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Show ggt?BY M1ARQ"N HARLAN alMfe INTERNATIONAL PRESS ASSOCIATION ciJAi'TFJi III. fCoxTiNtJKD.t except at the only dinner party tney Perhaps it would be better for me had given. Then the handsome Mrs. Bat-t- o d not to change ray dress, if I am likely Withers appeared in infringe upon the dinner hour," said In and diamonds as the mistress of emonies to a dozen substantial citizens at her chamber door. would cousin and I do not their expensively attired wives, en my think "Oh, approve of that!" exclaimed her em dured the two hours spent at table, and phatic conductress. Then she amended the two duller ones in the great parher Inadvertence. "Of course, Mrs. lors, where the small company seemed Withers is the proper Judge of her own lost and everybody talked as if afraid actions, and I would not appear to die- of his own voice. She was no gayer than on the rest by the time the entertainment is cousin punctilious tate, but my some points, and the matter of ladles' was half over. The atmosphere of re- attire is one or these. I have known spectable stupidity was infectious, and him so long that I am conversant with this pervaded every nook of her new all his amiable peculiarities. I am con- home. In her brother's house she had fident he would be pleased to see Mrs. had young visitors, and there was, at Withers assume the head of her table the dullest, the hope of release to con- in full dinner toilet. But aa I remarked, sole her. No' she was "settled In life," I do not presume to dictate, to ad- could sit down with idle hands and vise, or even suggest. Mrs. Withers is spend her days in contemplation of her undisputed empress here." Having run grandeur. She had married well. Notrippingly through this speech, she in- body looked askance at her when old flicted a third remarkable" courtesy maids were the subjects of pity or ridicule. The most censorious could not upon the novice, and vanished. "She is underbred and a meddler," couple her name with the dread word decided Constance, while she made a "dependence." She had no household rerapid toilet. "I hate to be addressed in cares. Mr. Withers and Miss Field a of form lieved it her all such. I thought third ihe person. ' And the mistress of the mansion was in this country, to a,L speech confined, to her own devices? By no means. store left kitchen maids and dry goods If husband were fastidious, he was her clerks. Before she could invest herself in the also tyrannical. He dictated not only dinner dress that lay uppermost in her what dress his wife should appear in trunk the bell rang to summon her to daily, but also what laces and ornathe evening meal, and three minutes ments she should sport; at what hours thereafter the footman knocked at her she should take the air; whom she door with the message that Mr. With- must visit and whom invite; what songs she should sing to him when he ers had sent for her. "I shall be down directly. Tell him ' asked for music in the evening, and not to wait for me," she said, hurried- - when the day should close the day bo ly. She did not expect to be taken at wearisome in its similitude to all that her word, but upon her descent to the had preceded and those which should dining room she beheld her husband follow it. "My cousin Is a man with aspirations seated at the foot of ihe board and Miss Field at the head. The latter laid down above the frivolities af fashionable the' soup ladle and jumped up, fussily. life, and excitement is Injurious to hla "Here she Is, now. I resign my chair health." Miss Field notified the bride "I to one who will fill It more worthily that day after her fear Mrs. Withers will tire of the even than I have ever done." "Keep your place, Harriet!" ordered tenor of our way." "I like quiet," Constance replied. ber kinsman. "Mrs. Withers will waive But she did not mean stagnation. her claims on thla occasion, since she is late," designating a chair at bis lert She was married In April, ana on tne as that Intended for Constance's occu- - first of July the trio removed to Mr. pancy. "We would have waited for Withers country seat. Here Constance you, Constance, had I been lesa faint was to find that the dead level of her and weary. My physician has repeat- - existence had yet a lower plane or auu- edly warned me that protracted absti- ness. There was not a neighbor