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behind him. Before the guard could lay hands on the King he sprang also up the steps and took a place on the outward edge of the scaf- fold. Raising his hand, he demanded silence. “I am James, King of Scotland,” he pro- clatmed, in stentorian tones. *I command you as loyal subjects to depart to your homes. There will be no execution to-day. The King reprieves Baldy Hutchinson.” The cobbler stood at the King’s back, and when he had ended, lifted his volce and shouted: . ““God save the King!” The mob heard the announcement in silence, and then a roar of laughter followed, as they gazed at the two tattered figures on the edge of the platform. But the laughter was fol- lowed by an ominous howl of rage, as they un- derstood that they were likely to be cheated of a spectacle. “Losh, T'll king him,” shouted the indignant Sheriff, as he mounted the steps, and before the beggar or his comrade could defend them- selves that official with his own hdnds pre- cipltated them down among the assemblage at the foot of the scaffold. And now the spirit of a wild beast was let loose among the rabble. The King and his henchman staggered to thelr feet and beat off as well as they could the multitude that pressed voeiferously upon them. A soldier, struggling through, tried to arrest the beggarman, but the King nimbly wrested his sword from him and circled the blade in the air with a venomous hiss of steel that caused the nearer portion of the mob to press back eagerly, as a moment before they had pressed forward. The man who swung a blade like that was certainly worthy of respect, be he beggar or monarch. The cobbler's face was grimed and bleeding, but the King's newly won eword cleared a space around him. And now the bellowing voice of Baldy Hutchinson made itself heard above the din. “Stand back from him!” he shouted. ““They're decent, honest bodles, even If they've gone clean mad.” THE SUNDAY CALL. ‘I CONDUCTED BY B. G. LATHROP —_—_— “Sir Donald,” sald the King, “I am for Stirling with my two friends here. See that We are mot Iollowed, and ask this hilarious company to disperse quietly to their homes. Do it kindly, Sir Donald. There is no partic- ular hurry, and they have all the afternoon before them. Bring your troops back to Stir- ling in an hour or two.’” “Will your Majesty not take my horse?” asked S{r Dgnald Sinclair. “No, Donald,” replied the King, with a smile, glancing down at his rags. ‘‘Scottish horsemen have always looked well in the sad- dle; vourself are an example of that, and I have no wish to make this costume fashiona= ble a3 a riding suit.” The Sheriff, who stood by with drooped jaw, now flung himself on his knees and craved pardon for laying hands on the Lord’s anointed. “The least sald of that the better,” re- marked the King, drfly. ‘“But if you are sorry, Sheriff, that the people should be dis- appointed at not seelng a man hanged, I think you would make a very good substitute for my big friend Baldy here.”” The Sheriff tremuldusly asserted that the populace were but too pleased at this exhi- bition of the royal clemency. “It that is the case, then,” replied his Majesty, ‘‘we shall not need to trouble you. And so farewell to you!” The King, Baldy and the cobbler took the road toward Stirling, and Sir Donald spread out his troops to intercent traffic in that di- rection. Advancing < toward the bewlldered crowd, Sir Donald spoke to them. “You will go quietly to your homes,” he mals from the lowest, simplest, one- celled creations to the highest and most complex of animal existences. The two complete a full year's work in zoology. The first chapter defines zoology and gives with logical clearness a forecast of that which the laws of evolution are to unfold, by explaining minutely the mor- phology of a typlcal animal. The second chapter discusses cells and protoplasm and prepares the pupil for an intelligent study of the general subject. In sim- plicity of style, correctness of scientific statement, in profuseness and perfectness of illustration, the book is worthy of the highest praise. Price $1i0. Books From the Abbey Press. 