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“ BOA! Drive them up, lollie.”
“Going to kill them here?
Why, we ain’t a mile from Cassle’s!”~
. “I know that, llollie. Get the knives,
Hace, they’re in'the back of the wagon;
hurry up now; it’s nearly 12, and we
can’t stay here all night; we’ve got to
drive over to Cossle’s.”
“To Cassle’sl” ejaculated the man ad-
dressed, “what- for ‘3”
“It’s this we y, boys; to-morro-w morn-
ing Truckee’s outfit miss a couple. of the.
they went. The wagon tracks are easy
to follow over this sand and alkali, and
that brings them here. They see what’s
been done here, bill; they don’t stop
long; they follow the traii to C-assle’s,
and there it ends, for a wagon leaves no
mark on the Foothill roac .”
“But we can strike the Foothill road
nearer than Cassle’s.”
“Having tracked the wagon as far as
they can, the boys come back to this
improvised slaughter house; here they
find the hid.es—”
“Thehides‘? How? They’ll be burnt.”
"‘Which have been buried near
here—”
“Buried!”
“Shut up, Hace! Give me the sledge;
I’ll put- you fellows to work, and then
maybe] you’ll keep quite while I talk.”
Presently two of the men were busy
skinning the steers. They had learned
to do their butchering with great celer-
ity. The third of the party went on
with his explanation:
“’When they get the hides, showing
Truckee’s brand, they hunt for the
beeves, and they find them in Cassie’s
milk house!” "
“What! you ain’t—”
“0, no, Rollie, not these; we want
these for ourselves. Cassle said he was
going to kill two steers this afternoon,
and that is sufficient to prove that he
did kill them, for Cassle is a. man who
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carriés out his plans. To-morrow he ex-
pects to take them to” Gypsum flats.
That is the first plan Cassle ever made
The rea-
son it will fail is that Cassle will be
under arrest, charged with cattle steal-
ing, at that time. He and his son Dick
do all the killing alone; so they will
have no witnesses.”
“But the two fresh hides with his
own brand will clear him.”
“So they would, lIace,df such hides
existed; but we’ll burn them.”
“How are you going to get them
“I never neglect an, opportunity to
acquire knowledge which may prove
useful in my profession. I know where
he puts his hides.” ’
"‘George, you‘re a genius,“ and Race
regarded his leader admiringly.
"But. what‘s the use of all this?” ob-
jected Rollie. “We can burn ,these hides
and light out; no one can prove any-
thing.”
“No; but I don’t wish anybody to sus-
pect me of having had a hand in this,
for I might not get off so easy next
time. Ihave another reason; do you
know who furnished the information
that led to my arrest ? It was Robert
Cassle. It‘did no great harm, to be
sure, but I always make it a point to
give a man credit for his intentions.”
The stolen cattle were skinned and
quartered. Rollie Traine started off
with the hides to bury them. He had I
not gone far before he saw a shadow
Which made his flesh creep—a gallows
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and a man swinging by the neck. With
a cry of superstitious terror he dropped
the hides and ran back to his comrades.
Decker and Greys went to investigate;
I’lollie would not go back again. When
the two came in sight of the grewsome
shadow Hacc shrang back, staring,
while Decker, with a contemptuous
laugh, glanced up at a gigantic yucca, g
from thetrunk of which grew a single .-
branch at right angles from the main
stem. The end of the branch had been
broken, but still hung by the tough
fibers of which the yucca is full, and
swung slowly, to and fro-in the light
wind. '
Cassie a cattle thief! Some of tin l
cattlemen in Coldspring valley werel
surprised; some did not believeit; oth- "
ers knew that it was true. There were 1
some, too, who pretended that they!
thought so all the time, not because he i
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was a university man, but because he
was a recluse. “An honest man,” they
said, “should be more neighborly.”
lut Cassle had a plan of which George
Decker knew nothing, and that was to
spend the evening with Dr: l’leasanton ;
. to Lanceville station,
shattered shoulder, as they
ran EVENING GAZETTE, . I '- - g, ..
nt Gypsum Flats. When he and his son
left there it was So late that they
couldn't have reached Truckce’s ranch
before daylight.
