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Full Title	Street and Smith's New York Weekly : a journal of useful knowledge, romance, amusement, &c., v. 60, no. 35, June 10, 1905.
Contributor	Hathaway, Charles W.
Date Added	30 November 2021
Format	Newspaper
Language	English
Publish Date	1905-06-10
Publisher	New York : Street & Smith
Alternate Title	New York Weekly. A long martyrdom / by Charles W. Hathaway.
Topic	New York (N.Y.) > Newspapers. Popular literature > United States > 19th century > Periodicals
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OCR ‘ut stare which greeted her expressions of delight pia, he heard ‘the childicn “babbling which find from her smiling lips, th ot bi a epulstoa Which went through ter way. one bever forgot Which almost broke mopitying her grlet, sat down bo- and tried to comfort her. She talked nay to het and encouraged her to hope yet be well with’ the fair girl Succeeded in € her to go 40 sleep, aud ave « ne saw that she was almost prostrat ef. where she ste iter Brother» conilding. to Mg all that had occurred, and asking him if she fad done Tighe in allowing the operation upon bea to proceed without feet consulting Gerald, him not thing dealt woe steer ho sttould ear ‘Tom iter vagal 7 Waid that se must op hoe! “tone oF eilrwiag shew ing ished hii ay her tmmedintely Tecelving her hot= ould receive the message in season imeniente with Mr Lyman aud stop. the work us rurgeons if he thought It best to delay their riment, aliydetter written and posted, her lunch eaten, 8 while, then repaired to the home of tivmans phe bad prot ie gpont aa hour or. Rote with the gentleman a his stately, HOME wholly’ charming Switer bes erselt and whom there, immediately sprang ant is alcction. ™ fie, Wa “on the polut of leaving she turned wpeallugly rs. Lyman and, with starting ar, tretously inquired : “slay stay,,with you tommorrow while cling of friendsht Mrs. Bromley"—they hi pilemed of her title. yet. “L shail “be very with i iit ea F, Winchester's accou ad be eert fecal gatoring words, Lady Bromley went wer friend and tried to possess ber in Secs ‘until the, ‘slloning day at twelve, whlch mama he momentous test ‘of sur- @ next morning brought her the raposly lockenstor inessage: frou Wer beother, bet bis hearty approval of the course which she a pursued did much toward bracing her nerves coming ordi bu: ‘Wonderful news! Let thet fo, alien, 0. all sane. Telegraph result immediately. wt know until crisis bs p: pit B ltle betore noo sense ote rest Lady Brot @ealm though "io" tho ‘Testdente of tae. Lywaas. Lyman recelved hier very ‘gtacio ale vik apparently jost composure, sgh an unnatural Paleness betrayed that’ si ms {ree trom anxiety. pt # e clock struck the filefat hour she conducted her guest to a fine t the rear of the where, farounded by, rar Aud beautiful plants, with Us singing joyously a thelr gilded cages and Gemusieal splashing of 2 fountain as an acco paiteat, ehe kept her talking busily upon various tte was charming in her delicate tactfulness uf id not allow the conversation to flag for a ere was always some are exotio or bloom to call he es to it hich she arranged ‘\ntova, iasteful bouguet ay Bromley to “take to Mrs. Bryant when returned.” “tus more. than an bour passed, and then fy sounded upon the marble floor af the entrance tte conservatory, when. 1 start, faged sbrupty and went band, ve ut 'e foo of Indeseribablo pend erp *iltnlnea “nis tace. “Mother, aid, laying a fond hand upon te soviger of bis. wite, rial fs well over and Us very best Fesults are looked for ree ha ‘a strain the fe spoke no word, but her lips trembled while ys still ae "searched her husband's face, ¢ Dr, Lathaer thought—there we a ime "Sr one ‘pressive, upon the brain, fhe moment it was removed Alliso out, “Gerald, ome ei tom sudden fear, 70 te _-THE FLOODED MINE, - BY WALTER FENTON. is the reader is doubtless aware, when a coat tie is in operation pumps are in most cases idattly “employed to kee “the Worklogs tree ira water. This Is necess ary, as, frequent veins euler are encountered