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The book i filled with dramatic and thrilling inci- But now those at the back of the crowd were sald. ‘““You bave not seen the hanging, but dents. Price $l. < Tlustration From “A Prince forging the others forward, and Baldy saw Yyou have witnessed to-day what none in Scot- “Modern Association and Railroadin; £ = 2 5 that in spite of the sword his old and his new land ever saw before, the King Intervene per- by A L. Goodknizht, is a book by a rail- L e A e ey of Good Fellows. friend would be presently engulfed. He turned sonally to save a doomed man; therefore, be oo trainman and telegraph operator, of Good Fellows.” to one of the upright posts of the scaffold and gave it a tremendous shudderihg kick; then, reaching up to the crossbar add exerting his mson-like strength, he wrenched it with a h of tearing wood down from its position, and armed with this formidable weapon he satisfied and go home.” . Some one in the mob eried: ‘‘Hurrah for the poor man's King! Cheer, lads, cheer! A great upre lifted to the skies; afar off the three pedestrians heard it and Baldy, the man of many friends, taking the clamor as a public compliment to himself, waved his bonnet at the distant vociferous mul- written with the idea of interesting ‘the laboring classes in a more modern plan of association, the better to cope with or- ganized capital. The book contains a thorough explanation of a railway stan- dard time card and the 19 and 31 forms of the standard telegraphic train or- (Copyr! (Copyright, 1902, by Robert Barr.) | | | | — pendent merchant, whose business has been ruined, and the underpaid shop girl, who struggles for an honest life. Price $1. "I aer JANES: Jane oF ScerkANZ' \ v proceniren, M sprang into the mob, scattering it right and lef; with his hangman's beam. and a rescue!” roared the Sheriff. 1 i REAN A riot titude. . ders, which contain much valuable infor- “Darky Ways in Dixie,” by Margaret L s 100 STERTO & ” “Mount, Prooper MacKenzie, and ride as it the mation for trainmen, engineers and tele- A. Rich;:rd‘ is a book of poems written in k ey v o @ 7onES /' ,/4 deyil j\":(’;bmz ik “g“i“;g:fi :;’005';;“?:; The Way of the West. graph operators. Price 50 cents. dialect, picturing the typical Southern \, < % 5‘&_ 7 f-/ x horse.” B General Charles King's latest novel, ““The Tale of a Cat,” by Margaret Kern, Negro as he is in the land of his abode. Yor & Ie— Ve must stop that man getting to Stirling,” “The Way of the West,” from the press is a little story in which the cat is sup- His fanaticism in religion, his proneness ¥ EhiR s i s | & —" said Baldy, “or he'll have the King's men on 0f Rand, McNally & Co., is an interest- posed to tell her own troubles. The feline to be “light-fingered” when opportunity e d N\ you Tl clear a way for you through the ing story and written in the soldier-au- is a mystic, with strong attractions for °¥f{5: hzsdva_rwusmand ak:nuslr:zfl:l\:ge;; e o of beggar folk :\:nm:rear:vri(?tzir ;z anichisocmug vein. Charles Battell Loomis; “The Confessions € should have a more intimate. On ‘the other hand, the author touches Of a Husband—Being the Other Side of a > with their life. With this minor chords in singing of the love the Rather Tiresome Affair,” Josephine ¥ ew he severs all connection faithful old servant bears for “missus” Dodge Daskam; “Alexandre Dumas—Born g court goes forth a beggar in and ‘‘marsa”; of the prisoner serving a July 24, 102" (illustrated), G. K. Chester- T and as well. Under his tat- long sentence on the chamngang for some tom; ‘““Washington in Fiction™ (illus- -k = ™ coat he wears a bag of gold for minor offense; of the old and afflicted trated), Francis Weston Carruth; “The g T nd thi; ts waiting patiently for the call to heaven, Politician in Fiction,” Francis Churechill Williams As It Was in the Beginning’ Barker; “Bret Harte.” shall be theirs in the The book is illustrated where gladness the next with photographs from life. Price 