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iw I A WOMAN'S LOVE J OR, A BROTHER'S PROHISE | CliAI'TJUJ I.â€" (CoutlnuocJ Thr?j' lear.CiJ on tie eastern paj-a- pet. TI;o night had faired, and the moon was rising. A misty radiance hung o\er tl.e lioiisctoi)K, and the bldck b',:lk of tlie livc'.'i^lo waio- houscs took on unheal uingnilUonte of statute. Ti:ii spun of UiacKMais Uildgr wus (I dreuiii, airy ns gossa- mer. PuKl's master of tl o ICast, reared his dome into the clearing . sky, Eupiorae .-md aljsolutc. And thei^o rivor, dark and iny.stcrious, swept on In such ninjcstic cur\es of sod in- difTo.enre that Hector was stirred to dreams <f tl:e hca, of stately â-  .siilps of whito sails under thc.fi'tars, of roving to .^trnngc ports ai'id islands greon with I'iiliris. - "Ti e IsJo of i'alms is far away," said the old man in a low voice. Hector .--taited as if he had been Etabl>ed : his very thought liad taken words, "The Isle of I'alms is far away," the old man repeated. "LiVo ' a green jewel it lies under tlie sun all jlai", and all night un-ler the stars like a fkepiiig maid. Blue waters ring it« .shores, white clouds lil;s its nills, green covers it like a robe, nut the jewel Kjiarkles in a tyrant's crown, luid the .sleeping maid is a slave. Tlie white, clouds carry his. "Queen Marldalena !" cried Hector. "The ln>t a. id the Ijost iind fairest of her ra:o !" ITertors impulro Icnred In llm. ngci'i, stronger and more luadly than over. "Can't 1 luflp, Smtw Urttvo?" The cl:l man smil.' i. , "But 1 have not (inl have told you evor.vtl I'avo shown you ni.v Iti j'oii may ask mo Ihu.i.' TiiO.V were como to a olngy door, or.o' of the liundicd and twenty-live liingy (ioors of Chaiford Street, Kus>- tho choani might be haniincrcd into '*" '^Qua'"' reality, at;d ho, Ho. tor Cl.lsholm "^O" vvill como li. to my lodging.s Crai^t have his fill c:f fighting. WasI"'"^ -smoke a cigarette," said Bravo, it possible? jir.serting his latchl-.e,v. Ti^o blood boiled in his throat with i ^ '"-"y <?"tered a room scantily l>;r- kcd. When 1 «g, when â-  1 t argiini?nt â€" the heat of the impulse. Thc;o was iio leaKOiung* over it; in.'^tinct, long hereditai-y instinct, clamored and urged ai:d battoiodâ€" and ho found, on a sudden, to his no small ama^e, that he had come to a resolution, a man wonders wlio finds his sword in his hand, and cumiot re- niombcr having drawn it. He spoke before he knew. "Senor Bravo," said he, in a voi:o that was new to himself. Thoy were passing the Lyceum Tl:catre, (.rant all oblivious that his way lay ca.5tward. The g.liizlod Palmetto looked up from under his broad sombrero, and his grey moustache and imro.ial biistlcd. "Yes?" ho said inquiringly. "I_ know something of your Is- land's history. We have talkedâ€" rather you have talked to mo about It, how often ? I have thoughtâ€"" He hesitated, for now that ho came to speak the word.s, they seemed so feeble, he was so helplessâ€" it was so ridiculou.s here, In London's heart, to prppojo E.o mad a thing. But in curse.y, tie gieen lides the graves of spite of lis boyish blush of shame his victims. Your ii\ei_ah [ your river â€" I follow it, roi.nd ove>v bend, over every joach, iknvn, coun to the 6«a. Tlien I go wos',\sa. i with the Bun, and ."southward with the brave windâ€" days aid days I go, and as the £.cventh night fulls 1 come to my Isle of Palnu;, 'I^i o lights glimmer on the shore: the thrum of the gui- tar comes over tlie waters; I smell the smell of my own land, my own hills; 1 I ear a lover singing in the soft Palmetto snoe hâ€" 1 am home." Hector lould find no word to break the ftlleiKo. The roar of Lon- don was nil about them, but the Bllcm e that fe 1 when the eld man ceased to apeak could be felt; a hush like tl at of the moment be- tween a dream and the waking. He looked at his companion who stood, han:.'.s fof'cd on the paratet, gazing out over tie livcr as if ho could see the green islands ritiii.g out of the dark wateia of tie Thames. At last llravo turned and took Hejtor's ai'ni. ''Come away !" he said abruptlv. Tl>ey walled Strandwauis. 'cTIsB sight of your Thames always fills me with impo.