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The Oxford Democrat. VOLUME 77. SOUTH PARIS, MAINE, TUESDAY, MAY 3, 1910. NUMBER 18. \ inert l>. PARK, Licensed Auctioneer, souru PA1U8. · MAIN*. term· Mêlerai·. a , L. BIClk. Surgeon Dentiet, ,01 ΓΗ PARIa, . MAINK. A C » li«»i work warrante·!. jjK >i P. JUNES. Dentist, y.tiWAY, . · MAIN·. on,.· ·.· ."·—y lo 11—1 Ιο 4. hi Γ SMITH. i Attorney at Law, N-OiiWVT. - - · MAINK. tj . ι % Collections a Specialty. || : Κ Λ ΡAKK. Attorneys at Law, XTl'KL, . MAINK. * Herrlck. KUery C. Pur* Win. C. Leavitt Co., ι j Main St., Norway, Me. Haroware, Stoves, and Ranges. c Pipe Repairing, Lead and Iron. <l«phoa« 134-11. J WALDO NASH, sed Taxidermist, TV 1· Straat, rear Masonic Block, T«U< OM Oonnaotion. NORWAY. Cord Wood, Slab Wood, Edgings, Stove Wood and Coal at A. W Walker &. Son's, Soath Paris, Maine. A Reliable Remedy FOR CATARRH Ely's Cream Balm II Quickly ;il). vbed. Gum Relief a: One·. 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"8rutl> ΤΗ* PLOW.** •irtcuJior*.' louic for tiUe w^ii.00™m "^-aUon· u, Hahmowx, Àii2„„ip*rVaea* Ό Ηκμητ η ocrmt' ^^ΰ.ΐΐΓ^ IW,,er °*fonl I Him Results from Tile Oraininf. Since my buy hood days, when 1 used to watch my father and older brothers tile draining land that had always been waste and unproductive, and transform ing it into the most valuable soil on the old farm, I have been, to put it mildly, an enthusiast on the subject of drain age, and as the years rolled by aud the time came for me to have a home of m.v own, I chose just that kind of land. The place contained forty acres, and my experience in baudling that proposition and the results would make an article by itself. The larger farm that I bought after selling the forty acres bad been mostly underdrained by a former owner. 1 have let this for a number of years on shares, and have been engaged in other business that has brought me into the management of extensive drainage pro jects. Over this three-huudred-acre es tate we have buried during the past three years about twelve miles of tiles of various sizes; and during these spring days of continued thaw, causing a far greater flood than usual (for the snow fall this past winter has been very deep) it is a great satisfaction to go around wearing high-topped boots and see the water discharging at the outlets and tind everything working to perfection. I am just going to tell about two jobs that show the m>>st marked results at this writing. The first is a basin ioto which the surface drainage of about seventy-five or one hundred acres of wa tershed collects. This had always been considered an impossible piece of land. The basin proper covers about eight acre·—tbat is, is the lowest part. The eighteen acres in this whole picce of property was bought up by a man with whom I have beeo connected in a busi ness way, who believes in progress and improvement and has faith in drainage. We canvassed the situation pretty well before undertaking the job, and then got ( after it stood and proper. The results 1 • peak out loud. We began by starting ( with an eight-inch run of tile below the roadway, and coming through the lowest rim of the basin at a depth of six feet { part of the way, so that the ditch | through the lowest part of the basin is m and one-half feet deep. This main «vas laid on eight-inch boards most of ' the way to prevent anything like quick iaud bothering, and the top soil was ( tamped down firmly on both sides of the 1 tile. The main ditch was about one . hundred rods in length. There were many laterals connected with it, and also two large stone intakes to take care of J the water that flowed out from a neigh bor's land. Having done this last sea ion, we have been waiting for present * Modifions and spring doode to see how c the results would show up. The land was all sowu to wheat last * fall and there was a good take. Well, . the thaw came on so rapidly that the wa ;er collected in the basin before the frost . :ame out of the ground so that it could »et to the tiles, and we had for a few \ lays a five-acre pond. I did not invite the owner out to see it just then, but J yesterday (March 4) the frost had ap parently all come out, for the pond was til gone; the wheat was looking tine, tnd the outlet of the eight-inch tile still ioing business. This piece of land had t>een condemned, and we were ridiculed ' for thinking that we could do what we < lid. 1 The other basin job wan on auotber farm, and was aloug the bigtiw.iy, and it aUo had beeu passed by ω a bad job. It had the surface drainage of perhaps fifty acres of land, including the teach ing from the barn-yard and stables, and is a very rich field; but bad always been too wet for cropping- I studied this job long enough aud under different conditions to feel contideut in attempt ing to reclaim it, and we went at it with a force of men in a way that caused not a little comment and criticism. As in the other case, we began in another tield, crossing the road at the lowest point in the rim of the basin, at a depth of about six feet, using two six-inch tiles for the first 20 or 30 rod·, doing away with the old sluice bridge, aod putting iu its stead a twelve-inch iron pipe to prevent a possible overflow of the highway during unusual flood con ditions, and placing the drams in the Held about 43 feet apart. Then the old sod was fall plowed, and w«* were nor alone in watching for the result» this spring There was not as much fr<>st in this fall plowed sod, and the water dis appeared in twelve hour». This Aeld • ill be dry and tic to work before tbe land on the upland c^n be plowed, and we are all feeling pretty well satisfied with our work A friend, «ho is a doctor, aaid to me last summer that we must be eraxy to sprnd so much money in ditching that Held. I answered, as I always do. that til»drainage is not m»ney spent, it is an investment so *ure and -afe that there is no worry about returns. I understand (bat now be is a conwt to tile drainage This field, being along tbe highway, baa been watched by a great many, and has been a big object le«son in drainage. The only time that drainage is expensive ιβ when it is not properly done, and this has caused