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HAWAII A*D SUGAR TRUST
PETTIGREW CHAEGES THEIE
INTERESTS ARE IDENTICAL
llinvnll'ii Immense SuKiir Production
untl Its l'rolmltle Effect Ipon the
American Beet Sagur Industry
Speaker t liur«e« the I'renldent
With l.olibj liik In Helialf of An
nexation.
WASHINGTON, July 2. — Today's
session Of the senate was devoted
chiefly Co the Hawaiian debate, Sen
ator Petflgrew .Si:. Rep., S. D.) occupy
ing five hours.
An effort was made to secure an
agreement to adjourn until Tuesday,
but Mr. Davis, in charge of the reso
lutions, declined to listen to the propo
sition unless an agreement to vote
next week upon the resolutions oould
Ih entered, This, Mr. White, to whom
Mr. luvis addressed himself, said he
c T'.-itii red Impossible.
Mr. Hoar endeavored to secure con
sideration for the bill, permitting vol
unteer soldiers to vote, but Mr. Pettus
obj< ci' •!. savins he was determined in
his opposition to the measure. Mr.
Hoar pave notice that he would move
to take it up at the earliest moment
after the disposal of the Hawaiian
resolutions.
The senate passed with amendment
the house bill to Increase the force of
the ordnance •!< p.mment.
Mr. Davis objected to the transac
tion of fui flier business, and Mrs Pet
tijjrew resumed his speech on the Ha
waii&n annexation resolution. Turn
ins it* the Republican members con
stituting tlit' major turt of annexation
support he criticised them for their
sile:'.-.\ charging them with being
"-balUloEcd" Into keeping their lips clos
p.l \vli-:i a xv< rtt question was l>efore
the Eenate. The administration, he
said, had demanded that annexation
implished and senators were so
undt r Its oontrll that they dared not
open their mouths for fear they would
lelay and incur the president's
disapproval.
"We will talk here all next week."
he declared, after repeatedly defying
tin- an.nexa.tion.ists to talk, "but we do
not propose t<> smoke you out, for fear
yi v may lose the appointment of a
b; tgedler general."
si -<;au trust interests.
Hi- Eaid the sugar trust's interest Is
nnexat-fon. "We all know what
senators en this floor have been in the
red, "friends of the
> r.-t, and now every one of them
:.« in favor of annexation. That in It
sufflclerot answer ;o their misera
mtentidn."
In r, ply to the contention that an
i. xatlon would not affect the Ameri
can beet sugar Industry, Mr. Pettigrew
said Hawaii raised enough sugar to
supply all of the United States west
of the Missis:-;). pi rivtr and would do
so for all time to come.
R tit;:;.; in this connection to the
Interest of the sugar trust in annexa
tion, at the suggestion of Mr. Caffery
La.), he pointed out that the more
control of raw sugar the trust could
ml, the more impossible it
l>e Tor successful competition
to be developed. The trust, he con-
I, controlled raw sugar and it
■ secure greater advantages in
this regard that the trust sought an
nexatlonA
At this point Mr. Hale (Me.) present
ed a partial report of the conferees
Upon the general deficiency bill, which
■was adopted without dt*.>ate.
Mr. IVttigrew resumed. Discussir.s
the establishment of the present Ha
wailan republic he said: "The Ameri
can flag was set up in Hawaii In dis
honor, it cinif down in honor, and if
it goes up again now ft will go up in
infamy and s>hamS and this govern
ment will join the robber nations of
the world."
Mr. Pettigrew made the statement
that the president was lobbying
through congress the resolution of an
nexation and but for him it would not
enlist any appreciable support.
The senate passed the house bill pro
viding for the enlistment of cooks in
the :egular and volunteer service.
FISCAL. TRADE BALANCE.
I.nrßcr for tlie Year Junt Closed
Tlimi Ever !?efore.
WASHINGTON, July 2.— The ending of one
fiscal year und the beginning of another is
always a time cf more or less Interest, but
It had unusual significance yesterday, in view
of the magnitude of events crowding around
It The rast year has been one cf extraordi
nary development of business confidence nnii
activity. The new year opens auspiciously
■with promise of large crops, rational tri
umphs ai.J expansion and new opportunities
for our foreign commerce. The last fiscal
year will be distinguished for its unprece
dented tx'lanco of foreign commerce in our
favcr
TJkb clote of the year finds the treasury
with a r.ot cash balance of $2!>0.G07.571, an
Increase, compared with June i, of nearly
Ji >, notwithstanding the fact that the
expenditures for the month exceeded re
ceipts by $14,000,000. This discrepancy Is ex
plained by the fact that subscriptions paid
for the war loan are included in cash, nl
Utougb no special credit is shown for this
Jtftn in any of the published treasury state
ments. The present net ca.-^h balance can
irot properly be compared with that of one
fear aeo on account of the receipts for loans.
n c <- m; ,iring the free gold haM
one v; ar ago with that now hell
it is found there has been an Increase of
about $26,006,000, the amount of free gold now
lit].! being $167,165,968. During the month just
closed, however, there was a loss in net cold
of $4,G52.056. The deficit for twelve months
Just dosed was $38.5G4.276.
