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surprised and then hurt This happened
several times. and each time the captain
found that the clouds had lied He ex-
amined the compass stand carefully then
went thoughtfully away shaking his head
Finally, after some days, he became more
subdued and troubled the man at the wheel
no more. Had he examined one of the
scroll work designs of the cabin skylight
just opposite the compass he would have
found there well concealed a large piece Of
steel. That would have solved the problem
that both bothered him and incidentally
accounted for the wonderfully fine steering
that was being done.
Nothing so excites a sailors resentment
as a captains refusal to advance spending
money in port. When a ship is alongs. de
dock the men naturally want to go
ashore of evenings after knock-off and see
the town or city or whatever the place may
be. Jacks idea of seeing place differs
somewhat from that of the ordinary tour
list. He does not want to see the city halls
or public libraries, or historic monu-
ments. That isn't his idea of Sightseeing
What he wants to do is to find the lower
end of the main street and them with vari-
Gus boon companions picked up on the
route visit every saloon along one side of
the street and then on the other. OF course
this style of amusement is not a cheap one
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happened. and I must accept what further
would come OF it.
AS if she were awakening from a heavy
dream, she sighed and opened her eyes
Then she saw the empty basket and stoop-
ed to pick up the scattered fruit. Since the
reSpberries had fallen to the ground
through my fault l stopped to help her.
But she said:
Your royal highness must not trouble -
That she addressed me thus al this mo-
ment gave me the punishment that 1 de-
served
She gathered the berries carefully.
stood there dumb. She had barely finished
when her name was called by Miss Fritz.
Judica took up her basket, turned without
a word and started
l called after her. But I said nothing
| more than:
"Judica. Little Judica! Dear little Ju-
dica,"
The tone in which said 1t must have told
her not only my deep love, but my implor-
ing wish for pardon. She stood still, turned
her little head and looked at me. Around
the mouth on which my lips had pressed
there played a gentle, infinitely sweet, in
finitely sad smile, and the eyes Of the child
were full Of tears.
But she had forgiven me.
l left the garden by a distant gate and
strolled carelessly toward the arbor There
Miss Fritz and the count were waiting.
She told me that Judica had complained of
| headache and had retired.
l said: Convey my compliments to her
and
/ stammered
And What?'
And l shall come again. shall come
again soon. 1t is too beautiful here; 1 feel
myself too happy with you
Then l had to wash my hands, Redeemed
with raspberry Juice. / hated to do it. II
was as If l were washing something of the
JOY of the day from my soul. l asked Count
Gebhardt:
DO not leave any money for the SER
wants. l would not pay the pleasure of this
day with money. l shall be able to think of
something else. You will fulfil my wish,
will you not?'
Gladly"
He said 1T so sadly that Inv puiltv
heart beat fast-asked him If something
troubled him. He said: II was with Loisl :
mother"
And that has made you sad?"
That and something else"
please tell me later of your visit 7 do
not wish to hear anything sad now Surely
you understand me-" And l added. :Yo,,
| are so young yourself"
Certainly he understood me- NV words
were confession.
did not wish to hear anything sad but
had to see his mournful look. for what
would come of it, my first love?
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Copyright, 1903. by j. W. Muller

