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THE RICE BELT JOURNAL
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W::'::- : : : : : LOUISIANA
ch*ne of aait to' whi thu ' I a1
: ;s 1: 1u
tIlute!Is I' t ';",llj.' 5 t niv I aty ih t Germa
l ': I0f ti.: - i Ill ,it j' d 1 t' s. (Iis,
flt.r i Itl* . :l'.. "I.'!i' i ttl t iti I('s Irari- !n:i'r
'Xtl, ',i a s l hy say'ing Ol Gor ti',l i
r(,i tir' (:c i ;le' f 1r1,' el, t 'll- s y s lita',
Wilt; a '!, l uital to injure tsI teluss
anirt'nql ,. Irt-I 1,ld oif seekinrg the work
(i i" o ti'id :l: tilt si \\hit inake -'xquiLi:'o
(ict r , t ho ,y will tty inito rtllipttre'
(Ie';ir a i dirty od fti an t hat) is I by noa
in a"nliquo."'' artd a JpoSiclh)i Lo.,s
X\ Nat it rg si ice a lad'y wont il to
l.,i. Ibfr,', a beautiful fan paint
id oly tih' hetr day. Sle de elared
she haid s'i1i nli nothinjg lovelie'r in any
art x's, a nt i in ,uroit ie.i that nothing
o'a., d :,ii ari'.'sda .s like it; it was
g'ilu in . 8i' wali lnoiatt all pleased
o+in told t-li truth thai it had b ten
tt dlientis i hse msry wonlkrons. Tire
, ntlsr, Ifiti ha. tosved bt formidablet
rival to ih'' artistiic French fa. It is
pnllr tro art l dainly., bult its price daniis
i \'I h fa i 'ais'. What lady arrayed
i at. $t1, 1 I,', ics t o i' ntuht fan herself
with i a uit of ('iolored papor? isks tihe
tiistin l' ,'ail. itot the miajority of
?,'i ai ,''s('ihew fans. They are only
wantlll tho I bothered with their care.
A rt.seu; is the best place e for thisn
rare aniitiqi:e, :par icuslarly it it has any
hi+toric aisociation guaranteed.
Man Still a avage.
Tire civilized world is reverting. It
pines for brut alit ies. it hankers for
hrrrors, and it grovels before the spec
tacle of animal h pain. Iont you be
litve it? Thei you do not know what
is halplenin g in ttie most enlightened
qwiartaers of the earth. It is useless to
eni, eratte the cruelties practiced in
the, name of pleasure or of science.
For one. I hate ot dwell upon what
exists in this eeducated, supposedly
Christiunrzed world, exclaims a writer
in tie Blos ton iHerald. Man is still a
sav:rni. Whether it is pigeon shoot
ing. bull fights, sport in the jungle, a
privately arranged bull and tiger cor
bii, or even the accepted prize ring
nmaitings. he craves the emotion, the
nmaddertiig, blood-curdling frenzy this
process of killing excites. There are
degrces, it is true, and the brutal in
stinct may not relish seeing hapless
birds drop wiht broken wings as much
as watrching a bull and tiger shut in a
cage battling out their bloody strength,
but it is all one in the main, a bestial
excitement. But we are told that
spltetators at such scenes are few
cormiared with all those who have
made a hetter and safer life for hu
manity at large. One never can tell.
Sonetims rethe police step n, as they
did at thie savage exhltion in Mar
seilles, and end the "sport." But the
police cannot reach the source of such
itihunrtain amunsexment.
Primrose day, set apart by the ad
mirers of Disraeli, is still observed by
them in England, we believe. Ac
cording to information contained in
Henry W. Lucy's recently published
parliamentary reminiscences, there
is no reason why its observance
should be continued under that name.
Its designation is based upon the as
mtptlon that the primrose was Lord
leaconsiiehl's favorite flower. At hiF
funeral a wreath of primroses lay on
his coffin bearing the Inscription:
"its favorite flower," to which the
queen's Initials were added. It seems,
however, that when the queen wrote
the Inscription she had in mind the
prince consort and his cherished
flower. Mr. Lcy remarks that the
oin.ly rermembered observation made by
Disraeli concerning prim roses was
that they made an excellent salad.
