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*>« '.i'- -X "•• Ti"*" :.r 'm r sn- ;j /*" . f" ,v. if? Utr PFY !>F Al^U H Author «f"Th. Iron Trail." "Tl» ,w&,k J&Jr JXaJ-cV ^3Jt# jMktX^lTZ. Spoiler**** "Heart of the Sunset," Etc. V - •*. ** fpoiier*,** "Heart of the Sunset," Etc. (OopjTtgM,hyHarper and Brothers) ^ v*>,* CttETO ̂ -.pOACHERY BRINGS NEW PERILS UPtiM- ESTEBAN AND ROSA. Synopsis.---Don Esteban Verona, a Cuban planter, hides his wealth --money. Jewels and title deeds--In a well on his estate. The hiding place is known only to Sabastian, a slave. Don Esteban's wife die? at the birth of twins, Esteban and .Rosa. Don Esteban marries the avaricious Donna Isabel, who tries unsuccessfully to wring the secret of the hidden treasure from Sebastian. Angered, at his refusal, she urges Don Esteban to sell Evangelina, Sebastian's daughter. Don Esteban refuses, but to the course ol a gambling orgle, he risks Evangelina at cards and loses. Craned by the loss of his daughter, 8ebastlan kills Don Esteban and is himself killed. Many years pass and Donna Isabel Is unable to find the hidden treasure. Don Mario, rich sugar merchant, seeks to marry Rosa, who has returned from school in the United States. Johnnie O'Reilly, an American, who loves Rosa, wins her promise to wait for him until he can return from New York. Donna Isabel falls to death while walking In her sleep. Esteban's connection with the Insurrectos is discovered and he and Rosa are compelled to $ee. In New York, O'Reilly gets a letter from Rosa tell­ ing of her peril and urging him to rescue her. O'Relily Immediately returns to Cuba. . CHAPTER VII--Continued. £ OHellly read the label. fit* bit- ifjjMrs," said he. "Bitters! And I asked for "yellow'-- • glass of agwa with yellow." Branch's iroice shook. 'Tm dying of a fever. *pd this Ivory-billed toucan brings me it' quart of poison. Bullets!" It was fin possible to describe the suggestion of profanity with which the speaker colored this innocuous expletive. "Weak US I am, I shall gnaw his windpipe.** JBte bared his teeth suggestively and jntlsed two talonlike hands. The waiter was puzzled but not Manned. He embraced himself as Ms customer had done, and shuddered; fhen pointing at the bitters, he nodded •ncouraglngly. • ; O'Reilly forestalled an outburst by translating his countryman's wants. «|Jn vaso de agna con hlelo," said he, •ndthe attendant was all apologies. •I "So you speak the lingo?" marveled Mr. Branch. "Well, I cant get the bang of it. Don't like It. Don't like anything Spanish. H--1 of a country, Isn't it?--where the ice is ^yellow* and the knitter is 'meant to kill you,' and laughed, "You've been a guide book, "with complete glossary of Spanish phrases*' " Mr. Branch nodded listlessly. Tm asppoaed to report this Insurrection, batthe Spaniards won't let me. They i«^.|!By stuff to suit themselves.. Pro getting tired of the farce." * -m "Going homer . ® "Doat dare.* The speaker tapped gj|is concave chest. "Bum lungs. I came down here to shuffle off, and I'm wililllKferit to happen. What brings •Tm here for my health, too." The real invalid stared. "I have rheuma- - "Going to sweat It out, eh? Well, nothing to do but sweat"-- was racked by. a coughing that shook his reedy franie-*- and cough. Bullets! No mis­ take about that hospital baric, Is theref" When he Bad Regained his breath lie said: "See herel I'm going to tass a cbafice with you, fqr I like yovr looks. Mynewspaper work is a tftuff; I don't sendenoogh stuff to keep sae alive. I cal?e*toere to cure my tangs, and-^-I want yo» to l^elp me it" :f' O'Reilly stared at the man In sur- •§ii^^MBhoiw can I help yon^he \ "tUf taking me with ?d" " 1 "With me? Wherer ; •To the insurrectos, of course." The men eyed each other ftJcedly. •What makes you think--n O'Reilly ;^®tegan. 