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Show The Greenland canine lA the hurried along towards the east. "We shove with his boot and motioning best sledge animal in the worldand marched rapidly all that day, the in- him to quit the rug. The chief as ours were a cross between thwna-tlv- e terpreter cheering us on the way with scowled and said something which I am sure wouldn't look well if printed pup and the majestic Dane, ! we a dirge which we were given to underfelt quite proud of .our outfit. The stand wsb his swan song. At night we in his home paper, and hesitated bewest coast strip, you know, is iree joined another horde of the sky- tween leaving the game and scalping from permanent ice and snow nd scrapers under another chief, and Tib. But my patron was fully alive varies from 100 to 60 miles in width. passed the long, dark hours unbound, now and confident. Steal away, you The Eskimos live on this ribbon) of but carefully guarded by a circle of imbecile, he ordered, fiercely, and the lowland and avoid the interior, whire hungry-lookin- g dogs. I never saw so voter from Gath, probably realizing the iceman could quarry from 2x00 many dogs in one family before, and I that he would lose all to bis If feet to a mile before reaching real began to appreciate that the canine he continued playing, rolled off tho vug was a great institution among these with a grunt of rage. soil. Thats what I call ice. ) The travel was pleasant and exhildidnt know you gambled, Tib? embryo policemen. It was the second morning after I gasped. arating, and Tib was all enthusiasm. If I can pinch a bevy of these sightly our capture that Tib and I discovered The dear old chap's face actually wags I shall form them into a brass that which surprised us more than the blushed as he met my limpid gaze, and band, my child. Only think of the finding of the giants themselves. For he defended: Never have since I was effect down in Utica! he remarked after our captor and the new chief had very young. Dont think Im backslidone night when we were near the in- conversed for a few minutes, and Tib ing, Billy. I hate to do it, but its the terior limit of the coast strip and were had wanted to bet neither understood only show we have. But mind you, my what the, other was saying, they sat lad, when once we're safely back at lying in our tent, smoking. "Our henchmen were a down on some skin near the Suet Pudding club, dont you dare people, entirely unfit for rail- us, and our Simon Legree produced a to tell the gang I have been cutting up road work because of their penchant dirty deck of playing-cards- . I thought here in these snowy wastes. I feel to absorb all the fat and oil in sight. Tibs eyes would pop out of his head. ashamed, as Ive always tried to keep And they were abominably given to I wouldnt have been more surprised you from it, but 1 cant bear to see even a game of chance abused. song. They kept us awake two hours, If the chief had yanked out a grand-pian, chanting sagas, all in one key. At last The idea of his apologizing to me Playing-cards- ! they let up, and we sank to rest as gasped Tib. The for trying to save our two hides! idea of these untutored children knowsoftly as two babes in the woods. Play for all you are worth, Tib, I The next thing I knew Tib was ing anything about our great institudigging his honest knuckles into my tion ! Why, Billy, it shows some white sides and murmuring: And there we man has been here among em and resaw the giants, the sons of Anak; and mained alive long enough to teach em a few of our home pastimes.. I wonder we were in our own sight as grasshopif he was offered up to the Black Dog! pers. I awoke to behold the sun and What are they playing whist?" then about a score of the biggest men Tib, you know, had no use for MY MAN, WITHOUT LOOKING AT HIS HAND, BET A PUP. I ever saw. I thought at first I must sports, and I had never known him to be romancing in some Spectacular tease Fortuna with coin. He always dream. As I lay on my skin couch said he was too busy earning money they looked to be between eight and to find time to throw it away to a nine feet tall, while the leader was greater knave than himself. They deal five apiece, I informed equal to three of the Broadway squad spliced together. In color and build him. I think by heavens, its so! they resembled our North American They are playing poker! And hang me, sir, if they werent! Indians, and