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Mrs. Ada M. Herr, of 439 N.
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fered terribly from female disor
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strung, she endured intense pain,
the slightest labor wearied her and
household duties became a burden.
Frequent fainting and dizzy spells
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After trying several physicians"
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for Pale People. She says yf5|
The pills brought immediate
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I was cured. Dr. Williams' Pink
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SYNOPSIS.
Chapter I.—Donald ThorndyKe, as «U
aln of the schooner Phatitorti, leaves N«r
oik for New London with a cargo of teat
for continental armies, Jlla m*te, John
Lounsbury, proves treacherous after they
set to sea and threatens to reveal the char
acter of the captain and cargo to British
ships then In Bight-and from which they
could not escape. Thorndyke strikes htm
and renders him Insensible, apparently
dead. One of the other two members of
the crew attempts Thorndyke's life, but he
bests him and throws him into the se%.
The other, a negro, he scares Into alieno*
He determines to Impersonate the ap-
parently dead mate, and: tell the English
hat he has taken the ship as a prise and
,ias killed the captain ana all of the crew
but the one negro.
Chapter II.—When the boat la boarded, he
tells his story, which Is believed by the
naval lieutenant but le doubted by a
dragoon officer, Scammell, who Is along.
Phile Thorndyke is proving his tale,
Lounsbury shows signs of returning con
sciousness. Thorndyke Is taken to the
British vessel to repeat his story ts ths
captain.
Chapter HI.—The Phantom Is taken
Tork and there turned over to tho
Lorltles. Iroorndyke determines
.Jart of a spy, ana when possible
escape through the lines and deliver his
and there turned over to tho
Dritles. 'AorndyJ
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king's authorities.
to aot the part of a spy, ana when
Information to Washington.
Chajfter V.—Scammell enters during the
rogress of the row and asks to take a
iana by relieving the naval officer of
Thorndyke. Belden, the naval officer. dlS*
covers thAt Thorndyke le the man he is
looking for lor Clinton, and stops the flght,
after which a challenge still stands do
twQsn Thorndyke and
RnnTHTOl11
Chapter vi.-rcnnton postpones tho to*
torvtow with Thorndyke for a day, and
In the meantime gives him papers which
state he Is 'to take the Phantom, Still
in New Tork 'harbor, and go to Newport
with dlspatehes to the British general at
that place.
Chapter VIL—During a great fire In New
Tork Thorndyke assists a atrtot spy to es
cape, and from him he gets the nans of
'Res." After returning to his quarters
he la surprised by a visit from Soammel.
Chapter VIII.—Sbammell has discovered
he Identity of Thorndyke and oocnes to ar
ras htm as a epy. He 1s armed only with
a pistol, and into the prlmlngtpan of this
Thorndyke manages to throw water, then,
overcoming Scammell, Thorndyke escapee
and makes hie way to Clinton's headquar
ters, where his real identity Is not yet
known
Chapter DC.—Clinton gives Thorndyke
his instructions and a pass througB-the
lines. Before leaving, a girl, Gertrude-King,
enters and demands of Clinton that she
be allowed to see her brother. Clinton In
forms her that her brother was condemned
as a spy. and while waiting for execution
was burned to death In the fire of the day
before. She then demands a-pass outside
the lines, proclaiming at the same time
her loyalty to America, lire. Badely, Clin
ton's mistress, enters with the announce
ment that the brother, instead of being
burned, has escapea.
Chapter X.—Clinton orders Thorndyln
to arrest the girl, which he refuses to do,
but instead proclaims hts own Identity,
then gives her his pass through ths lines,
while he holds Clinton until she escapea
He follows her and makes hia way to tho
picket linsa. where he strikes and pre*
sumably kills a sentry.
Chapter XI.—Thorndyke atop a at tho
Dove tavern for refreshments. The waiter
takes an unusual Interest In him. While
there a British cavalryman and a can I
sharper, whom 'he had met In town a few
days before, come in. He remains In ths
ing its chance, dropped from tfie position in
which it had been held and with a rush tore
aft like a spent cannon ball. At the break
of the poop it was met by the lifting stern,
and, retracing its course, drove against the
door of the farecastle hatch with a forcc
that split the panel from top to bottom
As a ball it sprang from the impact, spinning
on its chines for an instant, the water flying
in a circular 6bowerfrom its
now open bung,
then hurrying to larboard amidships,
reached well aft in time to be caught by the
mounting stern. With a wonderful agility
and seemingly with the instinct of one mad
to escape environment, even if it ended in
6clf-destruction, it jerked itself on end aa
though to look about, tottering and falling
again on its side with the life of the bow
For a brief space it hung see-sawing and
gurgling thickly as though choking, then it
shot forward with the fury of a bolt. Noth
ing intervened to check its course, and, as
though it had wings, it ran up the mass of
rope and wreck which had now become
jammed near the heel of the bowsprit
leaped into the air, cleared the low bulwark,
and plunged, shrouded in its own spray, into
the frothing sea below.
