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Show I'1 l l - f i J t fy ( Jt THE WORLD VOL. IV. AMERICAN FORK, UTAH, SATURDAY, OCTOBER rushed through the hallway to ffha read wplnloa on partial infonaation. fe facing men, then, had very little regard of the house while another stood, wide-eye-d lor the revenue laws. They regard td and speechless, supporting heraeif (By Jerry Cobb.) them as an unjust restriction upon agaiust tbe newel post. 6SOT1 EVER let me beer their trade and chances to make mcn-Dick! shrieked the girl, as a merry But when he was thrown with dif- laugh caLie from without you Bpeak at him as Miser ferent asst ciatloLs his estimate of Ms again Dick! echoed the hoarse voice of Spanker, sharply duty toward the government WUs the old captain, as he caught the faintordered the old la- changed, and he resolved to pay the ing girl on hia arm, and stood as dy with a gentle duty on all that cargo as conscience though to defend a beleaguered ship. and attractive (ace money. I think it was about $10 a Whats the row, governor? Did I as she turned uprm pound. At any rate, it amounted to a give you a bit of a fright? shouted the her pretty grand- very large rum, and few would have Ban.e Jovial voice. And Margie, too? Never!" undertaken to pay it from a mere sense as he encountered the obstacle to givdaughter. Hut, grandma, of patriotism and right. I know that ing the captain a sonly embrace. Althats what they the captain consulted your grandfather, low me, and he transferred the burden all cull him, stammered the girl, who who gave his approval, and assisted in to his own arms. Norwas it water Was shocked by discovering for the first borrowing money on mortgages coverUhi time that her revered ancestor bad a ing the captains estate. The sending and blushes. And the fi: of the money to the treasury created a centence of the captain temper in her composition. That's the way of the world, with great deal of comment at the time, but yours, Dick." diminished tire and a careful readjustonly three of us knew who bad se'it it. Yes, It was Dick, bigger and handment of the cap that had been set The captains wife signed the securi- somer and more manly than ever. His awry by her unwonted display of vigot. ties, but she died without ever asking volunteer traveling partner had laid We Jump from appearances to conclu- what the money was for. She was the him out with the heavy butt of a Colts sions, and the result is a great deal of most confiding woman I ever knew. revolver while they were on the way Injustice to our fellow creatures. We Richard knows that the land is encum- to the nearent depot to the Eart, and it are forbidden to judge at all, and w bered, but thinks that It is only to use was the robber who had been killed, certainly should not render a verdict the money In better paying invest- with all Dicks money and papers on t il we ascertain the Inmost facta. ments. The aim of the captains life his person. When grandma and the That's the way your grandfather would from that time to this has been to re- captain danced quaint old figures at lave put it were he alive. He was by deem tbe estate and leave It eeer to the wedding It was plain to the pretty sechis son. He has given the young man bride that far the ablest lawyer in all this were living for the time they tion. more than be would have accepted had In thq atmosphere of forty years agone. Fearing a diversion to the older wom- he known. He went through eollege, an's favorite theme, the younger ore contracted unnecessary debts, fis boys A GREAT ACTOR. But isnt Cap- will do. and then came home to fall In promptly interrupted. d tain Spanker, and penv love with you. Vorrcxt Was Always Tracta. K pnlall, You speak aa if that was a misrious? His housekeeper has te take a When Alimony Day Came Round. if eal out every once in a while to keep fortune. did not carry the actor McCullough from starving, and they say that Ms "No, but the captain is very proud Into every life, as Forrest did. Forday grocery bills are less than those of his and very determined. I think' he is rest waa the always tragedian, I can tennnt. poorest quite believe that more determined than your grandfa- and after his divorce great generally moody he puts in the first half of every night ther was. You must remember that I and but when he spoke It was refused the captain, and he would nev- In silent, counting his gold. deep, tragic tones and with shakings Margaret Pemley, sit down and hold er consent to his son marrying my of his black curly locks that Impressed yn-itongue. I Just got through telling granddaughter unless he bad a fortune the listener unbounded awe, aaye with was as It to talk you wrong you're and a standing equal to her own. the Overland Monthly. No one, I 'Unto the third and fourth generadoing, yet you persist In it. I know the ever to Joke or be familiar dared think, tion quoted the girl, with a tremulous cattaln, and you dont. with the great ForretSjyhen "aliOh, I have a slight personal ac- smile. But Im in love with the grim he had to. quaintance with him, grandma. He old captain, now, and the only way to mony day came aroui a round pay divorced sur good, jt me of whale a with the presented image get him for a father Is to marry P'ck, he had whittled out of a pine block, Just as I Intend doing. Miser, Indeed! wife it waa better to c it0wa7 from, on day, and took particular pains to Hes grand and noble, no matter H he him, for then he alio i.7hie temper, tell me that I was a real trim looking was a smuggler, or pirate, or whatever and "ugliness to havijg I sway. Nolittle girl, though he knew that Dirk it wasu - No wonder Dicka so dashing where In American "Oihipitic history had asked me to be his wife. He acted and brave and independent He only does an actor stand out with Ihe promabominably