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CHAPTER N-Continued.

Let me see," began the admiral;
there will be Mr.. and Mrs. Coldfieid,
first-class sailors, both OF them. What's
the name of that singer who is with
them?''
"Hildegarde Won Mitter.'
"Of the Royal Opera in Munich?' ask
ed Fitzgerald
Yes. Have you met her? Isn't she
lovely?"
Il have only heard of her"
And Arthur Cathewe," concluded the
admiral
"Cathewe? That will be fine" Fitz-
gerald agreed aloud. But in his heart he
swore he would never forgive Arthur for
this trick. And he knew all the timei
Hes the best friend l have. A great
hunter, with a reputation which reaches
from the Carpathians to the HimaIayas,
from Abyssinia to the Congo"
He is charming and amusing. Only
he is very shy
At that afternoon Capt. Flanagan
presented his respects. The admiral was
fond of the old fellow. a friendship
formed in the blur of battle smoke. He
had often been criticised for offering
his yacht with such a gruff, rather illit-
crate man when gentlemen were to be
had for the asking. But Flanagan was
splendid seaman, and the admiral would
not have exchanged him for the smart
est English naval reserve afloat There
was never a bend in Flanagan.s back:
royalty and commonaIty were Vail the
same to him. And those who came to
criticise generally remained to admire,
for Flanagan was the kind OF sailor fast
disappearing from the waters, a man
who had learned his seamanship before
the mast
Captain, how long will it take US to
reach Funchal, in the Madeiras?"
We'll. commodore, give us a decent
sea an We can make 'er in fourteen
days. But l thought we wus goin' I tn
Banks. sir?''
. Changed my plans. Wen put out in
twelve days. Everything shipshape?''
Up to the hunttn. sir. and down to
her keel. ] sh'd say about 6O tons. an
mebbe twelve days instead of fourteen.
An whatll be our course after Madeery.
sir?''
"Ajaccio. Corsica
"Yessir"
II the admiral had said the antarctic,
Flanagan would never have batted an
eye.
You have spoken the crew."
'Yessir: deep-sea men. too, sir. Halo
ran II have IN injins as us1, sir. Shall
l run 'er up Z N York fer provisions? 1
got your list
Triple the order. I'll take care of the
wine and tobacco"
"All right. sir"
That will be all. Have cigar"
Thank you, sir. What's the trouble?'
extending a pudgy hand toward the
chimney.
I'll tell you all about that later. Send
up that man Donovan again" II occur
red to the admiral that il would not be
4 bad plan to cover Mr. Donovan's palm.
They had forgotten all about him. He
had overheard.
Very carefully the captain put away
the cigar and journeyed back to the viii
lage. He regretted Corsica He hated
Dagos. and Corsica was Dago; thieves
and cutthroats, all OF them
This long time Breitmann had dis
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years to be painfully poor rather than
turn his pen to the Kind of work that
promised gain, was pensioned by the
nation he had so remorselessIy criticised
To this he adds: His friends csn re-
member the pleasant scene when Taiqb
hunt came with the happy news for tell
ing which Mrs. Carlyle kissed him.
exception has been taken to this story
by no less an authority than J. A. Froude,
the lllustrious English author who, being
written to upon the subject, penned the
following letter in reply:
December 20, 1888.
Madame: I have read your letter with
much surprise. / never heard that Mrs.
Carlyle had kissed Leigh Hunt. I think
II exceedingly unlikely that If she had
Leigh Hunt would have written a poem
about it.
never heard that a pension had been
offered to Carlyle until near the end of
his life, when he refused it. 1 am sure
no pension was ever offered to him while
Leigh Hunt was alive, even when he was
in extreme poverty. Under such condi-
tions 1 am sure Carlyle would not have
accepted it. because he was too proud.
Moncure Conway may possess informa-
tion which is unknown to me. but in the
absence of any authority which would
lead me to believe it, / do not hesitate
to regard the story as without founda-
ton.- You may make any use you please
with this letter. J. A. FROUDE."
Leigh Hunts father was a descend
ant from one of the oldest families in
Barbados, who was sent to Philadelphia
TO be educated, and in 1868 was gradu-
ated from the University of Pennsylvania
He was admitted to the bar and began
the practice of law. He himself was the
fEnr Of sl,k..-
satires. Being a loyalist, he had a num-
Der of unpleasant experiences in America.
and finally fled to England. where Leigh
Hunt was born on October 10, 17S4. The
mother of Leigh Hunt was a lady of
Quaker extraction, a tender-hearted, re-
fined and sensitively conscientious wo-
man, whose memory was" says the son.
"a serene and inspiring influence to ami
mate me in the love of truth
Leigh Hunt early took to poetry, and
when just out of college he began con-
tributing essays to magazines under the
name Mr.. Town, jr.. critic and censor
general" He edited newspapers and
magazines at various times, was friend
of the leading literary men of his day,
spent much time on The Continent with
Byron, dying at Putney, August IS, 1859.
Ten years after his death a bust by
Joseph Durham was placed over his
grave, with the motto, from his own
poem. "Abou-ben-Adhem," Write me
as one who loves his fellow-men."
Leigh Hunt takes high. rank as an
essayist and critic and as a poet shows
much tenderness. delicate and vivid
fancy and an entire freedom from any
morbid strain of introspection. His mar
tive poems. such as The Story of
Rimini," are among the very best in his
language.
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A SPLENDID HAZARD
By HAROLD MacGRATH
Copyright The Merrill cunpanyJ
Copyright. 1910. The BoSos-Merin cumpany.l

