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CHAPTER IL

Three months from that day we
were married, and, oh, how happily
ON our island home passed the next five
years. There our little Ignaco was
born, the Joy and pride of the good
don's heart, and as he approached the
age of 1 could see that Don Ignace
was failing rapidly. In fact, he had
not been to Coquombo for a year or
more, and now his steps were very fee
bic. One evening after tea, when we
We're seated by the library fire, he said ::
"Claud, do not retire early tonight.
wish to see you
After COreta and our boy had with
lrawn he said: My son, my days are
near numbered. shall soon be gathered
10 my fathers. have pondered long and
well. You and Coreta and our darling
boy are all that L have on earth. This
is dismal home at best, and without
the wealth that is within reach, and
which might not handle, You will not
be left as 1 would have you. shall
tonight show you the treasure guarded
by old Martell and when l am gone,
Claud, it belongs to you, Coreta and
little Ignace. You need feel no com
Functions of conscience at making use
of it, for the once owner of each and
every article died when they fell into
the hands of the buccaneers. Who they
were even, or what nationality, none
can tell. When | am dead and gone, /
do not desire you to remain here in this
isolated life. Lay me at rest by the
eS1 l., .F
ore and leave the island. Sometimes,
you know, you can return to Chanson.
Leave Pedro and the other servant here.
Provide for them, and when in time
they die do not leave the old home ten
antless.
"Oh, Don Ignace, you will not dier'
"Hush Claud, it is very near
1t was midnight, and all were at rest,
even faithful Pedro, when, with two
large lanterns, we passed through
great, unused room some 40 feet in
length and half as wide in the very CEN
ter of the castle. had never entered
it before, and when from n big bunch
of keys the don selected a large one
inserted it in the lock. 1t was
many minutes before, with all power at
my command, could turn it. but sUc-
ceeded at last and pushed the heavy
iron door back.
wait Il few moments" said the
don, until fresh air be admitted. Re-
member, half century has passed
since foot has crossed this threshold. "
The air that we encountered at the
door was fiat and dead. pushed again
at the door till l had it wide open.
Then we sat for 10 minutes on bench
in the great hall, after which we en-
tered the room. At the don's request
I closed the door.
The pirates armory," said he.
Hanging from the wall on either side
from end to end were weapons of all
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laugh. and glancing around beheld a
raw of sunshine approaching in the form
of "a young Gillian beauty of perhaps
II years of age. She had the form of
sylph, and her dark, lustrous eyes
could belong to none but daughter of
Chill. Shewag tripping along by the
side of an elderly don, who was contin-
ually saying:
mot 50 fast, Coreta; not so fast. My
old steps are getting feeble"
well, grandpa, we are most there
now
IAN American, do believe" con-
tinued the old man. "Am correct 2"
And he extended his hand.
You are, replied. "And have I
the pleasure of meeting fellow coun-
tryman?"
mot by birth, - he answered. 81 am
native of Chill, but have spent the
greater part of my life in America, as
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gazed in wonder at tho contents of
this room. Midway of the room on one
side was an immense sideboard, on
which stood decanters without number,
also goblets and glasses. At the lower
end table and rack We're filed with
short arms, pistols, dirks and knives.
All were moldy and showed evidence
of great age, and in places the straps
that had held muskets and sabers in
their positions had given way, and they
had fallen to the floor. Even as we
walked along heavy cutlass and an
enormous breastplate fell from their po-
sition of perhaps a century and struck
the stone floor with a clang that star
tied me. / glanced at them. The re-
verberation of our football had caused
the mOldy straps to part. At the end
of this large room door stood open.
Wo stepped TO it and glanced in.
THE culinary department, said the
don.
Huge fireplaces were on either side,
and large kettles still hung ON the old
fashioned cranes. Bake ovens and pots
all ranged ON either side, while piled
on shelves and tables were tin plates
and china plates, immense platters and
knives and forks, but when picked up
a huge carver the wooden handle crum-
bled into dust.
"Why, A" said 1, ''your ancestors must
have had many followers"
"Ignace, my father, believe" Te-
piled the don, had 20 pirate crafts
afoat and manned by many hundred
men, though rarely more than two ol
three crews would be here at one time
| But come And we retraced our step
| to the council room.
Arrived near the center of the room
i noticed two large black flags hangin
| from either side of the door we had en-
| tered, while above them one large fial
| was suspended by two corners and huns
straight down. The flag was black.
could just discern in its center the let
ters /. ID. f. THE pirates aags-I. ID.
Floremo, said Don Ignace.
placed my hand on the folds of one
of them. 1t fell to dust.
"Now for the vaults, said the don,
and at the sideboard he halted, reached
one hand behind it, seized a lever and
pulled, but without any result.
Pull with your younger arms,
Gland. Here; stand here.
j seized the lever and pulled and
pulled again, and right in front of the
sideboard an iron plate of some 6 by &
feet sank gradually down until it hung
suspended by straps, which were Sc
cured to the plate from the under side.
Holding my lantern, could see an
iron ladder, which leaned against the
stone on which we stood.
Let us descend. said tho don.
'But the air. l exclaimed; "the
atmospheric"
PLENTY of ventilation there" he re-
piled, "frCm the outside"
We were soon at the foot of the lad
der, some ~ feet below. The vault was
large one, solidly walled up with
stone. The floor was solid stone, and
ranged along the walls were barrels,
casks, boxes and moldy packages with
out number. Most of them, at kick,
would drop TO pieces. In a number of
the boxes We're bottled goods, old wines
and brandiCs.
Here. " said I, sis where our wine
comes from"
Concluded next week
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descriptions-the old fashioned broad
sword of Great Britain, the rapier of
France, the cutlass of Morocco and In
dia, the saber of America.
"All nations" said the don, ICON
tributed to this armory."
Stacked against the wall were mus
kets, rifles, shotguns and pixies innu-
merable. A long oalen table extended
the length of the room, with benches
at each side for seats.
"The festive board and council ta-
bic, " said the don.
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WHAT WAS HIS cREED7