much of the failure and dis oouragement. —11. K. Cox, Livingston C lunty, X. Y., in Country Gentleman. More Ural·. That our farmers have been reason ably prosperous in their business in re cent year· every one must admit who knows anything about them. Just now, however, tbe dairymen in particular are finding themselves hard pressed to real ixe a profit oat of their business on ac count of the high cost of grain on tbe market. Very unwisely we have nil tbe while contended oar farmers bave drop ped out of growing on their farms tbe grain feed needed, depending on the western grain from the market. The double cost now of this grain feed be comes a problem hard to meet. In conversation a few days since with a man whose businees is buying produce of tbe farmers up and down tbe line of ι be Grand Trunk Railway, in alluding to tbe pressure now being felt by farm ers in consequence of this grain problem, he expressed bis conclusions as follows: "It is no use," be said emphatically, ''farmers have got to go to growing their needed grain feed—they cannot stand this draft for purchased grain at the ruling high prices." This was the settled conviction of a man who is doing business with tbe farmers and realizes fully tbe pressure lying over them. At the same time every authority is unanimous in the opinion that low prices for grain have gone by forever, and that the higher oosts must continue in tbe future. This being accepted a radical change mnst be made by our farmers—they mnst either cut out the use of so much grain or grow It on their own farms. The dairy business requires liberal J grain feeding. If this is continued those who own and feed the cows must have ! the grain. Dairying properly managed is profitable. The grain can be grown on our farms without cutting out other to any extent whatever. Farmer· have all ! the land needed and the teams and the ' tools to work It with. All farther that Is needed is the disposition to do it. Which then, shall it be, more grain or Ir-as cattle?—Maine Farmer. Good pastor· is the most economical , milk feed that a cow can have, and when pasture· are short, green soiling com es , next^ No one but a scrub dairyman should l· ase a scrub bull. Progress and scrub! stock were never yet found oa the Mme I faros. I Says Wee tern Soli Is No Belter. Birr shows that he doksn't know NEW ENGLAND FARMING OP TODAY. (W. &. R.. Minnesota, In Country Gentleman.) Much bu been Mid of the depletion of the fertility in the soil· of New Tork; when the term "worn-out toil" le men tioned, most westerners Immediately think of the poor, cold New England soils. But let me tell you that the kind of farming that was practiced thirty years ago in New England is now prac ticed in many sections throughout the West, aud notably on the semi-arid lands and in Minnesota, and it is only a ques tion of time when the children of the people now working the land will earn a better competence in the city and leave the once productive farm to grow up, as it seems, with rocks, briers and brush. To tbe home-like conditions existing in the New England States some fifty years back, many westerners can attest. There was plenty of all for every one, and best of all it was peaceful. There was plenty of fuel, great crops of grain, and all the hay that was needed. There also were goodly numbers of farm ani mals. What has caused the change? Simply bad farming. New York was quite a grain state fifty years back; Minnesota is a great grain state now. Of much importance while it lasts, grain farming leaves its mark upon the land. It enriches the father for a short time, but it makes the poor son poorer. Though Minnesota raises lots of grain, tbe yield is nothing to be proud of. It is the vast acreage that gives tbe quan tity in bushels. Tbe yield, furthermore, is steadily but surely going down. One might not think so by tbe yearly reports, but this is true because large areas are t>eing cleared each year, and the virgin toil being so rich, yields are wonderfully arge. But what has happened In the >lder settled sections? Just the same thing that occurred in New England. I :an cite dozens of cases close at hand where tbe ground is getting so poor that cbe grain crop does not pay for working :he land. Why are the hay crops so ibort, while only five years ago the :lovere and timothy throve amazingly? Sow about the garden truck, especially potatoes? So poor they are hardly worth llfCgiog—little scabby things. Speaking of competition, it has been laid that the eastern lands got poor be :ause of tbe active competition of crops rom western lands. That may be and nay not. It would seem to me that lommon-sense farmers would attempt to -aise better and bigger crops on their inn land when competing, and so, in itead of the land growing poorer, it vould become better thau ever, capable >f producing good crops. It bas fallen to me to bnild op tbe arm my father has made poor by twen y-five years of grain farming. I am loing it, but at the same time am yearn □g for the opportunity to go back east nd build up one of those "old home teads," for I know there are as great r greater opportunities awaiting the nan with grit and gumption in the East « here in the bleak Northwest. It iikee just as much capital and energy lere to improve a farm. NÔ one ought ο be afraid of competition. Tbe West ι as all it can do to supply its own de· aands. It remains for the sturdy grow ng generation to rebuild the worn soils if New England and make them smile as hey did so many years ago. It is« hard ask, but it must and will be done. Chores as an Education. People do not always appreciate their deseingu or regard their lot io life io xactly the same light that others do. 