Patched his letters and gone to his room
where he remained till dinner He was
servant in the house He must not for
get that He had been worse things than
this, and still he had not forgotten. He
had felt the blush of shame, yet he had
remembered, and white anger had en-
boSsed the dull scars; il was impossible
that he should forget
He had grown accustomed, even in this
short time, to the window overlooking
the sea, and he leaned that late after
noon with his arms resting on the part
where the two frames Joined and locked
The sea was blue and gentle-breasted.
F1ocks of gulls circled the little harbor
and land-birds ventured daringly forth.
With what infinite care and patience
had he gained this place, What strug-
giles had enSued, Like one of yonder
birds, he had been blown about, but even
with his eyes hunting for this resting.
He had found II and about lost it. A
day or so later. He had come to rob, to
lie. to pillage, any method to gain his
end, and fate had led him over this
threshold without dishonor. ironically.
Even for that, thank God
Dimly he heard Fitzgerald whistltng in
his room across. The sound entered his
ear, but not his trend of thought God
in heaven. what a small place this earth
was. IN MS nand, uShtly clutChed, was
ball of paper, damp from the sweat of
his palm. He had gnawed it, he had
pressed it in despair. Cathewe was a
man, and he was not afraid of any man
living. Besides men rarely became tell
erS of tales. But the woman: Hildegarde
Won Mitter. How to meet her. how to
look into her great eyes. how to hear the
sound of her voice
He flung the ball of paper into the cor
ner. She could break him as one breaks
a dry and brittle reed.
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One of the prettiest of the very short
poems in the English language is that
by Leigh Hunt, entitled Jenny Kissed
Me- The question is frequently asked
who was the Jenny" who inspired such
beautiful verse? Many stories, both
humorous and pathetic. cluster around
No. Cheyne Row. Chelsea, where Car
lyle and his JEANNE spent so many
years together. Among their constant
visitors none was more cordially well
coined than Leigh Hunt. for whom Car
lyle maintained the stanchest friend
ship. union of the most apparently an
tagonistic qualities. The man who has
been designated as the Apostle of De
spair'' took TO his heart and cherished the
impractical, weak, and lovable Apostle
of Cheerfulness" with a tender, affec-
tionate warmth that made the words of
Macaulay, I'VE have a kindness for Mr..
Leigh Hunt" seem cold praise indeed
Mrs. Carlyle ardently shared her hus-
bands appreciation of the many good
points of the poor poet, and il is to
their intimacy that we are indebted for
the latter's pretty and graceful little
improvision. Jenny Kissed Me-
The happy occasion upon which this
celebrated kiss was bestowed is well re-
membered by friends of BOTH" said bio
in one day in hot haste to bring them
the good news of Carlyle's having just
received a government life pension OF
800 pounds. Upon receiving the news Mrs.
Carlyle impulsively sprang from her
chair, threw her arms about the neck of
the "gray-haired lad" and gave him
cordial kiss.
There never was a more opportune
gift than this pension, for CARLYLE had
20 str m fhrOmRh dra1rY
years of painful poverty by refusing to
turn his pen to the kind of work which
promised gain
1t was a sort of poetical justice that
he should have been afterward pensioned
by the very nation which he had dared to
criticise so remorselessIy. And the happy
accident which made Hunt the bearer OF
the good news is rendered doubly signifi-
cant by the remembrance that he, too,
after languishing for two years in prison
for the radical sentiments against the
prince regent to which he gave utterance
in the Examiner, had his old age made
comparatively comfortable by the English
government.
There is, of its kind. nothing more
charming than the poem which Jane
Welsh Carlyle inspired.
Jenny Kissed Me" was printed for the
first time in America in the thirty-ninth
volume of Harper's Magazine. IL APP
peared in connection with an article by
Moncure ID. Conway. entitled South
Coast Saunterings in England" Mr.. Con-
way speaks OF the pension awarded to her
literary children by England as q grace
full custom" He says that instead of its
being a bribe to sycophany, II Is usually
bestowed upon those who have been most
faithful to their ideals, and that Car
lyle. who consented, through long dreary
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general committee or closely identified
with its formation. One is to the effect
| that the movement aims to retain what
is held by them TO be the Protestant
character of the Episcopal Church. The
other is that the aim is to fight sacer-
cotalism." Recently an effort was made
| to remove the word Protestant from
the title page OF the Book of Common
Prayer, and it came very near being sue
cessfuI. A change of one or two votes
| would have accomplished it. Those who
| favor the step say they are gratified
| they did not win by a narrow margin,
and profess to feel sure they will win
next time. That they may not do so
| seems to be the purpose of the educa-
tonal campaign now inaugurated by the
Lows.
Removal OF the word mentioned from
the Prayer Book title page did not con-
stitute a legal change of the name of
the church, but it was held to be long
step toward it. Others said to be more
| or less closely identified with the move
ment include Rev. DR.. Charles l. Slat-
| terry, who succeeded the late DR.. Hunt
| ington in Grace Church New York; Rev.
DR.. E B. Niter, OF Baltimore; Rev. DR..
w. M. Clarke. editor OF the Southern
Churchman; Rev. DIR. Theodore Sedg-
| large New York parish; Rev. DR.. L. G.
Washburn, of historic Christ Church,
Philadelphia, and NJ D. ". English, long
| identified with the Brotherhood of St
Andrew and leader in Calvary Church,
Pittsburg.
How MormOns Draft Workers.
The Mormon Church has just sent out
from Salt Lake City its annual deputa-
tons OF new missionaries. They number
this year ninety-eigha All OF them are
elders. and most of them are young men.
few are more advanced in years be-
cause, by special arrangement they are
returning to fields after successful ser
vice. About half the number have gone
to districts in the Rocky Mountain region
and the Pacific Coast None have VEN
tured into Canada, but twenty have gone
to Mexico, and twenty-one to Europe.
The Mormon Church has a missionary
method that is. in one respect, in ad-
vanSe of all others. The usual way is to
send out missionaries while the people
at home support them. The MorOmn way
Is to draft men for service varying in
length from two TO four years, making
the honor OF the cali to missionary
service a high one. and leaving mission
aries to support themselves. out of their
own funds or those Of their friends.
often il is from funds contributed by
their friends Training that comes from
long service is lacking, but fresh en-
thusiasm is gained, and expense of col
lecting money saved.
Under this plan the Mormon missionary
force at present in the fields is about 200.
of whom more than 400 are on the con-
tinent OF Europe Not quite all mission
aries are sent out on the plan described,
but nearly all are. 1t is said to be rare
that a man declines a call" Practi-
cally all missionaries so called are men,
and nine in ten are young men.
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LincoIn's Appearance in 1850.