1. Songs” (poem), Virginia pag 8 band of thieves and would “Aaron Crane,” by Henry Tate, is a »ud: “Fuel of Fire” (chap- . ; ull ked hut for the story of the soil. The man who gives his ters VIII, IX and X), Ellen Thorneycroft e f “Baldy Hutchinson, the name as the title for wne book is of lofty Fowler, and ‘‘Bookman Brevities.” p orre P tween here and the bor- aspirations and has a decided, prospective e exceptio It seems that Baldy is on his way The new edition of Poe soon to appear matrimonial alliance for his only son; he ans to make good his parole is also ambitious politically. The dia- uncer the editorship of Professor Charles X . He has been convicted logues of the homely, philosophic “Joe F. Richardson of Dartmouth College gainst th King, on the Hubbell,” the evasive “Squire Trimble’™ an event of importance im the worid « S nced to death, and the volu Fraude” give life to letteys. A remarkable feature of the ec now t i for this oftense the tale. Price 515 tlon is the series of illustrations by F'r t his mor “Guided and Guarded,” by Joseph S. erick Simpson Coburn. has som for a reprieve, Malone, is a story of the South, its cus- It seems eminently proper that Mewsss Kin has notified toms, its agonies, and herolc strugzles G. P. Putnam's Sons, the original pub- his friend .guring the “War between the States.” Jishers of Poe’s “The Raven, and Other Flemmir to the King Fiice §12. Poems,” in 1345: “Tales,” in the same it is that James “The Girl from Mexico,” by Dr. MileS year and “Bureka,” 188, should. contem ming's efforts to G. Hyde, tells the story of a girl With 5iate an fssue of this author's comple ne & double. There is a myster the nar- “morke 1% special Rasticad s forth rative which centers around the theft of ogition that it should be arranged for a beaut! mitted ul jeweled locket; but who com- the crime and who was arrested be left for the reader to dis- the reader’s comfort, and to this end Poe’s writings are for the first time ar- ranged ‘n chronological order, under th the big man seems inc 0 2 heads of “Poems,” “Tales,” “Criticisms he looked over the beggar poonaal VHf’“,:“‘_‘l‘°1"‘n‘_Pf”thé‘“;g€re[?; and “Miscellany,” in this way showing ) to toe, but pres: an expres- w‘h’ch) firat laid in Virginia and later the Progressive developrent of a creative d he thingly to « de. = 2 > s S e > = ressi : AT BeSe . ~T Enew life on the plantation, and introduces to Pession. : FER T AL AL T us a beautiful girl whose nand is sought The faulty and whimsical punctuation Biosts 5 il wbate o i by two lovers. One of them is the son of Of the editions appearing .during Poe's lifetime, or under the supervision of his let me examine that clip you got an inveterate enemy of her father, and U . o ot the P Dtk wnfi;e lives on the adjoining plantation. Price literary executor, has been revised Honghtit wiss> 50 cenf throughout in accordance with the usage sl L ST thik} Fatwak el hky _— of the present day; but, with this excep- never for a t imagines that Elementary Chemistry. tion, the texts arranged by Poe or under his orders have been substantially fol- lowed in their latest form. Although Poe has undoubtedly suffered by the unwise perpetuation of merely per- functery and ephemeral writing, which = ything n he look: able begg: h brain addled the rap over. the head he had re- in the forest; and so the pair go » St. Ninians, the King in a passion a Clarke and Denn! Elementary Chem- istr d Dennis and Clarke’s Labora- tory Marnual to Elementary Chemistry, are two useful publications brought out by the American Book Company, New making a fi ter, and a rapi MacDonaid nd Baldy sweetly indulgent to York. The application.of the science to It 18 mow tao late to exciide from his castle still preser whim of his poor, harmless human affairs, and its utility in modern Ccollected works, it has seemed proper to practically prisoners : life, are given thelr proper treatment. glle in this edition all the poems of the t wise they come to the place The Laboratory Manual contains direc- 1827 volume; “The Journal of Julius Rod- man,” and