-isible dreams. All day I grieve that Palmetto lies un- der the ifon heel c.f IMspaniola, all Kiy waking thoughts are of her ml.-;- eiy and ('0Bi>alr. But, Honiotimcsâ€" with nigl.t and the livciâ€"tho hopes of ycar.s, the long c'eni e.", conio back to me, anl I .see my Palmetto de- livered from the oppressor, for a little while I ii\e in a fool's para- difce. Yet I can never forget that my hopes ui'o impo.-glble." "Why impo.'sible ?" cried Hector, moved out of him.self. "FicKt because I am no longer yo.mg. Second, be au«j there Is lacking the great 8( Ivei.t of all diffi- culties, the key to open all doors- gel I, always gold." (•rant's heart wont out to the old man who, though hi.s hair was al- qmost while, preform ed still the fair fancies of youth; who, though crushed by the hand of Fate, yet had dhlna niomenls of" robollion"; who, though knowing well thot his hope was forlorn, d'ungtto it with all the tenacity of a lover. Irloctor had heard the old man , speak In this •train befoio, but his words, so earnest "%et feo resigned, hud never Bo moved him as they did now. Forlorn hopes appealed over to the heart of Hector Grant. He came of Btock whoso lii>ijes were all rir- lorh. His amo.-.torsâ€" witnes.s the family tr«oâ€" were out with Monti'os* thcv lo.st life in the '15; they lost lands and IWe in the '45; tl.oy died IKsnhllefs and lonely under tiio ban- ner of .loin Uptnpany; thoy- gave their blood, their all, for Poland; and his fatherâ€" so near ns thatâ€" left the world In ft Maze of glory at Oravelotto, when Ilo( lor was walling Into ii. This was Ho. tor's rosary •II beads of glorioufl disaster. His bead ? Was it possible to add one? Scuieo halt an hour ago ho had been grumbling ovcSr I im<elf, lament- ing I. is absorption into; the dr«b Nir\nna of habit and (laily routine. His bruin was gi owing rusty and his blood dawdled like A Lowland stream He was f.lowly drifting Into a state of ra' elc'smiess, wl.pn l.e would be a mote walking einj tineas, a galvaniz- ed corpse, a mac-hinc, and not a , human being full of the ilot of blooii ':and (he joy of living. H+s line, 'like, the Applan Way, would end in a 'mlrc!, ho himself another Ualloway. Bllllâ€" the lust of life and doing was tiidden away somewhere ni him. For there were hours wh<m he craved madl.v for excitcpiolitâ€" the oUli' .of flghliiif;. adventiii Ing, peril of the land and pot 11 of the sea. Jeopardy tuid thrill of the open rood, foray in •Iranito rountry and battle in the n|£ht. Ah ! it only the hour came ! A t-liought leaped in his brnin. Tl^is man was old and he was young. With this old â-  man's kniiw-' le^gn end his own Rtreng|h taU the •irongcr bcrau.'o long i ,ai>li)eiO, ' It â- utgiif be powrtblc to dQ^Hometlilng ; the thought rushed into words. "I want to helpâ€" I must help. Can't I?" Bravo drew a deep breath. He was excited, but kept himself in- fine con-, trpl. He had been waiting for this, he had been expecting it. "Before I .say a word of answer to your question, let us go over the ground again. You will not inter- rupt until 1 am linished. That Is understood ?" "It is understood." For a few moments there was sil- ence, and Hector made an assump- tion of calmness by lighting a cigar- ette. "To begin at the beginning," said the old -juan In an even voiie. "Ifor three centuries Palmetto was a pros- perous kingdom unJer the rule of the Ribeircs, a royal family among royal fainillea. Close on ninety years ago Hispaniola, by a knave's trickâ€" all the world knows of Itâ€" claimed sovereignty, dopcsod Eman- uele XIX. and took posses- sion by force. The Powers were too busy to iiay any at- tention : Napoleon hud his back to the wall, and the nations were at his throat. In the ciln and acuflle, the tl-.o t of I'alnietto went practical- ly unnol'l ed. The loyal family was exiled, niul .'iiice then Hispanlolo has licid what she ."•-tole. Possession is all the points < f modern law : eo none lias questioned her right. "So much for tlie position histori- cal. "Now- the position actual ! "What is there to soy ? Oil cannot bo calm. Hispaniola grinds my brethren like so much corn. She bleeds them of their hard-wi-ung earn- ing.