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p%eration of tho appalling scene. The hold
was q raging furnace. and the deck began
to bulge n tongues OF tlame issued forth
from its seams.
The fire darted M tho rigging, and soon
the miZzen and mainmasts were enyeloped
in fames, like the gigantic fingers OF a fiery
spirit pointing h~eavonward,
The heavy m~Ainyard.. whoso lifts. were
burnt away, came. crashing to the deck, and
were crushed by the blow.
A the unRuided vessel tossed about In the
rough sea, pitching and rolling, the lurid
scene filled all hearts with terror.
The captain for n tim was mentally para
lyZed by the rightfnl catastrophe. but ~
nll hope of subduing the tire was, abandoned
he gave orders to clear away the boats.
II was time, for while one Of the boats was
being lowered the miZZcn- mast toppled over
and swept down over the side OF the vessel,
knocking three NJ the men into tho sea.
They were never seen again.
Two boats were finally cleared away. and
the captain and the remaining thirteen OF
the crew. driven overheard. by the flames,
left the burning vessel without provisions
For four days they kept together. fsmished
and almost insane from hunger and thirst,
huge seas threatening each instant to enRulf
their frail boata.
Despair weighed down their hearts when
the joyful sight OF an approaching ship was
announced. They hoisted signals which
wards the cnstAwayH were taken on board
the Norwegian. bark Araths, Capt. Rohr,
bonn,l 10 Dale Nerte. from London.
Walker n Williams went to Windsor,
shipped on the Athena and intend to leaye
this port for England,
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"Why need what old Scion or any one
else ever said concern me ?" he unused.
What difference does it make what people
say or who says it A fact ia . fact and a
theory is . theory. One mans theory is as
good for his own purposes as another's
theory. The fact in my case Is that / am
satisfied TO paint. Notwithstanding dads
wrath and the business he would thrust on
me. Let dad earn the money, or who will; /
desire only to spend it.
$50 much for the fact. My theory is. and
I prefer II to Solon's, that to marry m ideal
will be the acme OF happiness and will insure
q happy ending to my life. II ! never find
her. more or less OF my life will be miserable
and will end u%nhAppily."
The young man failed to see that he had
exactly conformed his theory TO Solon's.
that he had expressed the anne theory pre-
cisely with variations in form only. Youth
is deluded and ignores resemblances, those
tribes which made Darwin immortal. He
continued to muse:
As an artist. my preferences run Ia
browns. They are my fAvorite colUrs, be-
cause TO me they are most beautiful. most
quiet. most sincere and the least suggestive
Of either gaudiness or gloom. My ideal, I'M
seen. unknown love is q symphony in
browns-brown hair. brown eyes and a com
plsxion tinted brown rather than white or
red.
"She ID very small in stature. hence SURE
to be superbly perfect in form. Her little
head is beautifully rounded and symmstri-
cal. likewise her dimpled arm and her sweet
little hands. Her little feet are sncAsed In
ehild's boots. not larger than = child's num-
Der twelve. She Is
lie paused abruptly. startled. for he saw
her. His eye had been wandering among
the gorgeous tapestries of the car. the beau
tifully wrought woodwork. the superb
French plAte-glass panes in the windows,
the oil-painted ceilings and the blue and
geld woven velvsts of the cushions.
At last 1t rested OF amirror in front and
abo 70 his head. that slightly inclined from
the top towards him sufficiently to expose
the entire ear and all its occupants in dim
image. dim because his curtain Was drawn,
darkening the light from the window at
his side.
He thought several times to change his
position to obYiste the annoyance; but he
unconsciopsly seemed deferred from so
doing. He was being slowly fascinated by
. shadow As yet underlined, but momeutarily
growing mors startling. He stared through
the dim light at the mirror until his eyes
became accustomed 70 the shadows above.
and lhs picture among the other images
gradually defined itself.
What he ssw. that which wound round and
round him silken threads Of fascination.
might have been reelected through a dozen
mirrors from side to aide and from end 10
end Of the car,
Suddenly he turned and attempted to dis
cover the original among the passengers.
Failing IN this, he again sought the mirror.
giving himself entirely to tn study Of one
dim outline.
What he saw vas The head and bust Of .
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INJURED the wretched man. but II she heard
him she gave no sign OF II.
