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Kerr asks the as­ sistance of Judge Gilbert In introducing j<5!crla te Belmont society, and promises Ojto help him put. through the packers" !/fi'ftnehise and let him have all the graft. ;--fooria meets Joe Wright at the GMbertK, ; jt appears Shej' are en intimate terms, -Savinsjr met previously on a touring party /In Europe. The Gilberts invite Gloria to lltay with them pending the refurnishing . the Kerr homo. Wright begins his fight .""Against the proposed franchise in the col- ' :%rnns of his paper, the Belmont Newi. JCerr, through his henchmen, exerts ev- ' «ry influence to hamper Wright in the iublieation of his paper. Gloria takes up ettlement work. Kerr and his lieutenants ecide to buy Kerr's paper and ask the %dltor to meet them at Gilbert's office. ijCalling at Gilbert's office to solicit a do- ' Ration Gloria meets Wright. He proposes tnd Is accepted while waiting to be called lto the conference. Wright refuses to : jell his paper and declares no will fight to it finish. The Belmont News appears with bitter attack on Kerr. Gloria calls "•'fVright a coward and refuses to listen to Any explanation from him." Broken-heart- , %d, Gloriq. decides to plunge more deeply >. W»to settlement work. She calls on a sick girl of the underworld, named Ella. She learns for the first time that her father Is *(he head of a notorious gang of political ••rafters. Sounds of a conflict are heard 111 the room over Ella's. Gloria finds Wright unconscious, a victim of an at­ tempted assassination by thugs in the pay ;#f the political ring. She hides him in jSIla's room and defies the thugs. She . Awes them by announcing that she Is ,. JCerr's daughter. Ella threatens to give ' *p Wright to the thugs and is choked in­ to unconsciousness bv Gloria, who then falls uncoriHClou«_on Wright's bod^r. They Are rescued by T>r. Hayes and his wife. $VHgbt decides to sell his paper and 'tea\-e Belmont. 1; -i'-iV"fv CHAPTER XXII.--Continued. p| / Again his amazement equaled that % / - the sight of her in his living room had it^f ; . ~ «ccasioned. He permitted it to betray ,, -"tItself by exclaiming: • •< "Since I wouldn't come to see you! KF":-;i^"vWureIy» ^8B Kerr, you didn't expect pY;-- ^"7*;'-that? There was nothing whatever Pfet^iuivocal about my dismissal." lb;/',!*"1 This was something she had not p" f *? planned, a reference to the past. She felvished merely to warn him and then !«•* • y s lake loave of him forever. KKy" ' Idfl't come with a desire to refer i • K t that," she answered. "You must realize that what I have to «ay seems H ^ i© me of the utmost importance, else \-,f *' *1--oh, you can't know the effort it has ? <$ost me to come here." .//V "I m *°"T y°nr dialtt* l*so to- v' She shook her head, with a smile *W " t was only a Bad lighting up of her rK V V~' - Countenance, like the last flare ot an • expiring flame. f "Let us not apeak of like or dislike, ^iui that is pttt. It is true I promised . IUJTC!" uSTer to see you again, but •ince that day in Judge Gilbert's of- :.%ce events have shed such a new light Bclscnt en sc that I fssl BCie everytltliiig hi "Don't speak so, I beg of you,*f iftm f&t. Wright commanded. "Can yon believe the world, but then at the supremest tbat I have not suffered?" moment of my life he robbed me of .. y/^-^tome explanations are due you before Y^Vjrou P> awayJ" ?•-„ r'i Srt" if'PXii- Q«lck a» * **•!» bo mw that ahe |*S" Viad learned the truth* or at least some p : . tpart of it. With his characteristic I' 1 . generosity he wished to relieve her of necessity of making explanations. ' ^ ; "I appreciate your coming, Miss from the bottom of my heart I |twi ' ' ^°- if--if anything you think you V' f *• |bave to tell causes you pain, I'd rather /*ar that what you wish to say should |K $r" *"ema'a unspoken." "Tluft's generom of ,you, but I «j;' ,vj ' ishould find it harder to maintain si- "I^A' lence--because I want to be Just " »!(!*>• There is no occasion "Miss Kerr! .for you to--" "Please, please, don't interrupt me. j.'.