‘ I Elsewhere.
so ’
For the next 39 days, all our men’s $3.00 and 63.50
. Orient Toe Tan
Shoe/24;, '
Réduced to
$2.00! I
1' examine these goods
before buying
M. H- GLOVER’S
. Double
Shoe .
Store. . .
60 and A2 Wall Street,
Norwalk, Ct.
i
e, - Everybody’s Shoes Shiued Free.
hue olScotch Cheviotsljust for a short
you are wanting something high-class
and hobby at a littlcmorc than ready-
to-wcar clothing, come in and look at
this line of-novcltics, or we will show
you a line of Men's Fall suits from
$7.50 to $15.00.
u-*
W. A. BENEDICT 8: CO.
Clothiers and It‘uruishcrs for Men and Boys.
\
x
9 MAIN STREET. “4 WASHINTON ST.,
30. Norwalk.
Not-walk. »
What is It? '
that prompts you to buy your shoes at
one store rather than another? Isn’t it
style. quality, tit durability and price as
to the shoe and prompt and courteous
attention on the part. of the proprietor and
salesman? If these are the real induces
inents we look for a liberal share of your
patronage.
H. 5. BROWN,
90 WASHINGTON STREET, .
loath [Ins-walk, Oonn
.4...
i? 3870!"!
Will IIGOR
u m» for IV" yvnm; hellil'y, 1mm of Sexual Tnvertin either
i. Vile: t » .-,l tub»: w . , m, {rota any reuse. in”
er k‘ii Iv ; t ‘t .vigur on» . ,. .i at l, ll’ncgmtrtl, such
om...” mum , MW .. in: , “v" ”99'”
woe-in .w.tt. fire I) on at island '|»i~ llluflE)‘.
.nm» 5;». .
WU i-‘lt .; “ammonia. Uilltl.
For sale at Tomllase‘u's drug store. '
(‘uptaiii Hill ct tho Union army, Ide-
tUnytunhi IILIU‘JI. chctcrniint-d to 890/
. ; Illt' rough and round cliil's and rock
‘il Win-n Wt“ rt :iclnd tho t'onvcut gut». lln‘
‘thaii tho l‘lllt‘l‘i All the rooms had long
'ho shown thc rooms in tho old t'tlllh'lll,
. . . . out .l word lr-d tho Way to tlu- nortli (Iltl
tune. . This is a new feature, and il
The M iii: bent. at» my youngster to
not.
II .
The lemmme offered her fragrance so sweet.
1 He pillowcd his head
In a Violet bod, _ .
By the worshiping flowers his vanity fed.
The modest white rose hum: her head in de»
spair ,
And murmured. unconscious that ”she was so
fair,
~ “Ah, were 10 bright
As others, thou might
Some kind ray of love illuminc my nightl"
lily Cupid, o'crhuaring lit-r whispered corn-
plalut. ‘ ,
Arosc and approached, while the film" crew
faint. ,
. Then he prmseilmoh, the tinsel-
On her petals a kiss. "
She blushed and still blushes thcfl‘, thinking
of this.
fllugh L'. Laughlin in Ladics' Home Journal.
AN lNVISIIlLl‘l THING.
Some ycnrs ago, in company with
terminal to take a trip through the
northwestern part of South Aiiiuricu and
spend a few months in visiting tho
country when» a dozen volcanoes may
tit~ .H’N'il at ono titllc.
Wu visited (fhiiuhorazo, (.‘otopttxi, '
Pinchinclni and othtrs, and thcii went.
on to m: thowondcrful lavabcdof ('ay-
ambi, 10 miles long and _at hiast 600
foot dccp. ,
While at the latter place we learned
of an old iiionastorv which, so tradition
has it, was inserted at the eruption of
it. It lics way up the mountain sitlo,
l-lJNiO fut-t above sea lcvcl, and was ac-
t-ussiblt- only by the most ll'll‘lllllllfi.. *
bridiopatlis it had cvcr been my fortune
to travel over. I'Iowcvcr. with the art
sistancc of a guide sccurcd at the small
mountain village at which wt- wvrc
staying, tho asccnt was succcsstully
inadc.