Now comes tiH e distressing itnforma
tion that a rraw hat fastened on the
hlead of a workhorse during the hot
weather has no other effect than to
add to the poor animal's sufferings
by irakinrg its head still hotter. A
philanthroitic gentletian with a ther
rot-oueter made t his disaoivery. Let
hni catrry his investie a tions a little
further. Isn't the air inside a straw
hat worn hy a fat inan ho:tti"' than the
al out side, land would it not be b.tter
for hiti to go barehaded?
One of the Wright brothers of aere
plane fame has been decorated with a
medal. He will have to wear it in the
exact geographical center of his nianly
chest in order not to interfere with
the poise of his machine.
There are some pessimistic persons
who believe that the Dutch would find
it about as interminable a job to con.
quer Castrc' as they have found it to
subjugate tcr. indomitable Atchinese
in north Sun ,tra.
7 SERIAL
/2STORY
THE
ESCAPADE
A POST
MARITAL ROMANCE
By
Cyrus Townsend Brady
II ILLUSTRATIONS BY
RYWALTERS
(C'opyrigliht, I:S, by \. . t'LiapLnan.)
SYNOPSIS.
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rint ntn of E.nglantd, hilt in thein ' life aft,'r
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t ll . tst'Lr Ill I'LngLlItt l. ' I'fL r (' itrL 111this,
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filt, ( t;:,,l byh j,'ll 'is . l i I 'at'rij i -
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Pi,h1a Ihn. ItIir ti) \~\ L thatm s I'LL wouv d
1 ,, the" 'ist ,. i l ''. e rin l to t1, , latdy
('Iar'rillLloni x1tld h1'" ('hu1t11 i rh',ril, lit
. L,"l'ri :ln girl, IllIt L IIIrd SI -tl nl; Itt, it
tL \'i]. ]il. 1.. a tl' iL tI L) s," th m'lii saif,
I" II,,4 1:1t ILt'd. t SLLL II' tl:h t'. , \l'-iin .
G' iittLeIl )' d to(I tI ak hII"r tL hi i-s L alst '.
bhilt sihe ft him stutntl, in tith roate
\V s my Lh,' ( a;I rri ngo o ne,'i with an at',lent.
Shi rnl S tln tstien striuck l oilt for
a.rtly utlo l. h, \i th ',e sio inttraclk,( to sail
ft(Ir Ai rti'a. li':fri lln,.. o,: . f EIll-dn's
eight. L.ke!: ('arrington,1 a14d S, ln st , m td
,l"It il pursuait. Set'in, l. o':tig ati n fish
inb villag,, hit th.e trail irf Ell'n two
Iw hd i,. 11,, ' thle roitm.d t fast \'erser,,i
otf stairted ino pursuit. 'arrington p r
i 'Ia h Srart bgat r. Str 'tidiga , lodhing
frthot fall. Ha.bo:. on ti nig ,rtsll o tlh, for
r shis(h n'ari-tll non, E llen a th i eSt were
its., h.- oi'd d'tl by t]iff, r'lnt rolulto.
CHAPTER X.
The Bewilderment of Strathgate.
As my Lord Carrington rode with
increasing satisfaction and Sir
Charles Seton sailed in a growing
sense of self-congratulation in that he
alone was on the right track, my lord
of Strathgato was full of bewilder
meant. Like Carrington, he, too, made
inquiries at every lposting station, at
every waysigde inn, firom every passer
by, as to the whereabouts of tmhe two
who had escaped him, and everywhere
he had been met by an absolute lack
of information.
Strathgate, by hard riding, reached
Portsmouth about nightfall. Carring
ton was not to arrive, although he
pressed on all night, until the follow
ing morning. Strathgate was morally
certain that the people he was chas
ing could not have reached Ports
mouth before hinm.