4 "Oh, don't say ft! I've got a hunch! :I, don't know what your game is-- 'firobably dynamite: there's a story 5hat the rebels have sent for some •American experts to teach them how to uae ike stuff, and God knows they fceed instraction! Ahyhow, I can't ft- *wa!low that rhewnaflsra talk. I Ik. , ; "thought you might giva mo a lift Take |k-_- • * tne along, willrfoa?" \ , "And how would that benefit your 4 4tongh?" Johnnie inquired curiously. Mr. Branch hesitated. "Well, I'U tell '$rou," he said, after a moment "I'm afraid to die this way, by inches, and Iioufs. Fm scared to death." It seemed impossible that the sick man's cheeks W>uld further blanch, but they became fairly livid, while a beading of mois­ ture appeared upon his tipper lip. ^Mjjeaven! You've no idea how it gets on a fellow's nerves to see himself IjHpping--slipping. I'd like to end it guddenly, like that!" He voiced the last sentence abruptly and snapped his (Angers. '"Then, too, I'd like to have a $4rill before I cash In--taste 'the. salt ,i|f life,' aa somebody expressed it -ghat's war. It's the biggest game in |fee world. What do you think of the fdea?" "Not much," O'Reilly said hoqestly. "Difference in temperament. I sup- jibse it is a sick fancy, but I've got it |fm a rotten coward, but I'll fbe Cubans will take me." , "Where are the Cubans?" * :• "HMU they're out yonder in the hills. pfw all about 'em. Come over to jprters, and I'll show you a map, j're interested;" am," said O'Reilly, and, rising, he towed his new acquaintance. if CHAPTER VIII. i l l i i The Spanish Doubloon. swhole, Pancho Cueto's^tns smoothly. After denounc- a twins as traitors he had to have himself appointed for the crown, tot all their es, consummation for which he rlced from the moment he read r of Esteban's on the morn­ ing after Donna Isabel's death. That there was a treasure Cueto had never doubted, and, once the place was his to do with as he chose, he began his search. Commencing at the lower edge of the grounds, he ripped them up with a se­ ries of deep trenches and cross-cuts. It was a task that required the labor of many men for several weeks, and when it was finished there was scarce­ ly a growing thing left upon the place. Only a few of the larger trees re­ mained. Cueto was disappointed at finding nothing, but he was not dis­ couraged. Next he tore down the old slave barrncoons and the outbuildings, after which he completely wrecked the residence itself. He pulled It apart bit by" bit, brick by brick. He even dug up its foundations, but without the reward of so much as a single peseta. Fi­ nally, when the villa was but a heap of rubbish and the grounds a scar upon the slope of La Cumbre, be de­ sisted, baffled, incredulous, while all Matanaas laughed at hlin. Having sac­ rificed his choicest residence, be re­ tired In chagrin to the plantation of La Joya. But Cueto was now a man with a grievance. He burned with rage, and his contempt for the boy and girl he had wronged soured into hatred. In time he began to realise also that so long as they lived they would jeop­ ardize his tenure of their property. Public feeling, at present, was high; there was Intense bitterness against all rebels; but the war would end some day. What then? Cueto asked him­ self. Sympathy was ever on the side of the weak and oppressed. There would come a day of reckoning. As if to swell his discomfiture and strengthen his fears, out from the hills at the head of the Yurauri issued ru­ mors of a little band of guerrilleros, under the leadership of a beardless boy--a band of blacks who were mak­ ing the upper valley unsafe for Span­ ish scouting parties. Cursing the naine df Tfcrofta, Ptfhcho Cueto armed himself. He did not ven­ ture far alone,*and, like Donna babe) before him, he began to have tad dreams at night ? ^ One day a field of Cueto's cane was burned, and his laherein yeported see­ ing Esteban and some negroes riding Into the wood, llie overseer took horse within Ow hour mm rode pell- mell to Matanzas. In the city at this time was a certain Colonel Cobo, In command of Spanish volunteers, those execrable convict troops from the Isle of Pises whose atrocities had already marked them aa wolves rather than men, and to him Pancho went with his story. ' "Ah, yes! That Varona boy. I've beard of him," Cobo remarked, when his caller had finished his account. "He has reason to hate you, I dare say, for you robbed him." The colonel smiled disagreeably. Cueto murmured something to tlie effect that the law had placed him In his position as trustee for the crown, and should therefore protect him; but Colonel Cobo's respect fen* the law, It seemed, was slight In his view there was hut one law in the land, the law of force. "Why do you com# to me?" he asked. "That fellow is a desperado," Pan­ cho declared. "He should bo de­ stroyed," "Bah! The country Is overrun with desperadoes of his kind, and worse. Burning crops is liothlng new. I'd make an end of him soon enough, but nearly all of my men are In Cardenas. We have work enough to do." *Td make it worth while, if yon could put an end to him," Pancho said, hesi­ tatingly. Then, recalling some of those stories about Colonel Cobo, he added, "There' are two of them,/you know, a boy and a girl." "Ah, yes! I remember.