At the close of the sccond day our
tin-d mulcs turned the last Ill‘lltl in the
stoop mountain path, and there- bct'orn
us lay the ruins of the old convent to-
ward which wc had bo-cit climbing for
two days, hardly distinguishable from
hoops :ippvariuc on cw-ry hand.
Wt-disniotintcd and .wnt lla‘ [tunic
forward with the beasts and ltiuganc.
guide was laikiiu: to an old man, who
at once mail.‘ a phlt'v for us. The old
t't-llow was hunt and Wl‘lllkli'tl. the skin
of his law lookiitl: liltt‘ an old pit m- of
crumphd parchment. which haul llrl'll
put Iln'itii‘ :.flcr a fruith-ssattt'nipt to
smooth it out. IIc must lim'vlwciiat
It'llHll IOU yr his old.
Weaskrd it wt- might spviid thcnicht
thorn, nth-r tolling him the object Willi
which the journey had bcc-ii madc.
Frill“ his reply wc inado out that no
one hat livvd in lllt' convoiil for manly
L‘tln“ :irs, but that. about :30 yt-ai's lic-
t‘oi'b a party of tram-lets had visitvd
tin-cc and had t'cniaiuwd a low “‘1'“le
slaitchiin: and hunting, and that tiny
had occupied thi- i'coins at tho south
ind, \l'llll'll “'6 it” then in IN‘IIo‘l'(‘Irlltlllltlll
Mllt‘t‘ l.l_‘i'llllll‘ i'ootlvssoxt't-pt thu w, which
\Vl-i‘c dirictly unthi'in-atli the low IIIVYI'I‘.
Hn our signify on; our \Hllllllllli‘s'i to
tho old man \\'|'lll into his but and
brought out a rudt' wax taper, and with
of tl.H ruin, \lhl'rt-l Illlilll' out a massive
black door which cairn. d inward. I‘In«
tt-ring, lu- llLfllIt'II his lll‘lllllIth‘ candlc,
tui'm d to tilt- ltvt‘t anti lvd the way down
a stonc limrr-tl corridor which tln- cob
webs madc nl‘aiost iinpassablv. '
At last our pilot I'illlll‘ to a standstill
at the last doorway, Illt' door, remark
ably wcll pits. ri‘t-d, standing half open,
As wv Mitot- d. a. 111' l'..~'I"l' but uhisltcd
by my hood, lllt‘ll unotln r and anotht l‘.
Ilouhth-ss thrthad hwu Illll'l‘l‘ulllt‘tl in
their nocturnal to turn.
Insidntln‘. littln room thcrn was a
rudo rustic tot ll‘illll" iinttlx- of pole-s
with tho Illll‘li.‘llll on--lliw only forni-
turcof any thiscriptioii. ’I‘ht- window,
a small muaro holo, was" I‘lllfil'll with
iron bars ahumt rusted away. Instead
of ]i:llltt~' of glass thc spidvrs had substi—
tuted a iitillti‘orl: which almost shut out
the star-i.
Communicating with this coll by
moans ot’ a short liz:~<:tgt-\\’il}‘, ".me
«load up with rubbish, \-..i< unolliwr
room, dill‘criin: in no essential point
from the that, cxvcpt, pvt-hops. that it
was. if possible, more dusty and col»
\i'l'lllt)‘.
\Vo iltforintd tlnI old man that ‘\\'I'
would so nd tlis- iiigzht iii till :a- i’.l.l
rooms. llc lottli’ml at us a mono at as if
.istoiiishol; t-ht‘n shook his lit-ad and
llllllll‘l‘l‘ll mun-thing which I took to
mind “Hod low]; you H‘lll‘. " llu- st! tho
candlo down on the iloor and tuft us to
hill‘ht‘li’l‘
Wu lit our cigars aiiduat down on llll‘
pih- of lilillllit'l“, Min, which. wo had
brought in with its and carrinvd intothu
intit-r room, and I‘llll‘ri‘ll into ('(lln‘l‘l'dll'
tioii. lint a titanium pvt't's-isilv domi-
nated the current of our thoughts. Ink
sciislhly we yirlulcd to tho occult force
that swap d as and indulged in gloomy
speculation. "
Allcr some than spcnt in this ttort of
oonvvrsalivu \\'(' rrlirml to rust. tho cut;-
tain point: out into lllt! out” room and
I rvuiahiinti wlicrc I was, Illil‘l‘ an ant
successful attempt to i'ciuovn the cot
t’raitic from lllt‘llilll‘l‘ room to tho oiilcr.