added. after a few minutes: Thank God
that she is in harbor with you. With you
nothing can happen to her. with you one
feels secure against storm and sorrow"
Never Eefore had l thus spoken to hu-
man being. How could | have done it be-
fore? For the first time in my life | felt
the hberating and delivering power of the
spoken word
l felt Gebhardts astonished gaze upon
me. And the good Miss Fritz wore smile
that flowed into my soul like sunshine. She
looked at the count if she would ask:
Was l not risht?'' But he had a serious,
thoughtful almost sorrOwful face, such as
L had not seen on him before.
Then came Loisl to ask If / intended to
visit his mother. He said we must go be-
times if We hoped to return to the Sea-Alp
before night.
L begged the count: "Go with I-osl to his
mother and tell her that l send my respects
and hope to call on her myself"
Gebhardt arose hestated. and looked at
me. Then | appealed to him with my eyes:
Il beg of you to go and let me stay here,
let me be happy, happy one single time!
This day will never come to me again.
Then he went.
l remained a while in the arbor and tried
to talk. Then l said with all possible inno-
cence. Il know that you a good house
keeper. and good housekeepers always have
more than enough to do. Pray treat me as
friend whom you need not consider to
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hied him to the house of his lady and es-
corted her to church
They had barely left the gate when a dis
reputab BILE looking fellow loafed by them
AS he passed he tremendously salu;ed with
good mornin'. capn."
The lady looked shocked. and the cap
tauns face turned various shades of red
Was that one of your men, asked the
lady.
Guess not, said the captain Must
| nave been one of the crew had last year"
Hail block further on another even
more rufflanly dressed fellow passed, saIut-
ing as the former had done. And so it con-
tifNled all the way to church, to the horror
OF the lady and the burning rage of the
captain.
Ihat evening he called all hands aft and
SIMPLY asked each man just how much of
ms pay ne wanted advanced Ito buy a new
uniform he said, savageIy Each man
drew modest sum-
If they'd only drink themselves to
death, the captain was heard to remark.
1 q willingly stand the price"
Alter that the men went ashore in uni
forms, all bearing a curious resemblance to
the stolen ones.
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VIII.
On the Sea-Alp,

What Will come of 1t?
know not and wish not to know it T
can think of only one thing how can I see
her again? 1t is the only thing of which T
can think
Since / am young and in love I fee, q
great desire to help others So thought of
helping Loisl.
spoke OF IT to Count Gebhardt.
You have not told me of your visit to
Loisfs mother. Can 1 help the woman"
In which way could your royal highness
help her?"
L request your advice"
THE woman has fate that Is stronger
than her mind, which is shattered. She 10
mad"
"On account of an unfaithful loyer?"
Yes"
"a peasant woman loses her mind on ac-
count of such things?"
This one did"
The count bore an expression and spoke
IN tone as If he were pursuing a definite
aim In regard to me. 1t seemed to me as
II he wished the conversation to be warn
Ing for me. A warning of what? That no
young. loving woman should be driven out
of her mind through my fault?
In order to say something l remarked:
Loisl does not know his father I should
like to help him to a position as forester
that he may be able to marry his sweet
heart"
1T would be easy, for he can count abso-
Why SO absolutely? You have something
to tell. May you tell me?"
am asking myself whether or not I
may"
Let nae help you Ia tt your hope. II you
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protest in body but the skipper insisted
that they were getting what the laws of
England allowed them. AS the men saw
that complaints had no effect they decided
upon another course.
The next morning the skipper came on
deck, and on the white patchwork of the
cabin found painted in black huge skull
and crossbones and underneath in big let
tiers the word Hunger OF course, he
flew into rage and demanded that the
offender present himself, but the sailors
only chuckled to themselves.
The following day the captain came on
deck to find a still more aggravatng sign
of disapproval of his crew. From the
mainmast, nailed to the bare pole, f1uttered
the same emblem that had decorated his
cabin-a pirate flag, the jolly roger. He
ordered a man to remove it at once, but
the sailor protested that spirits had nailed
the flag to the mast, and he for one would
not interfere with their work. One by one
all the men raised the same objection. AS
ships were passing almost daily. it was i'm
possible to leave the piratical emblem there
long, so next night it disappeared, 1t being
supposed that the second mate Skinned up
to remove it.
Next the steering grew bad, and the fire.
men hardly kept up enough steam to keep
the engines running. The captain almost
went insane with rage, but that was no So
luton to his troubles. Finally he gave in
and supplied the men with rations from the
cabin stores, and the ships troubles ceased
forthwith
A Standing Remedy.
Many shippers who have had a mania
for trimming sails and pulling ropes when
not necessary have been cured Of that fail
ing most effectively. Seamen have one
standing remedy. Mysterious rents appear
in sails that the wind could not have torn.
Most unseaman-like knots, that Alexander
himself could not have cut, are found In
ropes that should have no knots in them
This sort of thing will bring any skipper to
terms.
Then there are captains who are cranky
on the subject Of steering. One old skipper
I once knew was particularly Objectionable
to his men on this point. When down in
his cabin he would watch the clouds
through porthole and If they jerked back
and forth ever SO little he would come roar
ing up on deck demanding the blood of the
man at the wheel. To steer for a two hours
trick on that ship when the skipper was
awake was no Joke.
One day the men conceived a plan that
should teach this old sea dog lesson.
He had been down in his cabin. when a
sudden lurch brought him romping on deck
with his customary profanity. With yell
he made a dash for the steering compass.
The card was as steady on its course as
though nailed there. The old man looked
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A. no drew cyose

