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Hit mate,' Jeba Lounabury, proves treacherous alter they get to sea and threatens to reveal the char acter of the captain and cargo to British and from which they could not escape, Thorndyke atrjLkes him and, renders him Insensible, apparently dead. One of the other two members ef the crew attempts Thorndyke's Ute. but he bests him and throws him into the M*. The other, a negro, he scares Into slleaS H^determlnes to Impersonate the ap- arently dead mate, and tell the ic«gnft he has taken the ship as a prise and has killed the c&ptatn and all of the craw but the one negro. Chapter II.—When the boat is boarded, ha teHs his story, whloh is believed by the naval lieutenant but is doubted by a dragoon officer, Boammell, who Is along. While Thorndyke 1a proving his tale, Lounsbury shows signs of returning con sciousness. Thorndyke Is taken to the British* vessel to repeat his story tm the captain. Chapter III.—The Phantom is takM te New York and there turned over to the king's authorities. *Aorndyke determines to aot the part of a spy, and when possible escape through tbe lines and deliver his Information to Washington. Charier V.^-6cammell enters during the Eand rogress of the row and asks to take a by relieving the naval officer of Thorndyke. Belden, the naval officer, dis covers that Thorndyke Is the man he is looking for. for Clinton, and stops the light, after which a challenge still stands bo twean Tfrorndv^p apd %^9B&eUi Chapter .^--sganTon postpones the In terview with Thorndyke for a day^and in the ^meantime gives him papers which state he tsito take the Phantom, tftill York*harbor, and go to Newport with dispatches to the British generalat that place. Chapter Vn.—During a great fire in New York Thorndyke assists a patriot spy te es cape, and from him he gets the name at "Rex." After returning to his Quarters he Is surprised by a visit from Soammel. Chapter VIII.—SbainmeU has discovered the identity of Thorndyke and comes to ar rest him as a spy. He 1s armed only with a pistol, and into the prlmlngtpan of this Thorndyke manages to throw water# then, overcoming Scammell, Thorndyke tffoepsa and makes his way to Clinton's headauar ters, where his real Identity Is not yet known. Chapter IX.—Clinton gives ^--r w-~ —yijnEfhat the be allowed to see her brother. Clinton In forms her that her brother was condemned as a epy, and while waltihg for execution was burned to death In the lire of the diy before. She then demands a pass outside the lines, proclaiming at 'the'saztaVtltne her loyalty to America. Mrs. Badely. Clin ton's mistress, enters with'the announce ment that the Brother, Instead beta* burned, has esoaped. Chapter X.-CUnton orters Thorndyke to arrest the girl, wnioh he refuses to da but instead proolalms his own identity, then gives her his pass through the lines! while he holds Clinton until she eso&pes! He follows her and makes his way tothe picket lines, where he stitkes and-pre sumably kills a sentry. Chapter XX.—Thorndyke stops at the Dove tavern for refreshments. The waiter takes an unusual interest In him. While there a Brttish cavalryman and a card sharper, whom 'he had met in town a few days before, oome in. He remains In the -o -aMii.53iMPwm and tells the cavalryman of a girl he .... seen in the'woods'to the north. The cavalryman leaves to find her. Thorndyke Is seen by the sharper and a fight ensues, in which the Quaker kills tho sharper'^as a body of cavalrymen approach, allowing Thorndyke time enough to be concealed by the welter, fitrvkor Chapter Jtiii.—Tnornaykeanatne wuaiitss leave the inp and go to a place of conceal- mfnt knowm to the patriota Here thfcy mfeet Miss King and Thorndyke finds a?.Sj *r,'Mcapea a Chapter XVH.—They are deteoted by men on a British warship, but the fog again escap*for CSiapter *5xR.~A boat is sent from the warship,.*but is beaten off. Then three come, and the schooner is boarded. In Uie fight that ensues Ames is Bhot and the girl disappears. The small boat behind the schooner has been overturned by a shot from the war vessel, and, as a last resort Thorndyke dives into the sea and comes ub he»*e.th the dlnev-- -»i._ whQjgjjtyyi^e. necessity, and, though I was on fire to re» turn to the cabin, I held away and turned my attention to the great mainsail which was hurtling to and fro, the subdued thun der of ite thrashing bunt and Quick patter of ite reefing points playing out of tbe mys terious darkness overhead like the sounds of a distant storm. Alone I double reefed that canvas, though I remember very little of it, the only thing