us the miner makes bis wey downward into the deptis of the earth. But irtitanding * the “ uninterrupted, continuous ‘of. the pumps, miners. oe frequently Sieet! to work Ja tho’ water where it from any cause the pumps should fail the bicg would, “Sooner or later, fll with-water, | It uigst require da ¢ months to bring Sad thie result, which for the time of its ace arplishment would, of course, depend upon the he “mine and the quantity of water ‘ving In fhe South Wales coal regions less water {s ‘arount in. the, mines than In the Alleghan; fous of Pennsy! ania, while in, the Lancashire rl vi te Yorkshire dist inary ine tates tho mhost formidable obstacle ‘met’ with Nite developisent of mineny ‘In these localities oct iave ecu “Known to fin with water in aa fneredibly short. ‘ie mines of Ireland,” as at. Ulster, Con- nest, and Munster, pumps are always required, jean : t lowing adventure, whicd old miner, will serve to “it'rae some twolve of fourteen years ago de Boulace nate ras worked out, dud wbendoned, Yuan smong the miners who, did the last work BAC that ot robbing the pillars, you know, dmays was a very wet mine, a jumps. wore stoned te rapidly malted with, water R had been ‘and its ema te years after {twas abandoned, and the water va then within a ths Arta Seortly after they the anlderthe same ‘compony opened anothes mine foe miles distant, and Iwas employ re Fa week longer we continued ard the tinderground Jake, 0. my Shs J determined to speak, Yo" the engineor that ‘were men at work with me there whose sae ae, suller, and, perbaps, starve, were 6 lous mine. T felt that it be a crim Wlonger neglect to warn the engineer; for if Rihould penetrate to the old the sea of , and we should meet a horrible death by tuming in that black and dismal place. a oh tf dread shook ‘my frame at the fight, and I rested upon my pick for a mo- Bet, and_ listened, ‘half fancy that "I ou tia'the rush of waters even’ tien. could ‘There were threo miners at Work with me that day, for ours was a four-handed shite, ns each blow of their Dicks, and at every full of the loosened coal my. fears. increased, and I looked auxlously for uing of | the, slnger he Usually visited bur Reading every a now the Ge whieh owas ia the, habit of For some cause he was later than usual that day, but at last I is'mine Tamp in the ais tlong the dark gangway that led: to our was soon among Ui! ft directions to continue on and of the others I 1 Bim’ of the danger to eich ES exposing pot only the workers in my heading, but ali within the’ mine. Ho seemed a little startled at first, but in masala ‘Issued bis natural alr of ‘superiority and sal “I think you aro sounding a false aiarm, Howe. 1 understand my business, and I sball hot en- danger my Tl look over the maps thi evening, hour 2°, iy you thet I am right nd with and confident as you Peetuened to the heading, but 1 was indignant the man's Indifference, Hie ouxbt at least to se yras wrong. Suen the ‘course of, ordi ‘but this m: tog vein to act upon tne advice of a common Ininer,” although. im, practical knowledge of ‘the unio (Twas: le superior: With Soy coleuniy dae weuld, astro Hany cases Of vais Kind have ‘been elated, and I do not dou! foward us, ‘We crouched down to await the “going off” of the powder, and we thought when it was over Be would. secure our tools and at once leave the mine. While TI live T shall never forget the occur ences of the next few moments. The blast exploded. There was a deafening boom of thunder, and then, op, God! there came crashing, and ‘the side of the of seething Waters In a wild, resistiess whirl—a ighty flood. The Ina blast bad broken throught to the undergroun were pouring: fa upon ba The ernie force ot the current dashed us upon the ground, and swept 1g the gai pare Ou stant. we dariuess” wero iid “aavieks rand. heart-rending cries for help, mingled ‘with agonized groans, as v fellow was dashed against the jagged course we were separated from each other, and I found myself, after a desperate struggle, slinging o @ Pit of projecting rock near the Toot 1, a