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Ameryka. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1893-1902, 1897-02-13
WlADoM0SCI zAGRAN|CzNE.

Londyn. Rzeka Tamiza wyla&a.
Szkody olbrzymie.
Londyn. Micha2 Munkaczy, s}aw-
nv wegierski malarz dosta{ pomle-
szania zmys}6w.
Paryz. z Siamu donoszs, re po-
niedzy wojskiem francuskiem kra'
jowcami odbywaja sic czeste potyczkl.
Berlin. Hrabia Linsburgh-Sterum
wyzwaf barona Won Bieberstein, mi
nistra spraw zagranicznych, ma po-
iedynek.
Wiec en-. Nadesz3a tutaj wiado-
nose, ze turcy wymordowali navy
spie Krecie pewna osade, liczsca
1900 dusz.
Londyn. Wiadukt ma drodze kolei
zelaznei W Carroll zarwa&. sic pod po-
ciagiem osobowym. Dwanascie csob
utraci4o zycie.
Petersburg. w dystrykcie studni
ropianych W Baku szerza sic pozary.
Spfone}o 20 zabudon an studnianych
i SHADOW naftv.
Bern W Szwajcaryi. Ma drodze
Da ycttath do Angedid, W poblizu
Hospice, zasypa}a lawina sniezna Piec
os6b siedem koni.
Rzym. w ubieg}a niedziele pa
piez odprawi} uroczyste nabozehstwo,
ma kt6rem by4o obecnych 70 przed-
stawicieli roznych narodowosci.
Lizbona. Brytyjski parowiec o.
Mega, p}ynacy do Kalkuty, rozbi} sic
ma morzu, W poblizu miasta Argo.
Tylko kapitan zdo4at sic wyratowac.
Paryz. Cabinet uchwali& prawo "a
braniajace przyjmowania przesyiek
Indyi przycb odzscych, z obawy, ably
dzuma ME przedosta}a sig do Francyi.
Londyn. Telegramy z Lagos, & La
zach. wybrzerzu AfrykD donoszs, il
ekspedycya kompanii Nigru wyruszy-
Ia przeciw Emirowi Nepo zamierza
bombardowac stolice pahstwa, mia
sto Bida.
Hamburg, Strsjk robotnikow ma
dokach zakohczy& sic przegrana i
wskutek tego przysz}o do rozruch6w,
W ktorych strajkierzy zaatakowali
zajmujacych ich miejsca robotnik6w:
w b6jce strzelano rewolwerow i
zgano nozami.
Londyn. w Royal Albert Hall
~edbyfo sic uroczyste odznaczenie Nan
sena, podr6znika do bieguna po&noc-
nego, a W uroczystosci tel wzie}o u
dzia} 1000 os6b. Ksisze Walii udaro-
wal Nansena z}otym medalem, poczem
udano sic ma obiad.
Londyn. z azyatyckiej Rosyi do
nosza, il W Kandehar W Afganistanie
ludzie umierajs ma dzume. Rosya
wys{a}a zo4nierzy ma granice Amur
Daryl Turkiestanu, aby zamknac
granice pred ludzmi, przyb bywajscy-
mi okolic zaraza dotknietych. Z
Bombaju donoszs, ze tamze zaraza
poch}ania ofary, i re ME ma zadnej
nadziei wstrzymania zarazy. Propo-
nuja spalic ca&e miasto.
Kanea ma Krecie.-Kretenski ko-
mitet wyda} odezwe, wzywajac W
niej grek6w, ably spieszyli i'm po-
moca przeciw rozbestwionej t&uszczy
madometan6w. Wed&ug ostatnich
wiadomosci napady turk6w ma chrze-
sciah ME ustaja, nadto zdarzaja sic
bardzo czesto pozary, wszczynane
przez turk6w. Samo miasto Kanea
ucierpia}o wiele, bo wieksza jego
Geese ley W gruzach. z miasta ucie-
k}o 5000 os6b. z miasta Sphakia do
nosza re chrzesciahska ludnosc mia
sta, wypedzi}a po "a granice wszyst-
kich turk6w.-Ostatnie telegramy do
nosza, ze W Kanei przywr6ccno
spok6j.
Ameryka. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1893-1902, 1897-02-13

w. Lewandowski zosta{ zesz}ej
niedzieli przejeohany przez kolej
Michigan Central, ma przecieciu IA
ulicy. Byl on woznioa " sk}adzie
wegla Shipmana i szedl w}asnie opa-
trzyc konie, kiedy to nieszczescie
sic wydarzyao. Nieprzytomnego ma
poz6r zewnetrznie niepokaleczonego
zabrano do szpitala, gdzie jednak
wkr6tce umar} wskutek silnych We
wnetrznyoh wstrzasnieh. Lewandow-
ski liczy} 33 lata byl bezzenny.
Ameryka. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1893-1902, 1897-02-13

