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The San Francisco call., 1906-04-08
Manuelo broke into his speech.

Manuelo broke into his speech.
Hear me-" he groaned: 'Gregorio has
a wife and child. Let him go.'
Ihe choice is In my hands, and in my
hands it must remain" Don O. answered,
Il have decided. Gregorio shall go free
after he has looked upon his brothers s
death ! have chosen him. not because
he has a wife and child waiting for him
IN Murcia, but because being reader of
speech than our stiff-tongued Manuelo he
will render a more vivid picture of what
he has Witnessed
The soft flow of the chiefs voice neither
rose nor fell. Gregorio shuddered vio-
lently.
Il will not witness it, he cried. "Shoot
us both, in the name of the Virgin
BE reasonable" said Manuelo. For
my sake, Gregorio, go free. Why should
two die? Besides, the thought that you
live will be with me when the Quebranta-
huesos is doing his worst. We Morunos
do not know fear
There followed a silence, during which
the chief stood like a dormant bird, his
cloak half fallen on the sand at his feet.
Other men besides you, Manuelo, other
brave men have challenged me TO do my
worst, and with one exception / have al
ways lived to hear their vain appeals for
mercy Don Q.'s low tone had an echo
of WEAKNESS.
Nov hear me, Manuelo what if 1 give
you also your life?''
The man did not reply at once; then
he said:
why mock me? Speak plainly,
Il do not mock you. Il have many faults
in the eyes of men, but it is well known
that ] never lie. Is it not so?"
THAT is So
Tell me then, Manuelo, the truth in
return. What IL let you go free also?n
The love of life was strong in Manuelo.
Who knows what struggle went on in
his breast at that moment?
1T is impossible. We have taken an
oath that while life remains in our bodies
we will seek your life. If you spare us
now we will come again. Shoot me and
be done with 1t. We are honorable men,"
Don @. burst into a shrek of kissing
laughter
'.Manuelo, go free!' he cried. See now
1 give myself into your hands Go back
to Murcia, and when your vow troubles
you, come again and cross swords and
wits with the king of the sequestradores.
/ really feel quite indebted to YOU Man
uelo. You have given me something to
look forward to. an added zest to life, for
death stares at me forever from your
eyes. And although 1 have outgrown
most of the human weaknesses, still
have in my heart warm feeling for a
very brave man.
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CALL MONEY AT I25

Ebenezer SkiIduck. Deacon Shatterbox
and William George Washington looked
at the proprietor distrustfuly. They had
never heard of call money before, and
scented a scheme TO make trouble.
'Wot kind of money does you say is
dat2'' demanded Deacon Shatterbox, after
a pause
call money" replied Mr. Jonsing, au-
~sterely. Dem chickens wot You have
up dar mahgin has been called in by
Mr.. Russell Sage Of New York, who is now
in de full and complete possession ub de
mahket and demands dc immediate pay
ment of 100 per cent on all call loans.
We hab no alternative but to comply
Dahfore I remark now dat gemmen hab-
in accounts in dis yere offus increase dar
mahgins widout delay, leastways if dey
wish TO avoid a uRplcasantness wild Mr..
Sage. who is now in de full control, as l
remarked a moment ago, of wot money
has not bin spent and who wants de rest.
Befo' de bizness ub de day can proceed
1 request dat all gemmen heah present in
crease dey mahgins by at least so per
cent
i CANT increase dem chickens" re-
piled the deacon, "befo' tomorrow
mawnin'. rohow, and mebbe not den,
unless the Lawd favahs US specially in
de mattah oh de moon. Duz Mr.. Sage
sagaciate dat?"
''WeI' observed Mr.. Jonsing, 81 will
have telegra pham sent to Mr. Sage
and see wedder de chicken situation am
to be considahed in de premises, but 1
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piled Mr.. Jonsing. but he wired back
dat eff yo ole woman he'd ben rubbed
on he haid wild possum's tail wen she
wuz bawned, she woodn't hev de roo
matiz and dat de proceedings of Wall
street CANT be suspe nded on her account
Much as Mr.. Sage sympathizes with Miss
Skilduck in her present confliction de ne
cessities of high Fine Nance prebents
a suspension OBJ de commerce OBJ de
land
II doan see wot Fine Nance hab got
to do with Miss Shilducks roomatiz,'' per-
sisted melancholy Skilduck. "Leastways,
how de dibbil does dat Mr.. Sage expect
me to raise 20 cents II he done got all de
mummy dar is hisself? 1 doan see into
dat. noway Nance amt got no money.
er I'd hev took 1t away from her long
ago.. An wy does they call her Fine
Nance? She amt no finer dan nobody
else
MY pinion is" broke in William George
Washington dat dis yere call money
am bluff ub de doctors to keep dat Mr..
