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dirty and dusty uniforms, returning
from some murderous and unrecorded |
raid into Manchuria. They seemed |
half Chinese and half North-American |
Indian, and they swarmed on every |
available portion of the deck.
The ship was OFF again at dawn,
feeling its way cautiously to avoid
the shallow places. There were six
frst-class cabins on this boat, also,
Hardy learned, which were given over,
as a matter of course, to the princess
and the general.
AS she continued her course for sew
eral days, it was necessary for HARDY
and Smulders to pre-empt places on
the deck for lying down, for the time
comes at last when man must sleep,
and not being provided, like a horse,
with four legs, lone on each corner,
he finds it necessary to measure MS
length on something.
1t was necessary now to test the
depths of the water constantly. TWO
men one on either side of the prov,
sounding by means of stakes attached
IN ropes. swaying rhythmically as they
cast their wooden spears, chanting the
, depths: "Chetyre, chetyre-poloVeha
pyat," -Four, four and a hail. hVe?
As often as a down-coming steamer
, passed, the little captain made trum
!. net of his hands and shouted across t'
q tie commander: How much water II
:. there in the Shilka?
q The disquieting rumor that the wa
n fer was rapidly falling was gaming
confirmation by each report Ono
h the men with the poles cried: res
= noIovena" Cthree and half), ana IN
, steamer scraped on the bottom. "A
- pokrovka. dreary Cossack Vliiae
= near the junction of the Amur ana IN
v cbjI5a rivers, they found a smaile
= mail boat awaiting them that are
, hnt three feet of water They chahse
" oyor again with muti-lingual mum
" hoIoo and a grand scramble for place
~ oil save the general and the princes
{, a,ho moved leisurely into the mrs
~ class cabins, like the superior o''"'
id they were. .,. fost on
~ The next day they stuck laS' oii
90 90 sand.bank and a boats crew carr, u,
~ the anchor far up the river q,
az dropped it. attached to a., stout oind pa
10, ser Then, by means OF the "'nu p,'
ne tbov deliberately warped the steam .,
H. loose At dark OF the same gay " !,
er Nnomnded for good in 2i2 feet OIL
m s tar a few yards below great IT,, tran
.ea, n firmly imbedded athwart
mt mt channel STnnnel. There was no hope Of T..
It'll T Ing either up or down for many d.
on .ns oo oro The peasants took the M
he he ter philosophicalIy;, 'n ,ayo " rent fir
TO to ply live where they WERE min, i of
~, " buying their bread ana '' 81 ~ Sc
~ Cossacks. When Goa Sd" ~
we water they would go on
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SYNOPSIS.

