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CHAPTER XIX.-Continued.

s"They've had enough" said, breath
Sng hard "Go back on the bridge, De
Nova. Now, you lads, get busy. IL
one of you soldiers, or talks back to
me again, he'll go to his bunk for the
rest of this voyage. Get up, Anderson,
and stop that growing! You fellows
may as well learn first as last that
am commanding the Sea Queen, and
that we are homeward bound"
Within the space of five minutes !
had the whole gang at it, profane,
shutting crew enough, yet carrying
out my orders after fashion, and
sufficiently cowed to be obedient. Al
last l dispatched the starboard watch
below, and, leaving De Nova in charge
of the bridge, started back to the COM
panion. To my surprise Lady Darlng-
ton. mufIled to the eyes, still stood,
Aalf protected, in the open door OF the
chart-house.
"What in the world are you doing
here in all this snow and blow?" l
questioned.
"Waiting for you," she explained,
her eyes glowing. 81 could not go to
the cabin until l knew you had really
won. Is it true that we are home
ward bound?"
sYes," 1 answered. not altogether
happy over her evident pleasure. tine
Sea Queen has attained her fartnes'
.southing. Are you glad?"
"Glad!" Her gloyed hands sough'
mine. In all my life was never hap
pier"
These impulsive words, natural al
shey were, nevertheless hurt me, an(
perhaps my face exhibited 1t. He
eyes fell
''You cannot know how much / hav'
suffered on this voyage" she said, re
xretfully. "Only woman could. M
heart cries out for relief. but 1t is no
because | wish to lose any friendshi
formed on board"
"Yet that is what being homewar
hound must inevitably mean.
Her long iashes were uplifted, oil
closing the depths of those gray eye
mot WITH me. Mr.. Sse7phens; l al
mot womsn to forget
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EXAMPLE SET BEFORE CHILD
Good Idea Of Manner by Which Many
Parents Set Out to Correct
Offspring.

Slang is tabooed in the home of
West Philadelphia family, principally
because there is bright little girl
who displays persistent aptitude In
retaining expressive but uncultured
phrases.
The other evening at dinner the
mother, father and daughter drifted
into the vernacular and a fresh start
was necessary. The little girl start
ed 1t. "I'm not stuck on this bread"
she remarked.
Maggie" said her mother, "you
want to cut that slang out"
"That's peach of way OF cor
recting the child" commented the ia.
tber.
81 know" replied the mother. but
just wanted to put her wise."-Phil
adelphia Telegraph.
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SYNOPSIS.

The story opens with the introduction |
of John stephens, adventurer, Massa.
Shpsetts man marooned by autnorltGds ,drstcd 4. IN
mining operations In Bolivia he was de,
nounccd by Chile rs an insurrectonist
and as a consequence was hiding, AZ ms
hotel his attention was attracted by an
Englishman and young woman,
stephens rescued the young woman IRON i,,
her. Admiral of the Peruvian navy con,
fronted steLhens, told him that war had had
and offered him the office of captain, He
desired that that night the Esmeraida, a
chilean vessel should be captured
Stephens met motley crew, to which he
was assigned. He gave them final in
60 be the. Esmeralda, through strategy
Capt. Stephens gave directions for the de-
N IN and and discovered the English woman woman
and her maid stephens quickly learned
the wrong vessel had been eapturssdt' rs,t
the lo:d's wife and maid being aboard
He explained the situation to her lady
ship. Then First Mate Tuttle laid bare are
tic o circle. % futile explained that on a
Bonma fSpn1Sr sSbe KaHsS9 was s a os in i5s He had
found 1t frozen in a huge case OF ice
on an island and contained M mucn noetnir; goiG;
Of The expedition He told Lady
Darlington. She was greatly alarmed,
but expressed confidence in him. The
Sen Queen encountered a vessel in the
fog Stephens attempted to communicate
This caused q fierce struggle and he was
pyercome. Tuttle finally squaring the sit
Aation Then the Sea Queen headed south
again Under Tuttle's guidance the ves-
sci made progress toward its goal.
De Nova the mate, told Stephens that he
believed Tuttle now acting as skipper,
Snsane because of his queer actions:
Stephens was awakened by crashing OF
glass. He saw Tutte in the grip of q
spasnl of religious mania and overcame
him The sailor upon regaining his senses
was taken i'll. Tuttle committed suicide
by shooting. Upon vote of the crew
stephens assumed the leadership and the
men decided to continue the treasure
hunt the islands being supposed to be
only 200 miles distant. Tuttle was buried
In the sea. Lady Darlington pronouncln2
the service. Stephens awaking from
sleep saw the ghost, supposed to nave
forrnee the basis for Tdttle's religious
mania Upon advice of Lady Darlington
Stephens started to probe the ghost
He came upon Lieut. Sanchez, the drunk-
en- oflicsr he had humbled in Chile. He
found that at Sanchez inspiration, En-
zgineer Mcknight played ghost to scare
The meR into giving up the quest. Steph
ems announced that the Sea Queen was a
the spot where .Tutues quest was sup
posed TO be. ThA crew was anxious to g
on in further search DE Nova and Steph
ems conquered them in a fist fight. Lad!
Darlington thanked him. The Sea queer
atarted northward.
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CHAPTER Xxx.