*'*1* "I can direct you to tbo houSfe of Asensio, where they live." 4 "Um-m I" Cobo was thOUlhffnl, girl. How old la she?" -w' "i- - , ^Eighteen." "Ugly as fen alligator,1!*!! 'warrant. "Hit! The most ravishing creature lit all Matanzas. All the men were mad over her." Colonel Cobo, the guerrllla, llcfced his full, red lips and ran a strong, square band over his curly, short- cropped hair. "You say you know, where she--where they are living?" "Ah, perfectly 1 It's less than a night's ride. There's no one except the boy to reckon with." "How much is he worth to yon?" bluntly inquired the soldier, and Cueto sat down to make the best kenns fea­ sible. • >> .. -a* "Do you think he received my let­ ter?" Rosa asked of her brother one evening as they sat on the board bench by Asensio's door. It waa a familiar question to Esteban; he bad answered it many times. • "Oh, yes!" he declared. "Lopez' mes­ senger got through to Key West" "Then why doesn't he come?" "But, my dear, you must be patient Think of his difficulties." This subject always distressed young Varona; therefore he changed it "Come I You haven't heard of my good fortune. I captured another fine snake today, a big, sleepy fellow. Believe me, he'll wake up when I set fire to his tall. He'll go like the wind, and with every foot he goes away will go more of Pancho Cueto's profits." "You Intend to burn more of bis fields?" absently inquired the girl. "It seems terrible to destroy our own property." Esteban broke out excitedly; he could not discuss Pancho Cueto with­ out losing control of himself. "Would you permit that traitor to fatten, upon the profits of our plantations? I shall' ruin }iim, as he ruined us." , Rosa shook her dark hea^d sadly^ And we are indeed ruined. Think of our beautiful house; all our beautiful things, too J We used to consider our­ selves poor, but--how little we knew of real poverty. There are so many things I want. Have we nothing left?" "I thought It best to buy those rifles," the brother murmured, dropping his eyes. "It was one chance In a mil­ lion." "No doubt It was. It seems those Spaniards will sell their souls." "Exactly. We can dig food from the earth and pluck it from the trees, but good Mausers don't groW on every bush. Besides, of what use woujd money be to us when we have no place to Spend it?" "True!" After a moment Rosa mused aloud: "I wonder If Cueto found the treasure? If only we had that--" "He didn't find it," Esteban declared, positively. "I"--hefhesltated--"I think I know why bo didn't I think I know where it is." "Where is it?" breathlessly inquired the girl. After a furtlvo look over his shoul­ der Esteban whispered, "In the well." "You're Joking!" "No, no! Think for yourself. It was old Sebastian who dug that well--" "Yes." "And he alone shared father's confi­ dence. That sunken garden Was all ^ V&'4r! Esteban Whispered, «1n the Well." Sebastian's work. No one else was al­ lowed to tend it Why? I'll tell you. They feared to let anyone else draw the water. Isabel searched for years: If that treasure had bvtsu above ground her sharp nose would have smelled It out, and now Cneto has moved the very earth." Rosa sat back disappointed. "So that's your theory?" "It's more than a theory," the boy Insisted. "Look at this!" Prom the pocket of his cotton trousers he pro­ duced an odd-looking coin, which'he placed In Rosa's hand. ' "Why, it's gold! It*« a Spanish doubloon," she said. "It's the first one I ever saw. Where did you find it?" "You'll think I'm crazy when I tell you--sometimes I think so myself. I found it in Isabel's hand when I took her from the well!" Rosa was stricken