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ern and tells the cavalryman of a girl he
has seen In the woods-to the north. The
cavalryman leaves to find her. Thorndyke
Is seen by the sharper and a.flght ensues.
In which the Quaker kills the sharper as
a body of cavalrymen approach, allowing
Thorndyke time enough to be concealed
by. the waiter. Strvlf«r
Chapter Aiu.—'rnornayKeanatne uuane
leave the inn and go to a place of conceal
ment known to the patriots. Here they
meet Miss King and Thorndyke finds his
Quaker friend, Ames, is the girl's half
brother, the condemned spy.
Chapter XIV.—They tell of their escapes
from the British.
cnapter Av.-^i*nornayKe proposes tnat
they slip down the river in a boat to where
the Phantom is anchored, overpower the
guard and take to the sea. A fog assists
them as they start on the venture.
jntipier avi .—iftey reach tne Phan
torn In safety and find Scammell and Louns
bury on board, the guard having gone
ashore. The two. men are Imprisoned la
the cabin and the schooner cut loose anc,
allowed to drift through the fog to the sea.
detected by men
on a British warship, but the fog again
hides them, and they eacape for the time
into the onaiL-Sfia.
Chupier XIX.—A boat is sent from ths
warship, but is beaten off. Then three
come, and the schooner Is boarded. In
the fight that ensues Ames Is shot and the
girl disappears. The small boat behind
the sohooner has been overturned by a shot
from the war vessel, and, as a last resort.
Thorndyke dlvea into the sea and comes
Un hlM.th (jlniro..
vnapter JWt.-=jTrom the dingy Thornny*
hears the plans made for thersalllng of tht
schooner into port with Lounsbury in
charge. He also hears that Ames Is not
dead, and a surgeon Is sent to care
for
The girl la not found.
pter XXI.—Thorndyke srcceeds
reaching the deck of the Phantom and im
prisoning the three men of the crew. He
has a flght with Lounsbury and kills him.
The surgeon accepts por^'e nnd agrees to
care for Ainew. who 'l iiflj
Chapter icVllr—uncler teom'e sail wrecK
age caused by a shot from the British ves*
sal, Thorndyke finds Miss King still allVe.
He puts her under the doctor's care. A
storm comes up and, single-handed, he
mans the Phantom.
Chapter XXlII.—Thorndyke goes ihto the
cabin and drags the drunken doctor onto
the deck to sober off. The Phantom con
tinues to ride the heavy sea.
Since I Tiaff talTen the wMSSy my energy
had come back full fledged and in fighting
mood, as though the numbness of the past
few hours had been awaking slumber from
which I had just recovered. The broaden
ing day put hope in me, though clearly and
with a quick sensitiveness I marked the
unger of the sea, the sinister scowl on the
face of Nature, and the wild disorder reign'
ing aboard the Phantom from her bow
sprit's end to her remaining truck. Be
stowing a glance on the drunkard, who lay
on the wet planking not a whit less com
fortably than on the carpet of the cabin
floor, I gave my attention to the shrouds,
finding as yet nothing had let go or sprung.
I then carried oft the main throat and peak
halyards, that they might act the part of
back stay and give some relief to the stand
ing rigging. I was engaged in making fast
the lines when there passed beneath us a
wave of extraordinary height and sharpness.
It was a cross sea, and it well-nigh tripped
the schooner, which term betokens a cap
size from lack of supporting surface beneath
a vessel's bilge. With a twisting lift it bore
the stem so high in the air that the deck
slnnted like the sides of a steeple, forcing
me to drop the halyards and cling to the
rail to prevent falling into the bow. For an
instant I thought of a surety we would
plunge sidelong below tbc following sea,
pierce it, and be swamped inside the tenth
stroke of my pulse but the send of the
water flung us partly out of the trough, and
as it passed lifted the bow to a terrible in
cline, and, giving us an extra vicious lurch,
left us almost stern out to the run of the
billows. Had it broken as it reached us, the
tons upon tons of water which would have
fallen on our dcclc must have driven the
schooner beneath the surface as though she
was no more buoyant than the lead in her
hold. It was a wonderful view I had of the
ocean from the height of the mighty comber.