«!. She takes their sons and sends them to death in her western colon- ies. She racks them with taxes In- numerable; levies import duties on every imaginable article of necessity that the island does not produce; in a word, makc« the right to live a luxurious pi iviloge. "Do you want an Instance ? It a Palmetto wishes to leaAe tho , bland he must obtain a jiassport. Komin- nlly, on t^his there is stamp duty of two pesetas. Hut before all theHIs- paniolau oflflcial palliA aie oiledâ€" from the Oovcnior'S, down through fecretaiies' and orderlies', to the gate porter's â€" forty pounds Ifingllsh do not cover the cost. Few Pal- mettos loavo their prison on these terms, and the world cannot hoar of their troubles. -j "Can they not %rlte 7 you sny. Ye.s, the.v can wilte, but their let- ters are ojienod, and thoy are promjitly airestcd on some trumpery charge, and linger in goals without trial for months and years. You ha\e never boon in an Hispaniolan prison ? Ah I well "Hispaniolan spli-s arc ove-ywhcre. Why, no ot:e lights a clgaiillo In the streets of Palm City without look- ing round twice. "When yoti Are born you are tax- ed; when you aio> married you arc taxed; when you die. you cannot be buried until your relatives pay tho burial-tax. "This is outside. K\er.y ono knows this. VouT British totft-lat knows it, but ft 18 no concern of his. The insido is known only to those who have suffered. Wo hate tie Hispan- iolan, tor bo is a thief and a liar and a murdcror. "We vfould cast off his yoke but alas ! we- aio not strong enough. We have men williag to .die, but there are no guns betatise we have no money. "All th» â-  people are htingry for relief from o|ipro3sinn, and thoy are ever faithful; hoping, almost against hope, for' the retnrn of thoir rightful i-uler " , â- â€¢- •"' "There is, t*on, a doscendant of the Ribelros ?" «interruptcd Hector, forgetful of his promise. ,. "For the loturn of her Majesty, •Queen' Maddalona 1" continued tho old man, with a touch of: thnt love for drainatir. vlimax poescsved by all 4ou thei'n • peoples. ntl.'hed In the early Vlctoi ian man- ner, tl e classic mode in all Bloom- sbury ludgi: g l;ou8c.s. On a table in tho middle of the room were a lamp, a little tray with clgaiettcs ar.d matches, and ai:otl.er tray with a bottle of wine and a couple of glu.sscs. "Sit ho;o," said the olJ man, pushing forward tho oi e ca.<5y chair) "and lu-ay hclji yourself to a gla.ss of wire and a cigaiotte. Both wir.e and tobacco aie from Palmetto. You will excuse mo for a moment?" "Certainly." Bravo Icrt tho room. Hector glanced about him; he had seen 'it all before. Indeed, in his early days in London he had lived in a similar dungeon. A well-wo:n horsehair sofa occupied the side of the room opposite tie fireplace. On the right hand of tho tireplace was a rickety sidt^-board, and on the left a nest of crabbed boo'K-shclves. By tho window stood a writing-table, and opposite the window were folding doors, obviously oioiiing into a boiroom. A fow uncoiafo table chaiis gaudily antima-'assaie-I, and half a dozen cxe'rable prints in frames of mildewed gilt, completed the furniture. He tor was not left long to his whirling circle of ti:oijghts. The slicing doors rattled In their groovcs. Hector roro to his feet. with amaze at tho figure that en- teiod. It was Senor Bravo, incleod, but Senor Bravo transfoimod an J transfigured. Gone were sombieio and volumin- ous cloak, goi:o wci'! tho stoope:! f-houlders, gone was tie slouching gait. all of silver. Behind the throne foil a cuitain cf purple, in the centre of which sluiie a gigantic silver "11" surmounted by u filver crgwii. (irunt fci.ed tlo old mdn..'s atm- "In Cod's name, what sorcery is this?" llravos o.V*s glittori'd and lie drew llu'.iolf u() to Us full height.. "My la't aiguinont. Youare in tlie palace of " t)no of the white curtains parted and the;e appealed tie slim figure of a young woman lobed in unrelieved black. A blood-red io!e flauied in her hair. Bravo advanced a pace and raised hia voice : "Her Majesty Queen Afaddalena, whom God preserve !" (To be Continued.) f Her e v.as a genilLitian of middle