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Proceed the harbor

mond had temporarily forgotten the exist
ence OF the tramp steamer the former had
seen beating toward the rock.
Now Lamont suddenly recalled 1t.
BY the way, governor" he said, 1.-THE re-
lief boat you so thoughtfully sent for is on
her way here. She should reach the rock
at almost any minute now. In fact, l fancy
we've little time to waste If we want to
avoid brush. 1t would be a pity to be
nabbed now at the eleventh hour. Good
bye, once more
But the governor had stepped between
him and the boat
II am an old man. he said. speaking
with manifest embarrassment Il was sent
to take charge of this prison as punish
ment for refusing to join a Jew massacre
plot. Governorship here means no more nor
less than life Imprisonment. My wife
and children are on a little estate of mine
in Sweden. 1t Is twelve years since l have
seen them l.
IF this story Is ruse to detain us"
mo. no." protested the governor, and
there was no mistaking his pathetic. eager
sincerity. "But-but l shall be shot-or
locked in one of the cells and the water
turned on-for letting you escape. Won't
you take me with you? / will work my
passage. Take me far as Stockholm. i
shall be free there-free to join my wife
and to live forever out of reach OF the
grand dukes. Take me-
Jump int' ordered Jack, coming to q
sudden resolution. Heaven knows would
not condemn my worst enemy to a perpet-
ual life on this rock. And you've been
pretty decent to W., according TO your
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and sail for the Swedish coast We can't
miss 1t, We have only 10 travel west and
ultimately we are safe. There is only one
danger. which is that we may make our
attempt when the steamer is here but we
must chance that"
Isn't there any way of finding out?
Couldn't you pump the GOVERNOR"
lie Is always very much on his guard
and is a taciturn man. The moment the
tunnel is finished l shall question him about
some further electrical material, and then
perhaps / may get a hint about the
steamer. l imagine she comes irregularly.
so the only safe plan would be for US TO
make our attempt just after she had de
parted.
Would there be any chance OF our find
ing a number of the military downstairs? o.
4 don't think so. Now that they have
their electric light they spend their time
playing cards and drinking vodka"
Very well, Jack, that scheme seems rea-
material to me. and issue your instruc-
lions"
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). Jump aboara; we've no tirae to

lights. Jump aboard; we've no tirne to
waste
Nor did the governor waste time in obey
ing. The others followed, and the boat
showed or. But scarcely had the oars
caught the water when around the promon-
tory came a large man-o' wars launch. a
rapid-fire gun mounted on her bows She
was manner by about twenty men in Rus
sian police uniform.
From the tramp" commented Alan.
excitediy And her gun is trained on US
Get down TO work. shouted Jack 20 the
straining oarsmen.
mo usel" groaned Kempt She'll cross
within hundred yards Of us. There's no
missing at such close range and on such
quiet sea, What fool | was to
The launch was indeed, bearing down on
them despite the rowers best efforts. and
must unquestionably cut them of before
they could reach the yacht
Alan drew his revolver.
we've no earthly show against her, he
remarked. quietly, and il seems hard to
go down in sight of port But let's do
what can"
Put up that pop-gun." ordered Kempt
She will sink us long before you're in
range for revolver work. I'll run up my
handkerchief for a white flag
ITO surrender
What else can we dor"
And be lugged back TO the rock all OF
us? Not /, for one!''
The launch was now within hailing dis
tance. and every man aboard her was gIar-
ing at the helpless little yacht-gig.
Watt"
It was the governor who spoke
Rising from his seat IN the stern he
hailed the officer who was sighting the
rapid-fre gun.
Lieut.. Tschersky!" he called
AT sight of the old mans lean. uniform
ed figure, rising from among the rest. there
was visible excitement and surprise abos ri
the launch. The officer saluted and ordered
the engine stopped that he might hear more
plainly
Lieutenant" repeated the governor, Il
am summoned aboard his highness the
Grand Duke Nladimir's yacht. You will
proceed to the harbor and await my return
to the rock. There has been a mutiny
among the garrison. but l have quelled tt
The officer saluted again. gave order
and the launch's nose pointed for the rock.
Governor observed Lamont. the old
man sank again into his seat, you ve earn
ed your passage to Stockholm. You need
not work for it,
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CHAPTER Xxx.
Arrival of the Turbine Yacht