The sharpness of its ridge foretold the com
ing cascade, and, though it drove us down on
our beam's ends and made the schooner
groan like a suffering mortal as she recov
ered, it was not evil in its effects on me or
mine.
Two things on deck there were which
seemed to catch the infection of motion, one
being the surgeon, who was shot into the
scuppers with a violence which did some
thing to sober him, for, like a man waking
from a deep sleep, he threw out an arm and
began rubbing his eyes, muttering wordB
that might have been a protest at hia rough
usage. The other was the runaway scuttle
butt which had been captured by the flukes
of the spars anchor. Aa the stern of the
Phantom sank to the hollow and the bow
pointed higher than it had ever bean my lot
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oners than been forward in the path of that
insensate thing, and, though I was aware
that our available stock of fresh water-went
with it, I was glad to see it spring off the
deck.
CHAPTER XXIV.
V-V. A SMALL TRAGEDY,
The scuttle butt had barely disappeared,
and I was about to get back to the«&bin to
see how had fared its inmates, wh6n my
ears were assailed by a violent hammering
forward, and I at once perceived that my
prisoners had assaulted the weakened panel
of the forecastle door. With my blood well
up, 1. got myself hand over hand along the
bulwark, and by a leap from the cathead
came to the hatch and boldly threw 1ack the
slide. The three were jammed on the lad
der at work together, but the suddenness
of my move caused them such a
surprise that
they tumbled from the perch as though
struck. The lamp was out, and from the
black hole came a hot and reeking smell that
was suffocating.
'What's amiss there?" I roared, hanging
on to the hatch with one hand and with the
other showing the barrel of my pistol.
They scrambled to their feet and looked
up, little but their white flesh showing in
the wan light entering the half-open hatch
The sailor with the pigtail whom I had
pitched below was a trifle in advance of the
others, and, stepping a pace forward, he
ahoutcd' back:
"Wot's amissT Everything's amiss! Wot
kind o' treatment is this to give a man
Split me! but I'd rather go overboard and
stifle in a jiffy than smother by inches.
Wot's amiss above, man? Who be you!
Where's the cap'n?"
"Never mind ms!M I answered. 'Tis
enough that I am master here, Lounsbury
being some two leagues back. Pass up your
arms! You are prisoners to the colonics,
and the first finger that lifts in fight be
longs to a dead man! Pass up what you
have below there!"
"Prisoners, is it?" said he of the pigtail,
turning to his fellows. "Heard yea sign
the gang that boarded us? Cuss me, mates,
but they must ha' come on wings then, for
the sea was as smooth as a pan 0' warm
grease two minutes afore 1 was hurled on to
ye, an' not a speck in sight, barrin' the
Sprite! Prisoners, is it? Cuss me, list to
that!"
"Ay, prisoners it is, and to the colonics,
so no more palaver. What have you. be
low?"
"I care not a damn for colonics or king
was the reply. "There be no arm* here.
D'ye think three men were sent hither to
beat off a boarding party, an' the schooner
in consort D'ye take us for sea-loafing ma
rines? We be sailors, we be—that's all,
Here's wot I have, an' I'll trade it for air!
Saying this, he pulled his knife from its
sheath, and, taking the steel by its point
held it toward me.
"Will you swear to no other arms, each of
you?" I cried.
"Ay, that's God's truth!" spoke up one
of
the others. "Ye say ye are of the colonies
—well, so be I. I'm aNew Bedford lad, sirj
ain' I'll thank ye to hold a grip on ms that
I may not be taken from ye."
"An' that's God's truth, too, yer honor!
broke in the first speaker. "There was
naught viciouB in the rumpus we was raiBin1
A man has a right to air, an' 'twas all
was cravin'. So be I'm a prisoner, I'm con
tent if it means grub an' water an' a chance
to breathe!"
Now I know little of the nature of the
black sailor save that his anger is apt to
show in treachery, but with the regular
white salt I am better acquainted, and have
found that the English seaman, be he Yan
kee or liriton, argues his point with a square
fist and a flashing eye. Though there may
be wars and wars with the mother country,
it will be open and without back-stabbing
by those of the Saxon race, and, believing
this, I thought I saw a way of scoring
point, and that with little danger to myself,
The truth of the statement that they were
unarmed appealed to my reason. For de
fense three men armed or not would have
cut no figure, and, as the Sprite had in
tended to act as consort, the necessity of
force on the Phantom had not been con
sidered. Being satisfied that my prisoners
possessed no weapons other than the sailor's
universal knife, and holding that a bold face
will carry a man further than a too open
allow of caution, I flung back the door and:
grasping the slide, hung over the hatch
opening and dropped into the forecastle,
"Now," said I, as I gathered myself and
clung to the woodwork, "if you mean fair
by me we'll soon come to terms if foul, take
the last chance you'll have to settle! Who
comes first, or come you all?"