( okm:k on stamps.
A im>« ■"•"■•'• Effort to Buy Up the
Avtiilnlile Supply.
WASHINGTON, July 2.— The internal reve
nue bureau has observed strong symptoms in
■eventl cities in the country of an attemnt
to conn r the revenue stamps. The sovern-
I Vws a discount of 1 per c:nt on quan
tibi«« <;:' WO.OOO or over, which made a sure
.thr.:j in that extent for speculators with the
p i:y of a much larger profit if thn
r.nrr. • r.uld I>3 made good. As one mode of
beading it off, the secretary of the treasury
ha; ordered that one lithographing and print
ing f.rm in every city be authorized to print
JdlS^WgM orTheo.Harom I
Brewing Co. I
t0%3%0 3aintPaul.® I
stamps on bank checks under certain condi
tions. The idea of a stamp corner may lc.ok
absurd, but the bureau Is serious in the mat
tor and says the speculators .have be-.n par
tially successful. Owing to it, the demand for
the stamps has been overwhelming.
REACHED AN AGREEMENT.
Conferee*) on General Deflolency Bill
Get Together.
WASHINGTON, July 2.— The con
ferees on the general deficiency bill
reached an agreement today on every
thing except the Pacific railway
amendment. Chairman Cannon had
proposed a vote In the house on this
matter before an agreement was
made.
The principal items of amendments
which remain in the bill are: The
Canadian commission, relating to the
compensation of gaugers of spirits,
relating to the government of soldiers'
homes, to pay forest inspectors $100,
--000. payment of boards of tovvnsite
entries In Oklahoma, to pay the St.
Louis & San Francisco railway com
pany amounts erroneously deducted
for transportation, $36,222. and the Mo
bile & Ohio railway such sums as
shall be found due.
All senate amendments for the war
and navy are retained In the bill; also
all certified claims.
The senate amendment appropriat
ing $145,000 for the purchase of land
Scene in the famous clinic of M. Liebeault. (From an instantantaneous photograph.)
adjacent to, and dredging the entrance
of, Pearl harbor was eliminated.
The impression is that the Pacific
railroad amendment will be agreed to
in the house, which, with the adoption
of the conference report, would pass
the bill.
THEY DIFFER.
Advocatcx and Opponents of Annex
ntlon on Date of Vote.
WASHINGTON, July 2.— There is a
prevailing opinion in the senate that
a vote will be reached on the Ha
waiian annexation resolutions some
time during the coming week. Some
shrewd observers fix Saturday of next
week as the date, while the more san
guine talk of the middle of the week.
The opponents of the resolutions say
a is impossible next week, and
say that, at the inside limit, the de
bate will run until a week from next
Wednesday.
VICE ADMIRAL.
Senator Mnson Introduces a Bill
Creating tlie Office.
WASHINGTON, July 2.— Senator Mason, of
Illinois, today introduced a bill to authorize
the president to appoint, with the advice and
consent of the senate, one vice admiral, "to
be selected for distinguished conduct in bat
tle or for extraordinary heroism in the pres
ent war, from tho list of active rear admirals,
and who shall be the ranking ofToer in the
navy."
Minnesota Patents.
WASHINGTON, July 2.— List of patents
issued this week to Northwestern inventors,
reported by Merwin, Lothrop & Johnson,
patent attorneys, 910, 911 and 912 Pioneer
Press building, St. Paul, Minu., and Wash
ington, D. C: Aaron B. Doty, Minneapolis,
.Minn., attachment for sharpening lawn mow
ers; Wallace Grosvenor, Casselton, N. D.,
transportation system; Louie Dery, Mont
pelier, N. D., feed-water regulator; Arthur C.
Hubbard, Minneapolis, Minn., folding box;
Nlcols Lindberg, Nelson, Minn., bottle stop
per; De Witt C. Prescott, Duluth, Minn.,
rolling apparatus; John E. Rich, East Chain.
Minn., scraper for road work or ditching;
William L. Williams, Winona, Minn., ice
velocipede; George W. Wooley, St. Paul.
Minn., bracket for planters, (design); Christo
pher A. Eidsmoe, Pleasant, 3. D., device for
preventing cows from kicking; John A. Trim
ble, Interior, S. D., non-reflllable bottle.
Coinage of the Minis.
WASHINGTON, July 2.— The report of the
director of the mint shows that during the
fiscal year closed yesterday the coinage at
the mints of the United States amounted to
$72,609,933. as follows: Go.d, $t>4,634,565; sil
ver, $16,455,584; minor coins, $1,489,484. The
standard silver dollars coined aggregated
$10,002,780.
\oiiilimtlonn Sent In.
WASHINGTON, July 2.— The president to
day'sent these nominations to the senate:
Xavy— Capt. William S. Miser, marine
corps, to be a major in said corps; Passed
Assistant Surgeon Louis W. Atlee, to be a
surgeon, and Alfred Gilbert Grunwell, of Vir
ginia, to be an assistant surgeon in the navy.
