing into many pieces.
Marian was brokenhearted, for al
though the dolly wan not very big, it
was the little girl's pet, and she had
grown to love it very much. And then
she began tc. think of the cause of all
tho trouble. It was the big guns at
the fort. She thought of the govern
ment that had set the guns to firing
and she wondered if It w&uld not give
her n new doll to replace tho broken
one.
A grownup ndntlrcr nf the little girl
listened to her tearful tale and then
told her that she had a just claim
against the government and ex
plained to her exactly how such
claims were attended to, little think
ing that Marian had any intention o"
placing the matter before the author
ities at Washington. Marian said
nothing, but she went to her littlo
writing desk and penned tho follow
ing letter:
"Delans Park, Cape Cottage, Me.
Dear Mr. Adjutant General: When
the big guns were fired last week it
shook the house so badly that my Pre
cious dolly fell onto the floor and was
broken to Pieces. May I ask the Gov
ernment for another dolly. She was
not very big, but She was my Pet and
I loved her very much. Yours truly,
"MARIAN COGGESHALL,
Seven Years Old."
The letter was received by the Ad
jutant General and given the official
designation of document No. 1,949,
121. The matter was referred to the
quartermaster general for Investiga
tion. Then it went to the commanding
general of the eastern division of
the army, Maj. Gen. William H. Barry,
stationed at New York. Finally the
matter reached Col. George T. Bart
lett, who commanded the" artillery dl
vision at Fort Williams.
Col. Bartlett called Mrs. Coggeshall
on the telephone and told her of the
official document. Marian's mother
was greatly" surprised, for she knew
nothing of her daughter', action, and
she assured the officer that Mr.
Coggeshallv would" relieve the govern
ment of Marian's claim and buy the
new doll himself.
So Marian's father brought her tho
doll and the matter ended right there.
But Marian had a perfect right to ask
the government to replace her doll,
and if her mother h'nd permitted it,
her claim probably would .have been
granted.
Her letter still is on file at the war
department here, and is regarded as
one of the most novel documents ever
received by the adjutant general.
The New Library.
A stranger, walking thru a small
town that was rapidly developing,
came upon a lonesome red brick build
ing in tho main street.
Seeing a native lounging outside, he
approached him.
"What building is this?"
"This? Oh, this is the new tree li
brary, only just opened. And bless the
man who built it sir bless him!"
"Ah, my friend,- then you are a book
lover, like myself? That is good! And
probably, until the free library was
opened, you were unable to browse
upon the beauties fo English Litera
ture. Shakespeare was unknown to
you. The rhapsodies of Keats and
Shelley, the stately prose of Matthew
Arnold, the delicate writings of Char
les Lamb, for which your starved
mind so hungered, were denied you.
Now this benefactor has presented
this library the portals of the realm's
of gold are open to you, und you are
free io wander "
"Oh, come orf it, guvnor! Not like
ly! Reason Is that my missus 'as been
out o' work'for six months, and she's
Just got tho cleanln' of this build
ing!" Borrowing Is the mln of. agricul
tuiaUiauona and the lite of the lttanu
lacturing ones.
Cameo cutting, one of the most an
cient ui occupations, hart ri.'ceutly been
intioductd into the United' States.
Years ago a mail Intioduccd to the
world u nun copper stiip lor piotcel
ing miut) tips, ai.u icceivi'd $1,UUU,UUU
in royalties.
Tosti, the Iambus composer "of
"Cood-uy," "Abk Mo rJo Mo.e," "Foi
ever utiu Forever" and tlio "Venetian
boat'bOiig'," lelt $500.
Acarrot with -a vuluubli,eold slenot
ring uiu'unu the uiiudle ol it lias been
uneurilied in an Kngileh garduu. The
owner lost tho ring months ago.
INDIAN HERO FREE
YEARS PRISONER
Spopee, Blackfoot Warrior, Sen
tenccd for Life for Murder of
White Man, Pardoned.
