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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-12-24
CHAPTER v.
THE WRECK.

There was poetic insight in the re.
mark Of the lady passenger that soli-
tary object encountered upon the ocean,
whether ship in full sail or such an
abandoned craft as that ont yonder ahead
OF the Queen, changes the face Of the
deep by imparting quality of melan.
choly through mere compulsion of the
sight to realize the mighty distances 1t
was eight bells, and the wreck was about
three miles off. The fiery sun was eat.
ing into the heart of the wind. and the
bark's languid crawling threatened to
the impatient, tardy approach.
The ships telescope went the rounds
All were agreed that no signs Of life
were visible aboard the hulk The hori-
zon swan in silver passed her, and her
sheathing flashed in wet, dazzling stars
as the long grading Pacific heave slight
~ rolled her.
"She would have given us the
chance said Mark Davenire to Can
tain Trollope as they stood together at
the mizzen rigging.
"Yes. / see your meaning" said the
other. but she comes too soon." And
he rolled his keen eye at the Queen s
longboat and then at her quarter boat
as though one thought put another into
his head. "I'll tell you what it is" he
continued. speaking almost in q num-
BILE under his heavy mustache. 1.-THE
mob OF us must be devilish wary, hold
apart and talk little or nothing at table
il were to run daylight into this Grand
Here we arc two days out Here am a
first class passenger. Yet by the blood
OF my heart, as my old colonel would
say, that gimlet eyed skipper was as
insolently blunt and suspicious just now
as II had been stowaway, brought
aft to him black with the forepeak by
one of his Jacks"
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There are too many Of u.s." said
Davenire.
eyes. Less could have managed.
Masters may be all right. But drink
hasn't burned the vanity out of him. If
he goes messing about with Miss Man.
sci something may be said, some feather
light hint urconsciously dropped. She
has eyes like cori.screws ana ears ike
hatchways."
How DO you know
''She watches u.s."
Captain Trollope made no answer. A
moment later the breakfast bell rang.
The wreck was now within a half hours
reach as he pace then was. The passeu-
gers hurried into the saloon to breakfast
quickly that they might see the show as
1t passed within musket shot, unless the
Queens helm was shifted.
Are we to meet with any more ex-
citements:' exclaimed Mrs. Peacock to
the captain.
"What is to be understood BY that
word, ma'am?" answered old Benson.
Every item III the catalogue of naval
disaster, said MIR. Storr.
ANY bargains to be had in that cata.
logue:' called out Mr.. Burn, smiling at
the little auctioneer while he filled a
tumbler with draft of Bass beer.
Midnight yells should go cheap, ~
answered Mr.. Storr, with sarcastic leer
at the fat man.
II wish that fool Burn would shut
up!' exclaimed Trollope to his neigh
Dor, and he leaned forward to catch a
sight Of him.
''There are no excitements to be ex.
pected, ma'am," said the captain.
II hope we shall meet with plenty, "
exclaimed Miss Holroyd, kindly faced
young woman Of two aud twenty, desti.
tute of personal attractions.
"You must consider, my DEAR" said
Mrs. Peacock little severely, "that
am making this voyage for my health. y
Captain Trollope. wiping his mus.
tache, rose from the table and stalked
out on to the quarter deck. A few fol
lowed. Then the whole table rose, and
by that time the wreck was close aboard
Oh the starboard bow.
She was plain little hull; had pos
sibly been some New Zealand or Aus
tralian keel trading to the islands. Hel
long tiller swept from bulwark to bull
wark as she rolled like q human arm
wild with aDpeal. The whiteness of ev
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-12-24