THE 100-MILE TEAxN. We're Likely to Ee Travelling at That Hate. We note with pleasure that our spa o cicvouring f.ienc's at Zossoi, Cermany, have not yet satiated their hunger for [lace, and touch.od the le- co. d the other day f^r no less than 140 miles por hour, .says tl e Street Railway Journal. They seom to be overcoming air pre.ssuro rather comfcv. tably up to the present, and wo ha\e heard notling about tho motors failing or the pre-'isu o cav- ing in the front end c! the car. Perhaps the doubting gentlemen who figured on tie motors burning out from ovei load at 80 iniU^s lec liour to 100 miles |)er. hour will now bo coii\i'.i.ced that higher speeds are both p-o.~.sdble and practicable. One hundred ai.d forty miles per hour is a docide.oly hot pa-.e, but it will moie than likely bo beaten before wo go to press. It has taken a good many years to evolve ti.e two-min- ute trotting horse, but this ,vcar we have him in trdpllcato, and just so it has been with electric tailroa. ing. One the ro:ords began to break they fairly blew up and left only small fragments. One hundred and forty mi'es per 1 oir, oven if not outdone by a con- si erablc margin, still means that th.n huiKired-milcj-ar-hour train is much nearer to leality than it has over been before. That speed i^ quite feasible whenever it is ccrnand- age, dignitied, with ii pre~onie. Ti:c shaggy oyebiows and weU-tiimmed moustache and impx-rinl Hotter knew; he did not know the doso-croppoJ hair above a brotd, heiavily- wilnkled forehead. Hut it was Senor Bravo's dre33 that riveted his gaze : a costume of black velvet and silver : black velvet coat witli silver butters, and with a silver "R" on each lapel; black satin breeches, whiio silk stockings. and shoes with sihcr buckles; ruffles of white lace at the wiists, a jabot of white lace at the-throat, and at the loft I ip a rapier, sihcr-hlltej, and sheathed in black entuucl. For a momei.t Hector thought that his host was of a surety gone crazed. Bravo KoemoJ to divine what was passing in He.tor's mi'iid. TTo waved a withered hand courteously, as to say "Your thought is natural. "No, my friend, I am not mad. "I have spoken to you of Palnio- too, and you have lespondecl in al the warmth of your young heart. 1 â€" I, who am siisiicious of every hu- man being, I trust you. Will you not trust me ?' Hector pul cd himself together and laughcKl. "Surely." "Then follow lue. And whatever you see or hearâ€" above all, whatever you fef!l^<io not fear." Ho led tho waj- into the bedroom, for bedroom it wa.s. A single can- dle shed light. Hector looked about ' ini. It was of the stereotyped Bloomsbury pattern ; a bed, a dhest of .drawers with a mirror, a wa-sh- handstand, a c-ouplo of chairs, a largo wooden trunk, and tho iiovit- ablo "Bcscent fiom tic t!ro s"â€" a den to make sleoii a thing of dread. Bravo swung the chest of drawees away from tho wall. . A low dour Was disclosed. lie blew out the candle. "Place your JxanJs an my should- ers. So. Now, do not speak. When 1 go forward, follow. Ho not lose touch. We go down thioo steps â€"now." Hector counted throe stops. Tien he heard the door clo.'.e behiiti tl cm. "Forward I" s - Hector kept touch. As he walked he felt onco a hot breath on his cheek and ho hoard a .sigh, followed by the click of a triggerâ€" or was it tho sibilant swish of steel ? The Sonne's aie absolutely di-ssimllnr, yot now ho could not oistinguish between them. "Stop I" There was a flood of light. They were stamling^ at tho encl of a nar- row passage, before a.