were armed with whaleThere they sat, two enormous, copper-colorebone bows and ivory-tippeof spears His Encounter with Arctic Circle Giants After having unnecessary length. sports, discarding and By HUGH PENDEXTER feasted our eyes on the amiable, squat drawing with the utmost celerity, and faces of the Innuits, they looked awpunctuating their luck with a few wahs! They evidently had estabfully fierce and unwholesome. -" Itl5 not a dream! Weve found lished a standard of values, as bows (Copyright, by Joseph B. Bowles.) and spears and skins and pieces of em! I cried, staggering to my feet.' After the sorry outcome of his jour, matic conditions, but also by sheer Its no dream, groaned Tib; only driftwood were quickly put up and nalistic experiment Tib got disgusted avoirdupois. He had flngt learned of theyve found us. I wish, Billy, you changed hands without any confusion. Mr. Goliath, of Gath, is evidently with installing wheels of progress, and this overgrown race, he continued, were snugly eating ice cream in the We Scuttled Off to the West. as we now had a modicum of the taint- from the Innuits. In fact, several of States. playing in hard luck, observed Tib, with snapping eyes, as our captor lost begged. 'Dont hesitate to hocus-pocuOne glance revealed the situation. ed he decided on a bit of the cosmo- his freely perspiring children, who If you see a card you banker for, no a big pot on three jacks held cold. we I All of our Innuits, except the d ought to have been in better business, politan. Almost before knew it Glad of it! I cried. I hope he gets matter where in the deck it is enand badly scared interpreter, had swapped dull placidity for the hys- declared that they had met with stray terical bleat and blare of Broadway. specimens while penetrating the far had scented trouble in the night, and maced for every barbed arrow in his sconced, just! pluck it out for my sake. north. But if all the legends and stale for fear of hurting our feelings had quiver. Serve him plaguey right Only the change was so radical I nearId rather win fair, Billy, he reI dont know, mused Tib, followly Inconvenienced seven motormen by stories were true, our quarry would silently indulged in caitiff flight. The I wouldnt cheat to save monstrated. the run could over not before of sons eat Eiffel our the from Anak other ing hands. my had no being patron play keenly; readily evidently given Yet the more he rambled, the more pursuit, beinr content with their two tower strikes me as being, if anything," myself, but 1 may if it will pull you drag me aside and into the permanent even more reprehensible of feature. on this side of the table. office of a circus. Tib's eyes twinkled, and he was. all souvenirs from the States. Dont hesitate, I implored, for I Well just stop and say how dye aglow to learn more of these museum Tib then regained his nerve, at d That scar on his left cheek makes him knew he could do more parlor-magi- c do, said he, grabbing me by the collar possibilities. Consequently, three ad- straightening up his rotund form ask( d look hungry. and encouraging me to enter. I, too, noted this. The chief of our with the cards than most professionditional hours found us in Philadelphia Emma, the Interpreter, if he wi s My , giant has been palming Then did I know the old lust had in Bearch of old was now down to his dogs and als. tribe to flirt with the stra who prowl heavy enough returned, and that once again we were about the Greenland waters yearly in gers patois. We called him Emma ms captives, and it was evidently a strug- cards right along. He took the last hold. to supply foundations for the their cryolite-Iadenebarks. The mis- - J.t tyfliVJTTmjssible ttreiimb over- - tile gle for him to decide which-- he would trick with a Tib. Cant even parade. gasped hazard. But to means life us Whatj the with tpz bristling hedge of consonants in hs dog tle slonary had furnished Not anything with equators in it, play a gentlemans game! And he me of one of this ilk, He shivered and said he snow people, and with a grunt, intendname. real Urn pasteboards in a manner groaned, as the head (sheik fell cm ras a crude expert u nibble away at the edges' aijh ed for a sigh, he sullenly motioned for riffled 11 r noob Efa rvj-- r. to pat hiragelf. that'caajrd ifife" ubnhcrVvetlJ13IL,cvtn dl1 Bigtr ria' a ana-ejec- t tired U1 admirat11 Great Scott! Hes betting you, Bilthe arctic cirde never sleuths