ery epi1ntereo thing told OF recent dis.
sster. In the water under her FORT
haunch was a wonderful brilliant spar.
king, multitudinous flashing Of mi.
mute azure and silver lights. The whole
rose and fell in splendid CLEANS with
the motions q the hull and the lift of
the sea.
What can that be, captain" in.
quired Mrs. Holroyd.
Fish, ma am," responded tie skip
per. And he put binocular glass into
the lady's hand.
And fish that swelling knoll of bril-
lance was, the biggest Of the length of
your finger. by what courted and by
what detained who can tell? There
was no grass on the neutrality-suspicious.
good for fish to eat. The lovely cloud
shone beautiful in the blue water in the
shadow OF the wreck. Nobody had seen
such sight before, and passengers and
seamen lining the rail stared their hard.
est. Mr.. Poole, stepping aft to the cap.
tain, with flourish of his thumb to his
cap, said in low voice:
II fancy there's life aboard the craft,
sir. 1 see sort Of vapor oozing out of
the caboose chimney, as though the IRE
was not long out
The captain took his glass from Mrs.
Holroyd and suddenly said with empha-
sis: Its as you say, sir. Take ard
board and overhaul her."
A boat was lowered, and the second
officer and four seamen pulled away
from the hull. Even as the boat started
the black. wet cleaning curve Of a gram.
pus showed between the wreck and the
bark. 1t breathed i'll sigh that was as
music for the silent poetry Of that hull
Instantly the shining cloud under tn
wrecks quarter sank and vanished.
Three of the set who may Row te
called the ten stood smoking their pipes
IN the gangway watching the boat and
the hull, but colversing in low voices.
The helm of the Queen had been put
down; the lighter canvas trembled in
floating fingers of sunshine and shadow
high aloft; the ripple had died at the
cutwater. The cook stepped out of the
galley, hot and cJrsing, to empty q
bucket Of his galley parings over the
side, and the stuff f1oated motionless.
II tell you what. says Mr.. Caldwell
to Mr.. Masters, standing in the gang
way. "if that hull there hadn't come
too soon, she'd have saved us the most
troublesome part of the job
No. man." answered Mr.. Masters
"What could we have TO say to Il dis.
masted vessel: There's 10 te 10 cruelty,
you knew. and fortnight Cf crowd in
that thing there would make hell of
her. -
Caldwell gaEed at him with black,
thoughtful scowl. He was the rlcst say.
age looking of the lot, with snllen
motion of blood stained eye when talk.
ing, though he could be nimble enough
with his sight when he chose
What ocean d you think this is, Mas
ters:' said Mr.. Peter Johnson, who was
one Of this three. D.
Hanged if / know! The Pacific. ]
suppCsc
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docs the oil gentleman knou anyfhino
about nrrjJntionS'
was a man Of about 80, naked TO the
waist. His brooches were Of dunraree.
and his feet were naked. The sad sight
to behold, the bad, most affecting part
to sec, was his face. He was grinning
with the withered smile of consumption.
The puckering about the mouth was like
hunchback's. His teeth lay naked to
the full width Of the distended lips. and
they made the whole face as unmeaning
and mocking rs skull. His hair was
brown. soft and long : his eyes, too, were
brown and might not have been wanting
in beauty, but the brilliance of famine
or madness was in them now.
Father Of light. what's this?r cried
Mr. Poole.
The poor creature put his finger 70 his
lips. His smile vanished; he made n
reckoning gesture with o short sailorly
bow as Of entreaty. Poole went up to
him.
"Are there more Of your said he.
stop" cried the man, with q De-
culiar, hard accent that might have
been Welshman's. Il have been wait
ing for this chance. Come with me.
sir. and the half naked figure turned
and led the way into the cabin. Mr..
Poole looked quickly about him, expect
ing to see oilers. or fearing TO find the
dying or the dead. CT. which would have
been worse. more lunatics. II was q
narrow interior. snug enough. cabined
on one hand, with one central table and
o line Of lockers fer seats. Upen the
table lay chart. which the half naked
man went up TO. He passed his fingers
through his hair, and. looking round ut
Mr.. Poole, who now fearlessly stood
close. he put his forefingcr upon the
chart and exclaimed in his harsh, al.
most Kissing accents:
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-12-24
Coossosod Tesss sussy.

Charles B. Hood, broker and man.
ufscturer's agent, Columbus, Ohio.
cer:ifies that DIR. Kings New Die.
covery has no equal as . cough rem.
edy. j. ID. Brown, proprietor st.
James hotel. II. Wayne. Ind, testi.
fies that he WAS cured Of . cough ol
two years standing caused by Ia
grippe. by DIR. Kings New Discovery.
b. +. Merrill. Bsldwinsvi,le, Mass.
says tina. he has used and recon.
mended IL and never knew IL 20 fail.
and would rather have it than any
doctor. because IL always cures.
Mrs. Hemming. 222 East Twenty.
fifth street, Chicago. always keeps Il
at hand and has no fear OF Group. be.
cause IL instantly relieves. Free
trial bottles Ut Hartx q Ullemeyer's
drug store.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-12-24
Harper'S Weekly
IN 1897.