His charity was like the snow
Soft, white and silent in it's fall;
Not like the noisy winds that blow
From shivering trees the leaves-a pail
For flower and weed
Dropping below,
What was his creed?
The poor may know.
He had faith in loaves of bread
For hungry people, young and old;
Hope he inspired; kind words he said
To those he sheltered from the cold.
For we should feed
AS well as pray
What was his creed?
cannot say.
In words he did not put his trust,
His faith in words he never writ.
He loved to share his cup and crust
With all mankind who needed it.
In time of need
A friend was he.
What was his creed
He told not me.
He put his trust in heaven, and he
Worked we'll with hand and head
And work he gave to charity
Sweetened his sleep and daily bread.
Let US take heed,
For life is brief
What was his creed
What his belief?
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'HdUe the pleasure of meeting q felloIU
c1untrUmdnH'
has also my granddaughter, who cannot
| even speak the Chilian tongue. For
many years I represented the govern
ment of Chill automatically at Wash
ington. Allow mo to introduce myself,
Don Ignace de Floremo."
And l, - said 1, am Claud Preston,
at your. service.
"Coreta. Mr.. Preston, an American
You will be pleased"
81 am indeed" said the charming
Coreta, extending her hand. which l
grasped with pleasure.
''What part of America is your
homer" asked the don.
Washington, the capital of the re-
public, replied. my father, Har-
old Preston, died there but year ago,
and now am without relatives.
Harold Preston!' exclaimed the don
excitedly. lis it possible! My old
friend of a quarter of century ago!''
So it proved, and after that discovery
the old don insisted that 1 accompany
them home. and of course when Coreta
seconded his invitation L could but
acquiesce. and to my surprise 1 was
conducted by the don and his grand
daughter to the yacht 1 have mentioned
as lying at the wharf.
"Senor Claud,' said the don, "this
yacht will convey us to cur residence.
Our home is an island one. True, the
island is but small and but two miles
from the mainland. 1t is the old an
cestral home of my race. 1t is there j
wss born, there many of my kindred
.-i% buried nul tsaaro L shall one day lie
tDdt mere COMFY PEDRO. Wcn, Pedro,
we are ready"
We wero soon seated in the yacht
and when Pedro had unfurled the white
sails we We're soon gliding rapidly
through the waters.
We sailed down the coast for a mile
or so. when Coreta suddenly exclaimed,
..See, Senor Claud, our island home!''
And sure enough as we turned a point
of the coast there, scarcely two miles
away, lay the dearest little gem of an
island imaginable.
Pedro handled the yacht with the
skill of ar old tar, and we were soon at
the pier. I assisted the fair Coreta tC
the wharf. while Pedro gave his help t.
the don, and we proceeded to the resi-
dence, house. c;sstlc-what was it? n
giant pile of stono and wood and vel
low brick, with angles and additions
and curves.
There was certainly room enough for
the ancestry Of any man, thought, for
many hundred years back, even should
they all return from shadowland to
claim it.
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case he procured a vial of salts, and we
soon restored Coreta. Her face, so white
a moment before, was now suffused
with bushes, and well, held her in
my arms. L was happy.
"Coreta, said the don, take off
your wraps when you get time, my
child. God bless you both! I'll go and
tell Pedro to kill a turkey"
glanced up. There were tears in the
old mans eyes. He started out the
door; then turned to a center table on
which stood a decanter of wine. He
turned three glasses. We each took a
glass.
my children, said The don, u am
well pleased and drink to the future
master and mistress of Chanson. -
1 could only say: God bless you,
Don Ignace! will love and cherish her
always"
81 know you will, my boy; 1 know
you will. knew your fathel.'' And
he walked out.
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JOB PRINTING
T6T- OF ALL KINDS -O1
PROMPTLY EXECUTED
AT Low RATES.
SPRING IS COMING.


