THE WASHINGTON HERALD SUNDAY DECEMBER 2 1900fuITiii

I WILD FOWL DOOMEDOUR JHE GOVERNMENT SOUNDS A WARNING1 NOTE of serious warning

is sounded by the UnitedStates Agricultural Depart-

ment regarding the threatened ex-

tinction of wild water fowl that notso many years ago swarmed overthe entire country in vast numbers-

It was not until comparativelyrecent times states the warningthat the tremendous increase lof

population and the constantly

and of market gunners togetherwith the invention of that potentengine of destruction the breechloading gun have had their logicaleffect in greatly diminishing thenumbers of the fowl and in practically exterminating not a few spe-

cies

As a result of present conditionsthe once numerous wood duck itmay be cited as an example is

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books or by tradition the regalcanvasback and the lordly redheadformerly so common along the Atlantic coast are now exceedinglyscarce The great flocks that formerly covered Chesapeake Bay areof the past a few still winter on thecoast of the Carolinas

Other species arc fast disappearsing and in time it is feared thatmost of the splendid water fowl ofAmerica will have joined the buf-

falo in the realm of tradition

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So rapidly are some species diminish-ing In numbers in Certain States

the Agricultural Department bulletin that the market supply Is alreadythreatened and Minnesota has found Itnecessary to pass laws prohibiting notoaly the export of ducks but even theirsale within tile State limits

Such radical legislation in a Statewhere only a few years ago water fowlabounded on every lake and waterwayreveals how imminent is the danger andhow pressing the value and importanceof prohibitive laws

Department experts are of opinion thatthe enforcement of moderately stringentprotective laws and the establishment ofpreserves In the State where water fowlcan be sure of shelter and safety willnot only avert the threatened extinction-of certain species but in the increase ofall water fowl to a point somewherenear the recent abundance

Protective laws are needed to shortenthe open season to prohibit spring shoot-Ing when the birds are matins and pre-paring to nest and to eliminate the

methods of huntingSome recent experiments in protection

have furnished striking evidences of itsvalue In the San Luis Colo protection afforded ducks about an artificialpond fed by an artesian well baa causedthe birds to resort to the pond ta in-

creasing numbers each winterNo hunting is allowed within a mile of

the town of Palm Beach Fla In conse-quence ducks there are so tame that

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they will approach within a few feet ofa person for food although outside themile limit co wild that it is dlfrftcult to get within gunshot of them

A local law prohibits spring shooting InJefferson County New York As a re-

sult several varieties of ducks remainthere to neat that formerly went muchfarther north to lay their eggs

Of sixtyfour species and subspecies ofducks geese and swan which abide inNorth America north of Mexico twentyfour breed in the United States Themost important of these are the woodduck mallard black duck teal canvas-back redhead and the Canada goose

Others that breed regularly end com-monly in this country are the Americanand the hooded merganser gadwell bald

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batUefletds He glanced again at the cor-respondent but as they continued tostare resolutely at the dark mountainshe turned and walked abruptly into thehotelBoys

exclaimed Barton Its toughYes damned tough sliM HobartKing hummer who was with them

maintained a stony silenceAn hour later the valet of the Hon Her-

bert Henry Heathcote a smooth trimyoung Englishman arrived in Red Cloudand never before in his vassal life had hebeen a person of so much importanceThe news had been spread in Red Cloudthat a rare specimen was coming a kind

I hitherto unknown in those regions Whenwas his name alighted from

Western night a crowd of tanned tailmen was packed closely about himwatching every movement that he madeHarley saw him glance fearfully atdark throng but no one said a word Ashe moved toward the hotel a valise ineach hand the way opened before himbut the crowd arranging Itself in a solidmass behind him followed still silentuntil he reached the shelter of the build-ing and the protecting wing of his masterThen it dispersed in an orderly mannerbut the only subject of conversation inRed Cloud was the Hon Herbert HenryHeathcote and his man especially the

manAt the appointed hour the candidate

spoke from a stage in the public squareand it would not be fair to say that hisaddress fell flat but for the first time Inthe long campaign Harley noticed a cer-tain coldness on the part of the audience-a sense of aloofness as if Jimmy Graywere not one of them but a stranger inthe town whom they must treat decentlyalthough they might not approve of himor his ways And Harley did not have toseek the cause for there at corner ofthe stage sat a dominating presence theHon Herbert Henry Heathcote his neckencircled by a very high collar his trous-ers turned up at the bottom and hiswhite spats bleaming through the darkness More eyes were upon him thanupon the candidate but Mr Heathcotewas not daunted His own gaze as itswept the audience was at times disapproving and at other times condescending