recently returned to civilization.' On guage, as he had met several of thein ion.. Probably had had seven never will 5 this Tib. cried ly! Why, coast. on the before saw such grace as was ontained trailing us for a month. Im a quitter finding him, Tib easily managed to do! .We mustnt be separated, for Id commanded Tell Tib, stoutly, em, in Tibs famous Chinese "riffle. old unless its mild, I insisted. salt startled make him talk, and the be ashamed to go back without you. Of we met with an obstacle that Then patIn response, the main-sprin-g us by declaring he had seen some of that I have come to take some them home with me, but that they And alone up here youd be as helpless seemed insurmountable. Tib had no ted .me lovingly on the back and led the Goliaths in a mining settlement as an eider duck in Central park. us to a big map and asked us to near Ivigtut bay. He pictured them shall all be returned here in good conchips. His host had lost everything man I wrung his hand, but felt discour- but his will each I and that give dition, guess. I held my hat over Patagonia, as being from seven to nine feet tall, personal weapons and his dogs. t aged. I was elated to observe he had Tib motioned for the latter, but Golifor two years before Tib and I had visbut apologized for the former and ex- who goes with me a whale. Emma drew in a long breath and decided to postpone dying, and hope ath slipped his face into a frown and had plained they probably had been imited that joint and with frost-lineveins shook his head. Tib insisted, and in a tried to catch a few of the rollicking properly nurtured. He believed they tried to break into their lingo. I no- surged through my of returning to seductive evidence as he the he eschewed ticed gave eat polysynthetic to who in the longed Magellan at celebrated their homes, pantomime represented all sprites own tribe and rippled along his old masterful self. For, even as I of the s in the fiord as ultiand the other early press agents. They burglar-proo- f regions of the ultimate gab of his had proven great sprinters and had north, and had rambled down to the with a flow of velvet vowels that wsb wagered, I believed his savoir mately crossing the rug to the home us both back to the side. caught us before we covered the first southwest coast because of terribly sounded like a subway construction faire would yank My owner then chipped in and once he got to workhour. noon the coast, riendly gang during with was and it stunts a willingness to put up his painful severe storms and the only quarter, expressed Then for the first time the tallest ing. we of the thermometer. memories and a broken collar-bon- e canines in turn. I think he was a bit a Wow! and The visiting chief tossed a few afraid of Tib, but he was an invethad torn ourselves away and gained This was enough for my patron, stepladder gave hearty bfcck. I felt chilly fire a and a spear beside me. skins began rapid the coast erate gambler and evidently believed and another day saw us in consultaEmI Looks kind of bad for our boys the luck was with him. Reluctantly Something with blondes in of the cir- as I saw the sweat stream from tion with the begged, for I saw Tibs eyes spark- cus. The upshot was, we took passage mas face and heard him give a few noW("I observed, sorrowfully. Tibs owner gave way, and it was Youre worth more than that, Bil- agreed between the chiefs, and in si;n ling as he cocked his head in the old on a cryolite bark immediately, bound mournful hoots, indicative of great ' ly! cried Tib, drawing near in his exway and benevolently studied the for the frost-bittecoast of sorrow. language on Tibs part, that one big TiEm? Will asked citement. It's a shame to sacrifice a dog was equal to five , come, chart. they the is Grenland, you know, puis, and (hat Ivigtut man that way. Make the old miser at five Our would-bemployer in soothing only spot on the map that yields cryo- berius eagerly. should be the li nit. dogs No come, groaned Emma. Say least approach your value. Make him this understanding they began to draw tones reminded how we had distanced lite in commercial quantities, and a all other collectors in picking up cir- company in the Keystone state enjoys white men be killed to Black Dog throw in another spear! cards. ' cus truck. He showed us ten-foBut I brought no more, and, to Tibs the exclusive privilege of shipping the Shaman. They made me move to one side so me