veeing by ie, gna‘ hat Ie would. soa wv that It 2 tion ofthe mine and’ghen tewould ‘Tie about” me higher avd higher, until the roof was reached and ‘was submerged, there was- no way my frall support ming. ressibty . terrible ia Inactivity, ine atrlcetese rating out, the pore ‘king an ‘ome’ lite Snore arecdful desperate ‘struggling for escape, which, if hopes, elves the mind the poor consolation of ‘he clung to perch something struck which "were inthe water, f ‘was a mine tie which had and F put forth my and fell upon a7 escape, came tisoneing Tapa the tocks about me. “They sprang about, me, and, maddened at finding po way of scape, they ‘snapped 8 I strove to frighten aways fell theme up be ‘Their claws were in my hair. . They clung to my lothing and I was almost covered with the dis- As I could pot relingulsh hold upon the rocks, only one arm was at liberty to use against them. in that time of desdly peril bow I lon for one ray of light! I thought if it mere nly Tight T would spring into the rushing waters and Strive to reach the foot of the shaft, for it. was reach that point I barely possible that if I could ight find th: id mi Jat those outside had prov vided some Tay of excane. I could not end! tacks of the min much ‘oer, andthe ater wee fast ‘rinltg, urowud tn 1 strained my | eve striving” to pierce. the loam a thought I saw “a faint speck of fight tuttier raown, the tunael ‘Once ‘had need that I saw’ this luminous point, aud he was certain that I nt, mot de eelve myse! fo imme to reflect upon what could cause n to rise around me sretofore. wi moment I hesitated, t detached my aching finge: yy, frail sup- Port, and ih a moment I was struggling in, the water, rove to reach the faint light, which 1 coud ‘rein cee, ‘ands fav y the it, ceeded in doing 80. I hed a projecting prop and drew myself up beside the light. ‘The mystery of its presence, there was then teveaied. saw befor the head engineer. | His body a ir rock, which had crushed him to taainst {he side of the tunnel, He bad probably water bad washed the rock whe? covered him Tom turthe r shed ft against frie safety lamp had. not been ‘extinguished, and it still burned upon his hea: above and fi in its first wild onset, das! him with fearful force, As I clung panting for breath, beside the dead man eoabled me to ‘where Pidlccovered: that Twas very. near th Which thie tumet joined, the main now saw the caus his sudden, 1 ito the pain to Glingin to tho sides of the paseage, T reached {he desired polat, and clinging ae one hand to Towered ‘somowhat, a FRAE the lower evel of ‘the mine ul Thore was then still a possibility of my reach- {ng the foot of the shaft, and pausing onty tong enough to, rest could not b tl near the Toot of the mine that 1 was ‘frequently thrown against it, ‘On, on I. floated, and by constant efforts managed to keep my head above the water. Once was forced between a proj “he wall "so Lightly that l was pbilzed «eget ail tay steangia extricate myself. | Again my head was dashed rock so violently that it almost robbed of my senses and 1 sank beneati the ood, Dut, struggled to the surtace agata. to grow wider, and T saved was by which the coal was e had lowered the tt the. water at tho. fost Fimiatie yet ‘hope to wencts It and ve draw up to the earth's surface alive. | If this had, mot been t, even: though I reached the bot~ tom’ of the sha - Feontinued to, drift on, with the switt current and T ached the foot of the shaft. The enter was within about three fect of the chimney- Uke opening in te roof throug which the clung. to this opening, and looked upward. There was no carriage to be seen, bove, hothing more une condition, but it mine in was and other the safety. 