About the middle of the speech thenight as usual grew chilly and MrHeathcotes man stepping upon thestage assisted him on with a light overcoat A gasp went up from the crowdand the candidate stopping looked backand saw the cause Again that shadowcame over his face but in a moment herecovered himself and went on as if therehad been no interruption When thespeech was finished Mr Heathcote stood amoment by the table at which Harley wasstill writing and said

I think you and your associates shouldleave out of your report that part aboutour foregin relations However well

in the West I doubt whether Itwould have a very good effect In theEast

But he said It exclaimed Harleylooking up in surprise

Quite true but there should be a cer-tain reserve on the part of the pressThese expressions have about them atrace of rawness perhaps inseparablefrom a man like our nominee who is theproduct of Western conditions I trustthat I shall be able to correct this unfor-tunate tendency

Harley was burning with anger but thelong practice of selfcontrol enabled himto hide it He did not reply but resumedhis work Mr Heathcote spoke to himagain but Harley his head bent overhis pad went on with his writing Nordid any of the other correspondentsspeak The committeeman astonishedand indignant left the stage and followed by his men returned to the

between two silent flies of spectatorsExperience number one was the only

comment o the correspondents and itcame from Barton

When Harley went into the hotel hesaw Jimmy Grayson leaning against theclerks desk as if he were waiting forsomething He glanced at Harley andthere was a tinge of reproach in his lookHarleys resolution faltered but It wasonly for a moment and then taking hiskey from the clerk he went in silenceto his room He understood the position-of Jimmy Grayson he knew how muchthe party was indebted to Mr Heathcotefor payment of the campaigns necessaryexpenses but he was determined to carryout his plan which he believed wouldSucceed

But there was one man in Jimmy Graysons group to whom the appearance ofMr Heathcote was welcome and thiswas Churchill who was sure that herecognized in him a kindred spirit Hesent a long dispatch to the Monitor tell

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pate green and cinnamonteal shoveler pintail lessor scaup ringnecked duck ruddy duck and whitechecked goose

Causes of the DiminutionWhat lias caused such a diminution of

the numbers of wild water fowl of lateyears W Cooke of the Biologi-cal Survey of the Agricultural Depart-ment assorts that the principal causeshave been market hunting spring shoot-ing and destruction of the breedinggrounds for farming purposes

The prairie of central Can-ada comprising large portions of Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta aro theducks paradise states Mr Cooke

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THEA Political Romance c by SoB By Joseph A Altsheler

CANDIDATElees H2r

SYAOFSIS PRECEDING CHAPTERS

Jimmy Qrsysoa tfc aarlc hone of a national eonT ntioo is MwiMUd for tbe PneHdmcr Harley thettnr pondent of the New York Uasette is the tintto tell the csswttdalc the good lIe accMBpaafca-

tlic irarsMS to their Western home ad MeetsSylvia Moqan from Idafeo The

tro are HNKwattjr attiacUd though they Me criticalof each other fluky together with other cone

fhirago where the eM painB open OB the iright

throws her aiw about Jraysons andVias UM Harieys frown of dteopptoral

served hy Sylvia OB the Mtewisg ssswteg farIvy find the imMent gtertagly Htastraud atthe yellow jonmak and Sylvia named as Gray

sons Keria the beautiful JWWG girl who tar-

nishes Wester ire Inc his speeches ChorchiUc-

orrcstMMdeBt of the Monitor New Yorks yvlloWjournal allies UasseK with a party of Swwefcfswho kline Unyeon to Milwaukee and by proc-

ess of aU ry tadwee Churchill te start aa op-

lx iUe BMfmaent through Ms dispatchoc Kteg-

IlnBHBer a political ewer is the West aiBultimillhinHlre appears OB the Uarkrliens Mon to be Sylvias wade bet thathe is her guardian and betrothed Mrs Graynarelates to Harley bow SliMs pr Mc were aas-

