CAVESSON ANDTHE CENTIPEDE WALTER L....

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CAVESSON AND THE CENTIPEDEPART 11.

CAVESSON'S BLUNDERBy GUY BOOTHBY.

Copyright, 1900, by Guy Boothby.i£v«n if Cavesson had not been anxious

to do so before, which could scarcely bedoubted, he felt doubly compelled, after Mr.Walkett's generous treatment of him, to

\u25a0 cert all his energies to effect the capture

of that notorious bushranger, the Centipede,lie had been the laughing stock of the colon-ies for too long, and to a man so proud,ridicule was worse than death. The story ofihe bogus millionaire, and the little outingwith the bank manager of Nollaba station,had been copied into ail the papers, uudCavfsson's enemies had taken excellent carethat he should see the various accounts givenof It. The government, through the commis-sion of police, had also stirred him up again,aud as a result he was nearly distracted. Onemore blunder, he knew, would spell ruin, andruin would mean a loss of Minnie Walkett,which was worse than either. But he had no;utention of making another mistake, andwhen he received a letter from the authori-ties informing him that the smartest policemagistrate in Queensland was coming intothe district to take charge, ha felt morecertain than ever on the point. Moreover,his sweetheart wrote regularly, encouraginghim In his endeavors, and, if anything elsewere wanting, this alone would have beensufficient to induce him to do his best. Hewas only waiting, he tcld her In reply to herletter, for the Centipede to show his headabove ground, then he was going to pounc«down upon him «ud annihilate him.

He gave a full morning to reflection. Onething was very certain; if he wished to keepany sort of standing In the force he mustsecure his "iiemy before the new policemagistrate should put in an appearance. Hehad heard of .Montague Hablett before, andhe had no desire to receive either his adviceor his censure. The latter had a. reputationfor keeping officers up in the collar, andhe had openly asserted in a certain metro-'polltan club, that if the government wouldonly appoint him to Mulga Flat, he wouldtall twist, the police inspector to death, andhave the Centipede in his hands inside amonth. As you will readily understand, thissort of boast was not calculated to prejudicea man like Cavesson in his favor; in con-sequence there was a bad understanding be-tween the pair before the ink had changedcolor on Che magistrate's letter of appoint-ment. Next day It was duly gazetted, andon the Thursday following Montague Hablettleft Brisbane for the west

One morning, a week or so before Hablett. was expected to arrive at Mulga Flat, a manput in an appearance in the township,mounted on a woraout horse. As soon as hehad stabled him, ha inquired the way to thepolice station, aad reaching it asked for aninterview with the inspector. He wa3 forth-with conducted Into tiiat officer's presence^.

"What do you want with me?" inquiredCavesson, who had just received his weeklymail, in which was contained an order toconfer with the newly appointed magistrateimmediately upon bis arrival in the district

The man before him mopped his face withhis handkerchief and then, without waitingto be asked, sat down beside the inspector'stable. He was a tall, 'burly fellow with askiu as brown as a berry, an honest face anda voice so deep that it seemed to come fromhis boots.

"I've come in, sir, from Bunyip's range totell you as how I fancy I can give you thestraight tip as to one of the Centipede's hid-in' places."

"The deuce you can," cried Cavesson, and,springing up, he crossed to the door andshut it carefully. "If you can do that I'llnever forget you. But don't you try anylarks with me, for, I swear, if you do, it'llbe the worst day's work you ever tried yourliand at."

"I'm not. trying to mislead you, sir; I'llgive you my word to that," said the man."I'llgive you my name and address, and youcan make inquiries about me. I've uot beeninto Mulga Flat before, but I'm well knownto a good many people who live here."

"What's your name?""Jabez Barker, sir. I've got a bit of a se-

lection out on the range yonder."Cavesson wrote the man's name and ad-

dress on a slilp of paper, and then turnedto his visitor again.

"Well, sir, to begin with, there's Mr. Mil-ler, the storkeeper down the street yonder;there's the secretary of the Pastoralists'union, and there's John Williams, as keepsthe Squatters Arms across the way. I thinkthey'll all be ready to speak for me."

"Who knows you here?"

Once more Cavesson wrote upon the paper,and, ringing his bell, told the sergeant whoanswered it to go to the different addressesand find out what the folk mentioned knewof the man in question.

As soon as the man had left the room,Cavesson turned to his informant.

"Now, then, let's hear your story," hesaid. "What information can you give methat will be likely to help us to catch thisnotorious rascal? If it is reliable, and I amsuccessful in effecting his arrest, I can prom-ise you that you will be rewarded."

"I want no reward, sir," replied the man."IfI give you the news you want, it is be-cauae I wish to rid the colony of a man whohas given so much trouble. Besides, I don'tfeel kind of safe with him close alongsideme."

"Well, sir, it was like this, you see.About a month or so ago, just before that bitof a bobberee out at Mr. Walkett's station,when you was so nicely sold by the Centipede(I don't mean no offense, sir), I was out atthe back o' my selection doing a bit o' fenc-ing with two of my boys. We were campedalongside a biggish sized waterhole, and wehad three horses with, us, not one of whichwas shod. You must remember that, sir, oryou'll miss the point of what I'm drivingat. Well, one Sunday morning after break-fast, there being, of course, no work doin",sir, I left the boys at the camp and went outtor a bit of a walk. On my way I wentround by the botton of the hills that arevery sparsely timbered with she-oaks there-abouts, with here and there a bit of raulgaat the base. Well, as I went along, sir, Ilooked about me and, to my surprise, I cameacross what was a regular hard-beaten track.I was so startled that I went down on myhands and knees and had a close look atthe prints on H. As far as I could pick out,there were the tracks of four horses, andall of 'em was shod. Now, sir, I argued itout this way: What was horsemen doin' onmy selection? There's nothing to be gainedby going that way, unless you want to getinto the ranges, and no one would have anyreason to be there unless he was in troubleand wanted to lay by for a bit When I'dgot as much out of the track as I wanted Iturned about and made my way back tothe camp, taking in the side of the water holenearest the hills on my road. Going closedown to the water's edge I had a look atthe .mud, and sure enough, It was troddendown all round by the horses that had comethere to drink."