Frederick Hardy, fashionable Boston
Iriety man, lost his wealth. was Tilted
a girl and sent by a friend to take
barge OF an American Trading Company
6re in Russia. On his journey through
bpan he met Stapleton Neville. sup
fsedly an Englishman. They agreed TO
together to Russia. Because OF susI
tlous circumstances they were several
hes molested by the japanese. HARDY
Is arrested and found upon his person
|fre papers showing maps of Jap iorts
sardy was proven guiltless. on train
met Aisoine Sano, daughter of Jap
krchant. In Neville's shoes Jap found
ttures of forts. proving him to be a
ssian spy. Hardy departed Tor RUS,
on a steamer, which was wrecked
prty afterward. He was rescued py
Russian steamer. on reaching Nladi b,
stok he was we'll treated. He started
Siberia, meeting Princess Roman0Vna
the train, Hardy boarded vessel fol-
bur. Hardy showed the princess ms
7pertness as a rife shot.
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off that Hardy thought they were
stuck for good. 1t was necessary to
wake up the passengers, with the ex-
ception of her hIghness, the princess,
and drive them all over to one side OF
the boat to list her. After an hour OF
most exciting work, during which the
captain dashed forward and back ON
the bridge, gesticulating with his en-
tire body and shouting like a mad
man, they got off and were under way
again, only to make another hours
stop for wood. This time, as before
a bewhiskered muzhik was sitting on
the bank by fiaring fire. He could
be seen very distinctly from a great
distance. and as the steamer APP
preached the officer in command
shouted at him again and again. The
soundness with which he was sleep
ing. with head upon breast and arms
folded upon knees, gave rise TO con-
siderable amusement among such OK
| the passengers as were awake. me
plank was laid and severaltof the crew
ran up to him. One of them pushed
him and he sprawled over.
He's dead!" announced the sailor.
"Dead?"
"Yes, sir; transfxed by an arrow"
He put his foot upon the mans
breast and, Selling something, pulled.
moment later he held up In the
light of the bonfire Chinese war ar
row; then. throwing it to the earth,
he stopped and wiped his hand upon
the grass.
Toward morning they stuck on the
sand again, in wide part of the river,
with dense forests on either bank.
, The steamer drifted about and blocked
up narrow channel through which
they were attempting to pass. The
, sand came level with the surface OF
+ the water on either hand. The captain
tried in vain all the eXpedients known
e on the Amur; he attempted to lift the
| boat around by means of mast
n planted at her side in the river; he
sent the anchor up stream and es
6 sayed to drag her through bodily by
l. means of the windlass; he added to
Is this power the pulling force of a wood
en- windlass, set up on one bank of the
h river, whose long cross bar wal
IL manned by half the boats crew, bu
without success.
Up What is the matter?' the princess
III coming out on the deck about min
e, o'clock in the morning, asked Hardy
of I'VE are stuck for good" explaine
is the American. II hope you slep
Is well?"
"Excellently, thank you! But I hop
it. we are not stranded, as l have invite
a some friends to a house party at m
,c- country place near Moscow"
be A rowboat drifted into the mouth
er the channel and lodged against tn
as side of the steamer 1t contained TO,
"a dead, one of whom was a priest
ed long robes. He was lying fiat on h
lie, back, with his head lolling horrib
Ter over the side. his venerable beaI
hin floating in the water. All We
pierced with arrows The general {
~ fered the princess his arm and CO
Quoted her below.
"Zakouska?" he said, patting h
nd hand,
ing CTo BE CONTINUED
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GOu. was Inere, ne ran 40 ho hO'O'
ran before. Rounding little turn In
the road and clump of trees, he
came suddenly on n sight that thrilled
him with rage and sickened him with
fear, not for himself, but for the prln-
cess. There she was, struggling IN
the arms of big Chinese, one OF that
half-savage tribe that inhabits the
wild regions of Manchuria. The beast
had lifted her in his arms and was
running toward the woods with her.
while another carried the maid. Two
other Mongolians, with long war bows
in their hands. completed the strange
| picture. Hardy shouted again. and
| the four Chinese wheeled about and
regarded him with startled malignancy
| that turned on the instant to amuse-
ment.
Those four great brutes beheld one
rather small. dark man, of dapper APP
pearance, despite his weeks river
| travel-a slender, dark man in blue
serge suit and negligee shirt, who me-
chanically adjusted his gold pince-nez
as he advanced now at slower gait.
The two Chinese with war bows fitted
long arrows to the strings and, with
sudden lift of the left foot and
widening of the arms, they let drive.
One arrow whizzed by Hardy's head
and the other pierced his clothing,
making nasty scratch on his left
side. Then the pistol cracked twice
!, and the two Chinese fell sprawling.
with bullets through their bodies. The
, | hn fni N T.
ing women and started to run. Hardy
aimed deliberately at the one who had
9 seized the princess and fred 1t was
e a long shot, but the bullet took effect
1 as a scream of pain testified.
}, Neither the princess nor the maid
g evinced any signs of reviving, but
S lay there huddled on the ground as
# though dead. Hardy ran to the edge
of the bluff and there, as good fortune
n would have it, was the generals lotka
:, and the general himself strollin'
y along leisurely on the sand. The
r American shouted so loudly and fiuni
r. his arms about so wildly that the OF
al derby, the two muzhiks and even tn
r governor himself were soon scran
r. bling up the steep bank toward hin
e. The Romanovna had revived by tn
o. time they all reached her. and sat
Tx the tall grass putting up her abundar
sh hair, woman fashion, and lookin
OF about with awakening eyes. She wa
as pale as a ghost and held out hi
ly hands appealingly. Hardy a1d Il
lp- general helped her to her feet, and
ad was the American who supported HI
on until her trembling limbs regaint
er their strength. The general surveyt
as the dead Chinese, and then, standir
he squarely in front of Hardy, remove
his cap and made low bow.
he At the next station they found
ra- small government boat, the Pushkl
SITS awaiting them, that drew only o.
ere foot of water 1t had been sent doV
,ts by the authorities to pick up the &c
lge eral and CORTLAND Hardy, ex-cotilli
sun leader, was taken on board and o
the of the four cabins was given to hi
ing although one - the greatest heiress
of in all Russia was thereby compel
lair to occupy room with her maid.
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me If you will dismiss all thought OF
obligation. 1t would pain me to THINK
that | had imposed any such mag
mary burden on you. ] am more than
repaid in my own satisfaction. / trust
YOU are quite recovered from the
shock"
But. YOU were wounded! The gen.
eral tells me that you were wounded.
Do not deny it," she commanded,
smiling. 1.-THE entire boat knows of
II. 1t is fortunate the arrow was not
poisoned"
Not wounded replied Hardy;
merely scratched"
The princess fixed her eyes on him
| for several moments.
81 have always insisted" she MUIR
INJURED, that the American gentlemen
compare favorably with those of any
country in the world, and now | know
it. Pray do me the honor to sit here
and talk with me while. We VIII
change the subject, If you desire. How
do you like our Russian"
Hardy talked with her for an hour
or so. She spoke slowly and distinctly
for him, and he found, under such de
lightful auspices, his French was
much more practical and useful &C
uuirement than he had thought They
talked of the increasing activity of the
Chinese marauders. of the possibility
of war with Japan, of the wild flowers
, of Siberia, Of Russian and American
society. He found her intensely patri
otto, and firm in the belief that Rus
: STA could crush Japan in month
{ should hostilities actually break out
AS they were thus engaged in cor
/ versation the general approached, anC
J., bowling before the princess, propose
r zakouska to Hardy.
"Ah, monsieur" she laughed, I'd
o you know the great Russian instit'
e ton of zakouska?'
6 yes" he replied, at was about tn
d first Russian word | learned, and
n have heard it more frequently tina
2. any other since
a. Then" she said, rising and takir
g. the generals arm, I'VE will have 2
kouska in my cabin. VIII you do
lt the honor of joining us?'
Certainly" replied Hardy, wi
ID alacrity. 81 find it a most delight
or custom!"
IN And all day long they steamed
10 the winding and yellow Amur throuI
v. virgin solitudes of rolling prair
M through interminable stretches
us primeval forest, with medieval III
STA on the right and ancient, preh
n toric China on the left.
." The grinding and Earring OF the
er tie steamer on the sand was now
&c matter OF hourly occurrence.
~. casionally large river boat would
I'D passed. high-foundered and dry, eitl
ey deserted or occupied by few p
or. eengers, patiently waiting for the
ter to rise. Many rowboats drift
\" by, laden with more fortunate peoI
5v- going with the swift current rat
,ot than against it. To these the capt
re. shouted continually:
How is the water in the Shilk
And ever came the same reply:
yb, Failing, slowly falling"
g." At midnight they ran upon a SO
nse 5ank and had such difficulty gett
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CHAPTER XII.
Up the Amur.