Mcred on the slain aM she as a yoosc ehfldwas found and adopted by Itmaner who is thirtyyears her se tor During rhtmaers heist stay inMilwaukee Syria sterna depressed and upon hhdeparture she is feverishly say and atmsated-riuauaer is discussed with enthuriaia by the haytorn and the candidate points out to Harley thenecessity of retaining his friendship to which HarIcy arees

Churchills dispatches are read to the Graysonby Dobart a newspaper nam The dectak-

wi reached to ignore them Sylvia preeaises to winover ChurchilL The campaign matinees trinwph-antlv and one of the mpiates Goodnight departsleaving Crayon to look after the Moneyed Interestof the party and keep an eye OB ChurchilL Ptaaleer writes Sylvia urging marriage Before MrsUrajsoB and Sylvia return to the West Harley asksand receives permission to write to Sylvia Ilkletters ate long and iaterestme her replies heistbut beautiful and Harley preserves them Thecampaign reaches its end in the East and Graysons party crosses the Mississippi and Missouri latea more doubtful ftdd

Tbe triwaph of the candidates oratory is readiedat Weeping Water where Urayson after riding 4Wmiles and making 23 speeches Holds an audiencecpellbound from midnight until 3 ta the morainewhile t blizzard is raging lie does this upon lIar

request to detain one unlucky native whotaking a train for the Coast te desertion of

his wife attd home Harley has wired the wifeShe arrives on time and the two are recon-

ciled The next day Mrs Grayson and Sylvia jointhe party The former observing Sylvias increasinginterest in Harley suraBwas Plnmmer whose reap-pearance further embarrasses the girl Mrs Graysocwarns PittBuaer against rivals

Driving over the piston the candidate Ilarieyand the driver are lost ansi seek shelter in a lonelyhtrase where a tr swdj nncartbed by is mJT way A Kentucky feud wrriroc andf ticealed in the cellar a youth of the rival factionwhose meeting with the formers daughter has beendiscovered Harley and Grmyson send their driverunder rarer of night to the nearest settlement for aclrgyman Tbe liberate the pi fawner and atbreakfast the following morning Graysoas rioVience is again brought into play to hold the oMnuns attention white the marriage of the lovers isconsummated in the parlor Under Grsysoas in-

fluence they are forgiven and pence prevailsThe following day finds this candidates party re

Phtffimer witnesses Sylvias warn welcomeand isbronght to realise his ass He

requests Sylvia to reeve calling him DaddyHeatbcoU arrives from the East having been ap-pointed com raittt croon from bis State because ofhis wealth He te just back from Europe andtravels with a valet lie assumes Bwnagenwnt ofGra3ons campaign and even denim entrance intothe candidates room to Harley The clemens of theColorado town and the newspaper corrocpeitdentabold an indignation meeting sad Harley BMns outa line of action to meet the situation

CHAPTER XlContinued

The shaggy mountains in deepshadow and the sunset was creeping

j the when Jimmy Grayson came outon where the correspondentyet sat Harley at noticed a signif-icant change in his appearance he look-ed troubled Before if he was troubledhe always hid it and turned a calm eyeto every issue but this evening therewas something new and extraordinaryabout Jimmy Grayson he was ashamedand apologetic obviously so and Harleyfelt a thrill of pits that a man so intense-ly proud under all his democracy or per

of it should be intoIn which he must

ingly at least untrue to himselfThe candidate hesitated and glanced at

the correspondents his comrades of many-a long day as if he expected them to askhim questions but no one spoke Thesinking sun dropped behind the moun-tains end the following shadow also layacross Jimmy Graysons face He wasthe nominee of a great party for President of the United but wasa heart in him and whohad gone with him through good tInesand bed times through weary and

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lag of the very beneficial effect the com-mit teamans presence already exercisedupon the campaign particularly the new

of dignity that h had given to itcultivated Mr Heathcote and

willing to furnish him deferential

special to leave earlythe next the northern pertof the State they ate breakfast in a dimdawn with only the rim ofshowing over the Eastern mountains MrHeathcote came in late and found every

occupied No one moved or wokJimmy Grayaon looked eta

barramed and said in a propitiatorytone to the proprietor who stood near thewindow

Cant you flx a place for Mr Heath

Oh I I kin bring in a little tablefrom the kitchen replied Dill Jeffreysnegligently but hell have tothat train goes in Icon than ten