J6zef Moszyhski, kt6ry niedawno
powt6rnie pobi& poniewiera1 bru-
talnie swa matke, pomimo, ze sic u
krywa} dotad, zosta& przez sadowego
woznego Szemahskiego przychwyco-
ny zaaresztowany. Moszyhski raz
juz by} ssdzony ma 6 miesiecy "a Ia
kie same przestepstwo, obecnie hru-
tala czeka sluszna kara srozsza.
Ameryka. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1893-1902, 1897-02-13

Profesor.-Na wczorajszej lekcyi
przeszkadza2es mi g}osna rozmowa,
Student.-To niepodobiehstwo!
-S}ysza}sm cie jednak...
-Profesorze, to bye moze, m6wi.
lem przez sen.
Ameryka. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1893-1902, 1897-02-13

Brownfeld, Pa Robota u mas
wcale usta}a, chyba, re oko2o marca
sic nieco polepszy. Jezeli dzisiaj
jeszcze kto pracuje, to "a prace swa
ledwo mu starczy ma kupno zywnosci
" sztorach kompanicznych.
w. B4azkowski.
Ameryka. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1893-1902, 1897-02-13

w Peninsular Car Shopie maja
rozpoczac roboty ma przysz2y ty-
dzieh. Czy to ma czas d2uzszy W
pe{nym komplecie ludzie rozpoczns
robote, dotad niewiadomo.
Ameryka. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1893-1902, 1897-02-13
PraWdOm0WnOSc.

Mia}em kiedys towarzysza,
Literackie zna} on znoje;-
60 dni pare mnie odwiedza}
I czytywa2 wiersze swoje.
P6kim milczal jskby ryba,
T Cho6 cd wierszy spac sic chcia}o]
Czlek ten mawia1 kontent wielce:
-Jestes znawca jakich ma}o!
Raz wyda}em sad o wierszu,
Ze zasadom sztuki przeczy;
Druh moi odrzekl zadasany:
-G}upis! Me znasz sic ma rzeczy!
Ameryka. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1893-1902, 1897-02-13

zeli ssui do tego reki ME p,zyao-
zymy.
j. stesmy pewni, ze dobrej cl col
ME brak u paszych obywateli, po-
trzeba tylko in,cyatywy, zcreanizo.
wanna komitetu, k'6ryby zarzadzil
skaadke, czy tez W inny spos6b pre-
mowisby do publicznosci. Kazda or.
gsnizacya polska, wieksza lab mniej-
sza, ma zupelne prawo zabrat W tel
sprswie inicyatywe.
KS. Dennison, proboszcz skromnej
i ubogiej pare fiji sw. Karola, ogiosa
zeszlej niedzieli swym para6snom,
ze przez deoyzye prcpsgandy, "a
twierdzonej przez OLGA sw., parsfia-
ME So wlascicielami tax nazwanej
fanny koscielnej," o kt6rs toczyl
sic cd lat spor miedzy biskupem
Foley, a para6a.
Il coz TAX sic miala: Ma poczatku
tego stulecia niejaki P. Malcher,
francuz, zspisal powyasaa farme ma
upe sazenie ubogiej swej parafi', po-
czem akt w}asnosci przez komitet
paraialuy zostal sporzadzony ma
rzecz par. fiji. Jednak wskutek uch.
wal konsylium baltimorskiego, bis
kupi zaczeli uwaza6 grunta te IA
w&asnost dye cezyalna dokonsli ma
wet sprIedazy duzo oennych lot6w
Z tel posiadaosci cd imienia swego.
A ks. biskup Foley nosia sic pro-
jektem rozprzedania res,ty grunt6w,
cenionych dzisiaj ma $27O,OOO i uay.
cia sych pien;edzy ma budowe kate
dry.
Ot6z pred 4 laty proboszcz tel
parsfi' zacny skromny kaplan, ks.
Denpisop, mia& zrecznost przekona6
sic z dokumeut6w, ze wlasnos6 ia
W swoim cz's;e zapisana by&a ma
rzecz paratii-o czem zaraz zawiado-
mil ks. biskupa Foley'a, domagajao
sic zwrotu tel wiasnosci dla parsfii.
Gdy sic biskup ma to zgodzic ME-
chc al, sprawa zostala prey pomooy
proboszcza, przez parsfia jednomysl-
ME bez ha&asu przedstawiona ma
decyzye propagandy W Rzymie. Po
dok4adnem rozpatrzeniu sprawy, pro.
psgauda II stycznia tego roku, "a
decydowa}s prawo w}asnosci na te
grunta parafi,, ktora dzisiaj posiada
zaledwie przeszso 200 czionk6w, ja-
ko pctomkow owej garstki ludzi,
kt6rzy W ..swojem czasie stanowili
rzeczywistych wfasciciei para6i. O.
becnie parafa ia bedzie poslada}a
najwiekszy majatek koscielny, jako
swa w}asnos6 niezslezns cd biskupa.
Kazdemu czyteln'k6w przyjdzie
na mysl zapytanie, czemu przypisac
tax pomyslny rezultat sprawy, ma
pozor tax zawik{anej? Oto mic VIE
cej jak zacnemu proboszczowi, kt6.
ry stanal uczciwie po stronie swych
cwieozek ME biskupa zgodneJ je.
dnomyslnosci parafian.
Ameryka. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1893-1902, 1897-02-13