about that, and I just be- writes me that hes doing very well inence of Forrest. Hla Individuality lieve that It was because he was too out there, but he wouldnt talk about was so pronounced that no one who stingy to give Dick a start In life. Why, coming home to fix things up with 'the once met him could ever obliterate that the horrid old captain roared out ns dear old governor, as he calls the meeting from his memory. Forrest is though he was balling a distant ship unless he was successful. Dick also a part of history,, for there are and declared It nothing but a silly, atn- - thinks all the world of him, although many who remember the Macreedy riots, incited primarily- by Forrest they did quarrel. hissing Macready in Hamlet for introhis father, Why doesnt he writs ducing some business he did not like then? "Because he forbade It when they waving a handkerchief and dancing on in the players scene which Forrest parted, and vou know they are not a yielding family, I believe. I wish tfiey sarcastically dubbed the Pus da This was in London and the were more so. At the very time this conversation news spread like wildfire, so that after wrs going on the few. people that the playing a magnificent first engagement captain had about him were rapidly all over England hia second was madea failure by Macreadya friends biwconcurring in an opinion that he had his gone crazy. His two latest meals had lng, groaning and Interrupting ' been like banquets compared wF.h his i plays. usual repasts. He had Issued a stf tidLuxury In Central Africa. ing order that hereafter he would live We learn from a London Interviewer as became the proprietor of one of the finest landed properties in the stre. that Zomba, the capital of British CenIn the evening he went so far as to tral Africa, Is quite a civilized place, Join hiinReif in a bottle of ate and to in which the visitor may require a If the commissioner asks sing In his fog horn voice some of tne dress coat. nautical classics that only go at th.lr you to dine, you will find that he lives best In the teeth of a gale. The alrnple in a luxurious mansion bnllt' high up MARGARET PEMLEY, SIT '00 .VM. truth was that he had paid tae last on the Bhouider of a lofty mountain. pid, childish affair. It was woiBe than dnilsi due on the mortgages, and was Your dinner will be cooked by a Hinbeing a miser to come between two now longing for the safe return of doo chef of exquisite cunning, you will young people as deeply in love s Dick Dick, who had threatened to own a gold be waned upon J)y deft servants as and myself." mine before he came back to claim a black as night, the table will be decoYou're Just as set as your grand- bride. The even thought of rated with flowers such ss no British father was. Margaret. It is a gi at deal Marge ret. andcaptain like how she was to what duchess could buy, the view from the easier to get along with girls w'ieu one her onee been, hut windows will delight your eye. Aftei had grandmother has to spank them into obediei ce than dismiwed her with a conviction that dinner you will step out into the rscan-da- , when one is reduced to reason! ig with she would not have to perhaps, and smoke your cigar with remained true them. Perhaps I shouldnt t dl the Dick on sc roar of the cascading river in your the teak foundation aa a captains secrets, but there doesn't girls first love. or fall into a luxurious eftir and ears, seem any other way to eonvli re you. read the last novel from Mndies or the a Within week the quiet community I was quite a belle when I was Young, n last batch of papers which the handsome and the grandmother was shocked by the report of Richard Then delivered. to lias Just early He was death. on his way blushed as she gave a deft josh to Spankers bed and early to rise, your bath, your her side curls. Among other suitors home, and had been shot by tran ras- coffee, and a little fruit "perhaps, a whom he had attempted to resist. a hers I had Captain Bpanker. He stroll n the delightful garden, full of spruce young sailor then, and ,if good The letter bringing this brief gccouit fruits and flowers, a peep at the family. Ours, you know, was among of a tragedy that left the captain nothprivate menagerie, then the most prominent in the r.ati. I ing to live for and almost brake the Star. London dejeuner. preferred your grandfather, but the heart of Margaret, told that the papers captain and I always remalnel good and money belonging to the young man . , Transfer of Tiros. friends. He finally consoled himself by had been forwarded. They followed back tire has punctured When the marrying Dick'a mother. lie wis a Hr. closely, and showed that Dick had tie fellow In a brave sailor sul when made good hla promise to win a for- pretty often, and it is tbe back tire that they accompanied the captain or a voy- tune. He was richer than the captain freely indulges in these little tricks, age to China. It was a venture of hla himself. Then the girl pocketed her it is an excellent thing, on hicycles'wlth own, and the result was that he smug- pride and went to Dicks father. 81 e equal sized wheels, to have the :lres gled in an Immense cargo of opium, read him the love letter from hia nop. changed from one wheel to the other. and in each of them was some senti- This will frequently cause th&back tire and landing it at an harbor on the southern coast. As ment of regard that filled the o:d ma.i to last twice as long without renewal, a result of this defrauding the govern- with rejoicing while he groaned at the since there ia so much ess&ia!n and ment he became a very rich man for thought of what might have been. The wear on the front wheel.jA little pro those dayv, and, at hla wife' solicita- beautiful youag woman and the raptalc caution of this kind is quite w$U worth taking, if one does not iynt to be' let iif tion, bought the fine place where he were drawn to each other in their comnow lives, and settled down to enjoy mon affliction until she was as hv for continual expense. The tube grows life as & gentleman farmer. daughter and had already been namcM thin and weak with heavyuse "And you defend a smuggler, grand-ma- r as the sole Inheritor of his property. constant punctures, and It W $i)t worth while to try and prolong One afternoon they sat talking In th & There you go again, forming an library when one white-face- d rervut CAPTAIN NO. 48. IS! 17. 