within nence is detrimental to my digestion. four miles, hardly a farm house in Harriet, here, understands my consti- sight. "We recruit here after the dissipatution so well that I am seldom, when at home, a sufferer from the twinges of tion of the winter," Miss Field said, dyspepsia, that have afflicted me In ray enjoy ingly. "The solitude is enrapturIng. One can sleep all day long if she absence." "Those horrible public tables." cried likes." This proved to be her favorite meth-t- o Harriet. "I assure you I never sat down a meal when you were away without jod of recuperating her exhausted over your evil plight In being gies. Mr. WItherB, too, liked a to the abominable cookery prandial sles:a. "prescribed by his phy-tn- d intolerable hours of hotels." jsician as eminently conducive to diges- "I did not know you were a dyspep- - ' tion." ConBtance was not more lonely Uc," observed Constance. "You seemed when they slept than when they were to enjoy good health during our tour." 'awake. The horrible sterility of her life "That was because Mrs. Withers was not to be ameliorated by their not yet comprehend your marvel- - ciety. If commonplaceness be ft crime, ous patience the courage with which Mr. Withers and his cousin were bear pain, and ihe unselfishness fenders of an aggravated type. Harrl-thleads you to conceal ita ravages Jet's affectations and EInathan's platl-frothe eyes of others." explained tudes were to the tortured senses of the Miss Field, ogling the Interesting suf- - third person of the party less endura-fere- r. who was discussing a plate of Me than the cicada's shrill monotone excellent white iioup with a solemnly j through the hot summer day. and the conscious air. "Now that you are safe katydid's endless refrain at night. Her under your own roof, we will soon unda j chains, which had hitherto paralyzed the mischief that has been done. Yoi her by their weight, began to gall and io not know what a prize you have j fret Into her spirit. She grew unequal won, Mrs. Withers, unfil yon have seen n temper, nervous and restless. under him In the retiracy of home. His vlr-th- e restrictions Imposed by her spouse, tues are such as flourlrh In perfection An Insane impulse beet her to defy his In the shadow of his own vine and fig- - authority and set at naught his conn-treshed their sweetest perfume upon ; scls; to rush ir.lo some outrageous j freak that should hock him out of hla the domestic hearth." "As you perceive, mv pood con !n's propriety and provoke ihe prudish toad partiality for me tempts her to become enter to natural speech and action. This madness was never stronger poetically extravagant in her expressions," Mr. Withers a!d to his wife. In than on one Augunt afternoon when aha well ep"iped from the house, leaving the locking apolo?y, pretended nevertheless. cnFlns to the enjoyment of their re pleased, "I could not have a more ri;!ent aud- ' C"jeratlve naps in their reepertive itor than Mrs. Withers. I srr sure," re- climbers, and took her way to the will mo'intpin back of the villa. She had joined Harriet. "Mrs. never explored It. tempting as was the never take exception to n v honit pfiade of the hemlocks and pines that grew tip to the summit, and the walls of gray rork revealed through the rifts of Ihe foliape. A current of fragrance, chaptlii u. the odor of the resinous woods, flowed an. !on to greet her ere she reached the onhta::ct: sfer- - o';trt'ris of the forest, and the lulling by languid murnnr of the wind in the evergreen i J HI bonghs was like the sound of many ;i e ooTipl.1' and wooing waters. The Under green i .. ' ; 7. r, r 'i a teff.', of the larrhes tapped her hesd n.aa r ! r pt u ;c'? ps she boe I lereath their low branch-f- . wer spread i'i and the wid hernlor-ke f r '"c to in lnedi'tinn above her. Fhe was ) ry of f,We with nature- - fre for one short h ? j V"sr to think fT own thoughts and 3't o'it hT desire, ."he laughed aa a : bv! fea?cd to astonls'i 5:'r cdar knocked off her hat at the i.