THE WOMEN WHO WAIT.
Great God of battle! stretch tliine arm
Across the mighty deep,
Guide thou our fleet to victory
While we our vigils keep.
O thou who seest our proud ships sweep
To meet the lurking foe,
Succor the brave who go to bear
The stress of strife and woe.
Rule thou above the troubled seas;
The triumph swift give thou
To those who answer mercy's voice.
Who to compassion bow.
Not for our banners stained and torn,
Not for our bravest, slain,
O God of Mercy, give us strength
To bear this greatest pain;
But for a nobler cause we pray.
For Cuba's alien cry;
And for the bitter wrongs •which send
Our nation's best to die.
When these are stilled, oh, stay the storm
Over the cruel main.
Pilot our heroes safely back
And give us peace again.
— Bo3ton Transcript.
WEM, WORTHY.
There's nothin' too good fur Uncle Sam,
From gold in tho arctic frost
To fruit that grows on the stately pa'm.
Where the snow cloud never crossed.
From the tropic plant with fantastic bloom
To the pine which has sternly stood
An' conquered in spite of cold an' gloom,
There's '^Wttin' at all too good.
There's nothia' too good fur Uncle Sam.
When he said "Are ye ready, men?"
From a million hearts come the words "I
am,"
Till the echoes shook again.
An" the rich an' poor an' the high an' low
Each offered the best he could.
Prepared at the country's call to go
Fur there's nothln' at all too good.
— Waahin«ten star.
THE ST. PAUL GLOBE— SUNDAY — -JULY 3, 1893.
A HYPNOTIST'S DISCOVERY
FINDS THAT WOMEN CAN DEFY
HIS POWER
While Han la a Helpleax Victim
The Cause Is v Mystery Invest!-
Kntiou Alho l'rove« That lndlvld-
uals Cannot Be Hypnotized and
Forced' to 1 Commit Crime Old
Established Theories Disproved.
Correspondence The St. Paul Globe.
PARIS, June 24.— The popular mind is
absorbed in a new study,, one which is
almost startling in its results. It is
the effect of hypnotism upon women.
The deeper one delves Into the ques
tion, the greater becomes the interest.
It might naturally be supposed that
hypnotic suggestion would be largely
the same In effect and result regardless
of sex. That is not so at all. The
greatest hypnotists of the day have
taken the matter up and have demon
strated that woman is one of the easi
est to receive a suggestion of this na
ture, and at the sanno time the hardest.
This seems an odd enough subject for
volatile France to plunge into head
HYPNOTIZED BEFORE THE CAMERA.
over heels, and yet savant and com
moner both seem to look Into it with
the same degree of interest, the pro
fessional instinct of the first being coun
terbalanced by the curiosicy of the oth
er. Experiments made by the most
famous French hypnotists show the
singular fact that in spite of the sup
po.sed inferiority of woman to man in
point of nervous and physical organi
zation, it is a third easier to place a
man under the influence of hypnotism
than it is to induce a woman to accept
hypnotic suggestion.
Perhaps the leading mind among the
French scientists who have devoted
their attention solely to hypnotism, is
Dr. Liebeault. He has paid particular
attention to the difference between the
sexes In the matter of acceptance of
hypnotic suggestion. A series of ex
periments at Nancy, the doctor's home,
extending through twelve months, firm
ly established the truth of the asser
tion made regarding the sexes. During
the time mentioned, Dr. Liebeault caus
ed, by hypnotic power, 683 persons to
sink into a deep sleep. It was shown
beyond question that the influence of
the scientist upon the person in point
of sex was exactly in the proportion
stated.
PROBABLY LACKS STRENGTH.
Opinions differ widely as to the rea
son for this. It is generally thought,
however, that it Is because fhe mind
of woman lacks the strength of that of
a man. It is often true that a person
of exceedingly nervous temperament,
lacking in a measure ability to concen
trate thought, Is a very poor subject
for the hypnotist. This is shown by
the fact that it is rarely possible to
actually hypnotize a person whose mind
is unbalanced. It is, as a matter of
fact, almost impossible to place a per
son under hypnotic influence unless the
mind of the subject is passive and is
acquiescent to the wish of the hyp
notist.
Dr. Liebeault is, as stated, the leader
of the scientists who have made hyp
notism the study of their lives. What
ever he says upon the subject may be
accepted as the latest and most forti
fied opinion of those whose views re
garding hypnotism are worthy of con
sideration. It is, therefore, no ordin
ary statement which follows, just as it
came from the lips of the distinguished
savant and made as the result of a re
quest to enlighten the American peo
ple regarding the latest and most con
vincing facts regarding hypnotism, the
majority of which will be found en
tirely new to the non-scientific reader:
"It may surprise you to know," said
Dr. Liebeault, "that it is possible to
hypnotize 95 per cent of mankind. The
remaining 5 per cent are impervious to
the direction of the hypnotist, let him
be of as strong mind as he may. All
these persons who are susceptible to
the influence of hypnotism are not af
fected to the same degree, by any
means. The influence of the hypnotist
on women is very different than upon
the sterner sex. It is more difficult for
a woman to fix her attention upon a
given object than for a man to do so.