coming to my mind be ing the horriblo smooth inkincee of tKe water beneath me when I crawled out on the boom to pass the earring and haul taut. Though my hands worked on deck, my heart was below, and it was with a deep breath of satisfaction that I saw the last of more' than an hour's hard labor. Casting off the main sheet, that I might not be taken un« aware, I gave a glance at the light on the Sprite, still lying on our quarter, and then went beiow, filled with a mixture of hope and dread. McCary was sitting by the side* of the glri as I entered. He looked up before I was fairly off the steps, and said in a surly voice: "Ye hud beet be no niggard with the whisky pass it out!" "What do you find?" I asked. "Shock," he answered shortly, "And naught else?" (•,*' 0 "Ite not ho Sle d—n quick," he replied. Th'-re m:iv lie Munich else inside, I know not. Outside there's a nasty bit of a blow on the nob and a fractured clavicle. There's the shock to nurse, but if all's well within she'll mend in a few dare. It was a narrow escape she has had! How came she here?" 'Tis a long story, and one with mighty little to flatter your side of the fight, my friend," I answered. "Let that pass. If you can save both these children, and will settle^down ashore and swear by congress, I'll see that your fortune's made as a doctor. You will be a rare hand!" "I'll see yo and" yer congress d——d first!" ho returned with an ugly scowl. "What I lay hand on, be it rebel or loyal, I do me best with. I'll do it hero. I have little against the like of Gertrude King. She is a true lass." "That's well," I answered as I went to the locker for the whisky. "But Gertrude is flying like myself from Clinton her loyalty is to her country, and not, as you think, to George III. The title of 'rebel' is ohe to be roud of." And with this I handed him bottle whitfh he took with a dogged air, pouring therefrom a dram which would have been more than respectable for a man. I watched him closely as he put it to the girl's lips. He held it there until a "r^lf quantity had disappeared, then, as though no longer able to restrain himself, he lifted the remainder to his own and drank'it in a single gulp. I was about to jump on him, when-down the open companion way there came a faint wailing followed by a roar that grew into a shriek appalling in its intensity. It was the to! S Twas Ifalfway to the deck we weralaid over to larboard in a manneritiat for ahnoment Saved! prevented my further progress. A mighty gush of damp wind struck my face as 1 hung on to the rail, and before I could grip my way hand over hand up the ladder the schooner righted and hung on an even keel trembling like a suddenly affrighted animal In an instant I was at the wheel. As quickly as the squall came it passed, but I knew the weight that must be behind it. Well it was that I had reduced sail and let go the sheet, for in such a sudden blast wdutd have been thrown so low that the cargo would have shifted and the end come in the twinkling of an eye. As near as I codld .guess the first rush of air^ad been from out the-southeaat,. b.utAEe whole gale thatfollowed struck us fairly the bow, and, in spite of my jamming the tilhn hird over, I think for a space the schooner made direct stajtiway. Without a s^il drawing, the din.of thethrashingoanvaB drowned all other noises, and in this fashion we hung in irons until it appeared that the mainmast would be shaken out of the ves sel. I could not man the wheel and staysail sheet together, and the former I dared not leave but the wind settled my dilemma, for after a time, and when I was getting des perate, it whipped a point to larboard, and in the half glimmer that now came firom the sea, which looked like a dish of froth,-1 saw the foot of the staysail streaming over the starboard bow. How I lashed the wheel with the helm up and got forward, I hardly know. I remem ber it was like dragging against a atone wall to get the sheet half way in, but I did it, and ran back again before we were fairly paid off. Now I lashed the helm down and put my weight on the main sheet, but 'twas past my power to move it a foot. As I had no wish" to lose time by running toward Sputh America, I bawled to the doctor to come up. He did so in a hurry, but demurred When I told him to lay hold of the' line and haul. The sudden tongue lashing I gave him and a sight of my face in the light which poured from the cabin made him think better of his manner, for he gripped the sheet and fell back with it like a born sailor. It was an almighty tug as best, but grew easier as we hauled into the wind, and when the line was belayed I commanded him to take the wheel while I sheeted home the staysail. "ahis fiS^rncAon^sk'Vyb.proposes BS^-TheyteU ot thelr cnbpter v.