"I see. Now tell me all you know."

"How do you know the marks were notthose of your own beasts? You say you hadthree with you."

"For the same good reason as before, sir,"the man answered; "the beasts were allshod; mine were not"

"Had you any other animals on that sideof the homestead?" '"Not a beast, sir."

"No brumb'es?" (Wild horses)."Brumbies wouldn't be shod, sir.""Of course not. Well, what did you do

then?""Only one thing, sir; but I think it's worth

considering. It was the middle of the nig-ht,after the day of that trouble at Mr. Wal-kett's. I had not been feeling quite the thingall day, and at night was very restless. Tryhow I would I could not sleep. It was fullmoon, and by pulling the flap of the tentdoor aside I could get a good view of thacountry. Well, I was lying there thinkingabout this and that, and wondering how soonour fencing Job was likely to be finished,when all of a sudden I thought I heard thesound of a horse in the distance. I listenedagain, and there tt was, sure enough, a gooddistance away to the westward. It wasgradually coming closer, till by and by itcould cot have been more than a couple ofhundred yards from %y tent door. I ha 3looked at my watch »few minutes before,and it was just after^2 o'clock. Thinkingthere must be something wrong at home, andthat the wife had sent one of the boys tofetch me, I got out of my blankets and wentto the door of the tent. There, sure enough,was a man on a gray horse, not riding to-wards me, but making for the hills. From

the way the animal .traveled,; I could see hawas wetlnigb done for. Seeing the camp tiepulled up •\u25a0 -for a moment, and then-wentslowly round the edge of the waterhole,: andafter &tv"hila \u25a0 "Disappeared in the direction 6fthe traeVl had examined a few days, before.SamffhoV*lt*'nßver entered my head to thinkof the; Centipede, not knowing about thetrouble at.Nollaba,' or thinking that he wason our aide of the country. v But the even-ing I went out. Just for, curiosity's sake, andhad a look at the soft mud at the head ofthe hole.. 1*; Sure -enough there was the trackof a horse as plain as a pike staff, and therewas \u25a0\u25a0\u25a0 one peculiar thing about it—half theshoe ,on 'the, near hind foot was .missing.Well, I thought.no more about the matterjust then, and two

_ days later, our Work be-ing done, we came back to the homestead.That ulght my good lady fell to talking aboutthe trouble at Mr. Walkers, that she'd heardabout from a teamster for the first time thatday. I listened,' 1 but I can tell " you, " sir, .' Isoon : pricked up my ears when she told methat the man had said that the horse theCentipede had stolen was a gray with a halfshoe missing. Then I began to put two andtwo together. What time would It,have beenwhen he left Nollaba station, sir?"

"Well, sir," the other continued, "here'ssomething for you to work out. It is Justforty miles across country from Nollaba Headstation to my place, and another twenty,say, out to the hills at the back; close upouaixty miles in all. Well, if he started at 8or thereabouts and rode pretty smart, sayeight miles an hour, he would be at my campabout 11. He'd be In a great hurry, of course,but I don't reckon that, taking one thingwith another, he'd do more than I'm calcu-lating. Now, sir, do you think there is any-thing in what I've told you?" ,

"A little after 3", Cavesson replied.

"It certainly sounds feasible, and I onlyhope it may lead to something. Do you thinkthey're hiding by there now?'"

"That's more than I can say, sir, havingno possible means of Judging; but I shouldthink it more than likely. I don't see whereelse they could very well go.'/

'"My good man," Cavesson" replied scoru-fuHy, "it's very evident you don't know theCentipede. He has hiding-places in everydirection, and he's in and out of them likerabbits in a burrow."

At that instant there was a knock at thedoor. Itwas the % sergeant, who had returnedwith the replies he had extracted from thevarioue people he had visited. Each one, itwas proved, was ready to bear testimony tothe excellence of Mr. Barker's character.

"Very •well," said Cavesson, when he haddismissed the officer, "I am satisfied. Thenext thing for us to do will be to get outthere as quickly as possible and endaavor toeffect a capture. Yq.u'll come with us, I sup-pose?"

"Ifyou will let me, sir," replied the otter."But, if you'li excuse me, I'll not take partin the fighting. I'm not a coward, but I'mthe father of a family, sir, and I don't seethat I could be of much assistance to you."

"I'll not ask you to fight," said Cavesson,with a smile. "I only want you to put usen the right track to.the cave, and then youcan go about your business."

"Very good, sir. In that case I'll go withyou as soon as you like. What time will yoube ready to start? I've had a good ride to-day as it is.". "Will half an hour be too soon for you?"

"If you'll lend me a horse it won't. Myown beast's done. It's close upon thirtymiles to my place, and I came in prettysmart." %

"I'll lend you a horse with pleasure. Onegood turn deserves another. In that case, Ishall expect you to return here in half auhour's time."

"I'llbe here, sir.""la the meantime, remember, not a word

about your errand to anybody. If you letfall a hint he'll hear of It, and we shall losehim, as we have done before."

When the man had left the room, Caves-sou rubbed his hands with delight. At lastthe chance had come. At last he was goingto be successful in securing his enemy. TheCentipede had not made any move for morethan a week, and the chances were a hun-dred to one that he was lying up in his cavein the Ranges, to which Barker had referred.If only he laid his plans well, he mightcatch him at last, and meet the new magis-trate with the news that he had arrived toolate to do the tail-twistLng of which he hadspoken at the -club. Then, when the outlawwas sentenced .and safely in jail, he wouldgo down to Brisbane and demand MinnieWalkett's hand lr'om her father. Fate couldLot have served him better, he felt, and ivthis bpirit he devoted himself to givlDg thenecessary orders for the expedition.