Sage alive an WELL A man down the
cawt house done tole me dat Mr.. Sage
am 246 years old already, and if bizness
keeps up de way 1t hez he will be 800
years old inside of a month. OATS de
way wild dem rich folk, nebbah satisfied.
Nebbah satisfied
Mr.. Jonsing who had been busily figuring
out Il series of quotations which would
wipe out the bulk of the customers mar
gins. renewed his impatient kicking on
the floor, and presently the telegraph be-
gan its ticking. 'Malgamated Coppah,
no. he called out, "and dat busts yo'
account wide open, Mr.. Skilduck."
Mr.. Skilduck arose and walked out of
the place, skillfully anathematizing Mr..
Russell Sage OH the way. Then a few
more loud ticks announced the confisca-
tion of Deacon Shatterboxs chickens
chickens that represented several nights
of unwearying industry on the part of the
deacon. The latter shed a tear as he
watched the crate with its feathe-ed con-
tents borne away, but later consoled HIM
self win the reflection that there were
more chickens where those came from,
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stroyed before the ship can come into
effective range of the lighter gum
The undisturbed tendency of naval de-
sign has been to reduce the extent Of
the unarmored superstructure and to
increase the protected areas, so that
larger amount of punishment can be
received without serious consequences
to buoyancy, stability or maneuvering
power. According to an authority
quoted by Sir William White armor has
been so much improved in twenty years
that it requires fifteen inches of the
best iron armor to offer the same re-
sistance to perforation as that afforded
by twelve inches of compound or ordi-
nary steel plates, or by seven inches of
Harveyized, or finally by five and
three-quarter inches of Krupp. 1t will
be readily seen how much this reduc-
tion in thickness, without any diminu-
tion in resisting power, means to the
designers of ships. The cost per ton
has. naturally enough, risen with i'm
provementS in duality, but the price Is
we'll worth paying because of it's re-
markable influence in keeping down
ship dimensions. because of the less
weight of protective material needed
for certain defensive power. In all the
later classes the distribution of the
armor has been greatly extended,
though. It must be confessed, the
weights are still very great. In the
King Edward VII class. for example,
the total weight of the armor is nearly.
SO per cent of the displacement. and
out OF a total cost OF f1.300.000 the
arrnor represents a little less than
one third that is. 100000 The
Dreadnaught is expected to have even
larger proportion and it is hoped an
improved distribution of armor, both
because of her greater displacement
and Of tbc.loftier installation of so
many more. great guns
The proposed use of water tube
boilers and turbines has excited some
opposition among those British ex-
perts that as rule approve of neither
the new ship nor. of the recent organi-
zation of the fleet The successful run
across the. Atlantic and back of the
new battleship Dominion must do much
to settle the controversy over the
water tube boilers, and the increasing
experiences with turbine machinery
must serve to show it's usefulness in
war as well as in merchant construc-
tions There are to be two high
pressure and two low-pressure turbines,
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am not In a position to prophetsize
about de result. You know berry we'll.
deacon, dat Mr.. Sage is a sick man.
most oh de time, only Wen money gets
above 100 per cent on call. Dat doan
happen ebbery day, and for all | know
he may wire back demandin de imme-
iit delivery of dem chickens. w,d COM
pound interest at de rate of 25 per
cent second, wich is de rate today
on de curb, dat is in de basement part
of Wall street Howsumebbah, let us
hope fur dc best.
There was general silence in the
exchange, broken only by the c1atter
of the telegraph instrument which ap
parently began it's work in response to
the heavy tapping of Mr.. Johnsing's foot
on the floor. Ebenezer Skilduck. who
had $1.39 deposited with the concern as
margin on fourteen shares of Anal
gamated Copper. which he. had sold
short on a straight tip from Mr. Law
son of Boston, seemed in deep thought
''Wot hez dat dare call mummy got to
do wild my s1.39?' he finally demanded
of Mr.. Jonsing.