Just why this is I .cannot tell. Of
course, we all have our theories. This
much we know, that a woman does not
possess the power of concentration giv
en to man. That is my explanation.
"You see, this is the case. Persons
who are easily distracted, who, from
nature or training, have not the power
of fixing the attention or concentrat
ing thought, and persons in agitation,
those who are heavy and dull, idiots
whose brains lack the power of under
standing what is required of them—
these are the least capable of hypno
sis."
MERELY MAKING SUGGESTIONS.
"The central idea of hypnotism is
simple enough. It Is merely making a
suggestion to a certain person, Instead
of that person making the suggestion
for himself. The hypnotist must be
able to Impress that suggestion on the
mind of the subject so thoroughly that
the result will be the same as if it came
from the individual himself. To do
this, the subject must first be placed
in the hypnotic state. When in this
state he is practically asleep.
"Tho process of placing a subject in
the so-called hypnotic state is simple
despite the great efforts which have
been made to cloak i 1 about with
mysterious rites and incantations
When one wants to produce hypnosis in
its most ordinary form, he asks the
patient to fix his ey€S upon the orbs of
the hypnotist's, that is, himself. This
is the first step towards concentration
The subject is desired in this way to
free himself from direct excitation such
as light, sound and touoh. In order to
produce this, it is necessary for a per
son to possess the faculty of conc c ntra
tion. In other words, it requires a
strong mind to gradually slacken men
tal activity, strange as that may s?em
POWER OP THE WILL.
"Thl« state of affairs being arrived
at, the operator or hypnotist then, by
means of hypnotic suggestion, grad
ually induces the subject to think of
sleep, and with the thought comes
slumber. It simply amounts to this.
Sense and activ"l;y are subtracted from
the subject's niind, r and in their place
is sleep. Thtrt is' all there is of it.
Once the subject accepts the suggestion
of the operator, it naturally follows
that he will accept" suggestions other
than thosa which ajfe first given. Yet.
according to my belief, it is absolutely
impossible to makfe a person who is
hypnotized perform.. a crime. No per
son can be hypnotized against his will.
1 am fully aware that in saying this,
particularly the first assertion made, I
am contradicting generally accepted be
liefs. Yet I do not hesitate to say
what I have said is not only true, but
that the statement is the result of thor
ough, exhaustive and complete investi
gation and experiment. It is no deduc
tion from theory, but fact, fact, fact.
"You ask me why men cannot be in
duced to commit crime while under the
influence of hypnosis. Simply because
the power of the hypnotist does not
extend that far. A person may be
made to become thoroughly Insensible
to pain, and his mind may be turned in
various directions, up to a certain lim
it, but that limit reached, then a halt
must be called, or rather, the hypno
tist finds hims-Mf incapable of forcing
further action on the part of his sub
ject. Truly he may make the subject
think of crime by offering such a sug-
gps-tior>. but f>f p- s *—-* force him to
commt action'of that s»rt, t
•■.lt is very plain lo me hypnotist
who has given the subject thought,
and who has tested his ideas by ex
periment, that hypnosis as applied to
women to relieve them of frightful
pain is of inestimable value. For in
stance, in the matter of therapeutics,
it is -exceedingly useful. You see, for
centuries it has been admitted that
there was no medicine that equaled
sleep. Therefore the doctor who can
place his patient at a critical time un
der the influence of hypnosis is really
giving her an opportunity to find in
that blessed oblivion the relief that
can be gained in no other manner, ex
cept by the use of anodynes. I am
sure that there- 1 -' 'ls no woman who
would object to being placed under the
influence of hypnosis if she understood
how beneficial it would be to her under
such circumstances.
IT BEATS SLEEP.
"I do not hesitate to make the asser
tion that_ hypnotism is of far greater
benefit than the ordinary sleep. Neither
sleep nor medicine can approach in
power ths effect of thought reacting
by suggestion upon the organism. Of
course the hypnotized subject is pos
sessed of but a single idea — whatever
may have been suggested by the hyp
notist. If it be a woman, she is prac
tically isolated from the world about
her. She possesses no thought, no
knowledge of the pain she is really en
during. Under the influence, then, of
this suggestion the nervous force of
the subject, liberated freely from or
accumulating in certain organs of the
body, reacts without hindrance upon
the morbid affections to which it is di
rected, and that often with a prodig
ious intensity which seems to work
miracles. The subject wakens at the
proper time at the suggestion of the
hypnotist, and has no recollection or
idea that she has been subjected to a
great physical strain.
"It is not true that hypnotism is
dangerous, provided that the power is
exercised by fit persons. But if the
would-be hypnotist is net a proper in
dividual to use the wonderful power,
then his influence is evil Indeed. I
would say that the successful hyp
notist must have absolute self-confi
dence, must be sure of success when
he begins, and above all things be the
possessor of a manner which is persua
sion itself. These qualities insure any
person the power to place a subject
under the influence of hypnosis. Since
mankind has existed, they have vol
untarily put themselves into an or
dinary sleep. There is no difference
in the way in which they enter induced
sleep— if they wish it. He only helps
his subjects to go to sleep, just as the
subject enters Into slumber habitually
each night."