In order that no information concerning theintended raid might reach the residents,Cavesson dispatched a sergeant and threetroopers from the township by the northroad, another three by the east, Barker andhimself steering a course midway betweenthe parties. On reaching the Nollaba boun-dary fence, twenty miles out, they halted foran houi1 in order to allow the others to comeup, after which they quickened their pace,reaching Barker's homestead a little before4 o'clock.- Tien they called a halt.

As soon as it was dark they started, agaia,picking up the hills at a. point a mile or sobelow th«* water hole where the old man andhis sons ha# been camped when the formerhad sighted the .. mysterious horseman. Itwas the' inspector's intention to leave hishorses at this rendezvous in charge of oneman, and then to push on with the remain-der of his force on foot, feeling sure thatthere would be less chance of their beingobserved if they crept along the hillside thanif they tried to approach on horseback byv.-ay of the plain. It was a fine, starlightnight, and every man was eager for the fray.They had been laughed at so long that theyfully shared their leader's eagerness to vin-dicate their honor. Taking advantage ofeveTy cover, and ever on the lookout for thecave of which they had been told, they madetheir way over the hill. It was a difficultand wearisome crawl, but at the end of halfan hour it was safely accomplished, and theystood opposite their destination.

"Let every man lie down," said Cavesson,in a whisper; then turning to the sergeant,

who was beside him, he continued: "Burke,you had better come with me. And remem-ber this men, not one of you is stir hand orfoot until I return."Leaving the troopers behind them, the pair

crept forward on their hands and knees to-ward,- the little gully, the shadow of whichthey could plainly see ahead. Itwas a perfecthiding place. In shape ifresembled a punchbowl more than anything else. A high wallof rock prevented it from being seen from theplain, and it struck Cavesson that the Centi-pede's horses must be as clever as cats ifthey could climb in and out without breakingtheir necks. But though he searched the op-posite side, high and low, he could distinguishno cave. At the moment they were lying onthe side of a small cliff, and the inspectorwas In the act of turning to speak to hissubordinate, when the other touched, him onthe arm and signed to him to listen. Justbelow them, standing on the little plateauat the foot of the cliff, was a man. He waswhistling softly to himself, and Cavesson no-ticed that the air was "Kathleen Mavour-neen," a favorite of his own. Neither of themen on the cliff moved a muscle until hodisappeared into the cave once more; thenCavesson bade the other go back along thetrack they had followed to reach the placeand bring the men up.

"Don't let them make a sound, whateveryou do," he whispered, "otherwise we shalllose them, after all."

The sergeant crawled away, and Cavessonlaid himself down again to watch and formhis plan of action. Never had pretty MinnieWalkett seemed so close before. In a quarterof an hour, or even less, if things went right,he might look upon himself as a made man.

After a while he heard the sound ofstealthy footsteps behind him, and a momentor so later the sergeant of the troopers creptup and laid down beside him. By this timehis plans were made. "Burke," he whis-pered, "take three of the men with you andfollow this cliff along until it is possible toget down into the gully. 11l do the sameon the left with the remainder. When youreach the bottom creep carefully up untilyou are opposite the cave. Let your mencover the right—mine will do the same onthe left. Then we'll have them. But mind,not a sound, or we'ra done tor."

Burke and half tna force crept off to the

right on their errand, while Cavesson and hismen imitated their example ou the left. Itwas no easy matter, as they soon discovered,to reach the bottom, but when this Was onceaccomplished they nvfde ttielr way along thegully until they reached a point exactly op-posite the entrance to the mouth of a la gacave, into which the bushranger had pi \u25a0-

ceeded, half an hour or so before. A dim, uucertain light shone from th» interior of thecavern, but whether this cghie from !a. flre ortorch those outside could" not distinguish. Torush the cave would have been a most fooligh

proceeding, for who was to know whetherthose inside had not become aware, that theywere surrounded? Cavesson felt he oiust en-deavor in some way to draw the en#my out-side.

"Ifyou'll let me have a try I think I canmanage it, sir," whispered tke trooper lying*ext to him. "I cau give a call ]u#t like adiago.f and if that don't fetch somebody outI shall be very much surprised."

"Very well," answered Cavesson; '"let megat & IHtle nearer the cave, so that I mayprevent them from diving back Again, thenyou can try your power."

He left the man and hid himself behind arock beside the cave's mouth.

Next moment there went up from the gullythe most lugubrious noise that ever greetedhuman ears. It was the exact Imitation of adingo's howl. For a second or twfl all wasquiet, then it sounded again. Just as it wasbeginning for the third time the man whomCavesson and Burke had seen from the cliffabove emerged, carrying a fire stick in hishand. Not being able to see any dog, hestood uncertain how to act, then, turningon his heel, he prepared to go in again.Cavesson, however, was too quick for him,and, springing from bis hiding place, hebarred the way.

"Throw your hands up," he cried, "oryou're a dead man!" The bushranger did notknow what to do. He looked to the right andleft, only to find the carbine barrels leveledat him.

"Throw your hands up. I say!" criedCavessou. "I'll not speak again!"

Realizing that the case was hopeless, theman did as he was ordered. Burke then6prang forward and clapped a pair of hand-cuffs on his wrists.

"Sergeant, take charge of this man and seethat he does not escape. The rest of youfollow me."

