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aUNBAY MOUHIS*
THE
HONOR
Of the
TENTH
The honor of the Tenth hag been
smirched. The rinik ami Hie growled
It out In barracks, the officer* Wilts
pored It to each other, nnd us the vo!o>
net snt on the veranda of his bunga
low and admitted it to himself he laid
tuueh of the blame on his own shoul
ders.
The robber hands of India, known as
ducnlts. laid been busy around Aliwal,
and squads of ltrttish eavalfj were be
ing sent out every few days to destroy
them. Your true daeolt is not only a
robber, blit a tighter as well, lie robs
Ills own race whenever opportunity of
fers and lights the British whenever
and wherever he meets them, lie Is a
good shot, a brave foe, and there are
honor ami promotion to lie had In will
ing Idm off the faee of the earth.
Young Panforth had lately joined the,
Tenth. He had family ami political in
tluenee and n fortune belilud hint, and
he laid a personality which made
friends. There could lie no greater
privilege than- to be sent out at the
head of a- detachment to give the da
eoits a whirl When the lime came
that the cvilfojW could do young ltam
forth this 'hi Voi-. he hud a long and
quid talk with him. lie posted him
as to the eharaeteristtes mui tactics of
the foe and warned hint of the pit
falls that even veteran office)'* might
fall into, lie was to Hud the enemy
and destroy him, but he was rantlohed
against tmpetuouslty and useless sac
rifice of men. This expedition was to
1> the young oil leer's “try out.” He
hud never been under tire, and he could
not claim full kinship with the regi
■ ment uflttl lie had.
They gave young Pan fort ii a British
sergeant Olid eor|siral and thirty-eight
fslkh troopers. Under an miner in
whom lie has confidence there Is no
better soldier Uml the Sikh. Ills only
weak point is (hat he must have his
fin> hi front of him. Dattforlh had the
luck to strike a bund of robbers with hi
twenty mill's of the jmst? They had
captured a village and were pillaging.
It was testified to by a diueen Sikh*
that he was as cool as an old veteran.
He sent scouts forward to ascertain the
of the enemy and the lay of
the laud, and at the Head of Ids forty
• men he charged Into the village and
ff: routed out the band of 150. lie lost
’two men and killed n down, and It was
i a little affair to be proud of. lie held
;i his tntru well In hand and was on the
watch for trickery, and had all the
trooper* been Buropenna all would have
...Ifouc . wfli. jkathe robbers retreo ted
over broken ground men were filing off
froth either flunk to create an ambush.
They were' few In number and only
half hearted, hut as they opened fire
the Sikhs bolted. There were con fusion
and a rout and the pursuers became la
turn t,.he pursued. When the flight end
ed, the sergeant and corporal were
Blissing
A court martial was demanded by
young lJnuforth. No sooner lutd the
detachment returned than the remnant
of (lie Sikhs began to whisper about
Jneoinpoteney and cowardice. They
praised the officer for !i!h light at the
village, but they declared that his cow
urdk-e when lie (wind himself In a
tight place hail bnVught about disaster,
ills defense was straightforward and
clear. There was not an otllccr who
doubted one of Ills atutoinenl*, and he
was honorably acquitted of the charge;
iin a Stahl had been left behind. It
was felt by men and officers that to be
even suspected of cowardice was a
smirch Cos the name of the regiment. It
was agreed that the Sikhs had lied to
exeitse their owft cowardice, nnd there
was tlie verdict of the court martial,
yet l lie cloud was not dissipated.
Young Pantorth could not fall to no
tice the change in the attitude of his
brother officers. They did not cut him,
but they had to make an effort to be
friendly. Pretty soon hints were
thrown out that It would he well for
him to transfer or leave the service.
Then he went to the colonel and suld:
“1 was charged with cowardice by tbs
Sikhs. Had my sergeant, and corporal
lived to come back with me 1 could
have had witnesses to prove to the con
trary. The court martial took my word,
.however, and I was honorably acquit
ted. 1 reaJi/.c that I am tainted. There
are hints Uml 1 ought to transfer or re
sign. With your permission I shall re
main right here and hope for something
to happen." .
*'l believe that the Sikhs perjured
themselves,” quietly replied the colonel,
“and perhaps it will be the wisest thing
you can do to stay on.”
The words were kind ahi fair, hut no
grip of the band accompanied them. In
his heart of hearts the colonel had
hoped the subaltern would go away,
though at the same time lie readied'
that only an Innocent man woplil have
eared to remain. Young Panforth led
no mote expeditions, anil months rolled
away before anything happened to put
; tils east' In a more fa v ora Me light. Then
a number of dacolts were captured.
