The evening world. Newspaper, June 10, 1905, Page 11

4 ee HERE'S a Lot of Funin A Getting a amp Ready —kK tomerPlade Ten- Foot Tepee May Be Put Up for $10—}tow It Is Made—Diagram and Dir rections for Constructing One of Twelve Feet. What Is a Woodcraft Tribe? GHOUP of three or more boys! A or girls—who have chosen \ tribe name and a tote. Who have elected chiefs and a medi- cine man, who camp out in tepees, us> bows and arrows Instead of fy arms, practise athletics, have con- tests, learn to know a good ideal about plants, flowers, birds and animals, make fire with rubbing sucks, tell stories around the canip: fire, wear war bonnets trimmed with feathers won in the contesta—in a word, enjoy outdoors In the most delightful way. E y tribe Is wel- . come to the great Wooderaft Nation which was organized by Mr. Ernest ‘Thompson Seton, Medicine Man of alt the tribes, trees, y Wooderafter looks forward to Is the actual en- But it is a big mis- that the fun docs not then. There Is a groat Jeal of real pleasure in getting ready that ev campment take commence to suppose until specially for boys who go at it in you have made your arehvry Sow, arrows and target—as de- sertbed in the last article, and that you are practising with them every chance The next thing to think Most Important part of the Whole outfit, ts the tepee. vou have about, and the A tribe that has a good fat treasury tan buy a te ready made, That is the simple and the quick way to do it A tent te et In diameter can be bought for about $10, a twelve-foot tent for $12, sixteen-foot, $22; twenty-foot, #9. The Cost of a Tepee. Pot a tent that boys of ordinary in- Ronuity can make will answer the pur- pore Just as well, and the idea of having made jt urselves will be a great sat- isfuctlon, Mr. on estimates that ty cost of a ten-foot tepee, home-mad need not be more than $4. That sup poses all the material to be new, One tribe had the good fortune to ad's. carded piece of canvas that had been a stage curtain in a theatre, m1 nt elghteen-foot tepee, An. other tribe, less fortunate, used piece: of wagon cover, Eyen muslin sheets may do so long as it does not rain hard. And there are nearly always bits of old clotheslines and rope ends to be found. If new cloth js to be purchased, the Khaki such as is used in the United States army has the advantages of ng light, strong and tolerably water- proof, If that cannot be found, get heavy unbleached inuslin of efght-ounce duek or a tieht canvas, How large wil! you make your tepce” Is made a IIDIAL) ce: IAS ORGANIZED BY Conducted by “ “CUE? LAABB HOR. Wear- Faint “Stickers! That depends upon the number of better, That gives you room, to better; cut It Into strips thirty-two feet lawn and welght or pin down the cor ives You WARY JE ts kousinibodale around, adinits of a larger fire. long and stitch them together, making ers, Drive a peg or mall oto. tive mide p and when you have guests you can en- a strong seam, ‘The Jast sirip. may dle point of A i With a twelve-fool take it at least twelve feet In diameter, tertaln them in some sort of magnifl- have to be cut down the centre and gtring and a pencil or crayon make the evenif you have only two or three boys, cence. Dleced to make I come out right. It halt irclo A Rts. cut Gaur anent slong A walvestoot tent will bold three beds Thi ; be possible to get mother or sister this line. This edge will be the bow A eee ee ie tae neeatecs Diagram and Directions. lg,guve vou a II on the Rewing’ mas tom of tho: tent “und It shout have 4 Vho Ta rope e) Y sleep in each bed, the tent will accom: Now, with your eye on the diagram | When the stitching is you around, Batore, hemmming We ns Tonk ets . : r for oC d eonty-four tt tong, back five Inches of fourteen or a sixteen foot diameter 18 square yards of cloth. the wider the Slreteh thig out smoothly on’a floor of strongly with. twine, Ment Rear eM AAA The Reigate Puzzle. By Sir Arthur Conan Dovie. (COPYRIGHT, 1002, BY HARPER & BROT HERS.) )T was some time before the health of my friend, Mr, Sherlock from the strain caused by his immense exertions in the spring of ‘87. ‘The whole queation of the Netherland-Sumatra Company and of the cvlosaal schemes of Baron Mavpertuls are too recent in the minds of the public and are too intimately concerned with politics and finance to be fitting subjects for this series of sketches. They led, however, in an Indirect fashion to a singular ahd complex problem which gave my friend an op- portunity of @emonstrating the value of a fresh weapon among the many with which he waged his life-long battle against crime. ‘on referring to my notes I see It was upon the Mth of April that I received a telegram from Lyons which Informed mé that Holmes was lying Ill ‘n the Hotel Dulong, Within twenty-four hours I was In hie sick room, and was relieved to find that there was nothing formidable in his symptoms, Even his’ Iron constitution, however, had broken