Odra panuje dosye saeroko W na-
szem miescie. Stanowy komisarz
chcia} wskutek tegoI uohwalid kwa-
rantanne ozylf odosobnienie dom6w
nawiedzonych ia ohoroba. Sprzeoi-
will sic iednsk temu slusznie tutej-
81 doktorowie; statystyka wykaza}a,
ze ma 1900 wypadk6w odry, zaled-
vie jeden bya smiertelny -prze to
charakter choroby Jest 4agodny i do.
sy6 oznaczac domy nawiedzone tt
choroba stosownemi tylko kartkami.
Odosobuienie mieszkahc6w ca}ego
domu, jak tego zada& komisarz, mo-
ze bye usprawiedliwione tylko gwa}-
towna zaraza, bo spos6b ten juz ME
jedna rodsine doprowadzil do ub6.
stwa.
Ameryka. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1893-1902, 1897-02-13

Max Dettloff, kt6ry by} oskar-
zony wsp6ludzial z innymi W "a
b6jstwie E.. Noska, zosta} PREY pow
t6rnym procesie przez sad przy sie'
ely uniewinnionym. -
Ameryka. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1893-1902, 1897-02-13

w legislature stanowej przesz4a
uohwala, odraczajsca oplate podat-
ku " powieoie Wayne do 10 wrze-
snia. a
The San Francisco call., 1897-11-21

guns and the workings of the consciences of the
villains.
Watch him shoot at the bridge" said Uncle
Neb.
docs he ever mlss?"
Never has vet," he answered, as Joe Lorey
raised the rifle to his shoulder and fired, hitting
the rope squarely in the place he desired.
Good shot, isn't he 2 said he as the bridge fell.
Suppose he should get nervous and miss ?"
''He get nervous" Uncle Neb laughed very
Whitley. HE doesn't know what nervousness
isl lie created this part and feels perfectly at
home in it. Look out for the bomb" he ex-
claimed, the thing went off and seven or
eight padded rocks flew into the air.
l felt very much though even faith hau de-
serted me and left me to follow path that
knew nothing of and which intricate and
devious l don't know how l looked to the
crowd of human faces that seemed to reach into
intinity like black and white sea, but l know
that he chocoia ate colored pickannny with one
trousers-leg longer than it really ought to be
and the other shorter. announced, loud
enough for the audience to hear:
''She's mighty killin'."
Translate that you WILL I felt that and
everything else. The footlights binding,
the laughter seemed like perfect roar and the
applause a peal of thunder. A wild reck-
lessnesS seized and a desire to reach the
cn1CKeDS tnat maQe strange noises IN the stalled
coop, but l didn't dare try It, 1 sat down on
the floor and stared at the little negroes and
grnned and
Well, they said it was very well done; that
the floor was the place to sit, and it was not
necessary to acknowledge that, in reality, my
knee had given out and l couldn't move a step
further
And, once seated, how the music entered into
my soul and body. 1t was only the little banjo
10 4oio ~1I
but know that the faces of the gracious little
band grew a-gleam with happy light and the
eyes shone and the lips twtched with smiles,
and it was impossi BILE for them to keep quiet
under the music's influence as it is for the
leaves to cease swaying when the wind blows.
But they were black, you sayP Well, so was l,
and l couldn't keep still, either; they were
black by the grace of God and by the courtesy
OF Mr.. French and there was not a talented lit
tie black fellow on that stage with a more in
tense desire to dance eating at his hearts
strings than that which possessed me. / fancy
trat the f1eet-footed Williams would have had
company in his quick-ste pplng act had my
knees regained their former usefulness; but as
things were l kept my head a. going it not being
unmanageable.
And after it was over I went back to wait for
some one 10 make me white, and while l waited
anthemums-the first l had ever received for
treadlng he boards, or, NOR properly, sitting
upon them. MURIEL BAILEY.
The San Francisco call., 1897-11-21
BEHIND THE CURTAIN.