I spread my hlanltvts on the cot frame
and closctl the door of my roll. which
crcultcd on its old rusty hinges with a
noise unearthly. It would not entirely
close, so I worked it back and forth till-
tll all the rust droppcd tiff and it shut
quite easily, making scurccly a sound.
I shot the bolt, taking no notice in the
feeble liizlit whether or not there was a
loop to rcecivn it. ' ‘
For a time I felt much easier that the
door was fast and lay down and drew
seen.
tailor can.
$2; $7.50.
.' Painters! ,
- Pajamas, Golf Suits,
2 . GolfStoc/r/bgs,
‘ Earl & Wilson Collars.
Tannart Glows,
Dent's Gloves?“
Tuxedo Suits, Dress Suits.
Is a bard man (a
90‘s.: to a tel/ac,“
here for particular {new that we want to have
We can fit you just as well as your :
The style is just as advanced and 2,
prices are way below tailor's prices:
. ./ $10. $i2. $15. $18, $20. $25. ‘7
. , shades are correct, cola/'3 stay lilo has and if:
binding don't wear off. Other lands at 82.50,
J
filed”. Tllat I8; why, be
e have tailor-made clot/lee
the fabrics are In all the latest mailings-w ,'
, plaids and checks, quiet effects ,in browns wi 5,
, 6”;qu colored {breads running tbmugli, bue fl.”
; and black diagonal chat/lots for dress. The "
j A $2 Rebate
. . I:
,1 On our $5 Derbys, because We don't Clio/yo ’3.
you anything for the label. They're S5 Derbys ;
f; in every way but (/1: price «83. Shapes and i,
[Measure l
Open Monday, Friday and
Saturday evenings. , .
BRIDGEPO/l r, cous-
Patent
EASY
AND PLEASANT
TO
TAKE
”Our Prioesl
.W' _____
Geo. C. Stillson’s
DRUG STORE,
82 Washington St. So.Norulk.
.\ lhllj'll llllll IJM‘IHXo
Qmwu Amt-lie if Portugal, who, as
(may one knows, is a llllitlllltll llw‘lt‘l‘.
has ll“lt"'l'»'l‘ll that X rays inlitlil Iw
ttt lixtd lo dct'iutnli'a'u' tho cvilsot titzhl
lu'llltl. ."hti has ltd-mu pliotogi‘aplisol‘
swnc of tho ladiu-s of llt‘l‘l‘ttlll‘l and has
i». “ll lioh'.in,t,,t l'ortli clioi'nwtn'ally con-
l‘t‘l'lllllj; lhv contrast lwtw: no the l'cnit~
IIllll' i'ot'ui divinc and tho form as it ap-
[wars unvn ‘tiunrowd" by Illl' ninth to
u'oi'sct. (low is sorry to la-arthal lit 1'
in'ijvsly‘< “ill umant t-ll'orts haw not
Hill with Iill'il‘llt ll“lllll’:l,’..'l “will from lwr
I‘!1lll\ll‘:l;:". :4. ill" M’ lht' lair i'vlwls have
“t \‘l‘ll noun so far as to ilall)’ i‘t-t‘tisv to ho
photograph-d. It tho onwu Ilt'l‘h‘t'\‘t‘l'l':~',
II“\\'|‘\I r. sht- \\'lll donlithws ho :ilrlll in
l‘. ,zulan- lir- si/m of \\':tl‘~‘l.~‘, just as im-
I‘i mews of Wales has hillwl many an
ttt_,titlit-iotis nimlv by H insult: to adopt
it. To malo- a thing “bad form" is far
iooi‘o vfl'u‘lhal than to For k in print]. it
Ly tlt't'i'd'wn or 'll."l‘¢'tlli ly armiiiirnls.
In England lhv- custom of "warming"
r- "l'l‘l'l d ilsdt alhlllow whcnt ll’ Ilnt‘lics-t
ol‘ York was illlll‘t‘ll'tl and b‘ curious
world was ini‘ot‘nivd that the waist of
hi i. nit-tithing gown nu'nsut'a'd 26 incln-s.
