A large crowd gathered in the neighborhood of the Royal Hotel on Saturday evening to see Jerry Hudson perform his “Human Fly” stunt by climbing the walls of the hotel. This he did without assistance climbing up the face of the building. Having arrived on the roof, he proceeded to turn handsprings near the edge and to balance himself on a chair placed on top of another, hanging out beyond the roof over the heads of the people below. Hudson is the only man who is said to have climbed the Woolworth Building, New York City.

DOORS OF THE NIGHT

This week the first instalment of our new serial “Doors Of The Night” by Frank L. Packard, is being published on page ten. This story will be found quite up to the standard of this popular author of thrilling tales. A good story, well told, will always be the delight of most people and in starting this second serial the Gazette believes it is supplying a real want of its readers. Our serial “The Timber Pirate” concluded in last week’s issue, proved most popular. In this serial “Doors of The Night” the scene is changed from the Canadian Northland, to the crowded city of New York. The Canadian story by a Canadian author was a well written tale that kept up the interest to the last. One of our readers said that it was a man’s story. This one is different. Write us and tell us what you think of it. It will probably not please everybody but no story does that. However tell us what you like and we will keep your wishes in mind when we choose the next one.

Just to give you an idea of what to expect in this story we give you the following short synopsis:

“At eight o’clock that evening Billy Kane was the respectable, law-abiding private secretary of rich old David Ellsworth—

Yet within the hour he stood accused of a hideous murder, and, wounded and hunting refuge, found himself mistakenly accepted by the underworld of the East Side as their notorious leader, “The Rat.”

The many thrilling adventures and hair-breadth escapes to which this mistaken identity led, and the plucky fight which young Kane made to clear his name makes a story of absorbing interest.

[Editor’s Note: “The Doors of the Night” can be read complete at Project Gutenberg.]