bat somewhat bteathessvoice from the uuderside
of the large brown trunk of gnared oak tree that
the owner carrying through the chasm.
They hoised it into its place, with its roots
carefully braced in wooden platform alongside
OF the bridge. The bridge led across ne chasm.
and man at the other side hewed out the rocky
steps five at time with apparent exertion.
Probably ambitious for histron;c honors," l
thought to myself contem plating the refined
features OF the man. II wonder"
"Wy-don'-che do somethin ?" He turned
he started TO place the steps that completed
the descent, and stared at the man who stood
contemplating the wrong side of portion OF
bne grass. "Go-to" he answered suiIenly,
sleeplly and incompetely, picking up an arm
full of the grass mats and ciambering slowly up
the rocky steps.
''Wouldn't it be easier TO set the grass if it
were all in piece?" | asked
The nightly creator of all this scenic beauty
smiled.
Couldn't do it," he said, as he watched an
other assistant gather up an armful and proceed
to grow it, in the right places. "We couldn't
carry it that way and it wouldn't fix.
And with superior air be hurried across the
stage to correct the position of a bowder or two
and to mention that the side OF the mountain
ought to have few more screws.
We went in search of Mr.. French. Mr.. French
is sta e manager, and Uncle Neb He was in his
dressn groom. He nodded my image in the
glass approvingly and remarked Unexpectedly
that was afraid to go on.
Pm not,'' l said stouty feeling perfectly
safe.
Very we'll; go and get dressed and I'll come
and make you up, unless you're afraid" he
said, wickedly pausing, with his hands half way
to his face to survey me- "There's room for you
in the second act. You'll make good Topsy."
Topsyl Undignltied and inartistic Topsy
But Went-what else there 10 do? And
l trembed, too, and thought of the sea of faces
and deyoutly prayed that none might know me.
And | positive that as l stood in Miss
Warmers dressing-room and slipped my feet
into the great long shoes and donned the little
red and pink gown that the dainty Affe gener-
ously loaned me and braided the hair rdicu-
lousy and made generally ready for Mr.. French
and his cork mnistrations, felt more wei ghed
upon by responsibility and more nervous than
The Gar of Russia on his coronation.
Are you always nervous on your first nigh ?"
questioned the now fully equipped Uncle Neb,
as he motioned me TO a seat and instruments in
hand, assured me that the operation would be
painless. Phys cally it was but eyes for once
ceased to be blessing.
l stood in the wings during the first act en-
during with all possible fortitude the firing of
The San Francisco call., 1897-11-21
BEFORE THE CURTAIN.