Therefore, although he had been up
all the night before and wanted sleep
badly, he determined to make some
inquiries before he went to bed. He
found, to his great surprise, that the
New Eagle, which was the name of
the ship owned by the codntess of
Carrington, had sailed that morning.
So faut fortune favored him, for Lady
Ellen would arrive at Portsmouth, he
thought, and find her ship gone.
He enlisted the service of the land
lord and secured a number of men
whom he posted at the various inss,
with Instructions to notify him ien
mediately in case Ellen and Deborah
arrived.
Carrington, plunging along on ex
iausted, half-foundered horses, the
leavings of Strathgate, lost the com
niaratlve cheerfulness of the gmrning
and worked himself up into such a
of'y that if he had come across the
Tarl he would probably have kuined him
Elut of hand without giving him a
chance for defense.
The only one thoroughly satisfied
with the situation was Seton, and even
fiti lash eastward was stopped, for the
wind. which had held briskly for the
greater part of the ew ay, died out about
nightfall and left the gallant captain
halplessly tossing in the short waves
of the channel.
To hearten up her young friend,
Ellen put a brave face upon the whole
matter. She owointed out to her how
tconfortable and free from lpursuit, or
interferenc'., .heoi would be when they
noardh d the New Eagle at Portsmouth;
whlat a lpleasanit voyage they would
have back; and h ltode various ofher
s'-llg"est'i~on's to clleer" hler yOung com~
',:, and to fight down the growing dis
mady in her own heart. It was only ay
c-nst.,tly hohlding up before herself
t ei-Ule of I.y lordad n l}ady Cecily
in each other's arms in the arbor that
sltoh kept herself to the pitch of her
Sntse found herself thinking wistfully
of the hmpey days of the past; of the
many rleasatt cruises which they had
made in these very waters. What a
gallant, devoted, royal lover he had
heand nvow s"e lared Ceill" Caringo
ton! She looked at 1'erself and took
a mental inventory of that she could
not see and wondered huon the could
for a moment prefer that weak and
vapid creature to his wife.
And yet it is probable that Ellen
had never loved Carrington as she did+
while tossing about in that little open
boat, a lonely speck upon the sea,
munching dry hard bread and drink.
ing tepid water and trying to consolh
the whimpering little maiden by het
side.
And it is possille, too, that Lori
Carringt on never realizred how nimicl
he was in inmminent danzer of losing
iiandl how11 Illllr'h Ih loess lncmeant to hill.
ias he plltiged aoig th irough the dark
IO-'S (I lthe iay to I'ortsiollollh.
l':len had advatnced mlcl h farther on
her ji'uriey when sheit ran into th
calm wI. oih('de b lle'r overtook Seten.
A.ll t'l.n's rle: y n.mne y. exlcejt what
left to Carrington in the (helque oni
her desk, l :tl t she still retainiiel c('n.
trol of s".veral S'Oll rti(hallntinell
\hi('h hald oie to herl fri'on her lather
and the New Eagle was the best of
thei. Oince she set foot on the diocks
of that .~hili, she wolnid he perfectly
safe. Meanllwhile, as she had been
p l pit actinally all the Iight before, she
felt that shIe niilst have somle siltmiber.
She furtiled the sail of the little boat,
tuined the tiller over to Debbie with
instructions fior her t let the shallot(
drift and to waken Ellen in two hours
by the watch.
It was very lonely and miserable for
poor lJDebbie. She was lflying like
Ellen froni that she loved best, but
unlike El]len thlerei was no reason on
earth for her to break away. It was
only the 'onstraint puti upon her by
the stronier will that had broiught her
to this wretched pass. She sat idly
in the stern sheets, holding the liher,
while the tears trickled down : r
pretty red cheeks. She it w :'
she were anywhere else l' n , 1
than in this boat. Shte I ; a
Ellen almost mnalevolently, .- \!
her slight and boyish figure iw t a
venonmous glance aind the thought that
since clothes of the other sex so well
became her, Ellen should have been
horn a man.