The men did not need to be bidden twice,and the party passed into the cave, expe.u-ing to be received with a volley. To theirsurprise and chagrin, however, it was empty.Neither the Centipede nor any .member ofhis gang was to be seen. Cavesson couldhardly believe the evidence of his own efes.Ht> had felt so certain of effecting a capturethat the disappointment was almost morethan he could bear. But it was no use crying-over spilled milk. He had at least got oneto show for his trouble.

"Let the prisoner be brought in her%," hesaid. "I want to have a look at him."

The man was accordingly brought beforehim, and, by the light of the fire blazing atthe far end of the cave, Cavesson scrutinizedhim carefully. The fellow was none otherthan the Centipede's lieutenant.

"Where are the rest of the gang?" askedCavesson, in a tone of command.

"You don't surely suppose I am going totell you," the prisoner answered. "But I'lllet you know this much: He's where you\u25a0won't find him; not if you go on looking til!you're black in the face. You wouldn't havefound me here, only I've been ill and couldn'tjoin them this trip. Now, what are you go-ing to do with me?"

"Take you down to Mulga Flat, my friend.I suppose I'd better caution you in the usualway; not to say anything to incriminateyourself."

"You're mighty kind all of a sudden," saidthe man. "I'll take jollygood care I don'tdo that."

Cavesson turned to Burke."We'll just have to look round the cave

and then be off."Lighted by the firestick they searched the

bushrangers' rendezvous thoroughly, butnothing could they find, save a few blankets,one or two pairs of hobble straps, and amoth-eatpn pair of riding breeches.

"Nothing of any consequence," sa.d Ca-vesson. "li'is plain-they've got a biding placeelsewhere. We'll camp here to-night, and inthe morning you, Burke, can take our friendhere back to the township. I shan't feel easytill I"ye got him under lock and key. Theyremained where they were all night, and assoon as it was daylight, made their way backto the horses. Then the sergeant and two ofthe troopers went off with the prisoner for thetownship, Cavesson and the remainder mak-ing a camp for themselves in a place whencethey could watch the cave, and yet them-selves remain unseen. For four days theyguarded ft so closely that not a mouse couldhave got in without their knowing it, butwhen at the end o* that time the remainderof the gang did not put in an appearance, theinspector, gave it up as a bad Job. and setoff for M.ulga Flat to confess his failure to thenew police magistrate.

He reached the township-at 5 o'clock in the! afternoon, to" find that Mr". Hablett had ar-

' rived by coach two hours before. Whenhe had washed off the stains of his ride andchanged his-, attire, he set off for the housethat had been prepared for the'new arrival.He was shown into the study',~ahd was in-formed that the magistrate was engaged for

I a few moments, but would'sae .him the mi-i stant he was at liberty. Cav«sson was thor-| oughly prepared to dislike his superior, andi in his own mind had painted a picture of him

as a fussy little man wKb- an -overwhelmingsense of his own importance. His astonlsh-

j ment may, therefore, b* imagined, when astaid, middle-aged, military-looking man,with piercing black eyes, gray hair and care-fully trimmed mustache, entered the roomand said courteously as he proffered hishand:

"Inspector Cavesson, I believe. Let mesay how very glad I am to make your ac-quaintance."

\u25a0 ' Carried away by the charm of his manner,Cavesson shook him warmly by the hand, andtook the chair the other pushed forward for'his occupation.

"I'm afraid you've "Wen preparing your-self to dislike me," said his host after ashort pause. "I hope, now that you knowme, you will see fit to change your opinion.I don't think I am quite as black as I havebeen painted. By.the by, let me congratulateyou on the way in which you effected thecapture of the Centipede's lieutenant. Itwas"cleverly dosa and redounds.tQ. your credit."

Cavesson bowed his acknowledgment of thecompliment, and began to look upon his su-perior with a somewhat more favorable eye.It was not the sort of reception he had ex-pected.

"I think I ought to tell you," continued themagistrate, taking his cigar case from hispocket and offering' it to his visitor, "that thecommissioner, when I saw him before I leftBrisbane, gave you an exceedingly highcharacter. He said I might rely upon yourpromptness." . ,

Cavesson thought the commissioner ex-pressed himself rather differently in his lastletter to himself, but rhe did not tell Mr. Hab-lett so. He inferred that "he was "gratifiedto know tliat his efforts, unsuccessful thoughthey had been, were appreciated.

"And now," said the other briskly, "as weare likely to have as much worry with him inthe future as we shall care for, let us con-sign the Centipede to oblivion, and endeavorto forget his existence. Tell me somethingof the township and its neighborhood."

Cavesson described the different peopleworth knowing In the township and district,and gave a rough resume of the various at-tractions both presented. By the time theyhad been together half an hour they were onexcellent terms.

After a while Cavesson rose to go."I trust you will dine with me to-morrow

night," said the magistrate. "I am askinga few of the most prominent townsfolk, andif you will give your assistance, I Shalt bevery grateful. It is so difficult to know who'swho, and to avoid treading on people's cornsin a new place when all are equally unknown.May I rely on you? Thanks. Must .you go?Well, good-by. We shall meet in court to-morrow morning, of course."

"Of course," returned Cavessoa with alaugh as he shook hands.

"Ah, by the way," remarked the magis-trate, "I should very much like to ride outto Noilaba Station after we adjourn, to makea few inquiries. I suppose you couldn't leadme a horse and accompany me?"

"I shall be only too glad to do so," the in-spector replied. "I .will have a couple ofhorses sent round in time for adjournment."

He left the house and made his way backto the police station, feeling ashamed of him-self for having been so ready to believe 111of Mr. Hablett He liked what little he hadseen of him.

Early aa he was iv reaching the courtnext morning, the magistrate was there be-fcre him. Cavesson, having introduced theclerk to hie -worship, stood tailing, to Mi.Hablett In his private mom. a

At 10 o'clock <the court opened, t&e.magis-trate briefly addressed those present, and

the business commenced. The first two caseswere unimportant. The third was that ofthe Centipede's lieutenant.