-V^Jt's hard enough as it is." A chair he •|;5;^i1had brought for Gloria she had re- $$. •" *uaed, and now he sank into it himself. £V>'Ihis head resting in his hands as he WfS- \S **Tl»e Qods Laugh and Are Our Mas­ ters Still. i t tk.. '*&> listen*^. "I have lived away from Bel­ mont,** she went on in an even, r©-* pressed monotone that cut him to the heart, "since I was a little girl, too young to understand, and I was brought up to believe that my father was--rwell. Just the opposite of what he is. It was all a mistake, of course. It waa no fault of. mine, but I must suffer for it Just the same. I had ev­ erything money could buy; and then you came--and--and I had love." Her voice trembled for the instant Wright could not stand it. "Gloria!" he cried, seeking to stop Iter, but she went on again in the same impersonal ' manner. $X,h "But no one was really kind to me y' ' lived in a fool's Paradise. I did not know the truth." Then vehemently, fVlosing control of herself: "Oh, why >[0- did you ever speak to me of love! tfou, of *11 men, to make my humilia- ; * -ii-\ • f •• • s*'-. She chose to ignore his question. "Oh, if I had never come home! If I had even not gone to Judge Gilbert's office that day! It was fate, Joe, it was fate. I can see it all now. We boast that we dominate circumstances, the gods laugh and are our masters still. Looking back, tile way we've come from that flrot night. I met you here I can see that every step, relent­ less as death, was leading to that day when I learned the trnth about my father." ----^ "And you know?" "Everything, That's why I'm here. It was really such a little time ago that I came back to Belmont, yet It Beems ages. Oh, why didn't you go away! Tou must have seen how It had to end. Since I came home and first met you, Tve lived and Buffered and grown old. And I had dreamed such dreams!" Here she paused, as if to fight back the painful memories of those rainbow dreams. Then she ad­ mitted them. "And they became rosier and rosier--because of you. Even the disappointments my father's lack of poliBh caused me were nothing--be­ cause of you. Then you ceased tp see me, and I didn't understand. "I wanted you so very much--then-- and you did not come. I know now what it was; the election was coming on, you had begun to fight my father. Tou knew I didn't realize his position in Belmont. I'm sincere. I want you to know I understand how hard it was for you, my friend--because--I be­ lieve you loved me--sincerely." "Sincerely, Gloria." His reply was almost a sob. "Tou know I begged you to go away. I would have fol­ lowed you, and you would never have known." "That's true, but the gods laugh and are our masters stilL I felt that I owed it to my father to remain with him in Belmont Then came the day in Judge Gilbert's office. Did ever a girl have a courtship crowded into half an hour? So Bhort a time there was between those few words of love and the rude awakening which followed that there remains to me now not even a sweet memory of that avowal which all girls cherish so. And then-- well, that's why I've come today. I couldn't let you go away without ask­ ing you to forgive me for what I said in Judge Gilbert's office." "There's no need of speaking of for­ giveness. Please do not say any more." She was not to be deterred from her set purpose, and therefore affected not to hear, going straight on with her narrative. •*Ycu see, I was proud of my father. All my life he'd been an ideal, not a reality, and I thought him Incapable of anything else. It turned out I was wrong--what I said about you." "No, Gloria, you Just didn't under­ stand." "But Just the same, I was wrong, and wanted to tell you so before I went away. I knew I should not be here when you return, and so I came today." "You're not going to leave Bel­ mont!" ,, "Yes, I am. Do yon think I qould stay!" Her tone made Wright's heart sink. "No, I lack the courage, Joe, the moral courage. There's that much of the butterfly left in me. I'm not strong and brave like you are." Gloria could not know how his strength and bravery were slipping from him little by little as they talk­ ed. Her very presence was weaving its subtle spell about him, snaring him with her wan beauty, maddening him with the thought that he was losing her. So she was going away. He wondered why, speculating on how she had come to learn the truth. This led him to ask: "But your father?" Had Wright known what a ptteous outburst this would evoke, he never would have spokem "My father! What am I to him? 1 haven't seen him from that day. Since then I'vte been with Mrs. Hayes. When I learned at luncheon that you were going away, I had to come because I can't forgive myself for what I said in Judge Gilbert's office that came near ending so -- disastrously -- for