Much of what M. Liebeault says Is
like a revelation to those who have
a mere superficial knowledge of hyp
nosis and what it performs. Here his
utterances are always looked upon as
being absolutely authoritative. The
wave of interest and investigation
which has sweipt over La Belle Prance
has stirred thousands to look into the
mysteries which Dr. Uebeault and his
confreres have long studied. Of course
this portion of it relating to the effect
of hypnotism on woman is but one of
the ramifications of what seems to be
a science of tremendous import.
One thing is absolutely certain. At
least a field has been discovered in
which the new woman can clearly
claim that' not only is she superior to
man, but she always has been. New
to other things, first now in many
where she n&ver was heard of before
here is a brgneh^f science where she
excels, and egcel^jig,.knew it not.
.HI — ;r^r
He Ts Out pt the Woods.
From tho Bo9«Jn -T^iveller.
"What a hapfty look Mr. Shadyside wears "
remarked Mr. Murray Hill. '
"His wife has finished her spring house
cleaning," replied Mr. Beech wood.
THE PRIVATE'S SONG,
It's nothin' more or less than tho old old
story —
The private a-oOs the''flghtin' an' the general
gets the gloryi;i
Hut away
To the' fray.
For we're in ltl to obley—
The private does the, flghtin' an' the general
draws the pay!
It's nothin' more or less than the old old
story—
The private makes tho harvest an' the general
reaps the glory!
Rut I say,
liovj, away!
For we're in it to obey,
And we'll climb through twenty battles to the
epaulettes some day!
Nothin' more or less than the old' o!d story—
The cap'ns an' the colonels an' the geii'ruls
get the glory! '
But we'll fight
All in sight;
For we're in it for the right;
God keep the generals hearty till the brgl-s
blow "Gopd night!'"
—Atlanta Constitution,
Maxwell's Mission.
IP. Y. Black in New York Sun.l
Young Maxwell stood by his Impa
tient horse, one foot in the stirrup, in
front of the commanding officer's tent.
His cheeks were flushed and his eyes
shone with the light of gratified pride.
"I have chosen you," said the officer,
"in spite of your youth, not only be
cause of the speed of your horse and
your own activity and zeal, but be
cause of the character you have gained
while in the service of the company.
It Is not to every man of the pioneers
I would trust 200 sovereigns in gold.
And, look here, young man, Farrel's
death by fever left, a vacancy among
the sergeants. I'll say no more except
that in the company a sergeant always
stands a chance of, becoming a lieu
tenant. I trust you. Maxwell. You
understand your orders?"
"Cross two rivers going due north;
then head for a big kopje, which I will
see from the bank of the second river;
there I shall find Lieut. Adairs' camp,
get receipt and return."
"Exactly; you will get there shortly
after nightfall. Remember, you have
no danger from wandering Matabelos,
if Lobengula keeps his promise of truce,
until Adair hands him the money. As
to any one else, there is not a soul in
Mashonaland save the Matabeles and
ourselves. I wouldn't send you alone
if it were otherwise. The real fact is,
I can tell you, there have been deser
tions and discontent lately, and I — l
don't want to risk losing any money at
the hands of some man who might be
tempted to ride off with it."
The youngest trooper of that auda
cious band, who, in insignificant num
bers, marched a few years ago right
into the country of the most dreaded
Kaffir king in South Africa, the fero
cious Lobengula, rode off on his mis
sion with a glad and proud heart. This
was his chance, but he felt that he
had earned it, and, as his horse bound
ed through the long j*rass and breasted
the waters of the great rivers, Max
well's imagination was picturing a glo
rious future of which that day should
be the beginning. There was scope,
Indeed, for dreams, gazing on that rich
and measureless veldt, which could fat
ten countless herds, which could yield
incalculable stores of grain, whose
river beds were sanded with gold. An
other Clive? Who shall read the
dreams of youth?
So fleetly sped his horse that the
messenger had crossed the first river
and was in sight of the second, beyond
which he could already see the "kopje,"
or hill, which was his destination, be
fore the sun quite disappeared on the
western rim of the veldt. It was,
however, darkening, and the kopje was
merging swiftly into the gray shadows
of evening, when suddenly from the
tall grass to his right came a loud cry.
It was not the nearness of the voice,
though that was startlingly close, that
brought Maxwell to a sharp halt. It
was the fact that it was a civilized
voice — as distinctly discernible from a
Kaffir cry as could be, and a voice,
also, that seemed in distress.
"Wacht een beetje!" (wait a little).
It was the cry of a Dutchman, a
Boer and it amazed the courier so that
he reined in his horse. What, he
thought, could a Boer be doing in that
wild land, hundreds of miles from his
Transvaal settlements? At any rate,
If he needed help
"Wacht een beetje!" came the call
again, but sharply, eommandlngly.