The court was crowded by townfolk, whowere eager to see and hear the new magis-trate, who had made such a name for him-self in Queensland. The general opinion wasthat he was worthy of the reputation thathad preceded him; and the gray heads af-*rmed that the dignity of the land was likely

bi worthily represented in his person,'..wards the end of the case, a point of

Ci 'derable moment was argued between theiiii. . .ftor, as representing the governmentant mo prosecution, and the lawyer who ap-peai don behalf of the prisoner. The magts-trat listened attentively, and then put aquestion to the prisoner. The man declinedto answer, but after awhile stated his will-ingness to do so. provided he might speakto the magistrate first iv private.

"A most unusual and unprecedented re-quest," said his worship. "I don't know thatI should be justified in granting it."

Eventually, however, he decided to da so.and the prisoner was thereupon ordered toproceed into his worship's private room be-hind the bench, and the door was closed uponthem.

The court settled itself down to wait whilethe magistrate and the accused were absent,and in the interval reviewed the case. Thequestion the prisoner was desirous of put-ting was evidently a long one. Ten minutes,twenty minutes, and even half an hourelapsed, still they did not reappear. Thespectators began to wonder what had hap-pened. Cavesson grew very uneasy and be-gan to cast furtive glances at the clock.When half an hour had elapsed And still thepair did not return, a consultation waa held.

Sabbath-School Lesson.FOR MARCH IT, 1901

Jeaua and Pilate—Luke XXIII. 18-M.BY JOHN R. WHlTNEY—Copyright 1901.GoWen Text.—l find no fault ia this* man.—

Luke xxiii., 4.

If Calaphas and the Sanhedrin had pos-sessed legal power to put any man to deathwhen they condemned Jesus, as we saw lastweek, they probably would have led him outof the city, laid their hands upon his head,and then united with the people in stoningniin. For the law said, 'He tjjat blasphem-eth the name of the Lord, he shall surely beput to death, and all the congregation snailcertainly stone him." (Lev. xxiv., 13-lti.)This is exactly what they did do only a fewweeks later when Stephen was condemned ona similar charge of blasphemy as .Tesus.(Acts xvi., 13; vii., 57, 58.) But they did itthen as a mob, and not as a tribunal, andPilate took no notice whatever of their ait.Had they done the same thing now withJesus, he probably would not have taken anymore notice of it. On the contrary, he wouldnave felt himself greatly relieved. Theywould have done exactly what he wishedthem to do when he said, "Take ye 'him, andjudge him according to your law." (Johnxvlli., 31.)

If they had done so, however, the scriptureswould not have been fulfilled. For Jesus was"the Lamb of God," the great antitype of th"Paschal lamb, and the law said of it,"Neithershall ye break a bone thereof." (Ex. xii.,46.). But this could hardly have been avoidedif he had been stoned. Besides, the psalmisthad suug of him, "They pierced my handsand my feet" (Psa. xxii., 16), and the prophethad declared, "They shall look upon mewhom they have pierced." (Zech. xii., 10Comp. John xix., 36, 37.) Jesus, himself, alsohad always spoken of his death by the sig-nificant term "lifted up." It declared "whatdeath he should die" (John xii., 32) as noother term would or could. It declared thathe must die by the Roman death of crucifix-ion, and not by the Jewish death of stoning.He must," therefore, be condemned by Romanauthority.

When the Sanhedrin had reached its decis •ion that their prisoner was "guilty of death"(Matt, xxvi., 66), or so guilty that he de-served to die, "the whole multitude of themarose" (Luke) "and bound Jesus." (Mark.)"And when they had bound him" (Matt.i"then led they Jesus from Caiaphas into thehall of judgment" (John) "and deliveredhim to Pontius Pilate, the governor." (Matt.)This act fixes our attention upon the sec-ond phase of the truth brought before uslast week.

Then Jesus, our substitute and redeemer,was condemned as guilty of blasphemy, ora rebellion against the character and personof God. Now he is to be condemned forsedition, or rebellion against the authorityof God. For all the sins of mankind maybe grouped under these two heads, blasphemyand sedition. As the Sanhedrin was thehighest ecclesiastical court in the world toexamine iuto the one charge, so Pilate rep-resented the highest civil court in the worldto examine into the other. Before bothcourts Jesus was personally innocent, and.whilst both condemned him, each at thesame time allowed a really guilty man togo free—Peter, in the one case, and Barrab-bas in the other. But in both cases theirproceedings were the visible representationsof the wonderful grace of God which, bythe atonement," does the same thing for thesinner.

Before Caiaphas and his companionsreached the judgment hall of Pilate, as theypassed through the courts of the Temple,suddenly they were confronted by Judas,with "the thirty pieces of silver" they hadpaid him, in his hands. The sight of Jesuscondemned had evidently awakened in himthe bitterest remorse.

They, however, cared neither for his sinnor for his confession, and as for himself,his testimony and his regrets were both toolate. So "he cast down the pieces of silverin the Temple and departed, and went andhanged himself." (Matt.)

Unmoved by this incident, those who hadcharge of Jesus hurried him forward to thejudgment hall. It was then soon after 6o'clock in the morning of our Friday. Aswas usual at great feasts, Pilate had re-moved his court temporarily from Caesareato Jerusalem. Although it was so early ivthe morning, he was already alert to allthat was going on.

When the crowd reached the door, in defer-ence to the Jewish fear of ceremonial defile-ment by entering the house of a Gentile atsuch a time, "he went out to them. On open-Ing his door, he was confronted by a greatcompany of people. From the character ofthe crowd and from the early hour, Pilatesaw that there was a case before him whichdemanded his attention. But no one spokeuntil he himself broke the silence.