some hitherto uncollected pas- sages from the article on *““The Rationale The tmely arrival anging. rade their way to the back of the tions for experiments f{llustrating all the points taken up, and prepared with refer- of the c work on the emblage where a few soldiers guarde ence to the recommendations of the com- ©Of Verse” as it originally appeared—pas- part of the two inve s turn the ure, within which was the anxious mittee of ten and the college entrance Sages of importance in setting forth Poe's tables, and the story ends very prettily ficials. examinaticn board. Each alternate page mMetrical theories. “The Life of Poe” is for every ome c The King, me, Baldy cried the Sheriff in a is left blank for recording the details of not retraced in this edition, which con- through his mercy s Dunvegan for a ’ dsome MacDonald, by inity, wins the reat relief, I thought you had givi cerns itself exclusively with the writings v of the author. the experiment, and for writing answers to suggestive questions which are intro- duced under each experiment. The books ht naething o the kind, Sheriff," b o e AL A R reflect the combined knowledge and ex- Books Received. Te @ketchon, soover- .y i t . % fence of their distinguished authors, THE SINKER STORIES—By J. s, et You are just late enough,” grumbled the — perien z SD By '3 Josesh S e Ty Pisodes in the life of the gyeiw «Tne people have been waiting thls i i % | and are equally suited to the needs both Guodwin. . S. Osiive Publshin Company, ts T s T 0, ke N A s i Interior of the genuine Indisn tepee of Hamlin Garland, au- of those students who do advanced work New York. $1. fffff‘efijfn: book, and they are equal- .-They')) think it all the better’ when they thor of “The Captain of the Gray Horse Troop,” at Eagles Nest and of those who hx\ve“;m tgoa:;gm c{t fur- ) [HOADLEY'S SECRET—By A W. ® The firs e it,”" o e v. “I was 3 3 rchmont, N T The first story introduces s to the King ot oo (o e e o ;:;e‘::;‘*geh“c%‘:n: Camp, Oregon, Iil. It was made for the author by Cheyenne wo- PRSIy, Peicen df 19 ang. Moo or o o T RIIE WA Sy, in the nov 3 2 CONSDirator agaliist - oo the Sing® R men, and is eighteen feet in diameter. The willow couch is of Literary Notes. THE WAGER—By L. McManus. F. M. elf as the ‘“Could you expect it, when the crime’s trea- Cheyenne manufacture, the blankets are Navajo, the basket X fctu Buckles & Co., New York. $1 25. ! ; - > Many excellent pictures may be found e e he ingratiates 5 asked the Sheift impatiently, “but Apache. The beaded buffalo skit. dew cloth at the back of the " S,e’my Everybody’s. Dugmore con- 1;."‘\‘,‘;5‘ ‘;.:-Rxsufe;x e ’ft’:;c;‘;::”,;g » good g s of - “there's bee r 's given me g N . E. e 2 Press, . $1 25, ik e 1: ‘mb‘f e e e A VR couch is a rare one, its dangles being formed of antelope toes and tributes some of his best negatives to THE MATE OF THE GOOD SHIP YORK— depicting “The Delights of Salmon Fish- ing.” Penryhn Stanlaws develops a new vein in his illustrations for Miss Duer’s story, and there are some extraordinarily By W. Clark Russell. ton. $1 50. RATAPLAN—By Ellen Velvin, F. Z. S. Henry Altemus Company, Philadelphia. $1 25. of feathers. The chirt worn by Mr. Garland is a ghost dance shirt— that is, it contains no metal nor enything belonging to the white man. The pipe and pouch are of Sioux manufacture. fed. He says the King's away from and this execution must be put by r another ten days, which is impossible.” v me a word in your ear privately,” pe to kidnap the King be L ers in the mat- s joins the band , as one of their num- m o seek the King ar to the Sheriff % | interesting reproductions in Leoni's _m’l;‘i:fl }R;ii"l‘:;TS BO(;[K—By Charles Flint, g st K fter the job's done” replied * parchments. These include portraits of jutee J. Hill fomaex M- Bugn . C.T. will not hearken to you mu.