The table was brought in and MrHeathcote ate more quickly then ever

in his life although he found timefor caustic criticism of the hotel ac-commodations in Red Cloud Just as heput down his halfemptied coffeecup the

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ahead of time said Bartona lively fellow said HobarL I

was up early and he told me he wasntto wait a single minute even if he

a Presidential nominee aboardThe eyes of Barton and Hobart met and

Barton understoodWed better run for it said Barton

and they hurried to the train Mr Heathcote borne on in the press As they set-tled into their seats Barton pointed outof the window and cried LookThe man is about to get left

John a valise in one hand and a hatbox in the other was rushing for thetrain which had already begun to moveBut the conductor reached down thesteps grasped him by the collar anddragged him baggage and all aboardJohn appeared humbly before his masterwho was silent however merely wavinghim to a seat Mr Heathcote was ap-

parently Indignant about something Byand by he stated that his valet had beenforced to leave Red Cloud without anything to eat Nobody had looked afterthe man and he could not understandsuch neglect He would like to have aporter bring him something Old SenatorCurtis who was with them spoke upfrom a full heartHell have to go hungry Theres no

dlnlngcar on this tJn and he cant geta bite even for a Bagful of money tillwe get to Willow Grange at 2 oclock thisafternoon

The senator was not excessively politeand Mr Heathcote opened his mouth as ifto speak but changing his mind closed-it He glanced at Jimmy Grayson wholooked troubled although he also main-tained silence Neither wouldelse speak but every one was takingnotice Harley in his heart felt sorry forthe poor valet who seemed to be an Inoffensive fellow suited to his humbletrade but a political campaign in theRocky Mountain West was no place forhim he must take what circumstancesdealt out to him

The committeeman presently recoveredhis sense of his own worth and dignityand spoke In a large manner of the plansthat he would take to raise the tone ofthe campaign The candidate still lookedtroubled and made no comment Thelocal public men the correspondents andall on the little train were silent staringojit of the windows apparently engrossed-in the scenery which was now becominggrand and beautiful Ridge rose aboveridge and afar the peaks clad In eter-nal snow looked down like heavens silentsentinels

Mr Heathcote was very courteous toMrs Grayson but at first he scarcely no-ticed Sylvia although little later heexpressed admiration for her beautydoubting however that he would findher the possessor of an uncultivatedmind

Toward the noon hour a tragic dis-covery wns made After the candidateslast speech In the evening the trainwould leave Immediately for Utah andall continuing on the way must sleepaboard Room had been found In somemanner for Mr Heathcote but everyother berth upper and lower had beenassigned long there was nothingleft for his man Rut Mr Heathcote

not to be trampled upon went In astate of high indignation to the conductor-

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ed region extends to the northeasternpart of Montana the northern half of

North Dakota and the northwesterncorner of Minnesota The whole vast re-

gion crowded with lakes pondssloughs and marshes that furnish idealnesting conditions and unlimited food

Forty years ago every available Bookwas crowded with water fowl and thewhole region 2M mile wide bywas a great breeding csMony aiMinwn-l ered Its inhabitants y hundreds of

thousandla Sontkcrit Wisconsin for example

ia 11 every pond hole and every dampdepression had It brood of young ducks

there aint any to bd besidescordta to train rules that dogs an altsuchlike should travel in the baggagecarMr Heathcote refused to speak againto web a man and complained to thecandidate But Jimmy Gwyson could donothing

TIlts train on which we are Ispaid for Jointly by the committeemen ofColorado Utah and Iwo he said wadI have nothing to do with arrange-ments I should not Wee to attempt In

terferenceMr Heatncote looked at old Senator

Curtis who to be in charge butapprehending a blow to his dignity heretrained front pressing the point andthe lackey slept that night as well as hecould on a seat la the smokingcar

fr days which were passedchiefly in Utah were full of cotor andevents Ufe became very strenuous forthe Honorable Herbert Henry HeathcoteHe learned bow to take Ms meals on thewing as it were to run for trains tosnatch two house sleep anywhere be-

tween midnight and morning and to bejostled by rude crowds that failed torecognis his superiority The fullbackedlight overcoat during Its brief existencethe focus of so much attention was lostin a dinner rush and never reappearedBut above all Mr Hemtbcote had uponhis hands the care of the helpless miserable lackey and never did a sick babyrequire more attention John was lostamid his strange and terrible surround-ing At mountain towns crowds ofboys and sometimes men would sur-

round him and Jeer his peculiar ap-

pearance and his master would be com-pelled to forcibly to his Henever learned how to run for the carwith his arms full of baggage and onceboarding a wrong train ln was run offon a branch full fifty miles Hewas rescued only after infinite telegraph-ing and two days titus when he reap-peared crestfallen and terrified