With the end OF 1896 HARPER,s
WEEKLY will have lived 30 years.
In that time IL has participated with
all the zeal and power at it's COM
mand in the great political events OF
the most Interesting and important
period in the history Of the country.
and IL has spread before tts readers
the accomplishments Of science.
arts and letters for the instructiou
OF the human mind and amelioration
OF human conditions and Of man.
pers.
What the WEEKLY has been In iss
spirit and purpose. as these have been
manifested principally Il its editorial
pages, IL viii continue 20 be.
IL IL impossible 20 announces with
precision all that the WEEKLY will
contain during the year 1897. Il
were 40 easy 20 announce what 10
about 70 happen in the woRLp. what
triumphs for GOOD GOVERNMENT are
to be won. what kpvancEs OF the
PEOPLE are 20 be made. what IL TO he
the outcome Of the continuous strng-
gle between the spirit OF WAR aud
PEACE. what IL 20 happen In the FAR
EAST. what IL 20 be TIE STATE or
EUROPE twelve months hence, what
NEW MARvEIs or SCIENCE are 10 be
revealed, or what are 10 he the
ACHIEVEMENTS or ART AND LETTERS,
for the WEEKLY IL TO he . pictorial
record OF all this.
CARTOONS will continue 20 be Q
fsature.
SERIAL STORIES. A Now Eng
land story 10y Miss Mary Y. wilkins.
will begin In January. A tale of o
Greek uprising against the Turks. by
Y. y. Benson. the author Of "Dodo."
will follow. A sequel 10 The House
Boat on the Styx." John Kendrick
Bangs. illustrated by Peter Newell.
More SHORT STORIES will appear
in the WEEKLY than IL has been pos
sible 10 publish during 1896.
DEPARTMENTS: w. ID. Howells'
Life and Letters have been among
the most charming features Of per
iodical literature. Mr.. Z. s. Martin
and others will contribute ooserva-
lions Of what IL going on In This
Busy World" Amateur Sport"
will remain the most important de-
pertinent Of lie kind In the country.
The WEEKLY will continue 90
present 20 its READERS the worlds
te~s MOST INTERESTING TO AMERI.
CANS, 10 make Important advances in
both the literary and artistic features
a, d TO retain FOR itself the leading
place Ia the illustrated journalism Of
the world.
T,mSpopsys orc not 10 cs,v hss aasof.semem
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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-12-24
CHAPTER LIN 1884 the Queen,

CHATTER lin 1884 the Queen,
clipper bark, leaves Sydney, Aus-
ITALIA, with treasure There are ten
male passengers and five women.
II--Shs 10 chased by q cutter. which
pnts on board James Murray. who
wishes passage to England. lila
steamer follows. Police board the
Queen to arrest Murray. who is ab-
sounding with money. Murray
commits suicide.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-12-24
m ~ coxTIxuDy
Righteous yns,igussssu.

The Bride-kiss mo again. dear.
Tho Groom-Eut. Madgc. have iono
nothing but kiss you for the last three
hours
Tho Bri3e tbursting into fears)-
Traitor. you love anothor,-London Tit
Bits.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-12-24

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Rock Island CT Coiona, III.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-12-24
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Pain and 1rhamna-
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Sores Protects the
Memtrane from Ad-
ditional Cold. Re
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Taste and Smell.
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and IL will cure.
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the Is nothing better than Foley's
Kidney Cure. Every one Who tries
il will agree 70 this. Sold by N. y.
Bahnseu.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-09-24
DAMAGE SUIT FOR s1,os1.
Grows Out of a Horse Race ON Dale
Street.

Henry F. Bailey has brought suit
against James o. Scott and A. E.
Michaud to recover 81. 900 for personal
injuries alleged to have been sustained
by his two children, Albert Bailey,
aged fifteen years, and Rae Bailey,
aged nine years, through the careless
and negligent driving of the defen-
dants. An additional sum Of $S1 is
demanded for damages to the horse
and buggy with which the children
were driving when the accident which
gives rise to the suit occurred. Ac-
cording to the complaint the defen-
dants, Scott and Michaud, were racing
their horses on Dale street in the even
ing of May IA last, each with the in
tention Of testing the speed of his ami
mails and the one endavoring to beat
the other. This was In violation of
the city ordinance which specifies that
driving In the city limits shall not be
INDUCED IN at greater speed than
five miles an hour It was O'Clock
in the evening when the racing is al
legged to have been going on and Bail
ey's children were driving on Sher-
burne avenue toward Dale street. AS
they reached the crossing the rig driv-
en- by Scott came into collision with
the one in which the children were
riding. There was a general smash
up in which it is claimed the older boy
was severely injured, that he remained
IN a. state OF unconsciousness for ten
hours. He was badly cut about the
head and his stomach injured. The
younger boy, it is claimed, was also
seriously hurt about the spine and
head, and the buggy was afterwards
only lit for kindling wood.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-09-24
SAIN TPAUL.
LOCAL NEWS NOTES.