1 sad fat in selence, ‘His mistake cost. him a by da} excited’ players, "uo fonary_measu! Food Stood one, had passed a slew Ro’ - Flood “suppressed. a, si he assurance given Sap about the room. soul, | sir.” asked “Jist_ about | midnight, many around after— gules, witha cle “Ay, sir; that’s what Greeny’ with grave. humil opie a ould help" had card taken.” {Did T do the | 3 0, surprised ‘man that ‘over’ ‘here “wate _ tase all fe hearers Souler, ma mit ac fervently. answere iNower, countenance changed became hard as fiint, were Teflected the Frateful words, from a. bl: The humpback a down the stairs, aot? rted in the Nick Carter, Flood’s white fac “Dadger—at_ thls i “What “docs he want” cays he must see st! Hat ‘The humpback called “AN right, Peters! ~ And Ni € § Dish ected mgt Beat That, follow, unless Nick saw tective had ‘not & ‘The forceful, “Teatres amen was noon.” you may “out with them” marked the mouth of the shaft, four hundred fi at rt leaped for, 07. 2 falted me, ‘the water swept t thought it was the water, in my inal-ineeointe was my’ friends, who into the carriage, and we were draw other portions of the mine narrowly 7 Ine Ded Desota'e 2 Ko was ike looking ad the ‘bare yight. | There wat clicking oe bvory chips, so Bia Flood appeared pale and haggard, 1ko 0) plone nights Yet be was ‘Only Ni minute” then said he “had ‘one ele bas called? it time did the game stop last night ter—— ner T made. my big lasing 2 eohe tt, no mark up the cues. when you signed a job well, John?” sy aon’t start and. grow pale. 0 ‘and what. ards, ond remeniber Your no. scireumstancesy ot even to save my neck from a 2 by word or sign jumpba‘ colo “ashes, and. its expression ‘one never to De t he again raised his au sad ook od a light Ike that cast ade of “Poli steel. Let him fk"Carter quickly mouated the stalre HAPT! nous fttled. ‘pateness _ of wail when a. that eet It was the carriage cried, and then and’1, realized a up out of he only one of my party who escaped, miners who were at work fscaped the mpanions. ‘The mining engineer hed mado a most, culpablo error in] ie calculation, and this’ ie that would hardly improved 1miniug his life, Under the Tiger’s Claws By NICHOLAS CARTER, : Auton * afarked for Dont “The Cvin 4 Countess,” ‘Man dont Man,” uptl” ely eC. (Upra tap ‘ToRk’s CLavs? was commenced in No. 31, Back numbers cau be ovjained Of all uewsdoalers,) TER TR. (Continued). : : and Jobn Green, the humpback, Was engaged in wiping the glassware on tho side- one ently dressed, wa! ease, and. carried himself’ veh abitua ently ‘and composure. ing, John!” said he, with a sharp lane seu theron, The face of the humpback lighted perceptibly, yet a covtain autious Iook in hia’ tired: eyes bee trayed is seeret, misgivings, d-morning! Mr. Flood,” he replied, a bit hu cht. “You're down early, sir. agSomewhat, Who bas beet here this’ morn- fate Godard, sir. ‘He looked In for a n errand downtown.” gh ot relte yet despite him bis eyes ‘again swept he ‘There weren't queried the smile crossing his pate I had in mind,” replied ity. young Royal show up again?” - Mr, Flood? «I ame for itt" eried the sir, T was tho most rat shatclog in a chair.” was nothing for you to fear, sir, “Be surprised at anything 1 may. ¢o,” added Flood oodily. “Was any “person wise to the play?” “Never, & one, slr,” declared Green, with em- phasis, (“AN hinds ‘thought the josthg was on the level. Not a us knows what you did, Mr. Flood, Td stake ‘my life on that “por” your dit keep the secret, cried Fido, laying a heavy band on bis startied your Jet come What ath ‘tis, sir, then!” érled the humpback, hand, Jmpressively raised. “so help me hand tro rn he. man’s sald he, SPhahn, y_ fear was, ‘iat you might dis- showld serlous cir- 10d’s” Fesonant “Tam now the ‘one’ that know Mark der I ie k was the color of hand and sit, God. hearing me fT ever, wish, the truth isclosed twill tn- come what may, be 2 tips are sealed.”” lo of a man of my calling ited Flood, with & rsa d memories evoking his into the hall and peered attendant was just opening the strect disguise of Joo Badger, phe exclaimed, familiarly,” “is The gostle eyes of the humpback swept round to meet those ot athe gamester, standing as rigid as atone inthe adjoining re vite Badger, sir,” he whispered rs dean that fleeting expression of relief swept ur!” he muttered, darkly. you, sir, “that ‘was the word, sir.” ‘What matters? Let him come down, the stairs, ER