With suc ll an indisputable alibii it Was
evident to all that he could not have
stolen the cattle, yet they considered
this fact a suspicious circumstance in
itself, for while Cassie’s best friends
were at Gypsum Flats, he rarely visited
there, or anywhere.
Cassle was tried as an accessory, and
the people of the two larger towns of
Coldspring valley watched the trial with
interest, Lanceville hoping for a con-
viction, Gypsum Flats for acquittal. /
The jury came to the conclusion, how-
- ever, that the hides had been stolen
from Cassle, and that the whole thing
was a deep-laid plot to injure him. The
morning after the conclusion of the
trial a. hundred men swarmed on to the
northbound passenger as she drew up
and when she
pulled‘ out there wasn’t a newspaper
left aboard, “while an excited throng,
around the station, was staring angrily
at- the head lines—:Cassle not guilty.
But Cassle was almost forgotten in
the speculations regarding the mysteri-
ous stranger who had come to Lance-
ville. He would often disappear in the
evening, with a sawed-off shotgun over,
his shoulder, and not return till nearly
daylight. " ‘
There was something in his eyes
which discouraged questioning. One man
plucked up'courage enough to ask what
he was hunting, and he had answered:
“Rattlesnakes.”
“Rat lesnakes at night! Plumb
crazy!” said Lanceville. ,
For several weeks Mr. Nemesis as the
name appeared on the hotel register in
Lanceville — continued his nocturnal
prowlings; and interest. flagged as it
came to be taken as a matter of course.
One night—it was nearly a month
after his arrival in Lanceville — Mr.
Nemesis started off as usual. For awhile
he avoided the yuccas, keeping in the
open country where only bunch grass
grew. It- was moonlight, and a inan
could have been seen at quite a dis-
tance.
Satisfied, finally, that he was not fol-
lowed, he turned in among the yuccas
and walked rapidly in the direction of
George Decker’s ranch. When within
half a mile of the place he stopped. He
looked at his watch by the moonlight;
it was 11 o’clock. .
' Half-past eleven. A wagon was com-
ing. It passed the place where Mr.
Nemesis was hidden. Mr. Nemesis fol-
lowed. The horses could not go fast
through the sand. .
They reached the Fodthill road. The.
horses struck a trot, and the man fol-
lowed at a run. A little further they
turned into the valley again, and
stopped near Bentler’s ranch.
It was a quarter to one when three
men left the wagon. It was five minutes
past when they returned, leading two
steers. At five minutes after one two of
the men lay groaning in the bottom
of the wagon, and the third was
riding furiously away on a. horse from f
which the harness had been partially I
cut, firing back as he went.
About four o’clock in the morning.
one of Bentler’s herders rode into
Lanceville, shouting:
“Thet crazy feller run enter a gang er
cattle thieves on our range, an’ filled
two of ’em full er buckshot! ” '
“Who be they? Anyone lives round
here?”
“. lollie Traine and Hace Greys!”
“The —! Constable and deputy! No
wonder ther wcrn’t no thieves caught
much! ”
“Ther Nemmysis fellcr’s hurt bad; 44
in his shoulder."
[it 4:30 almost the entire oopulation
of Lanceville was on its way to the Bent~
ler ranch. Everybody wanted to shake
hands with Mr. Nemesis, in spite of his
crowded
into the room where he lay.
“That is not my name,” he said, smil-
ing. ,
“N ever thought ’twas. What is yer
name?” ‘
“Robert Cassle.”
“Well, I’ll be d—d,” remarked the
visitors.
“Why, of course,” said one. “J est
shaved off his mustache and blacked
his hair and whiskers! I always thought;
he was the very picter of Cassle, only _
I didn’t think of it.”
The-eternal rivalry between Lance-
ville‘and Gypsum Flats grew more bit-
ter than ever when it took the form of
vying with each other in shdwing at-
tention to the wounded hero.
The moon rose large and red,_above
the desert hills; black, fantastic shad-
ows lay thick on the smooth, white
sand. .
An immense yucca palm stood at the
edge of a clear space. It had been
bereft of all its branches save one,
which stood out at right angles from
the trunk; and a. horribly suggestive
shadow fell upon the sand; a gallows.
A man was sneaking through the
brush, stopping now and then to listen.
He saw the strange shadow; it appeared
to recall something in his memory, for'
he smiled and looked up at the yucca.