Before Jack could fire, perhaps he had
intended TO do. Drummond struc down his
arm.
None OF that, Jack he said. The Rus
sian in you has evidently been scratched,
and the Tartar has come uppermost. The
governor gave a signal. l suppose?"
Yes he did, and those two have got
away while l stood babbling here. feeling
a sympathy for the old villain. That's his
return current, eh?'
He's not to blame said Drummond.
IT'S our own faul entirely. The first
thing to have done was to secure that
boat
And everything worked beautifully"
moaned Jack, up to this point, and one
mistake ruins it. We are doomed, Alan"
1T isn't so bad that, Jack" said the
Englshman calmly. Should those men
reach the coast safely, as no doubt they
WILL 1t may cost Russia a bit of trouble to
dislodge US
Why hang it ALL cried Jack, they
don't need to dislodge us. All they've got
to do is to stand off and atarve US out.
They are not compelled to fire a gun or land
q man..
They'll have to starve their own men
first. It's not likely were going to go hum
cry and feed our prisoners
oh we don't mind little thing like
that, we Russians. They may send help
or they may not Probably cruiser will
come within hailing distance and try to
find cut what the trouble is. Then 1t will lie
off and walt till everybody's dead, and after
that put in new governor and another
garrison"
You take too pessimistic view, Jack.
This isn't the season of the year for a
e---As-- to lie off in the Baltic. Winter is
coming on. Most of the harbors in Finland
will be ice-cIosed in month. and there's no
shelter hereabouts In storm. They'll at
tack: probably open shell fire on us for a
while then attempt to land storming
party That will be fun for us If you've
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CHAPTER xvIII-Continued.


Jack got speedily and quietly down,
turned on the switch. and hoped up on
the table gain. peerng through. He knew
that the stream had now become a river
of fire. and that it was sending to the
ceiling an unholy, unearthly glow
oh d--n It all" groaned Drunmond.
al which Jack roared with laughter.
Alan" he shouted. fish out that cleo
tric bulb from the creek and hold it aIoft;
then youu see where you are. I'm in the
next cell. Jack Lamont. electrician and
coppersmith: a. orders promptly attended
to. best of references, and prices satsfac-
tory"
"Ja,h is that really you, or have I gone
demen-ed2'
on you always were demented, Alan,
but it is l. right enough. Pick up the light
ana tel me what KIND of cell you've got
Horrible cried Drummond, surveying
rs situation. Walls apparently of solid
rock, and this uncanny stream running
How are you furnished? Shelf of rock,
stone benCh2'
NO. there's a table, cot bed and wood
en- chair
why, my dear man, what are you growl-
ing about? They have given you one of
the best rooms in the hotel You're in the
star chamber
Where in the name of heaven are WEI"
Didn't you recognize the rock from the
deck of the steamer"
Il never saw the deck Of a steamer"
Then how did you come here?'
Il was writing a letter in my room when
some one threw a sack over my head. and
tied me up in a bundle, So that it was a
close shave l wasn't smothertu. l was
taken In what | suppose was a cab and
flung into what l afterward learned was
the hold of steamer. When the ship
stopped. / was carried like a sack OF meal
on some ones shoulder and uuhampered
before a Eauut specter i'm uniform, i'm
room so dlzzing with electric light that I
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May / continue my writing?" he asked
Jack laughed heartily
Certainly. and with that he departed to
the cells. which he unlocked one by one,
only to find them all empty.
Returning, he said To the governor:
Why did you not tell me that we were
your only prisoners?"
Il feared" replied the governor, mildly,
that you might not believe me-
After all. ] don't know that | should .
said Jack, holding out his hand. which the
other shook rather unresponsively.
I want to thank you" the governor said
slowly for all you have told me about
electricity. That knowledge / expect to
put to many useful purposes in the future
and the exercise of it will also make the
hours drag less slowly than they did be-
fore you came
Ob, that's all right cried Jack with
enthusiasm. Il am sure you are very
welcome to what teaching l have been
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got good rifles ard plenty of ammunition"
Jack raised his head.
f0h. were well equipped. he said, IF
we only have enough TO eat. "
Spr1nging TO his feet. all detection gone
he said to the governor;
Now, my friend. we're compelled to put
you into a cell. I'm sorry to do this, but
there Is other course open Where is
your larder and what quantity OF provisions
have you in stock2
a gloomy smile added 20 the detection of
the old mans countenance.
You must find that. out for yourself. he
said
Are the soldiers upstairs we'll supplied
with food?'
j Will not answer any of your questions
oh very we'll / see you determined
to go hungry yourself Until am satisfied
that there is more than sufficient for my
friend and me. no prisoner In my charge
gets anything to eat. That's the sort of
The Washington times., 1906-12-08
Work in House Delayed
BY Simplified Spelling