speechless. "She clutched it tightly," Esteban hurried on, "but as t made the rope fast her hand relaxed and I saw It in the lantern light It was as If--well, as If she gave it to me. I was too badly frightened to think much about it, as you may imagine. It was a hor­ rible place, all slime and fout water; the rocks were slippery. But that coin was In her fingers!" Rosa managed to say; "Impossible! Then she must have had it when she fell." "No, not I^saw bet hands up- stretched, lmr fingers open, in the moonlight." ' "It's uncanny. Perhapa--" "Yes. Perhaps some pnaeetrl'Witit1 led her to the place so that we should at last come Into our own. Who knows? There's no doubt that father bid his money. He turned his slaves into gold, he bought Jewels, precious metal, any­ thing he could hide. Well, perhaps there were old coins In the lot 'The water in the well is shallow; Isabel must have groped this piece from the bottom. Some day I shall explore the hole and--we shall rfeo." Rosa flung her arms rapturously about her brother's neck and kissed him. "Wouldn't it be glofious?" she cried. "Wouldn't lt be wOD<5«rful, to be rich, and to want for nothing; to have fine clothes and'good things to eat once mote? Good things to eat!" Her Up quivered* "Oh--I'm so hun­ gry." - , '.V •."v3r . W . "Poor little girl P* V " Wait till O'ftefily hears about this." Rosa was all excitement once more. "He'll be glad he came and got me, if he does come." Esteban caressed her. "Hell come, never fear. I know It / Every time I leave you my heart is in my throat for fear of what majp happen in my ab­ sence--and yet I can't always be at your side." _ . "There! foil acknowledge thai I handicap you. Except for me you would be making a glorious name tor your­ self." / "Nothing of the sort More probably I'd be getting myself killed. No! It's better this way. We must be brave and patient and--think of what is wait­ ing for us at the bottom of that well." It was indeed a great piece of luck which had enabled Esteban Varona to buy a half-dozen Mausers from a Span­ ish soldier. Through Asensio's ac­ quaintance he had profited by the dis­ honesty of an enemy, and, althongh It had taken all his money to effect the purchase, Esteban considered the sac­ rifice well worth while. The fire of patriotism burned fiercely In him, as did his hatred of Pancho Cueto, and the four trusty young negroes to whom he had given rifles made, with Asensio and himself, an armed party large enough to be reckoned with. These blacks were excitable fellows, and wretched marksmen, but, on the other hand, each and every one' had been raised with a machete at his hip and knew how to use it. After a few pre­ liminary forays under Esteban's lead­ ership they had absorbed a bit of dis­ cipline and were beginning to feel a military ardor. In the Cuban field forces there were many negroes, and few of their fel­ low patriots fought better, or endured the hardships of guerrilla warfare more cheerfully than they. General Antonio Maceo was of mixed blood, and yet his leadership was character­ ized not only by rare judgment and ability, but also by an exalted abandon of personal bravery. His several brothers rendered Cuba services scarce­ ly less distinguished, and they were but of a few of many dark-skinned he­ roes. This struggle for independence was no patrician's war; the best stock of the island fought side by side with field hands. At dawn of the morning following his talk with Rosa, when the members of his command assembled, Esteban was up and ready. He had made his preparations to destroy Pancho Cueto's fields, and since the road over the hills to La Joya was long he had summoned them early. "Be careful!" Rosa/implored htm. "I shall die of suspense." "It Is for you to be careful," he laughed. "Keep a good wat^h, and conceal yourself at the first alarm. However, I think we have taught these bandits a lesson. As 'for Cueto, he would run to the jungle if he saw us. He has the heart of a mouse." He kissed his sister affectionately and then rode off at the heal! of his tat­ tered band. Rosa waved him a last farewell as he disappeared Into the woods, then, to occupy herself, she helped Evangelina with what little housework there was to