-lived In the mm ;!) th it phe tore her dress upon a rr.Me. Ins for a month. V"i f n ! f i VP ' riod she km gfadu-'-I"Itey sre leagued wph my legal in the p r.ii.i ,e Tif nt biisines i:i of a rij-hla Cf th etaMi'hxf nt. p.' ihif firt of tt prearfn? th vagarie of T eet tbfir fill of nat ' tf e. fi - !fioe who lay Miss Field had : of beauties nral through ihe windows of fate the seat at t'ue j.; ta'J: pearl-colore- , a atate chariot. But I shall har my frolic all the same." Another and a higher peak tempted her when she had sat for awhile upon a boulder crowning the first, revelling in the view of valley and hill, lnclud Ing the basin In which nestled the house, and the plain opening eastward toward the sea and civilization. The second height was precipitous, In some places almost perpendicular. From treading fearlessly and rapidly from crag to crag, she came to pulling herself up gravelly banks by catching at the stout underbrush, and steadying herself among rolling stones by tufts of wiry grass. But she kept on, and forgot aching feet, scant breath and blistered hands when she stood finally upon a broad plateau hundreds of feet above the house, that had dwindled Into a toy cottage, and the environing plantations of trees like patches In an herb garden. "This is life!", she cried out in a sudden transport, and she sat her down upon a cushion of gray moss In the shadow of a cedar, to gaze and wonder and rejoice. She made a discovery presently. A spring, clear and Impetuous, burst from between two overhanging rocks, and chose the shortest route to the valley, babbling with all its little might. It was Joined, before it had gone many feet, by other rivulets, and from a point midway in the descent, where the cliffs were steepest, came up the shout of a waterfall. This, and the tireless murmur of the evergreens, made up the music of this upper sanctuary, until Constance's voice rose from the rocky table, sweet, full, exultant: "The wild streams leap with headlong song. My eye bears a glance like the beam on a lance As I watch the waters dash and dance. I burn with glee, for I love to see The path of anything that's freo. I love I love oh, I love the free! I love I love I love the free! home-bringin- g. j j i J , ener-aighi- ng post-eubject- ed j J so-do- ea of-y- ou j j at ) m I j ; , e; j ." m A r It serd f'GTj-ped- , . '- T s - T v. . , V. 1 ; j- . 1 pr"ror CHINESE MONGOLIANS NOT WANTED TOWN OF TONOPAH. ON TRAIL OF DESPERADO. Poases After Kid Curry, the Notorious IN Train Robber. Posses are scouring every section of country In tho icinlty of Bear Paw mountains, In Montana, after Kid Curry, the leader of the gang which held up two Great Northern express traiua on July 2, 1901, and who escaped from Knoxville jail while awaiting transportation to the Ohio penitentiary to serve out a twenty-yea- r sentence for to the stolen bank forging signatures bills obtained in the robbery, Tha posses are composed of men well acquainted with the country in which and who are Curry Is traveling, equally as quick on the trigger as he or any of his gang. It is many miles from where the search is being prosecuted to th nearest telegraph point, and it may be days after an encounter before anything is known of what happened. Curry has lots of friends in the country through which he is passing, and they will aid him to reach the rendezvous of his gang, where he will be safe In the fastnesses of the Bear Paw mountains from pursuit or cap- Raid Is Made on Chinatown, One Old Man Being Killed, While Others Are Ordered to Leave Camp. A mob of twelve or fifteen men invaded Chinatown at Tonopah, Nev., and at the points of guns compelled the occupants of a number of houses to dress and ordered them to leave town at once. A number of Chinamen not complying at once were Btruck over the head and body and dragged from their habitations and forced to accompany the mob to the outskirts of the town and told to take the road to Sodaville. Later on all the Chinese but one returned to town and notified the officers. The Chinese stated that Ping Ling, an old man 78 years old and the proprietor of a warehouse, waa one of the victims, and they believed that he had perished on the road. Searching parties were sent out and they found his. body horribly mutilated a short distance from the road, three tailea ture. west of town. TOOK WIVES WITH HIM. The Chinamen were also robbed ol several hundred dollars before belnf Sultan of Sulu Removes His Harem sent out of town. Eighteen men, to Singapore. mostly cooks and waiters, have been The United States government no arrested and are now in jail. Among counts among Its subjects the longer M. Arundall, presithe number is F. of sultan Sulu, with his six wives, his dent of a labor union. of 6laves and