>baize-covciod door. Bravo turned with a smile. "Faith is good," ho said. "Look!" yector looked behind him. He cotnitod ten men, in uniforms of white and purple, who stood like statues, with drawn eworda against their shoulders. Ard IToctor, al- though |-,o smiled tho superior smilo his Intel igonre and taslc exacted, yet felt a queer little tremor run down his siiiiial column. Bravo nper.od the door. "Come," ho Bald, TIcy passed Ihrodgh into a groat room hung with curtains of silver tifftiie and lit by a huge chandelier of a hundrcjd lights. Their feet re ted on a rail ot like velvet. s«ft and thick and wile. Chaiis of white velvet with arms of silver, lined each side of the hnl!. M cue en-', oi a dahs, htcicd a h'gli thrcuie, acemlngly 'ed. and it is moreover, quite high <!nough to meet the lequirements of humanity lor some little lime to come. its real importance lies, as wo have often remarked, in its ap- pli;atiGn to long lii.es on which the saving of time would be .material. Cutting down tho running time to Flatbush or Hac'kenBack may ce- fer tie dyspep5.ia ot the commuter for another season or two, but it is i>ot commercially important. It is cutting the time on long rues that counts â€" reducitte the tdnio to Wash- iiiilton to. less than three hour.s, and converting t! o trip to Chicago into a mere right's run. It is now aimounced that tho ex- peilmcnts have been conducted large- ly with the icca cl the ea.ily applica- tion of the system to the railroad conio.ting Bo lin with Hamburg, dis- tant by rail 176 miles from each other, and that an early conversion of that lino is b,v no moars impro- bable. Somehow the hundre"l-:nil<i- an-hour train looks nearer than it c'id a few months ago, and our spy- glass is still trained in the diro.tion of Cermany. FETICH DOCTOBo. Have Just Stirred Up a ilevoit xU the Congo free State. A des])atch fiom London says that fetich doctors in the Lomtunl BUitrlct of the Congo State, about 900 milos from the Atlantic, have stirred up many natives to roo'.t, fort. lying their coirrago to this point by iticaii- tatioi.a whi.h will renior them in- vulnerable to tho bullets of the Whi,«V3. I'^otiehlsm is lOcogr.izcKl as an im- pediment to progress on the Congo. •lust OS tic Congo Stale has inac'c tho crimes of slave* laldiiig, cannibal- ism, nnd human rracrificcs iiuniahable with death, so it has placcHi the arts cf tie toti.li doctor on the list of niiisdouioanors, and punish.es these men when thoy are caught i.lying tl oir trade. These fellows live t)y their wits. They keep alive faith in the efUcacy of charms, belief in witch craft, and many othcir hannfi.l su[>e;sHtlons. Any one la likely to be accused of being a witch if ho hopiseus to hove property that is coveted by tho chief or the feli'.h doctor, or hns in- ciiired tl-.o hatred of some one whom tho feti;h man dtvsircs to please. The natixos bellevo that the person' thus acused Is a wizard, nnd wh.en he takes tho ixjIesoii test, and staggers and falls isnder tho infli:eiuc cf the drug, his guilt is coiis-i 'o ed a-s os- tabliiihed, and tho by-stantlors rish at him and beat him to death. Dr. Bentlcy, c I the Bapti: t ml»- cions, wrote a while ago that marry hundieils ot. terrible sto. les of this kind with much va-icty of c'etail might eatily be tolocted. TIi> told of a case on the Lower Co:.go where eight eon men wore coBtpelled to suf- fer c'oalh because a fc'.l-h doctor ac- cused them of causing tho death of six men who had bcHm drowned by tl e up.«etllng ot thoir fanoe. As f.vit ns iVe influence of the Congo Hta'o is extended over its vast domain, frc authorities are mal<.lng much trouble for t'c fetich doctor by c liniiiiuishing his prosrtige and punis.hltig llm f;ir privctliliig his ait So he !c«gt>r.s white men as bis s| c ial o.emles, an;', if j>os.=;ible, Ktiis up IVv nutiies against thom. AS TO NlCKNAMEa. Given Often for Abstird J'«asoQtf and Generally Stick, "Wonclc*{i'( Ijiow names slick to < jorson," raid the ob.'ervant man "Tl c e wo:e two ni.e littlo^women ii oi.r village who came to call on lu ore o^eniug. and we olTerc'tl f. en po; corn vvhi h tlie children had jusi biougl.t in from the kit'.hen. Vlinj refiistst', but not so einpiiaii ally ai to i cep us from giving them twc iicaping I liites of the corn. VCe kept refilling the ) lates and they kept crunching all the eve; U g. Ti ore was somcti ing so fanny about it thnt I caL'sd them 'tie por-coM lac ios', and the name has .stiack to thcni RO that tho whole villajjo know them by It. "I once knew a man who tal'ed incessantly in a high pit' lie J vol e. and a bright giil dubbed hi-m 'th« chirper.' Tl.e name was quicklj pasced around among t!