down under the strain of an investigation which had “extended over two months, during which period he had nover worked | than fifteen hours a day, and had, more than once, as he assured me, kept to his task for five dayd at a stretch, Even the triumphant lesug of his’ labors could not save him ‘trom reaction after so terrible an exertion, and’ at a time when Murope was ringing with his name nd when his room was 'terally anklesdeep with congratulatory telegrams I found him a prey to the blackest depresss'on, | Three days later we were back in Baker street together; but it was evident that my frie would bo much the better for a charge, and the thought of a week of springtime in the country was full of attractions to me also, My old friend, Col, Hayter, who had come under my professional care in Afgha- nistan, had now taken a house near Reigate in Surrey, and had frequently asked me to come down oocasio had, Holmes, recovered me he would be glad to extend his hospitality to him also, A little diplomacy was needed, but when Holmes understood that the establishment was a bachelor one, and that he would be allowed the fullest freedom, he fell in with my plans, and a week after our return from Lyons we were under the Colonel's roof, On the evening of our arrival we were sitting’ in the Colonel's gun-room after dinner, Holmes stretched upen the sofa, while Hayter and I looked , over his little armory of Eastern weapons. ‘By the way,” he sald suddenly, “I think I'll take one of these pistols upstairs with me in case we have an alarm," “An alarm!" said I, “Yes; we've had a scare in this part lately, Old Acton, who is one of our county magnates, had his house broken into last Monday, No great damage done, but the fellows are still at large.” “No clue?” asked Holmes, cocking his eye at the Colonel, “None as yet, Wut the affair is a petty one—one of our little country erimes—which must seem too small for your attention, Mr, Holmes, after this Brent international affair, Holmes waved away the compliment, though his smile showed that it had pleased him. “Was there any feature’ of interest?" “I fancy not, The thieves ransacked the library and got very little for their pains. ‘The whole place was turned upside down, drawers buret open, and presses ransacked, with (he result that an odd volume of Pope's ‘Homer,’ two plated candle-sticks, an ivory letter-weight, a small oak barometer and a ball of twine are all that have vanished." “What an extraordinary assortment!" I claimed, "Oh, the fellows evidently grabbed hold of every- thing they could get,” Holmes grunted from the sofa, "The county police ought to make something out of that,” sald he; “why, it is surely obvious that!" But I held up a warning finger, “You are here for a rest, my dear fellow, For Heaven's sake don't get atarted on a new problem When your nerves are all jn shreds,” Holmes shrugged ie plouldors with o ney bri aiD a ( ‘ ex- glance uf comic resignation tuward the Colonel, and the talk drifted away Into less dingerous channels It Was destined, however, that all my professional saution should be wasted, for next morning the problem obtruded itself upon ua in such a way that it was impossible to Ignore it, and our country visit took a turn which nelther of us could have anticl+ pated, We were at breakfast when the Colonel's butler rushed in with all his propriety shaken out of him, ‘Have you heard the news, sir?” ne gasped. the Cunningnams’, sir!" “Burglary!"' cried the Colonel, cup in midair, “Murder!"" id The Colonel whistled, "By Jove!" said he. killed, then? The J. P, or his son?" “Neither, sir, It was Willlam, the coachman. Shot through the heart, sir, and never spoke again.’ “Who shot him, then “The burglar, sir. He was off like a shot and got clean away. He'd just broke In at the pantry win- dow when William came on him and met his end In saving his master's property.” “What Umet! . “It was last night, sir, somewhere about twelve,” “Ah, then, we'll step over afterward,” snid the ‘olonel, coolly settling down to his breaxtast again, ‘It's a baddish business," he added when the butler had gone; ‘he's our leading man about here, Is old Cunningham, and a very decent fellow, too, He'll be cut up over this, for the man has been in his service for years and was a good servant. It's evi- dently the #ame.villains who broke into Actopn’s,"" “Hum! It may prove the simplest matter in the world, but all the same at first glance this is just a little curious, is it not? A gang of burglars acting in the country might bo expected to vary the scene of their operations, and not to crack two cribs in the same district within a few d@aya. When you spoke last night of taking precautions I remember that it passed through my mind that this was prabably the last parish in England to which the thief or thieves would be Ikely to turn their atten- tlon—whieh shows that I have still much to learn.” "I fancy it's some