do, later going with her to the gar­ den patch where the viandas grew. Evangellna's early devotion to her mistress had not diminished with time; If anything, it had deepened. When emancipation' came she would have re­ turned to the service of her beloved twins had It not been for Donna Isa­ bel's refusal to accept her. As It was, she and Asensio had married, and by means of Rosa's surreptitious help they had managed to buy this little piece of land. Rosa had practiced self- denial to make the purchuse pusslule, and her self-sacrifice had borne fruit; that act of childish beneficence had created a refuge for Esteban and her­ self and had ripened the negro wom­ an's affection into idolatry. Evangellna's Joy at having the girl to herself, where she could daily see her, touch her, serve her, was tem­ pered only by the knowledge of Rosa's unhappiness. She scolded and tyran­ nized, she mothered and adored the girl to her heart's content; she watched over her like a hawk; she deemed no labor in her service too ex­ acting. It would have gone ill with anyone who offered harm to Rosa, for Evangelina was strong and capable; she had the arms and the hands of a man, and she possessed the smolder­ ing black temper of Sebastian, her father. Even In peaceful times few people came to this clearing in the woods, far off from the main-traveled roads of the Yumurl, and the day, as usual, passed uneventfully. Evangelina worked, with one eye upon her Rosa, the other watchfully alert for dan­ ger. When evening came ahe pre­ pared their scanty meal, upbraiding Rosa, meanwhile, for her attempts to assist her. Then they sat for an hour or two on the bench outside the door, talktbg abput Juan O'Rall-ye and the probable hour of his coming. When Rosa fretted about her broth­ er, the negress reassured her. "Don't |»e frightened, little dove; he has the makings of a great soldier. Now, then, it is growing cool and the night carries fevers. Creep Into your bed and dream about that handsome lover of yours." - Rosa obeyed, although reluctantly. "I'll sleep for a while," she compro­ mised, "then I'll come out and take my turn." / Dawn waa atitt fl loac wa? off Mb*:! Hithe, eated;V . time r _ ....... for the Junglf ltets very still and the night like a v$lfj$f curtain. - a . . • , ' • • » ' » "We had better leave the horses here." Pancho Cueto hesitatingly ad­ dressed the dim blur which he knew to be Colonel Cobo. The colonel of volunteer^ was In a, vile temper, what with the long night ride and an error of Cueto's which had considerably lengthened the Journey. "Rfhere is the house?" growled the officer. "Not far. But the path is rocky and the horsfes' feet--" ^ "Yes, yes !" There was "a creak of saddle leathers and a groan as th» colonel. dismounted. "Now, my good Cueto," he threatened, "another of your mistakes and I'll give you some­ thing to remember me by." A curt order brought his men out of their saddles. One of their num* ber was detailed to guard the ani­ mals, while the rest fell in behind uneto and followed him up the trail by the starglOw. Csteban and his follower ar­ rive on the scene In the nlcfc of time. What happened when they encountered Colonel Cobo and h'a men Is told in the next Installment (TO BE CONTINUED.) ' CHILEAN GOLD RESERVE HERE Peculiar Deal by Which It Wis Trpmferred From Germany- tov the United Statea. ,1 At the outbreak of the war, says the London Economist, the Chilean government owned a large amount of gold in Germany, which was destined to form a basis for its note issue, and was held up by the blockade. So were vast quantities of nitrates, bought from German producers in - Chile for export to Germany, and their stoppage compelled the German nitrate pro­ ducers in Chile to cease working. These producers too were in debt to the*Chilean government That gov­ ernment therefore bought the nitrate, paying for it by drafts on Berlin drawn against the gold which it could not reach. It then sold the nitrate in the United States to the DuPont Ex­ plosives company, receiving payment in gold In New York. Thus it trans­ ferred its gold reserve from Germany to the United States, and incidentally added to the stock of raw material to converted Into explosives where­ with to defeat German troops. The deal has naturally been interpreted in France as a preliminary step toward breach with Germany, but it waa carried out with the sanction of the German government Partly, no doubt the latter desired to extricate Its sub­ jects In Chile and an Important Ham­ burg mercantile firm from their seri­ ous pecuniary difficulties, hut It must also have been moved by an extreme anxiety to keep on good terms with Chile, which contains a large German population and Is an important l^d for German trade. * ' V Aotton - • Bristol, Tenn.