In which the Yacht Meets Disaster.
have been endeavoring to recall
In sequence the occurrences OF the
three days and nights following our
turning northward, but 1t is all chaos,
gague, confused-an expanse OF sleep
less hours. raging seas. snow. sieet,
and ice, in the midst OF which we bat
tied for life in as desperately terrific
= night as men ever waged against ma
4ure. l can see and feel 1t all clearly
enough. yet the incidents are so com.
mingled that the separate days and
nights appear one continuous event
without beginning or end. hear the
ceaseless howl Of the wind, the grow
or grinding ice. the shifting Of tons O
uatsr, the threshipS of loosened can
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PAPRs POSITION SET FORTH
Explanation Of Youthful sultor That
Doubtless Satisfied Father Of Hls
Adored Ono.

"Yes, sir" said the pale youthful
svitor; "Tve come to ask you for your
daughters hand. She Is fair as ILL
les, sweet as honeysuckle, tender as
violet. charming"
"is that Mary you are talking
about?" asked papa.
Eyes, sir. 1t is mere formallty, ]
know, this asking for your daughter's
hand; but we thought 1t would be-
pleasant to you II 1t were observed.N
Mary's papa stiffened.
"And may inquire" he asked,
"who suggested that asking my con-
sent to Mary's marriage was a mere
formality?"
'.You may, sir" replied the young
man, simply. IT. was Marys mother"
philadelphia Inquirer.
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Gentlemen Two.