you." "Please don't think of It," he begged. "I don't connect you in any manner with the attack on me." "But I do," she insisted, "because I know the truth." Here was the whole reason for her coming, she told her­ self. "Since you're in this fight to stay--even though you're fighting my own father--I want you to have all the protection that knowledge of the truth will afford. I've come to warn you." Wright saw that he had not made her understand that her was giving up the fight. "But I'm going away." "Yes, you've told metf but you're coming back again because you.know your place is her$. There's work to do." He recognized Instantly that It was her wish for him to remain. Her be­ lief in him, such as it was, centered about his efforts to make Belmont a better place. Not wishing to explain what pain it would constantly give him were he to do so, he avoided the matter by referring to her own future. "What are you going to do?" "I? I'm going abroad in a few days.' "What does your fathfersay to that?' Gloria's lip curled with scorn at the question. Her answer came with the coldness of a woman of the world. "He can't say anything, . What is t|»r to nfe? I harent eve$ seat frtm You wouldn't be happy with me. No •matter where we went you couldn't forfet what happened here. Then consider me--if yoy'd ever be absent- minded for a minute, gazing into space, I'd know you were thinking of Betmont and the opportunities you'd thrown away because of me. I couldn't stand it I'd always feel that you were recalling the past and regretting the present. It would kill me. No, Joe, I couldn't." Wright's proposal had been totally unexpected by Gloria. tJp to the time he had begun to plead with her to go away with him, she had maintained fair control of herself. His generous offer, as she termed it, had pierced hsr armsr of rsssrvs and laid bare her warm, quivering heart "Pride, Gloria, pride," the man whispered. "It's pride that's keeping you from being true to yourself and true to me." "Don't speak to me, Joe," she sobbed; "I can't stand it" In his heart he yearned with all the ardor of youth and love to gather her In his arms and comfort her. Yet he knew her well enough to know that It could not be. Her humiliation had rendered impregnable the barrier she had erected between them. There was naught he could do but suffer in st- GAftMENTS ARK BEINQ SHOWN' IN . BCWILDEI^NQ NUMBRAS. Woman Must Be Difficult tc Please If She Can Not Find Just the Thina That Be*r« rM* Suits Her. FRENCH DESIGN IS GOOD ONE X*fM ~ Gloria hated herself for the par­ oxysm of emotion to which she had given way in the presence of the man whose love she had rejected. There was no interpretation to be put upon it save that her Serves were over­ wrought, yet she did not know how he would construe her tears. She did not wish him to think her weak. Sud­ denly the girl remembered that tears were a woman's weapon. The thought so enraged her that in her anger at being so much a mere woman she for­ got to weep. She had in her the spirit of her father. Drying her eyes has­ tily, she turned to say good-by. Wright saw her turn and hold out it all. Would a father do that?" ahe asked fiercely. "What allegiance do I owe him. The claim of blood! Bah! He's always wished I'd been a boy. He didn't lie -to me because he loved me. He didn't even know me. Do you think it wrenches my heart to ieave him now? No; a thousand times j wh!Je 8he t no. We ve lived too many years apart Whftt have we in sympathy? We'd be strangers though we lived under the same roof for years." "But when you go abroad what are you going to do?" He could see no future for her. "Just drift There la so much that I want to forget" "Much, Gloria?" he asked gently. "Yes, much." She would not let him trap her into a damaging admission. "Everything?" "Everything painful." Her attitude, he felt it was antago­ nistic, impatient even of his kindly questioning, stirred him to a vigorous reply. After all, she was but a child, and like a child wanted to shirk the leeson life was teaching her. "Surely I've not been mistaken In you," he began. "It's by suffering that we learn to live. You've only come to «ee life as it is, that's all. Would you throw away the precious knowl­ edge that is power for an Arcadian ignorance akin to weakness? Tou've just Bald that you've come to warn me of something. Were you true to your theory of life, you would leave me in Ignorance, because