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Red Fox Saves His Brush s By H. M. EGBERT (Copyright, 1915, by W. G. Chapman.) Red Fox showed his teeth in a grin as he entered his burrow. He had had no adventures worthy of the namo that afternoon, but he meant to have some that evening. That afternon he had merely slunk through the heather investigating the food supply. Now lie curled himself up snugly in hi a earth and prepared to sleep until nightfall. Red Fox was a bachelor. He was a monster fox, and ono of the oldest of the county. His splendid fur was known to every huntsman over a radius of leagues. He had pitted his wits against the hounds time and again, and always won. Lifo was nothing without the spice of adventure. They say a fox loves tho hunt as much as the men, the hounds, and the horses. Red Fox was hunted three times a week, and he knew every trick of his trade. Some day, when his strength and speed began to fail him, the inevitable end would come. The hounds would tear Iiis slim body, his mask and pads and brush would be cut off to adorn some hall. But of that Red Fox knew nothing. He thought that he was immortal. When night came he slunk out and was soon going at full gallop across the fields. The house that he had inspected had a new chicken yard. It was the work of a moment for 'Red Fox to leap from a bough to the coop He B&gan to Be Vaguely Distressed. and seize a fat cockerel by the neck. As he was carrying off his prey he saw the farmer come out of his house and point a gun at'him. Red Fox was immediately in the line of fire. Ho did not know what a gun was, but ho knew that it spelled dan-p-fir. T-Tft snnrlnd nnrl hrvwpri Iii tonfh. and the farmer, ruuttering,.put the gun down and let Red Fox gallop away. For nobody dares to shoot a fox in England unless he wants to bring 'down upon his head the wrath of a hunt-loving countryside. Red Fox bounded away toward his burrow. But at a distance of five hundred yards some instinct caused him to stop. He smelled something. It was a man, somewhere near him, and he knew that the man was not passively hostile, as all men were, but an inveterate enemy. Cautiously he skulked forward until ho came within sight of his burrow. Then, crouching in the undergrowth, he saw tho man heeding over it. Red Fox skulked there until the man was gone. When at last, by devious ways, he reached his burrow, ho found it closed. The man was the earth-stopper, and he had blocked Red Fox's homo so that he should not be able to evade tho hounds on the morrow. It would be a chase to the death his death! Vaguely uneasy. Red Fox sniffed about tho place, and then, warned by his same instinct, he trotted about half a mile away, into a gorse patch, whoro he lay down and devoured the cockerel. Afterward ho went to sleep, with one ear drooping and the other alert for possible enemies. The sun had been up some time when Red Fox lazily stretched his limbs and prepared to stir. But as he did so he scented a peculiar and hated odor, so like his own that he showed his teeth in fury. It was net that of a rival fox, however, but of the sniffing hounds that surrounded the gorse covert They had scented him and were on his trail. Behind them rode tho master and whipper-in, and grouped in the distance was the crowd that had gathered for the hunting. Suddenly, with a bay, the oldest bound dashed forward toward the spot where Red Fox lay. And instantly Red R?x had leaped from the covert and was racing along the ditch. The huntsman blew a blast upon his horn. The hounds bayed, the hunters hurried up at the gallop. In an inalant tho whole field was on the track of the hounds, and they were pursu

