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THE TRAVELS OFDUDLEYMONTROSE

We 'were descending from the floppergob'snest with ou r eggshell parachutes. The cannibalk i ng and Scotty landed on dr y land. Now, as to

inside the whale. It was l ighted by thelittle star-ftshes the whale had swallowed. Ifound several signs that would seem to indicatethat this was a very a nc ie nt wha le .

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that I needed exercise. Besides I did nothave overly many clothes on, and I had toexercise to keep warm. So I ran.

just what happened to the poor Scotchman,well rea l ly now, I can't say fo r surethat Is tosay I have reasons to think- ahI mean I havesuspicions.Well, the truth is I don't jus t know

Well, I remained there fo r ty days and fo r tynights. At last Mr. Whale go t tired of carryingme around

I discovered the north pole and began to

climb it. I was beginning to ge t nice and warmnow. I climbed up tothe top of the pole and looked down, and

for sure what became of him.But as fo r me, I was wafted out over the

sea, and came down in a whale's mouth. It wasas l i gh t as day

.so he landed me . I found myself In thopolar regions. Now, I had been In such crampedquarters so long I felt

what do you think? There was a polar bear! I

never was sosurprised In my life. He

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dent ly seen me runn ing and, thinking- that I wasafraid, had followed me . (T o be continued.)

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as I as walking along the Kings Highwayr a likely place to Intercept Lord Brashfleldsame upon an old gaffer who, while on his wayge tavern, had lost all his money, a shilling,

of the road. He said he was nearly blindandto find It for him.

Of course I t ar ted to help the poor old ma n find hisshilling ; but the instant I as off my guard the rascaipulled a false beard from his face and pointed a pistol atmy head , saying, "Surrender, Dudley Montrose !" Itwas Roland Farnsworth, tbe London detective ! A yokelwho was passing by to market with a pig was so aston-ished at this dramatic s c e n e that he dropped the leadingstring

And tne pig, spying a carot by the side of t he road,

made a dash for it. He ran unde r t he detec t ive , whofell, his head striking the ground with such force as tomomentarily stun him. But I aw the brute coming andleaped nimbly to his back

the great detective had recovered, wa s outdown the road. Every man must admit himselfIn many respec t s , but In one or two things heto excel and do no hurt to his modesty.

Now, there is one thing I an do well

I an ride.There Is no animal, that ever trod the earth I annot ride.That frightened pig was running at a frightful speed,and yet I almly sat his back and disguised myself as afarmer (a disguise which I lways carry).

When Mr. Pg had run himself down I et him eat hiscarot, while I ook some black paint, a c an of which Ihappened to have in my hip pocket, and painted somebig black spots on him. And a few minutes later to allappearances I as a simple Yeoman taking his bacon tomarket.

not gone far when up rushed Farnsworth, the"Have you s e e n a m an riding this way on a

g?" he cried. "Tea, worshipful master," I re -he 'ad a long black plume In Ms 'at." "Yes,""that's him ! hat's Dudley Montrose , theWhich way did he go? Where is he?"

"Here !" I nswered, covering him with my guns. Herealized the bitter truth. "Foiled!" be h is sed as hethrew up hia hands, "but mark my words, Ill have youIn the tower at London s o m e day, Dudley Montrose , Ifit costs me my life!"

Well, I ied him securely to t he p ig s back and startedthat lively animal oft' down the road again. "Villain,we shall meet again," called back the detective as heturned the corner. Then I ay In wait (or Lord Brash-flelds carriage.

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I.The crocodiles grabbed the k i n g and theScotchman and

4.When I s truck the bottom of the stream thetw o crocodiles turned their victims loose. Theking and the Scotchman at once rose to the sur-face. Then t he mons te rs rushed at me.

7.lt was no trick at all fo r me to hypnotizethe tw o monsters (w h e n they had regained theirsenses) and make t hem believe they were Jack-asses.

2.Dived under water with them. There was

s.Ha! One swif t wallop on the Jaw pu tthem in Queer Street.

B.Then we all piled on their backs and start-ed ga i ly away towar ds t he k ing ' s court.

3.Bu t one t h ing fo r me to do . I seen mydu t y and done it, like a true Montroce,

6.Then I dragged the stunned brutes out ofthe water. Now, while I have never consideredit worth ment ion ing . I am a hypnotist.

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1.Over the precipice we went. That preci-pice was flvfc tnnnaand feet h igh .

4.Well, I can say this much: I am consid-ered to be a fairly strong man. myself, but In allmy travels

7.A great boulder, which had evidently beenloosened by our descent, came tearing

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mountain side.

2. Now. at the bottom of the precipice therelived an old hermit. He was engaged In cook-ing: his dinner when

5.never have I seen as strong a man as thathermit. He carried It too far, in fact.

B.The cannibal king and the Scotchman wereparalyzed with fear, fo r the old thing musthave .weigtiod at least ten tons.

3.We dropped In on htm sort of unconven-tlonal-like.