--Had Benjamin Bcot& foreman of the city ; stone quarries hjsre, Reeded the 4r$§m of Johnnie Krigf*, a fourteen-;ta)i£-old negrq boy4 of dwarf proportions, tie would have escaped «*athln a aynarh^te^xp^oeion. in work abottt the pumping station and blacksmith shop, said to Scott only a few minutes before the *exploslon: "Miatah Scott, I*se doiofr tiile you to put de M "«** ' I dreamed las' nightnd** dXs 'dfnamite am already to •tay in here ax^y yo» cov­ ers dat box." ^ Then young Briggs "lit out,4* leaving Scott, preparing to pso the and anvil,, with the dynamite still ancov- SKCtAL r < , to do tbe work or ,mr or • nines " law**' $ ^Fhe Dynamite Exploded.;^ x: ered. A few minuted later the dyna­ mite exploded, probably due to a fly­ ing spark. Scott's legs were blown ok, a negro laborer was seriously injured and a third man was hurled through the doorway. Johnnie Briggs says the shadow of a bad dream will put him unger cover quicker than that long-range German gun. * * .. Jr . t S , i * i k i L ik A s&ar _ Many Will Claim Spitsbergen. More than 300 years ago. In 1614, James I of England, formally claimed Spitzbergen. The Muscovy company, a British concern, was ordered "to up­ hold the king's right to Spitzbergen" by an order lh council. That claim was allowed to lapse in the same man­ ner In which the Russian claim lapsed, the Britons Interested In the country say. With the end of the war old data will be dug up, with records of com­ paratively recent times, to bolster the ntentiens of the various claimants, as Spitzbergen Is sum to occupy a prominent place In north European af­ fairs. Uncle Sam Is happily out of the matter because of the sale by the Are- tic Coal company, although judg­ ing by precedent it never was likely that this country would go so far as to desire to exercise suzerainty 'over the land. Such a course was urged in America in 1912 and 1913. MAD STEER ON k RAMPAGE Holds Five Men Prisoner. in Trees j:l|»»tlf Finally Dlspatehed -yv ; by Rifle Shot _ ^ \;f-: f V ' " Paxtnos, Pa.--Five men were held prisoners in trees t n the farm of Galen Clark, a butcher, when a big steer sud­ denly became mad, broke away from a herd that was being driven to the slaughter house and viciously attacked them. 'Harvey Lewis, a man of powerful physique, tried conclusions with the steer, was tossed high in the air, at­ tacked by the animal when he landed on the ground, and suffered a badly fractured right leg and other injuries, necessitating his removal to the State hospital. Shotguns were procured by farmers who went to the rescue of the men in the trees. Ten charges were fired into the infuriated steer, but it was not un­ til Claude Lewis, a boy, brought a high-powered rifle Into service that the Steer was killed. The animal's body was fairly riddled with shot ' • O Jjj-i |̂een Pool Balls Prove Rather Unlucky Popular Superstitions. To be born on the first day of a new moon means that the child will have a happy life and be rich. A child born on the second day will grow rapidly. A short life is predicted for a child born on the third or the sixth day. A child born on the fifth day will be de­ ceitful and proud. Birth on the seventh day means that a child born will live long, but have many troubles. The ninth day prom­ ises that a child bora then shall have riches and honors. A child born on the tenth day will live long and be a great traveler. A birth on the eleventh day. means .that the child will be healthy and handsome, and if a girl, remarkable for wisdom. A child born on the twelfth day of the moon will be dear­ ly loved, but have a bad temper. Peanuts as Consumption Cute. A doctor has suggested that a diet of peanuts Is a cure