Among them were two or three who
Mil fought him that day. They boast
ed of how they had driven his Sikhs;
they praised the courage lie had exhib
ited in seeking to rally them. There
was an Increase or cordiality after that,
but the subaltern gave no sign that he
noth ed it or was pleased over it.
A lew months later there arrived a
jinrty of civil officials and their wives
who were on a junket. They had sev
eral elephants with them for tiger hunt
ing, nnd within twenty miles of the
was the flame tiny were after.
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Acceptable 'Christmas 9resents .
Huyler’s Candy in Fancy Boxes
and Baskets. Perfumery, imported
and American makes, in attractive
packages. Fancy Merchaum and
Briar Pipes. Cigars of leading
brands in Christmas Boxes. Other
Xmas Novelties.
W. ft. SiutU.
. ouuiui ,u iu> uue of the three
officers detailed to arrange and manage
the buut. With the civil commissioner
of Nepal and his wife was body C’ltf
ton, and the two ladles were by no
means novices In the sport of tiger
hunting.' When the hunt bad been fair
ly entered upon, they occupied a how
dnh on the back of a btg elephant to
gether and would not admit any one
else. A tiger had been driven by the
beaters Into-a swamp a tulle long by
half a mile broad, and into this spot,
grown up to feed* and bushes until the
eyes could scarcely penetrate, crashed
the elephant* and horses. The idea was
to drive the tiger out tqion dourer
ground (o (lie west, where lie could he
reached, and everybody made as much
noise as possible. lie was a crafty
beast, amt lor two hours he refused to
break cover.
The elephant on which the two Imlh s
were mounted had taken the lend and
been steady enough, hut after awhile
something rattled him. and lie bolted
across the swamp toward the trees.
Ills mahout used every exertion to stop
or turn him, hut the old fellow was In
a panic. To the surprise of everybody,
the tiger followed at his heels, though
in a furtive way, as If bent only on es
cape. With the elephant linking a
uiad rush for a tow branch tree that
he might get rid of the hut den on ids
hack I,ady Clifton took swift aim at
the tiger and wounded him. The
wound provoked tils anger, and lie
sprang forward on the elephant's rear
Just as the tri'e was reached and the
branches swept the howduh to the
ground. A second later and the two
ladles lay on the earth among the frag
molds, l*oth stunned hv the fall, and
the tiger stood with his paw - ifpou the
body of Lady I'iifUm and growled and
snarled at the dozen spectators.
Fortune had given young Panforth
his opportunity. Asa sort of terror
held everybody else helpless, lie tiling
himself from his horse, grubbed a hog
•pear from the hand of a chattering
native and advanced upon the beast.
He had to cover sixty feet of -clear
ground, and those who looked on said
that the,tiger's eyes blazed lire and ev
ery hair on his back stood up" as the
officer walked steadily forward. A
dozen voices called to him to look out.
hut he made no halt. As he drew
nearer the beast crouched for a spring,
and when he was within ten fi-et the
spring was made. Down went the
man on hi* knees and up went tYe
spear, and when the onlookers gjauetd
again the man was mi his feet and un
hurt and the tiger was rolling over and
over on the earth with the point of the
I spear sticking out of his back.
The ladies had not been seriously
hurt, hut at least one of them-bad been
saved from the tiger’s maw. Young
j Danfortli was the hero of the hour.
Every officer iu the regiment took him
j by the hand and offered vongratula
i tlons, and his colonel patted him on the
■boulder and said;
•rnn bktwswick daily jcw. *
“My dear boy. It was the coolest,
bravest thing I ever heard of, and It
makes ns all proud of you.”
"But the Sikhs swore that as a h*ailer
I got tattled and lost my head,” replied
the officer. “I was honorably acquit
ted, but 1 have been made to feel that
I smirched the honor of the Tenth.
Until I can wipe that out I am au out
cast.”
TM civil commissioner wanted to
show Ids gratitude, and Lady Clifton
had Influence she wanted to bring to
bear, hut the subaltern remained the
subaltern. He was hiding his time, and
he had nut long to wait The dacolts
cauie down from the hills again, and
lie was given the chance he so longed
for. This time his fifty troopers were
oil Englishmen, nnd he not only at
tacked Mooltan. the greatest robber
chieftain of them all, in a chosen posi
tion, hut routed his force nnd captured
tlie lender. That would hive been a
deed to I must of. but the subaltern was
not sat(sited. Leaving pert of hi* force
to hold the position and the prisoners,
he pressed on Into the foothills with
tl' remainder and attacked and cap
tun .1 a camp and brought off the sor
getitir and corporal who laid been made
prisoner* In the first affair. There was
a second court martial at Aliwal ou
the return of the troop, and when the
sergeant and con*ral had proved that
the Sikhs were liars and cowards the
old Tenth held a jubilee and declared
that It* honor was never so bright. At
the dinner they toasted “our comrade
and hero.”