He watched her move down the aisle and
enter the d~rawing-room at the other end oil
the car. The reason OF his inability to see
her among the was now evident,
But how could her image be reflected in the
mirror IN front of HIM
His eye caught . quick solution. The
transom over the door of the drawing-room
was open. Some mirror on the inside re.
fected the images OF the people to som
mirror on the outside and thence into the
one over his head.
Hungry and dissatisfied he seated himself
again to contemplate the picture and
scheme to get acquainted.
Now he recognized other people In the
d~rAwing-room also reflected In his mirror.
There was an old mAu with a sober. dis
satisfied face who looked as II he might be q
disciple of Henry George deep in contem-
plation OF land theories: q woman with .
Just then unreliable countNDAnce. who
might be the ideals instTuctress in music or
other studies. or her governess. perhaps;
lastly. the face OF = younger man, say OF
thirty-fve years. that bore in 1t cunning.
malice. suAvity aud other characteristics
which denoted . shrewd sehemer and Der
hAps q yillGinous nature.
WRs she travelling in security with an
aged, absorbed parent and trusted friends.
or was her father. II such he be. obliyioua
60 the Vaccinations OF ; villain, h had an
accomplice in the supposed gOVeTness7
lie resolved TO probe this mystery to the
bottom il he had to traye. around the earth
20 do it, II he had to employ detectives. had
to squander his whole fortune.
Poor man, he little knew how much OF
his contemplation Was TO be realized in his
future existence.
Alarmed by the workings Of his brain. he
suddenly resolved to paint the group As they
appeared in the mirror.
lie raised the curtain near him to increase
the effect of the scene in the mirror, but II
only dulled out the picture and he drew 1t
down.
From his yalise he took a palette. his
paints snd brushes and q small square OF
canvas with a heavy pasteboard back de-
signed for use In the absence OF an easel.
lie began sketehing ON his ideal 1t Was .
Joyous task. 80 much so that his whole soul
became concentrated in the work. aud the
lines IN which he drew the lovely face rap
idly grew into = fac-simile OF lire.
or course the best he could do during the
remainder OF the dEy was TO prepare studies
for more finished paintings later.
Still. he fingered long and lovingly on the
face OF his ideal until the study. under the
intensity OF his love and longing. became
not 8 bad picture,
The day gradually heightened until be
recognized shat he must turn his attention
to the others Of she sroup or miss them BY
nightfalL
They might get on - soms destination
north Of New York. He must hasten.
With fsysrish anEisy. intensified BY the
thought Of her possible escape from him. he
] pa; away the paints and took ~ his peuciL
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BURNED AT SEA.
Tale Of survivors Of the Lost Bark
NCrdCOp. .:.....
Six Sailors Lose Their Lives In
Floating Bonfire.
Their shipmates Escape to Untold
Horrors in Open Boats.

The brig Buck Athene has arrived at this
port from Windsor, Nj &. aud has among its
crew two seamen who are survivors of a
tragical disaster at sea.
Henry Williams and George Walker are
bronzed, weather boaten tnrs, who have fol-
lowed the sea all their lives INT have served
under almost every flag.
They were sailors on board the Inflated
Norwegian bark Nordcop. which left the
port OF Laguna In the West Indies. with
cotton and cedar wood. for London and
Christiansand.
The Nordcap was commanded by Captain
Nielsen. and had q crew Of nineteen men.
She sailed from Laguna May o. and to get
the benefit OF the trade winds she took the
course along the Gulf Stream and past the
Grand Banks.
Nothing noteworthy occurred on the voy-
age until June z, when very rough weather
was encountered. A fierce gale arose and
tremendous seas broke over the vessel,
smashing q part OF the wheelhouse and
washing overheard one Of the crew.
The gale blew with undated fury all that
day and night, and the vessel was tossed
about in the tumultuous seas.
As the night of the sth advanced the wind
subsidized. and the wearied aud exhausted
crew sought rest in their hunks. The Cap
tain also retired and left the vessel in charge
Of First Officer Heindrioksen.
About Q o'clock in the morning, when in
latitude AZ degrees longitude 80 degrees.
second Office Arlof, who was then In charge
of the deck. detected the smell Of burning
cotton. Calling one OF the watch they
opened the after hatch. when . volume OF
SIN oke and fame burst upward.