the truth would give me pain. But you don't believe that." From the depth of his world-scarsed heart he pitied her. She was so young, and so rebellious. He yearned with a great longing to protect her. "It's easy enough to talk and give advice," Gloria flung back at him. "What has suffering taught you?" HOre was a question he could an­ swer, 'and answer decisively. "It has taught me to be true to my better self." He spoke sternly. Then he regretted that he had seemed harsh with her, for it did not soften her, and she made no comment "Please sit down," he said. She ac­ cepted the proffered chair stiffly and waited. Wright came ma close to her as he dared. As he spoke, she abandoned the rigid attitude she had felt con­ strained to assume and sank back in the big chair. v "Gl&ria, I didn't mean to be harsh just now. God knows I would spare you all you have been through couiu I have done so. Blot out this terrible week. Can't we go back to that head­ less courtship crowded into half an hour? Let everything be as it was. Then I begged you to go away. Now since you are going, let us go togeth­ er. Listen, -don't you remember? The sun Is the flame of the desert, And you are the flame of my heart Dreary Indeed is the desert unsunned And dreary without you, my heart. "You know it's the truth, Gloria. Let us go together." "Don't make it so hard for me, Joe dear," she begged. "When you kissed me I thought I knew my heart, but now nothing in the whole world will ever be the same again. Tou mustn't blame me; I still like you, more than ever, but in a different way. Can't you understand? You have told me I'm more thah a shallow, frivolous girl. I honor you for the offer, Joe, but I wouldn't be true to that better self you* talk about if I accepted." "I make no offer, Gloria," he plead­ ed. "I'm begging you to love me, to become my wife." She, trembled visibly at his words. Yet her resolution was such that she was not shaken fiom her purpose. She did not dare look at him, however, as she answered: "I'm afraid the love one must beg m I J* No, Joo, I Couldn't.** her hand. Could she have changed her mind? His heart prompted this thought but one glance at her face told hinl she was still determined to go her own way alone. "Good-by," she said. "Is it to be good-by, Gloria^*. "That, and nothing more." . The man looked at her in a dazed manner. Now that the time of part­ ing had come she had far more self- possession than he. He groped about in his mind for something to say, but words were inadequate. There is no telling how his feelings might have betrayed him had there not come a knock at the door to Interrupt their parting. At the sound Gloria exclaimed with a start "Who's that?" Wright walked to the door, saw who asked tor entrance, and opened it wide for Patty to enter., "Mr. Joey, there's a man says he must see yon at once." "Did you tell him I was busy, and to wait?" "Oh, yes, just like you told me, but he said to tell you he was David Kerr!" "tfy father!" Gloria took a step forward. Her exclamation told what a surprise this news was to her. "What does this mean?" he asked. "You know as much as I.. I've told you I've not seen my father since that day In Judge Gilbert's office. He's been busy with politics, but -more than that, I've--well, I've preferred staying with Mrs. Hayes." (TO BE CONTINUED.) AH sorts of tricks are resorted to In an effort to glorify the already glori­ fied blouses of the present season. In looking over the hosts of alluring new blouses arrayed in Washington shops in bewildering numbers it would seem almost beyond the power of oVbu the uiucii jjuvliiw miuu to conjure up another novelty. Yet each time we glance around we And more, prettier than the last Only, recently the sash has been brought into service and played upon in many unique devices to offset and accentuate the charm of particular models. As high-waisted, bloused- over effects are In favor now, broad, swathed girdles and sashes are ap­ pearing in the new designs and many lovely colors are introduced as relief notes. ' Aside from the novelty of the blouse design sketched for today, much of its attraction can be attributed to the wide Roman-striped girdle that Is crushed loosely about the waist As the blouse is a white one, It will be best to select one of the red-and-grien- striped ribbons on a cream-ground col­ or, with perhaps liner stripes of green and yellow. White crepe de