shops of the main street. AS he drew close
he observed that they were dressed In the
shabbiest of overalls and Earliest of jumpers
and some wore sea boots and others slip
pers. Nothing remained of their natty uni
forms except the cap, across the bands Of
which was the ships name in golden let
tiers.
What the devil does this mean?" growled
the skipper in a rage. What dye mean
by disgracing the ship in those rags?'
Lorst night. cap'n.' explained one old
salt. while we wos all a quietly sleepin',
somebody comes aboard and steals all our
nice new fancy close. an now we has to go
ashore in our dungarees."
You be bowed responded the skipper
Il don't believe word o that yarn
But whether he believed il or not the fact
remained that the uniforms had disappear
ed and could not be produced. The captain
could only swear and curse at his crew :
stupidity for leaving the forecastle door
open But his cup of bitterness was not
quite hled until Sunday.
The captain. being in the regular trade.
was well acquainted in Honolulu. and 1t
was well known that he was paying particu-
lar attention to a prominent merchants
daughter who lived in the SWEETEST part of
the town. On Sunday morning the captain
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Going Backward.
From the New York Times.


Andrew Carnegie tells the story Of a
carny Scot whom he knew and who lived
in a small settlement some miles from the
neighboring town The distance however
could be considerably lessened by cutting
through a large estate. This pratice was
accordingly SO much resorted to that the
owner gave preremptory orders for all tres
passers to be turned around and sent back
the way they came.
One time, however, the Scot in question.
having occasion to take some articles to
town in a Wheelbarrow, decided to run the
risk, and was about half way through
when he saw the owner in the distance.
Not relishing the idea of retracing his
steps he bethought himself of a scheme,
and promptly turning the wheelbarrow to
face the direction from which he came, he
sat down upon 1t as If resting.
Soon the owner came up, and seeing him
there roughly ordered him to turn around
and go back.
AS back was in this case his objective
point, the Scot obeyed and went on hle
way rejoicing.
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THAT 1 am a prince and a royal high

THAT 1 am a prince and royal high
ness"
"Ohw
will you do me a favor?'
Never call me royal hghness.'
Yes. but
1T is bad enough that I must hear 1T
forever from others. From you 1 do not
wish to hear that terrible royal high
ness ,"
We'll then. But now eat raspberries."
"Will you eat, too"
Certainly
They were indeed excellent so fresh from
the bush. 1 ate and ate the sweet dark
red fruit. At once-heaven alone knows
how it happened-I had kissed the girl on
her sweet, dark red mouth. And l wills
pered: Dear, dear Judica.''
that 1 meant not to touch with breath!
And with the kiss came to me the know-
edge that once drove the first human beings
out of paradise, the knowledge of my first
guilt.
i. .
After I had done it stared at her as if
the pale child with the holy eyes had
changed into Furnishing angel of the Lord,
tC send me away with flaming sword from
the place where the man had been fnno-
cent and happy, and then had sinned.
If l had been any ordinary young lover.
then, yes, then I could have stolen kiss
from the lips of my dearest one as l would
pick ripe fruit from the bush. But with
me-the kiss on the lips of the girl was an
evi! deed
JIdica had given a little scream. Her
ba sket fell from her arms and the berries
scattered over the ground. With loosely
hanging arms she stood with eyes closed
and trembled. l could have crushed her
to my breast and smothered her with
kisses-so helpless was She
Her helplessness gave me my balance
again. 1 did not implore forgiveness, for
that would have been empty talk. 1t had
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could compare to it in that respect.
On one trip he had some trouble with his
men-they were incapacitated for some DAYS
py TOO much sightseeing. So the captain
s"ore ne would never again advance them
money in Honolulu
FOR some days the sailors remained
aboard, passing away the evening swearing
in their hunks. Then a scheme was Matched
among them where-y they hoped to bring
} the skipper to terms ie
Next evening the captain saw several of
ms men In the streets uptown, gazing into
windows of the most brilliantly lighted
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and If the price is not forthcoming the
barkeepers refuse to have their goods
tasted.
There is one disadvantage to Jacks
method of touring and that is principally
felt by the skipper. When the men fall
to turn up in the morning to turn to. and
he has to fit out relief expeditions to find
them. he is likely to feel that disadvantage
most keenly. Therefore, many shippers
refuse to advance money in port.
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Upset a Tradition.
From Puck