"What accusation bring ye against thisman?" he asked.

"Ifhe were not a malefactor we would nothave delivered him unto thee," they an-swered, in a tone of injured dignity, as ifthe mere fact of their bringing a man to himwas sufficient in itself to prove that the manhad committed some crime demanding judg-ment.

Assuming at once that one whom they con-sidered "a malefactor" might be and prob-ably was, only a violator of some of theirJewish prejudices, Pilate said, "Take ye himand judge htm according to your law."

But this was not what they wanted andthey saw very clearly that they must hav-jsome more definite charge against Jesus thansimply that be was "a malefactor" to securehis crucifixion. So they said frankly, "It isnot lawful for us to put any man to deatn !(John xvlii., 31, 32.) With great promptness ;and unanimity they then "began to accuse |him, saying, We found this fellow pervert- iing the nation, and forbidding to give tributeto Caesar, saying that he himself is Christ, aking." (v. 2.) Thus (hey made what theycalled blasphemy against God, to appear InPilate's eyes as sedition against Rome.

Although they knew that this charge wasentirely false, Pilate did not know it. To him [It was a serious indictment, and must have |immediate attention. So he "entered intothe Judgment hall again and called Jesus''(John) into him.

"Art thou the Kiug of the Jews?" he atonce asked when they were alone.

"Sayest thou this thing of thyself, or didothers tell it to thee of me?" replied Jesus.

"Am I a Jew?" said Pilate. "Thine ownnation, and the chief priests, have deliveredthee unto me. What hast thou done?"

"My kingdom," replied Jesus, "is not ofthis world; ifmy kingdom were of this world,then would my servants flght that I shouldnot be delivered to the Jews; but now is mykingdom not from hence."

"Art thou a king, then?" (John) said Pilatein surprise.

"Thou sayest it" (Mark), answered Jesus."Thou sayeet that lam a king. To this endwas I born, and for this cause came I intothe world, that I should bear witness untothe truth. Every one that is of the truthheareth my voice."

"What is truth?" asked Pilate, and, withthis Question on his lips, "he went out againunto the Jews." (John.)

They were waking for him In anxious ex-pectation, but his only message to- them was:"Ifind no faajt in this man" (Luke); "I findin him no fault at all." (John.)

Such a result they had not anticipated, andat once "they were the more fierce, saying-He stirreth up the people, teaching through-*out all Jewry, beginning from Galilee to thisplace." (Luke.)

Thia apparently suggested to Pilate to shiftthe responsibility of the case upon HerodAntipas, the "tetrarch of Galilee" (Luke Hi..2), who was them in Jerusalem to attend thefeast. So he sent Jesus and his accusers tohim. By birth he was a Gentile but byreligion a Jew. In his Ufa he was an un-principled profisKate. By his order, Johnthe Baptist had been beheaded to please hisunlawful wife and her daughter. For a timethat deed filled hisTieart with superstitltiousfear. This feeling, however, passed awayand was succeeded by the cunning of a forin vain efforts to put Jesus also to deathBut even that desire had now passed away'and he was filled only with a childish curi-osity to see "some miracle done by him "(Luke.) So when Jesus atood before him

THE MINNEAPOLIS JOURNAL.and It was agreed that the clerk should \u25a0 Ten-ture .to interrupt them. He. rose - from .hischair ito do ' so, passed round the bench and.tapped gently; upon ', the door % As ,no • answerwas received, ] he; tapped again, still with thesame" result. Summoning up courage,' heopened the door and .'looked In. He utteredan exclamation 'of astonishment and calledthe inspector to his side. The room /wasempty. Both magistrate and- prisoner haddisappeared.

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Over Cavessou's discomfiture it would bekinder to draw a veil. Suffice it that the realHablett, as abominable a little prig as everwalked this earth, turned up on the follow-ing morning, vowing that he had beendrugged by a man to whom he had given alift in his buggy when traveling to MulgaFlat. He called on the wretched Cavessonin a towering rage, and left him on theverge of madness.

"One thing is quite certain," muttered thatmiserable person, when he had reviewed thesituation, "if I make another mistake likethis last I shall be helplessly ruined, aud Ishall lose Minnie forever."

How he retrieved his reputation I will tellyou in another story.

"he questioned him in many words, but heanswered him nothing," although the chiefpriest and the scribes, stood and vehementlyaccused him. (Luke.) Judging him,therefore, to be perfectly harmless, and morean object of ridicule than of punishment, liebegan to make sport of him. "With hismen of war," he "set him at nought andmocked him. and arrayed him in a gorgeousrobe and sent him again to Pilate," sayingthat he found "nothing worthy of death" Inhim. (Luke.)

The return of Jesus and his accusers fromHerod greatly strengthened Pilate in his con-viction that the charge of the chief priestsand scribes was entirely unfounded. Hetherefore called them together again, audfrankly stated to them the results he hadreached. But willingto please them as faras possible, he proposed to "chastise" Jesus"and release him." (Luke.)

As practiced by the Romans, chastising, orratner scourging, as they termed it, was pe-culiarly severe, aud was inflicted ouly underaggravated circumstances. It was consideredso degrading that it could not be lawfullyinflicted upon a Roman citizen at all. (Actsxxi., 85, I When applied to those who wereto be crucified, it was not ordiuarily adminis-tered until after sentence had been pro-nounced, and sometimes the victim died un-der its infliction before the sentence could beexecuted. Stripped to the waist, if not alto-gether, and tied down to a low post, thescourging was applied with cruel force uponthe bare, bent back. It was done, CanonTristram says, "by a bunch of thongs, withpieces of wire twisted into the end of eachstrip after the fashion of the Russian knout,which tore the skin and flesh. Every partof tile body was beaten." Other authoritiessays that the lashes were loaded with bits oflead or bone. Such a scourging Pilate pro-posed to inflict upon Jesus instead of cruci-fixion.

