a storWo,
JNTERNATIONPl PRESS ASSOCIATOH.
CHAPTER XIV. (Continubd.)
'His way now led towards the river
side regions, and a cleansing whiff of
tar was to be detected In the stagnant
autumn air. Men with the blue Jersey
and peaked cap ol the boatman, or the
white duck of the dockers, began to re
place the corduroys and fustian of the
laborers. Shops with nautical instru
ments In the windows, rope and paint
sellers, and slop shops with long rows
of oilskins dangling , from hooks, all
proclaimed the neighborhood of the
docks. The Admiral quickened his pace
and straightened his figure as his sur
roundings became more nautical, until
at last, peeping between two high,
dingy wharfs, he caught a glimpse of
the mud-colored waters of -the Thames,
and of the bristle of masts and funnels
which rose from Its broad bosom. To
the right lay a quiet street, with many
brasa plates upon either side, and wire
blinds In all the windows. The Ad
miral walked slowly down It until "The
Saint Lawrence Shipping Company'
caught his eye. He crossed the road,
pushed open the door, and foun'd him
self In a low-cellinged office, with a
long counter at one end and a great
number of wooden sections of ships
tuck upon boards and plastered all
over the walls.
"Is Mr. Henry In?" asked the Admiral.
"No, sir," answered an elderly man
from a high seat in the corner. "He has
not come into town to-day. I can man
age any business you may wish seen to."
"You don't happen to have a first or
second officer's place vacant, do you?"
The manager looked with a dubious
eye at' his singular applicant.
"Do you hold certificates?" he asked.
"I hold every nautical certificate
there is."
"Then you won't do for us."
"Why not?"
"Tour age, sir."
"I give you my word that I can see as
well as ever, and am as good a man
In every way."
"I don't doubt it."
"Why should my age be a bar, then?"
''Well, I must put It plainly. If a man
of your age, holding certificates, has
not got past a second officer's berth,
there must be a black mark against him
somewhere. I don't know what It is,
drink or temper, or want of Judgment,
but something there must be."
"I assure you there Is nothing, but I
find myself stranded, and so have to
turn to the old business again."
"Oh, that's it," said the manager,
with suspicion in his eye. "How long
were you In your last billet?"
"Fifty-one years."
"What!"
"Yes, sir, one-and-flfty years."
"In the same employ?"
"Yes."
"Why, you must have begun as a
child."
"I was twelve when I Joined."
"It must be a strangely managed
business," said the manager, "which al
lows men to leave it who have served
for fifty years, and who are still as good
as ever. Whom did you serve?"
"The Queen. Heaven bless her!"
"Oh, you were In the Royal navy.
What rating did you hold?"
"I am Admiral of the Fleet."
The manager started, and sprang
down from his high stool.
"My name Is Admiral Hay Denver.
There Is my card. And here are the
records of my service. I don't, you un
derstand, want to push another man
from his billet; but If you should chance
to have a berth open, I should be very
glad of It. I know the navigation from
the Cod Banks right up to Montreal a
great deal better than I know the streets
of London."
The astonished manager glanced over
the blue papers which his visitor had
handed him. "Won't you take a chair,
Admiral?" said he.
"Thank you! But I should be obliged
If you would drop my title now. I told
you because you asked me, but I've left
the quarter deck, and am plain Mr. Hay
Denver now."
"May I ask," said the manager, "are
you the same Denver who commanded
at one time on the North American sta
tion?" "I did."
"Then it was you who got one of our
boats, the Camus, oft the rocks in the
Bay of Fundy? The directors voted
you three hundred guineas as salvage,
and you refused them."
"It was an offer which should not have
been made," said the Admiral sternly.
"Well, It reflects credit upon you that
you should think so. It Mr. Henry were
here I am sure that he would arrange
this matter for you at once. As It Is, I
shall lay it before the directors to-day,
and I am sure that they will be proud
to have you in our employment, and, I
hope, in some more suitable position
than that which you suggest."
"I am very much obliged to you, Blr,"
said the Admiral, and started off again,
well pleased, upon his homeward Jour
ney. '
CHAPTER XV.
8TUX AMOXO BIIOAI.S.