6.When he g ot th ro ug h with us we foundourselves in a neat little pile out at the foo t o fthe precipice. Just then

9..Little did they know Dudley liontrose.With the greatest of eaae Ibut Just then

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The two bi g boa-constrictors snatched usup and made oft with us toward their lair. Aftercrawl ing a long fo r about an hour

chance to rest up a little. But no. Wewere at once seized by two south African flop-pergobs.

The minute we were dropped into the nestI grabbed a couple of the Immense eggs whichwe found there and pu t the floppergobs to f l igh t .

the monsters saw s ome th in g a pp r oa ch in gin the distance. T h ey d ro pp ed us In consterna-tion . ia^r*>nt-si

and took to f l igh t . And no wonder. The

After wing i ng their wa y about half wa yacross the continent

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That was l igh t ing them w it h th eir ownweapons, so to speak. Then I took the shells ofthe r emain ing eggs and constructed three veryelegant parachutes with which

approaching par ty was the old or ig ina l Boscoe.Perhaps you will remember this individual hasa bad reputation among snakes. He "eats 'emalive." Well, I thought we were to have a

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we managed to descend from our perch.As to what happened when we rea ch ed te rra -flrma I can only say: It was the most thrillingadventure I ever had. (T o be continued.)

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The king of the North Pole was certainly lix-ing to murder me . I could gee ii In his glit tering

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After I had donned a suit of the king's

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THECONFESSIONSOFDUDLEYMONTROSEHIGHWAYMAN.

U_S - 1 IOnce, on a wager, -I rowed across the

Atlantic ocean in a small boat. There I dis-covered America, much to my surprise.

In fact. I wa s running to beat the band when-. 4i me t a grlzzlly bear face to face! Thiswas more than I could bear.

e__ '",AtA~' AA- i 'I II7 l heard a flapping of wings and before

I could say Jack Robinson, I felt myself be ingyanked into space! I was In the clutches ofthe grea t American eagle!

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2When I landed, a band of savage Indians,armed with bows and arrows, hatchets andspears, came crowding about me, demanding"fire-water." I did not know wha t they meanthy this, besides I did not have any with me.

5 escape the brute I leaped on the stemof a cocoanut tree and began to climb. Sodid the bear. His hot breath melted t he t ac ksIn the bottom of my boots.

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THE CONFESSIONS

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Once, when business was dull on the road, I

went to London and. Just fo r amusement, wentto the house of a certain poor playrlght-actorand nearly f r igh tened him to death.

and a fe w others. And In my spare time Isuperintended the staging of a number of these.I even acted the leading part in one, viz.,Hamlet.

One afternoon my audience became so over-

I was unarmed! What should I do? Ha!The skull of Yorlck! Quick as l igh tn ing I madeof myself a f r igh t fu l spectre. The dramatistand the detective had not ye t seen me . Just asthey started up the stairway I rushed down

Ha! An Ideal "Since I can't go about In safe-ty , dressed as I am," said I to myself , "w h yI'll just disguise myself like this fellow." ThisI did. after first locking the poor dub In hisbed room.

some by my masterful acting that they gave memany touching proofs of their strong feeling.Overcome by the expressions of approval, and

not wish ing t he c rowd to see my tears of joy,if lo r a sweeping bow, I made a graceful exit.

upon them, shouting, "Whoop! There's some-th ing rotten in the state of Denmark!" At thesame time some merry jesters threw a volleyof elderly eggs, some of which hit me, but mostof them met the dramatist and the detective

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Then, to keep up t he cha rac te r I had assumed,I turned my a tt en tio n to play wri t ing . In thetwo weeks that followed, I dashed off quite anumber, including Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet,Macbeth, Twelfth Nigh t , The Tempest, KingLear, Julius Caesar, Much Ado About Nothing,

Hav ing a severe headache, I decided not toplay any more that day. But, as I started downthe stairs back of t he theat re . I saw Shakes-peare, (the how l i n g idiot had escaped from thebedroom) and Roland Farnsworth (none other),the detective, had a warrant fo r my arrest.

face to face. No wonder, they ran. As for me,I go t my clothe s an d my faithful horse. Star-l ight , and quitted London, In disgust . I un-

derstandsome of my plays are getting quite

famous.

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Once, when business was dull on the roaO. I //,;.' .4 Idea! "Since I can't go about i n s af e- Then, to keep up t he cha ract er I had assumed,went to London and. just fo r amusement, went ty . dresaed as I am." said I to myself , "why I turned my attention to play wri t ing . In theto the house of a certain poor playrlght-actor I'll Jut disguise myself like this fellow." This tw o weeks that followed, I dashed off quite aand nearly f r igh tened him to death. ! did, after first locking the poor dub in his number, including Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet,

bed room. Macbeth, Twelfth Nigh t , The Tempest, KinsLear. Julius Caesar, Much Ado About Nothing,

and a fe w others. And in m y spare time I

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