—xnorfiayKe tnat {h2yoL'f^iwn.the riIer '2 ooat to where the Phantom is anohored, overpower the guard and take to the sea. A fog assists them as they start on the venture vnapier jwvx.-xney reacii tne Phan tom in safety and find Stoamtneil and Louns bury on board, the guard having gone ashore. The two men are imprisoned the cabin and tho echooner cut loose and allowed to drift through the fog to'the sea. The veriest duffer cannot follow the for year in and out without learning some thing of the handling of ships, and, though McCary had probably never laid hand on a spoke from necessity, he may have done so for pleasure, as he seemed to know how to hold the Phantom somewhere near the wind's eye. There was no difficulty, then, in getting a proper trim to the head cloth* and by the time the sheet was belayed and we stood off on the starboard tack the schooner was well under way, her bows smit ing the seas, which had risen like magic, in a way that threw a curtain of solid water into the air, which, catching the wind, blew in and came aboard a deluge. I was wet to the skin before, but it was a dry wet as com pared to the way the water shot through my clothing, the drops stinging my face like a discharge of'small shot. Even under scant canvas and pointing as close as the schooner would go, she lay down to the blast until at times the brine gurgled in the lee scuppers. The channels sheared thro.ugh the black seas and turned up a smother bf froth as they tore along, while the noise of the roaring wind and water was enough to deafen one. U,M vnapter Jffx.—jfrom the dingy Thorriayx hears the plans made for the sailing of tht schooner into port with I^ounsbury in charge. He also hears that Ames is not 2&adLHd,a surgeon is sent to care for him. The girl is not found. ®s*ptM' XXl,--Thori2dylce svcceeds in reaching the deck of thePhantom and im prisoning the throe men of the crow. He has a fight with Lounsbury and kills him. The surgeon accepts parole and care for Am— Knowing that all now unsafe must be left unsafe, 1 turned to get aft, when I be thought me of the men in the forecastle. During the pagt hour they had not entered my mind, for I had feli that I had tbein se cure. With the light they possessed, to gether with the rations I knew bad been supplied them, they were better off regard ing comfort than though they had been free seamen on duty. Other matters had taken my attention, but now that I was for ward I would give a look to the hatch fas tening. It was right enough, and I laid my ear over the crack below the elide that I might hear if aught was amiss. Ay, there was. A clear sound of rasping and splinter ing wood greeted me as I stopped the other ear with my hand to keep out the surround ing racket, and I had hit the spot on which a Knife was at work. Drawing my cutlass, with ite hilt I smote tho woodwork. The sound instantly ceased. Unfastening the slide, I drew it back an inch or more and sang out through the open ing: "Keep at it, my lads, and when ye^have the hole the size of a pistrf^ barrel, Til .put ope tliere and givetye a |uick trip to Davy Jones. Maynap* ye have heard of Donald Thorndyke. Well, I am he. Now mind yourselves!" And now I settled myself for a night of it, putting aside all matters save the ship's safety. I was lucky to have a doctor in the cabin to care for my sick as for myself I needed none. So long as I was holding eadt, I cared little for the blow if nothing carried away. I had hoDes that the suddenness of the storm bespoke its shortness, but never did I dream it was affecting my destiny. Beyond the elements I had now Tittle to fear, and, as knew my own- boat as a mother knows her child, felt there was but small danger of her inability to weather the gale. But the tempest was not of usual temper. Its approach, its violence and'duration were beyond coigmon rules, and had it held aloof but a day longer it would have doubUess al* tered the history of the colonies, and per haps have put a period to my own career. One has but to turn to history for the truth of this. The great stonn which suddenly sprang on Ae coast the night of August tvMc pofiretToft' t^ofnt~Ju3itV, and, TTad tVoTErig iish admiral been possessed of the Muggish and procrastinating nature of his brother (lately commander of the British land forces in America), he would probably have been day or two later, and Pigot would have followed the example of Burgoyne at Saratoga and laid down his arms. As