The alarm was Immediately given and the
captain and rest of the crew came rushing
upon deck. some OF them only hall dressed;
along, and o hose was attached TO one of tho
pumps. But q vent Was. given to the flames
by the open hatch, and the wind entered and
fame the now Raging fire.
The crew worked mantully to check the
spread OF the fire, cheered. on by the cool
ness of the Captains orders and the des-
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CHICAGO YET N THE FURNACE.
The Thermometer Took an 30
Degree Start This Morning.
Hospitals and Morsues will Overs
flow Unless Relief Comes.
ESPECIAL TO II EVENING wosLp,

tNFhOAAb ~ Ahh WVhtns
CHICAGO, June 3o.-The mercury was m
to 30 degrees in the thermometer 6arly this
morning, and the city's people felt with
weary hearts hat another day Of furnace
like heat was before them.
II had been hoped that the breeze Of yes-,
terday. which brought = slight relief from
the still. fierce glare of the day. would
freshen into something stronger which
would permanently dispel the awful heat.
The breeze. however, went down. n sun
day ended with the sky clear and the air
only made more close and humid through
the effects Of q brief shower.
Fifty-six prostrations by heat In the sumo
day record, so far 90 reported.
There were prayers in the city churches
but before very small conRregations-for
the sick and dying and for . speedy relief
from the deadly heat.
II this relief doesn't come soon the hos
pitfalls and morgues will overflow. Already
numbers of nurses and physicians are pros
trated by the double effects OF heat and over
work.
The fearful child mortality continues. In
the poorer quarters, where Ice 10 . luxury
almost unknown, 1t Is impossible TO keep
perishable articles Of food In any suitable
condition for use. and milk IL given to many
little ones IN such form a. 10 make 10 little
else than poison.
Reports from other cities in the State show
that Sunday WAS for them. too. o day full OF
wearinoss and insuiferable heat, with many
cases Of prostration.
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CORRALLED THE BURGLAR.
saloon-K Keeper Hofsess's Novel
Way Of Catching a Robber.

Peter Hofsess keeps q saloon at 40 Third
avenue aud lives on the floor over IT, Ala
o'clock this morning his mother, who sleeps
In the back room, heard q noise in the yard.
and looking out saw q man climbing over
the back fence.
She called her son and Hofsess put His
head out OF tho window. Just rs he did so
the intruder looked mp and catching Hof.
sess's eve dropped into the area and disap-
peared from sight.
Mr.. Hofsess owns q pistol and might have
shot IL off at the burglar. He didn't. He
posted his mother at the back window as q
rear guard. instructing her to cali out to the
fellow, should he reappear, to stand and
deliver.
He himself went out on the street with the
horse pirtol and blazed away.
until Policeman Robert Benning ran mp. out
The saloon-k keeper pointed TO the cellar
door, out of which the strange man was Just
then poking his head:
The policeman grabbed him.. He proved
to be James Flanagan, O. young tough, who
had before been arrested for burglary. He
said that he was o waiter, lived at 5OtSec.
ond avenue. and Just went into the cellar
Al the Thirty. fifth street station-house II
was discovered that he had torn his leg
badly on . picket In getting over the fence.
An ambulance surgeon plastered mp the lea
and sent him to the Yorkyills COURT limFing.
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do not know their nAmes," replied the
on iAl. ''as the room was merely marked
OF to a party of four, However, l know that
their destination is New York and that they
have transfer tickets either for some steamer
or railroad. In case OF the latter they
should he bound southwark; IL abroad, their
course is but . wild conjecture"
Find out for me where they are going
and will pay o $40"
VERY we'll. sir But that Was the last
he saw of the conductor.
When darkness set in the brilliant electric
lights of the Wagner palace increased the
intensity of the picture in tue mirror.
AT last HenshAll observed some movement
in the dTaSing-room.
Tie girl took a violin and tuned il TO suit
her practieed little car. soon there began
TO float through the car the rayishing ariSs
of Chopin, SehumGnn aud other masters.
II she was eGauIsitely beautiful 10 him be-
fore. Sha could describe her when pouring
her very soul into musiel IL Was then
that the beautiful brown eyes yindioatsd his
sense OF the artistic aud his love of their
color.
In the mystic spell OF that sntrGacing
music he could see clearly through the per-
lection Of her lingering, bosinE, technique.
finish and graee into her very soul. Hhtch
Was mirrored in her eyes.