The blackened ruins of Aigun and
grisly story of men and women
Pin in that swoop of the Cossacks'
ft awful picture of fire, slaughter
\ rapine, and the thousands tram
pa by horses, cut down by the
| ord or driven to death in the turbid
pur, illustrated. in Hardy's mind,
phase of the advance of Russian
lllization; another and more pleas
phase was symbolized by the large
ite gymnasium of Blagovestchensk,
first building of that progressive
dern city that could be seen from
decks of the Alexsay.
ne imperial mail-steamer, on when
embarked about dark, was
90 smaller boat than the AleXsay'
Of lighter draft. There were only
hrst'class cabins. all forward, and
poor princess was obliged 10
ee1e into three of these, the gener'
aSng the other three. Hardy man
TO obtain an upper berth In d
ndcass cabin aft, but was soon
en out of this, as the Russian be
MIN smoked some filthy brand
aSarettes all night, lighting them
I'VE minutes with oldfashionet
lOr matches, the acrid fumes OF
avn mingled with the smoke, arose.
uAlhg clouds to his nostrils an'
me entire cabin. The Russians
M 10 Hardy's surprise, kept TN
IN and window tightly closed, and
gu ne arose several times to opel
" the other, his fellow passen
o. Immediately shut it again.
Cd arose at last, dressed and Wen
W deck, taking his blankets Wit
- ne air was balmy and he 500
49, se'eep, lulled by the breathing
"a 'usihe and the whispering OF IN
But he was not allowed
49, us repose long, for about init
40 ue passengers and the baggae
IL ushged over to another steam'
a trihe less water and wa
IN uuately for the comfort of Il
|, raj sefs' all save the princess al
Ul Aeral, of smaller holding c
Nw Ihis new steamer broug
IN we disquieting rumor that 4
and the Shilka, which latt
.,,h Nmed the waterway higher l
eT ~cv. apldly falling
4 thrOl 'o' they took on detaC
,tssd Nr@a, cavalry in fade
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CHAPTER XII.
To the Rescue.