Poior Debbie felt very wrotched and
very lonely tossing idly abtout in the
quiet seas tinder the (calm stars. She
wondered if Sir Charles lid really love
lier as she had more than once indi
cated, or whether he were like the
faithless ('arrinlton and the insidious
Str at hgate.
There was nothing to do except to
look out for passing vessels and she
had plenty of tile for silent thought
about her last, her present and her
future.
CHAPTER XI.
The Mad Chase.
Lord Strathgate was early abroad,
which proves the keenness of his in
terest in the chase. His agents re
ported to hint at daybreak, but had no
news of their quest. No one remote
ly resembling the fugitives had been
seen during the night. Although he
_ _
"Am I Your Wife' s Keeper?"
had breakfasted and day had scarce
ly dawned, Strathgate could not re
main idle. Instinctively his foot
steps turned toward the strand. If
Ellen had arrived during the night,
she would probably have sought the
harbor at once. Although the New
Eagle had sailed, as she would find
to her dismay, there were other ships
in the harbor and upon one of these
she might have taken refuge. Even
though it was yet early, there was
plenty of stir along the sea wall, and
Strathgate mingled with the fishermen,
boatmen, sailors and pilots busy about
their various tasks. By the judicious
expenditure of shillings and sixpences,
he opened the most stubborn mouths.
But no one had seen the missing pair.
After a half hour's investigation, he
was about to give it up as a hopeless
task and return to the inn, when as a
last venture he put his question to a
young fisherman, the latest comer to
the wharf.
"Yes, yer honor," replied the man,
"I think there was a man and a worn
an, or a young girl among the passen
gers which my brother, who owns a
wherry, put aboard a ship like youn
Flying Start, late last night."
The woman happened to be the
captain's wile, and the young man
was the uercargo of the saio hip, and
the ship hlappened to be another ship,
and not the Flying Star at all; but
of that of course neither Strathgate
nor his informant had any knowledge.
The earl's interest was at once awak
ened.
"What ship did you say that was?"
he asked.
"The Flying Star, I think 'twas
called, though I'm no ways certain,
yer honor."
"Whose ship was she? Of what na
tlonalit), that is?"
"She's an American merchantman,
sir," returned the sailor, whose name
was Cooper.
"And where does she lie?"
"She doesn't lie nowhere," answered
another sailor, surveying the harbor,
"leastways her berth was there near
est the warships"-he pointed off
toward Admiral Kephard's fleet of
I grimlt war monsters swinging easily at
I their anchors in the strong ebb-"but
she's gui? now."
"She got under way at ,l:rylbreak
this imorning." slid a lhysltande'r: "''yon
der sihe is." lie pointed down the
harbor at a ship under full sail rapid
ly working toward the channel.
"\\Who has the fast est boatl in the
harbor?" cried Stratligate with sud
(lon resollutio n.
"I have, yer honor," answered
C'(rpeil'.
And althomit:h his claim was vocifer
o(sly dlislputed by a doze'n ten who
crowded around Strathlgate, w li\ rath
er liked the appearance of the imran,
pitcthed tlpon himnt for his purpose.
"A hunll red poulnds to you." he cried
loudly. "if youi pit me on board the
IFlying Star ef'ore she gets out of the
harbor."
"I'd like to see the color of yer
money, yetr honor, beggin' yer par
loln." said Coollper.
Strathgate pulled out a full purse
and passed hini a ten-lpound note.
"This for earnest money," he said.
"Now lhasten!"
"I'll want a hand to help me with
the sails," said Cooper, full of excite
iuent.
"Five pIounds to the man that goes,
if we win. I'm the earl of Strath.
gate."
"Yes, your lordship."
"'l':kke me, Cooper!"
"I'll go!" cried one and another.
('ooper quickly selected his man,
choosing one of the lightest and most
agile of the applicants.
"Into the boat with you!" cried
Strathgate as soon as the matter was
settled.
Now that he had made up his mind,
he was eager to be off. He did not
know where Ellen was. lie had no
assurance that she was on that ship,
but at any rate it was a possible clew,
and anything was better than passing
the day in idleness at Portsmouth.