The moonlight shone full in his face.
There was a crackle of dry twigs be:
hind him, and before he could turn he
was seized by the throat and borne to
the ground. A pistol was fired in the
air and soon another figure came out
into the moonlight.
It grew dark among the yuccas, for a
black cloud floated over the moon.
Presently it passed; .the light shone
clear again. _
The two silent figures were gone.
Something hung from the giant. yucca;
and the shadow on the sand was com-
plete; for Cassle, like Decker, is a man
who carries out his plans. ~—- Boston
Globe. ‘ .
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Making the Best of It.
g Snagg—thn a man bites off more
than he can chew, what’s the best
thing?
Lagg—-Put it in his pipe and smoke
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STATUE or VICTORIA
Young English Sculptor Entrusted
with Its Composition.
Description of George mepton’a
‘ Model of the Bronze Portrait of
the Aged Sovereign to Be
Erected in Calcutta.
‘ It is a. cau§e of complaint among
English artists that they have received
.little patronage from the queen during
the 60 years of her reign. In the last
20 years, at all events, the queen has
given a. sitting to no English artist, pre-
ferring, it would seem, the more aca-
demical painters of Germany. But por-
traits and statues of the queen by Eng-
lish artists do exist, the commissions
Eproceeding not from royalty itself, but
from patriotic bodies and institutions
that desired to perpetuate their loyalty
by a portrait or, a statue of the queen.
Lacking the advantage of actual sit-
tings, it cannot be said that from an ar-
tistic point of view any of these por-
traits have been of marked excellence,
and the statues, including that at‘
'tributed to Princess Louise, have most
fof them been pitiable failures, repre-
senting in most cases an idealized Vic-
toria. of comely, middle age. This
courtly flattery has indeed become al-
‘most a tradition, so much so that» it is
generally understood that this rather
than actual portraiture is in accord-
ance with Queen Victoria’s own wishes
and desires. At last, however, this un-
written law has been set aside and a"
statue of the queen has been produced
which is worthy of notice quite apart
from its subject. In order to commem-
orate the Diamond jubilee a fund was
raised in Indizi. “3th part of this fund
it was decided to purchase a statue of
'the queen, to be eventually erected in
Calcutta. The commission was intrust-
ed to George Frampton, A..R. A., one of
.the younger of English sculptors. '
Mr. Frampton has taken a foremost
position not only as a sculptor, but also
as an exponent of decorative art. He
'was, for instance, the pioneer in that
school of colored bas-relief which forms
STATUE OF VICTORIA.
(To Be Erected in the City of Calcutta,
-' India.) -»
V a distinctive feature in modern English
- together in one
.figure of a knight,
art work. His originality of method
has been shown, too, by the skillful way
in which he has introduccc into his
work a variety of materials, bringing
statue marble and
decorative stones as well as a variety
of metals. .Judged from a point of view
beyond that of mere technique, his
work has been distinguished beyond
that of almost all his compcers by its
imaginative qualities. Now he has sur-
passed himself in the recently finished *
model for his statue of the queen.
There are those who declare that this
is one of the greatest statues which the
.lTiiglisli school of sculpture has pro-
duced during the present generation.
The task was no easy one, hampered on
every side, as he was, by precedent and
convention. i-le burst through the fet—
ters, however, and produced what is al-
most a realistic portrait of Queen Vic—
toria 11:; she lives and moves to-(luy, not
as she may have appeared a score or
more of years ago, and yet has made her
more truly regal than any of his flatter-
ing predecessors. .
Seated on a throne which is in itself a
striking example of the new school of
decorative design. she sits in a natural
attitude, to which dignity is imparted
by the disposition of the flowing state
robes which she wears. The head is
slightly inclined forward, as though op~
pressed by the weight of age and care.
And yet this very forward droop, which
might so easily have suggested weak-
ness, somehow subtly conveys the idea
of regnunt power and _strength. So
with the face, which in its realistic por—
Itraiture makes no attempt to blink the
fact that the queen is an old woman. yet
speaks the dignity of the ruler in every
line. it is a queen who has ruled fora'n
ordinary lifetime, and is conscious oi
her power and proud of the way in
which she has used that power, that Mr.