chine makes the pretty blouse that is devoM of all trimming save for the round silver cord lacings in sleeves and across the front. The fronts are left open at the neck, but are drawn together at the waist, and a white net yoke, made with a corded shirring and narrow heading, fills In the opening. Small, firmly buttonholed eyelets are worked on either side of the blouse opening through which to ruto the lacing. It is knotted Just above the girdle with ends hanging below. -The two round­ ed tabs that show below the girdle are extensions of each blouse front. The back and fronts-are slightly gathered to a square, shallow shoul­ der yoke finished with corded seams. The seams are wide at the armholes and set in smoothly under a corded seam below the normal shoulder line. They are cut with a flaring-cuff exten- f New Blouse Design In Which Several Touches Are Included. felon that Includes a tiny square turn­ back flap on the outside Of the wrist They are dart-fltted along the outside .of the forearm, and the silver oord lacing hides the seam. ^ As a final touch there are the two curved pocket openings below the bust on either side. These are piped with self-covered cording.--Washing­ ton Star. UNABLE Statesman. Forced te Admit He Could Not Read His Own Writing, Was Annoyed. * Representative William G. Adam- son, chairman of the house committee on Interstate and foreign commerce, can perhaps claim the record in the house for illegible chlrography. He will admit that it is sometimes impos­ sible for him to read his own hand- writing after it has grown cold. One day a client entered his law office at Carrollton, Ga.^ and handed him a' letter. "Mr. Adamson," he said, "I received that letter In the mall yesterday and am unable to read it I wish you would translate it for me." ^ Mr. Adamson took the letter, which was scrawled on a plain sheet of"pa­ per, and regarded it for a long time. Then he handed it back with the re­ mark: "That is not wilting. Some lunatic has been trying to play a Joke on you." Straightway the visitor handed Mr. Adamson the printed envelope' in which the letter had been mailed. "This letter evidently came from your office, Mr. Adamson; your nime is printed on the envelope," he said, mildly. pungedbirom the record.--Washington Star. * ; \ t&XtikA Modem Traveler. The modern traveler (the heroic ex­ plorers of old belong to another class) Is formed by leisure, opportunity and a certain easiness in pecuniary mat­ ters--like that plant whose seed ves­ sels burBt in heat, so explodes his shell of habit when the sun of pros­ perity shines warmly, and forthwith he is scattered to the four winds. "It's a small world," quoth he bro- mldlcally, as he goes to and fro over the earth, and finds therein many de­ lightful persons resembling himself. Like the man In the cabinet lined with mirrors, his reflections are numerous, and all alike. No wonder he feels like Sancho Pancho Pansa's hazelnut inhabitant of a mustard-seed world.-- C. E. D. Phelps. -- Japs First to Cultivated Oysters. As early as 1720, at lerftt, oysters were grown by artificial means in Japan, and long before the descend­ ants of the Mayflower pilgrims had realized the desirability for oyster cul­ ture the Japanese had grasped the situation, and provision for an enlight­ ened administration and utilization of oyster grounds. Old as the industry is in Japan, it haa not grown to great Importance tn Itself, the aggregate But^ Mr.; Adamson's remarks were i output being valued at leas a not mild; la faet, they ba»e been ex- j quarter of a axlllioa dollars a year. Color Combinations. Tba soft velvet used fn new evening wraps drapes gracefully, furnishing rich folds, that catch the light and shade with exquisite effect. Emerald and moss green are very pretty and do not soil easily. The linings are in­ evitably of China crepe of a corre­ sponding or contrasting color, but the corresponding shade is the more prac­ tical for those who have not a series of evening gowns, because with the gown of one color, the velvet of the wrap another, and the lining a third, it is well nigh Impossible, unless very great care is taken in choosing the shade, to form a thoroughly success­ ful combination or harmony of color. Sometimes a fine plaiting of mous- seline de sole is applied on to the extreme edge of the cloak inside, and only shows when the wrap is thrown open or off, while at others a broad and beautiful