But what would the genera T Tor as
military governor of IrkutsK 10 r at his lis
n m'r',T knew, he must be be- a White te
T PDo would not be apt to take ,, ,n' davis
Of &c Cod into account WITHIN lro r~0 made
o. ,he oV generals intentions were i''0'
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1910-07-31
CANADA'S BEET SUGAR.

HALIFAX, July 14.-Consul- General
James ". Ragsdale of Halifax furnish
rs the following official statistics COW
erng the beet sugar industry of Can
ada. The following statement shows
the acreage under heets, the quantity
of beets delivered at the mills, and the
quantity of sugar produced in Canadian
factories during the past year.
Factores-W allaceburg, Ont.-Aere-
age, 5000; beet production, 1920 tons;
sugar production, 12,6S4,412 pounds.
Berlin, Ont.-Acreage, 22O0; beet pro-
duction, 1928 tons; sugar production,
3,5l5,697 pounds.
! Raymond, Alta-Acreage, 230O; beet
production, l2,423 tons; sugar produc-
ton, 3,516,697 pounds.
/ Total acreage, 100; beet produc-
ton, 1906; sugar production, 1871
| 3Ol pounds.
! For the $50 tons of beets at Wal
! laceburg factory the farmers were paid
! $2S9 ,294, or So. SO per ton.
i The Wallaceburg factory has given
| the fullest measure of satisfaction to
the growers of beets, although the yield
+ of sugar, 1888 per cent, was somewhat
lower than at other factories. The
roots on an average yield TAG tons, and
/ have an average value of 1888 per
| acre. as compared with 600 tons and
$50 per acre at Berlin and 5. 4 tons
and $27 OF per acre at Alberta.
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OIL INDUSTRY.

MARICOPA, July 16.-The Lakeview
gusher last Friday flowed the smallest
amount of oil that has been recorded
since measurements were begun. The
flow was 1000 barrels. Whether this
is the beginning of the decrease of this
great producer, or only slight cessa-
ton, can not yet be determined.
The Lakeview Oil Company has tax
en- over the ten $1,000 barrel steel tanks
which the Union is building at Mari
copa. Mckittrick and other points
along the Producers pipe line and has
ordered the construction of fifteen more
of the same capacity. The company is
investigating accessible points on the
Coast for clay beds in which to build
reservoirs. 1t has also under consld-
Grafton the Santa Maria tankage, 500
600 barrels built for the Hartnell
gusher.
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DIVERSIFIED INDUSTRY.

The letter of Alvin Scale to Cover
nor Frear. received during the week,
contains more important statements
than is at once apparent. If HAWAII
can raise sponges and pearl oysters
profitably there is no reason why II
should not add them to its small list of
products. Sponges have been tried here
before and have not made success,
but they were neither scientifically OF
otherwise well set out, and the expert
ment should not be taken as final. Pro
fessor Gilmore Of the College Of Ha-
wall has been an advocate of che
sponge Industry here and has studied
conditions. If scientific help Is called in
by capital. the success Of the expert
ment. according to Alvin Scale and his
fellow scientists. would be assured.
With increasing scientific knowledge
of the pearl oyster this valuable
bivalve should also figure IN Hawau
export list. there being no lack OF OPP
porrunitv to try the experiment. Re
cent scientific researches have proven
that il Is not only possible but easy to
infect the oyster with the disease re
suI-ing in the pearl and this method Is
meeting with great success. " ny mol
build up a few pearl fortunes
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UNABLE TO FIND
MARKET FOR OIL.

SAN FRANCISCO, July 1S.-Owing
to the low price that the Standard IS
Offering fer twenty-five gravity oil, the
Consolidated Midway, with its new
gusher, is having difficulty in market
ing the output from its well, About
two months ago the Standard was pay
ing 50 cents a barrel for this class OF
oil, but it is stated now that that com
panv IS not even bidding for It. \
Fresno report states that one Of tine
head officials Of the company has stat
ed that the company might conclude
10 market its own oil, as it can be ship
ped to Los Angeles by rail for 3. p
cents a barrel. 1t is believed that tins
viii net satisfactory price at the Wei
even with oil at 90 cents barrel.
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THE SEASONS CROP.