I-‘rampton has portrayed. The setting
of the statue, as well as its accessories
will add greatly to its eil’ect'when it is
finally erected in Calcutta. As it will be
seen from all sides, pains have been
taken to render cvhn the direct rear
v low of it satisfactbry. The back of the
throne, for instance, has been symbol-
ically treated, the main feature being a
group cOnsisting of a lion and a tiger
walking amicably side by side and typi—
fyinglingland and the Indian empire.
Above the statue will be erected an
arch, while the bronze figure itself will
be placed upon a simple pedestal of
marble. It will stand facing the huge
plain called the Maidan, which forms
one of the .social open-air 'mectiiig
places of Calcutta. The orb held in the
left hand will be. of a blue stOne re-
sembling lapis lazuli, but not so subject
as that precious material to disintegra-
tion by the weather,“ while this. in its
turn, 'is surmounted by a gold and silver
presumably St.
George, holding a shield and banner.
"the Greeley campaign.
ALBERT " J. HOPKINS.
His Friends Want Him to Be Speak-
er Reed’s Successor.
The [Interesting Life History of an
Illinois Congressnhin Who Has
Scores of Friends Among His
Congressional Colleagues. ,
Albert J. Hopkins was born on a farm
nor for from Cortland in De Kalb coun-
ty, Ill. Ills father, Cyrus B. Hopkins,
was one of the pioneers of the county.
The future congressman did chores
around the farm just the same as any
other farmer‘s boy. He grew to be tall
and angular and redheaded and to have
a constantly present desire to be a 1:1va
yer. When he was 17 years old he was
sent to Sycamore to prepare for college.
The next year he was admitted to col—
lege at Hillsdale, Mich., where later he
graduated. ,
As he was leaving college he found
himself at a parting of the ways. His
ambition to be a lawyer had beennur-
tured all the years, but on his gradua-
tion he was offered the principalship of
an academy in Maine. The offer opened
the door to immediate honor and suc-
cess, but his heart was true to his first
love. A few weeks later he was sitting
in the musty atmosphere of the law of—
fice of C. J. Metzler, in Aurora, with-a
volume of Blackstone equally musty be-
fore him. Hehad devoted some time to
the study of law before, and after a lit-
tle more than a. year he was admitted
to the bar.
Some quality in him recommended
him to Judge Parks at the opening of
Parks was out
to fight Greeley and he needed help.
He enlisted young Hopkins as his lieu-
tenant. He had heard Hopkins in a
trial before a justice of the peace and
liked his style of talking.
“I want you to make a speech,
good strong speech,” said Parks.
He did. He made a speech so vigor-
ous, so strong and so logical that it
made him a candidate for state’s attor-
ney, and that- fall he was elected to that
office. . 1
John C. Sherwin was elected con-
gressman for the Aurora district in 1884.
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ALBERT J. HOPKINS.
(Representative in Congress from the-
Aurora District. -
in 1886 Hopkins was put forward to de-
feat him. He accomplished this, but
the nomination went to Reuben Ell-
wood, of De Kalb. Hopkins, however,
had made the fight, and had made it so
well that when Ellwood died before the
end of his term Hopkins was elected to
fill the vacancy. He has been reelected
six times.
On the floor in debate Congressman
iopkins is regarded as strong, alert,
ruick. clear. logical and convincing. He
has a fine presence. The lanky, red-
header young lawyer from Aurora has
become one of the most polished and at-
tractive figures in the house. He al-
ways commands attention when he
speaks. and when he is speaking he
holds it. More than once he has demon—
strated the power that is in his speech.
When Chairman Dingley, of the ways
and means committee, died the Illinois
delegation presented the name of Con-
gressman Hopkins for the place, but by
right of seniority it went to Payne, of
New York.
If Mr. Iopkins should become speak-
er' of the house his successidn to the
place would be hailed with delight by
the social side of Washington. Mrs.
Hopkins, who was Miss Emma Stolp, of
Aurora, is endo‘ved with the charm of
manner and the happy disposition to
become a leader of society, and such she
would be in the capitalas the wife of
the speaker. Her daughterFanniemade
her debut in Washington last season.
The Hopkins family live in the Willard
in Washington.
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LONDON, May 19.—Mr. Andrew Car--
negie has subscribed £1,000 to the Glad-
stone memorial'fund.
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