Then he proposed to release him because,at that feast, which commemorated the de-liverance of Israel from the bondage ofEgypt, it had long been an established cus-tom to let some prisoner go free, "whom-soever they desired." But in the prison-house at that time there was "a notable pris-oner called Barabbas." (Matt.) He hail notonly risen against Roman authority, but hewas a robber and a murderer. His nyliterally signifies that he was Bar Kabb., .•the son of a rabbi. If so, he would verynaturally win the sympathy of the chiefpriests and scribes, and at the same time beparticularly obnoxious to the Roman gov-ernor.

When Pilate made his proposition to chas-tise Jesus and then release him. at once thechief priests and elders began with renewedvehemence to accuse him. Jesus, however,took no notice of what they said, and madeno reply. This greatly surprised Pilate.

'"Answerest thou nothing?" he said. "Be-hold, how many things they witness againstthee! But Jesus jet answered nothing."(Mark.) "He answered him never a word,insomuch that the governor marveled great-ly." (Matt.)

Then Pilate renewed his proposition to re-lease Jesus. But to this the mob. incitedby their leaders, would not listen for a mo-ment. With one voice, "they cried out allat once, Away with this man, and releaseunto us Barabbas." (Luke.)

For nearly three hours he resisted this de-mand. Time and again he went in, .to com-mune with Jesus, and at evfry interview hewas more and more impre»sed with his in-nocence. Time and again he came out to thepeopie, and every time was more and moreimpressed with their unreasonableness. Tiieonly answer he could get from them in regardto Jesus was: "Crucify him, crucify him.Let him be crucified." All of his argumentsand pleadings were in vain. "So "he tookwater and washed his hands before the multi-tude, saying, I am innocent of the blood ofthis just person—see ye to it."

"His blood be on us and on our children "exclaimed "all the people." (Matt.)

Then he "gave sentence that it should beas they required" (Luke), he "released Bar-abbas unto them and delivered Jesus—whenhe had ecourged him—to be crucified."(Mark.*

If we look at this trial before Pilate simplyas the proceedings of an earthly court, it wasas supreme a mockery of justice as was thatbefore the sanhedrim. But, Hke that, it wasnot simply the proceedings of an earthlycourt. It was that, only that there might bea display on earth which men could see of themanifold grace of God. For the real trial wasin the heavenly court. This was merely itsshadow. There—before the throne of Godhirn.«eif—his own sou appeared in our placeto answer for our rebellions against him. Hestood there speechless — overwhelmed withguilt. For "on him was laid the iniquity ofus all." Before Pilate, and before God, histrial was not a personal one, but an officialone. Although personally "without sin," yetofficially he was counted as the chief of sin-ners. He was condemned, that sinners mightgo free.

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IPresident. Gt;o. W. Hoyt, Secretary. Attor-Iney to accept service in Minnesota: insuranceCommissioner. Cash : capital, $200,000.

' INCOME IN 1900.Premiums other than perpetuate $63,413.03Rents and interest 9,225.47

| Total income .". , $72 638.49DISBURSEMENTS IN 1900.

Amount paid for losses $30,991.35Commissions, brokerage,s salaries

and allowances to agents ....;. 13,160.29Salaries of officers and employes 1,997.50Taxes and fee5.......... 5,687.91All other disbursements 3,145.34

Total disbursements '.. $54,982.39Excess of income over disburse-

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iBonds and stocks owned $252,350.00Cash in office and in bank. 5G.504.84Premiums in course of collection 42,822.30

Total admitted assets ...... $351,977.19LIABILITIES.

Losses adjusted and unadjusted.. $11,705.00Reinsurance reserve '.....-.......' 56,328.14All other liabilities ............... 9,000.00Capital stock paid up 200,000.00

Total liabilities, including • ." capital $277,033.14

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INCOME IN 1900.Premiums received— - \u25a0 • '

Accident ............. $16,630.33Employers' liability. 222,453.58Burglary ............ 32,978.64 ,Credit guaranty .... 190,655.93 "

Steam boiler 7,421.71 *

Total premium income ..t1.... $470,140.19From interest, dividends and . -

rents .40,335.03From all other sources \u25a0\u0084...... 8,281.25

Total income ......... $518,756.53DISBURSEMENTS IN- 1900.'

Claims paid (net)— \ -Accident " $733.78Employers' liability. 30,039.55Burglary 6,102.04Credit guaranty .... 32,403.74Steam boiler .. .2,322.00— ..... --.

Net paid policy-holders-V..... $69,302.33ICommissions, salaries and • ex- -. . . .:..! penses of agents ...: ..'.."..".. 111,585.74Salaries of officers, employes' and \u0084

examiners' fees ..,..._ 34,117.08Total disbursements • $273,487.21

Total disbursements $273,487.11Excess of Income over disburse- ......

ments 240,269.32ASSETS DEC. 31, .1900.

Bonds and stocks owned ..:.:;'..., $1,358,832.50Cash in.office and in bank ....:... • 30,370.39Accrued interest and rents ...... .8,217.50Deferred and unpaid premiums ..' 41,791.90

Total admitted assets ........ $1,439,212.29Assets not admitted, $7,952.77.

. LIABILITIES.Claims in process of, adjustment

and known ." $5,806.00Claims resisted and disputed :r 48,240.88

Aggregate of unpaid claims.... $54,046.88Reinsurance reserve "...V..-. .*.;.'. ; "\u25a0 259,569.5S

Total liabilities, includingcapital :. *...;; $313,616.26

Surplus beyond eaplta.l'and otherliabilities \u0084:.....................: 1,125,596.03

\u25a0 RISKS AND PREMIUMS, 1900. -.Amount at risk, beginning of year— .