HIS ACT WAS IN SEiF-DEFENSE
Restored to Daughter He Has Not
Seen for Years, Finds He Has
Become a Tradition
Browning, Mont. After thirty-four
years behind the bars under life sen
tence for murder, Spopee'B release
from the federal hospital for the in
sane at Washington, D. C, followed
his 'unconditional pardon. TJie news
caused rejoicing in Browning, and tho
return of the gray old hero to his peo
ple was royally celebrated.
The life story of Spopee and the
steps leading to his release are fa
miliar to all here.
A party of Blackfoot Indians sight
seeing In Washington months ago hap
pened upon Spopec, who had grown
gray with his long imprisonment.
They established his tribal identity by
nn Indian song, and one sf the inter
peters recognized in Spopee the hero
of an old legend who had disappeared
Into some white man's jail. Blackfoot
mothers have been singing their cliil
drun ic bleep with a so'ng about him
ever since.
Officials of tho Indian Office ad
vised of the discovery began an inves
tigation, which has resulted in his par
don. Spopee was charged with tho mur
der of a white man near the Canadian
boundary north of the Montana line.
It is thought by the Department of
Justice that the murder probably was
committed in Canada, and that;, the
territorial courts of Montana, which
tried him at Fort Benton, had no jur
isdiction. Moreover, it is now believed
that Spopee committed the murder In
self-defense.
Spopee and another Indian, Good
Rider, asked a white man for food.
Their request was denied, and tho
white man denounced Spopee, finally
assaulting him with an ax.
After Spopee's conviction at Fort
Benton and sentence to death he was
removed to the federal prison at Fort
Leavenworth. While awaiting execu
tion the Indian maintained absolute si
lence. He has since told interpreters
he felt sure he would be hanged, and
decided not to talk or make any effort
to be released.
His conduct was so unusual that he
was believed to bo insane, and after
two years was removed to the federal
hospital in Washington.
SUICIDE OF A CAT
LAYS BRIG'S GHOST
Tragic Death Reveals New Breed of
Phosphorescent Rats on Board "
Uruguayan Vessel.
New York. The strange tale of the
suicide at sea of the ship's cat, and ot
how her death solved a mystery which
had puzzled the officers for more than
four years, was related when the Maria
Lorenzo, a Urugunyan brig, arrived in
port from Bahla Blanca with a cargo
Of bones.
Benito Torres, mate of 'the Maria
Lorenzo, whose veracity is unques
tioned, particularly because of his
huge size, is authority for the yarn.
According to Torres, the narrative has
its beginning in tho South Indian
Ocean, when the brig was in tho copra
trade.
The Maria Lorenzo was drifting de
jectedly in a night of inky blackness
when suddenly a number of bright
phosphorescent lights appeared on tho
deck. They came apparently out of
space and scampered in jig-jag fashion
within a few feet of the two Lascars
at the wheel, who tumbled pre
cipitately down the hatchway. For the
remainder of the voyage tho Lascars
refused to work on deck at night. The
strange lights were Been on several oc
casions after that.
On .reaching Colombo the entire
crew deserted. So difficult was it af
ter that to ship a crew that the skipper
often was compelled to clear short
handed. Before leaving Bahja Blanca on the
recent voyage a big cat was shipped as
mascot. She was recommended for
her ability to kill rats, but on tho
first night out she climbed into the
rigging and stayed there. On the fol
lowing day the crew fed her some rum.
When darkness fell sho was as drunk
as any sailor. Tho Will o' tho WIspB
had no terror for her and she careened
about the deck trying to catch them.
The"onicer on watch was suddenly
brought to life by a loud screech. All
tho ghostly lights except one disap
peared. There was a swish as tho cat
leaped for the rpiling 'and a good
splash ,as she struck the water, a sui
cide. On the deck was a wriggling
mass of phosphorescent light.
"Somebody went up and touched It
with his toe, and what do yo uthlng it
was?" said Torres. "It was a rat a
phosphorescent rat."
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