"Look a' here, mister," said the spokes
man, who scarce shifted his position as
dropped near htm, "I spoke ye fair, an'"
I boarded ye alongside I would be
enough in the fight, mind ye, an' 'twould
along 0' the leftenant's eye on me. But as
be, I care not for blood. If I fight, 'tis from
bein' forced to it. I was shanghicd into
business, an' that's the truth an' if I
get out without stakin' my neck as a de
sarter, I'm willin' enough. Ye say we be
prisoners? Say no more. Do ye drive us to
work for rat-ions? Why so be. We knew
naught about bein' tooken captive, an' only
wanted to bpeak ye fair an' get a breath.
That's why we carved the hatch. Ain't that
bo, mates?"
"Ay„ that's gospel!" came from the
who had snoken
while the third held his peace, leauingiwith
folded armB and a skillful balancing of his
person against one of the bunk uprights.
"You say you area New Bedford lad?1
said I, speaking to the man who had made
the statement.
"Yes, sir New Bedford, sir," came his
ready answer. "I was pressed in Ports
mouth three years agone, sir, whileon shore
leave from the Sallie Mull, trader, sir.
been sailin' in these here home waters for
nigh on two year, sir, with never a chance to
run. I say it boldly, sir. Ptit me in three
miles 0' the coast an' give me leave, sir, an'
I'll go over the bow, damn me, an1 swim
ashore. But I won't join the Yankee navy,
sir. No, sir. I don't want to hang but,
for God's sake, sir, don't get taken, else
back to the Sprite I'll have to go, an' I'd
as soozr go to hell for a spell o' sufferin'!
2 looked sharply at the third mail, ex*
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*ui fete, ikiM
eye from mine, giving me something like
sneer and shrugging his bony shoulders,
but vouchsafing nothing in the way of
words. He was a dogged looking rascal,
ith a broad1, red scar across nose and
cheek, a saber slash without doubt. Raw
boned and light of weight, he looked like a
sleeping cat as he lolled against the up
right, his lack of brute strength probubly
balanced by great activity.
'Come, lade!" said 1, ignoring the attitude
the silent man, 'Til be frank with you.
'ra Douald Thorndyke, of the American
forces. The schooner was taken by me sin
{le-handed, and the Sprite is beyond all
bearings. Lounsbury is overboard, there
are two sick in the cabin, and the surgeon is
at my mercy. So are you if you nlrdcnot,
In the Heart of the Storm.
by the terms I offer. The schooner is io
danger, and unless yon turn out 'tis like
you'll find- the forecastle a coilin. If 1 make
no mistake, we're in for a waft that will
come nigh to blowing us out of water if wc
don't roll our spars out before. Get on deck
and work the schooner under my command
until we make Holmes Hole in- the Vino
yard, an' when you set foot ashore you are
free men. 1 have no rations and no water.
The scuttle butt has launched itself over
board, and I am afraid of the supply in thr
forehold. There's not a shilling in it forau
of you, but 'tis a fair way of escaping the
king's navy without deserting, for I'll put
you on parole. I tell you, lads, I'm a bad
one to foul, but you'll find I have an easy
helm and never miss stays if handled hon
estly. Now choose betwixt this hole and
the deck, and choose in a hurry! If you arc
to save neck and freedom, throw dovvn your
knives as a sign I've no more time to
waste."
The two who had spoken looked askant
each at the other, and the knife of the
original spokesman fell to the deck. As ti6
hand of the Yankee sought the sheath the
third man spoke, unfolding his arms and
scowling like thunder as he gave vent to his
words.
"Ye two be domned fools to be trustin'
a rebel an' runnin' yez head into th' noose.
Be yez a couple o' babbye not to mark hia
firearm is useless wi' th' wet? 'Ee's in our
ands! Wot's to 'inder our takin' the craft
an' gettin' th' price that lies on the 'cad of
this 'ere—"
He got no further. I strode up to him
and snapped my fingers in his face, then,
thrusting my eyes close to his, I thundered
"On deck with ye, ye blatherskite! I'll
see that ye sing a tune with old iron in it
ere sunrise to-morrow! Oni deck, I tell ye!"