'robably the average farmer's boy finds □ the necessity for doing chores no pecial benefit or advantage over city Ktye. A writer in "The Engineering lagazine," for September does. In his pinion, new inventions, methods of apid transportation, increased trade, he growth of cities, change radically he relations existing between the home, he factory and the school. With the iee of the modern factory system, the lecay of the old forms of apprentice hip, and the introduction of an extreme ud minute division of labor, conditions a the industrial world were revolution isd. The home and the factory are ow sharply differentiated; the factory «sûmes mauv of the funotions formerly «longing to the home. The latter, particularly when situated a the city, offers very little opportuuity or observation of or participation in oostructive work of any kind. The lome choree are few; there is no wood ι» split, no garden to hoe, no cow to ailk, no bUcksmithing is done, no shoes re made, oo cloth is spun and no wag· η or sled is built; all this work is per orated eUewhere. In fact, the city ome provides no regular and ayste nattc work of importance for the youth, 'he school in ttiu* obliged to take upon Cself new obligation*; its sphere of ction and iutiience is enlarged to meet lie new situation. The technical school, he manual training, high school and rard school manual training have been rafted on to our educational system to leet the demand for boys who possess rained bands and eyes—boys who are ble to plan and tu execute. Seed Corn for 1910. One of (he serious problems which the oro grower of Maine will face this year 1 that of securing seed corn well matur d with a high germinating power. One hing is certain, it will not do to send ir from home for seed, surely not to he south. No crop grown Is so sue eptible to environment as corn and the bing to do is to take the best to be ob tint in yoar own neighborhood and hen go to work to improve the same, 'here is one step every msn should take rho propose· to grow corn this year nd that is to make a germination test in dvance to determine vitality. A box our inches deep—two fast square—filled rith sand or sawdu*' \ll that Is neoes ary. Then stretc lug across the op to form two-loci squares and your ox is ready. Moisten the contents, ilace in a fairly warm plaoe and then ake five or six kernels from as many are as you have squares, marking the quare and ear so there oan be no ques ion later, and plant the same in these quares. Select your seed ears by this eat, the squares which give you the irgest number of strong, vigorous hoots. The per cent of stalks which ome will determine the germinating ower of the ear. The trouble with all ur fields comes from the skips. These an be avoided very largely in this way nd no man can, this year, afford to eglect this precautionary step. Look ut for your seed corn this season, jast year was the worst known for many ears both for maturing corn and drying fter it was matured and for this reason here is need of extra care to insure a tamper crop the coming season.—Maine rarmer. A* the Eastern Man See· It. (New England Grocer.) We leoognize without qualification he superiority of the western apples rith regard to size, style and general >eauty of the fruit. There is no ques ion about it, but when it comes to lavor there is no apple grown west of he Hudson River which will compare or a moment with the New England rrown apple. Weetern apples are to the few England palate flavorless and in clined to be "punky." Tbe eastern ipple growers do not consider them· wives In competition with the weetern· rrown fruit for the very reason named, for instance, no one wanting a barrel of Yew England Baldwin or Northern Spy ipples would think of taking instead restera apples, so that there oan not be iny real competition. The western MX apples are popular in New England it a certain season when New England ipples for seasonable use are scarce. Hogs are waste savers. A farm with· )ut hogs has many leaks. ç 6/κ ^tn f By «J LOUIS TRACY = Author ol the "Pillar of Light,** "The Wings of the Morn ing" and "The Captain of the Kansas." Copyright. 1909 by Edward J Clodc CHAPTER VL THE REFUGEES. A COIL of stout rope fell on top of tbe wiudlass aiid rebounded to the deck. More tbuu that, oue ' eud of it stretched Into tbe In finity of dripping rock and dying spray overhead. Aud it bad been thrown by frieudly bands. It dangled from some unseen ledge. Coke und Hosier recovered tbe use of their faculties simultaneously. Tbe eyes of tbe two men met, but Coke was tbe first to Hud bis voice. "Salvage, by Jove!" be cried. "Up you go. Hozier! I'll sling tbe girl be hind you. She can't munage it aloue. an' It ueeds some one with bruins to tlx things up there for tbe rest or us." And he added hoarsely iu Philip's ear: "Sharp's tbe word. We 'aven't mauy minutes!" Iris permitted Coke and a sailor to strip off a life belt und tie her and Hozier back io back. It was wonder ful. though bidden from her ken lu that supreme moment, to see bow they devised a double sling in order to dis tribute the strain. Wheu each knot was securely fastened Coke vociferat ed a mighty "Heave away!" But his powerful voice was drowned by tbe incessant roar of tbe breakers. Not eveu tbe uuited clamor of every man preseut, fifteen all told, including tbe drunken chief officer, could make Itself beard above tbe din. Then Ho sier tugged sharply at tbe rope three times, and it grew taut. Amid a jubi lant cry from tbe others he aud Iris were lifted clear of the deck. At once they were carried fully twenty feet Reaward. As they swung back, not quite st) far aud now well above the level of the windlass from which their perilous Journey had started, a ready wit ted sailor seized a few colls ol a thin rope that lay tucked up in the nugle of the bulwarks und tlung tbem across Ilozier's arms. "Take a whip witb you. sir!" he yell id, and Philip showed that he under stood by gripping the ro|** between his teeth. It was obvious that the rescu »rs were working from a point well overhanging the recess into which the A.ndrouicda had driven her bows, and there might still be tbe utmost dilb :ulty In throwing a rope accurately from the rock to the wreck. A* a mat ter of fact, uo less than sii previous attempts had been made, and I he su< .