From PUCK
Naturally the audience expected the viii
lain to hiss: Fooled again. and stink
away.
But they reckoned without their villain.
Striding to the footlights he exclaimed
'Sherlocked once more!' and with guess
I-fooled-you look at the astounded audi
ence, he staggered to the wings.
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TANNING SEA BOSSES
Men Before the Mast Can
Bring Captain to Terms.
OLD TRICKS DESCRIBED
A PIRATE FLAG AT A MASTHEAD
DID THE WORK.
Humiliating a Skipper Before His
Sweetheart Was Another
Method.
OLD TRICKS DESCRIBED

Written for The Evening Star by Albert Sonnich-
SEN Able Seaman.
| 1t is usually an accepted fact that aboard
every sailing ship at sea the captain Is an
autocratic ruler whose word is the only
law, and from which there is no appeal
until the ship reaches port. This is true,
but under autocratic governments men
| learn to be cunning Jack seldom resorts
| to open violence in resisting an unjust Or
der, but he has many ways of circumvent-
| ing it.
| There was once a captain who had the
| reputation of being exceptionally miserly
with ships stores. He doled out the week
ly allowance Of rations himself. taking off
| one spoonful of sugar where the scale
| seemed ever so slightly to be favoring the
sailor. He kept the key to the store room
under his pillow at night, and when he
| came up on deck to observe the weather he
took it with him. In warm weather he
made his men go about barefooted. so that
they should not wear out the decks.
When the ship that this skipper COM
manded got into the tropics one voyage an
epidemic of cockroaches and various other
obnoxious insects developed in the fore
castle and made 1t impossible for the men
to sleep in their hunks. Now, paint is al
ways a sure cure for troubles of that sort,
paint with which to renovate the interior
of the forecastle. But, according to rules
aboard this particular ship, the bosn re-
ferred the men to the mate, and the mate
referred them to the captain. So they went
aft and asked the captain for paint.
What for?" he asked.
Forecastle's full O. bugs" explained the
oldest seaman
Bugs! You want my precious paint to
destroy bugs?' exclaimed the skipper. In
dignantly. Not If l know it. You fellers
just get to work and catch the bugs with
your hands and throw them overheard, or
hit them with Delaying pins
So the men had to return ford with no
more satisfaction than that. But that
night. on the still night watches they laid
plot against the skipper that should bring
him around to their views
The next day the men captured a number
of cockroaches and carefully wrapped
them up alive in a small scrap of paper.
wheel took this paper with him In his
pocket, and when nobody saw him, care
fully emptied it through one of the win
dows of the captains cabin.
Next day all hands did not have to wait
long before they saw the captain come on
deck with a stormy face. The bugs had
done their work. That evening everybody
was called aft.
Men said the skipper, Il have decided
that wou shall have the paint, after all
III give you a whole tin, but be careful to
leave enough to paint my cabin afterward"
The ship was never again bothered by
cockroaches during the voyage.
A Flag That subdued a Captain.
Another case in point happened aboard
an English tramp steamer just starting on
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Humiliating a Lover.

A case of this sort came under my OBJ
servation in Honolulu some years ago.
There was a crack, white painted bark
running in the regular trade between San
Francisco and the islands. The captain
was immensely proud of the neatness of his
vessel and men, and boosted that no yacht
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His Sister-"Pooh, Dick. that's no way to
kiss a girl. If you ever get married what
do you suppose your wife would think Of
such a kiss
HIN! 1 don't expect to marry a con-
noisseur of kisses. Life.
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Limitations.