X. DIGAPPEARANCR, pver, having immediately Meio prevent Te the dec Flood’s clean-cut, Nick entered the room Brings, you ‘Puete's seldom» anything yw it, Mose,” replied Nick, with a glance about the room to earn who was’ there. “I did not, come. to make a play.” “For what, viten' asked Flood, smiling cus riously. ‘Merely to mako a social gant” NOt exactly ‘oat, teither,” returned Nick. “2 want a ‘With, yor, Mose 1” * vith Sell, Badger, here T am; so “If Ws all the same to you, Mose, Y'd preter alone. Flood’ began’ to suspect that bis caller wished to borrow ‘some money. an experience. to, whicl jo means & stranger, and a look 0 his face. into my private room, Badger,” re Seno way, "and closing the ‘$it"down if you Ike. F you? Are you strapped, 8 the * ply ninety” thousand. dol Sigentaliy. the “deck of strippers” with Which he had dealt, himself, loser. finely furnished. room, cre"to ask @ loan of “I suppose I could have it I w +f°Think’ likely, Joe," said Flood, sitting care- lessly on a corner of the, table. “That's like you, Mose,” remarked Nick, ready to note any change in ‘the face of Bie hearer Swell, tm, pot here for that I call ‘with an- object.”” orient object” “1. have sist come, down from. Fordham, 1 live out that way, you ‘koow Fi Started ailgntly” and bis dark brows drooped ominously. “From Fordham?" said he, with “eyes search- ing, Nick's, “Bxactly,” bedded, Nick. You've not beard the news, 1 take itt” ‘Yet Niel eady convinced that was he fight in bis Susplelony apd “that iced. already sw of the mui ‘To, learn ‘what attitude he Rex! would. take was Nicks’ immediate ‘motive, on whict bis own course necessarily would de- pend. what news do you, refer, Joe?” Flood aooliy inguited: neclts about, that chap who imade a big. winning here Iast night. <1. was. present at the time, you remembs “Ves, T remember. But what about him ‘Bena 1) sald, Nick, tersely. Dead amazement "furdered,” added Nick, Murdered! | Impossible /* it's a fact, Mose.’ ors with | well-feigned a “where?” jo now ‘saw that Plood had already some fixed line of conduct, Nick unined to drive him to the wall. Ned about pine: o'clock, lazt night, of Dr. Royal, the Fordham Cecil Kendall dead! . _tmtze, me! rou yo Rather, ick. self Ho 'was found Nese tho library “widows, Sti asa poker, with bis head erushed In with a glu tut {Horn ‘So "ti e but there's no doubt about It,” continued "Nick, welebing ‘im as a cat. watches @ mouse, “They are dead sure it is a case of murder.” you mean byt Detect ry a ‘ate “police. out ‘ieee “Woing for “oxtdense, the central office ‘They are “God ‘above! exclaimed Flood, playing his part 2, “perfection. “Tecan hardly believe this, jadger,” “You'll find it’s true, all right,” declared Nick. 1 looks ‘likely enough, heard” young’ Woyats threats, too. .Mebbe chap: who did * lo0d aprang, down, with an oath “Not our life, Badger!" be oried, vehe- mentiy: “Royal's threats were the és Of & drunken He cannot have done Fee tontt ite, Badger, ed Ni hho gnvo, no exprossion to the thou hts that’ occasioned it. “You've got no better friend than T you cam gamble on that,”he declared, Maree ea possibly nat.” “It's only, bechuse, I wish to do you a good § tuya, tbat J am ‘Do,me «geod lara echoed Flood, with eves! owing “aueplelously. bu “What do’ you mean Dye Joe Badger?” . “iGan't ‘you guess what I mean, Mose?” ght “weil, yn cried sentiment“: “Speak plainly. Flood, with’ rising re: y., Whaf do you mean?” Gerry has toued killed, t - which Sxendall was rt led Flood, to be doubted. - What's that to me?” too genuine Daye found it 07 eapon, Mose, heavy - ironwood same which you carried wien you tert last evening. ‘The later.” - one item of new: mew of the erfme, was ignorant of the means e1 lover Pigh. an fistant, however, though his face g1 Tew even more, pale, Floed again, had his feelings unger. rigid ou Baager: strane gure’ of what you. are saying, slowly demanded, with voice grown bard. t ft, Mose.’ That Kendail ‘Was ‘killed with the cane you describe?” “The. evidence ts conclusive. ° Tt’ Js an fron i cane, with a large silyer hea "That's ‘like mine. found hidden, ‘under some, brushw of the, grounds, rontinued eovered “with ‘blood ;” and. bits of Plainty, those of ine murdered ‘rithdut ize of the table, a Shange th bis tet, white faces aris is strange, Badger, on my word, sal ie moving from his and with never a ‘There's another bad feature, Mose.” Sum another, eh! And what ts fate” identified by Dr. Royal a id. Nick, pointedly. red that he had seen you carrying {t ‘mes, and that gave Gerry the clow for whlch ‘he was seeking. “He sald that you iu be landed without delay... He, may arrive bere ny Moment to arrest “sit Flood nelther moved nor changed, bim come,” sald he, with icy inditter- as be- You! Nl stand for it?” You "Ml not attempt to escape? ot I. prefer to face the music. Don’t hy. That's, my business.” ezan to s e his way mors clear! Flood imagined for was Niek Carter, he sou difficulty of hiding and aul proesitly ee oud. designs fave. proceeded differently. AB steadily ‘getting at, the truth; ill had much to and be fiw that Flood had ‘vesolved upon, some fixed design whieh he by no means, would voluntarily pe Nick’ was equally determined to discover hat, the design consisted, ag well as, the ‘motive for it, ressed home the he sew “rota Bound. de leepest, and posstly evok. elf-betrayal. With @ grave shake of his ead, ‘he slowly answered Tfruey Mose, itis" your, business, © But T told you just’ now I’ was as good a friend as you have, gnd when Gerry, spoke fa ota arresting you I hastened ere ‘you dange fer Wd relaxed a little, as If he appreciated the service mentioned, and’ gravely an: “hat was very good of you, Badger, and yo meant well, | But Tam not a man to run ‘when 7. danger threatens. © T've up against it too many yeai “You'll vist them arrest, you, Bey “I shi io ’pier all make Nick's grave volce took gna subtle rin On the reontrary, Mose, I think you will “You ti i will!” exclaimed Flood, with » ari trown. “Precisely. ne im 1y do that ‘Mectuse. He toes nol sult. me, Mose, tbat yqu shalt be arrested for cor, smart mm “Not suit you! “For a ‘Why 502” ood reason, If robbery was’ the - T happen to kuow that you. ao you iuean?” Flood hoarsely gasped. “Flow do you know it?” . “Bees o man would Kill another for, money voluntarily lost fy him ‘within “an cried Nick, “sharply. 1 and yet you made yourself a loser a deck of strippers you forced Ken win the money for which ae afterward was stnin but not dy you, Moses dt Wi sake my fe, upon that, let the ‘Soidence be rrhat it may, “Your life! God above, Badger, it Joa value hat life, listen to me!” Ks Fapid Yerbal thrusts had accomplished Just what he ad exp t the change that come wor the gambler start! alarmed most men. XS he heard tho words. thas told, him ‘hia seerel known fo another flood e_gbastly = he wn {rom the table, gave utterance. t0 the interruption noted and. seized.Nick by the. fou are mad—mad!" he flercoly coatiayed, th, eves blazing and his voice choked with 1 kind. Yevel. “If you ever breathe another word of this, Joe Badger, I'll throttle your . life. from your body. - 1 you Yigt so: Mose, oF youl have done Yt here and now!” eried Nick, Struggling to his, feet and throwing off the’ impassioned man. "1 what 1 saw Inst nls “You Met. Youle ‘Ai out t, to Tearn the truth, Mose,’ the - ot io gard last night, so help ‘me Hea Ken! tne street doordett rang loudly through e_-house d instantly ‘dropped ‘his hand from Nick's ant Toom, closing Tho humpback was already “darting to secure the heavy "door, Teading into the hail, with a jew to preventing Gerry's entrances etoro tl uid be plished, man, wh nd Stairs and saw the swinging door, buried. i foretbiy against st and came tiearly headlong he room. erled Nick, coolly, “what's mt says Gerry = recovered | his equlitoiat. ‘bit fied tS Weostntze” inne Whips yn jocument from his’ pocket, ihe cried, ~ Sharp “i means that T have a warrant hero for tho - arrest of, Moser, Flood, Where is, he?! Flood, eh?” relomed Nick, with a: derisive laugh. “Why'd the devil didn't you come. Jn (on horseback, to serve i ‘an impulsive. fellow, “though