And there was troubleplenty of itaboard tb train There was never aberth for the brickey who was relegatedpermanently to the smokingcar MrHeathcote himself uometim had tofight and intrigue for one andoften he failed to get breakfast or dinnerthrough false information or the care-lessness of somebody He made full ac-

quaintance with the pangs of hunger andmany a time when every nerve in himcalled for sleep there was no place to layhis weary head

Now the iron entered the soul of theHonorable Herbert sad he became asoured and disappointed man but hestuck gravely to his cnosen task Haricy despite his dislike could not keepfrom admiring his tenacity Nobody ex

the candidate paid the slightest at-tention to him even Sylvia and MrsGrayson igmjred him if he made sugges-tions nobody said anything to the contrary but they were never adopted andMr Heathcote noticed too that theothers seemed to be enduring the lifeeasily while It was altogether too fullfor him If there was any angle he

somehow to knock against it andif there was any pitfall it was he whofell Into It But he gave no ign of returning to the East and his misfortunescontinued From time to time they gotcopies of the Western papers containingLull of Jimmy Graysons canvassand none of them except the Monitorever spoke flatteringly of the HonorableHerbert or his efforts to put the cmpalgn on a higher plane

Churchill spoke once to the group ofcorrespondents and politicians about thelack of deference paid to the committeeman but he was invited so feelingly toattend to his own business that he neveragain risked It However he said in hisdispatches to the Monitor that even MrHeathcotes efforts could not keep thecampaign on a dignified level

At last on one dreadful day they lostthe lackey again and this time there wasno hope of recovery He had been seenhis hands full of baggage running forthe wrong train and when they heardfrom him he was far down in Coloradotranded and there was no possiblechance for him to overtake the specialAccordingly his master acting underexpert advice telegraphed him moneyand a ticket and ordered him back to NewYork When the news was taken to thecandidate Harley saw an obvious look ofrelief on his face That valet had been aterrible weight upon the campaign andnone knew It better than Jimmy Grayson

Mr Heathcote now became morose andsilent Much of his lofty and patronizing-air disappeared although the desire to instruct would crop out at times Usually-he was watchful and suspicious but thestruggle for broad and a place to sleepnecessarily consumed a large portion ofhis energies As time dragged on hismanner became that of one hunted butdoggedly enduring nevertheless Thecandidate always spoke to him courteously whenever he had a chance butthen there was little time for conversation as the campaign was now hot andfast Mr Heathcote was in fact a manalone in the world and outlawed tooThe weight upon him grew heavier andheavier as his became thornier andthornier the angles the corners and thepitfalls seemed to multiply and alwayshe was the victim Jimmy Grayson looked now and then as if he would like to

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ing of the region changed from grainraising to dairying the marshes weredrained the former duck nurseries

grazing grounds and duck huntingthere was a thing of the peat

And so the story goes of the breaking-up of the ducks Western borne In 157there were twelve species of ducks breed-

ing commonly in Northwestern Illinoisa brood of young ducks there now isvery rare

In 19S fourteen species bred near ClearLake Iowa awl sixteen species at HeronLake Mian Scarcely any may be foundat those places now Thicker settle

interfere but there was no way for himto interfere nor any one with whom becould Interfere

Mr Heatbcote still clung bravely tosome portions of his glorious wardrobe

white spats he yet sported in theface of a befttgerent Western democracyand he paid the full price Harley

this merit In him aid onceor twice when committeeman amidthe of the ribald crowd turn-ed a pathetic look upon him was moved to pity and a desire to help buttest feeling he resolutely crushed andheld on his way

The campaign swung farther westwardand northward and into a primitive wil-

derness where the audiences were com-posed solely of miners and cowboys OldSenator Curtis and several other of theColorado men were still with them andone night they spoke at a mining hamlet-on Ute slope of a mountain that shot tenthousand feet above them The candidate-wa in great form and made one of Idabest speeches amid roars of applauseThe audience was so welt pleased that itwould not disperse be finished andwished vociferously to know if there werenot another spellbinder on the stageThen Ut spirit of mischief entered thesoul of Hobart