Notwithstanding the din already exist
ing in the forecastle, my voice rose far above
it, its violence and the suddenuess of my
move making the man shrink back as though
frightened. But he was not cowed. Gather
ing himself, he uttered a curse aud sprang
past me, placing himself 'twixt me and the
ladder then whipping out his knife, he
called aloud to his companions:
"Take th' chance, lads, while yet we 'ave
'ira! 'Twill be th' makin' 0' us, au' 'tis
fifty puns to each! Stand by, bullies-! we'll
make meat o' th' cussed spy!—Up, Larry,
an' close the 'atc-h on 'irn! I'll 'old the
gangway."
His action and outspoken hostility was
so sudden as to take me by surprise, and,
had the others responded to his call,
would surely hav« gone hard with irie. But
instead of springing to the succor of ihei
mate, they remanied standing as though the
quick shifting of the situation had for the
moment dazed' them. The earnestness of
the fellow's purpose shewed in the rapid
change that came over his face. Kroui
sulky expression it had altered to one of
wide-awake ferocity, and the listless droop
of arms and shoulders given place to tense
muscles and rounded chest, through the
hairiness of which the perspiration stood
out in beads.
Even with this menace before me I could
but think what a simple fool the man was,
Instead of quietly following my lead and
getting me at a disadvantage, he had chosen
to beard me against the odds of my cutlass
and the lukewarmnoss of his mates. At the
same time, it was no case for argument, uor
would it do to temporize an instant. Ere
the promise of reward for my capture or tho
easy chance to regain control of the schoon
er could act upon the slowly moving tuindfl
of the well-disposed seamen, I had nipped
the mutiny (if it could1beso called), and had
the ringleader begging for mercy.
Without drawing my cutlass, I advanced
upon the fellow as though to close with him.
I mind me now that he was left-handed, and,
aa the fist holding the knife swayed aloft
and came down, 1 seized its wrist and with
a violent turn whipped his elbow out
joint as one twists the left from a well-cooked
fowl. As iny hand stayed his he clutched
my throat with his right, but as his joint
parted he gave a howl of agony, dropped the
knife and my collar at once, and sank to hi£
knees roaring like a bull.
Physically the man had been no match
for me, and I might have hammered the
life from him and met witli little opposition
or resistance. Holding him for a brief
space, that my power might impress his
companions as well as himself, I dropped
him, and he sank to the deck with a moan
that made me almost regret my act.
But the demands of war, self-preserva
tion, pride, and the safety of others leave
little latitude for the sentiment of pity
time of action. Had I in anger alone dis
jointed the groaning man my conscience
(which, thank God, has never been seared
into inactivity) might have upbraided me,
but now I felt no great pang of remorse
I sprang up the ladder, calling the two
follow.
If the plucky resistance of the disabled
seaman had impressed the others, such im
pression seemed to have disappeared as they
came with me into the air above. Like owla
suddenly brought into- sunshine,
blinked in the now broadened light, and,
hanging on/ to the halyards of the foremast
gazed with plain interest at the tumult
about them. Sailors though they were,
would have wagered that never had they
faced such a Bight from so small a craft,
and this was made certain when the
named Larry bawled at me, while for a
raent I gripped the same rope with him:
"Barrin' an ease o1 breath, ye might
well ha' left us below. The craft can't
long this way here. 'Tis a matter 0' wind
Davy Jones, an' ye had better whistle
the first, let it come high or low. Belay itilj
an' 6tund by!"
had
fast
be
it
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himself as a Yankee,
His exclamation was eaused by a sudden
jerk of the schooner, followed by a sidelong
dip, and a whole green sea eame aboard
the starboard bow. The full force of
was broken by the house on the forecatttta
hatch, but the bulk swept over all obstacles
like a cascade, and, rising to our hips, dr
us clear of the deck in a twinkling. In
bunch we hung on to the halyards until the
rush subsided and let our feet come to the
planking once more. I saw the flood
sweep aft and foam over the break of the
poop, while torrents poured down the gal
ley and into the forecastle. It wa9 the
worst drenching the craft had yet expe
rienced, and a few more such visitors would
send enough water into the hold to make
her loggy, and that would have been the
last straw, as I guessed the putnps to be
useless for want of care. Had I had a full
crew, nothing could have been done to
our state or rentier our position* leas paril
Mi. Th» fist tint th. hum aty «*n
oisterous, though the calm had lasted above
an hour, told me that a vicious force was
still at work over the breast of the ocean.