it was, Ilowe arrived in the nick of time, and the French sailed out of the harbor to fight him. The English took to the ocean for sea room in1 which to maneuver, but from all I could ever gather, each was mortally afraid of the other. The ^French followed. For two days they played about, either Kecking to get the weather gauge of his opponent be fore opening hostilities. Here at last there must have beeyi fought a battle which might (and probably would) havo altered the com plexion of the war but the storm stepped in, and, after damaging and partly wreck ing both fleets, drove them asunder. Howe returned to New York to refit, and D'Estaing gathered his scattered ships and sailed back to Newport. What my fate would have been had* the tempest held off leaves little to guess, as, had my hoped-for programme been carried forward, 1 would have run into a network from which there could have be«n no escape. Bj^thc same Rtorm which had prevented a conflict on the sea the patriot force on land had suffered well-nigh as severely as the fleets. What with ruined ammunition, destroyed stores und demolished shelter, the ferocity of the hurricane even causing several deaths, Sullivan's army was inn forlorn and desperate state, and, though in no condi tion to make an assault, the gallant com mander furthered preparations to that end. Knowing however, the ticklish temper of our allies, the attack was postponed until the French- should return, an event which occurred on the 19th of August. Mighty was the joy of the patriots as D'Estaing willed up the bay, but the joy was shortlived, for, giving his damaged ships as an excuse, he re fused to remain at Newport, and, turning away, sailed for Boston for repairs, JcdVing Sullivan with a "discouraged and'rapidly dis solving army close to the strengthened lines of the British. CHAPTER XXIII. IN THE HEART OF THE STORM. But, bafring the stonn, of these matters I knew .nothing then nor for some time after their occurrence. Now I stood and strained at the wheel, squeezing the vessel into the wind as close as she would go, having an un reasonable objection to making the least southing in the course. And yet 1 was un certain as to the exact point to which I was steering, possessing no compass save the telltale which- was set into the cabin ceil ing and out of reach of my eye. If I escaped the pitiless and treacherous sflnds of the coast of Long Is^ind I would be well con tent, and by holding to the present tack I had little fear of disaster from that quarter. I figured that we had made half the length of Long Island up to the time we had been overhauled and the calm set in, and that in a wind for the most part liglrt. If this was so, at the rate which we were now going I hoped to enter Vineyard sound by noon on the morrow, barring disaster, and 24 hours from the present would see me at my own hearthstone. The thought of it warmed me, and great was my need of warmth of some kind, for I was as empty as a drum, fagged by excitement and lack of sleep, and had not known comfort for so long that my memory of it was misty. But by midnight even the fleeting comfort of thinking was gone, and soon after in fuel ing I was little better than a block of stone That which I had. gone through might not be reckoned by time alone it seemed the experience of years. In my half-dazed state I felt that I had been an outlaw for years for years I had been fleeing and each day fenced with death for years known and pro tected the girl and her brother and for years, it appeared, must I stand and face this howling wind which bore against me like a living thing. The tempest, which had come in the teeth of a smiling day, was marked as well by capriciousness as by violence. As the ghast liness of oarly dawn broke in the east, and I gradually awoke to the fact that morning was at hand, the wind fell as though chopped off or as if we had suddenly shot into the Ice of a vast wall. In a half sense less fashion, like a man under a drug, I tried with fruitless efforts to shake off the feel ing of utter carelessness which had fastened to my senses. With the calmness of abso lute indifference I marked the sudden drop ping of the wind, though I knew full well that "it portended an increase of the gale, but when, for how long, from what quarter or with what torce, the Almighty alone knew as for me, I cared not if it blew the vessel out of water. With the same dull in difference I marked our new danger and every detail attending it. With the sudden calm we were at the mercy of the long, green, foam-capped billows schich charged toward us like moving