He had listened 30 0.s BAN IN times past
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DESPAIR OF An OLD SOLDIER.
Refused Aid by the Government
William Schultz Kills Himself
Ills Wounds Made Him Unable 60
Work and lie Could Only Die.

William Schultz, q veteran OF the war, shot
himself through the heart early this morn
ing at No. 12B East Third street, and thus
carried out q promise long since made, when
infrmity came on with old age aud no relief
WAS in prospect,
Schultz was flfty-four years old and .
bachelor without kith or kin on this side Of
the ocean. lie was q waiter by occupation.
Coming hero q young man. he enlisted In
the last bounty paying year of thu war, and
went TO the front in the ranks of Company
l., Thirteenth New York Volunteers.
In one Of the early battles in which that
regiment fought he was shot In the lev, and
after that his fighting days we're over.
He went back to civil life. and worked at
his trade until q year and . half ago. when
tho old wound broke out and made him
much trouble.
Since then he has been unable to earn
much, and he lived partly pon the bounty
Of his friend. William Meyer. in whose house
he boarded.
Schultz never drew 0 pension. Since he
was quite disabled 40 has tried repeatedly
but unsuccessfully to get into the Soldiers
Home.
When, lately. his q sthopo Of being taken
caro- OF In his old age by the Government
vanished. he said that he would kill him.
self as soon as he could make up his MUD
10 the deed, rather than DO n burden to any
body. .
He has kept his word.
Before ANYBODY was stirring this morning
he went down into an clubhouse in the yard
and shot himself through the heart.
The report that woke mp all the neighbour
hood he probably did not hear. He was
dead rs q light is blown ont
The Walters Society will bury him.
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to Sembrich and even to Christine Nilsson
when she had chosen to seize . violin and
charm her friends, but in love IS he was.
the music of the maiden for whom he was
hungering seemed to pale the efforts OF
those great artists.
The very motion Of the car was In har.
mony with her time. Passengers shrsw,
away their novels and listened. The old
man in the drawing-room closed his eyes -
il IN raDturous sleep. The vil~lAinous-look-
ing man. as IL fascinated. thrust his face -
near to hers IS he could without disturbing
the player, aud his looks showed passion.
longing and a malicious intent which
mAddened Henshall.
As suddenly as the music commenced IL
ceased. The girl arose and put away her
violin softly and with . cAress. Evidently
she was tired add wished TO seek her couch
Had the young man heard what was said
within, his anxiety would have been m
creased to q fever heat. but he had noe thas
privilege much to his later disadvantages
Soon the lights within the drawing-roouS
went out; the group had retired.
Long in contemplation the young man
sat. At last. merely to relieve the porter.
all the remaining passengers being in bed.
he betoOk to his couch. It was hours before
his tired brain would rest and II was bread
daylight before he aWoke to violently spring
to the door aud dress himself. The Gar was
standing in the Yards of the Grand Central
Depot The berths were all made mp and
the open doors of the dr~aWing-Yoom showed,
that his bird had flown. He sought the Dor~'
ter in . rage.
where nave they gone-ths people IL
the draWing-roomf" he almost shouted
Don't know. sab. Don't know nothinS
tall about it Train get heah at I o'clock
dis maWnin,. De passsngss GET up when d.
pleasss. Specs do folks got up when dS'
pleased"
Mr., Henshall sat down : moment to clear
his brain; he was stunned.
Most OF the night he had tossed In bed
hoping for an accident. : crash. ; hrs. amp
thing that he might spring TO her rssoaa.
Nothing of the kind had happened Instead
he had gone to sleep like : stone and les her
escape.
II Was nov 10 o'clock Six hours had
elapsed. sufficient for the party - have
escaped by European steamer or 20 The
South. or worse, perhaps to their home In
the vast city Of New York. Shsrs one tndt
Vidual Is ; mere drop in the ocean,. : graia
Of sand IA the sahara. = moth on : Ersat
sedusiA Of California
The man arose and sought the quarters %
the eabmen. They could tell him nothing.
No one had taken ; party Of four. They
might have taken : street car or carriage d
their own or walked TO some near hotel -
worse, taken the elevated railway direea -
the dock OF some morning sailing steamer
There vas absolutely no hopA In dsap4ir
the man wandered away. Violently eiaaaA-
ing his painted portraits. ths snly paaaaks
cleu in the case.