-ess of the neveiitb was due solely to ι favorable gust of wiud hurtling into tbe cleft at the very Inst uni it whs needed The sailor's quick though! solved this problem for the future. Hy tying tbe small rope to the heavier oue those who remained below could haul It back wb«*u some sort of signal code was established Once there was a check. They wall •d anxiously, but there was uo sign jlven by the fmil ro|>e that they were to haul lu again. Then tbe upward movement continued. "Chunk o' rock In the way." an nouueed Coke, glariug round at tbe survivors as If to challenge contradic tion. No one answered These men were beginning to measure their lives igainst the life of the wedge of iron ind timber kept in position by the Mumbling frame of the ship. It was ι fast diminishing scale. The tigures painted ou the Andromeda's bows rep ■esented minutes rather than feet. Watts was lying crouched on deck, with his arms thrown round the wlud iass. Looking ever for a fresh Incur siou of rats, he seemed to be cheered uy the fact that his dreaded assailants preferred the Interior of tbe forecastle ο the wave swept deck. He was the »nly man there who bad uo fear of ieatb. Suddenly he began to croon a long forgotten sailor's chanty: 'Now. me lads, βΐηκ a stave of the dead man's mass. Ye'll never sail 'ome again, oh! We're twelve old salts an the skipper'· lass. Alurooned in the Spanish main, oh! SinK nay Sine ho— A nlkker Is l>avy Jones! lust one more plug an' a swig at the Jug, An' up with the skull an' bones!" After a longer aud faster haul than tiad been noticed previously tbe rope stopfied η second tliue. Every one ex cept Watts was watching the whip Intently. "There she goes!" yelled the sailor In charge of the line. He began to haul In the slack like a madman. A dark form loomed downward through the mist. It was Hozier, atone, :oiuing back to them. À frenzied ?heer broke from the lips of those overwrought meu. They knew what that meant. Somewhere high above the black rocks aud the flying scud was hope throned In the blessed sun shine. They drew him In cautiously until Coke was uble to grasp his hand. They were iuick to see that he brought ι secoud rope und a spare whip. "Two ut a time on both ropes," was tils Inspiriting message. "They're frieudly Portuguese up there, but no one must be seen If a boat is sent from the Island to find out what has be :ome of the ship. So step lively! Now, captain, tell 'em off In pairs." Coke's method was characteristic. He literally fell on the two nearest men and began to truss them. Hosier followed his example and tied two others back to back. They vanished, and the ropes returned, much more speedily this time. Four and four igaln were drawn up to safety. There were left the captain, Hozier and the unhappy Watts, who waa now crying because the skipper had "set about" bito Just for "singln* a reel ole wind Jammer song." "You must take up this swine," said Coke to Hosier, dragging Watts to his feet with scant ceremony. "If I lay me 'anda on 'im I'll be tempted to throttle Ίιη." Before quitting tbe deck Hosier help ed to adjust the remaining rope around the captain's portly person. Τ bey wart lifted clear of the trembling torectftta almost simultaneously and lo the verj □irk of time. Already the skeleton oi tbe slilp's hull wns beginning to slip off Into deep water. The deck wa* several feet lower than at the moment of the vessel's final impact against the rocks. Even before the three reacbinl the ledge from which their rescuer* were working the bridge and futine: were swept awa.v. the foremast fell the fore hold and forecastle were riot ously Hooded Ιι,ν I lie sea. and Waits were he capable of using his eyes might have seen Ids deadly enemies the rats, xwarmlng in hundreds to thi tiny platform that still ruse above Hip destroying waves. Soon even that frail ark was shattered. When the keel and garboard stroke plates snap ped.all that was left of the Androme da topplod over, nnd the cavern slip had Invaded rang with a tierce note ol triumph as the next wave thundered in without hindrance. ······· It was Indeed a new and etrnngp world ou which Iris looked when able to breathe and see once more. Dur ing that terrible ascent she had retain ed but slight consciousness of her sur roundlngs. She knew that iiozier aud herself were drawu close to a bulging rock, that ber companion clutched at It with bauds aud knees and thus fend ed her delicate limbs from off its bro ken surface; she felt herself half car ried, half lifted, up Into free air and dazzling light: she heard voices In a musical foreign tongue uttering word» that had tbe riug of sympathy. Friendly hands placed ber in a warm and sunlit cleft, and she lay there, un able to think or move. By degrees tbp numbness of body and mind gave way to clearer impresslous. But she took much for granted. For instauce. it did not seem an unreasonable thing that the familiar faces of ineu from the An dromeda should gather near her on an uneven shelf of rock strewn with bro ken bowlders and the litter of sea birds. She recognized them vaguely nnd their presence brought h new con fidence. They Increased !u uuiuIht Sailor-like, they began lo take part lustantly In the work of rescue, but she wondered dully why Hosier did not come to her. nor did she under stand that he had gone back to that raging inferno lieneatb until she saw his blood stained face appear over the lip of the precipice. Then she screamed wildly. "Thank tîod —oh. thank lîod!" and staggered to her feer In the frniitic desire to help in un fasten i net he ro(»es that bound IiIuj to the luseuslble Watts. Tears gushed forth at h e ι own helplessness The pain In het eyes blinded her She shrank awaj again Not until l'hlllp h I m s e 11 spoke did she dart to look at him. ti And that he was betiding over het and endeavoring to allay ber agita tlon by related assurancesof their common well be Ing. "Come, Mis. Yorke." said Ho zier. "our I'ortu "ΤΠΛΝΚ οοι>—ou, guese menus su.v thank god!" we must not re main here an Instant longer than Is necessary." "Yes," said a strange volee. "the sen Is moderating. At any moment a boat may appear. Follow me. all of you The road is a rough one. but it is not far." The speaker was an elderly man. long haired and bearded, of whose per sonality the girl caught no other de tails than the patriarchal beard, α paii of remarkably bright eyes, a long, pointed nose and a red scar that ran diagonally across a domed forehead. Ho turned away without further ex planation and began to climb a natural pathway that