hills. They came not, like rollers, with the regular swing of the ground swell, but every surge was the head waters of a mighty dam broken loose, its crest made up of a mad, throbbing mass of liquid torn into shreds and cross seas by its own weight and violent motion. The face of the world was a vast tumult of yeasty, ash-colored madness cut by the darkness of ita hollows a terror (if I could have felt it), not a horror more sublime than grand, more awful than sublime. In five minutes we were in the trough of it. Without a zephyr to steady her, the schooner wallowed like a crazy thing. The roll, the sidelong heave and lurch, the jerk ing pitch and recovery were terrible tests to the stanchness of the vessel. Alternately the bow and stern rose to a dizzy altitude, then sank with a rapidity that even to my trained nature was sickening. Each joint and block found a voice which complained in notes ranging from a baug to a squeak, of ite unnatural treatment. Alow and aloft the poor Phantom protested, and, as I looked calmly on, I knew that if the condi tions continued she would end in rolling her masts out, leaving us to finally founder, a sheer hulk. The main topmast swayed like a whip, cutting through the arc of its mo tion with amaxing swiftness. The diman uhed sail beneath it, with its spars slashing hither and thither, shook out a report likes cannon, and threatened to buret as its slack bunt drove from side to side. Everything loose or insecure fetched away and wan dered at random about the decks. The lumps of lead I had brought up the night before rolled betwixt the hatch combing and bulwark, banging the latter with blows that threatened- to drive out the planking, and Would have done so had I not gripped my way to them and thrown them overboard. The scuttle butt sprang from its skids and came aft with a bound, halting and spinning like atop when in the waist, then dashed to wJ be stopped by a sidelong oft of the stern which shot it into the hows where it hung fast, bung up, jammed betwixt the flukes of the spare anchor and the bulwark stanchion. I noted these things with an eye more n, Mr O vwwv. VI AU^UOv 1778, and which lasted for morethaii'-three days, was of such a natur^that it has been set apart by historians atfVorthy of espe cial mention, both from ite results and its more rhan fiendish force. As' I havo said, the absence of the bulk of Lord Howe's fleet had enabled the Phan tom to drift through tho fog and from the bay in comparative safety, and thiB absence was due to an attack planned against the French who were besieging Newport by water, as the patriots under Sullivan were doing by land. The Britiafe General Pigtf ti tttfttt MuftbWiSfe Notwithstanding the suffering his actions had entailed, I could almost have thanked him for being the cause of putting into me a seuse of real existence, for there was a Blight awakeuiug from the heavy lethargy thatfheld me as I stooped to the poor girl fthd lifted her in my arms as though she was ft child to be comforted. The instinctive ifcHfcki&c alMjfcftd ftfcowa wbife tftioMfbt her gave'way tit moan and the limpness of total abandonment as she felt the strength of my arm about her. As I laid her on the transom by the side of her brother, whose eyes were shut and whose heightened color now betokened fever, she placed her un wounded hand against my cheek us if to make sure of my being mortal, and falleTed out: "I thought you dead! 0 Donald! Donald! thought yon dead!" In tho mere suuiul of a human voice there was something that stirred me to a livelier sense of myself and surroundings. But her words did more than this. Of themselves, as 1 set them here in cold black and white, they hold no significance, but as I heard them there was something which causcd the waning spark within me to burst into flame and shoot through the dullness of my ex hausted body nnd overtaxed brain. The touch of the smooth hand, the look, and the simple tones of this ill-used, wounded and bedraggled girl were beyond misinterpreta tion to me, when to others it might have been but a trifle more than commonplace. Like a shock the attending danger of our situation rushed upon me, and again I real ized my responsibility a feeling that had been dead for hours, and which was now resurrected by the light that burst upon me at the girl's words. She was a pitiful object as she lay prone at her brother's side. Her left arm was powerless, and the blood from her wounded head still stained her fac?, neck and hand. The flow had ceased, but through her bright hair 1 could see tha location of the gash, I was no surgeon to dress