From the Columbian.
The tall, gaunt' figure was somewhat
round-shouldered and bent. lessening the
great stature; the face not regular in
outline, though bold and salient in fea-
lures, with n crag-nke forehead The
mouth large, with rather thin lips and
sunken cheeks, with their lean. strong
jaw, certainly did not complete an en-
semble which may be called good-looking
in its conventional meaning But the
eyes were magnificent and would have
redeemed much palmer face. Large,
bfuish gray in color, deep-set under the
cltff-like brows, softly brilliant as those
OF a stag, and centered with a piercing
light, their irradiation was magic, espe-
cially when he smiled. A scrawny neck.
an sinew: large. bony hands and big feet
were accentuated by great carelessness
of attire, a habit from which Mr.. Lincoln
in the days of his anchored greatness
was never graduated.
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my soul by two hours work at baking
bread?'
This article of Miss Adams, by the
way. is one of the most judicious and
helpful to an understanding Of Tolstoi's
complex personality and influence that
has appeared since his death. and 1t
suggests some important truths bearing
upon social reform.
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STORIES OF FAMOUS POEMS
JENNY KISSED ME. :"
BY LEIGH HUNT.

Jenny kissed me when we met,
Jumping from the chair she sat in:
Time. you thief, who love to get
Sweets into your list, put that in.
Say I'm weary. say I'm sad
Say that health and wealth have missed me;
Say I'm growing old, but add
Jenny kissed me-
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Pre.syterian. 81 s.. Loui..