From the grass, high as a man's head,
came a denser shadow than that of
any of 'the fleeting cloud, and the beat
of a horse's hoofs. Maxwell, in the
dusk, saw only the vague outlines of
the rider swiftly approaching. Sud
denly something gleamed in a parting
ray of the sun, "and the pioneer realized
that a long rifle was pointed at him.
With ia cry, not of fear, but of anger at
having been deceived by the first call
for help, the youth whipped his revol
ver from its hoJster and fired at the
still shadowy hoaseman. At the same
instant he pressed his knees to hltf
horse's flanks and the brute plunged
forward — too late! The courier's at
tention had been so concentrated on
his right that he had not noticed
another apparition stealing on him
from the left. As the horse started
forward a strong arm clutched the
reins and forced it back, while anoth
er, wielding a knobkerie, struck Max
well from the horse.
Without a word, the two strangers
leaped from their horses and, bending
over the body, rifled it of its money
belt, containing the golden burden.
Not until that was done did they
speak, and, althougn the first man had
called to the messenger in Dutch, and
with a Boer's accent, now they spoke
in English.
"I hit him too hard, I'm afraid," said
one. "He's not gone, is he?"
"Not he," said the other. "The night
air will bring him round soon enough.
Have we got all?"
"It's stowed snugly in the belt which
I have. Safer there. There's no time
to divide up mow. Picket the young
uns horse beside him. We can't leave
that running loose.
They did so, and soon the sound of
their galloping horses was again
smothered in the thick rank grass, as
they rode off, as swlfttly as they had
come.
The moon was up when the heavy
dews from the cloudless sky and the
night wind of the veldt brought back
to Maxwell his lost senses. He stag
gered to his feet, and for a lcng time
he stood looking at his impatient horse,
and pressing his throbbing he-ad in a
vain effort to remember what had hap
pened. It was not until he had clam ■
bered into the saddle and his hand had
wandered to his waist, round which his
money belt had been, and found that
gone, tkat the full strength of his mis
fortune was understood. The mission
confldenced to him had failed and he
was disgraced — robbed like any green
horn. Robbed? A sudden horrible
thought paled his cheeks. Would the
commander of the expedition believa
his story? The officer had himself
hinted that the trust would have been
a temptation 'to some, and — he had no
wound to show save a paltry lump on
his head; no proof, no witness that he
had been attacked at all. In doubt,
and misery he rode back to camp with
a core heart and hanging head.
Next day he faofd a gathering of the
officers in 'the headquarters tent. He
had told his story, and it was received
with greater incredulity, even, than hi?
had feared. One stout, loud-voiced
man laughed it to scorn. "Don't tell
me!" he cried. "You're little more than
a boy yourself, Maxwell, but a child
could invent a better tale than that!
Look here! You say they were Boers.
You ouglit to know that no Boer or any
other white man would venture into
Mashonaland unless he was protected
by being one of us. L«oben:gula's scout*
would snap him up, eat him up. Tf
there were any such fool we'd know
of it. And, again, do you mean to tell
us that the thief, if he was a Boer,
would not have picked you off without
any palaver at all? And, having don.}
so. would he have left your horse— a
Boer? Why, any Bo^r would do a good
deal of shooting to pet such a horse as
yours. No, no! own up. In a moment
of temptation you've hid this money
find had not the experi?nce to invent a
plausible yarn."
The trooper turned white to his lips,
but answered never a word. The com
manding officer looked at him sadly.
He had placed 'the greatest trust in
the youngster.
'•Say no more, major," he said, ab
ruptly. "Maxwell, I regret this occur
once very much. Much as I hate to
r.ay it, the major argues correctly. It
is impossible to credit this wild tale of
r.oers beine around here. The matter
must, however, pass out of our hands.
Tomorrow Sergeant Wayne goes to
Kimberley on company's business and
Private Roberts with him. They will
take you as far as Fort Tull, o-n the
iron'tler, under arrest, awaiting trial."
It was with very dlffeient sensations
to those with which he had ridden off
on his mission that Maxwell commenc
ed his Journey to Tuli. Yet, though a
prisoner, and his heart filled with a
dumb despair, he held his head proudly
as he shook hands with a few comrades
who bade him cheer up. But ths efforts
of his friends to give him hope were,
for the greater part, forced, for Max
well could not but see, with bitterness,
that even they found it hard to credit
his story. It was preposterous to be
llve that any other whi:e men were In
that hostile country save the pioneers
themselves. His cheeks flushed as he
overheard the remark of one:
"I'm sorry for him, for he was a
first-rate sort, but he ought to have
done it neater than that. Anyhow,
they can't do anything to him. They
can't prove he took the money; but
they can't prove he did not, don't you
know."
"So," thought Maxwell, with anguish,
"1 shall be a suspected man all my
life!"
The prisoner and his two guards rode
:>n almost in silence. The journey to
Tuli, on the frontier, would take them
at the least three days, and It was not
one without danger. They did not fear
any interrtiption from the Matabele
warriors, for these were massed to the
north with their king, but lions and
large game abounded, and the broad
rivers over which they had to swim
their horses abounded in crocodiles. To
defend himself, therefore, Maxwell' 3
rifle and cartridges, although he was
under arrest, were not taken from
him. He knew his guards but slightly;
they were not men of the kind he had
chosen to be intimate with, of the
ruder, least educated aass in that mix
ed company of adventurous young fel
lows.