either the cut or fracture, and, as for the sake of all, my own necessities were paramount, I wouldiose no time in experiment without more warrant. My own necessities, forsooth, and for t&e sake of all! I lost no honesty through dreaming of heroism. If my finer sensibili ties had awakened, so had my coarser, and 1 knew I was now working for a purpose, the roots of which lay in selfishness, but of a stripe easily forgiven. As I put the maiden down she eloped her eyes, and either fainted or slept from ex haustion, and I, like a famished wolf, groped about the floor for the food which had been tipped from the table, holding her outo the transom the while with one hand, and with the other drawing together the fragments of the but half-eaten meal. 'Twould have been a moving sight to an onlooker could one have peeped iuto tho cabin at this time. The wounded brother and sister, abject in their misery, even the ocean allowing itself no rest in its effortB to throw them from where they lay the lengthy bulk of the drunkard sprawling hall under the table, his body swaying with the leap of the vessel, and about the floor a mix ture of broken food, the bag of gold and tnnpty bottles which ran hither and thither with the acute and ever-ehanging angle of the deck, all seemingly chased by the over turned bucket which had stood by the side of Ames. The light of the low-burning lantern swinging madly from its hook in the beam gave a melancholy effect in contrast to the pale dawn now gleaming white and cold through the windows, and in this mubs, to the accompaniment' of the groaning wood work, was I half on my knees cramming my mouth with bits of hard bread and such matter as came rolling within reach.. I ate like a man in despair, and yet with a hunger which gave a Bweet taste to each morsel, unsavory as I commonly would nave thought it. As I sjmtched and swallowed, now possessed by tne .fear that the gale might rise again while was'belo.w, I marked the unholy aspect of the surgeon. lie did not present the disgusting appearance of Scammell, but beggarly enough he looked-— a rum-sodden brute, outshining his sur roundings in the glory of his scarlet uniform. I held a firm hatred for him as he lay there, feeling that half my present trouble was due to his infernal weakness or deliberate care lessness. Had matters gone well below, I might have made a shift to keep to the deck and yet have food and drink supplied me, but now the whole business was on me, and my wounded were without proper care. I wondered how it could have oome about that such an accomplished swiller of liquor had found it possible to havo gotten drunk on the short allowance of whisky left in tho bottle I had given him, but I soon gave over thinking of it. The question to be settled was how I could leave Ames and his sister, but it was soon solved. Letting them take their chances for a moment, I seised thfe snoring redcoat by the collar and hauled him up the companion way, he making the third drunkard I had pitched from the cabin in this fashion. As I dropped' him with small ceremony there came a sound though he had struck the deck with muffled club. This made me suspicious of still concealed arms, but, on turning him over, I found the cause and supply, for his latest debauch. In the skirts of his coat were two bottles like that I had taken from him, one full, the other two-thirds emptyv It was a Godsend, and then and there I took such a dram that ere long the contents of my veins were less akin to the icy water they had seemed to be holding. Going back to the cabin, I hauled the lar board bunk mattress to the floor and laid the girl upon it. Close to her I laid Ames, lifting bed and all, and thus both igere be yond danger of a bad fall, however the ves sel might ramp. The.lad opened his eyes as I placed him by his yet unconscious sister, but I bade him not speak, and tried to hearten him by telling him I was yet mas ter, that Gertrude was by his side, hurt, but not badly, and that we would, by the lit of God, be safe ashore ere sunset. 