8888988898808888888080898 8 WINGED BUTCHERS. BY MINNIE SLADE. a 8 8 8 8 80990008880888808088080880 SPANKER. y. elose-flste- BO, The shrikes, or butcher birds, well deserve their name, as they are quite to the hawks and other predator birds in their courage and the cruelty In which they seem to delight. They have a wide geographical distribution. The shrikes are powerful birds of attractive mien, presenting au appearance indicative of courage. The mandible of this bird is arched and hooked, forming a powerful weapon with which to tear and lacerate its prey. The adults attain nearly the size of a robin. It is however, the habits of the bird that are most interesting, and the term butcher la applied, perhaps, from the fact that they impale their victims. In California, where the shrike is most common, the favorite locality of this bird is found quite a museum, as they catch toads, birds and insects. And one has been seen flying, laboriously carrying a blue jay quite aB large, if not larger, th;ui Itself. As a rule, game thus captured Is taken to some favorite spot and impaled. So strong is this habit that in confinement the bird still takes advantage of any sharp object; thus a pointed stick, sharpened for the purpose, being given a caged butcher bird, all Its food, consisting of raw m!-e- , r . a thicket, from which there would Immediately issue the real cries of a bird on which it had seized. The butcher bird seems to entertain a particular hatred to cngi.-- birds, darling toward them with great fury, and if unable to rcu-llljing about the cage, in some iiuita.iccs causing the i tln-ui- , death of delicate lords from mere fright. In a case that came under my mil Ice a butcher bird noticed a canary hanging inside a window uud darted at it with such force that iho pane was siiattcn-d- . The butcher must have been severely shaken up, at least, but it kept nuilt-rinabout, endeavoring to reacli tin caged Idrd, and only left when driven awny by the interposition of Hume of the family. This occurred in ('onncctic.it, hut the birds hero in their wilder home exhibit the same lull red. In our neighborhood a pair of birds were hung under a cherry tree, and on going to take them in the owner found both birds lying oil the bottom of the cage headless, these Important members having been ruthlessly turn off and ornamcnLIng the thorn of a neighboring orange tree. Ab the cage was neither broken nor bent, it was somewhat of a puzzle how the outrage was committed, but later the eame bird was seen darting at another caged canary that hung Just outside a window. The butcher rushed at it, seizing it with one claw, and, by beating the cage with its wings, it completely demoralized the Inmate, who finally, In its struggles, flew near the bold intruder, who quickly threw out one of its powerful claws and Ungrasped viciously at Its victim. doubtedly it would have torn the canary's head off In this way had It not been disturbed. The butcher birds are not at all particular as to their ood. it varying from blue jays and gophers to grasshoppers, even worms and different Insects being found impaled on rap-tai- n, meat, was Immediately placed upon it and either left or devoured. A friend of mine Mnu-cho- ir. living in Los geles arranged a series of spikes for the benefit the artificial thorns, a variety o f Insects and birds being placed upon the spikes. In tbe illustration is shown a great shrike and also Insects and blrdB Impaled on Rplkes fixed in a wooden ornament on the fence. This valiant little warrior possesses the faculty of imitating the notes of other birds, such as are indicative of pain. Thus it will mimic the cries of the sparrow Hnd WINGED other small birds, so as to make your believe you hear them screaming in the claws of a hawk; and it is thought that this is done for the purpose of inducing others to come out from their coverts to the rescue of their suffering brethren. As on several occasions I have seen it in the act of screaming in this manner, when it would suddenly dart from Its perch into a icom-missinn- ay ST BUTCHERS AT WORK. Die saiiiH neighboring trees. The butcher birds in Southern California greatly resemble tbe English great gray shrike, and presents an attractive appearance when on the wing, the buck being gray, and white markings afford a striking contrast. They are quite valuable from the fact that they destroy so many Injurious insects. New York Ledger. Ia thn Vernacular. "And you want to marry my daughter, do you?" said Mr. Stockbroker. "What? 'Well, not right away, Bir, said the Grinnen1 "That's right And It isn't timid youth; but I'd like to have aa a fountain at all. It's a bicycle." Baron her. option ret (still Incredulous) What make? Chicago Tribune. Not itajex-iiteiv'- e. a. Nona In It. He lies In jail for bigamy; Wife Well, Henry, whats the news? The law is most inhuman Husband I havent the slightest lure In robbing man of liberty this la a Sunday papai- Fir. reading. Ftr wanting a new wos)an. - sftll J i l 4 ! V"1--' r - nis Dlarovery. Grinnen "Old fellow. Ive discovered the fountain of youth. Barrett ua-us- ed ? oi' ,the birds that carried on their depredations in the vicinity and found that they eagerly took advantage of port-ma- ws-- gil An- |