Two street cleaning department
men were having an alteration as
they were driving their carts side by
side along upper Broadway the other
afternoon One was red-faced and
bulbous-nosed, the typical "rummy."
The other was an adder-headed negro.
Both looked utterly disreputable.
Get out O. my way!" yelled the red
faced man. Don't cher know enough
to get outer der way when you see
gentleman?"
"I'm more of gem'men than you,
you big rum" retorted the negro,
"Youall drives garbage cart. an
only picks UP ashes. New York
Press.
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in taking them food--cold provender,
for the galley was wave-lashed, the
cook driven below-although how the
lad ever managed it is a mystery, and
he reported that Celeste clung to her
bunk, sick and frightened, but that
Lady Darlington was about and
dressed whenever he went in.
Some time during the third day the
wind had blown itself out. or else we
had been driven beyond the sweep of
1t Anyhow, it died down into faint
puffs, but the sea remained heavy, the
fog thickening as the gale ceased.
This curtain, coupled with the sparse
light there was, left the decks so
dark that we attempted little clearing
up, merely pointing the yachts nose
more directly northward at half-speed,
trusting the Almighty to furnish us
with clear water. Indeed, there was
| nothing else to do with that ice-pack
| back of us, and the fierce seas pound
ing our poop. Besides, had come to
| the end of my endurance, and when
De Nova came limping forward, hang
ing to the lifeline, to take his watch,
| crept below more dead than alive,
and clawed my way across the cabin.
Lady Darlington stood Sraced in her
doorway, yet for the life of me
| could not speak, although tried-my
head nodded on my shoulders, and
fell forward across my bunk, asleeI
before even struck the mattress
Dade said she made him pull off my
boots and loosen my muffier. stand
ing over him until 1t was done.
! 1t was not sleep--it was more like
. death, for I never stirred or knew
anything. 1 lay exactly as fell, utter
} ly insensible to either noise or motion
, 1t was Dade's vigorous shaking tina
finally aroused me. nor did he desis
} until he had me. sitting up in the bunk
! my eyes wide open.
r What time is 1t. Dade?"
1.-TWO o'clock. sir"
Morning."
+ mo, sir, afternoon; but the fog
: that thick outside you can't see you
own nose"
= Then I've been asleep for six hour
h Why didn't you call me earlier?'
e "Mr. De Nova told me to let you Ii
e sir; / guess the lady asked him
" do it.
a. / had pulled on my boots, and WI
a standing up. gazing out through II
le door into the cabin, where Dade ST
1t remained, watching to see that ] d
ii not go back to sleep again. Sudden
le there came tremendous shock whit
IN sent me sprswling forward, and flu
Dade headloYs against the wall.
st] | struck the deck a thunderous era
40 and roar sounded forward; the ste
- OF the vessel seemed to spring upwa
"a into the air, sliding us both do,
~ against the front Of the cabin.
~ stantly there followed two muffied
Nv ports, accompanied by a further
~ fitting of the stern. Everything loc
II. came tumbling down upon us, and,
he I pulled myself to my knees, fou
80 the deck slanting upward like
ne steep side Of q hill.
III. 'Oh. Lord, sir, what's been done7'
led We've hit something hard;
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vas, the rattle of blocks eloft, the |
thousand noises emitted by the strug-
Cling fabric under foot. see the swir.
of snow; the crested seas, boiling in
madness; the CLEAN of pursuing ice
fields; the towering pinnacles OF giant |
bergs overhanging our mast-heads;
the flying clouds, and the settling |
down about us of the ghostly frost fog. |
1 feel the wild plunge down into the
hollow; the sickening, staggering ef-
fort to climb up; the dizzy balancing
upon the crest and that awful drop
again into the hell below!
No man on board will ever know
how we made it; how we ever found
passage through those windlashed
channels; how We ever kept upright
under the pounding Of that sea; how
the Sea Queen ever shook her tren-
bling decks free from the tons of Ice
and water, and rose staggering to the
crest Once our engines broke. and
for two hours we rolled helplessly,
while Mcknight and the Chilean tin
kered at. the damaged machinery, and
| the great waves buried us, and
smashed the charthouse into frag-
ments. Once the rudder-chains be-
came fouled with ice, and we swung
into the trough of the sea hurled over
until our lower yards trailed in the
water and half the yacht shivered be-
meath the smother, we hanging on for
our lives, drenched and buffeted by
the waves. The jib-boom snapped like
pipestem, and huge, ugly hole was
ripped out of the forward bulwarks.
Up to the neck in icy water we
chopped away the rattle, and flung 1t
overheard. Gustafson, shrieking wild
ly for help, went with the litter, while
! his mates bore Symes below groanine
] from broken leg.
! Mersiful heavens, how that ice came
r down, pursuing us like the very Fiend
Once it pressed SO closely against ou
Q quarter that the sea, rebounding from
: off its front, boarded us, sweeping at
y in a vast wall. 1t caught Dade open
It ing the companion door, hurled hin
p smothering backward and flooded tn
cabin foot deep in icy water. Ye
d we held to it. our eyes aching, ou
limbs frozen, our oilskins stiff wit
s. ice, the exposed flesh of our faces on
s. fostering frostbite. bruised by tn
N shocks, haH dead from fatigue. dizz
from the betcle. But IL was no ess'
manship which saved us; IL was
merciful Providence, for at times th
smother was SO thick we ran into
IT. blindly, not daring to broach to wit
ii all that ice after us, driven by II
,e wind, and not knowing what was te
ur yards ahead. or ten yards behind.
IS. During all that time l scarcely lie
p- the deck, although De Nora served b
st, watch on the bridge in the flying spra
IT. Dade fed me as best he could. al
fc what brief snatches of sleep ] caug
la were on the diyan In the cabin. my 4
'ly clothes drying on my body. 50
M nothing OF the women, there was
nd time, no opportunity. doubt II eli
Mt. er could have kept upright amid 7
he awful pitching of the yacht. for ! "
WI obliged myself to creep from Q
Of hand-grasp to another. So Isaw no
an Ing Of the ladieK hut Dade succeed
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ToIstoy's Plea for Justice.