L" 1‘ ilgurc is beautifully proportioned,
a fact which no nm- can look at hcr and
dctiy.-—-—Nt-\v York Itccordcr.
'l‘lw Popular Wattenu Coats.
'l‘lw wailmu admit in boats coutinncs
iii \‘ttgiiv. and \t‘llll!‘ it cannot ho spoken
of as having the natty air pn-cnliar to n
clout-titling jut'ltt‘i. ll [itisst-sstw in “H
h u ist-iicss u Hil'l'lill style ol‘ its own,
particularly when worn by a slender
\Hillltlll, (lilo of tho want-an coats hrs
a doublu box plan. starting from llll'
n, l'k. Another has hm box plans that
come from nudvr a titted yoke. whtlv
out- occasionally act's the double box
plait flaring from undt-r a yokt', though
whcti this stylv is chm-I'll for ”15' hat-1t
of u jacla't llli‘ front is a simple suck
shape with no plalts. Sleeves urn sub
tlvicntl)‘ “mg" toslipvasilyovcr thin-w iii
tl‘tn iluw llmlll‘t‘l‘. and this nirans that
tho slot-viva my rallicr Mllll'lll‘l‘ than they
\Vlifl‘, Thu box platted HI!“I'\’l‘-~llllll« is,
the one with its fullness arranged in a
doubly box pluit on tho Fllllllllll‘l'w-e'ld
gm-u mu ul‘t‘iill‘r’t vocab. as it can ho
made, t‘t’t‘ll in thc licuvit-st cloths, to m.
the blankets up around me. I had just
Wt'll.
/
/7EASY AND PLEASANT TO TAKE l
q
Just Received.
NEW
CROP
FORMOSA
Medicines Sweet-TEASt‘wns-
'l‘alk alone docs not count
fact,
behind it. I'nlcss our teas
il‘tlicrc is nothing, in
had incrit and horcout our
claims, our tczi- , business
would not be what it is.
Entrust you r orders for tea
to One who has a good rep-
u tatioii on teas.
LORENZO . DIBBLE,
11 North Mrin Strt et.
4
....'.......‘;;.“
Hazleton
and
Cross Creek
- - GOALS
FOR RANGE also FURNACE.
"“0
These Goals are free from dirt
and slate: will be delivered bv
careful drivers. Send order
{or sample loud and satisfy
yourself that our claim is cor-
rect.
~~w< v 9 ,,._.__
RAYMOND BROS.
lo. Nona-lit.
The great
remcd y for
nervous pm»-
i ration and
all nJrvous
. . , diseases of the
., . ‘ s . . " ‘ generative or
Ill'll'IUIII'. AND A ‘Thtll I'HMI. 493.1“ ”f Clllll'i‘
sex, such .19 I‘ ervoue Pretlration. I’iilinn oi
lost-Maul: , lmputmc r, Nightly Emu.
sions, Yeuthiul Errors, enlal Van's, cs
cessive use of Tobacco or Opium, which
lead to Consumption and lnsanii y. lulu
.r box b mail: bores for $5.00.
lion's tuition c .. Prop 5, Cleveland, on:
Mott’s Nerverise Pills
Sold by all tliugglnts.
GOLUMN
' the cooling Ihlrflplrulltlll broke out at
it til, match-min!!!
his. Mir/heart stood still; than it
hardly breathe. I lied surely closed and
bolted the 6901'. yet there it wasopen.
as I could make out bytbe dim light
from the cobweb curtained window. At»
every porn I realized that I 'had been
thoroughly frightened. .I jumped up
and closed the door mania and than
wrapped myself up in my blanket.
The room was ind arkness, except for
a gray streak from the window. I tried
to go to sleep, but in vain. ‘ Sleep hint
entirely fled. I desperately drew my
arm across my eyes as it to shut out
even the darkness and tried to think of
nothing.
While I was lying still as a corpse,
hoping that by a perfect physical iiiac.
tion I should hasten mental repose, an
awful incident Incurred- A something
dropped, as it scorned from the ceiling,
plump upon my chest, and the next iti-
slant I full; two “bony hands encircling
my throat, cmh-avoring to choke me.