Sergeant Wayne first broke the
dreary silence. "We're as gloomy and
silent as if we were all going to be
hung," he cried, with a loud laugh.
"Cheer up. Max, cheer up! There's
nothing to be glum about, man!
There's nothing in the way of evidence
against you. Is there, Roberts?"
"What do I know?'' growled the
other.
"Pshaw! you're as morose as Max
well here! And you ought to be happy
enough too! Got your discharge, going
back to your friends, money in pock
eT^-"
"Is it?" growled the private. "I wish
you'd hold your row."
"Nasty, ain't he. Maxwell? He'll be
better after supper and he's got some
of that springbok meat down his
throat. Finest buck I ever shot, Max."
"I thought hunting passes had been
stopped since Jones grot assegaied,
when out shooting?" said Maxwell,, in
differently.
"Maybe they are, old man," said
Wayne, with a laugh, "butt the ser
geant of the guard can sometimes set
a chance to get some fre£h meat for
supper. So Roberts and I managed to
skip the "camp — "
He suddenly stopped, and looked
quickly at the prisoner, but Maxwell's
thoughts were already wandering back
to his own position.
"Well, well," said the sergeant, "as
I was saying, Maxwell, you needn't
be afraid. They can't prove anything
against you, so no harm's done, and
some day soon you can drop back and
dig up the — "
Maxwell cried out in a passion of
indignation:
"Do you really think I had that
money?"
The sergeant looked at him with an
eyo half shamed, half amused.
"Well. Maxwell," he said, "the Boers
and the knobkerrie and the call for
help made a pretty story, especially
that cry from the night, 'Wacht een
beetje!'— but we all know, there were
no Boers within a hundred "
He stopped, for Maxwell was looking
at him, startled, curiously.
"Well, well," the sergeant said,
"there's no harm done— they can't
prove anything."
Silence fell on the three again, but
Maxwell was full of strange thoughts.
They camped by the side of a river
which the sergeant would not swim
before daylight, having a discreet re
gard for crocodiles, busiest always and
hungriest at sundown. Roberts pre
pared the deer meat for broiling.
Wayne gathered material for the fire
and Maxwell took the billies and went
down to the river, fifty yards away, to
fill them with water. The wet season
was nearly over and the river was run
ning low. Already rocks and banks of
shingly sand showed above the stream
dimly in the evening light. Maxwell
cautiously scrutNtized each muddy log
and suspicious projectile, aware by ex
perience how easily the long, still
amphibians might be mistaken for a
mud-imbedded tree trunk, but he saw
no signs and returned to camp with
his water pails. As he approached the
other two were busy and did not hear
him. The sergeant was stooping over
the fire, now lighted, his back turned
to the young trooper. His coat was
thrown aside, his shirt had been dis
arranged by the armfuls of wood he
had been carrying to the fire. A por
tion of his waist was plainly seen in
the light of the flames. Maxwell looked
and gasped and dropped a bi'.lyful of
water. The sergeant turned at the
clatter and faced him.
"What's the matter, young 'un By
Gf orge, you look white! Is it a crocko
d!le?"
He ran for his gun in almost a panic,
for the pioneers held the loathsome
reptiles in greater horror even than
lions. Maxwell had time to recover
himself and forced a laugh.
"I stumbled," he said. "You're aw
fully scared of the brutes, Wayne."
"I am," said the sergeant with a
shudder. "I was swimming the Um
betzi alongside MacMahon that time
when he and his horse were both pulled
down. I dream of it still."
Maxwell rose after supper, when the
other two lit their pipes. If he had
been pale when he dropped the billy,
he was flushed now.
"Sergeant." he said, "if it's not
against orders, I'd like to try a shot at
those brutes before dark, if there "are
any lying about on the banks."
"Of course, of course, old man," said
the sergeant, easily. "There's no com
manding officer about with bothering
regulations, and, to tell the truth,~l*m
going to leave the pioneers anyway,
and ain't worrying a;l>out any prison
era. I'm sorry for you, Maxwell, 'pon
my soul, I am, and if you van 1 !: to es
cape, why, man, I'll look the other
way, and Roberts, too! I'll help you,
too; by Jove, I will!"
He spoke with almost anxious en
thusiasm, ns if he really would like to
see Maxwell take his rifle and hors-a
and ride off, but. the youngster only
smiled and walked off to the river. It
was getting dark rapidly. Crocodiles
were about, in all probability, but the
pioneer did not look to see. He waited
a minute, and then, controlling hLs
voice with an effort, sang out as caro
lessly as he could:
"I say, you fellows, look here! I l>e
lieve this is a diamond!"
The ruse' succeeded ; the two troopers
came leisurely down from the camp.
Maxwell glanced anxiously at them,
and his eyes lit up,* tviinnphantly, for
they were unarmed, , fThey had left
their guns and pistils -and belts by
the fire.