An ambitious plea for the President
sl-lplIned spelling delayed the House
COMMITTEES on Appropriations four hours
yesterday IL its work OF reporting 10
the House the legislative, executive, and
judicial appropriation bill. a measure
that carries a total Of nearly S40,O10OJg
Mr. Gillett Of Massachusetts opposed
the clause IN the bin forbidding the use
Of the Roosevelt simpllaed spelling in
all official documents.
who are We he asked dramatically.
"a small body OF men to stand in the
way OF great reform Instituted by the
leader Of the uation2"
While Charlie" lands. chairman Of
the House Committee on Printing. ana
ayerse 10 simpliied spelling. paced nery-
Ously mp and down the corridor, the
members OF the committee argued and
pleaded with Mr.. Giilett. But for four
hours ne was UbduTaIe. while the House
waited fer the $4u,VJ. 600 bill
Finally a member OF the committee
said;
4 understand the President. by his
new spelling, made his message llG let
ters shorter than IL would have been
under the standard spelling, and the
extra cost IA TesettlnE type and much
prooireadlng was 500 in the preparation
of the MESA ge.T
Then. and then only. did Mr. Gllett
allow the clause 20 80 into the bill.
The Washington times., 1906-12-08
SATURDAY. DECEMBER s. 1896.
As to Electric Locomotives.

The District Commissioners have
sent TO Congress the draft of a bill
subjecting the railroads TO the pro-
visions of the smofe law. If there
is a smoke law-as there ought 10
be-locOmotive engines should be
covered by it as well as the manu-
factory and the store.
In order To do this. and also to
keep the new Union Station free
from gases and fumes, reasonable
regulations should be made for the
use of electric locomotives in shift
ing trains about the station and tun-
nels. But neither the Commission
ers nor Congress should forget that
the trade of the city depends almost
entirely on the railroads, and that
this trade would be dangerously
hampered by a requirement that
only electric locomotives could be
used within the District.
The Washington times., 1906-12-08
Grosvenor' S Successor
Takes Peep at Congress

Albert Douglas. Of ChilHc0thc. Ohio.
whose chief claim 10 fame at present is
that he defeated the doughty GrOsven0r
for Congress, has been In town this
week He took a look az Congress in
session. and held a modest reception
with Ohio members Of the present
House. They all know Douglas as a
man Of ability and wonderful solf-couf-
dence- He received their c0ugratuIa-
uOns with complacency and then gIauc-
ed across the House floor. toward a
seat where sat General GrOsyenoI. with
San'a Claus Whiskers and smile benign.
Tie other Ohio members were waiting
with some interest for dramatic meet
Ing between the Sage OF Athens and Jhe
man who beat him for denomination.
Douglas made no move 20 attract the
GfOsyenOr hand OF welcome. and GrUs-
venor was busy with papers of state.
So DO" glas went home without q word
With Iis distinguished predecessor, aud
GrosvenoF declares he did not know
Douglas was in the House. Also iL was
iutimateu by GrosvenUr that a member
elect ought 20 pay his respects TO
sitting member from the same district.
and in this GTOsvelOr has the best or
the argument.
Douglas is fne-I0oking man of fifty
three and rich.
lie was candidate for governor or
Ohio Ia 1893, and made good shown
ia the convention
The Washington times., 1906-12-08
Georgians Want Member
On Rivers and Harbors

The Georgia delegation I'm the House
is anxious thai one Of Its number should
be appointed on the Rivers and Harbors
Committee to I'll the vacancy caused by
The death during last session of Repre-
sentative Lester The name OF Rapre-
sentative Brantley. of the Eleventh Con-
gressional district, is strongly urged TOE
the place. and 4 is believed that Leader
Williams, VINO, under Speaker Cannon
policy, has the privilege Of naming the
minority members OF the committees,
will yield 70 pressure and assign Georgia
10 the committee.
Business men from Savannah who. as
delegates, have been attending the Ma
uOnal Rivers and Harbors Congress. are
heartily ia fav6r Of Mr.. BrantIey for this
committee. Mr.. BTantley has ALWAYS
taken a deep interest ia the WATERWAYS
OF the country. his home being ia Bruins
WICK lie has studied the subject, aL1
knows the need OF the Southern section
as wei as any man in the House IIa
is member OF tie judiciary Committee
and the Committee on Public Building
and Grounds.
The Washington times., 1906-12-08
Increasing Salaries.