lace runs down }>oth fronts of the mantle, laid on plain and flat Inside, and sometimes even deco­ rates the entire hem of the evening wrap with luxurious effect COLOR OF MUCH IMPORTANCE Vital Point of Dress Is to Select tits Shades Whloh Are Best Suited to Individual. Otior is the secret of dres«. Have you studied the shades which suit you best? Have you the knack of emphasizing good points with a hue? Do you know that you look young or old according to the color you wear? It is Important to select colors that yon will not tire of. A neutral tint from which you can branch oat into the queer, delicious shades Is the best mainstay.' White is tat youngest and most charming of all colors. I Green is young and adaptable, and lis valuable fot emphasizing peculiar emerald tints in otherwise impossible «yes. , Yellow to vsrf J* easy to wear. It should be chosen only by a wo­ man possessing a good oomplexlon, and then sparingly. t fallow is wonderful tt enhancing ' 0? TEAVV.M VdVit U Ai'tWiifl Ifeit Bast of the Ideas That Haws Been Imported. A French frock of brown velvet trinuned with fur appears hers. This dainty piece of designing displays all the originality commonly con­ ceded as the attribute of Persian modistes. Following the lifted gir­ dle line which the gowns of the elders are displaying the girdle of :,-"v V"Ur vV" - * .!^ .T V- '"-v ^ >; . •' >:•* rich embroidery rounds upward to­ ward the front, where a supplemen­ tary piece, with corners tassel-weight­ ed, breaks and softens the sharpness of the curve. The plain bodice closet with fur buttons, a band of the same endrcltyg the neck and sleeves and edging the skirt. A close fitting cap with crown of velvet is fitted to the head ^>y a band of the same embroid­ ery in tones of brown which belts the frock and ties under the chin wltb velvet ribbon. FASHIONS AND FADf1 - The pannier is being revived. Yellow in any shade is fashionable. The surplice blouse is very much ii favor: Very popular are the yarious tonet of red. New sport coats have broad, soft collars. Shirring promises .to a popvlai trimming. Little tots are wearing coata ot eol ored velvet. In neckwear the turndown collar h here to stay, 7 For hair ornaments peacock feath era are worn, " ^ ' Soft white Mouses ara w^rn ?ilfti the tailored suit Simplicity Is the keynote of th< smartest afternoon gowns. Fashion Indicates the return of ruf fles for spring and summer. Pottery Suitable for Flowers. There should be harmony between the flowers and the receptacles whict hold them. A vase of flowers should be plain and not ornate. It is strange that so few houses are supplied wit! vases suitable for flowers. Potter} and glass holders are to be preferred The unglazed Rookwoock and Grubj ware are beautiful, but costly. There are, however, many good lmitationa Cut glass, cypress glass, the Irides cent, favrlle and rock crystal, and many other varieties of glass make beautiful receptacles for flowers. A wire screen placed on top of a wide- mouthed vase Is a valuable aid in the arrangement of flowers. The Japan­ ese perforated holder, to be placed in the bottom of a case, is also a splen­ did idea. By using it each flowei stem can be put in a separate hole, giving a most natural appearance. a> of flowers growing. The size of the vase mast be in pro­ portion to the flowers it contains, short-stemmed flowers requiring small, shallow vases, and long-stemmed flow­ ers, tall and deep ones. For example, pansles, nasturtiums, sweet peas, re­ quire low receptacles; roses, lilies and chrysanthemums tall ones. ^ ^ ? Cleansing a Felt Hat ffvefy particle of dirt and dust may be removed from a felt hat by rub­ bing the entire surface with fine sandpaper. This treatment will leave the hat looking new. the beauty of the hair, but is kpt tc make the complexion muddy. • Pink is youthful and very fresh. It is the most neutral of any of the pale shadeB, and is alway/3 resorted to aft er other colors' have failed. Blue is oold, but is useful to the person with gray-blue ayes, if wort near the face. Navy blue is the most neutral of al.' colors. It never enhances defects an<! makes plain persons seem attractive. Flame color, cerise and terra cotta should be worn only by pretty Women Baby's Long Cloak. , One of the nicest materials for a baby's first long cloak, which should be about two inches longer than the dress, is an all-wool Bedford. It Bhould be lined with India silk with an interlining of wool waddiifc Bustles Again. ^ ". Parisian women are already wear Ing pads beneath their skirts and bus­ tles have made their appearance in New York now with a number of evening as well as afternoon* toilets. ---Philadelphia Public Ledger. Also Shortage of Food, and That Sort of Thingy Added liiuiR • '--•-- - Returning Traveler Brtnge a Goo#'. Story From the Lofty Peaks of tht r v Himalayas--Party Was Attacks#; By Band of Savage Men. New York.