wound itself up the side of an almost perpendicular wall ot rock. Hozler caught Iris by the arm and would have assisted her, but she shook herself free. She felt and couducted herself like a fractious child. "I can manage quite well," she said, with an odd petulance. Suddenly she clung to him. "Don't let them send me back to the ship," she Implored. "No. no. You are safe now." "Of course I am safe, but I dread that ship. Why did I ever come on bourd? Captain Coke said be would sink her. I told you"— "Steady! Keep a little nearer the rocks on your left The passage is narrow here." Hozier . raised his voice somewhat lud purposely hurried her. They were skirting the seaward face of the rocky Islet on which they bad found salva tion. The sun was biasing at them ■sideways from a wide expanse of blue sky. Thinking he was «till dizzy from the effects of the blow, which the girl lind ascribed to the bursting of a shell, i'hlllp glanced at bis watcb. It was iwcnty-flve minutes past 8. Yet be r.lstiuctiy remembered eight bells be ing struck while Coke was telling him from the bridge to give the anchor ;li!rty-five fathoms of cable. Was it possible that tbey bad gone through so •nucli during those few minutrs? Just then the track turned sharply nway from the sea. A dry water i-ourse cut deeply Into tbe cliff, where torrential ralus bad found an upright layer of soft scoria imbedded In the mass of basalt Their guide was stand ing on tbe s(<y Hue of the cleft, some forty feet alove them. "Tell tbe others to make haste." he wild "This is tbe end or your Jour ney." "Who In he?" Iris asked, being rntbei breathless now after a steep climb. M1 don't know," said tioaier. "How absurd!" ebe gasped. "I—I tblnk I'm dreaming. Why-have we come here?" It wna bot as a fort.ace In this nar row ravine. Each upwatd step de· raauded au effort. She would have slipped and bnrt herself man; times were It not for Hosier's Hrro grasp, nor did she realize tbe sheer exhaus tion that forced nlm to seek support from tbe neighboring wall with bis disengaged hand. Tbe man in front, however, wus alive to their dangerous "PARDON MB, MONSIEUR." plight. He said something in bis own language, for bis English bad tbe pre cise staccato accent of the well edu cated foreigner, and another man ap peared. The sight of tbe uewcomei startled Iris more than any otber event that bad happened since tbe Androm eda reached tbe end of her last voyage. He wore the uniform of those dread fnl beings whom she bad seeu on tbe Island. She shrieked. Hozier fancied she had sprained an ankle, but before she could utter any sort of explanation the apparition in uniform was by her side and murmuring words that were evi dently meant to be reassuring. Seeing that he was not understood, be broke Into baiting French. He was a handsome youngster, evi dently an officer, and bis eyes dwelt on tbe girl's face with no lack of ani mation as he led her into a cave which seemed to bave been excnvated from the inner side of a small crater. "You can rest here in absolute safe ty, madame." be said. "Permit me to arrange a seat. Then 1 sball bring you «orne wine." Iris flung off tbe hand which held her arm so persuasively. "Please do not attend to me. There are wounded men who need attention far more than I," sht> said, speaking In English, tiuce it never entered ber mind that tbe Portuguese officer bad been addressing ber In French. He was puzzled more by ber action than ber words, but Hozier. who had followed close behind, explained in sen tences built on tbe Ollendorffinn plan that mademoiselle was disturbed, ma demoiselle required rest, mademoiselle hardly understood that which hud ar rived. et voila tout "Mademoiselle without doubt Is tbe daughter of monsieur the captain?" "No." said Hozier rather curtly, turn ing to ascertain how Iris bad dispo««ed of herself In the Interior of the cav ern. It was his ilrst experience of a South American dandy's |>ose toward women, or. to be exact, toward women who are young and pretty, and It seemed to him not tbe least marvelous event of an hour crammed with mar vels that any man should endeavor to begin an active flirtation under euch circumstances. He saw that Iris was seated on a camp stool. Her face was buried in her bands. A wealth of brown hair was tumbled over ber neck and shoul ders: the constant showers of spray had loosened ber tresses, and the un avoidable rigors of tbe passage from ship to ledge had sbakeu out every bnirpln. Tbe tum-o'-sbanter cap she was wearing early In the day had dis appeared at some unknown stage of ihe adventure. Her attitude bespoke α mood of overwhelming dejection. Like the remainder of ber companions she was dcencbed to the skin. lUCir 11 INI» nric when their feet rested on the solid rock. There was every Indication that their rescuers were refugees like them selves. The scanty resources visible in the cave, the Intense anxiety of the elderly Portuguese to avoid observa tion from the chief island of the group, the very nature of the apparently Inac cessible crag in which be and bis as sociates were biding—each and all of these things spoke volumes. Hozier did not attempt to disturb the jrlrl until the dapper officer produced η goatskin and poured a small quanti ty of wine Into a tin cup. With a cu rious eagerness be anticipated the oth er's obvious Intent. "Pardon me. monsieur," be said, seiz ing the vessel, and bis direct Anglo Saxon manner quite robbed bis French of Its politeness. Then bis vocabulary broke down, and be added more suave ly in English: "I will persuade her to irlnk a little. She Is rather hysterical, you know." The Portuguese nodded as tbougb be understood. Iris looked up wheu Ho sier brought her the cup. "Is there no water?" she asked plain tively. "We bave no water, mademoiselle." the officer said. Then be glanced ut the group of bedraggled sailors. "And very little wine." lie added. "Be quick, please." put in the elderly Portuguese with a tinge of impatience. "We have no second cup. and there η re wouuded men"— "Give It to them," said iris, lifting her face agalu for an Instant. "1 do not need it. I have told you that once already. I suppose you think l should not be here." "I aui