the resplendent A meeting of the citizens of Tono-pa- retinue who make up his cabinet. The was held, at which one thousand dattos of a picturesque corner of tho or more were present, and a commit- ruler has removed to Singapore. Orient tee was appointed to adopt resolua Although young man in years, the tions denunciatory of the action of is said to be a total physical sultau the mob. The following was adopted and has but a short time to en wreck, as the sentiment of the 5,000 resi the Joy pension g'ven him by the gov. dents of the district: and the income derived from ernment h Resolved, That the citizens of his pearl fisheries. The reason for view with horror and denounce in unmeasured terms tho outrages his departure Is said to be his weakand brutal acts which, according to all grasp upon the throne, due to the present evidence, have been com- ening invasion and the fact American the mitted; that the citizens of Tonopah that he has no male heirs. He appreatroan regard this act as not alone cious violation of the law. but also a ciated the situation, assisted, it is beheinous crime against Inoffensive peo- lieved, by his own people, and thereple, against society and civilization; settlements. that the people of Tonopah will sup- fore moved to the Straits to port the officers In their efforts Bonea of Antedeluvian Animala Found bring the criminals to Justice. In Wyoming. Acting Secretary Adee wired tha imProfessor Frederick B. Loomls, of governor of Nevada asking for an mediate investigation, and requesting the biological department, Amherst that he afford every protection in his college, has Just returned to Boston, power to the Chinese resldenta of from a three months' expedition la , Tonopah. Wyoming, searching for fossils. Ha TO PREVENT WAR. found the remains of many anlma horse, rhinoceros, Russia and Austria to Occupy Mace- including the all about In rabbit. and beaver camel, donia With That Intention. 500 animala were discovered. One. an The military occupation of Maceaa the tltono-therdonia by Russia and Austria ia extinct species known nearly as large aa an elephant, thought in Berlin to be the only ex- was found in such a complete atate pedient sufficient to prevent war be- that it can be set up. Another, a tween Turkey and Bulgaria, This aa the oreo-dosheep-likknown animal, suggestion does not originate in Berwaa found with only the toe a lin. It reached there some days ago, lacking. A sea animal aa large aa a as an inquiry from Vienna to fhe for- whale, the ruosasaurus, was also eign ofQce as to what Germany found. thought of the two powers Interven- Killed While on the Road to Church. ing, auch Intervention to be barely A special from Colorado Springs, long enough to restore order and reorganize the Turkish constabulary Colo., says: A Rock Island passenger properly. The inquiry, It was astrain, running with extra speed to sumed, rested upon a Russian-Austriaagreement The Identical ques- make up lost time, ran into a handcar tion will probably be put to all the on which five people were riding, and signatories of the Berlin treaty. The as a result of the collision Mrs. James German reply appears to have be I Roberta, aged 50, Is dead, and her considerably affirmative. Since the territory to be occupied was Turkish. daughter, Susie, aged 22. is seriously Turkey's consent ought to be secured. injured. Mrs. Roberts, her daughter Germany then would have no objec- and three sons were traveling on the tion. handcar to Fountain to attend church. CHAMBERLA'N WILL RESIGN. The men were operating the car and saw the train as it bore down upon Unlets King Edward Persuades Him them. They Jumped and were uninto Remain In the Cabinet. jured. The women were sitting on the It is given out as a positive fact platform of the car and were unable that Colonial Recretary Chamberlain to alight before ihe train waa upon has decided to resign from the Brit- them. Mrs. Roberts' body waa d ish cabinet on the ground that Preand horribly mangled. mier Balfour's attitude on the fiscal VICTIMS OF HURRICANE. question Is not sufficiently advanced io enable Mr. Chamberlain to remain Bodies of Three Men Found on Coast a member of th government without Near Lewes, Delaware. the sacrifice of bis own views. Three drowned men were found The resignation is quite like'y to b announced within a day nr two. but at the three stations near