j. X. Taylor, the travelling man who was
hurt In a runaway accident Monday night on
West Seventh street, is recovering.
Owners Of valuable dogs are being seriously
beset by thieves. number OF them having
been stolen recently. One of these was a
fine St. bernard puppy.
Chief Of Police Goss, Chief of Detectives
SchweitZer and Carl Judson- visited the state
prison, at Saltwater, yesterday, and took
dinner with the officials of that Institution.
G. Weidman, of 1914 East Third street. re-
ported to the police yesterday that his bicycle
had been stolen from sos st. Peter street,
and f.. G. Carlson also complained that his
wheel had been taken away from 607 Jackson
street
The commissioner of public works decided
the preliminary order for boulevarding, sod
ding and narrowing the roadway of Iglehart
street. from Cleveland avenue to Wheeler
ayenue. distance of about half mile.
James Gallagher, a visitor in the city from
Utica, n. V, fell from the steps of the cathe-
dral last evening while under the influence OF
liquor and was somewhat cut and bruised on
the right side Of the face. He was cared for
at the central police station by DR.. Brimhall.
The Commercial Investment company, of
Duluth filed articles of incorporation with
the secretary of state yesterday. The capital
stock is $50 goo, and the incorporators are
George A. Elder, John Christie and William
}. Macdonald.
Edith GOttlieher, aged six, was bitten by q
vicious dog belonging to j. G. Hanley while
playing on Tenth street, near Broadway, last
night, The dog will be taken in charge by
Or. Price and quarantined, to assure the
parents of the injured child that II was not
suffering from hydrophobia-
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-09-24
FALL MILLINERY.
Dutch Is the Fashionable Color for
Ladies' Fall and Winter Head

A millinery opening is always an at
traction for the feminine portion OF a
community and that held at Schune-
mann q Evans yesterday, was no ex-
ception to the rule.
\ The pretty green and white room was
thronged all day and many were the
EXPLANATIONS of admiration and delight
as the various hats were seen.
Prominent among the different styles
is the Great Britain hat It is striking
and something entirely new, though
suggestive, perhaps, of the jaunty tam
o'shanters. 1T was Of naahair felt of q
mixture of blue and black eolorirg.
The wide brim was relieved by a soft
tam top, encircled by a SOFT roll Of
mirror blue velvet. There was no trim
ming to speak of, but al ostrich plume,
placed in military fashi,n near the
back. dropped lightly over a bit of
cream lace. and cluster of hluette
roses.
There seems to be 4 rage for Dutch
colors, and the more celors you can
safely carry on a hat, without bell 6
positively hideous, you may be con-
graduated for being IN the swim
Take the colors of green and hlue
and purple, and yet with touch here
and there, and a fine taste of arrange
ment, the hat will assume very pretty
effect in spite Of the fact that the
colors are at war with each other
The Berwick hat of purple felt Is
edged with fancy Persian braid and
deliberately trimmed with green.
The daintiest of evening toaues was
vision of pink and white with some
half dozen other colors, yet, blending
Sc perfectly that the most fastidious
| could not hut admire
A neat hat for winter was cornered
toque of beaver boa with the head
| peeping slyly around the front from
the folds of fur
Many other styles were displayed just
as handsomely trimmed as those al
| ready mentioned
There is something that can be said
In favor of the hats displayed there.
II made hat strikes the fancy of a
| purchaser, and it is too high priced
enc can get a duplicate Of the frame
and have 1T remedeIsd and trimmed
with little cost
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-09-24