Though the sunt might have been fairly up
by this, there was no certainty of the fact,
for the light was a greenish gray, and the
clouds hung low and in furrows, fold on fold,
to where the horizon was blotted out in
thick foglike haze. No land was in sight,
and all about nothing showed save the hell*
ish turmoil of the sea and the 'owering
menace of the sky above.
How long the schooner might have lived
thus* there can be 110 surety, and even to
knowing as I did the soundness of each
beam, rib nnd treemiil, it was a wonder she
had thus far held her spars and timbers so
bravely.
But she had no longer to test a broad
side battering. Having at present nothing
to fear from the men (for even had they been
given to plotting it were against human na
ture to strike at me while death threatened
all), I was about descending into the cabin
after ordering the two to take the limp sur
geon forward and stow him in a bunk. For
moment I stood and watched them careen
ing along the deck with their burden, won
dering if it were wise to allow them to come
in contact with their disabled mate. I saw
the passage made in safety and turned to
go my way when, on casting my eye over
the taffrail, I beheld a wall of spray tearing
along the sea off the starboard quarter. The
line of its advance was as clear as that of
thunder gust, and I had barely time to cast
loose the main sheet and raise, my voice
when the squall struck us. Terrible as waB
its appearance, it had not the weight of the
blast that had opened the ball the night be
fore, but it heeled us far on our beam's ends,
while sea after sea planted themselves
against the bilge and) rolled on deck until I
feared wc would founder under the sheer
nounding of the brine. Like lightning the
oom had flashed to larboard, and that
spar with most of its canvas lay on- the
waves. I had grasped the wheel and hung
on for my life. It seemed that we would
never right again, and I .was watching the
flood pouring over us when, with a clap like
the discharge of a cannon, the staysail burst,
cloud of rags blowing away to leeward
Mutiny.
like wads from a gun. The very angfe of Uis
vessel saved her from carrying the tons
of water that had beaten in, and, as the
headsail let go, as an animal goaded to des
peration, the Phantom rose and, gathering
way, fled before the gale.
We fled before the gale, and like the apin
nimg spoondrift picked up by the wind and
scattered broadcast without form or consist
ence so also fled my notice of details. Of
the three terrible days during which this
atorm lasted I mind- me only of a few poig«
nant facts standing out against a back
ground of remembered misery. The second
atage of the tempest was fiercer by far than
was the first, and the wind came from
quarter almost exactly opposite the point
from which it broke on the night of August
U—namely, southeast. And with it came
rain—a pent-up deluge that laced the sea
and sky with parallel lines like strings of
polished steel wire. While we held the wind
astern it was endurable, but later, when we
bore into the gale, one's face could not suffer
long exposure to the blast that drove the
liquid pellets before it like volleys of buck
shot.
We had not held our way for long when
it became plain that to escape by runninj
was impossible, as the following seas reaches
a height and speed that threatened to. poop
the scbooner at any moment. It had finally
came to laying to or being wrecked out of
hand, and every opening in the vessel waa
closed as tightly as possible in preparation
for the move.
It was an anxious moment when the ma*
neuvcr to come about was made. Each one
was lashed to his post, and, when I gave the
order to jam down the helm, I knew that
aalvatiou or destruction might lie in the
coming brief minute.
The wind with which we had been fleeing
fell as we struck the trough of the sea, the
mountainous billows making a fair lee to the
deck. I had closed my eyes as the wheel
flew over, and when from an instant of com
?arative calm the gallant vessel ros£ and
felt the solid blast in my face instead of
on my back, I shouted a thanksgiving, and
in the ecstasy of my relief from long nervoua
tension shook hands with the sailor by my
aide as though he had been my lifelong friend
instead of an enemy on' whose death I had
determined the night before.
Even though we were 6afely hove into the
wind the gale so increased in force as to
make it impossible to carry even a double
reefed mainsail, and there were no means at
hand for further reduction of canvas saving
to take all in. 1 met the difficulty, by mak
ing a sea anchor of the wreck of the top
hamper, binding the mass together and
heaving it overboard with a line attached,
then, by stripping the vessel of its last rag,
to this drag we rode across the fearful bil
lows with less straining, now pointing
squarely into the wind's eye.
CONTINUED
How's This!
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any case of Catarrh tbat cannot be cured by
Hall's Catarrh Cure,
F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, O.
We, the undersigned, have known F. J.
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him perfectly honorable in all business transac
tions and financially able
to
carry out any
obligations made by their tlrm,
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A\auuno, Kinxan & Makvi\ Wholesale
arugglsts.Toiedo. O.