sacred what our cannibals and that all dismay, I changed owners on a pair that I could not read my boas hand, Kindly phone posters of stuff to the Americas. We embarked d of tens. boys; and with on one of their boats so as not to at- means, I begged. goats and and then Tib let the first pot go withIt means, my boy, explained Tib, this gentle lead began to spring the tract attention, for there were collecOf all the senile monstrosities! he out making a bet, thereby losing his trap. To cut it short, the circus tors who kept close tabs on Tib why, sadly, that these uncouth gentlemen roared. Why, my child in a gilded ante of two puppies. My master wanted giants. cage, I havent played poker since I smiled hideously and the ether monoJdhkins, collecting for a To sustain his statement he prowas young and foolish, but Id know lith gave a howl of anger and held his show, once trailed us all through the duced cablegrams and terse letters Congo district, realizing we were after more than that. Tell me, what will a spear against Tibs neck. written in red ink in which the owner something good! flush take? I guess Id- - better take the next said he hankered only for a dozen high I was ashamed to show any deep pot, remarked Tib, as he picked up over the billows, While bounding scare who the village nags would men, knowledge of the game, as Tib had al- the cards and passed them to his opTib kept school and informed me we into the Methodist church when passways kept me pretty straight, but I ponent to deal. would at at the arrive beginIvigtut ing on parade. And they must be lofty told him, and with a low heart stumof summer when In doing this he displayed for a few the the season, enough to do this without recourse to ning bled back to my new master. de48 mean is seconds three greasy kings near the temperature average two-foot and boots continued top of the deck. And this idiot here! grees Fahrenheit for three months, shakos. Tib, forgetting himself in his disgust and where the officials of the Danish "Oh, why werent you more care'Of course, if he wants giants, government and-- tapping his owner on the head, homesickto ful? I groaned. Hes palmed them! eradicate try murmured Tib, and a light not of sea has thrown you away. He let slide a and He thinks he has, grinned Tib, or land gleamed in his brown eyes as ness by growing turnips, lettuce chance of making a flush in order to looking up at me in his old care-fre- e small potatoes, mainly under he formally agreed to try his dangdest. very andraw to a measly pair! to we be the time way, and winking one brown eye began By glass. I knew there was no use in endeavorMr. Goliath gave a howl at Tibs slowly. by the waters of Davis strait! noyed of heedless to and dissuade him, ing was so crammed full of arctic lore that presumption and raised a spear. But My man skillfully got rid of his the threatening gongs I slouched along I had to so as not to jolt Tib was mad clear through, and shakiextra cards and without looking at his step softly in his wake, unwittingly on my way vital facts out of my system. That ng" his dimpled fist in the others face hand bet a pup.- - Tib calmly pushed to a dramatic situation that for pure any was Tibs way; he never went into a he pointed accusingly at the lone pair over a dog, drew down five babies in intensity of emotion was to render was loaded. he what but and then quickly showed him from the change and went him two little ones strange place Fridays dimpled footprint a merely discard how he would have made a better. The chief, confident of winour crewe At presented Ivigtut climax. pretty And ning, smiled grimly and seemed to flush if hed been bright. heart on us to the whosent dentials managents, would have it, the "As old call that you pirate! poker, you Danish of hesitate, and then, as a coaxer, raised ager possessed a slight tip from a to Godtbaab, the capital hissed Tib, snapping his fingers be- the bet three pups! Tib quickly came we were Here Greenland. South been who had Moravian missionary, Led Us to the Map and Asked Us neath his disgruntled masters long back the limit, five dogs. to Guesk. doing a lecture stunt after a long stop shaken down for newspapers and any nose. beThe chief began to go careful now, didn't back date in the edge of the arctic circle. Armed information that two-car- d irate draw. believed the gamester on aaiI as - slyly peeped at his us the stone tribal a the firmly