Justice demands that you should
take from people no more than you
give them. But there Is way OF
weighing your work and the work OF
others of which you avail yourseefS
besides. you may ut any time be -.
capacitated for work. and you wiil
have to make use OF the work Of otAsf
people. Therefore try to give morc
than you take 50 as not to be uA1ust
-Tolstoy.
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PERMANENTLY CURED.
No Kidney Trouble In Three Years.

Mrs. Catharine Kautz, 1922 Center
St., Findlay, O., says: -Four years ago
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An Improvement.

"How did you enjoy your vacI
tion?"
Zine! It made new man of me I
81 congratulate your wife,"
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A Witty Bishop.

"The late Bishop Foss," said a Phil
adelphia physician. "once visited me
for some trifling ailment
"Do you, sir said to him. In the
course of my examination. talk IN
your sleep?'
"'No, SIR he answered. I talk In
other peoples. Aren't you aware that
am diyineT"
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/ became afflicted
with kidney trouble,
and rapidly ran
down in health. 1
suffered from back
ache and other kid
ney disorders and
was languid and
weak. I doctored
and used different
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remedies but became no better. Doan's
Kidney Pills cured me and for three
years I havo been free from kidney
trouble"
Remember the name-Doan's. For
sale by all dealers. 80 cents box.
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. 7.
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Delcately formed and gently reared, women
will find, in all the seasons of their lives, as
maidens, wives or mothers, that the one simple,
wholesome remedy which acts gently and
pleasantly and naturally and which may be
used with truly beneficial effects, under any
conditions, when the system needs a laxative.
is-Syrup of Figs and Elixir Of SIENNA. 1t is
well known to be simple combination Of the
laxative and carminatiye principles of plants
with pleasant aromatic liquids, which are
agreeable and refreshing to the taste and
acceptable to the system when it's gentle
cleansing Is desired.
Only those who buy the genuine Syrup of
Figs and Elixir of SIENNA can hope to get its
beneficial effects, and as guarantee of the
excellence of the remedy. the full name of the
company-C California Fig Syrup Co. .--is printed
on the front of every package, and without it
any preparation offered as Syrup of Figs and
Elixir of SIENNA is fraudulent and should be
declined. To those who know the quality of
this excellent laxative the offer of any substi-
tute, when Syrup of Figs and Elixir of SIENNA
is called for. Is always resented by transfer
of patronage to some first-class drug establish
ment, where they do not recommend, nor sell
false brands, nor imitation remedies, The genu-
inc article may be bought Of all reliable drug
| gists everywhere: one size only. Regular
| price 50 cents pcr bottle. Get bottle today
| to have in the house when needed.
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Skepticism.

"Pa. what is skeptic?"
"a man who will not. eat chicken
salad because he believes 1t is sinfhl
to butcher calves"
It's good to have money, and the
things that money can buy, but itls
good, too, to check up once in awhile
and make sure you haven't lost thf
things that money can't buy.--Lora
mer. II
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To love abundantly, is to live abunl
dantly, and to love forever is to live
forever.-Henry Drummond.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-06-28
MANY SAY It IS
LAST BIG FIGHT
THIS OPINION SEEMS TO BE
SHARED BY JEFF AND JOHN
SON THEMSELvES-ALSo BY
THEIR TRAINERS.

Reno. June 27-"Well this is the
he last big fight. Pugilism will Be
lost art in the United States, and
hat means in the world, when the
Jeffries-Johnson fight is over
/. Such is the predictions in the
whole fighting world, apparently. II
Iis shared by the fighters, trainers
and sporting, writer's here All seem
certain tnat the JeffriesJohnson
fight is the finale.
Jeffries boxed eleven fast rounds
and Johnson did ten listless rounds
today.
1t was very hot.
Jeffries probably will stop training
Thursday and start his drying out
process and rest.
At least to his own satisfaction
Jeffries has answered the question
of whether he could come back" He
said.
Il feel better now tnan even on the
eve of the fight before my retirement,
and I'll be prepared for any kind OF
going"
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-06-28
MILITIA RIDDLE
HOUSE WITH SHOT
FINALLY RUSHED THE PLACE
AND FOUND BoSTWlCk DY.
lNG--klLLEC TWO OFFICERS
CHILDREN ENDANGERED.