1__ smiled faintly, and made as if to nod, by which I guessed that whisky was no medi cine for his complaint, but I managed to get a dram down the throat of the girl, whereat she soon opened her eyes and came to life with another moan. Though I wished to linger by her,-1 dared not there was much to do—too much for one mortal. It w#s the work of a moment to clear the floor of the bounding missiles heave them above (all but the g&d, which I threw into an empty bunk), and-Ifollowed after for a brief look about. CONTINUED v' Beware of Ointments for Oatarrh that contain Mercury, as mercury will surely destroy the sense of smell and completely derange the whole system when enterloglt through the mucous surfaces, ouch articles should never be used except on prescriptions from reputsble physicians, as the damage tliey will do Is tenfold to tbe good you can possibly derive from them, Hall's Catarrh Lure, manufactured by F, J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio., contains no mercury, ana Is taken Internally, acting directly upon tno blood and mucous surfaces of the system. In buying Hall's Catarrh Cure be sure you get the genuine. It Is taken Internally and fs made In Toledo, Ohio, hyK. J. Cheney & Co. Testimonials free. m-HoMhy Druggists, price 75c. per bottle. Halls Family Pills are the best. Very Cheap Tickets. Are on sale dally at all ticketofltces of the Chi cago Great Western Ry. to points In Oregon British Columbia, Idaho aud Montana. A good opportunity to travel cheaply. Consult any Agent of flie Chicago Great western Ry. for rates, time tables, etc. or address, F, H. Lord, General Pass, and Ticket Agent, 118 Adams St. Chicago, III. •in terested in the antics of the barrel than in aught else. Its speed and agility were won drous, and I thought more of its fearful force and erratic movements than of the general straits in which the schooner was now held Through it all I felt my impotent numbness, and it was with the mere animal instinct of getting food for a craving stom ach that I wearily moved to go below. Stiff, soro and dispirited enough I was as I staggered toward the companion way and entered the cabin. The firstjsight of its in terior was enough to break one's heart, and that fact probably did much to pull me to gether. The surgeon, the cowardly, be sotted wretch, lay drunk on the floor, and also on the floor was Gertrude King, dead, I thought for au instant, but soon found she was not only alive but conscious. Having been thrown from her bunk, she had crawled over to her brother to prevent a like disaster to him, and now lay or leaned against his transom, powerless alike to help him or herself. She was almost dead from' sea sickness and pain, yet when she saw me, tht? fright that came iu-to her eyes reminded me of Lounsbury's last look. It was plain that McCary had but given her a dram to re vive her and when this had been accom plished, without going further or vouchsaf ing an explanation of the day's later events, started in to fiuiah the drunk I had so sud denly interrupted. The fever for rum was upon him, his manhood and morals having been consumed along with the liquor. Cement Walks 1 am prepared to put down first class cement walks, also do all klndB of plastering and stucco work. AU work guaranteed to stand and also guaranteed as to workmanship and material. If you have any work in this line call or address "W. A. WTiitman Eureka Harness Oil Is tbe best preservative of new leather aud the best renovator of oid leather. It oils, softens, black ens arid protects. Use Eureka Harness Oil on your best harness, your old har newt, and your carriage top, and tbey will not only look better but wear longer. Boldeverywhereln cann—all sixes from half (ilntn to five uallona Mada by STAKD41UJ OIL CO. tssr Arrive 0:4(T*a. 8 10 p. 8:82 c. M. St. cent Sunday. J. MORTON. Gen'l|Pass & Tkt Agt. lar Ba :§bJ Railroad Time Table,, ILLINOIS CENTRAL. _able No. 21, taking el feet at 12:00 clock noon, Sunday, July 3, 1898. Main Line Passenger Trains, 0:05 p.m 8:43 a. Ill 10:20 p.m West Bound .tNo. 31, Clipper tNo. a, Day Express.... ... *No. l. Flyer I Leave G:25 p. 8:43 a. 10:25 p.m East Bound. it1*0- Clipper .... tNo. 4, Day Express.... *No. 2, Flyer Arrive L:40 a. 8:10 p. 8:2S a. in Freights Carrying Passengers. I Leavo West Bound. 12:25 p. mj....tflo. oi, Way Freight, line 2:00 p. in! .tNo. 71, Through Freight. {2:30 p.* A Hast Bound. Leavo 10:10 a. ...No. 92t Way Freight...fi0:&sa.m 12:10 p. .tNo. 82,Through Freight.Il2:50p.m CEDAR RAPIDS BRANCH. Bet Cedar Vpas worth Bound anJ Manchester —Arrive—— South Bound Leave No. 90S 9:45 a.m .1 Passenger. No.80# 6: io p. in NO 831 6:90p.m ..tPassenger.. No. 322 8:35 a. No. 3515:30 ....{Freight.... No,8511:48 p. in •Dally. tDally Except Sunday. H. Q. PIERCE, Station Agt. OhcmjoGREATIKsfernRt. The Maple Leaf Route." Time card, Thorpe. Iowa. O^icuo Special, Dally, Going EaBt,. 7-40 a W& 2i3!y 6X001,1 Sunday.. .".a-M way Frelsht, dally am Gel'S Weflt, North and South'. 9:35pm pm am P. Ry. DELAWARE TIME CARD. North Bound SH* Kohbm City, I'ais o:07p. m. way Freight I0:a0a.m. B. C. R. & N. R'y CEDAR RAPIDS TIME CAKI MA1X LINE GOING NOHTII Arrive .s S !