local practitioner,” suid the Colonel, ‘In that case, of course, Aeton’s and Cun- ningham's are just the places he would go for, since they are far the largest about here.” “And richest?" “Well, they ought to be, but they've had a lawe sult for some years, which has sucked the blood out of both of them, I fancy. Old Acton has somo claim on half Cunningham's estate, and the lawyers have been at it with both hands." “Tf it's @ local villain there diMculty in running him dow: “AU right, Watson, "At with his coffee- “Who's ould not be much * paid Holmes, with I don't intend to ‘Ineneetor Porrester, sir," sald the butler, throw- lng open ibe dor, ST THOMPSON SETONY BALD EAGLE” Medicine Man of the Flying Eagle Tribe! , Studying FSor-pri res, is the way to figure the quantity i to buy, ‘The stitched sheet be as wide as the diameter de- and just twice as long, That 1g, tin-foot tent, ton feet wide and long; for a sixteen-foot tent, t wide and thirty-two long. " 1 othe number of square yards multiply this length And width and divide by nine. ‘Then ask the drygoods dealer for so many aquare yard The Woodcraft Play. Much of the Woodcraft play belongs o the water—boating, ffshing, swimming, A new game that Black Wolf ts intro- ducing this summer is a canoe joust. ‘Two antagonists stand, each in the row of his own canoe, each armed with along p t the ond of which Is 1 good sized cloth-covered ball, With this pole each tries to push the other overboard, Now a warrlor who cannot swim well cannot engage In the sport, Even boating is not safe unless the hoatmen can swim The moral of which ts, learn to swim Commence the very firat chance you can find, If vou have nobody to teach you ret a plece of board, lie down on’ it; Paddle with your hands and Kick, frog: fashion until you can propel and steer yourself where vou choose, ‘Then use i smaller board or stiek and so on wntll r WOODCRAFT Play: Consists Chiefly of Boating, Fishing and Swimming — The Canoe Joust Ils a New Game Just Introduced — Read Up on Animals, Birds and Trees Before Starte ing Out. red man was of this kind, He knew nature pretty well, In his own way he Was a botunisi, So, loo, he knew the birds and the animals, Think of an Indian hearing the cry of some one of the wood folk and not knowin where [It came am, or seeing the trael of a bind of an animal and not being whle to tell whieh on of his nelghibore: The had passed that way and how long) since and in what direction he was travelling! Y Yes, the Indian know the woods, and > so should a Wooderafte 'o study nature Itself, “in the open" as they say, adds nat only to the enjoyment | ofa summer's outing but wil be a | lifelong pleasure, "According to. they Red Book, feathers may be won by,» knowing outdoor things as follows: H Things to Know. ' Knew and name correctly e., with the accepted English nam aceordin, to any standard authority, 25 trees an toll something, Interesting wbout them, counts cou for grand coup Know name correctly 00 af our wild for coup; 10 for grand coup. Know and name correctly fifty of our live birds a4 seen mounted In a mus r um, the fem and young to cow separately whenethey ate wholly differ: ent from the male; this counts coup; 100 binds for grand coup t Know and name co! birds in the fleld; grand coup, Recognize fifty wild pirds by note for. coup; 190, for grand coup, Know And name correctly twenty-five wikd quadrupeds for coup; know. and name correctly fifty and tell something Interesting about each for grand coup. _, Know and draw unmistakable plotures of twenty-five tracks of our four-footed animals for coup; of fifty for grand coup, Suggestions for Indian Make-Up, F’: those members of any tribe who, ety Atty wild, POUNTS Colbp; 100,) are deprived of an opportunity to, wo Into the woods or actually get the necessary outfit for Indian plays: these directions for play indoors will be of interest: One trick feather Is here shown as a model. Of course, some “home” braves you can go it alone, danger of drow a life-save: come Knowleg how to swim admits you to ing, and you may be- If you are already a swimmer prac- ean't get tho real article, but a very falr substitute can be made. If a brave desires just one long feather he can use, the swimming contests, and to all the the one dr ‘0 sy of, a goneral good time In the of making it fem soe that Nene water, You enjoy boating without the stuck in the hair is by wiring iy with thin wire up the center, allowing "the Paper to curl somewhat, ts If mounta cardboard tt will serve Just ag welt actin Sho Munared vardectoumie’ ¢ , Why not make a iweulation wat to stick out, one al A, one at B, Nine Cnt our the two V-shaped pieces 1D COUP; to swim 200 yards in 4 minutes Bonnet Ar Zoureele out of paper? It ts eyelets, the diameter of a lead pencil, O 8 and OTC. DOand OC are each Counis grand coup, This last stunt ree Pt diMoult, | Atter cutting oul tiie must ‘be worked at equal distances six