During the past ten years there has been
marvellous uprising Of churchmen ex,
pressing greater loyalty to the church and
larger dedication Of time and talents to
Christian interests. A new note of mas
culine activity is being sounded through
out tie land. and the fact that the
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1911-08-17
JUDGE WEBB DIES
At GRAND RAPIDS
NOTABLE CAREER OF OLDEST
JURlST IN STATE IN POINT
OF SERVICE Is ENDED.
HAD HELD VARIOUS OFFICES
Was Wood County's First District At
torney, U. s. Revenue Collector
and State Senator-Oefeated by
laFolistte for National Senate.

: Grand Rapids.-Judge Chas. Nor
ton Webb, the oldest circuit judge in
point of service in the state. is dead
at his home here, aged rs years.
Judge Webb was born at Towan-
da, Pa. Dec. 80. 1888. In 1857,
when "a years of age, he was admit
ted to the practice of law and came
to Wisconsin the same year, locating
at Wautoma. One year later he
moved to Grand Rapids.
Judge Webb was elected the first
district attorney of Wood county in
1858 and reelected in 1860. He re-
signed Office to enlist In the army In
1851 as first lieutenant in Co. G.,
Twelfth regiment, Wisconsin volun-
teers.
In 1868 he was elected state SEN
ator and appointed United States
district attorney for the western dis
trict of Wisconsin in 1870. He was
elected mayor of Grand Rapids In
1880 and 1881, and was again elect
ed state senator from this district in
1882, which position he resigned to
accept a position on the bench az
circuit judge.
In 1905 Judge Webb was a prom
inent candidate for the Office OF
United States senator before the leg
islature to succeed Judge Quarles
but he was defeated after LONG
contest by Robert NJ. La Toilette.
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M AR S
milwaukee, Aue tx. 1911

6uhCC, Au6. ~ LOI
Putter-Creamery - Extras. 26c;
prints 27c: firsts 23@24c; seconds,
20021c; process. 21@22c; dairy,
fancy, 22c.
Cheese - American. full cream
Twins, 12hc; daisies, new, 1870
13kc; Young Americas, ~ @ 13c;
longhorns. lac; limburger, new, 10 "
Ole; brick, lie: Swiss, lao tic.
Eggs-Current receipts fresh. as
to quality, Ice; recandled. extras.
20 021c; seconds, 10@12c.
Live Poultry-Fowls, 13c: roost-
ers. &c; broilers. 14@14hc.
Potatoes - Wisconsin. new. on
track. 1.2561.35.
Wheat-No. 1. northern. 1890
LILO; No. 2. northern, LOT q 1.0S
No. l, durum, SO q 99c; No. 1, velvet.
1.01@1.O2.
Corn-No. 8, yellow, 66Hc.
Oats-No. 3, white, 42c; stand
ard, 42hc.
Barley-Wisconsin, 1.12; No. 2,
lib; medium, LA.
Cattle-Butchers' steers, ALSO
6.25; heifers. 3.50@E.50; cows, $40
Q5.00; feeders. 3.S004.60; calves.
Hogs-Good heavy butchers, TAO
q7.6O; fair to best, light, TOO
@ 1855; pigs, 5.0O@69O.
Sheep-Lambs. 5.50@6.25; ewes.
2.7593.25.
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CAR LINE VALUES ARE FIXED
State Tax Commission Announces
Assessments for i9lI-Total
Tax 10 S27O,548.39.

Madison-The state tax commits
sion has announced it's assessment Of
street railway companies and of
light, heat and power companies OPP
Grated in connection with them for
1911.
Twenty-seven companies are as
sessed a total Of $42,163,O0O, and a
total amount of taxes levied Chased
on a rate of .0111796S554 is SAN
369.07. OF this amount $10,705.35,
or Is per cent. is retained by the
state, and $500, 663.72, or SIS per
cent, Is distributed to the munich
palities.
Milwaukee Electric Railway and
Light company Is assessed $24,20O.-
900; taxes, $27O.548.39. Milwaukee
Light, Heat and Traction company is
assessed $6.650, 900; taxes, $74,344.-
81; The Milwaukee Northern Rail-
way company is assessed 81 $50,
taxes, $1S,446.S4. The Sheboygan
Railway and Electric company's as
sessment is $685., 900: taxes, $9,670.-
43. The Wisconsin Traction, Light,
Heat and Power company is assessed
$1,15O, 600; taxes, $12,S5G.64. The
Green Bay Traction company's as
sessment Ia sos, OOO taxes, $7,SS1.-
68. The Eastern Wisconsin Railway
and Light company's assessment is
$775,000; taxes. $9,7S2.23. The La
Crosse and Onalaska Street Railway
company is assessed $4,000;
taxes, $223.59. The La Crosse City
Railway companys assessment Is
100000: taxes, $5,142.66. The
Menominee and Marinette Light and
Traction company is assessed 3240,-
900; taxes, $2,6S3.12. The South
ern Wisconsin Railway company
(Madison) Is assessed $3.50, 900;
taxes. $9,502.73.
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STORM DAMAGES PROPERTY
Heavy Downpour and Electric Storm
Sweeps Over State-Pastures
Arc Greatly Benefited.