The Honorable Herbert sat at the cornerof the stage the white sputa still gleam-ing defiance his whole appearance de-spite recent modifications showing that hewas a strange bird in a strange landHobart constituted himself chairman forthe moment and pointing to Mr Heathcote said

Gentlemen one of the ablest mostfamous of our national ctfmmitteefAen isupon the stage sad lie will be glad to ad-

dress youThe audience cheered half in expecta-

tion and half in derision but the Hon-orable Herbert who had never made aspeech in hL life rose to the cry Hisfigure straightened up there was a newlight In his eye cad Harley startled didnot know Mr Heatbcote As be advanced-to the edge of the stage the shouts of de-rision overcame those of expectationHarley heard the words Dude Ten-derfoot mingled with the riles but theHonorable Herbert gave no sign that heheard He reached the edge of the stagewaved his hand and then there wassilence

Friends he said I call you suchthough you have not received me in afriendly manner

The crowd breathed hard ansi some oneuttered a threat but another men com-manded silence Give him a chance liesaid

Yoy have not received me in a friendlymanner resumed the Honorable Her-bert hut I am your friend and I amresolved that you shall be mine I cannotmake a speech to you but I will tell youa story which perhaps will serve as well

Go on with the story said the mendoubtfully On the stage there was ageneral wakingup Correspondents andpoliticians alike recognized the HonorableHerberts new manner and they bent for-ward with interest

My story said Mr Heathcote Is of aman who had a fond and perhaps toogenerous father This father hind sufferedgreat Hardships and he wished to savehis son front them What more naturalBut perhaps in his tenderness he did theson a wrong So this son grew up notseeing the rough side of life and findingall things easy He lived in a part of thecountry that is old and rich where whatIs called necessity you call luxury Heknew nothing of the world except thatportion of it to which he was used Whatmore natural Is not that human natureeverywhere He saw himself petted andadmired and In the course of time he felthimself a person of importance Is notthat natural too

He paused and looked over thin audi-ence which was silent and attentive heldby the Interest of something unusual andthe deep almost painful earnestness ofMr Heathcotes manner

Whats he coming to whisperedHobnrt

I dont know wait and see repliedHarloy

Thus the grew up to know only alittle world the Honorable Herbert wenton and he did not know how little itwas He was like a prisoner in a

room who sees snow andstorm that cannot touch him but who isa prisoner nevertheless Those whom hemet and with whom he lived his dailylife were like him and they thought theywere the heart of this world Everythingabout them was golden they saw thatpeople wished to hear of them to read ofthorn to know all that they did and viewof their Importance grew every day Whatmore natural Was not that humannature

I think I see which way he Is goingwhispered Hobart

Harley nodded The audience was stilland Intent hanging on the words of thespeaker

This youth continued Mr Heathcotewas sent byandby to Europe to have

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mont of the country and more determuted onslaughts on the birds have driv-

en them awayTime was within the memory of even

comparatively young hunters when thevarious Indentations along the Atlanticcoast were crowded with ducks geese

and swan In season The ChesapeakeBay In particular was a hunters para-

dise and royal sport could always beexpected there each fall and winter

The Atlantic coast front theBay to South Carolina is es-

pecially favorable as a winter home fordecks states Mr Cookos bulletin and

until recent years countless flocksswarmed this district

Northeastern North America east ofHudson Bay harbors only a small num-

ber of ducks In summer They preferthe marshes lakes and streams of thedistricts west of Hudson Bay and thegreat bulk of North American ducksbreed there

Thus there are two great districtsono suitable for a summer home and theOther for winter and the migration routebetween them is nearly northwest andaad southeast between Chesapeake Bay

Great Slave LakeTfcwd have been many Illustrations to

peeve that if protected a number ofspecies that formerly roared their young

ln the United States but were drivenaway by Persecution would return andreoccupy old breeding grounds

The constant harassing and attackingof the migratory birds however is noworse than organized raids that are madeon their nests in the far North for thecapture of eggs