EXT day brought
the Admiral a
cheque for 5,000
from Mr. McAdam,
and a stamped
MI agreement by which
jhe made over his
pension papers to
the speculative In
ventor. It was not
until he had signed
and sent It off that
the full significance
of all that be
tint. He had
had done broke upon
sacrificed everything.
PY. A. CONAN DOYLt'
His pension was gone. He had noth
ing save what he could earn. But
the stout old heart never quailed.
He walled eagerly for a letter
from the Saint Lawrence Shipping Com
pany, and in the meanwhile he gave his
landlord a quarter's notice. Hundred
pound a year houses would In future be
a luxury which he could not aspire to.
A small lodging in some Inexpensive
part of London must be the substitute
for his breezy Norwood villa. So be it,
then! Better that a thousandfold, than
that his name should be associated with
failure and disgrace.
On that morning Harold Denver was
to meet the creditors of the firm, and
to explain the situation to them. It
was a hateful task, a degrading task,
but he set himself to do It with quiet
resolution. At home they waited In in
tense anxiety to learn the result of the
meeting. It was late before he returned,
haggard and pale, like a man who has
done and suffered much.
"What's this board In front of the
house?" he asked.
"We are going to try a little change
of scene," said the Admiral. "This
place is neither town or country. But
never mind that, boy. Tell us what hap
pened In the city."
"God help me! My wretched business
is driving you out of house and home!"
cried Harold, broken down by this fresh
evidence of the' effects of his misfor
tunes. "It is easier for me to meet my
creditors than to see you two suffer
ing so patiently for my sake."
"Tut, tut!" cried the Admiral.
"There's no suffering In the matter.
Mother would rather be near the thea
ters. That's the bottom of it, isn't It,
mother? You come and sit down here
between us and tell us all about it."
Harold sat down with, a loving hand
in each of his.
"It's not so bad as we thought," said
he, "and yet It is bad enough. I have
about ten days to find the money, but I
don't know which way to turn for It.
Pearson, however, lied, as usual, when
he spoke of 13,000. The amount is not
quite 7,000."
The Admiral clapped his hands. "I
knew we should weather it, after all!
Hurrah, my boy! Hip, hip, hip, hur
rah!" Harold gazed at him In surprise, while
the old seaman waved his arm above
his head and bellowed out three sten
torian cheers. "Where am I to get
seven thousand pounds from, dad?" he
asked.
"Never mind. You spin your yarn."
"Well, they were very good and very
kind, but of course they must have
their money or their money's worth.
They passed a vote of spmpathy for
me, and agreed to wait ten days be
fore they took any proceedings. Three
of them, whose claim came tp 3,500,
told me that if I would give them my
personal I. O. U., any pay interest at
the rate of five per cent, their amounts
might stand over as long as I wished.
That would be a charge of 175 upon
my Income, but with economy I could
meet it, and It diminishes the debt by
one-half."
Again the Admiral burst out cheer
ing. "There remains, therefore, about 8,
200, which has to be found within ten
days. No man shall lose by me. I
gave them my word In the room that
if I worked my soul out of my body
every one of them should be paid. I
shall not spend a penny upon myself
until It la done. But some of them can't
wait. They are poor men themselves,
and must have their money. They have
issued a warrant for Pearson's arrest.
But they think that he has got away
to the states."
"These men shall have their money,"
Bald the Admiral.
"Dad!"
"Yes, my boy, you don't know the
resources of the family. One never does
know until one tries. What have you
yourself now?"
"I have about a thousand pounds in
vested." "All right. And I have about as much
more. There's a good start. Now,
mother, it is your turn. What Is that
little bit of paper of yours?"
Mrs. Denver unfolded it, and placed
it upon Harold's knee.
"Five thousand pounds!" he gasped.
"Ah, but mother is not the only rich
one. Look at this!" And the Admiral
unfolded his cheque, and placed It upon
the other knee.
Harold gazed from one to the other
In bewilderment. "Ten thousand
pounds!" he cried. "Good heavens!
where did these come from?"
"You will not worry any longer, dear,"
murmured his mother, slipping her arm
round him.