A Hurt* \‘amf.
Pew persons, tiro a ware tlmt the Chi
nese language Is dependent on intona
tion for its meaning and that a slight
difference in sound may so distort a
per-oii's meaning that a courteous sain
tatiou may be turned into a cause tor
regret.
A young woman in San Frauci*eo,
who had hreonte Interested in the Chi
nese there, went Ui one of the men
who oWi.i 1 :i paper In which he wrote
ta>th Climc-e and English editorials,
and asked him to Teach her some
phrases. When told that tin 1 language
consisted of something like a small
library or two of reference 1 rooks, she
was about ready to back out. How
ever. beiilg anxious to learn even a few
things about the mysterious people, she
undertook a lesson or two.
The young lady being apt at b-arn
tug new things, thought she was better
posted than she was and. meeting the
watcher on the street one afternoon, put
Bet newly acquired information to the
test.
H was wit u unusual confidence that
site bade him "good afternoon” In a
Withe voice and was stepping down
from the curb to Cross the street.
"Walt.” said the editor. “1 cannot
let you go. Miss C.. without explaining.
You think y >u sand n goo,l day to me,
but instead you have called me u very
black, hard name.”
XShe
Eleven th
Hour
By LEWIS ALLEN BROWNE
C"1 •in-taht, ml, hn % A. Itrmt c
“Oh, Tom,” cried Kathryn HQL as j
she unceremoniously entered Tout
(kite's studio with the air of one al
ways cert a in of ft welcome. “I've found
Just the word t wanted for my story.
Yon know that hateful Miss Squills
had 'dynamorphostcopalinblaster' In”— ;
“Merciful heavens, Kit!” exclaimed;
Tom in mock horror. “Gome up early j
next Sunday morning and bring the
rest of-lt with you. Besides, can't you
see lam terribly busy this morning?" ,
‘Tot boiler, isn't it?" she asked as'
she glanced earclesaly at tlie sketch,!
and as Tom noddl'd, his mouth being
occupied with various draw:- : imple
menu, she continued liglul/: "Oh.!
bottler! Let it wait, Toimno, and listen
to tue,”
"No, Kitty, dear." he made answer
solemnly. “It is an unhappy fact that
n poor artist's masterpiece may wait
indefinitely, while his pot hoi! r* must
to? finished at a specified time: hut
you Duty talk to me just the same,
only, please, please do not leave any
more such words lying around locs,
for me to become entangled in."
“Now. Tom, do not become desper
ate, will yon. when I tell you 1 have
another word about twice ns long:
You see, as I was trying to toil you,
that horrid Miss Squills Used the word
‘dytT "
"Stop!" commanded Tofh, with a look
of horror arid a wave of ills unoccupied
arm. -
“That lit lie word, Tommo. d-ar. Is
the name cf au instrument used for
the breaking of falsely united fnn
tures. and Miss Squills worked it lute
her story of ‘A Surgeon's Love.’ Git*
Burleigh spoke in such praises of hei
apparent knowledge, al tl•■rough
use of tti.-i: word, that I Iws-auie a tiny,
wee hit jealous, so i”—
"Gits Burleigh!” sneered Tom. "What
does he”— .
“1 have the floor sir." Ynterposed
Kitty. “You're out of order. Allow
me to continue, if you please. • 1 have
a story mapped out that will positive
ly put hers to shame.”
“Make tt look like Ihir"—
"Hush, Tommo, don’t use that dread
ful slang phrase. 1 sha.ll call my story
‘The Pent lot's I>alighter,’ and tin- new
word I have Just learned and intend tc
use Is ’met hylbenzotnet hoxyetlieylte
trahydropyrldineearlioxylate!' Now.
Isn't that a- a"-
“Corker!” ejaculated Tom.
“'Veil, yes, it i* all that.” admitted
Kitty, “and don’t you think Gus will
cansMi r me marvokniffiy learned When 1
be sees that';” j
"If ho ever tries to ,• nopace it, you
will bo obliged to orfcae out In black for
the poor boy, but does It—er—mean
anything In particular?”
"Certainly it does, gixwte! It le
chemical for cocaine.”
Tom worked t silence a few mo
meats before he said:
“Er Kit, I suppose our long stand
ing and successful platonic friendship
will soon he n thing of the past, eh?"
“Not necessarily, Toronto, dear. I’m
sure Cus will he sensible.” was her so
ber reply.
“It will He an innovation for him,
then," Tom could not refrain, from say
ing with 111 concealed savage ness.
“May I Inquire when the momentou*
event will take place?”
“If yon think you should know, I
have promised to give him a definite
answer tonight.” she confessed.
‘Tonight!" tie echoed. “"'hat a co
incidence! To tell you the truth, as is
due : ft. Kit, I intend to throw mjwelf
at the fort of Clara Bogartly tonight.