Accident .............. $23,000.00Employers' liability. . 815,080.00Credit guaranty .... 3,094,000.00Steam boiler 5,000.00

$3,937,080.00Written or renewed during year—

Accident $6,681,875.00Employers' liability.40,848,727.00Burglary 4,694,053.00

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INCOME IN 1900.Premiums other than perpetuals.. $127.252.10Rents and interest 28.596.57

Total income $156,878.97DISBURSEMENTS IN 1900.

Amounts paid for losses $78,300.19Dividends and interest 24,797.00Commissions, brokerage, salaries

and allowances to agents 28,099.87Salaries of officers and employes.. 20,578.00Taxes and fees 6,968.63All other disbursements 12,995.91

Total disbursements $171,739.59

Excess of disbursements over In-come 15,860,62

ASSETS DEC. 31, 1900.Value of real estate owned $89,500.00Mortgage loans 230,580.60Bonds and stocks owned 328,207.50Cash in office and in bank 15,764.18

'Accrued Interest and rents 6.770.57Premiums in course of collection. 14,627.71All other admitted assets 209.87

Total admitted assets $085,659.83LIABILITIES.

Losses adjusted and unadjusted $4,651.35Losses resisted and disputed.... 3,850.00Reinsurance reserve 109,589.41All other liabilities 8,044.12

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the year 26,848,625.00BUSINESS IN MINNESOTA IN 1900.

Fire risks written (531.465.91Fire premiums received 1763.04Fire losses paid 0,445.ujFire losses Incurred 5.4*51.ti.iAmount at risk, fire 808,457.34

STATE OF MINNESOTA.Department of Insurance,

St. Paul, Feb. 18. 1901.Whereas, the Newark Fire Insurance com-

pany, a corporation organized under the lawsof New Jersey, has fully complied with theprovisions of the laws of this state, relativeto the admission and authorization of insur-ance companies of Its class,

Now, therefore, I, the undersigned, insur-ance commissioner, do hereby empower andauthorize the said above-named company totransact its appropriate business of fire in-surance in the state of Minnesota, accordingto the laws thereof, until the 31st da* of.January, A. D. 1902. unless said authority berevoked or otherwise legally terminated priorthereto.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto setmy hand and affixed my official seal at St.Paul, this 18th day of February, A. I). ISOI.

ELMER H. DEARTH,Insurance Commissioner.

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Fire risks written $W2,821.00Fire premiums received .... 8,308.iiFire losses paid 1u,448.ulFire losses incurred 10,503 01

STATE OF MINNESOTA.Department of Insurance.

St. Paul, Minn., March 5, 1901.Whereas, the Livt-rpool and London and

Globe Insurance Company, a corporation or-ganized under the laws of New York, hasfully complied with the provisions of thelaws of this state, relative to the admissionand authorization of insurance companies ofits class.

Now, therefore, I, the undersign**!. In-surance Commissioner, do hereby empowerand authorize the said above named companyto transact its appropriate business of fire-insurance in the State of Minnesota, ac-cording to the laws thereof, until the 31st dayof January, A. D. 1902. unless said authoritybe revoked or otherwise legally terminatedprior thereto.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto setmy hand and affixed my official seal at St.Paul this Oth day of March, A. D. 19(11.

ELMER H. DEARTH,Insurance Commissioner.

Credit "guaranty .... 3,476,000.00 *iSteam boiler z 682,600.00 i "— 66 38&155 00Premiums received thereon—

/Accident $24,899.70Employers' liability. 304,041.81Burglary 43,189.70 ". :Credit guaranty .... 191,193.43 •

\u25a0 Steam boiler .....:.. 12,768.61imMf.23Amount at risk, end of year-. Accident ............ $4,509,375.00

Employers' liability. 31,134,756.00Burglary.... .... 4,111,328.00

, Credit guaranty .... 3.363,000.00Steam boiler ....... . 4?9,009.00

V- . , — !**— 43,583.459.00

Losses incurred during the year.. 124 973 58BUSINESS IN MINNESOTA IN 1900. "

Risks • written— . ;>.-•,-:\u25a0; Accident ....]:'...... ": $763,750.00

Employers' liability. 5,173,991.00Burglary 403,»10.00

D — $6,341,651.00Premiums, received— . '\u0084 '

Accident ............ $3,426.33Employers' liability. 50,073.14Burglary v "...".... 3,517.2?

Losses paid—57,015.74

Losses paid—a Accident : : ;r.....:....; $82.12

Employers' liability. 12,300.72Burglary ............ 32.15

V^' '\u25a0''\u25a0 ''• : " ' 12,414.99Losses Incurred—

Accident $557.12Employers' liability. 17,570.60Burglary 307.15

—• 13,434.87Amount at risk, end of year- • . \u25a0 •. Accident $772,750.00

Employers' liability. 5,606,891.00.Burglary 415.000.00

-' .' •— ; 6.791,851.0t

STATE OF MINNESOTA,. Department of Insurance,/\u25a0 _ . St. Paul, Feb. 1, 1901.

Whereas, the Ocean Accident and GuaranteeCorporation, Lmtd., company, a corporationorganized under the laws of England, hasfullycomplied with the provisions of the lawsof'this state, relative to the admission ' andauthorization of insurance companies ol Usclass,. Now, therefore, I, the undersigned, insur-ance commissioner, do hereby empower andauthorize the said above-named company totransact its appropriate business of accidentinsurance in the state of Minnesota, accord-ing to the laws thereof, until the 31st day ofJanuary, A. D. 1902, unless said authority berevoked or otherwise legally terminated priorthereto.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto setmy hand and affixed my official seal at St.Paul, this Ist day of February, A. D. 1901.

ELMER H. DEARTH.Insurance Commissioner.