inches. D Sand CT are each twelve ‘ulres a good lot of strength, doled’ ere ed dal trace any number along this edge, just inside the rope, inches, Sew the smoke flaps to the ' the Beat with brush or colors, make Th eneh eyelet pit a Ueinch piece of maln plece s9 that HK fits VD and Read Up a Little. the markings, ‘he quill art Of te rope and tie. securely into loops. It WP fits CX. eather Is pasted fast to the head band, ‘s important that all this be done with great care, for here will come the strain during heavy winds, ‘Theledge B is simply hemmed over, but-no rope is put in. ‘These two edges D A and C B will come together when corners 0, four-foot another such Work w stron R, rope. A tied at one end In the eyelet at This completes the tepee except eyelet in each of the 4. Through O run a twelyestoot rope ia land, partly R, and snail eyelet at L, let amusing race may on water. plece in. the A very exciting and, to the spectators, be run, partly on If ‘there sland in the river, lake or pond the first stage be from a istarting the point to a point of the faland where the y Any “number of variations can be made of this bonnet, a string down. the back for numerous feathers, flapoing feathers over the ears, or any arrange= ment |x suitable for a'war dar ‘Two holes are shown at elther end of the ‘head the tent is drawn around the poles, A decoration, How to do this and algo boat is hauled up on the shore, carried band, A string fitted Into double row of eyelets is worked along how to put {t up and manage it will across the Island and again paddled to these are tied at ¢he back ef the head tach edge a0 that they “will exactiy be told in following articles. With these given point, and then to the place of 80 that It fits the forehead snugly, natch. Make. the eyelets lke button: directions any one who can use needle starting, For'a race like this there may — You wouldn't care to pulnt your face.» holes, Jong Instead of round, each an and thread @pd a palr of scissors can be either two crews or more. perhaps, No? Well, then, cut out the Inch longvand each pair about 2 inches make his own tent. Only make up | Hefore starting to the Woods tt will circle and streaks here gi and by. apart, Where) are te hold lacing pins Your mind, then go and do it, Mr. pay you to read up a ttle on animals, simply dampening them, svick’ same to the size of lead penclls. Seton says’ Indians have a custom of birds and trees, There aro two ways any part of face desired, The string of Next out out two smoke flaps from dreaming and. wailing for months be- of going around, out of doors, One Is teeth and deads, with’ its. tassel, 1a, the corners, as shown. ‘These should fore commencing work on a new tepee, (0 See nothing, or at least to know simply to act as a decoration in ‘the? be hemmed all around, and. iittle ‘The moom and all other signs have to fothing about what you do happen to make-up, {f colors may be applied to pockets sewed across one corner of be just right, That's ¢ difference see; the other ts to have an eye for all the drawings it will greAtly Improve the, tach to hold. the end of the smoke between the ancient Americans and the the’ interesting things {to be found general effect of your “parlor Indian pole, modern ones everywhere, outlt, The official, a smart, keen-faced young fellow, stepped into the room. “Good morning, Colonel," sald he, ‘I hope I don't intrude, but we hear that Mr, Holmes, of Baker street, is hero, The Colonel waved his hand toward my friend, and the Inspector bowed. “We thought that perhaps you would care to atep across, Mr. Holmes." The fates are against you, Watton,” sald he, laughing, “We were chatting about the matter when you came In, Inspector, Perhaps you can let us have a few details, “We had no clue in the Acton affair, But here we have plenty to go on, and there's no doubt it is the same party in each case, The man was geen,” “Ah! “Yes, sir, But he was off like a deer after the shot that killed poor Willlam Kirwan was fired, Mr, Cunningham saw him from the bedroom win- dow, and Mr, Alec Cunningham sagy him from the back passage, It was a quarter to twelve when the alarm broke out. Mr, Cunningham Bad just got into bed, and Mr, Alec was smoking @ pipe In his Hey 6 gown, They both heard Willlam, the roachinan, calling for help, and Mr. Aleve ran down to see what was the matter, The back door was open, and as he came,to tne foot of the stairs he saw two men wrestling together outside. One of them fired a shot, the other dropped, and the mur- derer rushed across the garden and over the hedge. Mr. Cunningham, locking out of his bedroom, saw the fellow as he gained the road, but lost sight of him at once. Mr. Alec stopped to see if he could help the dying man, and so tha villain got clean away: “What was this William doing there? Did he say anything before he died?" “Not a word, He lived at the lodge with his mother, and as he was a yery falthful