Shake!" lie put out his ink stained
hand and clasped hers, hut neither
cured to look each other la the eye.
"'Too bad we were never suited fot
each other, now, wasn't it, Kittle?” ht
asked, with a forced laugh, after a de
pressing silence.
“That is not for me to say, sir,” she
replied with assumed dignity, “hut be
careful. Tom, dear, remember we are
stu'li an excellent example of true pla
tonic friendship to all our friend* and
acquaintances.”
“To be sure,” ho hastened to affirm.
“And, say. Kir. this—this--our proposed
step will never change al! that, will
it?”
“Never, Tomtno, never!" she an
swered him, whereupon they shook
hands, and Tom procured a bottle of
ale from his icebox, used In the coh
coc: :on Of rarebits. Of this they drank
twice, once for her “intended” and
again for ids “intended.” as Tote, grave
ly worded It.
-While lie was replacing the bottle
and glasses Kathryn leaned over tin
easel to examine Toni's “pot boiler.”
In so doing she tipped over a vast
catching it before it fell, hut *<-latch
lug her wrist upon one of the metn
tipped arrows it contained.
It was but a mere scratch, yet ft
pleased her fancy to tease him by pro
tending serious Injury.
“Oh, Tomato, Tbmruo." she cried
“see how your ugly old arrows hsrl
scratched, me!" And she liekl up hoi
plump wrist that he might see the lit
tle red scratch upon which a few red
drops were slowly appearing.
Tout turned white a* the lace encir
cling her wounded wrist as his glance
took in what had happened. He sprang
and picked her up in his arms, placing
her upon a conch, from which be
brushed tlie accumulation of hooks,
pipes and tobacco jars with a sweep
of his arm.
“At* God, Kit!” he cried. “Those
DECEMBfcn Z\
were poisoned arrows; some that
sent, on from 1 lit? accursed V. 'pplnw!
Oil. Kiltie,'' he groaned w be knelt be
side the couch end cla ■] and her in his
arms, “wlint shall l <lo?"
Site became white ns Tom as she
realized what had happened, yet she 1
smiled.
“You might try a doctor,” she sub
gested, seeing lie was too wild to act
Tom heard her murmur something
about “doctor" and made a dash >r t
the telephone. It e*nued ages before 1
central connected him with a physl-1
elan. After telling the doctor to cornel
ns Quick ns Ood would let him he re-1
turned to Kit, who was lying white!
and still, with closed eyes. |l
Tout placed the wounded wrist to his 1
lips and endeavor; 1 to draw out the
poison from tli Kathryn open j
od lier eyes.
“Tommo, dear," she whispered. -sjP
“Kitth? oil. my darling, tell me, do
you f el I tetter? Oh, what a fool 1 have
been what n blind fool!. It is you, only
you, wUotn I Wye'" cried Tom, With
deep etnoTSSn.
Her. disengaged arm went around hN
tusk. "You were not alone, Toinmn.
dear.” she said. “I have been another
fool. And now, oh. Tom. is it too late:
Just then the doctor arrived. Tom
told him in a few words wild had <x’
Cur red.
The doctor examined the arrows and
commenced to laugh heartily.
“Poisoned fiddlesticks!” he ejaculat
ed. “Why, those things arc made right
here In town, just to sell!”
“What!” shrieked Kathryn as sh*
landed upon hi t- f, -t with one bound.
“Than 1C Hod!" murmured Tom as he
sank into a chair.
Tlie doctor daut>od a little collodion
upon the scratched wrist and left the
room, laughing
Tom sal staring at ICatliryn as site
wound her iiandkerchi. f about ir
wrist. liis ; s , steady si n
blushed nud lmc<i away.
"Kittle," he said * ntrcaUngly, “did
you mean wh it yon add?"
"What din i say?" she asked in a in’
voice without looking at him.
“You knou what I mean, Kittic. Tw
you ye lie :•• v. ■ e beer, fools? jjM
do!" he said > -1 -jH
“Thunks!" she s; id, with a poorly dH
stuned dignity. Wt
“Oh. Kit. Kit," he saitl as he wentjH
her. “won't you say ‘No’ to Uus H
night?”
“if you will stay away from Clara's,-J
she vvhisp ; ■ jjt
•'This will I- .u. twfnl blow'to pis*
tor.it no.-:: aip . : well as p<- ■
pi" w's I: v. ■ know,** said JHft
handed K.uhryn into n Carn^^^Lii
hour later.
* I
Dancfrons Kconpmy.
*.?o the en gage in ejgAo if' ’
“Yes. She to practise
economy, and lie tM§MMr* mv getting
her an im station .-etroit, 1
WiM Praia. ’