But his quick eye had caught the
signature upon one of the checks. "Doc
tor Walker!" he cried, flushing. "This
Is Clara's doing. Oh, dad, we cannot
take this money. It would not be right
nor honorable."
"No, boy, I am glad you think so. It
Is something, however, to have proved
one's friend, for a real good friend he
is. It was he who brought It in, though
Clara sent him. But this other money
will be enough to cover everything, and
it is all my own."
"Your own? Where did you get It,
dad?"
"Tut.tut! See what It is to have a
city man to deal with. It is my own,
and fairly earned, and that is enough."
"Dear old dad!" Harold squeezed his
gnarled hand. "And you, mother! You
have lifted the trouble from my heart.
I feel another man. You have saved
my honor, my good name, everything.
I can not owe you more, for I owe you
everything already."
So while the autumn sunset shone
ruddlly through the broad window
these three sat together hand In hand,
with hearts which were too full to
speak. Suddenly the soft thudding of
tennis balls was heard, and Mrs. West
macott bounded Into view upon ' the
lawn with brandished racket and short
skirts fluttering In the breeze. The
sight came as a relief to their strained
nerves, and they burst all three Into a
hearty fit of laughter.
"She is playing with her nephew,"
said Harold at last. "The Walkers
have not come out yet. I think that
it would be well If you were to give me
that cheque, mother, and I were to re
turn it In person."
"Certainly, Harold. I think it would
be very nice."
He went In through the garden. Clara
and the Doctor were sitting together In
the dining-room. She sprang to her
feet at the sight of him.
"Oh, Harold, I have been waiting for
you so impatiently," sho cried; "I saw
you pass the front windows half an
hour ago. I would fcave come In If I
dared. Do tell us what has happened."
"I have come In to thank you both.
How can I repay you for your kind
ness? Here is your cheque, Doctor. I
have not needed It. I find that I can
lay my hands on enough to pay my
creditors."
"Thank God!" said Clara fervently.
"The sum Is less than I thought, and
our resources considerably more. We
have been able to do it with ease."
"With ease!" The Doctor's brow
clouded and his manner grew cold. "I
think, Harold, that you would do better
to take this money of mine, than to use
that which seems to you to be gained
with ease."
"Thank you, Blr. If I borrowed from
any one It would be from you. But my
father has this very sum, five thousand
pounds, and, as I tell him, I owe him
so much that I have no compunction
about owing him more."
"No compunction! Surely there are
some sacrifices which a son should not
allow his parents to make."
"Sacrifices! What do you mean?"
"Is It possible that you do not know
how this money has been obtained?"
"I give you my word, Doctor Walker,
that I have no Idea. I asked my father,
but he refused to tell me."
"I thought not," said the Doctor, the
gloom clearing frcm his brow. "I was
sure that you were not a man who, to
clear yourself from a lltt'e money diffi
culty, would sacrifice the happiness ot
your mother and the health of your
father."
"Good gracious! what do you mean?"
"It Is only right that you should
know. That money represents the com
mutation of your father's pension. Ha
has reduced himself to poverty, and in
tends to go to sea again to earn a liv
ing." "To sea again! Impossible!"
"It is the truth. Charles Westmacott
has told Ida. He was with him in the
City when he took his poor pension
about from dealer to dealer trying to
sell it. He succeeded at last, and hence
the money."
"He has sold his pension!" cried Har
old, with his hands to his face. "My
dear old dad has sold his pension!"
He rushed from the room, and burst
wildly into the presence of his parents
once more. "I can not take it, father,"
he cried. "Better bankruptcy than
that. Oh, if I had only known your
plan! We must have back the pension.
Oh, mother, mother, how could you
think me capable of Buch selfishness?
Give me the check, dad, and I will see
this man to-night, for I would sooner
die like a dog in the ditch than to touch
a penny of this money."
(TO Bl CONTINUBD.)
THE RETORT DISCOURTEOUS.
A Bright Little Kewiboy Answers a Lady
In a Smart and Cauitio Manner.
A small and dirty newsboy worked a
paying game for a week or bo down in
the shopping districts, says Chicago
Tribune. He would don a most pa
thetic expression, go up to a woman and
say, "Missis, won't you buy a paper?