Hall's Catarrh Cure Is takon Internally, acting
directly upon the blood aud mucous surfaces or
tho system. Testimonials sent free. Price 75c.
per bottle. Sold by all druggists.
Hall's Family I'Uls are the best.
Very Cheap Tickets.
Are on sale daily at all ticket
offices of the Chi
cago Great Western lty. to points In Oregou
British Columbia, Idaho and Montana. A good
opportunity to travel cheaply. Consult any
Agent of the Chicago Great Western lty. for
rates, time tables, etc. or address, F, B. Loi
General Pass, ana Ticket Agent, us Adams bt.
Chicago, 111.
Cement Walks
1 am prepared to put down first
class cement walks, also do all
kinds of plastering and stucco
work. All work guaranteed to
Btand and also guaranteed as to
workmanship and material.
man
mo*
live
If you have any work in this
line call or address !. 4 VS*
W. A. Whitman
wagon
wheels
Oct a
box ana learn why It's the
l08t yrt'aw ever putou an axle.
Sold evurywhere. Made by
STANDARD OIL. CO
.«c»-
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Railroad Time Table.,
ILLINOIS CENTRAL.
Illinois Central TImo _.nl»le No. 21, taklnc of
feet at 12:00 o'clock noon, Sunday, July s, 1898.
Main Line Passenger Trains.
west Bound.
05 p.
43 a.
Arrive
:0°
.v-
I Leave
...tNo.31, CHpper
tNo.a, Day Express....
*No. l. Flyer
1Q:'J0 p.
6:26 p. in
8:43 a.
10:25 p.
I Leave
Kast Bound.
40 a.
io p.
22 a.-m
...tNo, 82, Clipper 9:40 a. in
..tNo. 4, Day Express.... 8:10 p.
.. *No, 2, Flyer 8:2P a.
Freights Carrying Passengers.
Arrive West Bound. Leave
J^26 p. ml.. ..tNo. 01, Way Freight...11:05 p,m
P- .tNo. 71, Through Freight. |2:80 p.
Arrive Hast Bound. [Lcavo
•\°r Jn O^tWay Freight... 10:66a.m
:15 p. .tNo 82, Through Freight. Il2:g0p.m
CEDAR RAPIDS BRANCH.
Houtli Bound Uet Cedar Rpds North Round
Leave— an»Manchester —Arrive
5Jo/303J):45a.m
No 881 0:30p.m
No. 8515:80p.m
•Dally.
tDally Except Sunday.
...i Passenger.
..tPassenger..
....tFrelglit...
NO.301C:10 p.m
No. 8228 a.m
NO.8511:4:86p.m
H. G. PIEROB, Station Agt.
CnioGoGRttr WESTERNRt
"The Maple Leaf Route.'*
Time card, Thorpe, Iowa.
CMoaco Special, Dally, Going EaBt 7:40 a
Day Ex -'ess, daily except Sunday a:oipm
Way Frelcfct, dally ......11:85am
Golrg West, North and South.
Way Freight, daily 9:35 pm
Day Express, datly exceptSunday.. ..
l:5Sp
St Paul & Kansas City Exp, dally ... 5:4ia
ir Information ana tlokets apply to
J. L. O'HARROW Agent Thorpe.
C. M. St. P. Ry.
IIKI.AWAUE TIME CAHI).
North'Bound
& West, Passenger, 0:08a.m
Boiraa
wk^i2h?,.Ka.nsas.c?!!':.rr.-.:•:iS S:
S
B. C. R. & N. R'y,
CEDAK RAPIDS TIME CARD.
ATX LINK GOING NOttTII.
Arrive
I
a
S
Cedar Rapids Iowa.
PURE-BRED
COTS WOLDS.
Flock beaded by choice IM-...
PORTED RAMS. Will fur
nish Cotswolde and grades,
singly or by carload. A
.choice lot of young rams
•for fall trade.
Buy our bucbB now and fit
them up for work to suit
yourself. Best and cheapest at
W. J. STRAIN & SONS,
Masonville, la.
ALEX SEFSTROM,
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 Implements
and Machinery repaired. The beat of
work guaranteed.
PRICES REASONABLE.
A share of the Publlo Patronage is solicited.
JLl«x
Suooessor to Peter Meyer*
Compound Vaoor and Sham
ooo Baths.
Most all dis­
BATHS
eases aro caused
by poisonous sec
rations, which
clog tho wheels
of NATURE.
Vapor
and
3hampoo.