fellow we tmagine that he walked up to the house with the Intention of seeing that all was right there. Of course this Acton business has put every one on their guard, The robber must have just burst open the door—the lock has been forced~when William came upon him," “Did Willlam say anything to his mother before golng out?" “She is yery old and deaf, and we can get no Inv formation from her. ‘Phe shock hag made her halt- witted, but 1 understand that she was never very bright. There is one very important elreumstance, however, Look at thial’ He took a small piece of torn paper from a note- book and sproad it out upon his ki “This was found between the finger and thumb of the dead man, It apprare to be a& fragment torn from a large sheet, You will observe that th» hour mentioned upon it is the very time at which the poor fellow met his fate. You see that his murderer might have torn the rest of the sheet from him, or he might have taken thls» fragment from the murderer Ut reads almost as though It were AN appointment.” Holmes took up the serap of paper, a fac-simile of which is here reproduced: “Presuming that it is an appointment," continued the Inspector, “It 1s, of course, a conceivable theory that this William Kirwan, though he had the repu- tation of being an honest man, may haye been in league with the thief, He may have met him there, may even have helped him to break in the door, and then they may have fallen out between them selves" “This writing is of extraordinary Interest,” sald Holmes, who had been examining it with intense concentration, “These are much decper waters than I had thought.’ He sank his head upon his hands, while the Inspector smiled at the effect which his case had had upon the famous London specialist “Your last remark," said Holmes, presently, ‘as to the possibility of there being an understanding between the burglar and the servant, and this being a note of appointment from one to the other, is an ingenious and not entirely impossible supposition. But this writing opens up"-— le sank his head into his hands again and remained for some minutes In the deepest thought. When he raised his face again I waa surprised to see that his cheek was Unged with color and his eyes as bright as before his tlness, He eprang to his feet with all his old energy, ~ "1 tell you what,” said he, "I should like to have a quiet little giance into the detajis of this case, There is something In It which fas:Inates me emely, If you will permit me, Colonel, I will leaye my friend Watson and you, and I will step round with the Inspector to test the truth of one or two little fancies of mine. I will be with you again in half an hour," An hour and & half had elapsed before the In+ spector returned alone, ‘ “Mr. Holmes is walking up and down in the fleld outside,” said he. “He wants us all four to go up’ to the house together." “To Mr. Cunningham's?" "Yew, alr, “What for?” The Inspector shrugged his shoulders, “1 don't | quite Know, sir, Between ourselves, I think M Holmes has not quite got over his illnegs yet, He behaving very queerly, and he is very excited. t “I don't think you need alarm yourself," sald 1. “I have usually found that there was method in. his, madne: “some folk might say there was madness In his method," muttered the Ingpector, “But he's all on fire to start, Colonel, so we had best go out if you are ready. : Ve found Holmes pacity up and down In the floid, his chin sunk upon his breast, and his hands thrust into his trousers pockets, “The matter grows in Interest,"’ sald he, ‘“Watso your country trip has been a distinct success. I havo had a charming morning.” "You have been wp to the scene of the crime, J understand,” sald the Colonel, “Yes; the Inspector and | have made quite a Ittle reconnolssance together.” “Any success?" “Well, we have seen very interesting things, EM tell you what we did as we walk, First of all, we saw the body of this unfortunate man, He oertalnly |, died from a revolyer wound as reported." ae "Had you doubted It, then?'*® "Oh, It Is as well to test everything, Our ingpece tion was not wasted, We then had an Interview with Mr, Cunningham and his son, who were able ia point out the exact spot where the murderer had broken tHrough the garden-hedge In his flight, ‘That was of great Interest,” Naturally." “Then we had a look at this poor fellow's mother We could get no Information from her, however, 24 she Is very old and feeble," “And what Ix the result of your Investigations?” “The conviction that the crlme ia a very pecullay one, Perhaps our visit now may do something 10 make it less obscure, 1 think that we are bah agreed, Inspector, thit the fragment of paper in tho dead man's hand, bearing, as it does, ‘he very hour of his death written upon it, is of extreme impor- tance," “It should give a clue, Mr, Holmes," sa f y The conclusion of this Story will be published in to-morrow’s SUNDAY WORLD MAGAZINE,