The last report of the Sugar Factor s
Company shows a revised estimate of
the seasons crop as $4,000 tons, of
which $4,000 tons has left the islands.
Good prices have been obtained on all
cargoes which has had its effect on the
stock market as usual. Reports receiv-
ed so far from the plantations show
10000 tons of sugar yet to be shipped
before the season S crop is pau.
Oahu will finish grinding late in Au-
Gust on crop of 29.350 tons.
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FINANCIAL REVIEW

SOsA 80 - 800,
.so snaneiers who expected to see
inS ambition plebiscjte affect the
''' FL, stock and securities listed on
h''V '.s, stock exchange missed IL.
"' tor with the exception Of Sc
p' :, ,.rlvweek features, the market
90 ..-;erlv normal with a good aver
w. trading. Brewery. Of course, was
=. .ns item that answered the result
- -. nlebiseite by several jumps, land
', hard and fast on the % fiat. Dis
:. .,s,tiug from the price before the pro
,;,t;0n agitation the cost Of lighting
H. prohibitionists the stock is now at
ss normal figure.
Oahu surprised Wall street by slump
mo badly during the first part OF the
., diseouraging crop reports iron,
!. ,lantation putting the stock on the
..h,scan With several attempts TO
...Ts, If ended the week at $3.50,
-, no indication of being at the bot
lam Of its present drop,
MINOR fluctuations in other securities
.,owea little of interest, quotations
showing differences only Of fractions.
Tho market was none too active at any
time
fairly good showing was made in
trading. the balance of attention being
gveu to medium priced stock. In con
ssoueuce of this the money figuring III
stuck transfers was larger in amount
than strict average for two months
trading would show. Figuring the
soeks at market values, $59,2S6.6O
worth changed hands during the week.
divided as follows:
Monday, $34l5.00.
Tuesday, 2O,l69.75.
Wednesday, $14, 126.S75.
IhurSuay, @oIoi.lV.
Friday, s7,s47.s75.
Saturday, $4,000.
Brewery and Oahu Sugar, the two
items furnishing the week s features
wed with each other for first place at
tho head of the transfer list. Oahu
Sugar leading the other in value, with
Brewery ahead in the number of shares
Heavy trading in Olaa in the middle OF
~ week brought the transferred shares
H that plantation up to almost 900
With MeBryde somewhat In the back
ground
Few other items figured TO any great
extent, Waialua and Hawaiian Com
nereial in few sales overlapping the
others in value The transfers for the
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LOCAL LABOR.

Another campaign for labor for the
plantations is being quietly mapped out,
erstwhile pilikia being fairly well set
tied with little Indication of recurring.
Campbell and Silva leave for the Coast
on the 9Th of August on their way 10
Demerara where they will recruit Port
uguese labor from tie plantations. Rus
sian immigration may soon be heard
from again also.
A. w. Perelstrous left yesterday for
the Coast and will proceed to Canada
where he will look into certain rumors
to the effect that a great many laborers
and farm hands are wanted badly in
the Dominion. If that is so he will
probably try TO open negotiations to in
troduce Russian labor there. If he sue
ceeds he will not return to the Terri
tory for some time.
The reports of Perelstrous and part
of those Of Atkinson are in the hands
of the board of immigration and are
said to be considered favorable. Perel-
strons states that the Russians are be-
coming more sal lSItN w llH INIdHi III Z
and being freed from the influence of
the agitators viii become useful labor
ers.
The simple little incident of Vase
| lief : release from jail, which takes
| place this week. has a significant bear
| ing on the entire labor situation. The
| conduct of the Russians at present is
| favorably impressing the authorities
| but there is little doubt that when the
arch agitator gets loose and receives
the wild eyed support Of tho local
socialists he will resume his pernieieus
activities and disrupt the entire Rus
sian community. Should lie succeed IN
this to any extent it will set back the
entire Russian immigration matter.
ROYAL D. Mead, in charge of the plan
ters' association labor bureau. has just
| returned from a trip to Kauai and re
ports all the Russians there doing sat
| isfactorv work. Some are not content
ed entirely but the day that all Rus
! sian are in that state will not come
until the millennium.
Immigration Inspector Ha1sev return
ed from Maui during the week will
the same story regarding the Russians
on that island. The joint reports o.
these two throw favorable light OF
the Russian scheme and has cheered VI
its supporters.