sure our friend did not mean that," said Hozier, looking squarely Into those singularly bright eyes. He caught and held them. "1 did not mean that the lady should be left to die, if tbat la the lntcrpre tatlou put on my remark." came tbt quiet answer. "Mut it was an act ol the utmost folly to brlug a delicate girl ou such an errand, ι cannot imag ine what your captain was thinking of when be agreed to it." "Wot's tbat. mister?" demanded Coke. Now that his tit of rage bad passed the bulky skipper of tbe An dromeda was red faced and lmper turbuble as usual. Tbe manifold perils be bad passed through showed no mort lasting effect on him thau a shower ol sleet ou lbe thick bide of Hie animal he so closely resembled. "Are you the cuptaln?" eald the other. "Yes. sir. An* I'd like to 'ear w y my ship or 'er preseut trip wasn't tit for euny young leddy, let alone'— •That te a matter for yon to deter mine. 1 suppose you Know best bow to conduct your owu business. My only concern Is with the outcome 01 your raebnees. Why did you dellber a«ely sacrifice your ship Id that man DerT" . ·, "Wot ere you a-<lrlvln' at. mister r Coke growled. "Do you deny, then, that you acted like a madman'/ Do you aay that you did not know quite well the risk you ran In bringing your vessel to the is land In broad daylight?" Then Coke found bis breath. "Risk!" he roared. "Risk in steam in' to an anchorage an' eendln' a boat ashore for water? There seems to be a lot of mad folk loose just now on Fernando Noronha. but I'm not one ot •em, an' that's as much as I can say for enny of you—damme If It alD t. "Who are you, then? Who sent yon here?" "I'm Captain James Coke of the British ship Andromeda—that's 'oo 1 am—an' 1 was sent 'ere. or leastways to the river Plate, by David Verity & Co. of Liverpool." It muet not be forgotten that Coke shared with his employer a certain un classical freedom In the pronunciation of the ship's name. The loug "e" ap parently puzzled the other man. "Andromeda!" he muttered. "Spell it!" "My godfather, this it an asylum fot sure," grunted Coke. In a spasm of fu rious mirth. "A-n-d-r-o-m-e-d-n. Now you've got it." "You are unlucky. Captain Coke most unlucky," the other said. "I re gret my natural mistake, which, it seems, was shared by the authorities of Fernando do Noronha. You have blundered into a nest of hornets, aud as a result you have been badly stung Let me explalu matters. 1 am Doni Corrla Antonio de Sylva, ex-president of the republic of Brazil, There I» at this moment a determined movement on foot on the mainland to replace mo In power, and with that object In view efforts are being made to secure my escape from the convict settlement In which my enemies have Imprisoned me. 1 and two faithful followers are here In hiding. My friend Capltano Salvador de San Benavides," and be bowed with much dignity toward the uniformed officer, "came here two days ago In a felucca to warn me that a steamer would lie to about a mile eontli of the Island tonight. The steam er's name Is Andros-y-Mela. It la rath er like the name of your unhappy ves sel—so much alike that the Andromeda has been sunk by mistake. That is all." , ^ Coke, listening to this explanation with the virtuous wrath of a knave who discovers that he baa been wrong fully suspected, bristled now with indignation. "Ob, that's all. it it?" he cried ■ a rcastlcally "No, sir; It ain't all, nor 'arf. nor quarter. Let me tell you that no crimson pirate on Gawd's earth can blow a Brit ish ship <>(T the 'igb seas an' then do the dancln' master act. with 'la 'and on 'la 'eart. an' say it was Just a flam in' miatake. All, ■"•c/ η* «κΤΓ/ΐί.?· you believe It. m enlp QF? THI; There s a lot ,IQH 6£A8 „ more to come vet. take my tlp-a devil of a lot or I'm the biggest lunatic within a ten mile circle of w ere I'm stannln", wblcli Is givin' long odds to any other crank in the whole creation." And Coke was right, though he lit lie guessed then why he was so thor oughly justified in assuming that he niiil the other survivore of the Androm eda had not yet gone through half or quarter or more than a mere curtain raising prelude to the strange human draina in which they were destined l,e the chief actors. CHAFTKlt VU. ftETWEEN TUE BRAZILIAN DEVIL AM I TUE DEEP ATI.A.VTIC. TFJEItK was un awkward pause Coke, rascal though He was mid corpulent withal, wus nt Fa 1st air. Kather did lie sug pest th«· present day atavism of souie robber baron of llie middle :igos whost hectoring speech Unbilled fortli from a etoniheart. Hut the ragged ex-president heeded lilm not. After a moment of plueid scrutiny of his enraged eonnte nance by those bright, watchful eyes Coke might have been nonexistent so far as recognition of his outburst was apparent during the sonorous discus siou that ensued between Doiu Corria Antonio de Sylva and the Senor Cap Itano Salvador de San Henavides. The latter, it is true, betrayed ex citement. At first be farored iris with a deprecatingly admiring glance, as one who would say. "Dear lady, ac cept my profound regret and respect ful homage." But that phase quickly passed. His leader was not a man to waste words, and the gallant cap tain's expressive face soon showed that he bad grasped the essential facts. Tbey did not please him. In fact, he was distinctly cowed, almost stunned, by bis companion's revela tions. It fell to De Sylva to explain mat ters to bis unexpected guests. "My friend agrees with me that It Is only fair that the exact position should be revealed to you," be said. "The situation is not so simple as you seem to Imagine. The loss of youi ship cannot be dealt with here. It raises Issues of International law whicb can only be settled b.v courts and gov ernments. You know, I suppose, that nothing will be done until a complaint la lodged by a British minister, and that binges upon the very doubtful fact that you will ever again see youi own country." The ex-preeident certainly had thw knack of expressing himself clearly. Those concluding words rang like a knell. Tbey even called Watts back from the slumber of unconsciousness. De Sylva continued speakiug iu the same balanced tone: "It happens by Idle chance that my enemies have become