"Diamond!" erted Wayne, his pipe
between Ms lips. "Let's see, Max!
Everything's possible in Africa! Why
not diamonds here as well as at Kim
berley? Where is it?"
Max'veM was standing on the very
brink of the river, where the bank was
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water. Leisurely they approached him,
coming to his side.
"Let's see," said Wayne again.
Suddenly Maxwell dashed between
them, running some twenty yards
away from the river. His rifle
sprang to his shoulder; his eye
glanced keenly through the sights.
"Wacht een beetje, you scoundrels!"
he shouted in triumph. "Move a foot
and I'll drop you to the crocodiles!
Wacht een beetje! It's my turn now!"
He stood between them and their
arms and with his rifle, a repeater,
they knew he was a sure shot. They
both turned white and neither spoke.
At last, with an oaCh, Wayne found
utterance.
"Is this a joke?" he cried angrily.
"About as much so as when you hit
mo over the h-.ad with a kiivbkerrie,"
said Maxwell calmly, "l know now
who the Boers were. You and your
hunting pass! You talk too much, Ser
geant Wayne! When you repeated
that call for help— 'Wacht een beetje'
— on the march today; I recognized
your voice; when you told me how
you and Roberts had been out hunt
ing without leave, you made me ihink,
and now I know. Give me that belt
next your skin — my belt!"
■'Oh you're crazy!" cried the sergeant,
with a forced laugh. "What belt?"
''The cne I saw about you when your
shirt was drawn aside by the firewood
you carried! Unbuckle it and thro^
it here before 1 count three! Quick!"
The sergeant glared furiously, b-«*.
made no movement.
"One!"
"Two!"
The sergeant sulkily moved his hand,
The surly trooper. Roberts, who had
hitherto remained still, suddenly broka
the silence by a torrent of oaths.
"You ass!" he cried, turning on
Wayne. "Didn't I tell you to give m«
my share and throw away the beltf
J?ut you wouldn't; you wanted a chancj
tc bolt with it all! And now you've
queered us both!"
In a paroxysm of rage he flung hl3
heavy fist backward in the face of his
accomplice. Wayne, taken by surprise,
retreated, and his second step carried
him over the bank into the stream. He
went down, with an appalling cry,
drawn from him not so much by dread
of the current as by tlia swift and hor
rid recollection of what fearful beasts
had there their home. In such an in
ttant the minds of men betray each its
normal trend, and the two men left on
the bank now proved what instincts
swayed their actions.
"The bc-lt: The belt!" yelled Roberts.
"He's got the bait!" and he leaped fr,>m
the bank to save the gold. Maxwell
uttered no word; he had heard that de
spairing cry, had seen the agonized
face as the man fell, and he dropped
his rifle and leaped into the stream to
save a fellow creature, although a mo
ment before he was sternly determined
to shoot him where he stood. Th • two
leaped so nearly together and so closely
after the falling body that all -three
were struggling in the water together.
They were all good swimmers — pioneers
had need to be — and in another instant
they would have scrambled out, when
from the mud bank, n^ar the shore,
there slid a dusky form that plunged
heavily into the water. All three tr mp
er.s heard that ominous plunge close to
them, and all three knew what caused
It. With a piteous yell, Wayne, sud
dtnly paralyz d with fear, screamed:
■'Sc.vo rie! Maxwell. Maxwell, save
me!" Maxwell was already clinging to
the bank, but he turned to the river
again, and saw the sergeant, ?■> strick
en with horror that he was utterly un
able to reach the shore. Two strokes
bore thr youngster ro the sinking
man's side. Maxwell panel;* him with
his left hard and grasped the belt
about his waist with ail his strength
he drew Wayne to 'h> bark and drag-
Sod him asho'-p. Utterly out of the jaw*
of a huge crocodile.
Then another yell of agi>«y ar.se
from the river. The sre.it reptile, <lis
appointed at l;s first a'fe;r.pt,jte'jMt
od about. Its jaws opewSft. o3B| 3B>rv
and closed. The next m<.miaf|| sav-3
for a reddish tinge on the writer, the
river flowed on as befo-e, anl Roberts
had disappeared. «•-
"Wayne wa« weak aa a oht!d from
shock, and Bobbed hysterically, impl r
hig young Maxwell not to leave him.
In the collapse of his nerves he him
self unloosened the belt of gold and
Vave it to the other, and poured out,
with a flood of tears, his confession,
tp'ling how the dead man and he,
knowing jonnhow of Maxwell's mis
sion, had left the camp a; <1 laid in wait
for him.
Maxwell said little, but as soon as
the sergeant had recovered sufficiently
he ordered him to saddle up. although
it was not dark, and through all that
night they rode their weury horses
bark to camp, but with positions re
vt-rsod, for he who came out as a
prisoner returned as the guard.
At early mornln.? the young pioneer
told his story in the oommanding . irl
ccr's tent, giving him the belt with
thfe money intact, and, as the officer
shook hands end congratulated him.
Maxwell ?a!ut-d and sale 1 with a trium
phant smile:
"If you can trust me again, sir. I
shall be glad to complete my mission."
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