-c young l-co- I>lc, and now the gi eater part of his (rien'S know him by that name. A dignified young woman of jny ae- quo i tanco goes by tho name ol 'Whont' to litis day because when she wns; a little giil s) e used to call hor self 'JMif . Whont' when s!-e jla.yed giovvTti-up ladies-, and the family pick, ed it up. She f.imply can't shaki the abs-ird name. "More than one rcfl-hairod man U known by tie name cf "FIuk:" and philcsophically accepts the title. 1 have an ucqcaintaiue who holds â-  rc9;.on'ille po.itjcn who is known by the name? of -'Dotty.' It scemi that oi;e day a misihiovous girl c Is- covei'od that lo had three prominent timi les. She promptly ciubbcd him 'Dotty Dimple,' ard now ho is known to all his osfioiiatcs ns Dotty.' An- otl or man ot my acquaintance is al- waj-s called 'Bluebeard' bocauce ho hns such a white and tlin skin that if he does not shave dai y lis beard shows hi e throuigh it. That name. too, came through a woman's quick wit. "An d.l lady f. ieud cf mine is still called "Peachy' beiause when sr.« was a joung girl she had a complex- ion liKo poaches and cream. Her brother promptly dubbed her 'Peachy,' and 'Poacihy' she will re- main to tl end of her days. In a ce-taln household a very tominiiw little woman is sti'l called 'Thi Boy,' because when she was a yo.inj gi.l Eihe vvor.t thiough a sciious ill- ness wli-.h ma- e it i.e.essary to cut he( holt s'iot-t. Hbi ycunger sister said sic was 'the boy' of the family, and the dainty lady is still called bj that absurd name. "An efieminate man was once call- ed 'Viola' by one of tho boys in thi ofTicc. and now we lUiew I'iin bj nothing ekse. Another ore of tha bo.vs ill the oilico is nlvvays ca'lotl 'Chesty,' and though he got angry at liist, he has cheerfully accepted the new name now. "Our bookkeeper is always imtting in his oar when it is not at all ncc- cassary, and I think now ho will be known until tl o end cf time as 'Ceneral Butts.' A friend of mino who is always called 'Chceful' dooa not know whether he is called that because bis f ioiv's believe he has a chtfrful ci^positiou or berauso thej cor.sic^er hini a cheerful i.'iot. But, at anj' rate, ho can't shako tho iioi"'-.'' till S"OEMOSAN SAVAGES. Thought One Chinaman Was Same as Another. When the JapanoEc soiiod Formosa they had a shaft) caini>aign against the Chinese populalicn, many ol whom resented their arrival by taki ing up arms. Tho sav-ago tiibei. who occupy tho mountaius of tht eastern third cf the island informeo tho Japanese that thoy would like to hcl;) in the war against their invot- esate ©loniics. Tho Japanese with some hej-itatiot accoptod a small party of these al- lies, and have beon tolling ever sirrcj a curious story about tho failure ot tho oxporimont. Food and nuaitoM wore provided tor tho hillsinen with tho army, and olT they star-ted ovot tho plains to meet the Clilneso in- suiTgeitts. All wont well for a few daj'S, whon it boramc ovL^ent that tto row ro- crults were discontented. They fln- all.v pt>oas;ited tl cm.<w*lves bpforo t e commander of tho torcks and plainly exprossod their c'dsappolnlmcnt and cfisgust. Tl oy said tl e Japanese had como to Foimosa to kill Chinese; but here they had been mavohing for days among thousarv's ot Chircse, work- ing In the dele's or busy al>out the hou.se3. , 'i\) be sure, tho'e poai Ic wore unarmed, and for that reason it would have been all tho easier to kill tlvem, ard wliy the Japanese had cl- lowod these thousrvnds to live (lassocl tljeir comprehension. » The.v said they desilred to loti'm to their tribe, whose warriors, thocgh few In mimber, could nia^e a larger rolleition of Chinese hca'ls than t' o whole Japanese force toge'her. Ho they were started bock for their hilU under escftrt, and thus ended t) eir parti ipaticn in t^o Japanese canv palgn DISRAKLI WAS A COWARD The late call of Bea:o:-.s(lilJ i«(« gifted with any amotrnt of political and moral courage, but he wns ai abjcKt coward tilvvti.nlly. When In was still I la-in Mr. Diwaeli I. Is wlj bivcc .s-ala of I hn : "Benjamin in th< greatest coward I ever saw. Why do yoti know T ptways have to pul tho string of his shower bath 9" .\ni tho groat man was fain to confe* that this was actuallv Oir tujta. • f