luxurianty everywhere. There was sign,
Keep off this grass but the invisible warning
was needed to the letter and closer inspection
showed me why. The verdant slopes had been
planted by stage geni in neat little patches here
and there or overlapping each other. somewhat
Susan sets the dolies on the lunch table.
That grass answered all purposes satisfactorily
and was pleasing counterfeit hut quite unsafe
to lean against too lovingly sit upon too hard.
With the rising of the curtain the lights had
been lowered and the orchestra had laid down
its musical instruments. The house was listen-
ing to Joe Loreys brief soliloquy, and laughing
at Uncle y eb's fright when he fanciad lie was
about to be fatally EN- braced Dy bear, but did
not hear what the Stage folk saving Just
then, for my attention engaged by a shadow
moving noiselessly from aisle TO aisle and back
again. 1t gided mere, it paused there, and as it
came nearer l recognized it and comprenended
Its mission. 1t Mr.. Friedlauder a-gunning
in the twilight for high-hat game. Not the
Frledlander OF the foyer, half hour before,
with welcoming sautation for the CoIumbla's
patrons. No. This was another Friedlander
with both eyes focused on one object-a hat
worn between the sufferers behind it and the
stage which they could not see. Upon bis face
the grim look of one who had a stern and
disssree cable duty perform. and l watched
him execute ii marvelousy wel!-by proxy.
Locating such headgear came within the
pale OF the law, he teegraphed by "a code of
signals, utterly uninelli gible to me- but plain 10
the usher, message, and forthwith the usher
sliding silently to the chair indicated by his en-
ployer, whispered something in its occupants
ear. l know not the words in which the mes
sages couched. but they had magic effect.
Immediately those hats disappeared from the
horizon.
As the usher approached my iuggernaut of
the doorway, l craned my neck to get a better
view OF The battle. To my surprise she instantly
transferred the ostrich farm from her head to
Joshua's knees.
There may be two or iour people in town who
have thus far eked out existence without see-
ing "In Old Kentucky" As to the play see
regular dramatic column, but find me better
darky servant that Charles K. French as Neb
and l will pay fine of fifteen cents without
finching. Get me a bunch of pickanninnes
that can make more noise and fun in a given
time, horse lovable that Queen Bess,
a more refined Madge Than Afie Warmers,
more consistent Colonel than the Sandusky
Doolittle OF H. B. Bradley-go out among the
shows OF the earth and find them and you'll
have material for an unrivaled attraction.
1t is not with sensations OF altogether sympa-
thetic rejoicing that l tho curtain descend
upon Madge, the mountain flower, transplanted
10 civilizations conservatory, the pure mountain
The San Francisco call., 1897-11-21

mo, joshua said the fat lady, defantly, II
won't do il, and they can't make me. So
there!'
Joshua, who weighed several stone less than
the fractious feminine who had him elplessly IN
tow, glanced with nervous apprehension in TO his
companion triplechinned face.
If was you. Martha, l wouldn't make
scene about it. Why, the whole audience Will
laugh at you. l wish TO gracious you'd promise
to take II off.
But Martha was in no mood for promises.
Shutting her lips with the sharp incisiveness OF
a gopher-trap just sprung its prey she bore
down upon the doorkeeper Ike fuIl-rieged
ship. !, being lesser craft tried get of
the way, but the crowd surging into the Column
bias entrance prevented my escape. Pushing
past me Martha made a convenient and ! dare
say comfortable detour over MY toes and
i4mmed me against he wall until fattened
there like postage stamp upon an envelope.
The hat in whose shadow was TINS painfully
imprisoned for the brief but terrible moment
that Martha and were in transit was marvel
in millinery as to size. forest of feathers COM
pleted the nightmare, AMI in its wake walked
Joshua, stepping all over himself Ill his embar-
rassment at the attention he saw they were at
tracting.
Here and there throughout the audience,
it rapidly filed up the seats l deserted a big
da, popping into view like toadstool after 4
raIn. l sat bareheaded and chuckled compla-
Gently at the prospect OF entertainment not
down on the bills, when management and trans
gressors OF city ordinances should come into con-
nict.
HoverIng the aisle coor was Mr.. Lift,
manager OF IN Old Kentucky"
Mr.. Morgan, business manager, had disap-
peared behind the scenes through a stage door
back of the box curtains portal to a supposedly
enchanted and altogether mysterious realm. a
door and drop curtain divided the Two worlds
that of the entertainers and the entertained.
The gallery, good-natured and promscuous,
was already seated and not d space to spare for
late corners. But, now that l think of it, the
gallery, which counts its pennies where the lower
house counts its dollars, and of which nothing
in the way of correct breeding is expected-the
gallery, l say, is never late. 1t does not arrive
ostentatiously in the miidle of scene. 1t has
never yet offended its fellow-creatures by whis-
pering and chatterng 1t scorns to spoil cll-
max by burst of idioic giggling.
The curtain cured itself beyond the ken of
spectators, revealing a pretty perspective Of
Kentucky landscape, with mountains trees and
sky in the distance bandbox cottage adhering
to a hill at the right, bridge suspended at an
angle of forty-five degrees in the center oyer
presumably dizzy chasm, flight of steps lead
ing thereto and Kentucky blue grass urishing
The San Francisco call., 1897-11-21