\tlj ot s o s thor's characteristic style. King’s stories Christian and mental science, and all the the Presidents from Washington 10 o 'New york, §1 a5 ooy Fase & 8T8 BN 10 siin fthe ' mah o . are véry much alike. He shows great other isms of the theological board of Roosevelt. J. B. Graff, Orson Lowell, B. $0NGS OF THE PRESS—By Balley Millard ddnaping. He gets Baldy put his open hand to the side of his cleverneéss, however, in dishing up his listed stocks. Price 50 cents. Murray McKay and John Cecil Clay are Elder & Shevard, San Franciseo. : in a council chamber at Stir- mouth and whispered to the Sherift: plots. His description of Indlan fights «Christopher,” by Mary F. Lockett, 3180 represented. @nd the life of a soldier during the stir- ring times when railroads across the con- tinent were a dream and not a reality are really excellent. In his latest effort General King tells a very pretty love story that revolves around an Indian bat- then nearly frightens them to ““This beggar man,” he “has been mis- 2 he reveals to them his iden- used by a gang of thieves in Torwood Forest.” I cannot attend to that now,” rejoined the Sherift with increasing irritation. no,” continued Baldy suavely, “It's no but he's got a frightful dunner on the 1d, tells a story of high life, dealing with persons of wealth and position. In it fig- ures a boy of wealth who is suddenly be- reft of his parents and is left to the care of a guardian. It is a book that unob- trusively teaches a moral while it enter- Often an author voices his own opin- jons through his character creations. ‘Whether Opie Read has done so in “The Starbucks,” the latest novel from his pen —is open to conjecture; but ..ere are people, and then you two must take les ball for it to the forest.” “Stand where you are,” sald the beggar. “The King's horse is what I want to see.” ““Dods, you'll see them soon enough. Look stories James acts mor of the many that he finds him- that, 1 1s made 1 of by My Berm- top o' the head, and he thinks he's the King.” at that gallop!” tle that is historic in the annals of the going prics g 95 many unusually clever bits of philosophy clever pe The story A 3 1 am the King,"” cried the beggar, over- MacKenzie indeed had lost no time in get- 4 der’, st Is sustained o/ 2 45 P # e X L . '€ you sir, that you, proceed with this execu- ing toward Stirling like the wind. The more 2 o, £ dna in Eives the history of a cub bear adopted 5 = e detead s Mary of Vendome Uon at our pedl. X am Jumes of Scotland, timorous of the assemblage, fearing the on- a5 SNty A STy ewlenstl SO 8% I by 2 missionary's’ family living among & TIDE 8004 laugh atter she's ot B T b oies Kol e Mary « endome, 1 I forbid the hanging.” coming of the cavalry, which usually made 4 el a4 ji y. . Aliaut that thge Aature. twEns dow 4 v adlfoy conl o thlsigs—Arst, thilC - 1t ohie apainegt’s Hitel Aibe, Hoionet i s Shert Gk oo Akt cppa’sluon, caring little who Maid Whose life he has saved a number ;‘t‘:rvol"l;bsw?t};sla?xtgharfu?:eangus::im“ T‘:e the Taimp for her sud:she begins .t sod poowpaghc £ 5 ol and second, thai insufficient military gunrd a wild, unkempt Was trampled beneath horses' hoofs, began to Of times. The only difference in thls _WT (885 HESUSD € Suf serious slde gnaqows. 1f she does laugh much after e s y loved and loves the whose appearance caused trepidation to disperse and seck stations of greater satety Vvolume Is the fact that the hero event- Z° W€ - 0 thore arn soyeisioms aFe inis it is at an enemy. She won't laugh le of Falaise. Later he has already much-tried Sherif. than the space before the scaffold afforded. vally marries the girl whom he carried OWelf upon an there are several legends oy, you—she laughs at you. You've got MR b g and chance meeting with « PHerc's jthe craxy’ cobbler SEain,” he moAn- Believe me,” said Baldy earnestly to his in his arms in the stirring battle at “the 0f Hiawatha woven into the tale. The g0 e n o (BECE © WOt got to have «BIRD NE” who entirel Vates cd. dejectediy. “Now the fat's all in the fire, two friends, ‘youwd better make your legs big bend of the Lancewood.” The story lllustrations in the book are reproduc- .. 