a. Very’ capable “oficer, resented tho remark wie anv ugly amar, “None gf Your durned business 1” angrily. | “I'd have couo in ‘utomobile, » It Vd wi “efor might havo come in a bailoon,’ Gerry, for, all T should baye eared,” retorted Nick. Plead not ere, ax you may. see for your. it’s a bit early for him to show his hour of the night, he ered, Come q ‘Gerry, and find him, | There are but tew of us owls out jn the sunlight.” * “Bvidently you're ‘looking for, trouble, mister,” ed Getty ¥, with a threatening nod’ at Nick. to know that Flood is here, for Peters _ at th the! Street door. He's mot so tar away isto Prt undered Gerry, drawing @ revolver. “at You interfere with me, my man, I'll let day- light into you." ‘And before Nick could prevent him the central office man sprang aside, bounded to the door of Flooa’s private room and violently threw it open. Qne glance into the room. was, sufficient. Nick Carter was startled and momen- tanite “amaze . r the private room, despite that the windows © yee ‘thirty’ feet above the ground, and only one © door visibie, was found to be, vacant. Flood had vanished 3 We walls ot the room, or ened and swallowed bliin, TO BR CON’ 3 mysterlously as ~ the floor itself, had - ‘TINVED. Items of Interest. - ‘Typewriters with Arabic letters are now in uso in Egypt. 1 In a female herring, weighing slx or seven ounces, there are about $0,000 eggs. Chipped granite and clay combined make dura-” ble brick. ‘This is a recent Scotch invention, In Baltimore an electric are light, costs $67.49 ° year jn New Orleans, $69, -and in New, York uy, Sia boings usually begin to lose height a the age of Rlgre and at the age of ninety have iost at Teast one and one-half 1 Nearly all Japanese boys are strong. | This is toa large extent due to the fact that a law pro: hibits Japanese youths from using tobaceo. uutil , me ‘are twenty years of ge. heaviest woman tn Michigan ts Miss Hattie anid Whose home is. on six miles uthwest of Wlete, Miss Rlarlage Ts. twentyesie years old, 1s six feet in height, and weighs 400 pads, The of a plece of gold-bearing quart: wan tnepectes "recently with the Roentgen rays In an Oregon town, and velns of gold are eaid, to g,been aa plainly visible as, if they had been on whe jerman Emperor travels on home rallvayes a rdetalled bil Te mange out fo gine and car used, and for the distance traversed, Tels estimated that bo pays the Prussian railways © alone about, $25,0 Many of the howeatves, in Florida serub, thetr floors ‘with oranges. Ia almost any, town in the Srouge-growlug ietelcts women m be! seen using the frult exactly as most housekee cid in the oranges dos. the cleansing, and the Doasds are a0 white ae snow after the applicas tion. The oft-mentioned fogs of, Newfoundland are y, found, ana rule, on tho east, and south coasts, an the “banks.” | They ate caused tthe Arctic current with the gut Aretl stre interior In summer. 19 described as a most dat climate, resembling that of the ‘ie, ot an 2 woman in Sydney, Australia; de- termined mmit suicide. Soubly: sure sue injected into 2 pote sone ctrychntae, “morphine ‘he aeugs quavretea “among themselves. tnstend of ‘ats tending to their deadly work, and the attempt at suicide was a Compulsory siucti, has, been extabltshed by the Tapanese Governm and girls. must attend school when tained the sme of Sig and: wontinue: there until, they. are fourteen, During the frst four years they are taught the Yapanese| and Chinese languages, end English dure gz the last four . « Rashtonate ens, in London amuse themselves ~. ith a new toy. It ts a fortune-telling, teacup, of ing sold. ‘The eup ts ft the nurse, a Purse, an ‘Ground the oup, and. gceording. to. tue position or objocts to which they adhere, so ts one's, me, r Weaver,” of Phiadelpha, ha! whore. Stoutnese and good humor are bi ing @ friend chiet die- on. the si it be fottos y get rules to a ate ‘Phave just one rule," Wikiners-"Wheb sit down toveat'l oli sty cncheg or £0 from the table, and when 1 touch i'm done.’

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