10 ii E 14sii AID Bigsiows VS. said
/ there We're several. but did not name
them. s.s1S.4
Ansel Oppenheim informed the COM
mittee that there was contract be-
tween the city railway comaany and
the city whereby 1t was agreed that
the loop should be permanent. Rely
ing on this contract the retail mer-
chants built up the retail CENTER BY
shifting the loop, property would be
destroyed, but If the council should de-
stroy property nobody would put
brick upon a brick in the Broadway
district. Mr.. Oppenheim added that
If the loop was removed from Robert
street he would never make any more
improvements.
Mr. Horton suggested that when
men erected buildings on the faith of
such a contract they should be pro-
tected, but if the council could re-
move the present loop there was no
reason why it could not extend the
loop as often as it chose
Mr. Oppenheim repeated that to re-
move the loop would discommode
more people than it would help. He
urged the committee not to recommend
the passage of the ordinance
Hiram F. Stevens next addressed the
committee. Mr.. Stevens said that the
pre-eminence of population Of Minnie
facilities. st. Paul was always eele-
brated for it's jobbing facilities, not
its retail enterprise. Mr.. Stevens con-
tended that the retail interests should
be preserved. Mr.. Stevens said that
the city should at once take steps to
secure proper street railway connec-
tions with the union depot, by running
line from the alley on Sibiey street
adjoining the union depot He de-
clared that all the first-class retail
trade of Chicago could be placed with
In the district covered by the present
loop. Sixth had already become one
of the best retail streets in. the
country. Mfr. Stevens called at
tention to the ordinance nestab-
fishing the Robert street loop
and said that the people conf
IDENTIFY believed it was to remain there.
Because other people wanted the loop
and signed petitions for it, that was
no excuse for taking it away and de-
stroying the retail center The only
principle for the council to act upon
was to make the efty's slightest assur-
ance to the people as binding as the
promise of the United States.
1t was at this stage that Aid. Bige-
low moved that the committee recon-
mend the ordinance to pass.
Aid. Lindahl seconded the motion
Then followed the scenes already
narrated.
At the conclusion of the discussion
the committee decided to recommend
the passage Of the ordinance, though
Aid. Shepard voted against the recon-
mendation.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-09-24
Cloak Room.

This is the beehive of the
store. We're selling quantities
of Capes and Jackets every day,
because the stock is best and
styles are best ard prices lowest.
Here are four Thursday specials
which we know cannot be matched in
Minnesota.
Good quality Beaver Cheviot Jack
cts, Franklin or Box Front, nA 7F
newest style sleeves, strictly sNN. IN
up-to-date, only .........
Tailor-1nade Jackets of Atwood
Curly Bouc1e or Heavy Beaver, Frank
lin Front, Napoleon Storm Dr. M
Collar, raised seams, perfect ~ sEer
lifting. Thursday special.
Tai1or-made Jackets, in strictly ex-
elusive styles made of two-toned Bou-
c1es, English Kerseys and Cheviots,
the newest styles of the season, lined
throughout with pain or two.
toned T affeta silks, Oft eA
worth $17. so. Today NIL. Nj
New Tailor-made Dress Skirts of all
wool wide vale Cheviots and O. M
Illuminated Persian Cloths, MI gfsa
a natchless bargain fer.....
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-09-24
Vets WIN Meet Them

Al. An enthusiastic meeting Of eSlUnion SOL
dlerS was held last evening at the office of
Mayor Doran. who presided, the purpose be-
ing to-make arrangements for the reception
OF Gen. Alger and party when they arrive
tomorrow night. W. B. Summers was chosen
secretary Capt. Mahan suggested that a
committee be appointed to select commit
lee on reception, and during the meeting it
reported the following names: Mayor r. b.
Doran, Capt. H. A. Castle, S. Lee Davis. I.
L. Mahan, ). J. McCardy E. S. Chittenden.
j. 2, Larkin, Geo. r. Lewis, NJ X. Williams,
J. b. CLANCY, DR.. C. G. Higbee. r. II. l..
lJe%ett David Kribbs, d. H. Gregg, B. F. IT.
VINE, +. II. Dayton, Albert Scheffer, Gen.
E..sea Mason, Jno. NJ, Thayer, Mai. Jno.
ESpyi w. II. Hoyt, G. E. Chapel, NJ u.
Flower, n. r. McGill, W. H. Harries, r. G.
Jefferson. Il. M. Newport, JOS Jockey, Ar
mold Kalman, Nv. B. Summers NAL G.. O.
White and Gen. j. w. Bishop.
Capt. Mahan was thereupon designated to
make all the arrangements. for 1t was de-
eided to ask all ex-Union soldiers in the city.
irrespective OF party affiliations. to meet at
the Sixth street entrance of the Ryan hotel
at 1870 O'Clock to escort the military party
TO the Auditorium. The reception commit
tee VIII meet at the union depot at s15 and
escort the gentlemen to the Ryan hotel where
they will dine