yours. The men who destroyed your ship thought they were injuring me. I have just pointed out to Capltano de Sau Beuavides the precise outcome of this attack. Until a few momenta ago we shared the de lusion that the troops on Fernando do Noronh* believed we were uow on oui L way lo a Brazilian port. We were mistaken. More than that, we know now that tbey have obtained news— probably through a traitor to our cause -of the Andros-y-Mela'e voyage. Tbey were prepared for her coming. Tbey bad made arrangements to receive bet almost at the place decided on by our friends in Brazil, it is more than likely that the Andros-y-Mela is uow lying uuder the guns of some coast fortress, since the presence of troops and cannon on this side of the island is unprecedented." UI don't see wot all this 'as to do with me." blurted out Coke de»er mlnedly. "No. It would not concern you lu tbe least if you were safe at sea. Kut since you are nere It does concern you most gravely. From one point of view you served my cause well by preparing to lower a boat. ïou misled my perse cutors as to locality at least. Ui course 1 saw you and thought you were mad, but your action did help to conceal from the soldiers the secret of my true hiding pluce. 1 wish to be candid with you. If my friends and I had realized that you were here by accident we ought to have takeu no steps to save you " "Really!" snarled Coke, eying tbe unruffled Brazilian much as au Andu lusiuu bull might glare at a picador. A buzz of angry whispering came from tbe crew, Eveu iris flashed a dis dainful glance at tbe man who uttered this atrocious sentiment. De Sylva raised his hand. "Pray, do uot misunderstand me." he said. "1 am us buinune us most oth ers, but it is dilbcult to decide wbetbei or not mere humanity, setting aside self iuterest, would not rather con demn you to the speedy death of the wreck than drag you to the worse fate that awaits you here. And please re member that we did succor you, thus risking observation and a visit by the troops wben the sea permits a landing. But that is not tbe true issue. An hour ago there were four people on this bare rock—four of us who looked for escape tcmight. We were supplied with such small necessaries of exist ence as would enable us to live if our rescuers were delayed for a day or even two. Now there will be no res cue. We are"-he looked slowly around —"twenty instead of four, but we have the same quantity of stores, which cou slst of a half emptied skin of wine, a buncb of bananas, a few scraps of maize bread aud some strips of dried meat. Do you follow me?" There was a sound of hurrying foot steps on the steep pathway. A tigure. clad in rags that surpassed even De Sylva's. appeared In tbe eutrance. A brief colloquy took place. De Sylva's eager questions were answered in monosyllables. "Marcel tells me that one of your boats Is drifting away with a man ly ing In the bottom." came tbe uneasy expla nation Good Lord!" Holler cried. "That must be the lifeboat I was trying to dear when tbe ship struck. Macfar lane was helping me. but be was hit by a bullet and dropped acmes the thwart·. I thought he was deed!** "Dead or alive, he Is better off than we." said De Sylva He questioned Marcel again briefly "There can be no doubt that the man in the boat cast off the lashings when be found that the ship waa sinking." be continued in English. "Marcel saw him doing that and wondered why be waa alone. At any rate. If be la carried beyond the reef be has a lighting chance. We have none." "Why not? Are tbeae men on tb«· island ao deaf to human sympathies· that they would murder all of us In cold blood?" The girl's sweet, low pitched voice sounded inexpressibly sad In that vaulted pluce. Even De Sylva s stud led control gave way before Its music He uttered some anguished appeal to tbe Deity in his own tongue and flung out his bands Impulsively. "What would you have me say?" he cried, and bis eyes blazed. "I might He to you aud try to persuade you that we can exist here without food or wn ter, whereas tomorrow or next day al the utmost will see most of us dead. But In a few hours you will reulize what It means to be kept on this bare rock under a tropical sun. You can do one thing. Your party greatly out numbers mine. Climb to tbe topmost pinnacle and sigual to tbe Island, ^ou will soon be seeu." He laughed with a savage irony that was uot good to hear, but Coke caught at the suggestion. "Even that is better'n tearln' one an other like mad dogs." he growled. "I know wot's comlu'. I've seeu it wonst. Hosier made for the exit, where Mar eel stood irresolute, apparently waiting for orders. " rr ueie arc j«» bu>uB . — De Sylva. 'To see what is becoming of the life boat." "Better not fou cannot help youi friend, and the instant It becomes known to tbe troops tbat tbere is a living soul od tbe Grand-pere rock tbey will come io a steam launch and sboot every one at sight." "Will that be tbe answer to our slg nal?" It was Iris who asked tbe question, and tbe Brazilian's voice softened again. "Yes." he said. "Why. then, do you advise us to seek our own destruction?" He bowed. His manner was almost humble. "It Is the easier way." he murmured "Is there uo other?" "Noue—unless we attack 200 soldiers with sticks and stones and three re volvers and a sword." Hozier came back. He bad merely stepped a pace or two into tbe sun light. Through tbe northerly dip of the gulley be bad seen tbe ship's boat whirled past an islet by tbe tierce cur rent Macfarlane was rm visible. Per haps that was better no. "Attack!" be Maid hoarsely. "How Is that possible? Λ deep and wide clian nel separates us from tbe mnin island." The Brazilian gave a startling an swer. "We have a boat—a sort of boat." be said quietly. "How many will it bold?" "Three in a smooth sea and with skilled handling, it nearly overturned when I and two others crossed from tbe Island, a distance of 300 yards." "But we bave ropes, clothes, perhaps some few pieces of wreckage. Can nothing be done to repair It?" "Meaning that we draw lots to see who shall endeavor to escape tonight?" "The men might even do that." "Ah, yes—the men. of course. I think it hopeless. But try It! ?ee; certainly, try