$•£ ?.f!P,neapoS5 E*Pr««8..12:S0 a pons ana at. Paul, No. 5—Pullman iiponnN and coaches to Minneapolis and StVPaul, MAIN LINR COING KAOT AND 80UTII. wiSa nS: 8:10 a No, Chicago 8t Loiiis r* .,•» 12:20 ngt No. 8 Chicago Fast Express." 12:80 ngt No. 10 Passenger "... e-£nm Burllnffwn Passenger 7:15 a •ho 2—Pullman sleeper, free chair car nnd UKCOBAH DIVISION. K::::a?aSR.... .^sm8:15a IOWA FABU» DIVISION, 12:20 ngt..SJoux Jfolls Fast Express.,. J2 80ngt IOWA CITY, CLINTON AND DAVENI'OBT. ?. S Paisenger 8:05 7. 85 Passenger I? am Passenger Passenger w....^.cilnion Passenger.. 7:60 m....Davenport Passenger.... ••Twins numbers 5. 6,8,18, 19, and Sioux Palls cent BumfS8"11111 *11 dally ex- J.A.LOMAX. TLR ticket Agent. Cedar Baplds Iowa. PURE-BRED COTS WOLDS. JHHi Flock beaded by choice IM PORTED HAMS. Will fur nish Cotswolds and grades, singly or by carload. A choice lot 01 young rams for fall trade. Buy.our bucks now and fit .. them up for work to suit yourself. Best and cheapest at W J. STRAIN & SONS, Masonville, la. ALEX SEF8TROM, LACKSMIT Makes a Specialty of Horse Shoeing' Interiering' and Corns Cured or no Pay. Do All Kinds of Work in Iron— Maohlnery and all kinds of Farm Implement* and Machinery repaired. The beat of work guaranteed. PRICES REASONABLE. A share of the Public Patronage Is solicited Sneoesaor to Peter Meier* Compound VaDorand Sham 000 Baths. Most all dis- fPTtn eases are caused K/l I MV by poisonous soc DA 1110 ro wblcl ons, which clog the wheels of NATURE. The name and the symptoms may be different, .Vapor and SfaampOO. but the cause of disease can us ualljr be traced to the imporiect aotion ol the millions of pores of the human body. A bath in accordance with scientific require ments is the best preventative and remedy known. The methods employ ed by me are the moBt scientific, ever invented or discovered for dispelling disease. Results tell the story. Give ®e •a Mai* This is the Oonant system or baths. A competent lady attendant in charge of the ladies department. Office and bath rooms on Franklin street, opposite Globe Hotel 16tf Q. D. QATE3. The Old Reliable Blacksmith, P. J. Roche be'oiina at bis .bop on Franklin Btreet during business hours, with a oonpetout force or workmen to do all kinds of BLM SMITHING Horse Shoeing a Specialty. Corns and InterferlngOuredor no pay. Satis* factionu laranteed. Respectfully, P.J.Roche. FARMS FOR SALE Choice Farm Lands, easy terms, very desirable property at low prices. Large list to select from. When you want to buy or sell call on H. C. HAEBERLE, Manchster, Iowa. «, DELAWARE COUNTY Abstract Co., Manchester, Iowa. ABSTRACTS?' REAL ESTATE. LOANS AND Thorpe. CONVEYANCING. Office In First Natio na Bank Building. Orders by mail will receive careful attention. We have complete copies of all records of Delaware county. ENNIS BOGGSj nKt Chicago Passenger. 11:46 No. 10 Chicago Passenger. amUsudlt pK',5 c""'d coatlie. (o Minno- MANAGKR. Celebrate the 4th in one of our negligee Shirts. A fine line of soft shirts lor sum mer wear. Call and examine our line. F. M. FOLEY RYAN, IOWA. ABSTRACT OFFI 7:15 am 8:40 6:05 7:15 am 7:16 am J. E. DAVIS, ^Manchester* la., Main St.', North oft 4 Court House. I—' M0NEY other lrfl!ns 5V. ?OD°Y I am making first-class farm loans at 5 and 6 per cent., with privi leges. ABSTRACTS furnished at a rate meeting all competition. E. DAVIS,- Abstracter, EATON HOCKADAY. Successors to A. W. Stevens & Co. (CITY HALL BLOCK.) We have on hand all kinds of FRESH nEATS Oysters in season. Fish, sausage and the best cured meats. ©HOP CLOSED ON SUNDAY. EATON HOCKADAY. TELEPHONE 201. may be larger than ours in size but Saturn isn't in it when it comes to Styles, Kinds and Qual ity. We have rings to please the most fastidious. Diamonds, Opals. Ilubies, Emeralds, l'earlSgEngage ment and Wedding, Society Em blem Rings, Masonic, Odd Fel IOWB, Knights of Pythias, etc., etc. Ladies' watches, Gent's watches, Boy's watches, Chains, Charms Bracelets, etc. Large, variety of patterns in Solid Sterling Silver Spoons, Forks, etc. Souvenir Sil ver Spoons with Court House or Fish Hatchery engraved 9n bow "]Call and see them! Boynton & Mm Jewelers. Our Spring Sings have arrived, and those desiring GOOD SUITS AND STYLISH Should not fall to call and examine our stock. Our Nearly a quarter of a century in business in Manchester ought to be a guarantee of our com petency and qualifica tions to give satisfac tion. A: O. N Suits Overcoats are admirable in fabric "and in At, in winsom cees and in workman] ship. You are invited to in spect our Btock and get our prices, L. A A. WOLFF.