ing the lean, lithe shadow that raced over the fields. The huntsmen strung out in a long line. The hounds dashed forward at full speed. They saw Red Fox no longer, but his scent was plainly discernible, and though his first burst of speed was greater than theirs, it could not last. Red Fox, looking back, saw the hounds two fields away, and the horses leaping the hedges. Red Fox had been hunted many times, and had always gone free. But now he began to be vaguely distressed. His meal had been a hearty one, and he knew that his earth was stopped. He came upon a brook, trotted down it to throw off the scent, and emerged on the same side, half doubling upon his tracks. He halted in a patch of furze to get his wind. He showed his teeth again, but this time in a laugh, as he saw the hounds vainly casting up and down the stream for the scent. He trotted quietly along the bank. He was rejoicing in the success of his maneuver when with a loud bey the oldest hound took up the scent again; and once more the whole pack was after him. Now the chase was on in earnest. Red Fox put forth all his speed, since cunning was no longer serviceable. He could still gain on the hounds, all except a few of the older ones, hardened" by years of the chase. Hounds and horses were strung out over the fields behind him, but the old hound still led the remnants of the pack, doggedly and untiringly. Glancing back over his shoulder, Red Fox saw that of all the horses, only two were near him. One carried a man in a red hunting coat, the other a woman. They were galloping side by side. It seemed to Red Fox that there was a certain hostility between them. Red Fox could scent friendship and enmity in human beings, as well as animals that was of the essence of his life and he noticed how, in spite of their nearness to each other, the woman kept her horse's head turned from the man's horse. Red Fox imagined, also, that there was a sort of rivalry between them for his capture. He was frightened for almost the first time in his life. He began to dodge and double. Suddenly he romembered that the little stream which he had passed earlier that morning wound its course not half a milo distain, in some dense fir patches. K he could make that he might throw the hounds off the scent. They were not fifty paces away when he dashed into the firs. Before him rolled the brook, wider here, ar-d afforded him the supreme opportunity that he required. He sprang into thewater and swam hard up stream, only his whiskered face appearing above the surface. As he swam between the overhanging branches of the leafy hazel bushes that fringed the stream he heard the baying bounds burst into the firs. He heard the leader's bay change into a whine and knew that his pursuers were at fault. Red Fox showed his teeth once more, this time in another laugh. He had balfled them, as the wise old fox had done so many times before. The ground sloped sharply toward the brook. Red Fox, still swimming, saw the two horses stop on the verge. The man pulled back his animal, but the girl's horse, slipping on the wet bank, fell over, pinning her beneath its body. Instantly the man leaped to the ground and holding the reins round his arm, bent over tho other. "Muriel! Are you hurt? Are you hurt, dear?" he asked in anxious tones. But the girl did not answer him. The horse had fallen upon her arm and shoulder, bruising them badly. She had fainted from the pain. The man knelt at her side. He sprang to his feet again, filled his hat at tho stream, and, returning, began sprinkling water into her face. She sighed, and at length opened her eyes. "Muriel! Muriel, dear! I have been a beast!' exclaimed the man. "Can you ever forgive me? I loved you all the while." Her lips were quivering, but more from mental than from physical pain. "You told me I was a hard, cruel woman, Arthur!" she sobbed. "I was mad. You are an angel, Muriel. Forgive me! Say that you will forgive me!" "Do you love me, Arthur? Do you really love me, after all?" Her voice was piteous. "Arthur, I couldn't live unless you loved me." Ho .had extricated her from under the animal, which now scrambled to its feet and stood looking down upon them. He raised the girl and drew her into his arms. "I love you forever and ever, dear," he said. She leaned her head upon his shoulder. Their lips met. The man took something from his pocket and slipped it back into its accustomed place. It encircled the girl's finger, and the diamond solitaire sparkled brightly. Suddenly the girl pointed Into the brush. "Look! Look, Arthur!" she exclaimed. "The little rascal! I haven't the heart to call the hounds," answered the man. And Red Fox, still untaken, loped homeward at an easy gait. Once more ho had saved that splendid fur and brush, and with his pads he delicately wiped the water from the mask which was not yet hanging in some huntsman's hall.

Corresponding Action. "The papers say the pursuing armies are sweeping through the country." "I suppose that accounts for the pursued ones dusting."

Detroit's Crime Hound Injured by False Story DETROIT, MICH. Patrolman Thomas Harper, whose police duties consist in training up Franz, the new $500 crime hound, in the way crime hounds should go, is pretty mad about some unfavorable publicity given his canine charges a few days ago. Some smart

per, his voice tremulous with indignation. "These papers go too far. They ought to be stopped. This story about Franz getting licked by an old dog, suffering from rheumatism and gout, has destroyed Franz' use ii the department. Nobody pays any attention to him any more. He's practically useless. It's a pity such a report was circulated. "All this talk about the liberty of the press is all right, but I tell you there's such a thing as going too far. I have $50 to bet that Franz can lick Bum any time he wants to. If I hadn't called Franz off the other day he would have killed Bum. Franz is the most fightingest dog I ever knew. It's a shame that such stories have to be circulated about that dog." What makes Mr. Harper mad is the fact that bums who decorate the benches in the downtown parks no longer have any respect for Franz, since reading the story of his downfall at the hands of Bum. Since Franz joined the force there have been no real criminals to pursue, but he has been practicing on the lads in the parks. They were wont to flee when they saw Franz and his trainer amble along. Now they don't move. Instead, they sit still and make remarks not at all complimentary to Franz. The other night a vagrant called Franz a piece of cheese. Another man laughed right in his face.