There is no nobler game bird than thecanvasback duck Once it was commonly seen on the dinner tables of dwellersalong Chesapeake Bay and other Inletsalong the Atlantic coast now It IB some-

thing reserved for the wealthy and Isalmost in the cites of the diamondbackterrapin

Discouraged perhaps the terrificwarfare upon thorn most of these birds

more than before and Ute great chang-ing world with its mighty tides andstorms that flowed about his little groupleaving It untouched was yet unknown to

himHe came back to his own country andthe strong father who had sheltereddied He was nlled with an ambition tobe a political power as his father bedbeen and the dead hand brought him theeplace Then he came into the West toJoin in a great political campaign but Itwas his first real excursion into the realworld and his ignorance was heavy uponhimA

deep Ah ran through the crowdand Harley noticed a sudden look of respqct upon UH brown faces They werebeginning to see where the thread of thestory would lead Then Harley glanced-at old Senator Curtis whose lips movodtremulously for a moment King 1 Plummer was regarding the commltteemanwith astonished interest

This man I rej eat continued MrHeathcote came West with his Ignor-ance I might almost SAy with his sinsheavy upon him but it was not his faultit was the rather of circumstancesHe seemed a strange a grotesque Igureto these people of the West but theyshould not have forgotten that they alsoseemed strange to him It has been saidthat it takes many kinds of people tomake a world and they cannot all bealike One point of view may differ fromanother point of view and both may beright If this man did anything wrongMild he admits that he did it inignorance There were some with himwho knew both points of view who mighthave helped him but who did not In-

stead they made life hard they putcountless difficulties in his way theymade him feel very wretched very meanand very little He saw the other pointof view at last but he was not permitted-to show that he saw It he was put insuch a position that his pride would notlet him

The crowd suddenly burst into cheersThe keen Western men understood andthe mountainslope gave back the echo

Hurrah for Heathcote The HonorableHerberts figure swelled and his eyesflashed Grateful water was taPing atlast on the parched desert sands

But friends he continued this manthough his lesson has been rough comesto you with no resentment He has brokenthe bars of his prison he Is in the realworld at last and he comes to you askingto be one of you to give and take withthe crowd Will you have him

Yes a chorus of a thousand voicesroared against the side of the mountainand came back in a thunderous echo

Old Senator Curtis sprang to his feetseized Mr Heathcote by the hand andshouted

Gentlemen I too need to apologizeand also I want to introduce to you a realman Mr Herbert Henry Hgathcote

said King Plummet In his big boomlug tonesJimmy Grayson on the outskirts of thecrowd returning to lertrn what the noiseabout saw and heard all and mur-

mured to a friendThere is now a new member of ourgroup and all is well again

TO BE CONTINUED NEXT SUNDAY

A SPECTACULAR AMBASSADOR

Wliltelaw Reid Cutting a WideSwath in EiiKlInlt Royal Society

From the Milwaukee SentinelAmbassador Whitelaw Reid easily the

most opulent and sumptuous personagein that line ever exhibited by this repub-lic is setting a hot and doubtless wildlyImpossible pace socially for his futuresuccessors at the court of St James

Mr Reid has string of palatialabodes the rental alone of one of whichDorchester house Is equal to his Am-bassadorial salary His latest additionto his personal retinue Is a controller ofthe household a functionary hithertoregarded its pertaining only to royaltyBut Mr has the price and if roy-alty thinks It can outclass or outshinehim in anything that cash can buy ortake why royalty is going to get left Weexpect that his controller of the house-hold is a strictly bungup article wellbred wellgroomed wellborn welltailored at all purehaseablft points equal toKing Edwards and indeed the dispatchgratifyingly describes him as a formerofficer In the crack Grenadier Guards a

member of the Marlborough Club andpersona grata at court

The prodigious swath cut socially byMr Reid may compensate In part for thefact that the swath he cuts otherwise Isless Impressive than that of some of hispredecessors OC course it conies highfor Mr Reid who pays the freight butfortunately for his successors it is mainly a matter of personal taste and prefer-ence with him and we dont have tohave It