I am not naturally a coward and am
possesscd of considerable physical
strength. 'ho suddcnncss of the attack,
iustcad of stunning inc, strung cvcry
iicrvc and muscle to its highest tension.
My body acted from instinct before my
brain had limo to realize the terrors of
my position, In an instant I wound two
muscular arms aroundthc creature and
squcczcd it with all the strength of de-
spair against my chest, and in a few
seconds tho bony hands that had fastened
on my throat looscncd their hold, and I
was frcc to brcathc onec more.
Then cotiiinonct-d a strugglc of awful
intensity. Innnvrscd in the most. pro-
found darkness, totally ignorant. of the
nature. of the thing by which I was so
snddciily attacked, finding my grasp
‘ slipping t-vvry moment, by reason, it
lawn“ to NW, of the entire nakcducss
of my assailant; bitten withsharp tccth
iii the shoulders, nt-ck and chest; having
cvcry moment to protect my throat
against a. pair of sinowy, agile bands,
which my utmost cfl'orts could not con:
lino—dinesc \H-l'l'. a cciiibination of cir-
cumstances which rcquircd all the
,strt-ncth, skill and courage that I could
muster to ovcrconic.
At: last, after a silent, deadly, cit-
hausting struggle, I got. my assailant
llllllt'l‘ by a Ht’l‘ll‘.‘ of lllt‘l‘t‘tlllllt‘ ctl'orts ot’
.strwnelh. Out-v pinm-d,‘\\'ith my knee
on what. I Illl‘ult‘ out to be its (dust, I
Itinw in'yst-lt'to be the victor. Aslrcstcd
i for a lllltllli’ill to catch my breath. I
litui'd the cruttitrt- honvatsi inc panting
l in the darknm and tilt» lllt' vioh in
; rim blunt; of .t In art. It was apparently
as exhausted as I was. That was on:‘
comfort.
[ At this iaciiicnt I rt‘mciiibt-rcd that I
i had I‘l'l'lt'I‘l‘li my Imithur bolt whcn pro.
1‘ {infill}; tor 1‘! st and had thrown it. across
i tho loci of tlic cut. I l‘l'tlt‘llt'tl out my
I hand in the llll‘t't‘lltlll I thought the cot
I should lll‘. Ilappilv my judgment was
‘ not at. Inuit and llli: tirst thing my hand
‘ grasped was the bolt. In a tow seconds
morn, I had, aftcr a fashion, pinioncd
the ci‘vaturt-‘s arms. '
I now t'wlt tnlt‘rably Secure. Tin-rt-
:was nothing more to be donn but to
5 light my lilllt’l‘. and having first St't'll
,whal my midnight awailanl. was lilw
attiisc my trn nti. I will confi‘ss to bw
l in}: m'ttialt-tl by a certain pride in not
i giving thv alarm IH'lMIt‘. I wishod to
l inalo- llll' cation-l- alonc and unaided.
NPYI’I' losing my hold for an instant,
‘ I gradually made in)‘ way to tho plat'v
l whrrc I had iv! the candle, thou rc-
l
l
i
l
1 lcast-d my grasp with om» hand and as
l quickly as possibln ulllll'l‘ Illl‘ circum-
stances stl‘ttt'k a match and lighted tho
candlc. ’I‘lnn I Itil‘lll‘d to look at my
. prisoner. .
j I cannot cvc-n :tttcnipt to give any do-
sct‘iption of my sn-nsations tho instant I
i look. d. Isupposo I must haw slirnkcd
‘, with It i'tor, but to this day I cannot rc-
call charly cuavtly how I I,’l‘llll\'(‘(l. I
shuddor own now as I think of that
an llll iuonn Iii! \
I atwabsohitrlynothing!