1t viii be a wonder if the Con.
gressional movement for a reason,
able increase in Government sala-
ries doesn't somewhere go down on
a rock of bigotry or demagoguery,
Salaries are notoriously inadequate
in Government service. But il will
be surprising if Congress proves it
has courage enough 10 do the right
thing and incie ease them.
1t would be better if salaries of
Congressman and Senator's had not
been brought in for consideration at
the same session with other sala-
ries. Congress could have granted,
for instance, increases of pay in the
army and navy without fear. Then.
later on, Congressman and Senator's
could have been given their due. As
it is, additions to other salaries will
look like a sop to distract attention
from the so per cent addition TO
Congressional salaries.
There is no objection to the 81, 500
salary for congressman and Sena-
tors. They ought to have il. But
they ought TO have the courage to
vote it to themselves because il is
right. They ought not TO sneak it in
under the shelter Of a general
salary-increasing movement. Things
have changed since the time when.
generation ago, Congress in
creased its own salaries, aud there
was a chorus of protest which cul-
minated in the retirement to private
life on that one issue of most of the
members of the lower house and a
number of Senator's.
The country is now rich, instead
of poor; il has grown away from
the notion that personal debts are
an essential preliminary to high
thinking.
The Washington times., 1906-12-08
a Story Out Of the Air.

THE story Of the Other Wise Man"
was first published more than ten wears
ago. but so far from being forgotten.
it IS in persistently recurrent demand
with every Christmas season, and il has
been translated into many a foreign
language. including even the Armenian
and the Turkish.
SO unique was the idea OF the story
as 10 puzzle even the author himself
DIT. Henry van Dyke.
do not know where IL came from
out OF the air perhaps" he writes
Ihe entire story came 10 him in the
course of long and lonely night.
had studied and loved the curious
tales OF the Three Wise Men of the
East as they are told in the Golden
Legend OF Jacobus de Voragine" and
other medieval books, but of the Fourth
Wise Man ! had never heard until
that night. Then / saw him distinctly.
moving through the shadows in a little
circle of light His cOuntenauce was
clear. The narrative of the iourpevins-s
and trials and diSappointments ran
without a break. Even certain sem
fences came to me complete and unfOr-
gettablc. clear-cut like a cameo AT
that l had TO do was 10 follow Artaban.
step by step. as the tale went on. from
the beginning to the end of his pilgrim
age"
The Washington times., 1906-12-08
LAW LETS MOTHER
DRAW GROON'S PAY
He IS Only Eighteen, But
Court Cannot Interfere
In His Behalf.

PHILADELPHIA. Pa. Dec. S.-Neyer
was there a more effective oppo-
sition TO a real love match than that
with which the mother OF George r.
Nousuch IS now harassing him. Nou-
such. who IS only IS years old. recently
married Clare Snyder. a pretty girl or
his own age. whom he met at a matinee
in one Of the theaters.
The ceremony was performed IN Cam
den. where Nousucb and his mother
lived. When the young man went 10 the
hCokkeeper in Dialogues shipyard to
set his envelope the following payday
he was told that his mother had taken
it. Under the law she is entitled TO his
wages until he becomes or age.
In great distress. the bridegroom re-
signed from the shipyard and went 10
1--we with his wife's parents obtaining
employment with the United Gas I'M
provement Company. His mother FOL
lowed him and collected every penny
Of his wages as regularly as payday
came around.
Nonsuch, after borrowing a dime for
carfare. appealed to Magistrate Greus
but the magistrate said he couldn't do
anything under the circumstances He
advised that the Juvenile bridegroom try
To get a Job ION the quiet" With that
end in view, Nousuch has resigned from
the 4. c. /. and is looking fOr secret
employment.
The Washington times., 1906-12-08
gIo"REfSH1. |"
.RRiE19,7iIEWsM.