Chicago Epicures Feast and Ask No Questions CHICAGO The Sbuth American anteater hangs himself on a convenient limb, and with heaven's eyes looking down into his trustful face he sleeps. The snail throws the low speed clutch in his chariot and goes his silvery way. The parrakeet sighs on a South

sea island for a sailor to come along and give him lessons in swearing, and the hyena laughs the low, mocking laugh of the villain with the girl in his power. Happy folk! But they had better have a care, or commingled in an odorous "mulligan" they may go slinking over the palates of Chicago's superepicures to meet the fierce pancreatic juices of the land of the stomachache

far below. For "ze epicure's palate, eet has no eye, eet knows no country, and eet's conscien' been dead for long time," as any French chef will tell you. And the physicians and surgeons' branch of the Chicago Athletic asso

ciation prides itself on having just that kind of a palate speaking collectively. Its members are the cosmopolites of the banquet board. This gourmands' society meets every Wednesday at the Chicago Athletic association, and the members take turns in playing host. The object is to provide the most daring dish. Dr. William L. Baum has so far taken the palm with a wild boar from the Mazurian lake districts. Among other dishes have been: Bear, beaver, English pheasant, wild goose, ostrich, quail, turkej', groundhog, crayfish. But this is just a starter. The feasters' club proposes to bring every soft of eaible animal, fish and fowl to its board during the years that indigestion spares the members to this world.

New York Adopts Startling Safety First Scheme NEW YORK. "Safety First" is a grand motto, but sometimes it produces somewhat startling effects. Especially true is this in the well-meant efforts to persuade the public that the place to cross the street is the crossing and not in the middle of the block,

has been decided to do something that would hit the eye most effectively. It has been accomplished. Early-morning pedestrians crossing Fifth avenue and Thirty-fourth street and other places where the scheme wras put into effect were startled at seeing a series of "gory footsteps" across all four crossings. It looked as though some band of murderers hud been running a race around the four corners of the intersection of the streets. By noon the traffic policeman had explained about 500,000 times that the footprints did not mean that there had been any especially sanguinary doings thereabouts, but that the footprints were only marked out in red paint to show the course which should be taken by pedestrians. Outside the path of red footprints there are lines to show where automobiles must halt and on each sidewalk opposite the crossings is the legend painted in tall, red letters, "cross here."

Exciting Rescue of a Pig in Baltimore Harbor BALTIMORE. A half-grown pig, otherwise known as a shoat, a free lance on board the British steamship Astoria, which sailed from this port coal laden for Taranto, Italy, caused a considerable commotion on board the vessel off Smith point by jumping overboard.

There was a thick fog prevailing at the time when the pig took the notion to jump overboard. The loss of the pig, in a way, was a serious one, for it meant there would be no fresh pork to serve the officers' mess on the trip across the Atlantic, When the pig jumped overboard there was temporary consternation on the ship. Signals were sent from the navigating bridge to the

chief engineer to stop and reverse his engine. While that was being done a volunteer crew of seamen, under the direction of the chief boatswain, lowered a lifeboat By that time the vessel's headway had been stopped. The ship was then turned around and headed directly back. After a little while the head of the porker was seen from the navigation bridge and,, guided by the officers on the ship, the rescue crew soon got their boat alongside piggy and he was lifted on board.