ITO . OoAiiaasa TeAsnsAl
CkEpasR AZ. - " aas EissEiAs HaaAl~
: xFigtsa - ELLA WHazLza W.
OK
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THE GREAT COMPOSITE NoVEL.

young girl. 1t SO exactly conformed to the
ideal of which he had dreamed 30 long that
he concluded the image must be a concep-
ton m~erely-a psychological ghost. rs it
were.
There was his dream face, surely; the sym
phony in browns; the brown hair, every
thread as delicate as the deW-catchinR game
of a spider; the large brown eyes. in which
was the very soul of the ~loftiest conceivable
intellect, the highest genius of music, per-
haps; the complexion slightly tinted brown,
but cut by the sweetest red lips; the evil
IDENTIFY small stature and perfect form; the
beautifully rounded and symmetrical head
and dimpled arm.
He only lacked . glimpse of the feet to
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AWOKE IN A FIAE-TRAP.
A Holocaust Of Sixteen Families
Barely Averted,
Cigar Dealer stoner's window Mys-
teriously Blown Out.

Sixteen families who inhabit the tene-
ment No. 113 Stanton street were fast
asleep when the building caught fire half an
hour after midnight this morning.
For the next Ave minutes the house was
the scene OF wild confusion and desperate
struggles 10 escape.
At the end of that time the ERE that had
started on the level Of the street had burned
up the stair way and was blazing out of the
fifth story.
Aaron Levy has long kept a tailorshop in
one Of the stores on the ground floor. A
couple Of months ago Morris Stoner opened
Q cigar store and soda water connter in the
other. He has been trying to sell out since,
without success.
1t WAS in Stoner's store that the FIRE broke
out. BLEW out " might perhaps be nearer
the truth.
Alexander Drescher, o young man who
was on his way to his home at 20 Clinton
street, had just passed the house without
noticing anything unusual about it, when
the whole front of the cigar store was blown
into the street with a tremendous crash.
Through the tread fire was seen raging in
side.
John Rossner. another jay fellow who was
visiting his girl at liza just across the street,
ran up through tho house and raised the
tenant, when the crash had not already
scared out of their bedp, while q policeman
rang an alarm.
A scene Of terror and distress followed.
In the dense smoke that filed the halls and
stairway the tenants CROPPED their way out
with their crying and half; smothered chill
dren.
Those nearest the roof met the fire half
'ay down and returned to seek safety upon
she top OF an adjoining tenement connected
with the burning house by an iron bridge.
All got away ,te, though some had
narrow escapes.
The firemen othered the flames after a
sharp struggle. Thu cigar store and Jacob
Freith's apartments on the top floor were
scorched. each suffering a loss OF $500 or
$500, The building was damaged 81 900.
The police are investigating the fire to see
II they can discover the cause.
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was but momentary. then she approached q
small silver water-tank in the corner OF the
lobby near him.
He WAS on his feet In an instant. He
sprang to the tank. his tall form bending
until his eyes were on q level with hers and
he gGzed at her with that eagerness and in
tensity with which 4 starved nomad might
look through a window on an epicureis din
ner at Delmonico's
Permit nue. to assist You. he said gently.
with difficulty controlling Q desire to grasp
her hand.
Thanks, you are very kind. ventured
the maiden. wondering at his eaGerness and
intensity Of gaze.
He placed the silver goblet under the fau-
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CHAPTER 1.-FoUND AND LOST.
BY w. -. BALLOU.
ASAor Of " 4 Ride on a 0ye1ns" Z" The Bachelor Girl" +" TIE SDa0
aat" Qn prsl

Happy / may not call thee. until / learn
that thy life has been happily ended"
Thus s~OhlOquized young Mi. Henry Hen
shan as he rscIinsd. day dreaming, against
ton Of WAGNER car.
The New York Central train VAS speeding
him on and on. TO which fact he vas utterly
obliyious.
He had secured the forward section to
eseape observation. He sat with his back to
the passengers. Himself was companion-
ship enough. lie desired only TO think and
10 dream.
He had buta few days since put Columbus
College. 30 TO speak. among his stock OF
"reminiscences. With her highest honoFs u
his tTank.
He had msntalIy given ovsE his fathers.