Trial Marriages." published by d.
worse & Co, L. s. a, a collaboration
and the Duchess OF Stoneboro. This is
most interesting volume inspired by
Mrs. Parsons treatise on the same sub
Ject. But unlike Mrs. Parsons. the au-
] thors have had more trials during their
married life than she ever dreamed Of
I. Fiatt is "A TOllicking young blade
with liEht-cOlOred chin whiskers who
has natural antlpathy 10 cOachmen.
The trial was called of in his case
by mutual agreement.
The Countess Of Palaceane bought a
Eght-complected thing with a fuzzy
pOmLadOur for a husband bat he began
10 tarnish early, after which he sought
other tarnished company, until the poor
countess was granted a divorce with
the privilege Of keeping what remained
of her fortune.
The Duches of Stoneboro was an
aristrocrat of poor but titled parents
Being fond OF diadems and pearls, and
diamonds. and such things, she accepted
couple bushels from an American ad-
mtrer. Surprising as tins may seem.
her husband objected to her method Of
securing million-dollar presents
While this symposium on trial mar
Tiages Is a thrilling story, il Is not
book for children. and should be kept
off the parlor center table.
Sizzling Sonnets." by Yeller Willow
SlyfoX, published by the New Jersey
Trust Company. For genuine heart
aches, and headaches. nothing
has equaled these sOnnets since
the days Of Percy MacAash
from the AIushey Islands. There are
heart throbs I'm every line OF these pas
HiOnate poems. and 50 well known are
they that today no department store
girl or waitress would think of retiring
without a copy beneath her pillow
They touch Of the rOmanCes OF real
life. how the freCkled blacksmith loved
the scrub woman in the fiat across the
way, and the plaintive life story of the
Young widow who wed man milliner
one afternoon when no wasn't locking.
For something absolutely fierce in the
way Of the s'gTande passion you can
not do better, or worse. than carry
home a volume of sizzling SOnnets'
in an asbestos bag.
(Other books received for review. iSO-
tice later)
The Washington times., 1906-12-08
Play Writing in America.

Beerbohm Tree, noted English
actor, takes issue with Henry Arthur
Jones, noted English playwright,
over the relative condition of the
drama in this country and Great
Britain. Mr.. Jones has been over
here for some little time. and he has
had opportunity to study our plays
on their native heath, something
that Mr.. Tree has never even at
tempted: And he finds that the
American drama is lustier. health
Ter, and livelier than in England.
American playwriting may be
oruder, AYERS Mr.. Jones, but vitality
Is better than style Vitality is the
virtue of youth, style the virtue Of
old age. He further declares that
he has offered large odds on bet
that there would be a national thea
ter in the United States before
there was one in England, but that
he has had no takers.
The eminent Mr.. Tree thereupon
adverts 10 the you're another"
style of argument. He wakes sar-
castle, and declares that If Mr..
Jones could devote some IF the won
drous energy which he expends at
present in attacking contemporaries
TO writing a new play, he would out
shine his previous masterpieces" &"
adding: ''But then, he is on the
other side of the Atlantic, and there
is always a temptation to unfurl
the Star-Spangled Banner"
As between these two very promi-
net men in their way, where does
the truth lie? We must admit that
in their few greatest England sur
passes us. We have nobody with
! the extraordinary iterary-dramatic
sense of Pinero or the rapier wit of
Shaw. We have nobobdy with quite
the insight and style of Mr.. Jones
himself. But that we have a greater
number of dramatists working along
fresh and thoroughly artistic lines
than England has is a statement
that can be amply defended. Al
most the only high-grade plays that
the Britons now give us are those
that hover practically around the
immortality of society, problem"
plays whose problem is always the
same.
Truly our drama is healthier, as
Henry Arthur Jones admits. We are
slowly but inevitably groping our
The Washington times., 1906-12-08
"a Century Of Migauotations." !"

Mere Cleverness could never have in
spired the creation Of "A Century OF
Misquotations" It took nerve-just
that. What else could have conceived
this most impiOus mating:
$50 Satan spake, and him Beelzebub
Thus answered: Leader Of those armies
bright
There'n be a hot time in the old town
tonight
Shade of John Miltonl And here is a
positive gem of sententious wisdom:
"Marry'd in haste we may repent at
leisure.
For fools rush in where angels fear 70
tread" "
Quite as daring in binding and typo
graphy as in contents. the Century of
MisquotatiOns' comes forth Eaily printed
in green and black on oriental duplex
paPer with end-papers and cover OF
Chinese green. The volume is tied with
bright yellow silk ribbons and inclosed
in Slip-boX of Chinese green from
which a bit of ribbon extends And
thereby hangs the trick of pulling out
the Nttle book.