age. whole, But, up offering yond contemplate a of this with hint, my patron shadow fellow the old to sacrifice of and a was about He uad those we were Black deuces, treated head to pair the their caught sacrifice by undiety, handsomely now led the way to Brooklyn and then and there with very little feeling sure of victory he tossed back over our think demise of the reins I regovernment right guess they Dog. holding It the lecturer. landed fortunately this gigantic plant; and will propitiate Mr. Dog and btave off ceremony; but Lord bless you, sir! the limit. quired a deep display of heart interest The rug was now covered and we learned that the captains another severe winter. T sl em, Em- he knew he had played rotten poker; quickly back In the stubby bis spear he began to crowded with dogs, and it took four of home before our man would veer yarn about the strange people was ma, that the Black Dog does not want and dropping within the truth zone, and that some the Snow Men to be harmed and will talk deep down in his throat and make the giants to keep the chips in the pot. around and answer indiscriminate exonerating gestures. But Tib was ob- Tib added to the gayety by going the of them had spent the long winter be very angry if they are. t questions. Then he opened up and Now they had coast. the durate, and, eyeing him scornfully, limit, once more. Then my man on months as translated The finally answer, race of by lost the us of Anaklm, told infiords into flapped the damnatory pair of spots caught a cold and, meeting the raise, the the retreated to effect was the that to up 'Tib me, and Tib murmured in my before his sullen face, while he in- threw down his hand. His rage and - "There were giants in the earth In terior, we were told, where in sheltered were magnificent liars and, not on places the mosses and flowering plants the real disposition of Mr. Dog. The formed him he couldnt play mumble wonder on beholding just the deuces jOtose days. with a blind man. I tell you, sir, and three nondescript cards were "The missionary hastened to ex- have the nerve to come forth in the ignoramuses contended that we mtist peg was sublime. It heartened me beautiful to see and a warning to all his of were we Best rage sunshine. to all, placate thjelr pass out in order plain he had never met any of these stingy with some faithful wonderfully, and I began to think that gambling men. Tib had a pisir of fours. were much Eskimos, displeased and very belief supplied his but deity, big people, could do rough because we did not look upon our pkrt life among the lowly wasnt so tough, His chief laid down his truculent spear that they could be found somewhere one ofworkwhom and patted him on the shoulder. But on the English language. the humane ceremony with mbre after all. in of Greenland. interior the in there up to leave the disappearance of the three kings heart caused Then he to was my Tib While we evaded course took fervor. were The tpss trying largely He added, significantly, they Roland for this amiable its accuomed place and to wander up puzzled our common enemy greatly. amply protected from circus collectors, the ice and snow, yet. we carried back a fitting chief a Doubtless he finally decided he had not only by peculiar territorial and cli along a fight sledge and a bunch of Oliver the ring broke up and we were into my throat by giving the dogs. , gnt "1 d TIBERIUS SMITH d tin-hor- n s. brave-hearte- sea-dog- s, jiu-jits- u S: d k w -- 'I lub-JUl- -c- d bow-wow- sub-zer- o if main-sprin- g isle-girte- d e lion-face- wild-anim- high-heele- d k -- cold-storag- e fat-eate- flat-face- off-ea- r, half-asserte-d out-of-do- made a mistake in discarding; for pawed over the dead cards-wit- h one immense hand and found the royal trio which he had supposed' ' he held. , Teased him a bit, grinned Tib, aa he tossed the cards together In I didn't cheat, my .boy, deal. I simply let him try, and he failed. It. will teach him to avoid" temptation in f' the future, I hope. But the other, being short of dogs,, now shoved me into the mat and motioned that Emma and five dogs against me. Tibs treasurer demurred, and wanted to set Emma Then my patron got mad and threatened to jump onto the rug himself. This scared Goliath, and he sulkily allowed the dogs to be wagered-M- y captor passed his hand, and to my surprise Tib followed suit, making It. the first jack-poHell be careful in discarding this time, Im