"Only dis replied the manager gra-
ciously, dat If Mr.. Sage doan get at
least 70 cents more widout delay yo'
mahgin money is forfeited undah de
roolin' of de Spreem Cawt Yo' knows
you ah a cent shy anyway on de orig
nal deal. which was for s1.40, whereas
by special permission of Mr.. Sage yo'
only put up $1.39. So advise yo to
get dat are 20 cents widout a moments
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see Sarah Bernhardt! I'm just dying to

see Sarah Bernhardti I'm just dying TO
see herir
Up and away to the mines! Sarah Bern
hardt at five plunks a char and me
scratching gravel to get my laundry back
from foreign lands of a Saturday night!
I'm just dying to see Sarah" says the
Sweetest Thing Ever, and I'd be a small
bunch of parsnips if I hadn't volunteered
in the life-saving service then and there.
Yes l says to my lady friend, II
thought you'd like to see Bernhardti" and
all the time I'm giving this glad speech
I'm going down the line mentally to see
who viii give me quick action on a
steam-heated touch.
II think it is awful nice of you to ask
me to see Bernhardt,' says The Real
Thing, throwing a goo-goo at me that
settles everything. After a joyous glance
like that I'm glad to break into the box
office and wrestle the keeper for the gate
money.
Anyway. after a labored conversation
with a friend I'm helped to the price next
day. and I patter away for the paste
boards. My lady friend togs out in her
revelry rags. and I'm somewhat of a big
event myself when we slide into the
gold-bond building and reach out for
ten dollars worth of amusement, hot off
the griddle.
Mercy me-" says my lady friend, after
the has D6en up WHlie, WUdl
are they talking about? l can't under
stand a wordr'
I'm sitting there holding the funeral
services over my ten plunks. so I'm not
wise to what's doing on the stage.
What's the matter?" / says.
"Listen!' says Clara Jane.
[ listened. In a minute | was next
The trackwalkers on the stage were talk
ing Dago Dago, mind you and me just
after putting on mourning for my ten
plunks
"Oh, they're doing the trick in French"
1 says, offhand, just as though 1 paid my
carfare in French every morning.
Say 1 don't know enough about French
to find Paris on the map-honest, that's
straight. But I'm thinking of my dear
departed ten, so l makes the play.
What are they saying now?" says the
proposition in peaches.
Right there was where I fell In the
cellar.
Bon gre de la tour be jee! 1
says, handing her the hottest ac-.
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you win not be afraid before we have
Done with one another"
What does it natter" answered
Manuelo. MY brother and I took an
oath to kill you. We have failed. Moth
ing remains but to make an end of u.s.
Not so fast, Manuelo," put in the
chief II have just been thinking how
fuil OF romance is your situation. You
and Gregorio are twins. You were born
together, you have lived and worked to-
gether, and now in the fitness of things
you are to die together
And resumed the brigand "beIieye
me, | SHOULD not interfere with SO ar
tistic conclusion had l only ourselves
10 think Of But I cannot afford to for
get that you have both belonged to that
estima bic force to whose kind interest
in my life I owe SO deep a debt. IT is
incumbent upon me to send them informa
ton by reliable hand-say by one of
you-how civil guard dies who has
failed in duel with Don Q. l trust YOU
follow me?'
The two men stared at him stolidly.
1t is clear that you do. There are.
TO return to my subject, many Channels
by which the whole story will find its
way down to the plains. But that is not
suflcient for my purpose. | wish the
civil guard to know from the Inns of one
another point in the twenty years gamble
that has been played out between US I
have, therefore, decided that one of Won
shall go free. The other must die. and
well, | warn you he will need all his
fortitude before the happy nome Mt OF his
departure from life. You are brave men.
choose, then, between you which shall 60
free and which shall-remain forever in
the SIERRA
Don Q. moved away a little space and
the brothers began to talk eagerly to-
gether in low tones. At the end of five
minutes the chief returned.