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now nest and rear their young Indistrict of Canada Just east of the RockyMountains The eastern edge of the regular summer home of this fowl la nowmore than a thousand miles west of theChesapeake Bay once Its favorite win-

ter resort North of Long Island thecanvasback Is rare

Canvn bacl Driven to Mexico

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for the survivors of the mightyto be from the Canadian

summer home downward to MexicoThe redhead next to the canvasback in

gastronomic popularity according tomany epicures has its summer hem inthe Northwest also but in Its winterrange it has clung to the Atlantic oeastmore persistently than the canva3baekThis range Is from Texas along tbe

ocean coasts to the ChesapeakeBuy

A freshwater duck is the malfevd andIt winters as far north as open fresh wa-

ter is found The greeter number spendtho winter in the southern half of theMississippi Valley and the numbers killedthere ouch year are enormous

Twelve years ago a single gunner atBig Lake Ark mallards whitethe total number shut front that sin pieceto market amounted to 12e 3

The fall slaughter of canrasbaeks redheads and other fine varieties of ducksas well as of geese and swan along theAtlantic coast and along the streamsof the Middle West has been terrific dur-

ing recent years Then when the birdsare leisurely journeying north again inthe spring to set up their summer house-keeping the same murderous onslaughtshave been trade

No wonder that the discouraged fewfesadly reduced in numbers and fearful ofevery appearance of man are sow statr

clear of their former haunts aad areseeking the few remote wildernesses thataro left to them

SNAILS CHICAGO WOMANS FAD

Her Pets Kept in a Miniature Con-

servatory at Her Home

If You Havent Eeaten a Small StewYou Have a Treat Coming Mol

lucks Are Commended

It has remained for a Chicago womanto establish the first soaMery ia theUnited States The experlmentahat insnail culture Is Mrs B Shepard Hercollection probably Is the most tfompleteof its kind in the New World The gemsare two mammoth South African speci-mens with spiral chambers almost aslarge as conch shells says the ChicagoPost

These two giant snaite which by theway are named Elizabeth cad Henrypromise to bring up an interesting familyHidden away beneath successive layers ofdamp leaves are several eggs as large asmoth balls The little prisoners will bereleased probably next May unless thetropic climate of the hothouse bringsthem out before that time

Mrs Shepard has constructed a minia-

ture conservatory for her pets and shehas adapted the temperature to theirural environment

So long as you keep them warm anddamp she said yesterday they will getalong beautifull But let the frost getin and they will hide themselves withintheir shells and sleep the deep sloop ofthe dead Just for an experiment I putone snail on ice Within a few minutes itbad drawn a membrane over the mouthof its shell as tight as a drumhead Itslept for several months without eatingor breathing but when I took it out andwarmed it ui in a moist room Mt cameto life and frisked around as gay as akitten

You can do the same thing with theeggs Snails eggs are almost

Recently by applying moisture Ihatched out one that had been laid tenyears ago and so far Mr Snail has shownno 111 effects as the result of his unjustimprisonment Think of his having wait-ed all that time to be born He certainlyought to enjoy life now that It

Although endowed with lungs andeyes At the ends of their tentacles snailsare not especially sensitive Some ofthem take on expressions almost of

when being eaten alive by birds orwoodchucks About the only thing theydo not like is salt

Mrs Shepard feeds her snails daily enlettuce leaves cabbage strawberries andmushrooms

I have only three carnivorous snails inmy collection she declared Most ofthem are strictly vegetarian

Whenever I show my family of snailsto visitors they shudder and remarkThe horrid things Now what Is there-to be afraid of in a snail These mollusks are of ancient lineage perfectly re-spectable and wellbehaved Their an-cestors wore crawling on the world whenit was covered with fern forests and theheavy fronds waved over paleozoiomarshes

Among the Remans snails wereus a table delicacy The French

and Italians also delight in them I havebeen trying to make them popular In Chi-cago but I Ssn having my troubles Tomake a snail stew you boil them In milkand add plenty of pepper nnd spices Ifyou never have eaten 3 snail stew youhave a treat still coming to you

While she has not yet begun to breedsnails for the market Mrs Shepard Iswilling to make the experiment if shecan secure enough patrons to guaranteethe success of the venture Mrs Shep-ard also has prepared a medicine shocalls sirup of snails which she claims Isinfallible In cases of lung disease

I shall have to call it by some othername she said because the publicnever would swallow this extract otsnails

The HngnenotsFrom the Chicago ReoonlHnld

A teacher in one of the Chicago schoolsrecently requested her pupils to write dsays on the Huguenots Only two paperswere returned and we have pleasure Inpresenting them here

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