Tier novels show lack Of revision"
We'll. she is very young
Il suppose her n7the. hardly permits
her to read what size hs- written"
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A Flag That Subdued a Captain.

Another case in point happened aboard
an English tramp steamer just starting on
long voyage. The captain had bought a
lot of inferior stores to substitute those of
better quality that he should have bought
and pocketed the difference in price OF
course, the men growIed and came aft to
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-04-25
DEAF MUTEs GO ON STRIKE.

The most unique strike of the year is on in Chicago,
where 800 deaf mechanics engaged i'll making cleo
trca apparatus have left their benches in consequence
of demand made for shorter working day This
serves attract the attention Of the country the
very different situation of those unorunates who
neither hear speak compared to their condition
few years ago. The deaf mute is longer charge
upon the community the family. Twenty years ago
of the types of beggar was the man
who went about with pencil and pad of paper writing
requests for aims Many of the beggars mposters.
put the greater number really afflicted. In these
days the deaf mute is most respectable and Industrious
Gelfsusainng citizen 1t is rarely, indeed that
deaf mute who is not quite capable of competing for
place with his more happily situated fellow
The vast Improvement in the condition of the deaf
mute is due wholly to the habits OF industry ncuCated
IN the education of the afflicted The educational
of the country have been strained the end
that persons suffering under the handicap of being deaf
and dumb might be relieved of the that surround
cd them in the days when they compelled to live
within themselves. Sesacrihcing and persevering men
and women have evolved methods whereby the deaf
mute is educated in the branches quite
readily the child who possesses all its faculties And
part OF the education of the afflicted is the ncuca
lion of habits of industry Their other faculties being
Bharpened instictvely they have ambitions that other
children do feel Their really remarkable gifts in
sight and touch give them great advantage in some
branches of work where dexerity counts and they al
ready have very large share in the comparatively
trades deteloped by the growth of the electrical indus
tries. They large wages and occupy those posi-
tons requiring nicely of touch in the making Of fine in
struments
The Chicago strike develops the fact that they
tcally dominate the unions with which they affiliated
and this by of their acute intelligence well as
by their workmanke capacity That the world do
IS attested with much emphasis by the fact that $50
suffering under disadvantages that would have made
them public charges years have organized
q labor that has closed immense factory
Rnd thrown $50 who possess all of their faculties
out of employment
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-04-25
Several Chicago traction companies have gone into
the hands of receivers other than their conductors
ROOT AS JUDGE.

Secretary of War Root has constituted himself final
judge in number of usually referred tribunal
recognized by law. And it SO happens that the
Root dsposes of by deciding there nothing in them
which might have adverse effect upon the for
tunes of the administration of which he is a member
Specific charges made against Gen. Leonard
Wood, military governor of Cuba during occupation
of the island In effect rather point blank he was
charged with accepting valuable presents from the
them favos because of such presents, it is of
common knowledge that they Jared we'll while he in
command. The ordinary will be prone to connect
the two circumstances.
When the charges filed Secretary Root gave
them consideration and decided ignore them,
holding that they not refusing the
permission to present their evidence.
Now Gen. Funston, who gained fame by his aquatic
performances in the Phippnes-or rather by reason of
the vivid imagination of his press agenhas asked for
court of inquiry determine if he guilty of cruelty
the natives while in the service there Funston
has been accused of enormtes which should bar
from decent society and from the uniform of the United
States if the accusations In the public prints
and by word of returning soldiers the Kansas tin soldier
has been charged with these crimes
Goaded by their repetition, Funston mustered up the
courage ask of inquiry order that his char
might be shown in its light. But no. says Mr.
Root: Il do not think the charges court of
inquiry That settles it, under the high and mighty Mr.
Root There is appeal except the president, who
has habit of standing by without further question
examination. The people will never know whether
Funston guilty not but in the absence of evidence
of innocence they will very generally believe him guilty
for much evidence that effect has been made public
and remains undisputed
The two cases simply show that pet of the admin
istration is safe.