fo£. consumption. He records the case of two young women who had grown sick of cod liver' oil and tonics and who were treated by him with salted peanuts- all they could eat--combined with In­ halations of vinegar. Both patients became plump, and after one yearns inhalation censed coughing, and were pronounced cured. Peanuts are rec­ ommended also for sleeplessness. Brought War Into Home. The beginning of hostilities Italy and Austria was the cause of sim­ ilar activity in the household of An­ thony Sokellc, says his wife, formerly Baroness Blanca Alessl, in ber divorco complaint, filed at New York. "He is a Croatian," she alleges, "and I am an Italian baroness. He has been a raving maniac since our respective countries cot Into through.** St. Louis.--Thirteen Is an un­ lucky number for Edward Schneider. He was arrested here by Patrolman Gratiot who noticed his. pockets bulging out Investigation showed they con­ tained 13 pool balls. "I Just knew I was going to get into trouble when they were given to, me," Schneider said. "Thirteen la an, unlucky num­ ber." "BABY" PROVES TO BE RYE Wrapped Up to Reaambl# In­ fant Costs Man 60-Day 8mi> tana*. ' , Greeley, &£--si* qtiarts e£ whisky, wrapped to resemble a baby, and clasped fondly to the breast of Mrs. Jesus Leon, cost her husband a sen­ tence of 00 days in Jail. The solicitous care with which Mrs. Leon and her* husband guarded the "baby" aroused the suspicions of of­ ficers when the pair alighted from a train arriving from Wyoming. Inves­ tigation disclosed a six-quart demi­ john containing rare old rye. Mra. Leon told the officers her husband had forced her to the deception. Leon was sentenced for bootlegging. Young Bride Disappears. Chicago.--Strange visions that sud­ denly Obsessed Mrs. Mary Shields, nineteen, bride of ten months, in con­ nection with her mother's death two years ago, are believed to be respon­ sible for her disappearance. A com*- try-wide search is being made for her. Works Lesa Than Rip Van Winkle. Milwaukee, Wis.--The twentieth century Rip van Winkle has been found. He is Aloysius Michalek. Aioysius was arrested as o vagrant upon complaint of his father. Aloysius Is twenty-six years of age and has not worked a day since he was born, says his faUwr> Chops Off Toe to EnlML - ̂ Wheeling, W. Va.--James Bolton chopped off a tee when he found that It barred him from enlistment in tfca marine corps. He was accepted. . '•la »•• A if:'., • ' *g5' The word "Mm," attached to the^lL name of every Japanese merchant ship * and commonly accepted as meaning ,4% "ship," has n0 espeda] cording to Captain Tftkeshfite ef the £ centfy. captured and reieaieS by if Geis ,: r tain SJakeahima eaid that the word is^-i > * the ewvival of a ^mNmo custom?/^ i centuriai old. He dxptatoed the or- VVf ' igin aa follows: There are two opin-|^?S^ Ions as to how the custom originated. *r' One of the stories la that in ancient ^ times the Japanese attached •maru* V; to, the name af anything highly prised.' ft ^as .flist applied to a <Adp-'s' name^,rt'j*>-' about 2,060 years agp, w»- Em-"- ; 'press Jingo1 'sent aa expedition to^J^;-^ Korea. She added the word to the>^ J i name of the ship that transported the troopr to Korea. Ever since then. \ 'Maru* has been part of the name of %^ * every steamship, or sailing vessel. Is never used with the name of a war-' " v %W^.*^-Fishtog Gazette.- r L Cutleura fa So Soothing - *o itching, burning skina. It not «w>ty. •odthes but heals. Bathe with cura Soap and hot water, dry gently -* and apply Cutleura Ointment For.\S: free samples address, "Cutleura, Deptr^.' *' X, Boston." At drnggi8ta and by malL^,**,^ 25 aitr(|[Lr4f^ Ward Boiled Sergeant t"• + At a regular Saturday mornlrifr In­ spection a private ..was not wearing hia belt. N:""t i4* •First Sergeant--Have you^a belt? Private--No, sir. ! First Sergeant---You report,, to the v, quartermaster sergeant for S.nfcw one, and don't forget to tell him to charge11 you for the one yon lost I'll amp this £ carelessness! • Private--Alljight top, but I loaned./* f you the belt roout two months ago. f --Corp. S» C. Samuels, Battery C, One ^ *« Hundred a^Twenlj^Sixt^ ^ / in Judge.. , A Daylight Scorner. 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