--Here'a a tall one froqi > ':T. ^ the towering peaks of the Himalaya^ I as told by one Frederic S. Bowen o| j Boston, jute merchant and sport* , , man, who arrived here the other on the steamer Lapland after years in India. Among the narrator's favorite pas^ • ; •. times while in India was the pursuit^ of the small but husky Himalayan- i black bear. On his last trip to tha; grdat mountains, accompanied by t.wo army officer? and a native guide, some remarkable things happened at;' an altitude of 15,000 feet ..i "We were having bally bad luck,* began Mr. Bowen, whose long sojoun|r amid the Britishers has lent a ne\r:c touch to his original Bostonese ao? cent "No game, you know, Bhortag#^; of food, and all that sort of thlng||. Then we ran smack into a cluster ofe^ . billmen, savage fellows, who didn't; "vA like our looks, but were most eage|j j , to get our guns and'equipment ' • "We gave them a bit of a battles * . " but being outnumbered, decided to retreat Our guide said he knew; where there was a ripping old cave where we could hide until the party of hlllmen got tired of looking for. us and went on about their business/ y' know. "We clambered down a lot of precir .. pices over a zigzag trail in the dea<k ;-;| of night'and found the cave. Mjf'J- . friend and I entered, and were shock^^, >'it ed to hear a loud growl and find our*: selves attacked by a savage femal#' C! Mack bear and her vicious ~ cub. "We succeeded in killing them both. handily, thus replenishing our larder. considerably. We lay close to tha¥.- cave for two days, when in walked old father bear. "The hlllmen were in our neigh^ borhood by that time, and . we di4F' not dare to shoot So we invited thaft: ̂ '•M- a- "Ha Closed With Me. bear in, as it were, and sat perfectly still. He came in, looked us over and then sniffed at the hides and pieces of meat that told him what had become of his wife and little ones, y' know. "He appeared quite frantic with grief, and I was on the point of feelt|'|' " lng very sorry for the old chap wheqr suddenly he turned on me and at^H.'/ tempted to bite off my leg. Pity turnjs^f'-v e d t o h a t e , a s i t w e r e , a n d d r a w i n g ^ ; my hunting knife I slashed the olC : chap In the throat. He closed with me, and would have done considerable damage but for a timely thrust of the knife in his heart. "We lived on bear meatrfor a week, • and got beastly sick of aatlng it--eat* ing It half raw as we did. You seej| we could not build a fire, but we cuf' the meat in small pieces and singe^ it a little with matches before chewt ing it. "At last our guide reported the hill* men gone and we made our way to our base camp and fed up on can­ ned goods and copious cups of tea."- £ 1 big prowling streets. tr WILDCAT AS BIG AS A LlOlf # Farmers In State of Terror Over Giant'4 f Feline 8een Prowling About Forests. Tlonesta, Pa.--Farmers in thd vicin­ ity of President a hamlet near Tion^ esta, are in a state of terror ov*r s< wildcat which has been seeq aboi^t the forests The tracks of the animal were ilti|^0 discovered on rotton logs by Fran)^. v-l Boyd and Warren Gayetty. RecentlV'^ William Andrews, who was hunting^ partridges in the woods about a mil^'<jjfvf-i.j< south of President discovered the ani*^;".' £• mal perched in the branches of a hem^f ?v•:*y lock tree, with its eyes glaring at the^' hunter like two balls of fire. fX* Mr. Andrews' gun was loaded witt||;r: M '•* birdshot, and he was afraid to shoo^j|fv. at the animal for fear of being atj^f? tacked. The huge cat made no at*^- tempt to attack Mr. Andrews, but ad^'7> the hunter retreated It leaped fronr1 V" the tree and ran into underbrpsh. Mr*-'- Andrews said It was as large ma mountain lion and was by far the big% geBt wildcat seen in Venango county/ Some of the farmers on the outskirt# of President report the loss of a larg^ number of chickens within the lasf; jfew days, which are believed tu hfea deroured hy the haaa^ V -OW-,* >->y •is