Well he asked, II am waiting for
your decision. Who is to be the lucky
one?|
"Gregorio," shouted Manuelo at once
mo. no, Manuelo, l cannot" declared
the other hoarsely
There seems to be slight difference
of opinion; shall 1 decide the matter for
your
Il will decide" said Manuelo; 81 have
the right of choice before my brother.
since l am the older
No, nor cried the other, passionateIv.
Il will not buy life at such a price >
Don @. held up his hand.
1t is enough. You cannot agree The
decision must be mine, for regret
have. not time Interesting as it would
be, to listen to an argument between
you
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THE CHRONICLES OF DON @

no more. After he had fallen the bark
OF Gregorio's rife reached Don G.
The chief stood back in the shadow
of a rock and watched the active figure
Of Gregorio leaping down the slope.
Where are you, brother? Is he
stunned? l shot the mule under him
when 1 saw you were alone with him."
said Gregorio, stopping over the fallen
animal and his rider.
The dim shape by the rock laughed
and sprang at the same instant. Be
meath the bound musket butt,
which descended on his head, Gregorio
went down, kicking feebly on the sand
Don Q.'s delicate little hands pinioned
him with a rapid and scientific com
pleteness. Then he turned to Manuelo,
tore the gag from his mouth, and with
strength surprising in SO fragile a
BODY, pulled him free of the dead mule
He rolled the brother into a sitting pos
ture against the moonlit rock face,
dashed water over them and finally sat
down in front of them TO watch their
return to consciousness, breaking now
and then into shal1ings of sibilant
laughter.
We viii wait until our excellent
Gregorio, whose shooting is so admir-
able, has regained his senses sufficient
ly to join in our conversation, Don @.
began, as Gregorio with groan shifted
his head from one bump on the rock to
another and blinked up dizzily at the
moon. He is already better. 1 trust,
Gregorio, that your thoughts are quite
clear?"
The man shivered. then scowled.
Recollection had come to him also.
Il wish you both to listen to me very
carefully" the chief pursued. I'VE have
played very interesting game to-
gether, Manuelo, for yours is the brain
behind it. But 1 do not think ] flatter
myself when I say that the honcrs rest
with lne?'
Yes, we have lost the game" said
Manuelo, in the old rigid manner But
we are not afraidl'
you are brave man." commented
Don Q. politely; but because yau are
not afraid now, it does not follow that
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camel. Ny lady friend wouldn't stand
for It when l told her that Bernhardt
was saying "Old Mother Hubbard. she
went to the cupboard" She thought L
was strin ging her I guess 1 was
l told her that the French had gone
to my head Clara Jane said 1 looked
pale and hadn't we better go home;
she had enough. anyway,
I'll bet she had. I'll bet four dollars
my lady friend had the worst play,
bar none. that was ever adapted from
the French. That's what she had, and
/ had such a headache.
After we padded off home my lady
friend said she didn't exactly under
stand the plot of the play. but she'd be
glad if ! got the book and read the
rest of it to her.
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and that the moon was rarely bright at
this season.
William George Washington alone tri-
umphe d. He had gone short of seven
shares OF Dandy Mining Company prefer
red. and the result of the days decline
on that stock showed him to have proffted
IA cents. He eagerly took his money and
went to call on High Fine Nance. who.
he thought, must have valuable views on
the stock market.
Here he had failed to reckon on Mr..
Skilduck. The latter. too, had called on
Miss Nancy Tootwilliger to demand an
explanation of her conduct in interfer-
ing with his deals. When the two met
Miss Tootwilliger ran away. frightened.
and Mr.. Skilduck and Mr.. Washington
fought IL out. The results were inconclu-
sive, although Mr.. Washington lost an
ear and Mr.. Skilduck a finger. But, on
the whole. despite this incident. as Mr..
Jonsing remarked at the close of Office
hours, ''De market hab been berry active,
with a slight upward tendency"
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Me,-off to the woods, Me,-to the
tall timbers till she wakes up! NO
Inore glad tidings from the French for
me. My lady friend is the whole out
put, but she'll have to get out of her
trance and take me without mayon-
naise dressing.
1 was a lobster to sit in the game,
but I'm not pate de foie gras enough
to stay there after my feet get cold.
The next time I trot with my lady
friend to the theater il will be to The
New York" where they talk plain
United States, and where you get two
cozy-corners at fifty cents a throw!