may be postponed until Mr. Balfour Lewes, Dela.. Sunday morning by turf has an opportunity to make hts p'.jblie men. ene near Lewes station, one near announcement on Oct. 1. There Is just a last chance that the Henlopen station and one near Reho king. In bis private caracily. rnar bc&h station. The man found at Re avert what is now declared to b In- hoboth has been Identified as Henry evitable. Mr. Chamberlain's resignaof Cape Breton. N. S., by hla an ap- Joyce tion Is almost certain ti eau son Harry, who Is one of the crew of peal to the count ry. a fishing steamer now at the breakwater. LOST BOY RETURNS. h sweep In their curblesa course o'er the mountain steep; All fresh and strong they foam along, Waking the rocks with their cataract "The skylark springs with dew on hla wlnga, And up In the arch of heaven lie sings Oh. sweeter far Than the notes that come through, a golden bar. The thrall and the Btate of the palace gate Are what my spirit has learned to hate." The Btraln ceased abruptly, and. la place of the rapt musician, borne above the power of earthly woes to crush and petty vexations to sting, a woman grovelled upon the monsy cushion, weeping hot, faat tears, and beating against the rough rock with a child'a folly of desperation the white hand that wore the badge of her servitude. What was she but a caged bird, bidden to preen Its feathers and warble the notes Its master dictated between golden bars? A slave to whom state and thrall meant one and the same abhorrent thing? What had she to do henceforward with dreams of beauty and freedom she, who had signed away her liberty of spirit and person, voluntarily accepting In their stead the most foul captivity a pure and upright woman can know? She felt herself to be utterly vile plague-spotte- d in soul and flesh in the lonely sublimity of this mountain temple a leper, condemned and incurable, constrained to cry out at the approach of every passer-by- , "Unclean! unclean!" It would have been better for her to beg her bread upon the doorsteps of the wealthy, and. falling that, to die by the wayeldc with starvation and cold, than to live the life of nominal respectability and abundance, of real degradation and poverty, which were now hers. The tears were dried, but she still sat on the gray carpet, clutching angrily ft It and the wild flowers pepping through the crevices of the rock, rending thein as passion had torn her; her bosom heaving with the unspent waves of excitement and a mutinous pout upon her lips, when a crackling among the bruiti wood thrllle,! her with an eensation of alarm. Before ahe could regain her feet or concert her scheme of defense or flight, the nearest cedar 'boughs were pushed aside, and a man stepped Into the area fenced In by the hardy mountain evergreens. With subsiding fears, as her quick eye inventoried the various particulars of his neat traveling suit, gentlemanly bearing, pleasant countenance and deferential aspect toward herself, Cons'ance arose, visibly embarrassed, but dignified, and await-e- d bis pleasure. The stranger betrayed neither surprise nor confusion. Walking directly up to her, he removed his hat. bowing low. with a bright, cordial smile, "rnlrss t am greatly mistaken 1 have the pleasure of seeing my broth-cr'- s wife. And yon are more familiar with my name and my handwriting than with my face. I am K ward With-ers- T 'Tra-la-tra-l- MOB AFTER a!' 1 1 to n ories .i Ton-opa- . e, n, e n aeT-ere- life-savin- Waa Inspired to Leave Horet by Stories of Adventure. After being mourned a dead by H jr'eo rl year. parent and friends a former reH-.Walter Fraze, ef N. Scotch riair.s, J.. has returned to that tillage. His accf! mother was overcotn with lor and When Frar diear,rrare'l the wood and ponde were ecorrrd in vain ant, he was giter. ip as dad. lie says h was Inspired to run aay by cforie4 of adverstt. re, at;d traveled ail ovei fr the globe. Gay Prtacbtr In Prison. Rev. R. A. Goubb a Free Methodist preacher, who eloped with Eva Flint, a girl of Central City, Neb last March, has bern sentenced to six years In the penitentiary. He was tried under the kidnaping law passed by the state legislature after the C'ndariy kid- naping in Omaha, and bis conviction was the first under that statute. Hq was captured in North Dakota and brought to Nebraska, under requisition from that state. He had a wife an! five small children. |