The name and
Ihe symptoms
may be different
but tho cause of
disease can us
ually be traced
to the impuriect notion ol the millions
ol pores of the human body. A bath in
accordance with scientific require
ments is tho best preventative and
remedy known. The methods employ
ed by me are the most scientific, ever
invented or discovered for dispelling
disease. Results tell the story. Givo
me a trial. This is the Oonant syBtem
of baths. A competent lady attendant
in charge of the ladles department.
Office and bath rooms on Franklin
street, opposite Globe Hotel
Htf Q. D. QATE3.
The Old Reliable Blacksmith,
F. J. Roohe
Can be found at his abop on Franklin street
during business hours, with a competent
force of workmen to do all kinds of
BLACK
SMITHING
Horse Shoeing a Specialty.
Corns and InterferlngCuredor no pay. Satis*
faction Guaranteed,
Bespeotfully,
P.J.Roche.
r- pr-
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
Loai
:05
1
a
pm
a E 8
12:30 in No.3 Waverly Passenger... 3:80
v?'
:sopm
©M,Imeapoll«
Express.. 12:50ngt
B.45 a No. 18 Chicago Passenger.
llj45 No. 19 Chicago Passenger.
chair car and coaches to Minne
f* **°,\ 6—I*ullman sleepefs
and coaches to Minneapolis and St. Paul,
MAIN lilNK GOING BAST AND SOUTH,
2Chicago
Passenger.... 8:40p
o:i&a 5f0, I'Oula Passenger.. 8:06p
.o il?£J°v0' 5£!,!caf?0 & St.Louls Ex. 3:80am
12.20 ngt No. 8 Chicago Fast Express. 12:30 oct
No. lOPassenger 0:06pm
No 12 Burlington Passenger 7:15 am
No 2—Pullman sleeper, free chair car and
coaches to Chicago. No. o-Pullman sleepers
and through coaches to Chicago and St. Louis.
No. 8—Pullman sleeper to Chicago
A.-
Chicago 7:69 a. m. Ngt-nlghtT
DECOKAH DIVISION.
Decorah Passenger. .... 8:16a
4:06 Decorah Freight G:20p
IOWA FALLS DIVISION.
Pro .• Spirit Lake Passenger.... 8:80am
12:20 ngt ..Sioux tails Fast Express .. 12:80ngt
IOWA CITY, CLINTON AND DAVKNl'OltT
2 :80 ni.... Paestngfr
7: 85 nr Passenger
l: 6 a Passenger
8:06
7:15
8:40
6:05
7:16 ...
7:16 a
Passenger
7:60 Clinton Passenger.
7:60 in....Davenport Passenger....
CONVEYANOINQ.
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 BOGGS,
MANAOKBi
You'r not
so warm
one of
our negligee
Shirts.
A fine line of soft shirts for sum
mer wear.
Call and examine our
line.
F. M. FOLEY
arrives
RYAN, IOWA.
J. E. DAVIS, Manchester,
la., Maip St., North oi
Court House.
MONEY
U1
"Trains numbers 6, o, 8,18, 19, and Sioux Falls
Fast Express run dally, all other trains dally ex
Mnnrinv
ept Sunday."
MORTON. J. A. LOMAX.
Gen'l|Pass & Tkt Agt. Ticket Agent.
..t?OKAYn...5VO
I am making first-class farm loans
at 5 and 6 per cent., with privi
leges.
ABSTRACTS
furnished at a rate meeting
all competition.
J. E, DAVIS, Abstracter,
EATON I HOGKADAY.
Successors to A. W.
Stevens & Co
(CITY HALL BLOCK.)
vv: We have on hand all
kinds of
FRESH HEATS
Oysters in season.
Fish, sausage and the
best cured meats.
SHOP CLOSED ON SUNDAY.
EATON & HOGKADAY.
TELEPHONE 261.
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 pleaBe the
most fastidious. Diamonds, Opala,
ilubies, Emeralds, Pearls,Engage
ment and Wedding, Society Em
blem Rings, Masonic, Odd Fel
lows, Knights of Pythias, etc., etc.
LadieB' watches, Gent's watches,
Boy's watcheB, 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 in
bow Call and see them!
Boyotoo & McEwen.
Jewelers.
Our Spring Suitings
have arrived, and those desiring
$5$
SUITS
GOOD
MJAHD
STYLISH
Should not fail to
call and examine
our stock.
Our
Suits
Overcoats
St) p*,?' o-
are admirable In fabric
and in lit, in winsom
'i ness and in workman!
I ,ahip.
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.
S & S S a re in vi to in
-Aspect our stock and get
Htm*
JfourprUm
IT*
A.
WOLFF.
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