Dis is my birfday and I ain't sold
hardly any." Of course he would sell
one in nine cases out of ten and would
generally get a nickel and be told to
keep the change. He must have kept
this up fully a week and reaped a
bountiful harvest. At last one young
woman who had tired of the same story
and who became rather skeptical on the
subject of the "birfdays," stopped the
young genius and remarked in tones
clear enough to be heard some little
distance, "See here, .little boy, what
did you say about your birthday?"
"Lady, please buy a paper; dis is my
birfday, and I ain't sold but one paper
to-day,", whined the young rascal.
"Now, little boy, to my certain
knowledge you have had a birthday
every day this week. Aren't you
ashamed to tell such stories?"
He was cornered for a minute and
stood with head cast down and every
appearance of remorse. At last he
looked up with a most innocent expres
sion and said: "Well, you see, lady,
jou en me we're different. I ain't very
bid, en I thought I'd have a lot ot birf
days to oncet, en den I could quit
havln' 'era, like you. See?"
She concluded he was past reforming
and, slipping a dime in his hand, moved
on sighing over the wickedness of the
generation, while the young sinner exe
cuted a pas seul of his own invention.
Think He Ii an Engine.
There is now In the county jail at
Ann Arbor, Mich., awaiting a vacancy
in the Pontiac asylum, a young man
who imagines he is a train of cars.
He spends nearly all his time in Imitat
ing the noises attendant on starting up
and stopping a railroad train. Every
sound and movement he produces with
startling fidelity and detail. When
the officer found him he was on the
railroad track, and from his actions
was just getting up steam. Soon he
said It was time to start, ordered the
fireman to fill the tank with water and
the tender with coal, Imitating every
act perfectly.. Then he pulled out the
lever and started the train, running
so fast that it was necessary to head
him off with a horse. Ills whistle for
"down breaks" can be heard a mile.
He is about 17 years old.
The Very Tint.
Briggs The first fight on recofd was
between Cain and Abel, wasn't it?
Rlggs Nah! The first occurred when
the serpent took a fall out ot Adam.
Well Situated.
There is in North Carolina a post
office called "Troublesome," not so very
far from "liatrlraony."
Many a supposed giant has turned
out to be only a shadow.
We have all blamed Adam for fall
lag, but God never did.
Do right yourself, and you will help
some other man to behave himself.
. The poorest people in the world are
those who try to keep all they get. !
The devil fears no man's profession
when it is is higher than his practice.
, Make home like heaven, and you
will make the children wont to go
there.
Mother! who have uied Parker's Ginger
Tonic fur jrcanlntlat thai It benefit! wore thin
other medlclnea; every form of dUtreii ud week
neei yield to it.
Some men divide their lives between
trying to forget and trying to recover
from the effects of trying to forget
Hlmleroorni U a simple remedr.
but It toltea out the eorna. and wait a cooeolatton
It 1(1 MaLti walking a pleasure. ISc, at dru'gliu.
Everything good lost in this world
will bo found in heaven.
Love never has to be watched to see
that it does honest work.
"Castles in the air are walled in by
fancy," remarked the poet. "Faith,
I'd prefer a rale fence," said Pat
There are eleven daily newspapers
in China nine printed in Chinese, one
in English and one in French.
The cellar in the bank of France re
sembles a large warehouse. Silver
coin is stored there in 800 large bar
rels. 100 Reward, 11100.
The readers of this paper will be
pleased to learn that there is at least
one dreaded disease that science has
been able to cure in all its stages, and
that is Catarrh. Hall's Catarrh Cure is
the only positive cure now known to
the medical fraternity. Catarrh being
constitutional disease requires a con
stitutional treatment. Hall's Catarrh
Cure Is tiken Internally, acting directly
upon the blood and mucous surfaces of
the system, thereby destroying the
foundation of the disease and giving the
patient strength by building up the con
stitution and assisting nature In doing
Its work. The proprietors have so much
faith In Its curative powers that they
offer One Hundred Dollars for any case
that It falls to cure. Send for list of
testimonials. Adlress
P. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O.
Sold by druggists: 76c.