The following lines written by James Buck
ham, formerly Of the Burlington Free Press
and which appeared in Harper's Bazaar som'
two years since, are timely aud good -
Sound Of lusty driving rain.
when we wake at midnight hour,
Ice-tipped Branches on the pane
Beating music 90 the show'r
Crows that cav from stea ming woods,
Robins piping in the glades,
Buds that from their winter hoods
Peep and blush Ike pretty maids.
Grateful odors Of damp earth;
BOrt'rous glee OF muddy rills.
Shouting, brnWling, IN their mirth.
Down the bare fanks OF the hills.
Here mud there n crocus head
Thiusting mp TO dare the cold,
While its sisters warm In bed
Stir their coverlids Of mold.
Spring is coming; spring is near;
She is whispered In the air.
Soon the blith nymph will be here, -
Shaking blossoms from her hair.
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CHAN SON
Ey H. E. SCOTT.

fCopyrigLt, 1888. by American Press Associa-
tOn.l
CHAPTER I.
The death OF my father occurred in
1887, at which time I was but 10 years
of age. L was left with several thou
sand dollars, and being utterly alone in
the world determined to travel for a
year or two.
1t was On the 21th day of August.
1888, that arrived, after year s wan
dering, in the old fashioned Chilian
town of Coquombo ON tho Pacific coast,
and it was the evening of that day, as I
Etrolled from the hostelry of Don Miguel
de Salzuc, that met my fate.
l was standing down on the rude
pier. watching Il Chilian man-of-war
that lay anchored off the coast and Il
small sailing yacht that was chained
to the pier, when l heard silvery
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A Clowns Tragic death.

Auguste, the great French clown,
whose reputation was European, has
come by his death in circus at Dres-
den under circumstances peculiarly
dramatic. He was making one of his
usual ''sauts de carpe" amid the ap-
plause of the crowd, when with an
awkwardness that was irresistably
comic, he fell. He not only fall, but
on the ground INDUCED in contortions
that delighted his public, and to crown
ali, simulated death, lying rigid and
motionless in the mid lie of the arena.
1t was the supreme art of elowery and
was recognized ald rewarded by the
applause of an intelligent audience.
They had seen him do this kind Of
thing before, but never SO well. How
ever, ash he remained motionless a groom
went up to him and found that again,
and for the last time he had deceived
the public; the vertical column was
broken and the man was dead. He
was known as French clown, but his
name was William Bridge. 1t is not
easy to create an entirely new circus
clown, and poor Auguste did that.
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Children.s $ Eros


0fall the bodily organs which need
watehful care in the period of their
dsg5iopment, the eye stands pre-em-
nsat Yet no organ is SO often neg
lse.ed or abused.
I5i~ro ealumny upon the modern
school room or upon the methods
which ars employed there, to say that
they are in a large measure respons:-
be ior the many eyid nees which we
meet Of an unimpaired and defective
q ght among the young, and pre-
Aass breaking down of that function
lI close eonfrr-snent of the stu
Jeat undermines his general health.
ml 50 renders every organ liable to
ealmb under any special strain. Add
his the extra labor required of all
d organs Of the head, the close APP
eation Of the eyes to the page be.
t1f, them, and the fact that it is often
'sary to continue the studies with
ttic:al light. and it IS plain that
-shool life is fun of dangers to the
yesight Of ths young child
and if this is not enough 10 convince
as we may be reminded of the unby-
sinie surroundings Of even the best
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The Anarchists Black Ties.