Perhapls Ellen had come in in some
way during the night. Stop! It sud
denly flashed into his mini that she
might have come by sea. There would
have been plenty of time, if sh' hadl
gotten a boat, anywhere near the
place where the carriage was wrecked
This made him the more impatient
and anxious to get away.
Fired by the splendid reward for
success, Cooper and his man worked
double tides and soon had the sails
hoisted and the boat ready for de,
parture.
"Will yer honor come now?"
"Immediately," cried Strathgate.
"We haven't a moment to lose, your
lordship," returned Cooper. "Those
Yankees are swift footers and it'll be
nil and tuck if we overhaul her."
Strathgate sprang into the boat and
Cooper shoved off. The boom swung
out to leeward and the sail of the
cutter filled. She was in the lee of
the wharf, however, and was moving
very slowly when a horseman came
galloping down to the strand at full
speed. His sorry steed was com
pletely blown. The rider dropped the
reins on the horse's neck, sprang to
the ground and ran out on the wharf,
attracted thereto by the crowd of peo
ple watching the departure of Strath
gate. As he ran, he shouted:
"Can any of you tell me anything
about the New Eagle?"
"Ay, master," answered one of the
boatmen, "she sailed yesterday morn
ing for Philadelphia."
"Yesterday morning?"
"Ay, yer honor."
"What ship is that?" continued Car
rington, peering straight down the har
bor. "She looks like an American."
He was viewing her with the eye of
sailorly experience.
"'Tis an American," answered an
other, "that be the Yankee clipper,
Flying Star."
"When did she sail?"
"This morning at daybreak."
"Where is-"
At that moment Carrington's eye
comprehended the little cutter glid
ing along the wharf. He recognized
Strathgate standing up in the stern
sheets with his arms akimbo, an in
sulting smile upon his face. With a
muttered oath Carrington in two
bounds reached the side of the wharf.
The boat was increasing its speed at
every moment.
"Strathgate!" thundered Carrington,
"where is my-?" He stopped. "Where
are the fugitives?"
Strathgate laughed ironically, while
Carrington with eager eyes searched
the recesses of the little craft, think
ing that Ellen and Deborah would be
aboard of her. His relief was inex
pressible when he found that Strath
gate was alone. Yet that did not solve
*the question that rose in his mind.
"Where is she, I say?" he thun
dered.
Strathgate's answer was an ironical
bow.
"Am I your wife's keeper?" he
laughed, waving his hat in disdain.
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
Art in Spanish Bank Notes.
To baffle the counterfeiters, who are
both numerous and cunning in Madrid,
the Bank of Spain has pursued the
policy of changing its notes with great
frequency and retiring each issue as
fast as possible.
The bank has now determined on a
new plan. It has placed an order for
a series of notes with an English con
cern, and it will rely for safety upon
a special color process. In addition
the notes are to present pictures of
well-known buildings in Spain, exe
cuted with a perfection that will defy
counterfeiting.
"The pictures are to be so beautiful
that amateurs will be tempted to
frame them," says one Spanish news
paper. "Hardly," rejoins another,
"the cost of the set will be 1,675
pesetas, you see." To the Spanish
mind $338.50 is a great deal of monaey.
LOUISIANA NEWS.
Crescent City Notes
Tl ilholen \\1 ard rfoltt ,'iil i, ::
.[I itl( i j tli' l't, ii . l v ll : I l t ! '." i
i , \li riatloi , . ,, IIrby r .
(It a 'I ,. I)'llostiva'l a s i,;t'ttl1 'lttu l ','al I
it l'art a rik Itale! track. Ala,- l ii:
IISlt ll' ep , walyl' sit lois ' (J'.he
New Orleans, La.--Seven tiaige(d(les,
sliotitin~as Iiaki'' t Su:11Nila. in tllhis r.i .
Pu tic crusade will he ai lt
ltaailist ait , eit'l rai, So;t ety. I- u ;iiiz'l -
Sunday wit f rIt Fath ine-.y iever. prii
.ai, liagl!i)\ (f .\lle Frank re ill, ru .ed
:!aiday alt lili iotest Montgomtry
ali( C('hatict' that Southern L (',aie
It]en ln !,',t sti al at:rottfd 1h1 i ,o : Ilt d
WOODS ALONE KILLED SYRIAN.