Hall's Family Pills, 25c.
The greater the house built on the
sand, the greater will be the loss.
When our hearts refuse to pray as
Christ teaches, he is no longer our
Lord.
UTS -All Fltaatorpedrreebynr.Klliie'eGreet
er Kiwtorer. NoFluafirrttwdreiilay'awe.
arvelou.curea. Treatlnoan.l 2 trial bottlefwt.
kit cawe. utud to Dr. KllueJtil roUiit.,r'ulla.,i,a
Every trial God permits us to have,
is to teach us something new about
Christ
ir the Baby I Cutting Tee
BesureaiiduM that old ud well-triad remedy, KM.
Wumlow'i Soothwo Siavr for Children Teething.
Prove that there is no devil, and ev
ery man in the world will be your
friend.
As soon as we begin to have peace
with God, wo begin to have war with
aelf.
The man whose heart is set on things
perishable, loses all when they perish.
A llinghampton factory girl befriend
ed nn old man, and as a consequence
was left 843,000 when he died a few
days ago.
French horsemeat is 7 cents a pound.
If Troubled With Bore Eye
Jackson's Indian Eye Salvo will positively
cure them. J5o at all drug stores.
Salvation Army work has penetrated
Denmark.
It is said there are no religious per
iodicals published in Idaho.
"Hanson's Kaglo Corn Balve."
Warrant! to cure or money refunded. Aaa foul
drutrxlft fur it. Trice li centa.
All branches of protestanism have
in Europe an estimated mcmbwship of
80,812,000.
ITet-emiin' Camphor lee with Glycerine.
Cum Chapped llaiulit and Kaee, Teluler or Hore Feet,
Chilblaliu, I'llea, Ac C. U. Clark Co., Mew Haven, Cfc
Rev. D. S. Gregory, D. D., LL. D.,
has succeeded to the editorship of The
llomilctic Review.
About two-thirds of all the Protest
ants in the world belong to the Anglo
Saxon race; that is, 100,000,000 of the
total.
1 SarsopariHa Sense, i
Any sarsaparilla is sarsaparilla. True. So any
tea is tea. So any flour is flour. But grades differ.
You want the best. It's so with sarsaparilla. There
are grades. You want the best. If you understood
sarsaparilla as well as you do tea and flour it
would be easy to determine. But you don't. How
should you ?
When you tre going to buy a commodity
whose value you don't know, you pick out an old
established house to trade with, and trust their
experience and reputation. Do so when buying
sarsaparilla.
Ayers Sarsaparilla has been on the market
fifty years. Your grandfather used Ayer's. It is a
reputable medicine. 1 here are many sarsapaniias.
But only one Ayer's. IT CURES.
Highest of all in jLaveaing Power.
1 FotIsip
AnSOUUVEWt PURE
Paper belts gain favor.
Tucson has a woman butcher.
Our shoo exports are booming.
Oregon has 605,000 acres in pears.
'Frisco is to havo a 15-story edifice.
A man hates everybody's dog but
his own.
No man likes to order things for the
house.
A camel can work eight days with
out drinking, and a man can drink
eight days without working.
A Hearty Welcome
To returning pence by dny and tranquility at night
la eitended by the rheuinatio patient who owea
theae bieeeingi to Hoatetter'i Stomach Bitten.
Don't delay tho uae of title fine anodyne for pain
and purifier of the blood an Instant beyond the
point when the dlseaee manifest! Itself. Kidney
trouble, dyepepeio. ''Ter complaint, la grippe and
irregularity of the bowel! are renews ana curea
by the Bitten.
Every man longs to be a woman
just long enough to show what a good
wife he would be.
If Satan ever laughs it must he at
the hypocrites, they are the greatest
dupes he has.
It seems appropriate enough for a
whisky firm to go into liquid-atlon.
Because a man is a dwarf is no ex
cuse for his being short in his ac
counts. A Texas miser keeps everything un
der lock and key, and he even bolts
his food.
"I'll see you later," as the boxer said
when his opponent had closed both
his peepers.
What others drink distresses a tee
tolar more than it does others, fre
quently, A handsome female photographer
ought to do a good business with her
taking ways.