'cuimin' that looks 0dd.” And yet old / ALONE The ~young maid s 1 tnink I'll hang the three of them, trial or Save your throttle. This is a hanging affalr will be widely read. It is in the General's tlons of photographs taken in the Indian 2 S0 M0 Vf0 (R S 060 | And vet LETTERS TO of the high ra oF 50 3G N for you as well as for me, for you've interfered best veln, and compares favorably with CoUntry and add to the realism of the Loty O WA and a heart throbbing with love for his own. g with the due course of the law. “It's mot the first time I've done so,” said the beggar with great composure, and shortly after they heard the thunder of horses’ hoofs coming from the north. story. Price $1. “The Life Worth Living,” by W. C. Newell, pictures the reality and reward of the spiritual kingdom and is a char- does James Know “Oh, the and vour Majes cried the cobbler— t was hard to say which of the two was more disreputable in appearance—*‘this man Hutchinson is Innocent. You will surely not “The Colonel’s Daughter” and others of his works, CHILDREN They find their love tr T e Actual lefters in writing. Sent ix Besides its usual interesting column of “Chronicle and Comment" Animal Forms. other @ in the garden by allow the hanging to take place, now you are s e A ey and book re- ne Prancis the . 5 “Thank God!” said the Sheriff when he D Appleton & Co., of New York have 2Cter bullding book to arouse the young views, the contents of the July Bookman N Reutad St S, s+ N0 Francis the First of heard the welcome sound. The mob dissolved np and old to the conquering fight for the include: “Paul Leicester Ford as Biblio- o By S g it 3 00 ¥4 youss: “I'll not allow it, if I can prevent it, and can get this fool of a Sheriff to Msten.” “Fool of a Sheriff! say you,” stuttered that official in rising anger. ‘‘Here, guard, take these two ragamuffins into custody, and® see that they are kept quiet till this hanging’s done with, Hutchinson, get up on the scaffold; this is all your fault. Hangman, do your duty.” Baldy Hutchinson, begging the cobbler to make no further trouble, mounted the steps leading to the platform, the hangman close just i{ssued ‘““Animal Forms,” by David Starr Jordan, president of Leland Stan- ford Jr. University, and Harold Heath, professor of zoology in the same univer- sity. This volume is-one of the Apple- tons’ Twentieth Century Textbooks, and a second book in the series on zoology. It is intended to supplement ‘“Animal Life,” that appeared last year, and deals life. Tt appeals for mercy for those who Musset and ‘The English Opium Bater,’ in a similar way with animal morphology, have felt the power of the trust and for Walter Littlefield: “The House of &hu the structure and life processes of ani- those who are in danger of it—the inde- Greer® Shudders—A Study in Genfality,” So it is that the pret- ove m resolves Fairy storics. rhymes, adventurss, fun and learning. $2.00 for 12 lotters, one a moath. Send for circular ora descriptive letter for the children. , ELDER & SHEPARD | and left a free passage for the galloping caval- cade. The stout Baldy Hutchinson and his two comrades stood alone to receive the onset. The King took a few steps forward, raised his sword aloft and shouted: *Halt, Sir Donald!” Sir Donald Sinclair obeyed the command so suddenly that his horse's front feet tore up the turf as he reined back, while his sharp order 1o the troop behind him brought the company to an almost instantaneous stand. right in the great battle of life. The volume is illuminated with five full-page portraits and is especially suitable for a gift, Price $1. “The Iron Hand,” by Howard Dean, has woven through its story the results of the author’s study of department store grapher and Historian,” Victor Hugo Paltsits; “The Bases of the urama—I. The Language of the Play,” Marguerite Merington; “A Clear Case—Cyrano de Bergerac and the Merchant Prince of Cornville,” Lionel Strathey; “A Man's Way"” (poem), Mary Olcott; “.__red de Visode of delightful interest when the King goes a-beg- Written a poem cntitled " that meets with but from his friend the cobbler, and then the sugsests itself to James that to has The ¥ r indifferent applause Flemming, idea