The ship was again stopped while ing party with their prize were soon proceeded on its voyage. Piggy's

baring the run of the deck he wp.s confined to his regular domicile.

reporter wrote a piece about Bum, the decrepit old favorite of central precinct, rising in his dotage, leaping on Franz and smiting him, snoot and paw. The reporter intimated that Bum ought to be muzzled, or he would use Franz as a cereal some morning. And the editor put it right in the paper. "It's not Bum, but the press, that ought to be muzzled," quoth Mr. Har

fOF ODD about a quarter of an inch in front of an automobile. At various danger points there have appeared whitewashed lines from curb to curb, giving the intersection of the streets an appearance somewhat reminiscent of a tennis court. These were supposed to guide pedestrians across in safety. The public did not respond quickly enough to this educational measure and so it the boat came alongside and the rescu taken on board, after which the Astoria freedom was canceled and instead of

RIGHTS OF WORKER

Review of Court Decisions Affecting Labor Issued. Workmen's Compensation Laws Form Largest Group of Cases Railroad Employment in Different Phases Another Important Class. The United States bureau of labor statistics has just issued its annual review of court decisions affecting labor as its Bulletin No. 169. Approximately 265 decisions are summarized, dealing with the application and construction of the laws, or with the application of the principles of the common law to the rights and relations of the worker. Decisions of outstanding importance which are reviewed in this bulletin include the final opinions of the appellate and Supreme courts of the United States in the famous Danbury Hatters' case, holding members of unions personally liable for damage from boycotts; the dissolution of the famous injunction in the case of John Mitchell against the Hitchman Coal and Coke company of West Virginia, and holding labor unions legal; and the Supreme court's opinion in the Coppage case, overthrowing the law of Kansas, which undertook to protect workmen in their membership in labor organizations. In the last named case the dissenting opinion, which defended the constitutionality of the act, is also given. The largest group of cases on a single subject is that relating to the new form of legislation known as workmen's compensation laws. The decisions on this subject range from questions of constitutionality, decided adversely in the case of the Kentucky statute and favorably in other state courts, to the determination of definitions or of single points of dispute. In considering occupational diseases, for instance, the Massachusetts courts hold lead-poisoning to be within the state act providing for compensation for "personal injuries arising out of and in the course of employment," while the Michigan courts, under the provisions of a state law similarly expressed, hold that a case of lead poisoning is not entitled to compensation. An optic neuritis, induced by inhaling poisonous gases, was also compensated in Massachusetts, while in New Jersey the court disallowed a claim on account of eczema said to be caused by acids used in a bleachery. Other decisions relate to the mode of computing benefits, the definition of the term "casual employment," what constitutes depend ency, wilful act, incapacity, etc. Another important group of deci sions in a related field is of those de termining the application of the fed eral liability statute to different classes of railroad employments. Sev eral cases are found which turn on the nature of the employment of the injured person, i. e., whether in in terstate commerce or not. The courts are not uniform in their construction of this statute, but among the employments found to be within the act were those of a blacksmith repairing cars used in interstate commerce, a telegraph lineman engaged in repair work, workmen installing block signal systems, a carpenter building an addition to a freight shed, a laborer carrying coal to heat a shop In which interstate cars were being repaired, etc. Employments which according to the decisions were excluded were workmen constructing cut-offs for shortening interstate trackage, a hostler killed by the explosion of the boiler of a locomotive wfeose last run was interstate, and a switch engine fireman who was at the moment handling only interstate cars, though his work regularly involved the handling of both classes of commerce indiscriminately. Other classes of federal laws that received considerable attention in the court decisions are those limiting the hours of service of railroad employee's, and requiring the supply and maintenance of safety appliances. Other interesting cases are one that grew out of the textile workers' strike in Massachusetts, in which the accountability of collectors of a fund intended for the relief of strikers' families was affirmed; one connected with the bridge workers campaign against nonunion employers, involving the transportation of explosives in interstate trains; a murder trial growing out of the incitement of a strike leader urging his followers to prevent arrests in the hop pickers' strike in California; and a question of the validity of a sentence of a military court during the disturbances among the miners of Silver Bow county, Montana. The power of an employers' association to enforce its rules is maintained in a case in which such an association was held by the court to be entitled to recover from one of its members the sum of $5,000 as damages for his defection in a struggle against closed shop contracts. In connection with this may be mentioned a case deciding tho illegality of a combination in restraint of trade undertaken and carried on by an association of retail lumber dealers by blacklisting wholesale dealers who sold directly to the consumer. The minimum wage law of Oregon is noted in this bulletin as the first law of this class to receive judicial consideration, being upheld by the supreme court of that state. From this decision an appeal has since been taken.

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