Purpose of Killing Was Robbery
Woods Sec(ured $58.50.
('New Orl.ans, a.--Ar e'as \ torads, tie
nero hIeldl for thae llurder ol t'of lans r'
shoull s atemet Sunday night in this
jail at Lake Cy harls. HSoie adnatiz'l
nio other t(.'rsotnt excepltt the yotuitg Syr
So ither tPerhon w,. :a ilicatedr, in the
Cr'itiie ii a iiy tvay. lie asserts. The two
S)r:ans F.ohll Jet'i i an,.d Antone ,lo
Pt rk. ie'1 een di.scharg.' d frol 'lnsiii
tod anag the Srin coloFrank of (ra
Ic i clday and till h rt eeMont.
aThe n'aro, Woodst d(clares that -lhe
committedl the crime fo10 ylt ur ,'se
of roiDSg h' Syrian, who had hYRIAN.
a ltaa of money in offering Petetro 5o0111
Purpose. Thof cimlling Was Rone with an
axhandle and the iistol found last
week did iiot belong to Woods. The
ngo scurWoods $3S.50ecure, and th$58.50e officers
hae accountea.-d for as oo$1.0s. The con
esion as made fo in the lurd sencr of
Shceriff ('ontenot and hief of olicad :
LOUISIANA SCHOOLS OPEN.
Both in the City and Country Work
Was Begun Monday.
ailke Charles La.-School olttned
all over the 3,0l0 square miles of In
.erial C'alcnasieu onday morning all alone
r oher schools wieh l15 teachlers Sye
in whog wain monthl s term. Advices.
to other rih supas intlicandnt indicate
a goinod any verage attendancsserts. The Lake
Charles city schools reopiened Frida y.
Previous to oening of school the en ar
ish teachers attended a five day insti
coite at De Ridder last week.
Alexandria, La.-The Alexandria
,nblic schools orimen wasd onda with an
enrollment of 650 children. The cen
tral ituitlic school enrollment was 5100
and the West End school 15. All tlashe
week ublic schools of th arish of Ra
dego secure opened o.50, nday, the opening
eesscises were hald in the Central
school, at which th attendance of Polica
rents and friends was so large that
the large auditorinm was tared to
its caBegun Mondaacity.
Commercial Goober Union.
Rocky Mhount, La.-Many of the far
mers and planters of the Rock!y Mount
neighborhood, Iuossier parish, have or
ganized themselves into a union for
the purpose of raising gooters for
commercial use. Great lsreolarations
have already been made for beginning
the venture on a lore scale next sea
son. Tests have been made of the soil,
most of which is located in the hills
of Bossier, and have demonstra:ed
that goobers can be cultivated at good
pirooit. The farmers of Rocky lMount
have been irompted to take this step
on accolunt of the havoc wrougaht by
the holl weevil. A great deal of the
land put in cotton this season will he
turned over to the raising of goobers
next year.
Lafayette.
Lafayette, La.-The past wveek has
only been Iartially favorable for gaiih
eriing of crops and farning operations
generally. Several days of sunshine
the first of thie week onaltbled cot toll
oicking to ie pushed and gave the far
mnhrs agobortunity to gather ndch tcorn
and save qlantities of hay. The rains,
however, did not hold up lor g, antd
have begun to fall daily. Some hay
has been lost and The excessive mois
ture will not only seriously affect the
cotton growth, hut will cause the loss
of fruit that has already matured.
Dan Nelson Dead.
New Orleans, La.--News has been
received here of the death in Fort
Wayne, Ind., Sept. 14, of Dan E. Nel
son, formerly a well known raflroatl
man, but recertly in charge of thle af
fairs of the Fruit Dispatch Company
at Fort Wayne. Mr. Nelson. during
his residence In New Orleans was lo
cal manager of the Admour & Co. car
lines.
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