it!" A pause more eloqueut than tbe most impassioned speech showed how this frail straw eddyiug lu the vortex I of Uulr fate might yet be clutched at A San Bona vides, trying vainly tu guees what was being said, blurted forth ao anxious Inquiry. His compatriot ex plained briefly. Somehow the meas ured cadence of their talk bad a leu reliable sound than the vigorous An· glo-Saxon. They were both brave meo. They bad not scrupled to risk their lives lu an enterprise where success beckoned even doubtIngly. Rut they were lacking wbeo all that remained to be settled was bow best to die: in such an hour the men of an English speaking race will ever choose a light· ing death. This time it was a woman who de cided. Iris rose to her feet. She brushed back the strands of damp hair from her face and with deft bands made a rough and ready coil of her abundant tresses. "Are ynn planning to send me with two others adrift in a boat while sev enteen men ate left here?" she asked. The Brazilian ceased speaking. There was another uneasy pause. Ilozler felt that the question was addressed to him. but be was tongue tied, almost shamefaced. Coke, however, did not shirk the task of enllghteuing her. "Something like that," he said. "We can't let you cut In with the rest of us. missy. That wouldn't be reasonable. But It's best to lis the business fair an' square. We ain't a-goln' to try any other way, not so long as I'm skip per," and lie looked with brtilal fi > '·· ness at De Sylva and the anxious, bu uncomprehending San Benavides. The ex-president knew what he meant. Even In bis despondency lie resented the Implied slur on his good faitb. "You cannot examine the boat until darkness sets In." be said. "Then you will find out how frail a foundation you are building on. It Is absoiutel" ridiculous to assume that she ran he made seaworthy. Her occupants woult. be drowned before tbey were clear of the Islands." "In any case. I refuse to go." said Iris. "The boat that brought these men to this rock can bring nineteen men ai.d α woman to Fernando Noronha. We must land there tonight. With those to guide us who know the coast, sure ly that should be possible. We have n right to struggle for our lives. We < f the Andromeda at least have d >»e no wrong to 'he cruel irret< he* wht sought to kill us without mercy today Why shouid we not endeaxor to «le fend ourselves? There is food I her* and guns In plenty, l.et .is tsiLe tlnui Above nil, 1er us not dream ,u.> SUcb useless iN vli-f as this prop ·-«! i< send three to drowu aofiieM Ijeie ui II. sea and leave netetil'-eii to |*π-1ι ιι is erably here. We an· lit »:·«ι ■· ίνιπ.Ι* I.et us trust to tiiui. but wiille dolus that fully and fearlew»ly v»·* uui-i ms-u life. m* death " "Bully for you. ιιιΙ»*Γ* pwit»' a «.ill·* and a growl of adintra·i- u ran; through lite cave. (to h roinirml CONSIDERATE. H· tp«r«d Hi· Ou*i< th# "Unp'MMirt Llttl· 0Η·.Ι " Two friend", one ν |·π*;*·Γ'·ιι- look log bueliie** man and tur ··: ,«*t at least *ell dressed. rhan· ed to meH not loug ago and the •e»-»»»! getillt»· man that It wa* tils luru to "buy the dinner." so Hier were w-»u repairing to a fashionable re»inuraut. Their order* were generous. and ttiey lingered loug over lb·' K««<d thing*, uot forgetting Hgan» nt the end When tbey felt that lb··)· really had to leave or else pa ν rent the hoot ι bowed a bit of fidgetiness and re· quested that the other go outside and wult for bitn: that there wa·» an 'un pleasant IHtle detail" he wished to discuss with the proprietor and could not think of embarrassing his frleud by having him overhear it- The friend did as requited, stepping out side and waiting til the uearest corner. Ile had been waiting only al»out tive minutes when of a sudden the door of - the restaurant flew open, and Ills erst while host shot through ll aa from a catapult, followed by some most un complimentary terms. "What's wrong?" was the Urst In quiry of the waiting friend. "Oh. nothing much." was the an swer, "except that the 'unpleasant lit tle detail' 1 had to discuss with the proprietor was that I had no money to pay for the dinners."—Pittsburg Gazette-Times. A FAMOUS GOOSE. Peter, the Pet of the English Cold stream Guards. Possibly the most reinarlcible cm· ture ever attached to u regiment was Peter, the ever famous goose of tbe Coldstream guards. This curious pet was presented to the Coldstreainers wben they were In Canada by the late lion. Adolpbus Craves, and soou It ac quired a fame which eclipsed that of all rivals in the way of pets In the army. Wben the guard was mounted of a morning Peter always marched off with thorn. It is recorded that one Dight the goose saved a sentry's life by flying in the face of a rebel who was jus<: going to fire at the soldier. Peter's timely aid disconcerted th· rebel, who fired at random. The sen· try immediately responded by shoot Ing the rebel dead. Wben the guards came home and were quartered In London one of th· sights wben tbe regiment marched out was to see Peter strutting at tbe head of tbe battalion till tbey passed tbe barrack gate, wben the goose re turned Unhappily Peter's fate was unberolc. Ills end was 111 In accord with his martial career, for he was run over and killed by a cab. and that not even a taxlcab. It was a poor kind of an end for a bird with such a record.—London Telegraph. Respectfully Referred. Chief Justice Marshall used to nar rate with great glee the following cor respondence ou a point of honor be tween Governor Giles'of Virginia and Patrick Henry. The governor wrote: Sir—I understand that you have called me a bobtail politician. I wish to know if it be true and, If true, your meaning. W. R. GILES. Patrick Henry's reply came prompt ly: Sir—I do not recollect calling you a bob tall politician at any time, but think It probable that I have. I can't say what 1 did mean, but if you will tell me what you think I meant I will say whether you are correct or not. Very respectfully, PATRICK HENRY. This was leaving it to Giles with a vengeance; but, as there was no fur ther correspondence, the governor of Virginia must have read satisfaction somewhere between the lines of Pat rick Henry's brilliantly equivocal re ply.