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Miss Cordelia Moore, of Malone,
N. Y., until recently, has been a
life-long invalid from palpitation
of the heart and weakness of the
blood.
Physicians were puzzled over
her case, their most skillful efforts
were baffled. Various remedies
were tried without avail. The pro
verbial "change of climate" was
advised, but the constant change
wore upon her until, to quote her
mother's words, "she became a
living ghost." Miss Moore said:
"Upon advice of a friend I began
taking Dr. Williams' Pink Pills
for Pale People and before the first
boj{ was used I noticed a great
change. I began to regain
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my
appetite and felt better generally.
After finishing the first box I took
six more. The effect was wonder
ful grew strong and gained in
flesfe. I never felt better in my
life than I do now. I weigh more
than ever before and I consider
myself cured."
From the Gazette, Malone, N. Y.
Dr. \Villia1n0' Pink Pills for Pale People
contain, in a condensed I'orm, all the ele
ments necessary to give new life and rich
ness to the blood and restore shattered
nerves. They are an unfailing specific for
such diseases as locomotor ataxia, partial
paralysis, St. Vitus' dance, sciatica, neural
gia, rheumatism, nervous headache, the
aftor-ellects of the grip, palpitation of the
heart, pale nnd sallow complexions, and all
forms of weakness either in male or female.
Or. Williams' Pink Pills tor Pale People are never
sold by the dozen or. hundred, but always In pack
ages. At all druggists, or direct from the Or. Wil
liams Medicine Company, Schenectady, N. Y., 60
cents per box, 6
boxes $2.60.
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FANCY SUN-BONNETS, SILK MITTS, BLACK
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J. J. Hawley will sell all
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^Chapter L—Donald Thorn tfykt, tm mJh
tain of the schooner Phantom, l«av«a N»r
(oik for New London with a cargo of IMI
for continental armies. 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
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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
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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--
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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.