Blazing red ties or reravats were sup
posed to bemuch favored by red revo-
lutionists. The Anarchists, it appears,
have taken a new departure and are
adapting the crayate noire. Most OF
the persons who were tried recently
with jean Grave in the Paris As5ize
Court wore black ties of butterfly
shape. At Hayre the other day two
men who were tried and condemned
to transportation for manufacturing
explosives and publicly indorsing the
the assassination of NJ. Carnot, de-
clared before the court that the rally
ing sign of Anarchists in their district
was black ribbon in the buttoubole
of the coat. 1t is hardly possible,
however, that fashion will decree ato-
lition of the black cravat beclua An,
archists favor the article. Paris Let
ler.
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appointed san5olhorec ta9 prevail
euea of contagious diseases Of the eye.
and tde great liability Of infection
through the various pernicious habits
ot the average school child
No young child should be permitted
to pur lo his studies to prottacteI
degree b. lamplight. We may turn
his eyes from tn light, aud even pro-
vide shades for them, and still they
will he affected. tits never necessary
before ones organs are well deyel-
oped, to endeayor to prolong the
twelve or fifteen hours of daylight.
Instruction TO the child as to the
manner in which he should hold his
book while reading or writing is also
essential. This includes not only the
proper distance of the page from the
hca, but the attitude of the body as
whole. 1t is easy to establish at an
early period predisposition to near
sjghtedness, and even displacement of
the eye-ball itself
1t fact, every source of irritation
should he avoided, even, il necessary,
to a complete withdrawal of the child
from his studies. Youths Companion.
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Many theories have been proposed
to explain the absence of forests in
large portions of the great inland
basin Of the United States, including
both prairies which lie mainly east of
the Missouri and the plains which lie
west Of that stream. A new explana-
ton for the absence Of trees in this
area has lately been offered in the
London Geographical journal by ].
W, Redway. He holds that seeds
have been mainly carried and dis
tributed through the agency of water:
and that ut the spread of forest growth
without this natural aid, or some arti-
tieial aid, would be very slow. He
argues that our treeless regions have
never been oyerhoweA by running
t-eams since they became dry land.
and consequently they have never
been sown with forest seed. Wher-
ever the water of running streams
has spread seeds have been carried
and forests have appeared. Accord
ing to this view these regions have
always been treeless. and therefore
Mr.. Redway considers that the nature
of the soil, which was the explanation
offered by Lesquereux and Professor
Whitney, and sweeping fires, which
has been the most generally accepted
view, are not the principal agents in
causing this treeless condition. Gar
den and Forest.
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During the period before seal-sboot-
ing at sea became regular business
for dozens of vessels, the Alaska Com
mercial Company owned for twenty
years the lease of the fur seal islands,
and was permitted by the government
to take 100, 600 seals each year, ON
which the company paid revenue Of
81 per kin, besides various extras. In
1890 the North American Commercial
Company was the highest bidder for
the lease, and secured the concession,
with the privilege Of taking go, o0o
seals perannum, payingtherefor 5000
per skin. But the high contracting
parties reckoned without counting in
the poacher, who has so fearfully re-
duced the total number of fur seals
that the government has been com
PEELED to order the suspension of all
operations save the annual killing of
1000 seals for food purposes. Thanks
to this, and to the agreement between
the United States and England that
the fur seal must and shall be pre-
served, we may presently hope to see
the species as abundant as it was ten
years ago. Three times during tha
rule Of the Russians, in 1906, 1925,
aud 1884, did this animal narrowly
| escssce- termination. but was saved
each time by similar cessation OF
hostilities for period Of years
On July 90, 1898, it was calculated
that there were in round numbers
about ,00e, 600 seals still surviving
on the Pribylof Islands.
Now that all seal-killing on the
Pribylof Islands, save for food, has
been eifectually stopped, five years
more should witness such marked
increase in the total number, that seal
ing operations may be resumed, and
the annual crop of sacks, cloak and
other garments be gathered as hereto
fore, when seal-poaehing was an in
FAINT industry.
Unfortunately seal-poaching has
not, as yet, been entirely suppressed.
and the product of this species of par
acy on the high seas, together with
the skins taken by the Russians on the
Commander Islands, viii still keep the
fur market partially supplied with
skins of the furry sea lion.-St. Mich
olas,
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Claiming Credit.

Some years ago in Maine town a
revival had been conducted jointly by
two churches. When the meetings
were concluded one dominic put forth
his best word and succeeded in getting
nearly all the converts into his fold
The next Sunday the other parson felt
that this circumstance needed a word
of explanation, so, looking down al
the handful of converts in his conere.
cation he said
Brethren, it doesn'tmake any odda
who strings the fish-the Lord knows
who caught en-. Bangor CONNER
cial.