Believe me-
Yours, on the griddle.
JOHN HENRY.
Copyright by G. w. Dillingham; Coz
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MOST WONDERFUL BATTLESHIP

each operating a seperate shaft, and
each or these will also carry an astern
turbine. Two turbines will also be en-
ployed for cruising purposes. The
steam pressure is higher than any
heretofore used with the turbine Sys-
tenn. The promised speed, if realized,
will make the Dreadnought the fast
est battleship afioat, and by the use
or turbine machinery economies in
working and possibly in space will,
without any loss in efficiency be gained
Apart from the novel features embodied
In the design of the Dreadnought, the ce-
lerity with which she will be built is sure
to establish a new record in construction
Hitherto no battleship of any type has
been turned out in less than t-enty-twO
months. and then the standard vessel
displaced only 5000 tons. compared with
the $1,000 tons of the newest ship. The
strain of this high pressure construction
has OF course been very great, but so far
none OF the officers or civilians engaged
has broken down under it,
1t may be their good fortune to see the
great vessel, which they laid down in Oc-
tober and launched on February 10. fin
ished by February, 19O7-that is. in six
teen months from the date the first keel
plate was laid. 1t is undoubtedly true
made ready months beforehand, but even
this advantage will not diminish the
value of a noteworthy achievement.
The large body of opinion in favor of
the design seems, in all fairness, to war
rant the belief that the Dreadnought will
probably be the most powerful battleshiD
ever put afoat. The design, so far as is
known. appears to be governed by the
assumption that the fighting lire must
muster ships which combine the heaviest
armament, the greatest speed and the
strongest protection. To attain this the
displacement must be large enough to
unite the total elements harmoniouslv
and without compromise On the one
hand the modern displacement must en-
able the ship TO carry all necessary stores
and equipment. to berth her personnel
during extended cruises. to afford q
stable gun platform and maintain 4 hirb
speed in turbulent water and vet not so
large as to forbid ease of handling. safe
admission to all principal ports. and fin
ally. facility of docking in the existing
costly structures. Owing to our rela-
lively shallow harbor entrances and
channel ways the element OF a safe work
ing draught must be added to the other
controlling factors in an examination OF
the problem.
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~ WAS down on the card to lead la
lady friend of mine to a New York
theater where you can roll around in
a an orchestra chair at 50 cents a
throw.
When a guy can buy a couple of cozy
corners in a dead swell theater for so
cents per coze he's mark to blow four
plunks to squeeze into one of those joints
where they feed you on problem plays
and fricasseed pasts.
I figured IL out that way and stood pat
That evening finds me in the parlor as
usual You know the parlor 1 mean
When guy reaches that condition where
he gives himself the careful glance and
says, Gee 1 got to get shaved this even
ingI" you can bet there's only one parlor
IN the world for him.
I'm sitting on the sofa with one mitt
lying carefully on the family album and
the other hunched around q 5L70 cane,
when my lady friend floats into the arena.
There's q short-arm clinch, break
away, and we're back in our corners
"Oh, John Henry" says my lady friend,
giving her real hair a couple of taps and
glancing out IN the dining-room to see II
mother was rubbering.
I tell you, boys, it's aces when your
lady friend does that after a short clinch-
There's nothing TO It.
When a girl stamps her foot and talks
with tabasco lisp and says, How dare
you kiss me, sir? You are impertinent,
sirr' it's a so to l shot that Gussie Glad
top, the ribbon clerk. who calls every
Tuesday evening, first gave her an excuse
for writing that libretto.
She's just dying to have you bite her
again, but she handles her language
wrong, and the four-fush calldown makes
you back-pedal so hard that you grab
your hat. and you find yourself saying
day-day long before papa drops In with
HIS usual bundle Of benZine, and an A fiat
hiccough on the side.
For me the glorious creature who SIM
ply says. "Oh, John Henry" and pats
her temples to see If her Seven Sutherland
Sisters happens TO be mussed.
Anyway. after the bell rings 1 say to
my lady friend, IF you'll tease a trolley
with me, we'll be on our way tomorrow
night to the theater"'
"Oh, how lovelyi" says my lady friend.
II do so love to go to the theater. Where
shall we go?-Ohi ] know Let's go and