Yrs. I had (luv arm cla~pcd around a
ht'v lilting, panting. corport :il shapc, my
othvi‘ hand ;;t'|pp:-dwitli all itsstrvngth
a throat as warm and appari'ntly lit-shy
as my own, and _\'v~I, Wllll this living
substation in my grasp, with its body
prwsrd against niy'owu. and all within
thv cii‘clo of illtitiiinalion of thc candlc,
I lll‘lll'ltl llll‘l'tllly nothing! Not I‘Vl'll an
outlinc~ntit {Vl‘ll :\ Vapor!
l Willlllf‘l‘ that I did not faint or go
mud on tho instant. Homi- Wolllh‘l‘flll
instinct land have sustained mu, tor,
lush ad of loost ”no my hold on llu- in»
l‘lllll‘ languid. lsn-niu'd to will! an addi-
tional sti'wnglh in my Illllllli‘lll of horror
and llL’lllt‘llHI my gimp with such won-
dvi‘l'id ford-i that I full. the creature
hilth'l'lllg with agony.
Just Ila-n llll‘ captain I‘lh’lll'tl into tho
«all. As stunt as ho lwhrld :uyil‘acc—
which I ‘lllllltl‘lsi‘ lilllril llllYI' lilit‘ll an aw»
l‘ul sight to look upon—he hush-nod for
ward. crying out :
“4 mm h-awu. what has liuppcitmli"
“(Ziplaiul t'aptlliiil" It'l‘lt'll. “L‘tniu'
.tind ht'lp llb'l Uh. this is awful! I lum-
lwvtt allut load by stunt-thing or other,
which I haw hold of, but can’t st-o ill
It‘llll'l Ht‘lllll” ’
“l"ranlt.” wliispt'i'nd the captain,
slow l_\’llll}ll’ll.‘il‘lllllit mo, “your imagina-
hull, with do lain of that tlcrv honor
we Lroucln. from thi- village, has lit-cit
playing you a trick. " ‘x.
"l swcar to you. captain. lhat this is
ton ._ "Don‘t you sro how it .‘illtllil‘ti my
choli- body with its struggles? It‘ you
don't lnrlinvo )lll‘, convince yottrsclf.
l’t't'l itutonvh it!"
llv advancrd and laid his~liand on
the spot I indicated. A wild cry of hor~
ror burzt from him. He had full iii
In a moan-n1: ho had pruduccd from
mumwln-rv about his person a long and
strong pimm ofcord, and the next iii-
staut was winding and knotling it about
the body of the unseen lining that I
clasped in my arms.
"Frank," he said in a hoarse. agitut.
ml mick-for, tla ugh lw prvstvrw-d his
iil‘t‘lfl‘lltft' of mind. he was tlccnlv moved
. fuelled!-
started 'to best so rapidly that I could ,
iio Vii-It‘ll." I .niswvi'vd lll tln- sum“. low"
said mm
. 1m ntttrlycthied
loom may hold. , '
Captaiuein stood h ,
of the rd that bound the in
twistcdjound his hand, while
him. self supporting. as i' . . .
the cord, laced and Int Med
stretching tightly around 11 "MM M
Hepauscd for a minute as '- . M *
trying to decide what was Mt KI.
done, and then, suddenly bending, U i
he lifted the thing ,in his amid
dropped it with a gesture of ,
the cot. Them was a dull Wu
heavy body alighting on the Whig”
soft couch, and the strong
crooked and trembled. A deep iii!
sion marked itself distinctly on theses:
cringe. , ”g. ,,
We remained silent for lame “M
listening to the low, irregular ‘
bags of the creature the cot
watching the rustle of the blanketd‘m Iii
impatiently struggled to free itself, of
confinement. Then Hill Spoke:
“Frank, this is annl‘. ”
“Yes, awful.”
“But not unaccountable," ‘ . f . -
. "N at unaccountable! What do you
mean? Such a thing has never beforel
occurred since the creation of man. 90!!
grant that I am not mad and that this
is not an insane fantasy!”
“Lot us reason a little, Frank. Here
is a solid body which we touch, but we
cannot Nt't‘. The fact is so unusualthut . -‘ , ~
it strikes us with terror. Is there no
parallel, though, for such a phenome-
iiou? Takes piece of pure glass. It is
tangible and transparent. A certain
chemical coarseness is all that prevents
its being so utterly transparent as to be
totail; invisible. It is not theoretically
impossiblc, mind you, to make a glass
which shall not rcticct a single ray ‘0!
Iight-—a glass so pure and homogeneoul‘
in its atoms that the rays from the sun
will pass through it as they (10 through
the air, refracted but not reflected. We
do not see the air and yet we feel it. ”
"'lfhat’s all vcry well, captain; but
those arc. inanimate substances. Glass
docs not breathe, all: does not breathe.