lrwinville, Ga, June q. While 500
infuriated and distracted mothers
looked on, the home of w II. Bost.
wick was riddled with bullets at an
early hour this morning by two com
panies of militia, which. after firms
several hundred shots, rushed TO the
house and found the desperate man
dying on the floor. He died shortly
after.
The women were drawn to the
scene by anxiety for Bostwick's six
little children, whom he forced to re-
main in the house with him all day
Sunday during which he KILLED two
officers and wounded three while re-
sisting arrest for a misdemeanor
Not until just before the last two
volley were fired and the finalrusn
made lid Bostwick allow the children
to leave the building. Until they left
the troops fired high. SO much did
the children stand In fear Of their
fatner that even when In d place III
saigcty they refused to tell whether
their parent had been shot By his
own Or one oi the troopers bullet.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-06-28
DEMOCRATS HEARD CANNON IN.
TENDED TO SCORE THEM IN
SPEECH AT LAST HOUR.
THEY WERE PREPARED
But After Being Assured That Can.
non Would Say Nothing Ad-
journment Was Brought
About With no Delay.

Washington, June 27.--The story oil
what threatened to be dramatic epi-
sode In the closing hours of congress
leaked out today
"A rumor spread on the Democratic
side of the house Saturday that Can,
non would devote the final hour to an
exortation Of both the frlsurgent Re-
publicans and Democrats for their at.
titude in some Of the strenuous
periods of the session.
Just all this time Martin, of Colo
RADIO, Democrat, sprang his success,
full effort for action on the resolution
to investigate the Philippine friar
land sales. Rodenberg, of Illinois.
Republican, a colleague of Cannon
hurried to Clark, of Missouri. Demo
cratic leader, urging him to call Mar
tin Clark asked Rodenberg point
blank whether the speaker intended
to make such speech, declaring
that if there was any such purpose
he would demand an hour himself,
and would not only not call off Mar
tin, but would aid him,
RodonbergO knew of no such intcn-
ton, nor did anybody else so far as
the Democrats could learn, and Clark
and other Democratic eonferrees talk
ed with the wrathy Coloradoan Mar
tin was obdurate, but succeeded IN
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-06-28
OREGON SENATOR ADDRESSED
GOOD GOVERNMENT MEET
ING AT PEORIA.
ELECTION Of SENATORS
Was Main Object OF His Speech
Declares That No Halfway or
Compromise Measures
Will Do Anything.

Peoria, June Ex-senator Bourne
Iof Oregon, speaking at meeting
called in the interest of good govern
ment had this to say of the electina
'of United States senators by pri
maries, or popular vote:
Whether you want the popular Sc
lection of United States senator's in
Illinois is for your voters to determine
but | warn you that any halfway or
compromise system which places the
party above the entire people will re-
suit in dissatisfaction and probably
corruption. If you wish to destroy
the power Of the political machine,
abolish the convention system entire
ly, and abolish it completely If you
wish to establish the popular selec-
tions of senators, inaugurate a system
which takes away from the legisla.
ture the right to do more than crafty
an act of the people at general cleo
ton "
Bourne then discussed what is
known as the Oregon system" The
chief features of that system are Tie
Australian ballot, the strict registra
tion law, the initiative and referen.
lum, direct primary, including the
popular selection of senator's, a com
rehensive corrupt practices act. and
'ecaIl, all of which, Bourne declared,
onstituted absolute government by
= he people,
He declared that the people of Ore
5on are satisfied with the system that
) not unreasonably expensive, and
hat the results obtained compare. so.
avorably with the work of the legis.
'ative assembly that any effort to re-
zeal the initiative and referendum
would be overwhelmingly defeated.
When the initiative and referendum
vas under discussion, it was freely
by the enemies of popular
government that the power would DC
.hused and that the capitalists would
lot invest money in the state where
property would be subject to attacks
,f popular passion and emporary
Hhims. Experience has exploded this
argument. There has been no hasty
'r ill-advised legislation. Corpora
ions have not been held up and
)lackmailed by the people, as they
lften have been by legislators. Pinch
)ill' are unknown.