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. from many
points tell of great damage to PROP
erty from heavy electrical and rain
storm covering nearly the whole
state. 1t is not believed crops were
damaged to any appreciable extent
and the storm undoubtedly was Of
much benefit to pastures, which
dairymen have complained were dry
ing up
Thousands of dollars damage was
caused at Sheboygan by the flooding
of Easements.
Lightning struck the power house
Of the Milwaukee Northern electric
line at Cedarburg. The damage was
small.
At Beaver Dam. the electric light
plant was put out of commission, he
telephone system disabled and many
cellars flooded.
Laura Hansen. aged 10, near Spar
Ia, was instantly killed by a bolt Of
lightning.
At Neenah, Ivy Young, a young
girl, had her right side paralyzed
when a bolt Of lightning came in over
the telephone wire
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1911-08-17
693s DEATHS SINCE APRIL I
State Bureau Of Vital Statistics Fig
ures Show . Decrease Compared
With Same Period In 1910.

Misunderstanding the months of
April, May and June, 693S deaths
were reported to the state bureau of
vital statistics. This corresponds to
an annual death rate of III per
thousand estimated population. Dur
ing the same period, one year ago,
1884 deaths we're reported.
Important causes of death with the
number Of deaths from each disease
are as follows: Pulmonary tubercu-
losis, $50; other tuberculosis, SO;
typhoid fever, 70; diphtheria, Sc;
scarlet fever, Sc; measles, ga;
whooping cough, SO; pneumonia,
1888; diarrhea and enteritis under
two years, 174; meningitis, 149; in
fluenza, 81; puerperal septicemia,
AZ; cancer, 358; violence, 41S; still
births, 4O5.
The following deaths from violence
were reported: Suicides, 81; acct
dental drowning, 90: railroad acct
dents, So; accidental burns, "a; falls,
20; gunshot wounds, 16; horse We
hicles and horses, 8; accidental poi
soning, 8; automobile accidents. q;
street cars, II, homicides, Z; sun
strokes, 6; lightning, 5.
The northern section of the state
had death rate for the period of
10.5 per thousand, while the rate for
the central section was III, and for
the southern section, 1913.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1911-08-17
FISHERMEN AGAIN AROUSED
Charges Are Made at Lacrosse That
State Department Is Also Voiat-
ing Fish and Game Laws.

La Crosse.-Following agitation
here for an investigation of the
charges that government fisheries
boat Curlew has been seining bass
fry from the open Mississippi river
IN violation of the law and state per-
NIT under which the boat Is operat-
Ing, George N. Brown, superintend-
ent of the United States fisheries for
this district, has requested Deputy
Edward Gautch to "hold up until
this matter can be settled in a quiet
and orderly way" Fishermen today
are charging that state fisheries de-
partment is also violating the laws,
and petitions have been sent to both
the state and federal authorities ask
Ing for rigid investigation.
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ACCUSE WOMAN Of
Staying HUSBAND
MRS. MARY WERTELWESkl or
MARlNETTE COUNTY HELD
FOLLOWING AUTOPSY.
FOUND SKULL WAS CRUSHED
Body Had Been Buried After the
Issuing Of Certificate That Death
Resulted from Heart Failure-Four
Children Held as Witnesses.

Marinette.-Mrs Mary Wertelew-
ski. aged 46, charged with the MUIR
der of her husband. A. B. Wertelew-
ski. of Pound, Marinette county, was
arraigned here and entered a plea
OF not guilty. The four children Of
the woman. aged from Z to Is, are
being held In Jail with the mother.
as witnesses.
Wertelewski was found dead in
his home few days ago. A doctor
issued certificate giving heart fail
ure as the cause Of death, and the
man was buried. Reports that came
to Sheriff Schwittay caused him to
investigate. The body was exhumed
and the skull found to be badly frac-
tured. One piece of the skull was
driven right into the brain.
Mrs. Wertelewski denies that she
killed her husband, saying that she
found him dead at the foot of the
stairs, lying in pool of blood. She
claims that he was drunk and fell
down stairs.
Neighbors say that the husband
was frequently drunk and this was
the cause of many quarrels between
the couple.