I could not get along without Piso's Cur
for Consumption. It always cures. Mrs.
E. C. Moultom, Needham.Mass. Oct. 23, 'W
It is as easy for some men to be
witty as it is difficult for tome to be
otherwise than dull.
"Never play at any game of chance."
The man who hides four aces in his
sleeve observes this rule.
Whereever God's will is law, nothing
but purity can exist
Loss of opportunity Is life's greatest loss. Think of suffering with
NEURALGIA Years Years Years
When the opportunity lies in a bottle of ST. JACOBS OIL. It cures.
6t9MMrMParferoMW
Tell Your
that you have
read that Clair
ette Soap is
one of the
greatest labor-
saving inven
tions of the
time. Tell
her that it
will save her
strength, save
her time, save
her clothes.
The merits of
mm
appeal at once to every thoughtful woman. It's the best, purest, and
most economical soap to be procured. Sold everywhere. Made only by
The H. K. FairbanK Company. St Louis.
Latest U. S. Gov't import
IT
The people of the United States use
on an average 13,000,000 postage atampt
of all kinds each day of the year, or
total of 4,380.000,000 per annum.
Beloit college has thrown open its
doors to women. Thirty-three girla
entered with this year's freshman
class.
Selfishness is a hard snake to kill.
(
KNOWLEDGE
Brings comfort and improvement and
tends to personal enjoyment when
rightly used. The many, who live bet
ter than others and enjoy life more, with
less expenditure, by more promptly
adapting tho world's best products to
the needs of physical being, will attest
the value to health of the pure liquid
laxative principles embraced in the
remedy, Syrup of Figs.
Its excellence is due to it presenting
in the form most acceptable and1 pleas
ant to the taste, the refreshing and truly
beneficial properties of a perfect lax
ative ; effectually cleansing the system,
dispelling colds, headaches and fevers
ana permanently curing constipation.
It has given satisfaction to millions and
met with the approval of the medical
profession, because it acts on the Kid
neys, Liver and Bowels without weak
ening them and it is perfectly free from
every objectionable substance.
Byrup of Figs is for sale by, all drug
gists in 50c and f 1 bottles, but it is man
ufactured by the California Fig Byrup '
Co. only, whose name is printed on every
package, also the name, Syrup of Figs,
and being well informed, vnu will aot
accept any substitute if offered.
TBB AKRMOTOR CO. half the world
wlnf.mill bualneea, berauw It haa reduced Itoeoet of
find power to 1 .11 what ltwaa. It boa many branch
n houeea, and auppllea It! fooda and repair!
A i at your door, ltcananddoee furnish a
A ,, better article lor leaa mooey than
fJU """"J other It make! Pomvliuf ana
I ioeareC, Steel. Galranlaed-after-
"""lOompletlon Wlndmllla, TtlUnc
. ,jr and Fixed hieel Towere, Bteet Bun Saw
AFraniea, Steel feed Gutter! ancTlWd
Grimier. On application It will name one
1,4 of to dm artldea that It wUI turn Inn until -.
January M at 13 the uaual price. It alao makea
Tank! and Ponipa of all aimia. Send for catalogue.
F artery: llta. Rockwell lie Flllaere Street!, Cilcaf.
Wife
a.
DRUG STOCK
& FIXTURES
FIRST CUffl,
Cleau, well aolevtod 8 lock 01 JJruga wilii uxiuraa
WILL SELL CHEAP FOR CASH.
Addreai Frank Bonner, 1st K. Emporia Atenoe,
WICHITA KANSAS.
PARKER'S
K HAIR BALSAM
J Cleem and bMatilUe Ike bale.
PromotM a luxuriant fiewtfe.
" never Fella to Beetore Ormy
Heir to it Youthful Color.
v '.-. Cum tlp diMMi a b.lr kiiiM
P-yjlll"nlllnJt ntuHl-,
VARICOCELE CRRED
Rupture and Piles no pay.
We Fala aw Cattle Particular! Tree). Addreai
Pr.H.J.Walttler.tlba Deliware, Kan.CllT."
1 4J I U i J Waahlncton, V.C
SurTOHMfu v Prosecute iinimn.
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