This thing has a heart that palpitates—
a will that moves it—lungs that play
and inspire and rcspire. ”
"You forgot the phenomena of which ,
Wt! how so often heard of late,” all-.-
swci-cd thc captain gravely. “At the
iut‘ctiiigs called ‘spirit circles, ’ invisible
hands havc lit-vii thrust into the hands
of thus.i pt-i'stnis around the table—-
warm, ticshly hands, that seemed to
pulsato with mortal life. "
"What! Do you think, then, that
this thing is"—
“I don‘t know what it is,” was the
solemn rcply, “but, please the gods,‘I
will. with your assistance, thoroughly
invcstigatc it. "
The next morning the captain and I
rackn-d our brains to discover some
means by which we might get some
idea of the shape and general appear-
mice! of thcycnigma. As well as we
could malicious by passing our hands
over the (‘l't'lttlll'i"sl form, its outlines
and lincanicnts were banningmhere was
a round, smooth head, without hair; a
now, which, however, .was but: little
wlwx'att-d allow tiicchccks; a mouth and
hands and foot. like those of a boy. I
A happy thought struck me. We
would take a plaster of paris cast of it.
This wunld give us the solid figure and
satisfy all our wishes.
But how to do it? The movements of
Illt' (‘l‘l'lllul’t‘ would disturb the setting
of the plastic covering and distort the
mold.
Anothcr thought. Why not give it
chloroi't‘orm? The thing had respiratory
organs. That was evident by its breath-
ing, ()nco reduced to a state of insensih
bility, wt-could do with it as we would.
This was no sooner thought of than
it was agreed to and the guide dis-
patclnd to the village for chloroform
and Illl‘fltlt't‘h'fllll‘y materials for taking I
plastt- cm, and with strict injunctions
to 3 am- no time in going or returning.
At noon of the fourth day he returned
with tho inatvrials ordcred. Five min-
utcs tin-traitor wc \vcrc enabled to re-
lllUVi‘ tln- t‘t-ttcrs from the creature‘s
body, and the captain was busily en- l
gourd in covering tho invisible form .
u ith the moist clay. In 16 minutes
more We had a mold, and ls'forocvening
a rough facsimile of the mystcry.
It was shaped like a num—«Iistorted,
uncouth and horriblc~but still a man.
It was small—not ovcr 4 ft‘l't 0 inches
in height—and its limbs revealed a
muscular tlcVa-lnpmcnt that was without
a pai'alh-l. Its tut-v surpassed in hideous-
ntwas anything I had over soon. It was
thophysiocnouiyof what I should fancy
a ghoul might be. It looked as if it was
capable of funding on human flesh!
Iiaviiu; sulislicd our curiosity, it be-
(‘lmlll auucstion what was to bodene
with our cuigma. It was impossible
that we should lakc such a horror with
as oii our I't‘llll'li to civdization. and we
“'l'l'l' t‘xct‘t‘diligly reluctant to turn such
an awful being huisoontlm worldagain.
It was tinally tlvcidcd that we would
carry it some distance down the moon-
tain to a small lakc and llicrc drown it.
lint fate willvd otlicrwisc. We had not
covered a quarter of the distance to the
lakw, win-n by sonic means the cords be-
t'flilit‘ lomcuwl. and lit-tom we could do
anything to prvvtnt it the thing was
non". we know notwlwrt-, its have talc-
ing :lt'l‘tllllpllllll'd by it horrid mocking
lauuli issuing. to all appeartmcc. from '
the empty air.
We hurried away front the spot and
down the mountain as fast as our mules
could carry us, and unodurr week saw
us on board a simmer whose destina-
tion was Ntw York.
For yours vw kept a chute watch on
tho i‘imllll American news and so far III
we could learn the horrible "flak of mi-
turc, who-m likvmsn in plaster I Itill
have in my collection of curios, Will
never again encountered by any one.
Hillflt‘ than I have not visited the .
northwestern portion of our sister conch
neat. for I have undeslrc for amped»
tion of that awful recurrence At tho
ruined monastery on Mount Comm.“-
Exchange. *
Norwalk Chronicler