sure, grinned Tib, handing; over the deck with a brazen flush carelessly displayed near the top. "The old fellow grabbed the cards with a grunt of joy, and dealt. then opened for one dog. My owner came back with a five-dog boost to draw cards. Tib met it a bit, and raised it two pups. Back came the limit, and back , it went. This cleaned old Copperskin out of quadrupeds, and he bet no more, although he chuckled hoarsely as for three cards. Copperskin then laid his hand face down and signified he was satisfied with what Tibs owner, fearing all was t lost, began to growl and apply of his spear. Tib waved aside and bet an infant bowwow. He was promptly raised t in spears. Again he raised, and the dogs were covered with skins. One more raise, and Sitting Bull swept all his belongings to the carpet and triumphantly threw down his hand. Tib showed three aces. My master, without examining hie cards, gave a loud woof! and began hauling in the stakes, while the other-coppe-r demon raised his spear preparatory to transfixing Tib, taking it for granted the latters plunge had lost all. But Tib with a sharp yelp pointed to his adversarys hand, find his Infuriated backer reached over and disturbed the card with his spear-poinAlthough the ten of hearts was on top, all the other cards were brunettes, and worthless. Well, sir, it simply swept Sitting-Bul- l and his children oft their feet! They had seen him palm a heart flush and, probably knowing he was the best poker player in the shadow of pole, they had chortled without stint. Goliath, as Emma and I trooped to his side of the skin, gave a gleeful howl and began dancing derisively before his guest. To put the final jolt . into the scene, Sitting Bull slapped one of Tibschips and was immediate- With a be--p- ut - e. t. g after-ponderin- he-ha- the-poin- n the-limi- t. the-nort- cur, "Tien Goliath broke loose and jumped lb to avenge this gross breach of new pitality. I was quickly covered with & mob of the infuriated giants and, say, for rough horse play it had football on Soldiers field beaten into a tender nursery game! Some one grabbed me by the heels and pulled me out of mass. I discovered my rescuer was Emma. Together we located Tibs fat form and extricated him. Then, realizing that everyone was busy with home affairs, we scuttled off to the west.. I reckon they were too actively engaged to pursue us, and three days later we reached the coast and in a condition ultimately made Godthaab. But, do you know, sir. Ive often wondered as to the identity of the g poor devil who left that pack of pictures up there on the edge of the arctic circle. spear-thrustin- g half-starve- d Sunday Travel in Scotland. Sunday is really generally observed in Scotland, said Attorney General Elr Us of Ohio, who spent some time I wished to go there last summer. from Inverness to a place only a short distance away, and it was most convenient for me to go on Sunday, but I found that the Sunday trip was 100 miles longer than the week-day- . trip for the reason that the train ran for a part of the distance on weekdays over the track of a company that would permit no Sunday train at all, so that it has to make a long de tour. Only foreigners travel on Sunday in Scotland. We Americans who did so found that "we had the trains to ourBelveB on that day. "Everybody goes to church on SunWe found the churches day there. Their evening services well filled. seem to be held earlier than with us, meal IS eaten after and the evening " this service. So generally do the people attend these services that at the hotels the eevning meal is not served until after church services, and no one is expected to appear in the din-- -' until after church time. -- Ing-roo- Famous Tablets in Tenement. y teneIn the wall of the ment at the southeast corner of Oak and Oliver streets, on the side toward the latter, are Inserted five bronze tablets, two between the second and third floors, one between the third and fourth and two between the fourth and fifth. It would be a safe wager that not one of the 160 persons living in the building knows the significance of those tablets. It was in a tavern on this spot that the articles of evacuation of New York were signed by the British on November 25, 1783. The tablets were first placed in the walla of the old tavern. The builder of the tenement had some patriotism in hla heart and built them into the tent ments. N. Y. Sun. five-stor- |