atmosphere exchanged for the hJt breath o.. the
world and its contaminatlng hypocrisy that
wthers what soever it touches. either with blight
sorrowful surprise, and | would not have
had her marry the moonshiner and raise KIM
dergarten of little moonshirers in the wilder
ne s, wear ridiculous gowns and hdeous white
s3ot kings and never read THE SUNDAY CALL. l
could leve Madge quite dearly if she never
acquired the interesting idiOsy ncrasies OF he-
! would like 10 think of hel woman to
whom. chewing-gum unknown COM
modify, who never wedged herself into a corset,
went without pocket because her modiste
refused to jeopa die the set of skirt By insert
ing 1t, or yielded to any other senseless demand
OF city life.
Lovers OF the Lorey type are OF course entitled
to sympathy, but it Is high time that the rustic
swain were preached the saving gospel of soap
and water and cleanly rament No girl of
fined nature-the rest don't matter-can be
reasonably expected to love man who needs
bath and the services of barber and whose
clothing. in the cause of sanitation if not OF APP
pearances, ought to be bundled oil without de-
lay TO the dyer's and cleaners.
The air is filed with ragtime melody and
ebony faces. Black legs caperlng to the
tune, white teeth cleaning from every cor
There is more darky to the square inch
than the Columbia stage bas ever he'd before
For the moment the whole world seems tangle
OF tattered 'coons." Fast and furious the
chorus rushes III upon your tympanum.
You close your eyes for a few seconds on Dark
town gone mad. Then you hear sngu ar
sound, OF asthmatic locomotive coming
around curve, and open them to black
faced figure in soiled white canton flannel pa
lama overalls 1t is Williams and his soft shoe
specially. a rooster that must have gone upon
the stage 90 young, judging from its bow legs,
and whose feathers are worn off from o'ermuch
service Uehind the 1Ootights escapes from its
darky captor though il, too, would fain do
the spectacular and essay a clog dance or
waltz The pickaninnv band breaks loose and
plays until it wakes up the people in Oakland.
There never so much color merit for the
money. The gallery is wild with gIee the dress
circle appau uds, the boxes smile, the orchestra
grins broadly The pIckaninnIes have caught
the town.
trust that am without vulgar curiosity, but
should like it if the colonel would dIop note
drinks SO long and deeply of in his POCKET flask.
1t cannot be the genuine article else the colonel
would bv this time have drunk himself to death.
like picture OF Venice built on dry land
Miss Maria Johnson, she will marry me
Cllssical music satisfies the artistic sense
upli is the soul. 1t is asking too much that it
reach the public heart vel.
Lillian FERGUSON.
The San Francisco call., 1897-11-21

Mary. my GIRL he cried to his wife, get
another bottle of scbnapps, and see that
the Kettles boiling for L N sure Benham
will want glass of hot grog when he
steps ashore
Five minutes later Benham, his oil
skin coat dripping with salt water, rushed
into the room. The captain greeted him
warmly. How do, Benham p be shouted;
GLAD to see yol here. though it is such
wretched weather. Take that wet thing
off and sit down and have a glass of grog
to warm your innards.'
But Benham, an active, sharp-fac
young man, seemed strangely 1urr!ed.
Thanks, he replied hurriedly, but
there's no time now; I've got to tell you
something important and he glanced in
quiringly at me.
II took the hint and rose to go, but the
kindly old captain stopped me with a
wave OF his hand.
mo, no. Wiiliams,' he said; lust YOU
stop here and give me your advice. You
may speak before this gentleman Ben
ham,
"'All right, replied the purser. well,
it's just this: Your wife AMI kids are
ABOARD the steamer; they'll be here soon.
They wanted 10 come ashore at once, but
l told them to await an hour or so, until
the sea got little smoother; then Irushcd
off to tell you
''The captain sank like man who has
had stroke. The unfinished glass OF gin
dropped from his hand. But he spoke
never a word.
II was quite taken aback, not to say
shocked, but l waited to see what was
coming"
To be cOntinued.l